This list is for the most well known Autobiography books on Goodreads.

For purposes of this list, only include books with over 50,000 ratings and shelved at least 100 times as autobiography.

Anything with less than 50,0000 ratings or shelved less than 100 times as autobiography will be removed and without comment.

If its super obvious that it's not an autobiography, it should be removed - like for example Steve Jobs by Walter Isaacson.

For purposes of this list, if it is written by the subject - it still counts as an autobiography even if it is, or is labeled a memoir or a diary (as long as it has the ratings and 100 tags of autiobiography)

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4.16 avg rating — 63,412 ratings
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4.40 avg rating — 365,065 ratings
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3.88 avg rating — 85,336 ratings
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4.21 avg rating — 1,191,413 ratings
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4.02 avg rating — 166,471 ratings
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4.09 avg rating — 236,939 ratings
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4.03 avg rating — 140,621 ratings
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4.06 avg rating — 85,620 ratings
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3.89 avg rating — 174,813 ratings
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3.87 avg rating — 201,838 ratings
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message 1: by BookLovingLady (deceased Jan. 25, 2023...) (last edited Jan 04, 2021 02:09AM) (new)

BookLovingLady (deceased Jan. 25, 2023...) "For purposes of this list, only include books with over 50,000 ratings and shelved at least 100 times as autobiography."

That sure limits it... I thought to add A Fortunate Life but now I can't 😒

By the way, The Diary of a Young Girl (#1) is not an autobiography; it is a diary.


message 2: by Mitchell (new)

Mitchell Friedman Added a bunch of books and removed a few. There are some more recent autobiographies on page 2


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