Best Biographies, Autobiographies and Memoirs

Descripción
Our List of the Month for January is devoted to the Best Biographies, Autobiographies and Memoirs. Each participant may vote on ten titles. Please only downvote titles if they do not fit the theme.
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Washington: A Life
por Ron Chernow
3,085 miembros
83 reseñas
½ 4.4
Ranking Global 11
12 Members
gbelik, oregonobsessionz, kaulsu, camelama, atozgrl, AbigailAdams26, harray, bookmary2, Wordslinger1919, Joy62, WynneWages, Chanda.Leah
Explicaciones
AbigailAdams26: One of the best biographies I have read, over the last ten years. The kick-off title of my Presidential Biography Book Club.
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John Adams
por David McCullough
13,702 miembros
199 reseñas
½ 4.3
Ranking Global 18
9 Members
brewergirl, oregonobsessionz, kaulsu, camelama, Bretzky1, noveltea, AbigailAdams26, davidflem1984, Joy62
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AbigailAdams26: As someone named for Abigail Adams, I have been given biographies of various Adams family members many times. This was one of my last Christmas gifts from my father.
4
Las cenizas de Ángela
por Frank McCourt
21,849 miembros
337 reseñas
4
Ranking Global 15
11 Members
lahochstetler, oregonobsessionz, ecb06c, raidergirl3, terran, foof2you, PaperbackPirate, RBeffa, nancykric, AnneSteph, SOShea
5
Alexander Hamilton
por Ron Chernow
8,052 miembros
162 reseñas
½ 4.3
Ranking Global 33
6 Members
sherryearly, oregonobsessionz, atozgrl, al.vick, Wordslinger1919, SOShea
6
El largo camino hacia la libertad
por Nelson Mandela
4,865 miembros
62 reseñas
½ 4.3
Ranking Global 46
4 Members
oregonobsessionz, PaperbackPirate, ahef1963, SOShea
7
Desert Solitaire: A Season in the Wilderness
por Edward Abbey
3,927 miembros
88 reseñas
4.2
Ranking Global 50
4 Members
oregonobsessionz, gypsysmom, miller.max, JustJune
8
The Personal Memoirs of Ulysses S. Grant
por Ulysses S. Grant
1,862 miembros
17 reseñas
4.1
Ranking Global 82
3 Members
oregonobsessionz, pitjrw, RBeffa
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The River of Doubt: Theodore Roosevelt's Darkest Journey
por Candice Millard
3,523 miembros
141 reseñas
4.2
Ranking Global 72
3 Members
bangerlm, oregonobsessionz, sssolstice
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Grant
por Ron Chernow
2,306 miembros
61 reseñas
½ 4.5
Ranking Global 123
2 Members
oregonobsessionz, al.vick