Category:Autobiography

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• 1923: A Memoir by Harry Leslie Smith

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• 25 Chapters of My Life: The Memoirs of Grand Duchess Olga Alexandrovna by Olga Alexandrovna, Paul Kulikovsky, Sue Woolmans and Karen Roth-Nicholls

A

• Access All Areas: Selected Writings 1990-2010 by Sara Wheeler
• All in a Don's Day by Mary Beard
• Allotted Time: Two Blokes, One Shed, No Idea by Robin Shelton
• Ancient Gonzo Wisdom: Interviews with Hunter S Thompson by Anita Thompson (Editor)
• Angels in My Hair by Lorna Byrne
• Anne's Song by Anne Nolan
• Another Alice by Alice Peterson
• As You Do by Richard Hammond
• At Large And At Small by Anne Fadiman
• The Autobiography by Johnnie Walker

B

• B Positive by Dai Henley
• The Badness of King George by Judith Summers
• Battle Hymn of the Tiger Mother by Amy Chua
• Below Stairs: The Bestselling Memoirs of a 1920s Kitchen Maid by Margaret Powell
• Bete de Jour by Stan Cattermole
• Bipolar Parent by Anna Burley
• Bittersweet: Lessons from my Mother's Kitchen by Matt MacAllester
• Black by Design: A 2-tone Memoir by Pauline Black
• Blue China by Bamboo Hirst
• Bluebird: A Memoir by Vesna Maric
• A Book of Secrets, Illegitimate Daughters, Absent Fathers by Michael Holroyd
• Born to Ride: The Autobiography of Stephen Roche by Stephen Roche
• Born Wild: The Extraordinary Story of One Man's Passion for Lions and for Africa by Tony Fitzjohn
• The Boy Who Wanted to Fly by Don Mullan
• Bride Price by Ian Mathie
• A Broken Childhood: A True Story of Abuse by Lydia Ola Taiwo
• The Bromley Boys by Dave Roberts
• The Butterfly Mosque: A Young Woman's Journey to Love and Islam by G Willow Wilson

C

• The C-Word by Lisa Lynch
• Can't Stand Up For Sitting Down by Jo Brand
• Child of the Jungle by Sabine Kuegler
• Clara's War by Clara Kramer
• Cleaning Up: How I Gave Up Drinking And Lived by Tania Glyde
• Climbing the Bookshelves: The Autobiography of Shirley Williams by Shirley Williams
• Closing Time by Joe Queenan
• Cold Cream: My Early Life and Other Mistakes by Ferdinand Mount
• Come on Shore and We Will Kill and Eat You All by Christina Thompson
• The Crocodile by the Door: The Story of a House, a Farm and a Family by Selina Guinness
• Cupboard Love by Laura Lockington
• Cutting Confidential by Shaun Lockes

D

• D C Confidential by Christopher Meyer
• A Dancer in Wartime: One Girl's Journey from the Blitz to Sadler's Wells by Gillian Lynne
• Dear Fatty by Dawn French
• Dear Mr Bigelow: A Transatlantic Friendship by Frances Woodsford
• Diaries 1969-1979: The Python Years by Michael Palin
• The Diaries of Nella Last: Writing in War and Peace by Patricia Malcolmson and Robert Malcolmson (Editors)
• Diaries Volume 1 by Christopher Isherwood
• A Diary of The Lady: My First Year as Editor by Rachel Johnson
• Dillinger's Wild Ride: The Year That Made America's Public Enemy Number One by Elliott J Gorn
• Direct Red by Gabriel Weston
• Disfigured: A Saudi Woman's Story of Triumph over Violence by Rania Al-Baz
• DMD Life Art and Me by Ian A Griffiths
• Doctor Lark: The Benefits of a Medical Education by Bill Larkworthy
• The Doctor Will See You Now by Max Pemberton
• Dotter of Her Father's Eyes by Mary M Talbot and Bryan Talbot
• Dragonslippers: This is What an Abusive Relationship Looks Like by Rosalind Penfold
• Dreams in a Time of War by Ngugi wa Thiong'o
• Dust of the Danakil by Ian Mathie

E

• An Eagle in the Airing Cupboard by Rex Harper
• Eat, Pray, Eat by Michael Booth
• An Education by Lynn Barber
• The Education of a British-Protected Child by Chinua Achebe

E cont.

• Empire of the Sun by J G Ballard
• Enabled: One Disabled Woman's Incredible Story of Tackling Her Disability in Pursuit of a Lifelong Dream by Ruth Merry and Steve Emecz
• Enlightening: Letters 1946 - 1960 by Isaiah Berlin
• Everybody's Daughter, Nobody's Child by Jane Lapotaire
• Ex Libris by Anne Fadiman

F

• Family Romance by John Lanchester
• Farewell To The East End by Jennifer Worth
• For Richer, For Poorer: Confessions of a Player by Victoria Coren
• Foster Kid by Paul Barber
• The Frog Princess by Angie Beasley
• Full Circle by Ellen MacArthur

G

• The Girl in the Painted Caravan: Memories of a Romany Childhood by Eva Petulengro
• The Girl on the Wall: One Life's Rich Tapestry by Jean Baggott
• Girl With a One Track Mind: Exposed: Further Revelations of a Sex Blogger by Abby Lee
• The Grand Tour: Letters and photographs from the British Empire expedition by Agatha Christie and Mathew Prichard (editor)
• Greetings From Bury Park by Sarfraz Manzoor
• Grumpy Old Rock Star by Rick Wakeman
• Gypsy Boy on the Run by Mikey Walsh

H

• The Hardest (Working) Man in Showbiz by Ron Jeremy with Eric Spitznagel
• Heart of Darfur by Lisa French Blaker
• Hellfire and Herring by Christopher Rush
• Hello by Leslie Phillips
• Henry's Demons: Living with Schizophrenia. a Father and Son's Story by Patrick Cockburn and Henry Cockburn
• Home to Roost by Tessa Hainsworth
• A House in Fez: Building a Life in the Ancient Heart of Morocco by Suzanna Clarke
• How Could He Do It? by Emma Charles
• How Could She? by Dana Fowley
• Howards End is on the Landing by Susan Hill

I

• I Feel Bad About My Neck: And Other Thoughts on Being A Woman by Nora Ephron
• I Have Heard You Calling In The Night by Thomas Healy
• I'll Tell Me Ma: A Childhood Memoir by Brian Keenan
• If You Don't Know Me by Now: A Memoir of Love, Secrets and Lies in Wolverhampton by Sathnam Sanghera
• In Search of Memory: The Emergence of a New Science of Mind by Eric R Kandel
• In The Seventies: Adventures in the Counterculture by Barry Miles
• Inside Story by Greg Dyke
• The Intimate Adventures of a London Call Girl by Belle de Jour
• Intrepid Woman: Betty Lussier's Secret War, 1942-1945 by Betty Lussier

J

• Jacky Daydream by Jacqueline Wilson
• Joseph Anton by Salman Rushdie

K

• The Kid: A True Story by Kevin Lewis
• Killing Yourself to Live by Chuck Klosterman

L

• Lady Blue Eyes: My Life With Frank Sinatra by Barbara Sinatra
• The Lady in the Palazzo by Marlena de Blasi
• Last Dog On The Hill by Steve Duno
• Lay the Favourite: A True Story about Playing to Win in the Gambling Underworld by Beth Raymer
• Left Field by Graeme Le Saux
• The Letters of Samuel Beckett: Volume 2, 1941-1956 by Samuel Beckett, Martha Dow Fehsenfeld, Lois More Overbeck, George Craig and Dan Gunn
• Life by Keith Richards
• The Life and Times of the Thunderbolt Kid by Bill Bryson
• A Life Like Other People's by Alan Bennett
• Life with Beau: A Tale of a Dog and His Family by Anna Quindlen
• Light My Fire by Ray Manzarek
• The Little Gypsy: A Life of Freedom, a Time of Secrets by Roxy Freeman
• Look Back in Hunger by Jo Brand
• Look Me In The Eye by John Elder Robison
• Lord of the Rams: The Greatest Story Never Told by Ronan Smith
• Love Affair: The Memoir of a Forbidden Father-daughter Relationship by Leslie Kenton
• A Lucky Child by Thomas Buergenthal

M

• Magnificent Desolation by Buzz Aldrin
• Making Jack Falcone: An Undercover FBI Agent Takes Down a Mafia Family by Joaquin 'Jack' Garcia
• Making the Running by Ian Balding
• Man in a Mud Hut by Ian Mathie
• The Man of Passage by Ian Mathie
• The Man Who Owns the News: Inside the Secret World of Rupert Murdoch by Michael Wolff
• Margrave of the Marshes by John Peel and Sheila Ravenscroft
• The Media Relations Department of Hizbollah Wishes You a Happy Birthday by Neil MacFarquhar
• Memories of the Rare Old Times: Through The Eyes of a Dubliner by Bernard P Morgan

M cont.

• The Memory Chalet by Tony Judt
• Mennonite in a Little Black Dress: A Memoir of Coming Home by Rhoda Janzen
• MetaMAUS by Art Spiegelman
• The Mighty Queens of Freeville by Amy Dickinson
• Mike Leigh on Mike Leigh by Amy Raphael (Editor)
• Mishima's Sword: Travels in Search of a Samurai Legend by Christopher Ross
• Missing the Boat: Chasing a Childhood Sailing Dream by Michael Hutchinson
• Mixed Blessings: My Psychic Life by Diane Lazarus
• Moments by Cristiano Ronaldo
• Moonwalk by Michael Jackson
• The Music Room by William Fiennes
• My Animals and Other Family by Clare Balding
• My Animals and Other Family by Julia Blackburn
• My Family and Other Animals by Gerald Durrell
• My Family and Other Disasters by Lucy Mangan
• My Father's Places: A portrait of childhood by Dylan Thomas' daughter by Aeronwy Thomas
• My Horizontal Life by Chelsea Handler
• My Life by Peter Alliss
• My Story, My Life: Val Doonican - The Complete Autobiography by Val Doonican

N

• Nella Last's Peace: The Post-war Diaries of Housewife 49 by Patricia Malcolmson (Editor), Robert Malcolmson (Editor)
• Nice to See it, to See it, Nice by Brian Viner
• The Night of the Gun by David Carr
• No Off Switch: The Autobiography by Andy Kershaw
• Nothing to be Frightened of by Julian Barnes
• A November to Remember by Taryn McKeiver

O

• Of Boys, Men and Mountains - Life in the Rhondda Valley by Roy Tomkinson
• Off Message: The Complete Antidote to Political Humbug by Bob Marshall-Andrews
• On The Edge by Richard Hammond
• One Flew Into The Cuckoo's Egg by Bill Oddie
• Out Of Africa by Karen Blixen
• Out of the Ashes: Britain After the Riots by David Lammy

P

• The Parish by Alice Taylor
• The Pattern in the Carpet: A Personal History with Jigsaws by Margaret Drabble
• Paw Tracks at Owl Cottage by Denis O'Connor
• Phil Daniels: Class Actor by Phil Daniels
• Pig in the Middle by Matt Whyman
• Pilgrim State by Jacqueline Walker
• A Place In My Country: In Search Of A Rural Dream by Ian Walthew
• A Preparation for Death by Greg Baxter
• Prezza: My Story: Pulling No Punches by John Prescott
• The Progressive Patriot by Billy Bragg
• The Puppy Diaries: Living with a Dog Named Scout by Jill Abramson
• The Puppy That Came For Christmas and Stayed Forever by Megan Rix

R

• Raising My Voice: The Extraordinary Story of the Afghan Woman Who Dares to Speak Out by Malalai Joya
• Real Life: One Woman's Guide to Love, Men and Other Everyday Disasters by Melissa Kite
• The Real Monty by Colin Montgomerie
• A Recipe for Life by Antonio Caluccio
• Redbirds by Rick Bragg
• Redeeming Features by Nicky Haslam
• Relish: My Life on a Plate by Prue Leith
• The Reluctant Tommy: An Extraordinary Memoir of the First World War by Ronald Skirth and Duncan Barrett
• Ricky - The Autobiography by Ricky Tomlinson
• Risotto with Nettles by Anna Del Conte
• Road to the Dales: The Story of a Yorkshire Lad by Gervase Phinn
• Rockers and Rollers: An Automotive Autobiography by Brian Johnson
• Rod: The autobiography by Rod Stewart
• Ronnie by Ronnie Wood
• Running Scared: For 22 Years He Was a Fugitive - The Corrupt Cop Busted by God by Robert Leon Davis
• Ruth Maier's Diary: A Young Girl's Life Under Nazism by Ruth Maier, Jamie Bulloch (Translator) and Jan Erik Vold (Editor)

S

• A Sailor's Tales by Captain William Wells
• Screwing Up by Mark Oaten
• Scribble, Scribble, Scribble: Writing on Ice Cream, Obama, Churchill and My Mother by Simon Schama
• The Secret Life of France by Lucy Wadham
• The Secret Life of War: Journeys Through Modern Conflict by Peter Beaumont
• A Secret Madness by Elaine Bass
• Shoot the Damn Dog by Sally Brampton