Brilliant autobiographies

Why do we find other people’s lives so interesting? Maybe it’s because no two lives are the same, and just when you think your life has been a roller coaster ride, you learn about someone else’s journey, and think, “Woah, no way!”. 

Autobiographies and memoir books are popular because they give us a first-hand account of the inner workings of someone else’s life, and for a moment in time, we get to live vicariously through them—sharing their experiences, reliving their defining moments and walking with them through the ups and downs of life.

The categories of autobiography and memoir are often used interchangeably, but they are not the same.

For this article, you’ll find stories that fit squarely into the autobiography template— a first-person account of the writer’s life from childhood (or an early defining moment in their life) to the time of the book’s writing as well as “memoirs” that loose