Biography

A biography (from the Greek words bios meaning "life", and graphos meaning "write") is a non-fictional account of a person's life. Biographies are written by an author who is not the subject/focus of the book.

See also:
Autobiography
Memoir
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The Wound Is Where the Light Enters: A Memoir of Resilience
Hiroshima, 8:15: The Lost Memoir
The Everest Mystery: Sandy Irvine, George Mallory, and the Truth Still Buried on Everest
Suffer a Witch: A Memoir
Are They Dead Yet?: The Art of the Obit
Great and Unfortunate Things
Stepping Up: A Graphic Memoir
The Last Emperor of China: Twilight of the Forbidden City
Ortiz’s War: The Allies' Secret Weapon Against the Nazis in France
The Jackal: The Rise and Fall of Carlos, the World's First Super-Terrorist
A Place to Dance: How Richard Lamberty Brought Change to the Ballroom
Agrippina the Younger: A Dangerous Woman in Rome's Early Empire
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Fierce Country: The Untold Story of Three Women Who Ignited America's Love for the Wild
Dad, Love, Me: A Memoir
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    Finding Me
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    Cancel Me If You Can
    Counting the Cost
    Be Useful: Seven Tools for Life
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    Communion: Finding My Way Back to Faith
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