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Biographies & Memoirs Bestsellers

The top 50 Biographies & Memoirs books on Amazon — with recorded rankings, chart movement, and tracking history. Check the snapshot date to see when these books were collected.

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Biographies & Memoirs — 2026-11-0150 booksAvg 4.51★1,432,447 total reviewsLatest collected snapshot

Movement compared with 2026-10-31

CoverRankMoveBookRatingReviewsShare

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In the Shadow of Eight: Surviving the Reality of My Childhood

Collin Gosselin

19 days tracked

4.95,302 reviews

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Making It So: A Memoir

Patrick Stewart

2 days tracked

4.74,757 reviews

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Friends, Lovers, and the Big Terrible Thing: A Memoir

Matthew Perry

2 days tracked

4.563,309 reviews

One Helluva Ride

Michael Douglas

25 days tracked · peak #1 · −1 this week

4.6888 reviews

The Steps: A Memoir

Sylvester Stallone

12 days tracked · peak #3 · −1 this week

4.81,533 reviews

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48 Laws of Power

Robert Greene

33 days tracked · peak #5

4.790,616 reviews

7New

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I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings

Maya Angelou

4.639,333 reviews

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Out of the Shadows: Revealing the Truth About Non-Human Intelligent Life

Jay Stratton

4.5847 reviews

Man's Search for Meaning

Viktor E. Frankl

33 days tracked · peak #7 · −2 this week

4.7101,081 reviews

101

KATE GOSSELIN: HOW SHE FOOLED THE WORLD – UNEDITED

Robert Hoffman

12 days tracked · peak #9 · +24 this week

3.61,007 reviews

114

And I Will Tell You Mine: Notes from a Life in Progress

Sophia Bush

11 days tracked · peak #4 · +27 this week

4.512 reviews

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The Back Bedroom: A True Story of Exorcism and Murder

Gregg Olsen

33 days tracked · peak #3 · −4 this week

3.68,526 reviews

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Strangers: A Memoir of Marriage

Belle Burden

33 days tracked · peak #7 · −2 this week

4.468,553 reviews

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Uniting the States: Six Crucial Moments That Forged the American Miracle – Six Founders Who Shaped America's Revolutionary Democracy

Brian Kilmeade

20 days tracked · peak #3 · −9 this week

4.899 reviews

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London Falling: A Mysterious Death in a Gilded City and a Family's Search for Truth

Patrick Radden Keefe

33 days tracked · peak #10 · +2 this week

4.416,329 reviews

166

The Fight Back: A Citizen’s Guide to Standing Up to Dictators

Maria Ressa

18 days tracked · peak #10

4.215 reviews

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Swan Song: Diana, my sister

Charles Spencer

33 days tracked · peak #2 · −8 this week

4.52,243 reviews

182

Extreme Ownership: How U.S. Navy SEALs Lead and Win

Jocko Willink

33 days tracked · peak #13 · +4 this week

4.739,557 reviews

191

Greenlights

Matthew McConaughey

33 days tracked · peak #12 · −3 this week

4.675,924 reviews

201

I'm Glad My Mom Died

Jennette McCurdy

33 days tracked

4.697,008 reviews

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Between the World and Me (One World Essentials)

Ta-Nehisi Coates

4.644,300 reviews

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Roll the Calls: A Memoir

Ari Emanuel

33 days tracked · peak #5 · −9 this week

4.4583 reviews

231

If You Tell: A True Story of Murder, Family Secrets, and the Unbreakable Bond of Sisterhood

Gregg Olsen

33 days tracked · peak #12 · −3 this week

4.2187,259 reviews

241

Tuesdays with Morrie: An Old Man, a Young Man, and Life's Greatest Lesson, 25th Anniversary Edition

Mitch Albom

33 days tracked · peak #11

4.850,243 reviews

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When the Air Hits Your Brain: Tales from Neurosurgery

Frank T. Vertosick Jr.

4.72,995 reviews

266

Night

Elie Wiesel

33 days tracked · peak #14 · +2 this week

4.723,876 reviews

271

A Great Book with Barack Obama

Barack Obama

33 days tracked · peak #3 · −3 this week

4.75 reviews

286

Ordinary Wife: The true story of America’s forgotten serial killer

Gregg Olsen

5 days tracked

4.147 reviews

2910

Crying on the Kitchen Floor: A Memoir

Trisha Paytas

5 days tracked · peak #10

—— reviews

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Rules to Live By: How Extraordinary Lives Define What Really Matters

Jimmy Chin

33 days tracked · peak #8

4.6134 reviews

313

This Is Me: A Reckoning

Hayden Panettiere

33 days tracked · peak #16

4.64,967 reviews

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The Mosquito Bowl: A Game of Life and Death in World War II

Buzz Bissinger

4.31,946 reviews

332

Secrets: A Reporter's Memoir

Bob Woodward

6 days tracked · peak #8

—— reviews

345

Daddy Issues: A Memoir

Sofia Franklyn

6 days tracked · peak #19

—— reviews

358

Redwood: The Untold Story of the Cold War's Most Extraordinary Spy

Ben Macintyre

25 days tracked · peak #25

4.6386 reviews

3611

Citizen Kim: The Woman Who Created the Future

Jonathan Van Meter

5 days tracked · peak #24

3.89 reviews

3711

On Jokes

Amanda Baker

2 days tracked

4.610 reviews

385

Bloodlines: A Memoir

Joe Manganiello

20 days tracked · peak #14 · −13 this week

4.568 reviews

393

One Man In: The Explosive Firsthand Account of the Lone Special-Ops Commando Who Fought Off a Major Terrorist Attack in Kenya

Christian Craighead

33 days tracked · peak #7 · −3 this week

4.8571 reviews

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In My Own Time: A Memoir

Christopher Lloyd

4.5159 reviews

418

Can't Hurt Me: Master Your Mind and Defy the Odds

David Goggins

13 days tracked · peak #29 · −2 this week

4.8106,867 reviews

421

When Breath Becomes Air: Pulitzer Prize Finalist

Paul Kalanithi

33 days tracked · peak #23

4.7119,963 reviews

434

Out of the Woods: A Girl, a Killer, and a Lifelong Struggle to Find the Way Home

Gregg Olsen

5 days tracked · peak #38

42,496 reviews

445

A Spy at the Heart of the Third Reich: The Extraordinary Story of Fritz Kolbe, America's Most Important Spy in World War II

Lucas Delattre

2 days tracked · peak #39

4.3633 reviews

457

Unreasonable Hospitality: The Remarkable Power of Giving People More than They Expect

Will Guidara

33 days tracked · peak #31 · −1 this week

4.77,198 reviews

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No Ordinary Dog: My Partner from the SEAL Teams to the Bin Laden Raid

Will Chesney

4.8— reviews

473

Educated: A Memoir

Tara Westover

33 days tracked · peak #30 · −7 this week

4.6232,994 reviews

483

Homesick for a World Unknown: The Life of George B. Schaller

Miriam Horn

2 days tracked · peak #45

4.4199 reviews

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Endurance: Shackleton's Incredible Voyage

Alfred Lansing

33 days tracked · peak #19 · −2 this week

4.827,600 reviews

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The Power Broker: Robert Moses and the Fall of New York

Robert A. Caro

4.7— reviews

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