Biography best reads for summer

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Trust by Hernan Diaz. Life Between the Tides by Adam Nicolson. Sea of Tranquility by Emily St. John Mandel. Don't be misled by the book's title! People, please, don't just add books because you think they might be a biography or a memoir, but make absolutely sure before you add! If you have even the slightest doubt, don't add Mar 08, PM. Removed The Last Battle by C.

Great book, not biography, autobiography, or memoir. Mar 12, PM. Booklovinglady wrote: "Michelle wrote: "Too many books on this list are not biographies or memoirs. The Bible is not a memoir or a biog I found so many novels on this list that I gave up. Yes The Bell Jar is a novel. I came across so many novels on this list that I gave up. The Laura Ingalls Wilder series is fiction.

The Souls of Black Folk is an essay collection, not a memoir or biography. I think this list needs restart but perhaps it will end up just as irrelevant the second time around. Also, some of the biographies are known for being contrived, such as Sybil. Come on-- can't anyone come up with some actual biographies of darker-skinned people? That is, if it is bio and not more a history of a movement.

I've never read it at all. I already had 13 black bios on my own list of 38, so without scrolling the whole list it seems like you're being a bit hyperbolic. Again, please add valuable bios. Ruth wrote: "Also, some of the biographies are known for being contrived, such as Sybil. That is my dilemma with some of them. I deleted the Little House set as per its Goodreads classification.

I also deleted The Souls of Black Folk. There is a bio of W. Du Bois on the list. All quibbling about a few mis-added books aside, I thoroughly enjoyed this list. Happy reading to all!

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I am excited to read some of these. Mar 23, PM. Mar 24, AM. I did finally get through the list and found some to add that I hope will be appreciated. All in all, I think the list is good. Thanks for taking off the more obvious fictions This is all in good fun. Apr 04, PM. The same applies to any others in this series that anyone might contemplate adding: historical fiction, not memoir.

The system found and deleted 3 duplicates also. Apr 05, AM. Ruth wrote: "All in all, I think the list is good. Apr 08, PM. Feb 15, PM. Maybe someone put them back on? Aug 09, PM. At least some are still there. May 14, AM. Please remove Eragon as well, it's ficton.

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May 14, PM. Peg wrote: "Please remove Eragon as well, it's ficton. There are 13 pages at the moment, which is bit much to search for a book Jul 23, PM. Someone must have slipped that one in. Jul 28, AM. BookLovingLady wrote: "Michelle wrote: "Too many books on this list are not biographies or memoirs. Mar 13, AM. The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks very good one.

What is biography? I think of biography as being about a person, so the fact that Seabiscuit: An American Legend is in the top 20 beating out a lot of really famous people I should add is a bit astonishing to me. May 21, PM. May 23, AM. A really creative approach to reading lists! May 25, AM. Great list, but Goodreads, you guys missed the anything for anyone who wants to read a good mystery this summer.

May 25, PM. May 27, AM. I like these lists! Seriously, no historical fiction category! May 27, PM. Have added a few here on to my TBR List lol! Great article! Lots of choice, lots of types. This is a really great list!

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Thank you!! Well done. What about the classical book nerd reader? May 28, AM. Ru wrote: "we need recs for romantasy loversssss and epic fantasy in general. Fabulous list. Dess new. Not just horror. What about the senior reader who is lonely and whose adult children have long ago forgotten them? What is life at the end?