Favorite Biography or Autobiography

My fav is "The Long Hard Road Out of Hell" by Marilyn Manson.
It's interesting and kept me reading it, finding out a whole lot of weird cool stuff about the "shock rocker".

 

Phil Lesh's autobiography "Searching for the Sound."

 

I swear this isnt a joke, but I really enjoyed Richard Simmon's autobiography "Still hungry after all these years". It was very interesting. I couldnt put it down.

I also loved "Into the Wild" about Chris McCandless. Such a good book.

 

The long hard road outta hell by Marylin Manson or Heavier than Heaven

 

anthony k scar tissue
lance armstrong its not about the bike
well up 4 readin catch a fire

 

Final Truth

It's the autobiography of serial killer Peewee Gaskins. Totally messed up stuff.

 

Wow - I thought I'd go get this book from the library, and then I hear that the author admitted that the majority of the story she made up, and claimed it was non-fiction, after it being on the bestsellers list. Anyway - Pretty sad to think that this woman was capitalizing on one of the most terrible events in humanity in such an off way.

 

oh, and my favorite has to be Lame Deer, Seeker of Visions - an autobiography by a Lakota medicine man.

 

Hm..I guess Irving Stone's 'Agony and ecstasy', it's Michaelangelo's biography which made me fall in love with Florence!...

 

Slash.

The lead guitarist from Guns N' Roses. It's my favourite, everytime I pick it up I have to keep reading.

 

when i was in grade scool late 50s early 60's i read some biographies of the greats.washington,edison,lincoln.carver,davy crocket etc.the illustrations were done in silhouetts.they really sparked an interest in reading and history.anyone else ever read these books when you were young?

 

"Angela's Ashes" and "'Tis" by Frank McCourt
"Singing My Him Song" and "A Monk Swimming" by Malachy McCourt
I love those brothers
Also, a friend of the family wrote about having a son with Down Syndrome, a wonderful read, "Eric's Gift" by Kim Thompson

 

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The best memoir that I have read for a long, long time. 'Poppy Dream - the story of an English addict.' You can see more info on www.joespoppydream.com

I could not put the book down and it had me laughing and crying in turns. Superb, brilliant! Loosehead

 

'Poppy Dream - the story of an English addict' by Joe South. Please, please give this wonderful memoir a try. Sexy, funny, courageous and outrageous. A fantastic book, I couldn't put it down. I think that it is set to become a cult book. www.joespoppydream.com
Loosehead.

 

The Autobiography of Malcolm X would have to be my favorite

 

The Love You Make, it's the story of The Beatles as a whole band, but there's of course a bit more focus on John than anyone.

No One Here Gets Out Alive is another good one, the story of Mr. Jim Morrison.

Currently I'm reading Fear and Loathing: The Strange and Terrible Saga of Hunter S. Thompson.

 

I really liked Frank McCourt's autobios.

 

"What Falls Away" by Mia Farrow. very moving and powerful.

 

Definitely "Emergency Sex" a book about 3 UN workers and their lives in the war zones during late 80's early 90's. It really gives you a good/different perspective on what it's really like to be a UN worker.