The autobiography used to be the preserve of the great and good - people who had actually made an impact and had something to say. In recent years, however, it seems an appearance on a reality show is ...

Celebrity autobiographies are often stereotyped in three key ways. One: that they are never written by the celebrity. Two: that they are always short of the things you want. And three: that they're ...

Often ludicrous, the lives of famous (and even semi-famous) rock musicians tend to make for some killer stories. That’s why year after year, a flurry of musical autobiographies hits bookstores.

Behind every great person, there’s usually an inspiring life story. And if we’re lucky, they’ll share it with us in the form of an autobiography. From entertainment to politics, some of history’s most ...

Have you ever wondered what it’s like to win Wimbledon, run The Washington Post, or get drunk with Jimmy Buffett? Through the best autobiographies and celebrity memoirs, we can access gripping true ...

Reading autobiographies has a healing effect. This is because they allow indirect experiences of life’s bitterness and ...

With a teeming field of candidates running for president, a group of Iowa Democrats are doing their homework to prepare for the 2020 caucuses. Their goal? Read all the candidates' autobiographies. If ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. Sughnen Yongo is a Midwest writer covering Black women, pop culture. Former U.S. President Barack Obama's new book 'A Promised ...

Being normal has never really been my thing. How we determine what is normal is the result of socialisation through various institutions: the family, school and college, the office, and of course via ...

Autobiographies tend to fall into one of three categories: Fascinating, boring or completely unreadable. Authors are, consciously or not, shaping their legacies, but if that becomes their primary goal ...