I usually despise autobiographical content sprinkled through nonfiction books – that is, unless I don't
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A Life on Our Planet: My Witness Statement and a Vision for the Future
David Attenborough
No Time To Spare: Thinking About What Matters
Ursula K. Le Guin
How to Be Ace: A Memoir of Growing Up Asexual
Rebecca Burgess
All That Remains: A Life in Death
Sue Black
This is Going to Hurt: Secret Diaries of a Junior Doctor
Adam Kay
The Country of the Blind: A Memoir at the End of Sight
Andrew Leland
Strong Female Character
Fern Brady
Unnatural Causes: The Life and Many Deaths of Britain's Top Forensic Pathologist
Richard Shepherd
On Writing: A Memoir of the Craft
Stephen King
Terry Pratchett: A Life With Footnotes: The Official Biography
Rob Wilkins
Born a Crime: Stories From a South African Childhood
Trevor Noah
I’m Glad My Mom Died
Jennette McCurdy
The Book of Eels: Our Enduring Fascination with the Most Mysterious Creature in the Natural World
Patrik Svensson
Educated
Tara Westover
Perhaps this will help me delve into unfamiliar territory. Thank you for the list!
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