The Best Autobiographies
 

Autobiographies are cool because then you can read about very interesting peoples lives and how they though and hopefully they are good writers too. What are the best ones out there? I will start by recommending "Surely You're Joking Mr. Feynman," a good but not outstanding book.

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They usually have people writing the book for them, young Ashman.

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Kingdom of Fear by Hunter S. Thompson

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They usually have people writing the book for them, young Ashman.

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Thanks for the heads up skeme, I will try not to be fooled by those tricky guys.

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And MMMM suggested Book T Washington's book.

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Kingdom of Fear by Hunter S. Thompson

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Wouldn't call it an autobiography, but excellent.

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Bill Cosby

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Autobiography of Malcolm X

Here is a list with some more good choices.

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'I Am Third' by Gayle Sayers. Probably read it a dozen times as a kid. One chapter ('Pick') spawned the movie Brian's Song.

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miles davis' autobiography "miles" is the best one I've ever read.