Lists of Bests: SavvyNLady's "My favorite auto/bios" http://www.listsofbests.com/list/19910 When I put in for the favorite books read, I noticed that a considerable number of books I loved were either autobiographies or biographies. With that note, here is a listing of autobiographies and biographies I have enjoyed reading; They have come from a wide span of people and hope you enjoy it as I have. Thu, 03 Dec 2009 10:46:03 GMT en-us 0 50 87 50 0 The Color of Water: A Black Man's Tribute to His White Mother http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/31225 <div id="position">1</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/31225"><img src="http://ec1.images-amazon.com/images/P/1573225789.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by James McBride</div> A Piece of Cake: A Memoir http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/256738 <div id="position">2</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/256738"><img src="http://ec1.images-amazon.com/images/P/1400052289.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_V1136822359_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Cupcake Brown</div> E.A.R.L.: The Autobiography of DMX http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/85524 <div id="position">3</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/85524"><img src="http://ec2.images-amazon.com/images/P/0060934034.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by DMX</div> Up From Slavery http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/370408 <div id="position">4</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/370408"><img src="http://ec2.images-amazon.com/images/P/B000E82VRI.01-A1CRANICB1QVV0._SCTHUMBZZZ_V43073211_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Booker T. Washington</div> The Sweeter The Juice - A Family Memoir In Black And White http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/2304745 <div id="position">5</div><div class="place-image-placeholder"><span class="qm">*</span></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Shirlee Taylor Haizlip</div> Miss Rhythm: The Autobiography of Ruth Brown, Rhythm and Blues Legend http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/285789 <div id="position">6</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/285789"><img src="http://ec1.images-amazon.com/images/P/0306808889.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.gif" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Ruth Brown</div> Don't Block the Blessings http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/85461 <div id="position">7</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/85461"><img src="http://ec1.images-amazon.com/images/P/1573220396.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_V57056002_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Patti Labelle</div> Succeeding Against The Odds http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/819925 <div id="position">8</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/819925"><img src="http://ec2.images-amazon.com/images/P/1567430023.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by John H. Johnson</div> Having Our Say: the Delany Sisters' First 100 Years (Large Print) http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/1734118 <div id="position">9</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/1734118"><img src="http://ec1.images-amazon.com/images/P/B000GKEYNS.01-A3L91G8GCDG7UG._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Sarah And A. Elixabeth Delany</div> Life is too Short http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/1107194 <div id="position">10</div><div class="place-image-placeholder"><span class="qm">*</span></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Mickey Rooney</div> What I Know for Sure: My Story of Growing Up in America http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/671885 <div id="position">11</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/671885"><img src="http://ec1.images-amazon.com/images/P/0385505167.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Tavis Smiley</div> The Seventh Child: A Lucky Life http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/860423 <div id="position">12</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/860423"><img src="http://ec2.images-amazon.com/images/P/0375406204.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_V1056438257_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Freddie Mae Baxter</div> Dorothy Dandridge: A Biography http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/1018498 <div id="position">13</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/1018498"><img src="http://ec2.images-amazon.com/images/P/0425175782.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Donald Bogle</div> The Autobiography of Malcolm X (Penguin Modern Classics) http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/112301 <div id="position">14</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/112301"><img src="http://ec2.images-amazon.com/images/P/0141185430.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Malcolm X</div> Dorothy Dandridge http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/879851 <div id="position">15</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/879851"><img src="http://ec1.images-amazon.com/images/P/087067899X.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_V1083894378_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Earl Mills</div> Life is So Good http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/820015 <div id="position">16</div><div class="place-image-placeholder"><span class="qm">*</span></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by George Dawson & Richard Glaubman</div> Dreams from My Father: A Story of Race and Inheritance http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/2402911 <div id="position">17</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/2402911"><img src="http://ec2.images-amazon.com/images/P/0307383415.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Barack Obama</div> The Diary of Anne Frank http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/2329464 <div id="position">18</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/2329464"><img src="http://ec1.images-amazon.com/images/P/0330107372.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_V1121324349_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Anne Frank</div> Life Is Not a Fairy Tale http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/1088894 <div id="position">19</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/1088894"><img src="http://ec1.images-amazon.com/images/P/0743282655.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Fantasia</div> I KNOW WHY THE CAGED BIRD SINGS http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/1669194 <div id="position">20</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/1669194"><img src="http://ec2.images-amazon.com/images/P/B000GFHXHM.01-A20NGV3YRBQT5W._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Maya Angelou</div> Gather Together in My Name http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/971256 <div id="position">21</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/971256"><img src="http://ec1.images-amazon.com/images/P/0553379976.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Maya Angelou</div> The Collected Autobiographies of Maya Angelou http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/1679988 <div id="position">22</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/1679988"><img src="http://ec2.images-amazon.com/images/P/1844081702.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_V1121302748_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Maya Angelou</div> A Song Flung Up to Heaven http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/2481760 <div id="position">23</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/2481760"><img src="http://ec1.images-amazon.com/images/P/1860499554.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Maya Angelou</div> From Rage To Reason: My Life in Two Americas: My Life in Two Americas http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/2491667 <div id="position">24</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/2491667"><img src="http://ec1.images-amazon.com/images/P/0758203934.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_V1085484134_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Janet Cohen Langhart</div> You Have To Stand For Something, Or You'll For Anything http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/1745410 <div id="position">25</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/1745410"><img src="http://ec2.images-amazon.com/images/P/0553762133.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_V1056455948_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Star Jones</div> The Heart of a Woman (Oprah's Book Club) http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/51954 <div id="position">26</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/51954"><img src="http://ec1.images-amazon.com/images/P/0375500723.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Maya Angelou</div> Singin' and Swingin' and Getting Merry like Christmas http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/2108885 <div id="position">27</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/2108885"><img src="http://ec2.images-amazon.com/images/P/0553380052.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_V1078345839_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Maya Angelou</div> Ladies First: Revelations of a Strong Woman http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/1628855 <div id="position">28</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/1628855"><img src="http://ec1.images-amazon.com/images/P/068817583X.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_V1122555311_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Queen Latifah</div> Mr. S : My Life with Frank Sinatra http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/58731 <div id="position">29</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/58731"><img src="http://ec2.images-amazon.com/images/P/B0002TX4KM.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_V1094767993_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by George Jacobs</div> Just Lucky I Guess: A Memoir of Sorts http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/168058 <div id="position">30</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/168058"><img src="http://ec2.images-amazon.com/images/P/0743216067.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Carol Channing</div> Lauren Bacall: By Myself http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/74191 <div id="position">31</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/74191"><img src="http://ec2.images-amazon.com/images/P/0345333217.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Lauren Bacall</div> Life and Def: Sex, Drugs, Money, + God http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/618480 <div id="position">32</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/618480"><img src="http://ec2.images-amazon.com/images/P/0609807153.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_V1056460429_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Russell Simmons</div> My Life http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/8797 <div id="position">33</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/8797"><img src="http://ec1.images-amazon.com/images/P/0375414576.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Bill Clinton</div> I'm Just a DJ But...It Makes Sense to Me http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/1333467 <div id="position">34</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/1333467"><img src="http://ec2.images-amazon.com/images/P/044657676X.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_V1134597549_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Tom Joyner</div> Success Never Smelled So Sweet: How I Followed My Nose and Found My Passion http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/820033 <div id="position">35</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/820033"><img src="http://ec2.images-amazon.com/images/P/1400061091.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_V1081603524_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Lisa Price</div> Dust Tracks on a Road: An Autobiography (P.S.) http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/968379 <div id="position">36</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/968379"><img src="http://ec2.images-amazon.com/images/P/0060854081.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Zora Neale Hurston</div> Cooking with Grease: Stirring the Pots in America http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/1056581 <div id="position">37</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/1056581"><img src="http://ec2.images-amazon.com/images/P/074325399X.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Donna Brazile</div> A.L.T.: A Memoir http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/1305475 <div id="position">38</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/1305475"><img src="http://ec2.images-amazon.com/images/P/0375508287.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_V1056438386_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Andre Leon Talley</div> Open Wide The Freedom Gates: A Memoir http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/737736 <div id="position">39</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/737736"><img src="http://ec1.images-amazon.com/images/P/1586482866.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_V1104901732_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Dorothy I. Height</div> Left To Tell: Discovering God Amidst the Rwandan Holocaust http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/372375 <div id="position">40</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/372375"><img src="http://ec1.images-amazon.com/images/P/1401908969.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Immaculee Ilibagiza</div> Destined to Witness: Growing Up Black in Nazi Germany http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/453114 <div id="position">41</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/453114"><img src="http://ec2.images-amazon.com/images/P/0060959614.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_V1122531763_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Hans J. Massaquoi</div> Yesterday, I Cried : Celebrating the Lessons of Living and Loving http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/986094 <div id="position">42</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/986094"><img src="http://ec2.images-amazon.com/images/P/0743218582.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_V1114436416_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Iyanla Vanzant</div> Q: The Autobiography of Quincy Jones http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/627396 <div id="position">43</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/627396"><img src="http://ec2.images-amazon.com/images/P/0767905105.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Quincy Jones</div> Brother Ray: Ray Charles' Own Story http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/442053 <div id="position">44</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/442053"><img src="http://ec1.images-amazon.com/images/P/0306814315.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Ray Charles</div> My Family The Jacksons http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/1038496 <div id="position">45</div><div class="place-image-placeholder"><span class="qm">*</span></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Katherine Jackson</div> My American Journey http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/1699326 <div id="position">46</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/1699326"><img src="http://ec1.images-amazon.com/images/P/0345466411.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_V1075936034_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Colin Powell</div> This Little Light of Mine: The Life of Fannie Lou Hamer http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/753412 <div id="position">47</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/753412"><img src="http://ec2.images-amazon.com/images/P/0452270529.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Kay Mills</div> Selma, Lord, Selma: Girlhood Memories of the Civil Rights Days http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/800229 <div id="position">48</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/800229"><img src="http://ec1.images-amazon.com/images/P/0817308989.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Sheyann Webb</div> Dolly: My Life and Other Unfinished Business http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/1064998 <div id="position">49</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/1064998"><img src="http://ec2.images-amazon.com/images/P/0061092363.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_V1056414724_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Dolly Parton</div> The Coal Miner's Daughter http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/871942 <div id="position">50</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/871942"><img src="http://ec1.images-amazon.com/images/P/B000F1WI2M.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_V57313987_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Loretta Lynn</div>