Best autobiographies 2015
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Rules & Eligibility
The Goodreads Choice Awards have three rounds of voting open to all registered Goodreads members. Winners will be announced December 01,
Opening Round: Nov 03 - 08
Voting opens to 15 official nominees, and write-in votes can be placed for any eligible book (see eligibility below).
Semifinal Round: Nov 10 - 15
The top five write-in votes in each of the categories become official nominees. Additional write-ins no longer accepted.
Final Round: Nov 17 - 23
The field narrows to the top 10 books in each category, and members have one last chance to vote!
Books published in the United States in English, including works in translation and other significant rereleases, between November 16, , and November 15, , are eligible for the Goodreads Choice Awards. Books published between November 16, , and November 15, , will be eligible for the awards.
We analyze statistics from the millions of books added, rated, and reviewed on Goodreads to nominate 15 books in each category. Opening round official nominees must have an average rating of or higher at the time of launch. Write-in votes may be cast for eligible books with any average rating, and write-in votes will be weighted by the book's Goodreads statistics to determine the top five books to be
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The Best Biography &#; Memoir Books Of (A Year-End List Aggregation)
different books were found in the 17 &#;Best Biography & Memoir&#; book lists we consulted. Of the books, 34 titles appeared on multiple lists. The top book should come as no surprise, in fact, several of the top books should come as no surprise since they also dominated our list of the top non-fiction books of the year as well.
We added pictures and links for the top 34 biography & memoir books that appear on multiple lists, To see our aggregated year-end lists for other categories, follow the links below.
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The Top 34 Biography & Memoir Books of
1) Between The World And Me by Ta-Nehisi Coates
Appears On: 6 Lists
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2) H Is For Hawk by Helen Macdonald
Appears On: 6 Lists
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3) Ted Hughes: The Unauthorized Life by Jonathan Bate
Appears On: 6 Lists
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4) The Argonauts by Maggie Nelson
Appears On: 5 Lists
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5) Blackout: Remem 
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The 10 Suited Memoirs use up the Decade
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Friends, it&#;s true: the realize of say publicly decade approaches. It&#;s anachronistic a arduous, anxiety-provoking, ethically compromised dec, but officer least it&#;s been populated by adequate damn magnificent literature. We&#;ll take evenhanded silver linings where miracle can.
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