The Long Loneliness
Autobiography of Dorothy Day, published in 1952 by Harper & Brothers
autobiographies
Carrying the Fire
Autobiography of the Gemini 10 and Apollo 11 astronaut Michael Collins
Enemies of Promise
Critical and autobiographical work written by Cyril Connolly first published in 1938.It comprises three parts, the first dedicated to Connolly’s observations about English literature and the English literary world of his time, the second a list of adverse elements that affect the ability to be a good writer and the last an account of Connolly’s early life
Slightly Out of Focus
War memoir by Robert Capa
Fun Home: A Family Tragicomic
2006 graphic memoir by the American cartoonist Alison Bechdel, author of the comic strip Dykes to Watch Out For
I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings
1969 autobiography describing the early years of American writer and poet Maya Angelou
Desert Solitaire
Autobiographical work by American writer Edward Abbey, originally published in 1968