From Marilyn Monroe to Michelle Obama and the Mitford sisters, these biographies and memoirs recount the jaw-dropping lives and true stories of women.

Best biographies, autobiographies and memoirs of inspiring women

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Marilyn by Donald Spoto

All God’s Children Need Travelling Shoes by Maya Angelou

The Mitford Girls by Mary S Lovell

We Have Always Been Here by Samra Habib

The Diana Chronicles by Tina Brown

Educated by Tara Westover

In Order To Live by Yeonmi Park

To Throw Away Unopened by Viv Albertine

Becoming by Michelle Obama

Big Sister, Little Sister, Red Sister by Jung Chang

Romantic Outlaws by Charlotte Gordon

Marilyn Monroe, Michelle Obama and more – these are the lives of women you need to read now. 

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From memoirs to biographies: the best books about real women you need to read now