So, many to choose from, I won't make suggestions.
Overall we found we enjoyed comic biographies, written by people who we already liked, eg, Steve Martin, Judith Lucy, Dawn French.
When we read about inspirational stories, do we feel that we are wasting our lives in comparison?
Some biographies are sycophantic, if written by a fan.
Some autobiographies or memoirs are people's way of selling themselves.
Altogether we found the books inspirational - the lessons we found are: take risks, you gain energy from pursuing your passion, and the individual can be powerful.
My pet hate appears in memoirs and autobiographies, that is, when people write about writing about themselves - in my view if you write about the writing of the book then you don't have enough content.
My personal conclusion was I should read biographies about people who are dead - that solves all my issues!
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