7 Must Read Inspiring Autobiographies

5. Running with Scissors: A Memoir by Augusten Burroughs

This is a book which is not by any great celebrity and doesn’t describe any great achievements. However, sometimes what makes someone great is not huge philosophies and fame, but just the motivation to have survived an ordeal, which few would have. It is the story of the writer whose mother gave him away to her psychiatrist and how he had to deal with a dysfunctional childhood without school, including a pedophile.

6. Autobiography of Benjamin Franklin

One of the most earliest autobiographies that the world has seen, it recounts the life and times of the most renowned founding father of USA, Benjamin Franklin. However, this is more of a bunch of memoirs than a proper book as it remained incomplete owing to his untimely death and has been written in parts between long periods of time.

7. Myself and More Important Matters

Management expert Charles B. Handy’s life story is one for those in business and trade. From being a disappointment to his family to how he succeeded eventually in the field of business, is his inspirational story. Unlike most other management books that urge people to be outgoing, somewhat vicious and use a brash tone to survive in this dog eat dog world, this one will come as a pleasant surprise for those who wish to take life slowly, with ease.