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✍️ Biography & Memoir · Japan

Best Biography & Memoir Books from Japan

Biography and memoir are the literature of real lives. Japan has produced some of the most internationally recognised works in biography & memoir, with titles that have appeared on major prize lists and critical surveys worldwide. This page ranks the best biography & memoir from Japan by editorial consensus.

#1
Cover of Goethe's Werke
biography-memoir

Goethe's Werke

Johann Wolfgang von Goethe· 1800
Library Journal
Editorial Score45/100
#2
Cover of Sämtliche Werke
biography-memoir

Sämtliche Werke

Johann Wolfgang von Goethe· 1800
Library Journal
Editorial Score45/100
#3
Cover of Aus meinem Leben
biography-memoir

Aus meinem Leben

Johann Wolfgang von Goethe· 1800
Library Journal
Editorial Score40/100
#4
Cover of Italienische Reise
biography-memoir

Italienische Reise

Johann Wolfgang von Goethe· 1860
Publishers Weekly
Editorial Score40/100
#5
Cover of Conversations of Goethe with Eckermann and Soret
biography-memoir

Conversations of Goethe with Eckermann and Soret

Johann Wolfgang von Goethe· 1828
Kirkus Reviews
Editorial Score35/100
#6
Cover of The life and times of Cavour
biography-memoir

The life and times of Cavour

William Roscoe Thayer· 1911
Kirkus Reviews
Editorial Score35/100
#7
Cover of Vida, ascendencia, nacimiento, crianza y aventuras del Doctor Don Diego de Torres Villarroel
biography-memoir

Vida, ascendencia, nacimiento, crianza y aventuras del Doctor Don Diego de Torres Villarroel

Diego de Torres Villarroel· 1789
Library Journal
Editorial Score35/100
#8
Cover of Life and times of Washington
biography-memoir

Life and times of Washington

John Frederick Schroeder· 1857
Library Journal
Editorial Score35/100
#9
Cover of The works of Daniel Defoe
biography-memoir

The works of Daniel Defoe

Daniel Defoe· 1840
Library Journal
Editorial Score35/100
#10
Cover of Diaries
biography-memoir

Diaries

Joseph Goebbels· 1948
Publishers Weekly
Editorial Score35/100
#11
Cover of Uncle Remus, his songs and his sayings
biography-memoir

Uncle Remus, his songs and his sayings

Joel Chandler Harris· 1894
Kirkus Reviews
Editorial Score35/100
#12
Cover of La lie de la terre
biography-memoir

La lie de la terre

Arthur Koestler· 1941
Library Journal
Editorial Score35/100
#13
Cover of George Washington
biography-memoir

George Washington

Matt Doeden· 2000
Library Journal
Editorial Score35/100
#14
Cover of Widerstand und Ergebung
biography-memoir

Widerstand und Ergebung

Dietrich Bonhoeffer· 1951
Kirkus Reviews
Editorial Score30/100
#15
Cover of The Tender Bar
biography-memoir

The Tender Bar

J. R. Moehringer· 2001
Publishers Weekly
Editorial Score30/100
#16
Cover of Ishi in Two Worlds a Biogr
biography-memoir

Ishi in Two Worlds a Biogr

Theodora Kroeber· 1961
Publishers Weekly
Editorial Score30/100
#17
Cover of Ishi, the Last of His Tribe
biography-memoir

Ishi, the Last of His Tribe

Theodora Kroeber· 1964
Kirkus Reviews
Editorial Score30/100
#18
Cover of Touching the void
biography-memoir

Touching the void

Joe Simpson· 1988
Kirkus Reviews
Editorial Score30/100
#19
Cover of Gerhard Hoehme
biography-memoir

Gerhard Hoehme

Gerhard Hoehme· 1964
Kirkus Reviews
Editorial Score30/100
#20
Cover of Arrow in the blue
biography-memoir

Arrow in the blue

Arthur Koestler· 1952
Publishers Weekly
Editorial Score30/100
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