Autobiographies are one of the most popular genres of books. They give the public unparalleled insight to the lives of sports stars, celebrities and leading politicians. Unlike memoirs ...

This eagerly anticipated autobiography provides a searingly honest account of the jockey’s life, and the pressures and controversies that came with getting to the top of the sport. For decades ...

The following are the ones that rose to the top when The A.V. Club looked back ... that just didn’t fit the biography/autobiography designation. But when it comes to the singular stories of ...