autobiographies

plural of autobiography

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Recent Examples of autobiographies Snow shared that many of her go-to books — primarily nonfiction titles, autobiographies and self-help books — have propelled her through hard moments in her life, including her divorce and her father's Alzheimer's diagnosis. Rachel Raposas, PEOPLE, 2 Oct. 2025 Wrapped in millennial pink while sporting desk plaques reading #girlboss and #bossbabe, she was sold through autobiographies, TED Talks, and Instagram feeds promising that hustle could turn anyone into a CEO. Melissa Fleur Afshar, MSNBC Newsweek, 17 Sep. 2025 That sounds unremarkable now in a landscape of public diaries, memories, and celebrities reading the audiobooks of their autobiographies, but Pepys was something of a groundbreaking force in the genre. Fran Hoepfner, Vulture, 5 Aug. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for autobiographies
Noun
  • Music biographies often follow a non-fussy trajectory, rallying their base with nostalgic re-creations of big concert moments and a sturdy timeline that begins with an idol’s birth and ending on a critical juncture in its subject’s life or even death.
    Randy Myers, Mercury News, 23 Oct. 2025
  • Moreover, previous biographies of Baldwin, perhaps because they were written by people who knew him, David Leeming the most intimately, become his collaborators.
    Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 23 Oct. 2025
Noun
  • McCurdy and Stoner each end their memoirs proud of having emerged into saner adulthoods.
    Adam Gopnik, New Yorker, 20 Oct. 2025
  • The outcome may influence how post-service access and disclosure rules are applied—and whether future memoirs face tighter scrutiny.
    Robert Alexander, MSNBC Newsweek, 17 Oct. 2025

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