Best Autobiography you ever read.

ToxicPaddy · 04-10-2011 12:23PM

Yet another +1 for Paul McGraths autobiography. Its a very very good read and amazing what he went through in life and still managed to do what he did.
I have very little interest in soccer but thats a great read.

I also ready Lance Armstrong's one. Again, a great read and amazing story about his recovery but if the allegations about his drug use turns out to be true, then my opinion of him will drop drastically and that book will be nothing more than fiction..

I recently read Alan Sugar's one, not inspirational as such but an entertaining read all the same.

brummytom · 04-10-2011 12:23PM

Frank Skinner's.... Jesus it's honest, often a bit too honest!

Hogey007 · 04-10-2011 12:40PM

brummytom wrote: »

Frank Skinner's.... Jesus it's honest, often a bit too honest!

Very good read, being a comic he made it very amusing too.

fillmore jive · 04-10-2011 12:42PM

howard marks - mr nice

SEPT 23 1989 · 04-10-2011 12:48PM

Charles Montgomery Burns

Will There Ever Be a Rainbow?

Plastik · 04-10-2011 12:49PM

Crashed and Byrned

mud · 04-10-2011 12:54PM

Jim Moir AKA Vic Reeves: 'Me:Moir'

Ace book.

Morlar · 04-10-2011 12:54PM

This is pretty auto-biographical but not technically an autobiography :

A Mad World, My Masters: Tales from a Traveller's Life, by John Simpson.

http://www.amazon.co.uk/Mad-World-My-Masters-Travellers/dp/0330355678

I think a lot of P.J.O'Rourke and Hunter S.Thompson's writings can be pretty autobiographical too.

I'd also include 'The Forgotten Soldier', 'Panzer Commander' (by Hans Von Luck), & 'Panzer General' (by Guderian).

markesmith · 04-10-2011 12:55PM

Johnny Rotten: No Blacks, No Dogs, No Irish

The Master · 04-10-2011 12:59PM

"Cash" by Johnny Cash - fantastic book

Dancor · 04-10-2011 01:02PM

John Joseph, the evolution of a cro-magnon.

EggsAckley · 04-10-2011 01:05PM

David Nivan's The Moon's a balloon and Errol Flynn's My Wicked, wicked ways are fantastically entertaining reads. Probably mostly bollocks but brilliant

christeb · 04-10-2011 01:05PM

"The Dirt" - Motley Crue. The best rock book out there, brilliant written and put together.

summerskin · 04-10-2011 01:09PM

all of Spike Milligan's autobiographies are excellent, the most fascinating life I've read about.

Peter Kay's are pretty damn funny too.

Uncle Mclovin · 04-10-2011 01:11PM

christeb wrote: »

"The Dirt" - Motley Crue. The best rock book out there, brilliant written and put together.

Best thing I've ever read.

RoryMurphyJnr · 04-10-2011 01:38PM

Michael Caine

cherryghost · 04-10-2011 01:39PM

Johnny Cash

Pierce_1991 · 04-10-2011 01:43PM

Dessie Farrell's is the only book I've read twice. Really great autobiography. Tony Adams' was good too.

Colmo52 · 04-10-2011 01:46PM

OJ Simpson If I DID IT.

bijapos · 04-10-2011 01:46PM

As mentioned previously

Back from the Brink by Paul McGrath, such an honest book, rare to see someone own up to their own failings.
Cash by Johnny Cash, I loved the way it was written, in the same way he spoke, reading it I coulkd almost hear him saying the words.
Mr Nice by Howard Marks, God knows how much of it is true, but its a hell of a read.

but also Shooting History by Jon Snow of ITN and Channel 4, obligatory for anyoine with an interest in politicsa or surrent affairs and a great read for everyone else.

Inside Out by Nick Mason of Pink Floyd, good insight into Syd Barrets involvement in the band and his demise too.

Margrave of the Marshes by John Peel, especially poignant as he passed away suddenly while writing it, his family finished it.

Wattle · 04-10-2011 01:47PM

Read a biography of Alex Higgins called Hurricane. Snooker genius. Complete lunatic.

Chairman Meow · 04-10-2011 01:47PM

Roald Dahl - Boy

Cabaal · 04-10-2011 01:48PM

orourkeda wrote: »

I trust you've read it.

yes, have you?

Its low level science fiction (of the day) with morals....so its kind of like Startrek but alot more lo-tech.

hidinginthebush · 04-10-2011 01:49PM

I thought Anthony Kiedis' was pretty poor. He comes across as a very contradictory character who claims to love everything, but is just a deadbeat junkie. Not much entertaining stories take place. I though Slash's was much more enjoyable, it's pretty much the same format as Scar Tissue, but much more interesting and entertaining (and I hate gnr).

I'm currently working through Keith Richards' but the start is pretty boring, too much time spent on his early life IMO.

I've also picked up Mr. Nice but thought it was terrible. While it's entertaining reading about his life, I found it very hard to follow, like the way he'll introduce someone once, then refer to them 100 pages later by name alone.

decisions · 04-10-2011 01:50PM

Stephen Fry's two were good, and I enjoyed Eddie Jordon's.

wijam · 04-10-2011 01:54PM

+1 for Crashed and Byrned

Not big into reading autobiographies or motor racing, but found this a great read

Nhead · 04-10-2011 01:56PM

Bob Geldof's Is that It?

Coriolanus · 04-10-2011 01:59PM

Alan alda's.

Sky King · 04-10-2011 01:59PM

Chickenhawk by Bob Mason. It's unbelievable.

It's a chopper pilot's memoirs from Vietnam - often regarded as the definitive 'Nam non fiction.

I have read it maybe 4 or 5 times.

ricero · 04-10-2011 01:59PM

Shane ritchie aka the alfie moon of eastenders is a fantastic biography. He lived a crazy lifestyle when young. Also really enjoyed gerrards,carragher and roy keanes. Peter kay has 2 out both are excellent

Best Autobiography you ever read.

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