Two came to my mind for the best titles of an autobiography.
Oscar Levant’s* Oscar Levant: Memoirs of an Amnesiac*
and
Harpo Marx’s Harpo Speaks
I remember one other title, but I can’t remember who wrote it. All This and a Pickle, Too?
I’m not talking here about good autobiographies, just really engaging or apt titles.
So, Anyway… - John Cleese
In the Arena - Charlton Heston
If I Did It. That was autobiological, wasn’t it?
Steve Martin: Born Standing Up
Perfect.
On occasion, I wish The Dope had a “like” button. This is one of those times.
Son of Harpo Speaks- Bill Marx (who is…)
The Umpire Strikes Back- Ron Luciano (which may be just funny baseball stories)
Carrying the Fire: An Astronaut’s Journeys Michael Collins
Best astronaut book and a damn fine read. Double points because he didn’t use a ghost writer.
I always liked A Heartbreaking Work of Staggering Genius, by Dave Eggers
“Prisoner of Trebekistan”, by 5-time Jeopardy champ Bob Harris.
Total Recall by Arnold Schwartzaneggar
Littler Girl Lost by Drew Barrymore*
*Her big break was in E.T. – The Extraterrestrial. the same summer it came out, so did the Spielberg-produced Poltergeist, which featured another blonde kid actress. That film was based, in part, on the Twilight Zone episode “Little Girl Lost”.
Well, it might seem a long ramble of a connection to you, but, as a fan of weird cinema and TV, it was immediately obvious to me.
I Am Not Spock and I Am Spock, both by Leonard Nimoy.
James Doohan once quipped that he was going to title his autobiography I Am Not Spock, Either.
Not a great book but certainly an apt title: Who I Am by Pete Townshend
A Liar’s Autobiography, Volume VI by Graham Chapman
Confessions of a Prairie Bitch by Alison Arngrim (Nellie from Little House on the Prairie, and one of my favorite memoirs)
How to Grow Old Disgracefully by Hermione Gingold
Well, this one is actually fictional so it might not qualify, but I think Lemony Snicket: The Unauthorized Autobiography deserves a mention.
Maya Angelou: I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings
Alan Alda, Things I Overheard Talking to Myself
Fred Allen, Much Ado About Nothing and Treadmill to Oblivion
Henny and Jim Backus, What Are You Doing After the Orgy?
Milton Berle, B. S. I Love You
Yogi Berra, What Time Is It? You Mean Now?
David Cross, I Drink for a Reason
Jack Douglas, My Brother Was an Only Child
Alexander King, I* Should Have Kissed Her More*, Is There a Life After Birth?, and Mine Enemy Grows Older
Lauren Bacall: By Myself
She titled it that way because she thought people would assume she used a ghostwriter. Good for her.
Surely You’re Joking, Mr. Feynman! by physicist Richard Feynman
Keith Emerson, Pictures of an Exhibitionist