# Best title for an (auto)biography? **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [August 13, 2009, 1:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-title-for-an-auto-biography/506278 "2009-08-13T13:08:48Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![Icerigger](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/icerigger/32/432_2.png) [@Icerigger](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Icerigger)\ **Post date:** [August 13, 2009, 5:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-title-for-an-auto-biography/506278/21 "2009-08-13T17:32:58Z")
Isaac Asimov: **In Memory Still Green** ---
**Author:** ![chrisk](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/6de8d8/32.png) [@chrisk](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/chrisk)\ **Post date:** [August 13, 2009, 5:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-title-for-an-auto-biography/506278/22 "2009-08-13T17:35:13Z")
> [@It\_s\_Not\_Rocket\_Surgery](#): > > Leonard Nimoy’s two autobiographies, _I Am Not Spock_ and the followup, _I Am Spock_. Too bad he didn’t actually complete the cycle with _I am also Scotty_ 😃 ---
**Author:** ![Typo\_Knig](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/cdc98d/32.png) [@Typo\_Knig](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Typo_Knig)\ **Post date:** [August 13, 2009, 5:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-title-for-an-auto-biography/506278/23 "2009-08-13T17:38:25Z")
Fred Pohl: **The Way the Future Was** ---
**Author:** ![nivlac](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/3bc359/32.png) [@nivlac](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/nivlac)\ **Post date:** [August 13, 2009, 5:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-title-for-an-auto-biography/506278/24 "2009-08-13T17:40:21Z")
I was always tickled by Isaac Asimov’s last autobiography: _ **I.Asimov: A Memoir.** _ I read his earlier autobiographies, but this last one was particularly poignant since he knew the end was near. ---
**Author:** ![gaffa](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/e68b1a/32.png) [@gaffa](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gaffa)\ **Post date:** [August 13, 2009, 5:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-title-for-an-auto-biography/506278/25 "2009-08-13T17:53:15Z")
David Niven’s various autobiographical books all have excellent titles: [_Bring on the Empty Horses_](http://www.amazon.com/Bring-Empty-Horses-Coronet-Books/dp/0340209151/ref=ntt_at_ep_dpi_1) [_Go Slowly, Come Back Quickly_](http://www.amazon.com/Go-Slowly-Come-Back-Quickly/dp/0440131138/ref=ntt_at_ep_dpt_2) [_The Moon’s a Balloon_](http://www.amazon.com/moons-balloon-reminiscences-David-Niven/dp/024102062X/ref=ntt_at_ep_dpt_3) (All referring to various incidents on movie sets.) Although Errol Flynn’s [_My Wicked Wicked Ways_](http://www.amazon.com/My-Wicked-Ways-Errol-Flynn/dp/0899660932) may win some kind of award for honesty. ---
**Author:** ![Sampiro](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/2acd7d/32.png) [@Sampiro](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sampiro)\ **Post date:** [August 13, 2009, 6:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-title-for-an-auto-biography/506278/26 "2009-08-13T18:04:09Z")
[A Liar’s Autobiography (Volume VI)](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/A_Liar%27s_Autobiography) by Graham Chapman (also a hilarious book) _I Never Played the Game-_ Howard Cosell _It’s Always Something-_ Gilda Radner (though you’d have to know who she was, Roseanne Rosannadanna, and about her cancer battle to understand why it was a great title) ---
**Author:** ![Hampshire](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/hampshire/32/4887_2.png) [@Hampshire](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hampshire)\ **Post date:** [August 13, 2009, 6:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-title-for-an-auto-biography/506278/27 "2009-08-13T18:20:02Z")
Russell Brand: **My Booky Wooky** ---
**Author:** ![KittenKat](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kittenkat/32/306_2.png) [@KittenKat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/KittenKat)\ **Post date:** [August 13, 2009, 6:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-title-for-an-auto-biography/506278/28 "2009-08-13T18:21:08Z")
> [@Icerigger](#): > > Isaac Asimov: **In Memory Still Green** > [@nivlac](#): > > I was always tickled by Isaac Asimov’s last autobiography: _ **I.Asimov: A Memoir.** _ I read his earlier autobiographies, but this last one was particularly poignant since he knew the end was near. Since we have the first and third installments mentioned, I’ll just chime in with the second installment of Asimov’s autobiography: _ **In Joy Still Felt** _. Oh, and by the way, the title of the first book is actually _ **In Memory Yet Green** _. ---
**Author:** ![Exapno\_Mapcase](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/exapno_mapcase/32/1051_2.png) [@Exapno\_Mapcase](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Exapno_Mapcase)\ **Post date:** [August 13, 2009, 9:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-title-for-an-auto-biography/506278/29 "2009-08-13T21:54:40Z")
Some older ones. Mae West _Goodness Had Nothing to Do With It_ Oscar Levant \*A Smattering of Ignorance The Memoirs of an Amnesiac [maybe the best ever] The Unimportance of Being Oscar \* Alexander King: _May This House Be Safe from Tigers Mine Enemy Grows Older I Should Have Kissed Her More Is There a Life After Birth_ ---
**Author:** ![RealityChuck](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/realitychuck/32/195_2.png) [@RealityChuck](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RealityChuck)\ **Post date:** [August 14, 2009, 12:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-title-for-an-auto-biography/506278/30 "2009-08-14T00:04:35Z")
Isaac Deutcher’s three-volume biography of Trotsky: **The Prophet Armed The Prophet Unarmed The Prophet Outcast** ---
**Author:** ![fuzzypickles](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/9d8465/32.png) [@fuzzypickles](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/fuzzypickles)\ **Post date:** [August 14, 2009, 12:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-title-for-an-auto-biography/506278/31 "2009-08-14T00:12:37Z")
**Naked Came I** by Opus the Penguin. 😃 ---
**Author:** ![AppallingGael](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/b9bd4f/32.png) [@AppallingGael](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AppallingGael)\ **Post date:** [August 14, 2009, 1:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-title-for-an-auto-biography/506278/32 "2009-08-14T01:54:16Z")
_Getting It Through My Thick Skull_, by Mary Jo Buttafuoco ---
**Author:** ![Slithy\_Tove](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/slithy_tove/32/18248_2.png) [@Slithy\_Tove](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Slithy_Tove)\ **Post date:** [August 14, 2009, 2:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-title-for-an-auto-biography/506278/33 "2009-08-14T02:09:45Z")
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**Author:** ![janis\_and\_c0](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/janis_and_c0/32/21_2.png) [@janis\_and\_c0](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/janis_and_c0)\ **Post date:** [August 14, 2009, 2:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-title-for-an-auto-biography/506278/34 "2009-08-14T02:21:48Z")
I always liked Desi Arnaz’s \*\* A Book\*\*. He was working on **Another Book** , but he never finished it. ---
**Author:** ![CalMeacham](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/calmeacham/32/35_2.png) [@CalMeacham](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CalMeacham)\ **Post date:** [August 14, 2009, 2:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-title-for-an-auto-biography/506278/35 "2009-08-14T02:41:21Z")
> [@](#): > > Heh. Beat you to both the cite and the joke. Damn! Sorry about that – I scanned the thread, but missed that one. It;'s my favorite – I’ve brought it up often enough on this Board. ---
**Author:** ![Polycarp](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/82dd89/32.png) [@Polycarp](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Polycarp)\ **Post date:** [August 14, 2009, 2:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-title-for-an-auto-biography/506278/36 "2009-08-14T02:43:40Z")
> [@FriarTed](#): > > “Surprised by Joy”- C.S. Lewis Perhaps the greatest piece of irony in literature, considering he wrote it before meeting his wife! 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![Ruby](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/13edae/32.png) [@Ruby](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ruby)\ **Post date:** [August 14, 2009, 4:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-title-for-an-auto-biography/506278/37 "2009-08-14T04:51:42Z")
> [@gaffa](#): > > Although Errol Flynn’s [_My Wicked Wicked Ways_](http://www.amazon.com/My-Wicked-Ways-Errol-Flynn/dp/0899660932) may win some kind of award for honesty. Ah, one of my favorite autobiographies of all time. 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![Manwich](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/e480ec/32.png) [@Manwich](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Manwich)\ **Post date:** [August 14, 2009, 5:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-title-for-an-auto-biography/506278/38 "2009-08-14T05:52:25Z")
_A Young Man’s Passage_, by Julian Clary. ---
**Author:** ![SunSandSuffering](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ee7513/32.png) [@SunSandSuffering](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SunSandSuffering)\ **Post date:** [August 14, 2009, 10:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-title-for-an-auto-biography/506278/39 "2009-08-14T10:03:35Z")
British comic Vic Reeves: Me Moir (memoir, geddit?) His real name being Jim Moir… ---
**Author:** ![SmashTheState](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/e36b37/32.png) [@SmashTheState](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SmashTheState)\ **Post date:** [August 14, 2009, 10:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-title-for-an-auto-biography/506278/40 "2009-08-14T10:10:34Z")
_The Man in the Rubber Mask_ by Robert Llewellyn, who played “Kryten” on Red Dwarf. Hilarious book, by the way. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-title-for-an-auto-biography/506278.md?page=1) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-title-for-an-auto-biography/506278.md?page=3)