# Favorite autobiographies/memoirs **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [August 23, 2014, 8:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-autobiographies-memoirs/696314 "2014-08-23T20:40:47Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 3\ **Page:** 3
**Author:** ![dflower](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dflower/32/3270_2.png) [@dflower](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dflower)\ **Post date:** [August 28, 2014, 5:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-autobiographies-memoirs/696314/41 "2014-08-28T17:05:00Z")
Tom Robbins - Tibetan Peach Pie If you liked any of his books, and I do, this is wonderful. ---
**Author:** ![mbh](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/a6a055/32.png) [@mbh](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mbh)\ **Post date:** [August 28, 2014, 5:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-autobiographies-memoirs/696314/42 "2014-08-28T17:39:42Z")
The autobiography of the last emperor of China. It was written under the watchful eye of the communist government, so take the last few chapters with a large grain of salt, but it is still fascinating. Depending on which edition you get, it may be titled _From Emperor to Citizen_, or _The Last Manchu_. He may be credited as Aisin-Gioro Puyi (his Manchu name) or Henry Pu Yi (his western name). ---
**Author:** ![TreacherousCretin](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/treacherouscretin/32/476_2.png) [@TreacherousCretin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TreacherousCretin)\ **Post date:** [August 28, 2014, 6:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-autobiographies-memoirs/696314/43 "2014-08-28T18:09:28Z")
> [@Reno\_Nevada](#): > > I don’t know where it fits in the Fiction\<-\>Non-Fiction spectrum, but \*\*Roughing It \*\*by one Mark Twain is really good. (I have not yet read the autobiography). I’d guess the blend is 30% fact, 70% fiction. **142 years old** , and it’s still one of the very funniest books I’ve ever read. The elaborate joke about the camel, less than a page long, is itself worth the price of admission. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-autobiographies-memoirs/696314.md?page=2)