Spike Milligan’s books about WW2 are quite brilliant:
Hitler: My Part In His Downfall
Rommel? Gunner Who, Monty: His Part in My Victory, Mussolini: His Part in My Downfall
Where Have all the Bullets Gone?
Goodbye, Soldier and Peace Work.
I enjoyed A Good Life by Ben Bradlee, former editor of the Washington Post. You get some good stories about some of the early days of people who became big in the business. You also get some fascinating stories about Watergate and publication of the Pentagon Papers.
Although she is much more well-known for The American Way of Death, Jessica Mitford’s autobiograpical Hons and Rebels is fascinating and very funny. Born into a bizarre titled English family (that has earned a few biographies of its own), she became a communist, eloped with Winston Churchill’s nephew, fought in the Spanish Civil War, and eventually ran away to America. Great read.
Born in Liverpool in 1910, Nicholas Monsarrat was educated at Winchester and Cambridge, where he studied law. His first novel to receive significant attention was This is the Schoolroom, published in 1939 - a largely autobiographical novel dealing with the end of college life, the ‘Hungry Thirties’ and the Spanish Civil War. Monsarrat served with the navy in the Battle of the Atlantic, which provided the subject of his most successful novel, The Cruel Sea (1951), which at the time made him one of the most successful writers of the twentieth century. Later works include the novels The White Rajah (1961) and The Pillow Fight (1965), and a two-volume autobiography, Life is a Four Letter Word. This is one of the books I have enjoyed the most.
Look for Dirk Bogarde in hte non-fiction section; he wrote a lot of books that were about his life, inv9olved his life, or were tangential to it. Sort of “bored non-working actor” and the other interests in his life he tries to be involved in. The first book (as usual) is the best - “A Postillion struck by Lightning”; about his childhood years.
Dame Edna Everage wrote her autobiography “My Wonderful Life” and it hit number 1 in the British non-fiction list !!!
(hint: Edna Everage is a stage persona)
Dammit… that’s what I was gonna say!!! I ADORE that book.
Second vote for Maya Angelou… any of her series of books, though Caged Bird is my favorite.
Would James Herriott’s books count? I devoured those books as a kid, and pretty much thrust them upon anyone who will sit still long enough.
-BK
A couple favorites:
Papa John by John Phillips. It’s about his time with the Mamas and the Papas. If you’re fascinated with the 60s music scene like I am, this is a great book to read. I read California Dreamin’ by Michelle Phillips, but hers wasn’t as good. She whined a lot in it.
The Endless Steppe by Esther Hautzig was my favorite as a child, and it’s still one of my favorites. Esther and her family were taken to concentration camps in Siberia during WWII. This is her story, and how she lived through it. Absolutely fascinating.
Sheri
I just want to second this recommendation. An interesting lady, that rubbed elbows with some of the most powerful people in the world, in an interesting time and place – JFK’s election and assasination, Watergate, etc. The book won the Pulitzer Prize, and deserved it.
ME by Katherine Hepburn. she is so honest and unflinching. and she gives some of her favorite recipes. funny, sad, heartwarming, runs the emotional gamut.
I’m halfway through Woody Guthrie’s Bound for Glory. His writing style is a bit unpolished, as you might expect, but it’s an interesting read. It’s amazing what he an his family went through in Oklahoma before the great depression.
Another vote for both Maya Angelou and David Niven (I’m sure there was a third book, “Go slowly, Come Back Quickly”, I think).
I won’t suggest Mick Foley’s book as I’m guessing you’ll have already read that. 
Okay, this thread hasn’t had a post in a couple a year and a half, but I just wanted to say that Ava Gardner’s “Ava: My Story” was a great read.
She tells the story of her life. She’s writes so candidly it’s almost as though she’s talking the book instead of writing it, if that makes any sense…
I recommend “How to talk dirty and influence people” by Lenny Bruce. It’s an eye opening, hilarious account of his controversial life as a stand up comic / social commentator.
I’ll add Annie Dilliard “American Childhood” to the list–I think I have the title right.
She is simply a master stylist, an insightful writer, and is quite funny when she wants to be.
I’ll second votes on Niven, O’Toole, Malcolm X, and Lenny Bruce.
A “sort of” autobiography are the first person oral histories of old ballplayers in “The Glory of their times” and “Only the ball was white.” Those are both dependent on how well you like baseball.
Well biography anyway.