Life Stories

Memoirs, autobiographies and diaries-i.e., life stories represent the most personal and most intimate of genres. The popularity of this body of literature has grown in recent years, and also diversified in terms of the types of stories being told, and persons telling them. In the past, reader's advisors have depended on access by names or Dewey classifications and subjects to help readers find autobiographies they will enjoy. This guide offers an alternative, organizing the literature according to popular genres, subgenres, and themes that reflect common reading interests. Describing some 700 titles that span the Dewey range from 001-999, the author presents a unique overview of the genre that specifically services the needs of reader's advisors and others who work with readers in finding books.