Challenge: 50 Books discussion

Hello Everyone! Welcome to another Friday Question Discussion Thread.

I don't read a lot of biographies. In fact, I can probably count on one hand the number of biographies I have read and still have fingers left over.

This Friday's question: Do you read biographies? What one biography would you recommend to other readers? What makes that biography stand out?

Well, the best Biography I've read recently was The Glass Castle. Hopefully it will come up as a group read soon because it's one of those rare books that I think everyone could enjoy.

I read a couple biographies every year, probably. I'd say and extraordinary life makes one stand out. I think the autobiographies of humorous people with messed up childhoods are my favourite - if I can find the common ground between the ones I like.