Biography & Memoir

6 works

6 works of Biography & Memoir in the Western literary canon — ranked by Gröblé, with difficulty, length, and influence at a glance.

Biography & Memoir, Ranked

According to Groblé

  1. 27Confessions~398Augustine of HippoModerate·Long·400 pagesInfluence91Popularity38Ancient RomeBiography & MemoirLatin
  2. 45Confessions1782Jean-Jacques RousseauModerate·Epic·1,080 pagesInfluence69Popularity39EnlightenmentBiography & MemoirFrench
  3. 99The Autobiography of Benjamin Franklin1791Benjamin FranklinBreezy·Medium·180 pagesInfluence46Popularity56EnlightenmentBiography & MemoirEnglish
  4. 107Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass1845Frederick DouglassBreezy·Medium·145 pagesInfluence47Popularity56Biography & MemoirEnglish
  5. 137Plutarch's Lives~110PlutarchEasy·Epic·2,976 pagesInfluence38Popularity29Ancient GreeceBiography & MemoirAncient Greek
  6. 159Personal Memoirs1885Ulysses S. GrantBreezy·Epic·1,088 pagesInfluence1Popularity25Late 19th-Century AmericanBiography & MemoirEnglish