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116 Books in the BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY / Entertainment & Performing Arts Category

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Simply More: A Book for Anyone Who Has Been Told They’re Too Much

Simply More: A Book for Anyone Who Has Been Told They’re Too Much
Bottom of the Pyramid: A Memoir of Persevering, Dancing for Myself, and Starring in My Own Life

Bottom of the Pyramid: A Memoir of Persevering, Dancing for Myself, and Starring in My Own Life
Fearless and Free: A Memoir

Fearless and Free: A Memoir
Master of Me: The Secret to Controlling Your Narrative

Master of Me: The Secret to Controlling Your Narrative
Growing Up Urkel

Growing Up Urkel
Tupac Shakur: The Authorized Biography

Tupac Shakur: The Authorized Biography
The Road Is Good: How a Mother’s Strength Became a Daughter’s Purpose

The Road Is Good: How a Mother’s Strength Became a Daughter’s Purpose
Did Everyone Have an Imaginary Friend (or Just Me)?: Adventures in Boyhood

Did Everyone Have an Imaginary Friend (or Just Me)?: Adventures in Boyhood
The Dow Twins’ Legacy: 50 Years of Disco Reflections

The Dow Twins’ Legacy: 50 Years of Disco Reflections
Dancing the Afrofuture: Hula, Hip-Hop, and the Dunham Legacy

Dancing the Afrofuture: Hula, Hip-Hop, and the Dunham Legacy
What Have We Here?: Portraits of a Life

What Have We Here?: Portraits of a Life
Top Billin’:Stories of Laughter, Lessons, and Triumph

Top Billin’:Stories of Laughter, Lessons, and Triumph
The Wind at My Back: Resilience, Grace, and Other Gifts from My Mentor, Raven Wilkinson

The Wind at My Back: Resilience, Grace, and Other Gifts from My Mentor, Raven Wilkinson
Scenes from My Life: A Memoir

Scenes from My Life: A Memoir
The Fame Game: An Insider’s Playbook for Earning Your 15 Minutes

The Fame Game: An Insider’s Playbook for Earning Your 15 Minutes
Walking in My Joy: In These Streets

Walking in My Joy: In These Streets
Dorothy Dandridge: A Biography

Dorothy Dandridge: A Biography
After Dark: Birth of the Disco Dance Party

After Dark: Birth of the Disco Dance Party
In the Heights: Finding Home

In the Heights: Finding Home
Cack-Handed: A Memoir

Cack-Handed: A Memoir
Checking in: How Getting Real about Depression Saved My Life—And Can Save Yours

Checking in: How Getting Real about Depression Saved My Life—And Can Save Yours
For Your Consideration: Maya Rudolph

For Your Consideration: Maya Rudolph
Living in Color: What’s Funny about Me

Living in Color: What’s Funny about Me
More Than Pretty: Doing the Soul Work That Uncovers Your True Beauty

More Than Pretty: Doing the Soul Work That Uncovers Your True Beauty
Josephine Baker and Katherine Dunham: Dances in Literature and Cinema

Josephine Baker and Katherine Dunham: Dances in Literature and Cinema
Nigger: An Autobiography

Nigger: An Autobiography
The Mother of Black Hollywood: A Memoir

The Mother of Black Hollywood: A Memoir
The AutoThugOgraphy of Turk

The AutoThugOgraphy of Turk
Hollywood Black

Hollywood Black
Shook One: Anxiety Playing Tricks on Me

Shook One: Anxiety Playing Tricks on Me
Looking for Lorraine: The Radiant and Radical Life of Lorraine Hansberry

Looking for Lorraine: The Radiant and Radical Life of Lorraine Hansberry
She Begat This: 20 Years of the Miseducation of Lauryn Hill

She Begat This: 20 Years of the Miseducation of Lauryn Hill
Well, That Escalated Quickly: Memoirs and Mistakes of an Accidental Activist

Well, That Escalated Quickly: Memoirs and Mistakes of an Accidental Activist
Blessed Life: My Surprising Journey of Joy, Tears, and Tales from Harlem to Hollywood

Blessed Life: My Surprising Journey of Joy, Tears, and Tales from Harlem to Hollywood
Around the Way Girl: A Memoir

Around the Way Girl: A Memoir
Elizabeth and Michael: The Queen of Hollywood and the King of Pop_A Love Story

Elizabeth and Michael: The Queen of Hollywood and the King of Pop_A Love Story
I Can’t Make This Up: Life Lessons

I Can’t Make This Up: Life Lessons
This Is Just My Face: Try Not to Stare

This Is Just My Face: Try Not to Stare
Black Privilege: Opportunity Comes to Those Who Create It

Black Privilege: Opportunity Comes to Those Who Create It
Kill ’Em and Leave: Searching for James Brown and the American Soul

Kill ’Em and Leave: Searching for James Brown and the American Soul
You Can’t Touch My Hair: And Other Things I Still Have to Explain

You Can’t Touch My Hair: And Other Things I Still Have to Explain
Eddie Green - The Rise of an Early 1900s Black American Entertainment Pioneer

Eddie Green - The Rise of an Early 1900s Black American Entertainment Pioneer
Before You Judge Me: The Triumph and Tragedy of Michael Jackson’s Last Days

Before You Judge Me: The Triumph and Tragedy of Michael Jackson’s Last Days
Walking with the Muses: A Memoir

Walking with the Muses: A Memoir
Every Little Step: My Story

Every Little Step: My Story
My Voice: A Memoir

My Voice: A Memoir
Survivor I Changed the Rules

Survivor I Changed the Rules
Snoop Dogg: Reincarnated

Snoop Dogg: Reincarnated
The Wind in the Reeds: A Storm, A Play, and the City That Would Not Be Broken

The Wind in the Reeds: A Storm, A Play, and the City That Would Not Be Broken
Vindicated: Confessions Of A Video Vixen, Ten Years Later

Vindicated: Confessions Of A Video Vixen, Ten Years Later
The Half That’s Never Been Told: The Real-Life Reggae Adventures of Doctor Dread

The Half That’s Never Been Told: The Real-Life Reggae Adventures of Doctor Dread
Life in Motion: An Unlikely Ballerina

Life in Motion: An Unlikely Ballerina
True Love

True Love
Rainbow in the Cloud: The Wisdom and Spirit of Maya Angelou

Rainbow in the Cloud: The Wisdom and Spirit of Maya Angelou
Cosby: His Life and Times

Cosby: His Life and Times
Rhythm For Sale

Rhythm For Sale
Stand Up Straight and Sing!

Stand Up Straight and Sing!
Furious Cool: Richard Pryor And The World That Made Him

Furious Cool: Richard Pryor And The World That Made Him
Madame Walker Theatre Center: An Indianapolis Treasure

Madame Walker Theatre Center: An Indianapolis Treasure
Year of Yes: How to Dance It Out, Stand In the Sun and Be Your Own Person

Year of Yes: How to Dance It Out, Stand In the Sun and Be Your Own Person
Lies of a Real Housewife: Tell the Truth and Shame the Devil

Lies of a Real Housewife: Tell the Truth and Shame the Devil

Game Over

Game Over
You Have No Idea: A Famous Daughter, Her No-nonsense Mother, and How They Survived Pageants, Holly wood, Love, Loss (and Each Other)

You Have No Idea: A Famous Daughter, Her No-nonsense Mother, and How They Survived Pageants, Holly wood, Love, Loss (and Each Other)
Remembering Whitney: My Story of Love, Loss, and the Night the Music Stopped

Remembering Whitney: My Story of Love, Loss, and the Night the Music Stopped

Heat Wave: The Life and Career of Ethel Waters

Heat Wave: The Life and Career of Ethel Waters
Ice: A Memoir of Gangster Life and Redemption-From South Central to Hollywood

Ice: A Memoir of Gangster Life and Redemption-From South Central to Hollywood
Joan Myers Brown & The Audacious Hope Of The Black Ballerina: A Biohistory Of American Performance

Joan Myers Brown & The Audacious Hope Of The Black Ballerina: A Biohistory Of American Performance
I Didn’t Ask To Be Born: (But I’m Glad I Was)

I Didn’t Ask To Be Born: (But I’m Glad I Was)
My Song: A Memoir

My Song: A Memoir
Flavor Flav: The Icon The Memoir

Flavor Flav: The Icon The Memoir
True You: A Journey To Finding And Loving Yourself

True You: A Journey To Finding And Loving Yourself
Is It Just Me?: Or Is It Nuts Out There?

Is It Just Me?: Or Is It Nuts Out There?
African Rhythms: The Autobiography Of Randy Weston

African Rhythms: The Autobiography Of Randy Weston
Hazel Scott: The Pioneering Journey of a Jazz Pianist, from Cafe Society to Hollywood to HUAC

Hazel Scott: The Pioneering Journey of a Jazz Pianist, from Cafe Society to Hollywood to HUAC
Clandestine in Chile: The Adventures of Miguel Littin

Clandestine in Chile: The Adventures of Miguel Littin
Foxy: My Life In Three Acts

Foxy: My Life In Three Acts
Killing Willis: From Diff’rent Strokes To The Mean Streets To The Life I Always Wanted

Killing Willis: From Diff’rent Strokes To The Mean Streets To The Life I Always Wanted
Michael Jackson: The Man behind the Mask

Michael Jackson: The Man behind the Mask
The Undiscovered Paul Robeson Quest for Freedom, 1939 - 1976

The Undiscovered Paul Robeson Quest for Freedom, 1939 - 1976
Michael Jackson: The Man Behind the Mask: An Insider’s Story of the King of Pop

Michael Jackson: The Man Behind the Mask: An Insider’s Story of the King of Pop
Life Beyond Measure: Letters to My Great-Granddaughter

Life Beyond Measure: Letters to My Great-Granddaughter
The Heart of a Woman (paperback)

The Heart of a Woman (paperback)
Hiding In Hip Hop: On The Down Low In The Entertainment Industry--From Music To Hollywood

Hiding In Hip Hop: On The Down Low In The Entertainment Industry--From Music To Hollywood
The Women Who Raised Me: A Memoir

The Women Who Raised Me: A Memoir
It’s No Secret: From Nas to Jay-Z, from Seduction to Scandal—a Hip-Hop Helen of Troy Tells All

It’s No Secret: From Nas to Jay-Z, from Seduction to Scandal—a Hip-Hop Helen of Troy Tells All
Grace After Midnight: A Memoir

Grace After Midnight: A Memoir
Brown Sugar: Over 100 Years of America’s Black Female Superstars (New and Updated Edition)

Brown Sugar: Over 100 Years of America’s Black Female Superstars (New and Updated Edition)
Hattie Mcdaniel: Black Ambition, White Hollywood

Hattie Mcdaniel: Black Ambition, White Hollywood
The Measure of a Man

The Measure of a Man
If I Stop, I’ll Die: The Comedy and Tragedy of Richard Pryor

If I Stop, I’ll Die: The Comedy and Tragedy of Richard Pryor
Stepin Fetchit: The Life & Times of Lincoln Perry

Stepin Fetchit: The Life & Times of Lincoln Perry
Jokes My Father Never Taught Me: Life, Love, and Loss with Richard Pryor

Jokes My Father Never Taught Me: Life, Love, and Loss with Richard Pryor
Spike Lee: That’s My Story and I’m Sticking to It

Spike Lee: That’s My Story and I’m Sticking to It
Confessions of a Video Vixen

Confessions of a Video Vixen
A Hand to Guide Me

A Hand to Guide Me
The Final Victim of the Blacklist: John Howard Lawson, Dean of the Hollywood Ten

The Final Victim of the Blacklist: John Howard Lawson, Dean of the Hollywood Ten
Voices in the Mirror: An Autobiography

Voices in the Mirror: An Autobiography
From Poverty To Power Moves

From Poverty To Power Moves
Mae West: An Icon In Black And White

Mae West: An Icon In Black And White
Will

Will
Life And Def: Sex, Drugs, Money, + God

Life And Def: Sex, Drugs, Money, + God
If You Can’t Be Free, Be A Mystery: In Search Of Billie Holiday

If You Can’t Be Free, Be A Mystery: In Search Of Billie Holiday
Remember Me to Harlem: The Letters of Langston Hughes and Carl Van Vechten

Remember Me to Harlem: The Letters of Langston Hughes and Carl Van Vechten
Bad Boy: The Influence of Sean "Puffy" Combs on the Music Industry

Bad Boy: The Influence of Sean "Puffy" Combs on the Music Industry
Q: The Autobiography of Quincy Jones

Q: The Autobiography of Quincy Jones
Callus on My Soul: A Memoir

Callus on My Soul: A Memoir
The Undiscovered Paul Robeson An Artist's Journey, 1898-1939

The Undiscovered Paul Robeson An Artist's Journey, 1898-1939
The Brothers Neville

The Brothers Neville
Everything and Nothing: The Dorothy Dandridge Tragedy

Everything and Nothing: The Dorothy Dandridge Tragedy
With Ossie and Ruby: In This Life Together

With Ossie and Ruby: In This Life Together
My One Good Nerve

My One Good Nerve
Dorothy Dandridge (1998)

Dorothy Dandridge (1998)
The Heart of a Woman

The Heart of a Woman
To Be Young, Gifted and Black

To Be Young, Gifted and Black
His Eye Is On The Sparrow: An Autobiography (Quality Paperbacks Series)

His Eye Is On The Sparrow: An Autobiography (Quality Paperbacks Series)
Making of a Stand-Up Guy

Making of a Stand-Up Guy