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Q&A What should I call a short book about my life?

It's called a memoir. Memoir is a subset of autobiography, which is a subset of biography. A biography is the story of someone's life. Autobiography is when you write your own biography. Memoir...

posted 5y ago by Cyn‭  ·  last activity 5y ago by System‭

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#2: Initial revision by (deleted user) · 2019-12-08T11:18:30Z (almost 5 years ago)
 **It's called a memoir.**

Memoir is a subset of autobiography, which is a subset of biography.

A biography is the story of someone's life. Autobiography is when you write your own biography.

Memoir is writing about your own life but without the scope of a biography. Your book may span many decades, but it's short and focused on certain events.

Since your book would be nonfiction, it does not get classified as a novel, novella, or short story. If you are instead writing fiction that is _based on_ your life, then you could use these terms.

#1: Imported from external source by user avatar System‭ · 2019-03-13T19:27:10Z (over 5 years ago)
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