Double on @The Heart is a Lonely Hunter if you haven't already read it, so good. I, Claudius is another famous one with a fantastic story. The obvious nonfiction works like @The Story Of My Life, @My Left Foot, a...
antiform in comment, What are the best books on disability?
Tragic books are welcome of course, but it would be interesting to read something with a more mundane or even humorous tone.