Topic: LITERATURE
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au‧to‧bi‧og‧ra‧phy
plural autobiographies
plural autobiographies [uncountable and countable]ALTCN a book in which someone writes about their own life, or books of this type [↪ biography]
—autobiographical adjective: an autobiographical novel (=one based on the author's own experiences)
WORD FOCUS: book adjective: an autobiographical novel (=one based on the author's own experiences)WORD FOCUS: book a book about imaginary events: novel, thriller, mystery, horror story, love story, detective story, whodunit
books about imaginary events in general: fiction, science fiction, romantic fiction, crime fiction, chick lit informal
famous or important novels, poems etc : literature
books about real events: non-fiction
a book that gives information: reference book, encyclopedia, textbook
a book about someone's life: biography, autobiography, journal, diary
someone who writes books: writer, author, novelist
a book with a hard cover: hardback /hardcover American English
a book with a cover made of paper or card: paperback
➔ See also book
