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Steve Jobs (Hardcover)
by (shelved 571 times as bio)
avg rating 4.16 — 1,366,589 ratings — published 2011
The Diary of a Young Girl (Mass Market Paperback)
by (shelved 407 times as bio)
avg rating 4.20 — 4,223,078 ratings — published 1947
Becoming (Hardcover)
by (shelved 335 times as bio)
avg rating 4.43 — 1,208,366 ratings — published 2018
Elon Musk: Tesla, SpaceX, and the Quest for a Fantastic Future (Hardcover)
by (shelved 299 times as bio)
avg rating 4.12 — 447,522 ratings — published 2015
Born a Crime: Stories from a South African Childhood (Hardcover)
by (shelved 274 times as bio)
avg rating 4.49 — 815,362 ratings — published 2016
Bossypants (ebook)
by (shelved 260 times as bio)
avg rating 3.96 — 1,059,672 ratings — published 2011
Einstein: His Life and Universe (Hardcover)
by (shelved 235 times as bio)
avg rating 4.17 — 203,739 ratings — published 2007
I'm Glad My Mom Died (Hardcover)
by (shelved 225 times as bio)
avg rating 4.43 — 1,506,213 ratings — published 2022
Educated (Hardcover)
by (shelved 218 times as bio)
avg rating 4.46 — 1,885,800 ratings — published 2018
Leonardo da Vinci (Hardcover)
by (shelved 204 times as bio)
avg rating 4.18 — 130,196 ratings — published 2017
The Autobiography of Malcolm X (Mass Market Paperback)
by (shelved 203 times as bio)
avg rating 4.37 — 293,267 ratings — published 1965
Shoe Dog: A Memoir by the Creator of Nike (Hardcover)
by (shelved 185 times as bio)
avg rating 4.46 — 373,649 ratings — published 2016
Yes Please (Hardcover)
by (shelved 183 times as bio)
avg rating 3.85 — 558,133 ratings — published 2014
I Am Malala: The Story of the Girl Who Stood Up for Education and Was Shot by the Taliban (Hardcover)
by (shelved 182 times as bio)
avg rating 4.16 — 627,112 ratings — published 2012
"Surely You're Joking, Mr. Feynman!": Adventures of a Curious Character (Paperback)
by (shelved 172 times as bio)
avg rating 4.26 — 218,940 ratings — published 1985
The Glass Castle (Paperback)
by (shelved 162 times as bio)
avg rating 4.33 — 1,373,260 ratings — published 2005
I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings (Maya Angelou's Autobiography, #1)
by (shelved 153 times as bio)
avg rating 4.30 — 585,520 ratings — published 1969
When Breath Becomes Air (Kindle Edition)
by (shelved 148 times as bio)
avg rating 4.41 — 817,290 ratings — published 2016
John Adams (Paperback)
by (shelved 147 times as bio)
avg rating 4.09 — 379,155 ratings — published 2001
Benjamin Franklin: An American Life (Paperback)
by (shelved 145 times as bio)
avg rating 4.05 — 151,099 ratings — published 2003
A Promised Land (Kindle Edition)
by (shelved 144 times as bio)
avg rating 4.31 — 278,506 ratings — published 2020
Is Everyone Hanging Out Without Me? (And Other Concerns)
by (shelved 143 times as bio)
avg rating 3.86 — 514,698 ratings — published 2011
Kitchen Confidential: Adventures in the Culinary Underbelly (Paperback)
by (shelved 143 times as bio)
avg rating 4.19 — 383,207 ratings — published 2000
The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks (Hardcover)
by (shelved 136 times as bio)
avg rating 4.13 — 810,031 ratings — published 2010
Unbroken: A World War II Story of Survival, Resilience and Redemption (Hardcover)
by (shelved 135 times as bio)
avg rating 4.39 — 1,002,476 ratings — published 2010
Night (Paperback)
by (shelved 134 times as bio)
avg rating 4.38 — 1,373,499 ratings — published 1956
Just Kids (Hardcover)
by (shelved 133 times as bio)
avg rating 4.21 — 359,768 ratings — published 2010
Alexander Hamilton (Paperback)
by (shelved 133 times as bio)
avg rating 4.22 — 201,587 ratings — published 2004
Greenlights (Hardcover)
by (shelved 130 times as bio)
avg rating 4.20 — 466,940 ratings — published 2020
Wild: From Lost to Found on the Pacific Crest Trail (Hardcover)
by (shelved 123 times as bio)
avg rating 4.07 — 872,137 ratings — published 2012
The Woman in Me (Hardcover)
by (shelved 117 times as bio)
avg rating 3.83 — 581,527 ratings — published 2023
Into the Wild (Kindle Edition)
by (shelved 116 times as bio)
avg rating 4.02 — 1,199,603 ratings — published 1996
Man's Search for Meaning (Paperback)
by (shelved 115 times as bio)
avg rating 4.37 — 891,683 ratings — published 1946
Titan: The Life of John D. Rockefeller, Sr. (Paperback)
by (shelved 112 times as bio)
avg rating 4.15 — 38,113 ratings — published 1998
Friends, Lovers, and the Big Terrible Thing (Hardcover)
by (shelved 104 times as bio)
avg rating 3.94 — 405,821 ratings — published 2022
The Autobiography of Benjamin Franklin (Paperback)
by (shelved 104 times as bio)
avg rating 3.85 — 92,310 ratings — published 1791
Elon Musk (Hardcover)
by (shelved 101 times as bio)
avg rating 4.32 — 77,015 ratings — published 2023
Born Standing Up: A Comic's Life (Hardcover)
by (shelved 101 times as bio)
avg rating 3.88 — 107,627 ratings — published 2007
The Rise of Theodore Roosevelt (Theodore Roosevelt, #1)
by (shelved 100 times as bio)
avg rating 4.22 — 61,246 ratings — published 1979
American Prometheus: The Triumph and Tragedy of J. Robert Oppenheimer (Paperback)
by (shelved 100 times as bio)
avg rating 4.31 — 59,770 ratings — published 2005
Crying in H Mart (Hardcover)
by (shelved 99 times as bio)
avg rating 4.23 — 609,950 ratings — published 2021
Long Walk to Freedom (Paperback)
by (shelved 99 times as bio)
avg rating 4.36 — 94,823 ratings — published 1994
Hillbilly Elegy: A Memoir of a Family and Culture in Crisis (Hardcover)
by (shelved 97 times as bio)
avg rating 3.84 — 507,172 ratings — published 2016
Angela's Ashes (Frank McCourt, #1)
by (shelved 97 times as bio)
avg rating 4.15 — 660,614 ratings — published 1996
The Storyteller: Tales of Life and Music (Hardcover)
by (shelved 94 times as bio)
avg rating 4.43 — 169,391 ratings — published 2021
The Princess Diarist (Hardcover)
by (shelved 93 times as bio)
avg rating 3.69 — 91,685 ratings — published 2016
Eat, Pray, Love (Paperback)
by (shelved 92 times as bio)
avg rating 3.65 — 1,849,830 ratings — published 2006
Wishful Drinking (Hardcover)
by (shelved 89 times as bio)
avg rating 3.82 — 94,306 ratings — published 2008
Washington: A Life (Hardcover)
by (shelved 87 times as bio)
avg rating 4.17 — 83,581 ratings — published 2010
“I want to be the reason you put 'poetess' in your bio.”
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“I’ve always had a vivid imagination in terms of storytelling, but thankfully I learned early on that imagination can be stifled or enhanced by one’s writing ability—what I call word work. My goal from then on was to make sure my writing skills were up to speed with my imagination.”
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