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The Diary of a Young Girl (Mass Market Paperback)
by (shelved 370 times as biographical)
avg rating 4.21 — 4,354,529 ratings — published 1947
Educated (Hardcover)
by (shelved 193 times as biographical)
avg rating 4.46 — 1,995,448 ratings — published 2018
Becoming (Hardcover)
by (shelved 172 times as biographical)
avg rating 4.43 — 1,254,176 ratings — published 2018
I'm Glad My Mom Died (Hardcover)
by (shelved 154 times as biographical)
avg rating 4.42 — 1,645,810 ratings — published 2022
Born a Crime: Stories from a South African Childhood (Hardcover)
by (shelved 151 times as biographical)
avg rating 4.48 — 856,445 ratings — published 2016
Bossypants (ebook)
by (shelved 150 times as biographical)
avg rating 3.96 — 1,077,076 ratings — published 2011
Night (Paperback)
by (shelved 146 times as biographical)
avg rating 4.38 — 1,410,732 ratings — published 2012
Into the Wild (Kindle Edition)
by (shelved 140 times as biographical)
avg rating 4.02 — 1,230,847 ratings — published 1996
Steve Jobs (Hardcover)
by (shelved 135 times as biographical)
avg rating 4.16 — 1,398,748 ratings — published 2011
Man's Search for Meaning (Paperback)
by (shelved 131 times as biographical)
avg rating 4.36 — 949,785 ratings — published 1946
I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings (Maya Angelou's Autobiography, #1)
by (shelved 128 times as biographical)
avg rating 4.30 — 601,253 ratings — published 1969
The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks (Hardcover)
by (shelved 126 times as biographical)
avg rating 4.14 — 834,046 ratings — published 2010
The Glass Castle (Paperback)
by (shelved 122 times as biographical)
avg rating 4.33 — 1,418,853 ratings — published 2005
"Surely You're Joking, Mr. Feynman!": Adventures of a Curious Character (Paperback)
by (shelved 120 times as biographical)
avg rating 4.26 — 224,590 ratings — published 1985
Unbroken: A World War II Story of Survival, Resilience and Redemption (Hardcover)
by (shelved 119 times as biographical)
avg rating 4.39 — 1,022,310 ratings — published 2010
I Am Malala: The Story of the Girl Who Stood Up for Education and Was Shot by the Taliban (Hardcover)
by (shelved 116 times as biographical)
avg rating 4.16 — 642,185 ratings — published 2012
When Breath Becomes Air (Kindle Edition)
by (shelved 115 times as biographical)
avg rating 4.41 — 861,196 ratings — published 2016
Hillbilly Elegy: A Memoir of a Family and Culture in Crisis (Hardcover)
by (shelved 104 times as biographical)
avg rating 3.83 — 516,964 ratings — published 2016
The Hiding Place: The Triumphant True Story of Corrie Ten Boom (Paperback)
by (shelved 98 times as biographical)
avg rating 4.48 — 370,577 ratings — published 1971
Wild: From Lost to Found on the Pacific Crest Trail (Hardcover)
by (shelved 98 times as biographical)
avg rating 4.07 — 894,601 ratings — published 2012
The Autobiography of Malcolm X (Mass Market Paperback)
by (shelved 97 times as biographical)
avg rating 4.37 — 301,808 ratings — published 1965
Yes Please (Hardcover)
by (shelved 95 times as biographical)
avg rating 3.85 — 567,080 ratings — published 2014
Kitchen Confidential: Adventures in the Culinary Underbelly (Paperback)
by (shelved 88 times as biographical)
avg rating 4.20 — 414,832 ratings — published 2000
Between the World and Me (Hardcover)
by (shelved 87 times as biographical)
avg rating 4.40 — 377,886 ratings — published 2015
Elon Musk: Tesla, SpaceX, and the Quest for a Fantastic Future (Hardcover)
by (shelved 86 times as biographical)
avg rating 4.11 — 460,189 ratings — published 2015
Tuesdays with Morrie: An Old Man, a Young Man, and Life's Greatest Lesson (Paperback)
by (shelved 84 times as biographical)
avg rating 4.22 — 1,290,370 ratings — published 1997
Angela's Ashes (Frank McCourt, #1)
by (shelved 82 times as biographical)
avg rating 4.16 — 671,968 ratings — published 1996
Einstein: His Life and Universe (Hardcover)
by (shelved 81 times as biographical)
avg rating 4.16 — 211,540 ratings — published 2007
A Promised Land (Kindle Edition)
by (shelved 79 times as biographical)
avg rating 4.31 — 289,443 ratings — published 2020
The Autobiography of Benjamin Franklin (Paperback)
by (shelved 79 times as biographical)
avg rating 3.85 — 94,722 ratings — published 1791
On Writing: A Memoir of the Craft (Mass Market Paperback)
by (shelved 78 times as biographical)
avg rating 4.34 — 329,934 ratings — published 2000
Eat, Pray, Love (Paperback)
by (shelved 78 times as biographical)
avg rating 3.65 — 1,874,624 ratings — published 2006
The Complete Persepolis (Paperback)
by (shelved 73 times as biographical)
avg rating 4.41 — 219,027 ratings — published 2007
Greenlights (Hardcover)
by (shelved 72 times as biographical)
avg rating 4.19 — 497,062 ratings — published 2020
Fun Home: A Family Tragicomic (Paperback)
by (shelved 72 times as biographical)
avg rating 4.07 — 210,130 ratings — published 2006
Crying in H Mart (Hardcover)
by (shelved 70 times as biographical)
avg rating 4.22 — 655,048 ratings — published 2021
Just Kids (Hardcover)
by (shelved 70 times as biographical)
avg rating 4.21 — 387,873 ratings — published 2010
Me Talk Pretty One Day (Paperback)
by (shelved 69 times as biographical)
avg rating 4.01 — 732,221 ratings — published 2000
The Princess Diarist (Hardcover)
by (shelved 66 times as biographical)
avg rating 3.69 — 93,481 ratings — published 2016
John Adams (Paperback)
by (shelved 65 times as biographical)
avg rating 4.09 — 386,767 ratings — published 2001
Is Everyone Hanging Out Without Me? (And Other Concerns)
by (shelved 64 times as biographical)
avg rating 3.86 — 519,189 ratings — published 2011
Persepolis: The Story of a Childhood (Persepolis, #1)
by (shelved 64 times as biographical)
avg rating 4.28 — 243,379 ratings — published 2003
Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass (Paperback)
by (shelved 63 times as biographical)
avg rating 4.14 — 140,269 ratings — published 1845
Alexander Hamilton (Paperback)
by (shelved 63 times as biographical)
avg rating 4.22 — 209,241 ratings — published 2004
Into Thin Air: A Personal Account of the Mt. Everest Disaster (Paperback)
by (shelved 63 times as biographical)
avg rating 4.27 — 594,818 ratings — published 1997
The Woman in Me (Hardcover)
by (shelved 62 times as biographical)
avg rating 3.83 — 600,521 ratings — published 2023
Twelve Years a Slave (ebook)
by (shelved 62 times as biographical)
avg rating 4.23 — 127,714 ratings — published 1853
The Complete Maus (Paperback)
by (shelved 62 times as biographical)
avg rating 4.58 — 267,648 ratings — published 1992
Long Walk to Freedom (Paperback)
by (shelved 60 times as biographical)
avg rating 4.36 — 98,471 ratings — published 1991
Bonhoeffer: Pastor, Martyr, Prophet, Spy (Hardcover)
by (shelved 58 times as biographical)
avg rating 4.21 — 86,124 ratings — published 2010
“The Earl of Lancaster loudly spoke, “Piers Gaveston, this court finds you guilty of treason, of sodomy and sedition as well as many other crimes against God! You shall be taken to Blacklow Hill, which shall by your place of execution, and you shall be put to death by two of my Welsh soldiers! May God have mercy upon your soul!”
― Isabella Warrior Queen
― Isabella Warrior Queen
“There is a certain enthusiasm in liberty, that makes human nature rise above itself, in acts of bravery and heroism”
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