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The Diary of a Young Girl (Mass Market Paperback)
by (shelved 365 times as biographical)
avg rating 4.20 — 4,223,109 ratings — published 1947
Educated (Hardcover)
by (shelved 188 times as biographical)
avg rating 4.46 — 1,885,851 ratings — published 2018
Becoming (Hardcover)
by (shelved 172 times as biographical)
avg rating 4.43 — 1,208,399 ratings — published 2018
Born a Crime: Stories from a South African Childhood (Hardcover)
by (shelved 149 times as biographical)
avg rating 4.49 — 815,378 ratings — published 2016
Bossypants (ebook)
by (shelved 149 times as biographical)
avg rating 3.96 — 1,059,681 ratings — published 2011
Night (Paperback)
by (shelved 146 times as biographical)
avg rating 4.38 — 1,373,522 ratings — published 1956
I'm Glad My Mom Died (Hardcover)
by (shelved 138 times as biographical)
avg rating 4.43 — 1,506,281 ratings — published 2022
Into the Wild (Kindle Edition)
by (shelved 138 times as biographical)
avg rating 4.02 — 1,199,621 ratings — published 1996
Steve Jobs (Hardcover)
by (shelved 137 times as biographical)
avg rating 4.16 — 1,366,611 ratings — published 2011
Man's Search for Meaning (Paperback)
by (shelved 133 times as biographical)
avg rating 4.37 — 891,712 ratings — published 1946
I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings (Maya Angelou's Autobiography, #1)
by (shelved 126 times as biographical)
avg rating 4.30 — 585,526 ratings — published 1969
The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks (Hardcover)
by (shelved 125 times as biographical)
avg rating 4.13 — 810,051 ratings — published 2010
Unbroken: A World War II Story of Survival, Resilience and Redemption (Hardcover)
by (shelved 119 times as biographical)
avg rating 4.39 — 1,002,484 ratings — published 2010
The Glass Castle (Paperback)
by (shelved 119 times as biographical)
avg rating 4.33 — 1,373,283 ratings — published 2005
"Surely You're Joking, Mr. Feynman!": Adventures of a Curious Character (Paperback)
by (shelved 118 times as biographical)
avg rating 4.26 — 218,942 ratings — published 1985
I Am Malala: The Story of the Girl Who Stood Up for Education and Was Shot by the Taliban (Hardcover)
by (shelved 112 times as biographical)
avg rating 4.16 — 627,120 ratings — published 2012
When Breath Becomes Air (Kindle Edition)
by (shelved 111 times as biographical)
avg rating 4.41 — 817,314 ratings — published 2016
Hillbilly Elegy: A Memoir of a Family and Culture in Crisis (Hardcover)
by (shelved 101 times as biographical)
avg rating 3.84 — 507,174 ratings — published 2016
Yes Please (Hardcover)
by (shelved 97 times as biographical)
avg rating 3.85 — 558,140 ratings — published 2014
The Autobiography of Malcolm X (Mass Market Paperback)
by (shelved 97 times as biographical)
avg rating 4.37 — 293,271 ratings — published 1965
Wild: From Lost to Found on the Pacific Crest Trail (Hardcover)
by (shelved 95 times as biographical)
avg rating 4.07 — 872,143 ratings — published 2012
The Hiding Place: The Triumphant True Story of Corrie Ten Boom (Mass Market Paperback)
by (shelved 94 times as biographical)
avg rating 4.48 — 359,467 ratings — published 1971
Between the World and Me (Hardcover)
by (shelved 87 times as biographical)
avg rating 4.40 — 369,326 ratings — published 2015
Elon Musk: Tesla, SpaceX, and the Quest for a Fantastic Future (Hardcover)
by (shelved 85 times as biographical)
avg rating 4.12 — 447,524 ratings — published 2015
Kitchen Confidential: Adventures in the Culinary Underbelly (Paperback)
by (shelved 85 times as biographical)
avg rating 4.19 — 383,222 ratings — published 2000
Einstein: His Life and Universe (Hardcover)
by (shelved 82 times as biographical)
avg rating 4.17 — 203,741 ratings — published 2007
Angela's Ashes (Frank McCourt, #1)
by (shelved 82 times as biographical)
avg rating 4.15 — 660,616 ratings — published 1996
Eat, Pray, Love (Paperback)
by (shelved 81 times as biographical)
avg rating 3.65 — 1,849,837 ratings — published 2006
Tuesdays with Morrie: An Old Man, a Young Man, and Life's Greatest Lesson (Paperback)
by (shelved 80 times as biographical)
avg rating 4.21 — 1,216,264 ratings — published 1997
The Autobiography of Benjamin Franklin (Paperback)
by (shelved 78 times as biographical)
avg rating 3.85 — 92,312 ratings — published 1791
On Writing: A Memoir of the Craft (Mass Market Paperback)
by (shelved 76 times as biographical)
avg rating 4.34 — 320,345 ratings — published 2000
A Promised Land (Kindle Edition)
by (shelved 75 times as biographical)
avg rating 4.31 — 278,517 ratings — published 2020
Greenlights (Hardcover)
by (shelved 70 times as biographical)
avg rating 4.20 — 466,960 ratings — published 2020
The Complete Persepolis (Paperback)
by (shelved 70 times as biographical)
avg rating 4.40 — 207,376 ratings — published 2007
Fun Home: A Family Tragicomic (Paperback)
by (shelved 70 times as biographical)
avg rating 4.07 — 203,728 ratings — published 2006
Just Kids (Hardcover)
by (shelved 69 times as biographical)
avg rating 4.21 — 359,777 ratings — published 2010
Me Talk Pretty One Day (Paperback)
by (shelved 69 times as biographical)
avg rating 4.01 — 722,619 ratings — published 2000
The Princess Diarist (Hardcover)
by (shelved 66 times as biographical)
avg rating 3.69 — 91,685 ratings — published 2016
Crying in H Mart (Hardcover)
by (shelved 65 times as biographical)
avg rating 4.23 — 609,977 ratings — published 2021
John Adams (Paperback)
by (shelved 65 times as biographical)
avg rating 4.09 — 379,157 ratings — published 2001
Is Everyone Hanging Out Without Me? (And Other Concerns)
by (shelved 64 times as biographical)
avg rating 3.86 — 514,701 ratings — published 2011
Alexander Hamilton (Paperback)
by (shelved 64 times as biographical)
avg rating 4.22 — 201,587 ratings — published 2004
Persepolis: The Story of a Childhood (Persepolis, #1)
by (shelved 63 times as biographical)
avg rating 4.27 — 232,546 ratings — published 2003
Long Walk to Freedom (Paperback)
by (shelved 63 times as biographical)
avg rating 4.36 — 94,824 ratings — published 1994
The Complete Maus (Paperback)
by (shelved 62 times as biographical)
avg rating 4.58 — 256,899 ratings — published 1980
Twelve Years a Slave (ebook)
by (shelved 61 times as biographical)
avg rating 4.23 — 125,646 ratings — published 1853
Into Thin Air: A Personal Account of the Mt. Everest Disaster (Paperback)
by (shelved 61 times as biographical)
avg rating 4.26 — 573,474 ratings — published 1997
The Woman in Me (Hardcover)
by (shelved 60 times as biographical)
avg rating 3.83 — 581,537 ratings — published 2023
Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass (Paperback)
by (shelved 60 times as biographical)
avg rating 4.13 — 136,124 ratings — published 1845
Playing Ball: Life Lessons from My Journey to the Super Bowl and Beyond (Hardcover)
by (shelved 58 times as biographical)
avg rating 4.28 — 10,119 ratings — published
“I understood that from now on I belong to those who have ‘troubled the sleep of the world,' as Habbel says, and that I could not count upon objectivity and tolerance.”
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“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
