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Steve Jobs (Hardcover)
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avg rating 4.16 — 1,398,769 ratings — published 2011
The Diary of a Young Girl (Mass Market Paperback)
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avg rating 4.21 — 4,354,618 ratings — published 1947
Becoming (Hardcover)
by (shelved 1488 times as biographies)
avg rating 4.43 — 1,254,200 ratings — published 2018
Elon Musk: Tesla, SpaceX, and the Quest for a Fantastic Future (Hardcover)
by (shelved 1418 times as biographies)
avg rating 4.11 — 460,205 ratings — published 2015
Einstein: His Life and Universe (Hardcover)
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avg rating 4.16 — 211,546 ratings — published 2007
Born a Crime: Stories from a South African Childhood (Hardcover)
by (shelved 989 times as biographies)
avg rating 4.48 — 856,486 ratings — published 2016
Educated (Hardcover)
by (shelved 987 times as biographies)
avg rating 4.46 — 1,995,536 ratings — published 2018
Leonardo da Vinci (Hardcover)
by (shelved 976 times as biographies)
avg rating 4.17 — 139,047 ratings — published 2017
Shoe Dog: A Memoir by the Creator of Nike (Hardcover)
by (shelved 967 times as biographies)
avg rating 4.45 — 394,119 ratings — published 2016
Benjamin Franklin: An American Life (Paperback)
by (shelved 958 times as biographies)
avg rating 4.05 — 155,220 ratings — published 2003
The Autobiography of Malcolm X (Mass Market Paperback)
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avg rating 4.37 — 301,817 ratings — published 1965
I Am Malala: The Story of the Girl Who Stood Up for Education and Was Shot by the Taliban (Hardcover)
by (shelved 918 times as biographies)
avg rating 4.16 — 642,195 ratings — published 2012
Alexander Hamilton (Paperback)
by (shelved 894 times as biographies)
avg rating 4.22 — 209,252 ratings — published 2004
I'm Glad My Mom Died (Hardcover)
by (shelved 839 times as biographies)
avg rating 4.42 — 1,645,895 ratings — published 2022
John Adams (Paperback)
by (shelved 811 times as biographies)
avg rating 4.09 — 386,783 ratings — published 2001
Bossypants (ebook)
by (shelved 807 times as biographies)
avg rating 3.96 — 1,077,091 ratings — published 2011
A Promised Land (Kindle Edition)
by (shelved 754 times as biographies)
avg rating 4.31 — 289,454 ratings — published 2020
Titan: The Life of John D. Rockefeller, Sr. (Paperback)
by (shelved 699 times as biographies)
avg rating 4.15 — 40,716 ratings — published 1998
Unbroken: A World War II Story of Survival, Resilience and Redemption (Hardcover)
by (shelved 694 times as biographies)
avg rating 4.39 — 1,022,325 ratings — published 2010
Long Walk to Freedom (Paperback)
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avg rating 4.36 — 98,475 ratings — published 1991
"Surely You're Joking, Mr. Feynman!": Adventures of a Curious Character (Paperback)
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avg rating 4.26 — 224,597 ratings — published 1985
When Breath Becomes Air (Kindle Edition)
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avg rating 4.41 — 861,218 ratings — published 2016
I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings (Maya Angelou's Autobiography, #1)
by (shelved 595 times as biographies)
avg rating 4.30 — 601,267 ratings — published 1969
Greenlights (Hardcover)
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avg rating 4.19 — 497,075 ratings — published 2020
The Autobiography of Benjamin Franklin (Paperback)
by (shelved 593 times as biographies)
avg rating 3.85 — 94,722 ratings — published 1791
Washington: A Life (Hardcover)
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avg rating 4.18 — 87,622 ratings — published 2010
The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks (Hardcover)
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avg rating 4.14 — 834,066 ratings — published 2010
Yes Please (Hardcover)
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avg rating 3.85 — 567,089 ratings — published 2014
The Glass Castle (Paperback)
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avg rating 4.33 — 1,418,879 ratings — published 2005
Team of Rivals: The Political Genius of Abraham Lincoln (Paperback)
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avg rating 4.28 — 206,194 ratings — published 2005
Night (Paperback)
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avg rating 4.38 — 1,410,752 ratings — published 2012
The Rise of Theodore Roosevelt (Theodore Roosevelt, #1)
by (shelved 509 times as biographies)
avg rating 4.22 — 63,352 ratings — published 1979
Into the Wild (Kindle Edition)
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avg rating 4.02 — 1,230,863 ratings — published 1996
Man's Search for Meaning (Paperback)
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avg rating 4.36 — 949,829 ratings — published 1946
The Woman in Me (Hardcover)
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avg rating 3.83 — 600,525 ratings — published 2023
The Hiding Place: The Triumphant True Story of Corrie Ten Boom (Paperback)
by (shelved 481 times as biographies)
avg rating 4.48 — 370,582 ratings — published 1971
Spare (Hardcover)
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avg rating 3.83 — 447,744 ratings — published 2023
Elon Musk (Hardcover)
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avg rating 4.31 — 83,097 ratings — published 2023
Open (Hardcover)
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avg rating 4.33 — 157,430 ratings — published 2009
Bonhoeffer: Pastor, Martyr, Prophet, Spy (Hardcover)
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avg rating 4.21 — 86,130 ratings — published 2010
Friends, Lovers, and the Big Terrible Thing (Hardcover)
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avg rating 3.95 — 429,395 ratings — published 2022
Gandhi: An Autobiography (Paperback)
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avg rating 4.10 — 76,938 ratings — published 1927
Dreams from My Father: A Story of Race and Inheritance (Paperback)
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avg rating 3.94 — 234,465 ratings — published 1995
Catherine the Great: Portrait of a Woman (Hardcover)
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avg rating 3.95 — 109,589 ratings — published 2011
The Snowball: Warren Buffett and the Business of Life (Hardcover)
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avg rating 4.16 — 55,683 ratings — published 2008
American Prometheus: The Triumph and Tragedy of J. Robert Oppenheimer (Paperback)
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avg rating 4.30 — 63,847 ratings — published 2005
Is Everyone Hanging Out Without Me? (And Other Concerns)
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avg rating 3.86 — 519,192 ratings — published 2011
Napoleon: A Life (Paperback)
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avg rating 4.26 — 31,477 ratings — published 2014
Wild: From Lost to Found on the Pacific Crest Trail (Hardcover)
by (shelved 385 times as biographies)
avg rating 4.07 — 894,622 ratings — published 2012
The Everything Store: Jeff Bezos and the Age of Amazon (Hardcover)
by (shelved 384 times as biographies)
avg rating 4.13 — 79,135 ratings — published 2013
“I took a deep breath and willed myself to focus on the questions. “I don’t know. I like to rescue people, especially those in the throes of addiction. It’s like a derailed train; I swoop in like Superman and put the train back on the tracks. Is the train going to get to the next station? I don’t know, but at least it’s out of the ditch and upright before I walk away.”
― A Saint and a Sinner: The Rise and Fall of a Beloved Catholic Priest
― A Saint and a Sinner: The Rise and Fall of a Beloved Catholic Priest
“From the onset of polio in 1921 until his death, Franklin, his family, his inner circle of advisers, and teams of physicians assiduously disguised the state of his health, promoting the fantasy of a robust leader who was always in excel- lent physical condition for a man his age. Severe heart disease was not admit- ted until twenty-five years after his death, and then only as part of a new and larger cover-up to conceal other severe medical problems. These deceptions still dominate the present-day narrative of Franklin’s health, especially so in his later years.”
― FDR Unmasked: 73 Years of Medical Cover-ups That Rewrote History
― FDR Unmasked: 73 Years of Medical Cover-ups That Rewrote History
