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The Diary of a Young Girl (Mass Market Paperback)
by (shelved 79 times as biographies-autobiographies)
avg rating 4.21 — 4,352,173 ratings — published 1947
Born a Crime: Stories from a South African Childhood (Hardcover)
by (shelved 47 times as biographies-autobiographies)
avg rating 4.48 — 855,616 ratings — published 2016
Becoming (Hardcover)
by (shelved 45 times as biographies-autobiographies)
avg rating 4.43 — 1,253,142 ratings — published 2018
I Am Malala: The Story of the Girl Who Stood Up for Education and Was Shot by the Taliban (Hardcover)
by (shelved 43 times as biographies-autobiographies)
avg rating 4.16 — 641,948 ratings — published 2012
Educated (Hardcover)
by (shelved 41 times as biographies-autobiographies)
avg rating 4.46 — 1,993,421 ratings — published 2018
Steve Jobs (Hardcover)
by (shelved 36 times as biographies-autobiographies)
avg rating 4.16 — 1,398,182 ratings — published 2011
Bossypants (ebook)
by (shelved 35 times as biographies-autobiographies)
avg rating 3.96 — 1,076,796 ratings — published 2011
The Glass Castle (Paperback)
by (shelved 31 times as biographies-autobiographies)
avg rating 4.33 — 1,418,122 ratings — published 2005
The Autobiography of Malcolm X (Mass Market Paperback)
by (shelved 30 times as biographies-autobiographies)
avg rating 4.37 — 301,641 ratings — published 1965
Night (Paperback)
by (shelved 28 times as biographies-autobiographies)
avg rating 4.38 — 1,410,015 ratings — published 2012
Yes Please (Hardcover)
by (shelved 27 times as biographies-autobiographies)
avg rating 3.85 — 566,898 ratings — published 2014
Unbroken: A World War II Story of Survival, Resilience and Redemption (Hardcover)
by (shelved 26 times as biographies-autobiographies)
avg rating 4.39 — 1,021,908 ratings — published 2010
Is Everyone Hanging Out Without Me? (And Other Concerns)
by (shelved 26 times as biographies-autobiographies)
avg rating 3.86 — 519,096 ratings — published 2011
The Autobiography of Benjamin Franklin (Paperback)
by (shelved 25 times as biographies-autobiographies)
avg rating 3.85 — 94,698 ratings — published 1791
Long Walk to Freedom (Paperback)
by (shelved 25 times as biographies-autobiographies)
avg rating 4.36 — 98,322 ratings — published 1991
I'm Glad My Mom Died (Hardcover)
by (shelved 24 times as biographies-autobiographies)
avg rating 4.42 — 1,643,720 ratings — published 2022
I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings (Maya Angelou's Autobiography, #1)
by (shelved 24 times as biographies-autobiographies)
avg rating 4.30 — 600,976 ratings — published 1969
The Hiding Place: The Triumphant True Story of Corrie Ten Boom (Paperback)
by (shelved 23 times as biographies-autobiographies)
avg rating 4.48 — 370,310 ratings — published 1971
A Promised Land (Kindle Edition)
by (shelved 22 times as biographies-autobiographies)
avg rating 4.31 — 289,243 ratings — published 2020
Greenlights (Hardcover)
by (shelved 22 times as biographies-autobiographies)
avg rating 4.19 — 496,470 ratings — published 2020
When Breath Becomes Air (Kindle Edition)
by (shelved 22 times as biographies-autobiographies)
avg rating 4.41 — 860,395 ratings — published 2016
Alexander Hamilton (Paperback)
by (shelved 22 times as biographies-autobiographies)
avg rating 4.22 — 209,047 ratings — published 2004
Spare (Hardcover)
by (shelved 21 times as biographies-autobiographies)
avg rating 3.83 — 447,422 ratings — published 2023
Elon Musk: Tesla, SpaceX, and the Quest for a Fantastic Future (Hardcover)
by (shelved 21 times as biographies-autobiographies)
avg rating 4.11 — 459,879 ratings — published 2015
The Woman in Me (Hardcover)
by (shelved 20 times as biographies-autobiographies)
avg rating 3.83 — 600,143 ratings — published 2023
Shoe Dog: A Memoir by the Creator of Nike (Hardcover)
by (shelved 19 times as biographies-autobiographies)
avg rating 4.45 — 393,711 ratings — published 2016
Talking as Fast as I Can: From Gilmore Girls to Gilmore Girls (and Everything in Between)
by (shelved 19 times as biographies-autobiographies)
avg rating 3.94 — 171,941 ratings — published 2016
Angela's Ashes (Frank McCourt, #1)
by (shelved 19 times as biographies-autobiographies)
avg rating 4.16 — 671,703 ratings — published 1996
John Adams (Paperback)
by (shelved 18 times as biographies-autobiographies)
avg rating 4.09 — 386,580 ratings — published 2001
Man's Search for Meaning (Paperback)
by (shelved 17 times as biographies-autobiographies)
avg rating 4.36 — 948,629 ratings — published 1946
The Story of My Life (Mass Market Paperback)
by (shelved 17 times as biographies-autobiographies)
avg rating 4.07 — 152,771 ratings — published 1902
Beyond the Wand: The Magic & Mayhem of Growing Up a Wizard (Hardcover)
by (shelved 17 times as biographies-autobiographies)
avg rating 4.28 — 162,775 ratings — published 2022
Wild: From Lost to Found on the Pacific Crest Trail (Hardcover)
by (shelved 17 times as biographies-autobiographies)
avg rating 4.07 — 894,113 ratings — published 2012
Friends, Lovers, and the Big Terrible Thing (Hardcover)
by (shelved 15 times as biographies-autobiographies)
avg rating 3.95 — 428,537 ratings — published 2022
Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass (Paperback)
by (shelved 15 times as biographies-autobiographies)
avg rating 4.14 — 140,113 ratings — published 1845
Einstein: His Life and Universe (Hardcover)
by (shelved 15 times as biographies-autobiographies)
avg rating 4.16 — 211,329 ratings — published 2007
Dreams from My Father: A Story of Race and Inheritance (Paperback)
by (shelved 15 times as biographies-autobiographies)
avg rating 3.94 — 234,366 ratings — published 1995
Tuesdays with Morrie: An Old Man, a Young Man, and Life's Greatest Lesson (Paperback)
by (shelved 15 times as biographies-autobiographies)
avg rating 4.22 — 1,288,662 ratings — published 1997
Crying in H Mart (Hardcover)
by (shelved 14 times as biographies-autobiographies)
avg rating 4.22 — 654,312 ratings — published 2021
Leonardo da Vinci (Hardcover)
by (shelved 14 times as biographies-autobiographies)
avg rating 4.17 — 138,825 ratings — published 2017
Scrappy Little Nobody (Hardcover)
by (shelved 14 times as biographies-autobiographies)
avg rating 3.84 — 108,930 ratings — published 2016
Into the Wild (Kindle Edition)
by (shelved 14 times as biographies-autobiographies)
avg rating 4.02 — 1,230,351 ratings — published 1996
Eat, Pray, Love (Paperback)
by (shelved 14 times as biographies-autobiographies)
avg rating 3.65 — 1,874,222 ratings — published 2006
Gandhi: An Autobiography (Paperback)
by (shelved 13 times as biographies-autobiographies)
avg rating 4.10 — 76,871 ratings — published 1927
The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks (Hardcover)
by (shelved 13 times as biographies-autobiographies)
avg rating 4.14 — 833,568 ratings — published 2010
A Child Called "It" (Dave Pelzer, #1)
by (shelved 13 times as biographies-autobiographies)
avg rating 4.14 — 468,687 ratings — published 1995
"Surely You're Joking, Mr. Feynman!": Adventures of a Curious Character (Paperback)
by (shelved 12 times as biographies-autobiographies)
avg rating 4.26 — 224,507 ratings — published 1985
Boy: Tales of Childhood (Roald Dahl's Autobiography, #1)
by (shelved 12 times as biographies-autobiographies)
avg rating 4.07 — 75,799 ratings — published 1984
If You Ask Me (And of Course You Won't)
by (shelved 12 times as biographies-autobiographies)
avg rating 3.80 — 52,767 ratings — published 1971
Cleopatra: A Life (Hardcover)
by (shelved 12 times as biographies-autobiographies)
avg rating 3.74 — 126,122 ratings — published 2010