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Steve Jobs (Hardcover)
by (shelved 9227 times as biography)
avg rating 4.16 — 1,385,404 ratings — published 2011
The Diary of a Young Girl (Mass Market Paperback)
by (shelved 7604 times as biography)
avg rating 4.20 — 4,303,206 ratings — published 1947
Becoming (Hardcover)
by (shelved 5351 times as biography)
avg rating 4.43 — 1,234,128 ratings — published 2018
Educated (Hardcover)
by (shelved 4708 times as biography)
avg rating 4.46 — 1,950,953 ratings — published 2018
Elon Musk: Tesla, SpaceX, and the Quest for a Fantastic Future (Hardcover)
by (shelved 4602 times as biography)
avg rating 4.12 — 453,894 ratings — published 2015
Einstein: His Life and Universe (Hardcover)
by (shelved 4390 times as biography)
avg rating 4.16 — 207,687 ratings — published 2007
Unbroken: A World War II Story of Survival, Resilience and Redemption (Hardcover)
by (shelved 4322 times as biography)
avg rating 4.39 — 1,014,330 ratings — published 2010
John Adams (Paperback)
by (shelved 4213 times as biography)
avg rating 4.09 — 382,973 ratings — published 2001
Alexander Hamilton (Paperback)
by (shelved 4155 times as biography)
avg rating 4.22 — 205,511 ratings — published 2004
Born a Crime: Stories from a South African Childhood (Hardcover)
by (shelved 4089 times as biography)
avg rating 4.49 — 838,881 ratings — published 2016
The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks (Hardcover)
by (shelved 3782 times as biography)
avg rating 4.13 — 824,069 ratings — published 2010
Leonardo da Vinci (Hardcover)
by (shelved 3716 times as biography)
avg rating 4.17 — 134,469 ratings — published 2017
The Autobiography of Malcolm X (Mass Market Paperback)
by (shelved 3450 times as biography)
avg rating 4.37 — 298,101 ratings — published 1965
Into the Wild (Kindle Edition)
by (shelved 3393 times as biography)
avg rating 4.02 — 1,218,326 ratings — published 1996
I'm Glad My Mom Died (Hardcover)
by (shelved 3387 times as biography)
avg rating 4.42 — 1,595,193 ratings — published 2022
Benjamin Franklin: An American Life (Paperback)
by (shelved 3335 times as biography)
avg rating 4.05 — 153,393 ratings — published 2003
I Am Malala: The Story of the Girl Who Stood Up for Education and Was Shot by the Taliban (Hardcover)
by (shelved 3261 times as biography)
avg rating 4.16 — 636,274 ratings — published 2012
Bossypants (ebook)
by (shelved 3162 times as biography)
avg rating 3.96 — 1,069,972 ratings — published 2011
"Surely You're Joking, Mr. Feynman!": Adventures of a Curious Character (Paperback)
by (shelved 2968 times as biography)
avg rating 4.26 — 222,217 ratings — published 1985
Shoe Dog: A Memoir by the Creator of Nike (Hardcover)
by (shelved 2807 times as biography)
avg rating 4.45 — 385,332 ratings — published 2016
When Breath Becomes Air (Kindle Edition)
by (shelved 2650 times as biography)
avg rating 4.41 — 844,217 ratings — published 2016
A Promised Land (Kindle Edition)
by (shelved 2642 times as biography)
avg rating 4.31 — 285,095 ratings — published 2020
Night (Paperback)
by (shelved 2519 times as biography)
avg rating 4.38 — 1,396,295 ratings — published 1956
Washington: A Life (Hardcover)
by (shelved 2462 times as biography)
avg rating 4.17 — 85,928 ratings — published 2010
I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings (Maya Angelou's Autobiography, #1)
by (shelved 2426 times as biography)
avg rating 4.30 — 595,101 ratings — published 1969
The Glass Castle (Paperback)
by (shelved 2381 times as biography)
avg rating 4.33 — 1,401,279 ratings — published 2006
Team of Rivals: The Political Genius of Abraham Lincoln (Paperback)
by (shelved 2350 times as biography)
avg rating 4.28 — 203,997 ratings — published 2005
Cleopatra: A Life (Hardcover)
by (shelved 2165 times as biography)
avg rating 3.73 — 125,156 ratings — published 2010
The Autobiography of Benjamin Franklin (Paperback)
by (shelved 2153 times as biography)
avg rating 3.85 — 93,718 ratings — published 1791
Man's Search for Meaning (Paperback)
by (shelved 2132 times as biography)
avg rating 4.37 — 926,261 ratings — published 1946
Bonhoeffer: Pastor, Martyr, Prophet, Spy (Hardcover)
by (shelved 2095 times as biography)
avg rating 4.21 — 84,838 ratings — published 2010
The Rise of Theodore Roosevelt (Theodore Roosevelt, #1)
by (shelved 2093 times as biography)
avg rating 4.22 — 62,537 ratings — published 1979
Titan: The Life of John D. Rockefeller, Sr. (Paperback)
by (shelved 2089 times as biography)
avg rating 4.15 — 39,579 ratings — published 1998
American Prometheus: The Triumph and Tragedy of J. Robert Oppenheimer (Paperback)
by (shelved 2074 times as biography)
avg rating 4.30 — 61,956 ratings — published 2005
Hillbilly Elegy: A Memoir of a Family and Culture in Crisis (Hardcover)
by (shelved 2038 times as biography)
avg rating 3.83 — 513,090 ratings — published 2016
Truman (Paperback)
by (shelved 1996 times as biography)
avg rating 4.17 — 92,641 ratings — published 1992
Catherine the Great: Portrait of a Woman (Hardcover)
by (shelved 1973 times as biography)
avg rating 3.95 — 109,115 ratings — published 2011
Long Walk to Freedom (Paperback)
by (shelved 1957 times as biography)
avg rating 4.36 — 96,394 ratings — published 1991
Greenlights (Hardcover)
by (shelved 1951 times as biography)
avg rating 4.20 — 485,644 ratings — published 2020
The Hiding Place: The Triumphant True Story of Corrie Ten Boom (Mass Market Paperback)
by (shelved 1946 times as biography)
avg rating 4.48 — 365,725 ratings — published 1971
Grant (Hardcover)
by (shelved 1904 times as biography)
avg rating 4.51 — 45,900 ratings — published 2017
Angela's Ashes (Frank McCourt, #1)
by (shelved 1870 times as biography)
avg rating 4.16 — 666,713 ratings — published 1996
The Wright Brothers (Hardcover)
by (shelved 1869 times as biography)
avg rating 4.18 — 100,639 ratings — published 2015
Yes Please (Hardcover)
by (shelved 1843 times as biography)
avg rating 3.85 — 563,367 ratings — published 2014
Elon Musk (Hardcover)
by (shelved 1830 times as biography)
avg rating 4.32 — 80,218 ratings — published 2023
Wild: From Lost to Found on the Pacific Crest Trail (Hardcover)
by (shelved 1781 times as biography)
avg rating 4.07 — 884,482 ratings — published 2012
Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass (Paperback)
by (shelved 1724 times as biography)
avg rating 4.14 — 138,142 ratings — published 1845
Spare (Hardcover)
by (shelved 1694 times as biography)
avg rating 3.83 — 441,973 ratings — published 2023
Dreams from My Father: A Story of Race and Inheritance (Paperback)
by (shelved 1674 times as biography)
avg rating 3.94 — 232,866 ratings — published 1995
Tuesdays with Morrie: An Old Man, a Young Man, and Life's Greatest Lesson (Paperback)
by (shelved 1651 times as biography)
avg rating 4.22 — 1,257,224 ratings — published 1997
“There was no private ownership of land. "You could own a knife, or you could own a horse, but you couldn't own ground any more than you could own the sun or the wind. The Earth was their mother and part of the Cosmos given to all creatures by the Great Spirit.”
― The Odyssey of a Hippie Marijuana Grower
― The Odyssey of a Hippie Marijuana Grower
“Always live your life with your biography in mind.”
― Special Topics in Calamity Physics
― Special Topics in Calamity Physics
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bio, biografia, biografico, biographical, biographies, biographies-memoirs, biography-and-memoir, and non-fiction__biography