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by (shelved 9005 times as biography)
avg rating 4.15 — 1,342,474 ratings — published 2011

by (shelved 7494 times as biography)
avg rating 4.20 — 4,117,127 ratings — published 1947

by (shelved 5286 times as biography)
avg rating 4.44 — 1,173,885 ratings — published 2018

by (shelved 4580 times as biography)
avg rating 4.13 — 439,230 ratings — published 2015

by (shelved 4558 times as biography)
avg rating 4.47 — 1,805,318 ratings — published 2018

by (shelved 4315 times as biography)
avg rating 4.39 — 995,196 ratings — published 2010

by (shelved 4238 times as biography)
avg rating 4.17 — 199,531 ratings — published 2007

by (shelved 4088 times as biography)
avg rating 4.08 — 375,041 ratings — published 2001

by (shelved 4045 times as biography)
avg rating 4.22 — 196,991 ratings — published 2004

by (shelved 3976 times as biography)
avg rating 4.49 — 788,000 ratings — published 2016

by (shelved 3701 times as biography)
avg rating 4.13 — 793,823 ratings — published 2010

by (shelved 3536 times as biography)
avg rating 4.18 — 125,085 ratings — published 2017

by (shelved 3369 times as biography)
avg rating 4.37 — 287,594 ratings — published 1965

by (shelved 3314 times as biography)
avg rating 4.02 — 1,175,852 ratings — published 1996

by (shelved 3222 times as biography)
avg rating 4.05 — 148,611 ratings — published 2003

by (shelved 3189 times as biography)
avg rating 4.16 — 616,247 ratings — published 2012

by (shelved 3132 times as biography)
avg rating 3.96 — 1,046,886 ratings — published 2011

by (shelved 3066 times as biography)
avg rating 4.44 — 1,391,951 ratings — published 2022

by (shelved 2920 times as biography)
avg rating 4.27 — 215,156 ratings — published 1985

by (shelved 2692 times as biography)
avg rating 4.46 — 357,625 ratings — published 2016

by (shelved 2563 times as biography)
avg rating 4.32 — 268,027 ratings — published 2020

by (shelved 2542 times as biography)
avg rating 4.41 — 781,008 ratings — published 2016

by (shelved 2463 times as biography)
avg rating 4.38 — 1,344,597 ratings — published 1956

by (shelved 2373 times as biography)
avg rating 4.30 — 573,741 ratings — published 1969

by (shelved 2324 times as biography)
avg rating 4.32 — 1,339,596 ratings — published 2005

by (shelved 2321 times as biography)
avg rating 4.16 — 81,112 ratings — published 2010

by (shelved 2289 times as biography)
avg rating 4.28 — 197,801 ratings — published 2005

by (shelved 2127 times as biography)
avg rating 3.73 — 122,264 ratings — published 2010

by (shelved 2091 times as biography)
avg rating 3.85 — 90,735 ratings — published 1791

by (shelved 2050 times as biography)
avg rating 4.22 — 81,405 ratings — published 2010

by (shelved 2017 times as biography)
avg rating 4.37 — 848,699 ratings — published 1946

by (shelved 1993 times as biography)
avg rating 4.22 — 59,896 ratings — published 1979

by (shelved 1991 times as biography)
avg rating 3.84 — 494,958 ratings — published 2016

by (shelved 1990 times as biography)
avg rating 4.31 — 56,883 ratings — published 2005

by (shelved 1982 times as biography)
avg rating 4.15 — 36,461 ratings — published 1998

by (shelved 1942 times as biography)
avg rating 3.94 — 107,839 ratings — published 2011

by (shelved 1922 times as biography)
avg rating 4.17 — 90,790 ratings — published 1992

by (shelved 1902 times as biography)
avg rating 4.36 — 93,105 ratings — published 1994

by (shelved 1897 times as biography)
avg rating 4.48 — 351,425 ratings — published 1971

by (shelved 1850 times as biography)
avg rating 4.15 — 653,806 ratings — published 1996

by (shelved 1844 times as biography)
avg rating 3.85 — 551,342 ratings — published 2014

by (shelved 1835 times as biography)
avg rating 4.20 — 438,159 ratings — published 2020

by (shelved 1812 times as biography)
avg rating 4.17 — 97,655 ratings — published 2015

by (shelved 1799 times as biography)
avg rating 4.50 — 42,774 ratings — published 2017

by (shelved 1772 times as biography)
avg rating 4.07 — 857,117 ratings — published 2012

by (shelved 1697 times as biography)
avg rating 4.33 — 72,545 ratings — published 2023

by (shelved 1681 times as biography)
avg rating 3.94 — 230,224 ratings — published 1995

by (shelved 1677 times as biography)
avg rating 4.13 — 133,025 ratings — published 1845

by (shelved 1643 times as biography)
avg rating 3.84 — 420,500 ratings — published 2023

by (shelved 1588 times as biography)
avg rating 4.20 — 1,171,443 ratings — published 1997

“How often do we tell our own life story? How often do we adjust, embellish, make sly cuts? And the longer life goes on, the fewer are those around to challenge our account, to remind us that our life is not our life, merely the story we have told about our life. Told to others, but—mainly—to ourselves.”
― The Sense of an Ending
― The Sense of an Ending

“The Scottish scout called Hamish Plenderlief spoke to his superior saying, “Sir, I have just returned from a patrol around Tynemouth Priory. My second scout and myself observed that the English King Edward II has been joined in his illegal invasion of Scotland by his queen, Isabella!”
― Isabella Warrior Queen
― Isabella Warrior Queen
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bio, biografia, biografico, biographical, biographies, biographies-memoirs, biography-and-memoir, and non-fiction__biography