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Steve Jobs (Hardcover)
by (shelved 9139 times as biography)
avg rating 4.16 — 1,366,560 ratings — published 2011
The Diary of a Young Girl (Mass Market Paperback)
by (shelved 7556 times as biography)
avg rating 4.20 — 4,222,928 ratings — published 1947
Becoming (Hardcover)
by (shelved 5349 times as biography)
avg rating 4.43 — 1,208,327 ratings — published 2018
Educated (Hardcover)
by (shelved 4644 times as biography)
avg rating 4.46 — 1,885,684 ratings — published 2018
Elon Musk: Tesla, SpaceX, and the Quest for a Fantastic Future (Hardcover)
by (shelved 4598 times as biography)
avg rating 4.12 — 447,514 ratings — published 2015
Einstein: His Life and Universe (Hardcover)
by (shelved 4326 times as biography)
avg rating 4.17 — 203,734 ratings — published 2007
Unbroken: A World War II Story of Survival, Resilience and Redemption (Hardcover)
by (shelved 4296 times as biography)
avg rating 4.39 — 1,002,448 ratings — published 2010
John Adams (Paperback)
by (shelved 4155 times as biography)
avg rating 4.09 — 379,147 ratings — published 2001
Alexander Hamilton (Paperback)
by (shelved 4113 times as biography)
avg rating 4.22 — 201,581 ratings — published 2004
Born a Crime: Stories from a South African Childhood (Hardcover)
by (shelved 4035 times as biography)
avg rating 4.49 — 815,331 ratings — published 2016
The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks (Hardcover)
by (shelved 3748 times as biography)
avg rating 4.13 — 810,018 ratings — published 2010
Leonardo da Vinci (Hardcover)
by (shelved 3643 times as biography)
avg rating 4.18 — 130,191 ratings — published 2017
The Autobiography of Malcolm X (Mass Market Paperback)
by (shelved 3419 times as biography)
avg rating 4.37 — 293,262 ratings — published 1965
Into the Wild (Kindle Edition)
by (shelved 3351 times as biography)
avg rating 4.02 — 1,199,574 ratings — published 1996
Benjamin Franklin: An American Life (Paperback)
by (shelved 3288 times as biography)
avg rating 4.05 — 151,098 ratings — published 2003
I'm Glad My Mom Died (Hardcover)
by (shelved 3257 times as biography)
avg rating 4.43 — 1,505,983 ratings — published 2022
I Am Malala: The Story of the Girl Who Stood Up for Education and Was Shot by the Taliban (Hardcover)
by (shelved 3233 times as biography)
avg rating 4.16 — 627,093 ratings — published 2012
Bossypants (ebook)
by (shelved 3143 times as biography)
avg rating 3.96 — 1,059,661 ratings — published 2011
"Surely You're Joking, Mr. Feynman!": Adventures of a Curious Character (Paperback)
by (shelved 2947 times as biography)
avg rating 4.26 — 218,937 ratings — published 1985
Shoe Dog: A Memoir by the Creator of Nike (Hardcover)
by (shelved 2763 times as biography)
avg rating 4.46 — 373,631 ratings — published 2016
A Promised Land (Kindle Edition)
by (shelved 2619 times as biography)
avg rating 4.31 — 278,498 ratings — published 2020
When Breath Becomes Air (Kindle Edition)
by (shelved 2594 times as biography)
avg rating 4.41 — 817,238 ratings — published 2016
Night (Paperback)
by (shelved 2495 times as biography)
avg rating 4.38 — 1,373,466 ratings — published 1956
I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings (Maya Angelou's Autobiography, #1)
by (shelved 2413 times as biography)
avg rating 4.30 — 585,510 ratings — published 1969
Washington: A Life (Hardcover)
by (shelved 2398 times as biography)
avg rating 4.17 — 83,576 ratings — published 2010
The Glass Castle (Paperback)
by (shelved 2363 times as biography)
avg rating 4.33 — 1,373,213 ratings — published 2005
Team of Rivals: The Political Genius of Abraham Lincoln (Paperback)
by (shelved 2322 times as biography)
avg rating 4.28 — 201,120 ratings — published 2005
Cleopatra: A Life (Hardcover)
by (shelved 2145 times as biography)
avg rating 3.73 — 123,652 ratings — published 2010
The Autobiography of Benjamin Franklin (Paperback)
by (shelved 2124 times as biography)
avg rating 3.85 — 92,310 ratings — published 1791
Bonhoeffer: Pastor, Martyr, Prophet, Spy (Hardcover)
by (shelved 2081 times as biography)
avg rating 4.21 — 83,303 ratings — published 2010
Man's Search for Meaning (Paperback)
by (shelved 2080 times as biography)
avg rating 4.37 — 891,614 ratings — published 1946
The Rise of Theodore Roosevelt (Theodore Roosevelt, #1)
by (shelved 2044 times as biography)
avg rating 4.22 — 61,246 ratings — published 1979
Titan: The Life of John D. Rockefeller, Sr. (Paperback)
by (shelved 2042 times as biography)
avg rating 4.15 — 38,111 ratings — published 1998
American Prometheus: The Triumph and Tragedy of J. Robert Oppenheimer (Paperback)
by (shelved 2034 times as biography)
avg rating 4.31 — 59,766 ratings — published 2005
Hillbilly Elegy: A Memoir of a Family and Culture in Crisis (Hardcover)
by (shelved 2021 times as biography)
avg rating 3.84 — 507,161 ratings — published 2016
Truman (Paperback)
by (shelved 1971 times as biography)
avg rating 4.17 — 91,802 ratings — published 1992
Catherine the Great: Portrait of a Woman (Hardcover)
by (shelved 1960 times as biography)
avg rating 3.94 — 108,491 ratings — published 2011
The Hiding Place: The Triumphant True Story of Corrie Ten Boom (Mass Market Paperback)
by (shelved 1931 times as biography)
avg rating 4.48 — 359,447 ratings — published 1971
Long Walk to Freedom (Paperback)
by (shelved 1925 times as biography)
avg rating 4.36 — 94,819 ratings — published 1994
Greenlights (Hardcover)
by (shelved 1901 times as biography)
avg rating 4.20 — 466,903 ratings — published 2020
Grant (Hardcover)
by (shelved 1861 times as biography)
avg rating 4.50 — 44,534 ratings — published 2017
Angela's Ashes (Frank McCourt, #1)
by (shelved 1858 times as biography)
avg rating 4.15 — 660,607 ratings — published 1996
The Wright Brothers (Hardcover)
by (shelved 1849 times as biography)
avg rating 4.18 — 99,237 ratings — published 2015
Yes Please (Hardcover)
by (shelved 1845 times as biography)
avg rating 3.85 — 558,126 ratings — published 2014
Elon Musk (Hardcover)
by (shelved 1781 times as biography)
avg rating 4.32 — 77,010 ratings — published 2023
Wild: From Lost to Found on the Pacific Crest Trail (Hardcover)
by (shelved 1769 times as biography)
avg rating 4.07 — 872,120 ratings — published 2012
Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass (Paperback)
by (shelved 1692 times as biography)
avg rating 4.13 — 136,121 ratings — published 1845
Spare (Hardcover)
by (shelved 1684 times as biography)
avg rating 3.83 — 433,034 ratings — published 2023
Dreams from My Father: A Story of Race and Inheritance (Paperback)
by (shelved 1684 times as biography)
avg rating 3.94 — 231,578 ratings — published 1995
Tuesdays with Morrie: An Old Man, a Young Man, and Life's Greatest Lesson (Paperback)
by (shelved 1626 times as biography)
avg rating 4.21 — 1,216,167 ratings — published 1997
“Every life is inexplicable, I kept telling myself. No matter how many facts are told, no matter how many details are given, the essential thing resists telling. To say that so and so was born here and went there, that he did this and did that, that he married this woman and had these children, that he lived, that he died, that he left behind these books or this battle or that bridge – none of that tells us very much.”
― The New York Trilogy
― The New York Trilogy
“You are more to me than any of them has any idea; you are the atmosphere of beauty through which I see life; you are the incarnation of all lovely things...I think of you day and night. ~ Letter to Lord Alfred 'Bosie' Douglas”
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