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Steve Jobs (Hardcover)
by (shelved 570 times as bio)
avg rating 4.16 — 1,366,532 ratings — published 2011
The Diary of a Young Girl (Mass Market Paperback)
by (shelved 407 times as bio)
avg rating 4.20 — 4,222,663 ratings — published 1947
Becoming (Hardcover)
by (shelved 335 times as bio)
avg rating 4.43 — 1,208,246 ratings — published 2018
Elon Musk: Tesla, SpaceX, and the Quest for a Fantastic Future (Hardcover)
by (shelved 299 times as bio)
avg rating 4.12 — 447,540 ratings — published 2015
Born a Crime: Stories from a South African Childhood (Hardcover)
by (shelved 274 times as bio)
avg rating 4.49 — 815,274 ratings — published 2016
Bossypants (ebook)
by (shelved 260 times as bio)
avg rating 3.96 — 1,059,638 ratings — published 2011
Einstein: His Life and Universe (Hardcover)
by (shelved 235 times as bio)
avg rating 4.17 — 203,723 ratings — published 2007
I'm Glad My Mom Died (Hardcover)
by (shelved 225 times as bio)
avg rating 4.43 — 1,505,671 ratings — published 2022
Educated (Hardcover)
by (shelved 218 times as bio)
avg rating 4.46 — 1,885,515 ratings — published 2018
Leonardo da Vinci (Hardcover)
by (shelved 204 times as bio)
avg rating 4.18 — 130,180 ratings — published 2017
The Autobiography of Malcolm X (Mass Market Paperback)
by (shelved 203 times as bio)
avg rating 4.37 — 293,250 ratings — published 1965
Shoe Dog: A Memoir by the Creator of Nike (Hardcover)
by (shelved 185 times as bio)
avg rating 4.46 — 373,607 ratings — published 2016
Yes Please (Hardcover)
by (shelved 183 times as bio)
avg rating 3.85 — 558,112 ratings — published 2014
I Am Malala: The Story of the Girl Who Stood Up for Education and Was Shot by the Taliban (Hardcover)
by (shelved 181 times as bio)
avg rating 4.16 — 627,070 ratings — published 2012
"Surely You're Joking, Mr. Feynman!": Adventures of a Curious Character (Paperback)
by (shelved 172 times as bio)
avg rating 4.26 — 218,927 ratings — published 1985
The Glass Castle (Paperback)
by (shelved 162 times as bio)
avg rating 4.33 — 1,373,146 ratings — published 2005
I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings (Maya Angelou's Autobiography, #1)
by (shelved 153 times as bio)
avg rating 4.30 — 585,486 ratings — published 1969
When Breath Becomes Air (Kindle Edition)
by (shelved 148 times as bio)
avg rating 4.41 — 817,154 ratings — published 2016
John Adams (Paperback)
by (shelved 147 times as bio)
avg rating 4.09 — 379,145 ratings — published 2001
Benjamin Franklin: An American Life (Paperback)
by (shelved 145 times as bio)
avg rating 4.05 — 151,090 ratings — published 2003
A Promised Land (Kindle Edition)
by (shelved 144 times as bio)
avg rating 4.31 — 278,482 ratings — published 2020
Is Everyone Hanging Out Without Me? (And Other Concerns)
by (shelved 143 times as bio)
avg rating 3.86 — 514,692 ratings — published 2011
Kitchen Confidential: Adventures in the Culinary Underbelly (Paperback)
by (shelved 143 times as bio)
avg rating 4.19 — 383,142 ratings — published 2000
The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks (Hardcover)
by (shelved 136 times as bio)
avg rating 4.13 — 809,984 ratings — published 2010
Unbroken: A World War II Story of Survival, Resilience and Redemption (Hardcover)
by (shelved 135 times as bio)
avg rating 4.39 — 1,002,413 ratings — published 2010
Night (Paperback)
by (shelved 134 times as bio)
avg rating 4.38 — 1,373,397 ratings — published 1956
Just Kids (Hardcover)
by (shelved 133 times as bio)
avg rating 4.21 — 359,667 ratings — published 2010
Alexander Hamilton (Paperback)
by (shelved 133 times as bio)
avg rating 4.22 — 201,574 ratings — published 2004
Greenlights (Hardcover)
by (shelved 130 times as bio)
avg rating 4.20 — 466,815 ratings — published 2020
Wild: From Lost to Found on the Pacific Crest Trail (Hardcover)
by (shelved 123 times as bio)
avg rating 4.07 — 872,088 ratings — published 2012
The Woman in Me (Hardcover)
by (shelved 117 times as bio)
avg rating 3.83 — 581,453 ratings — published 2023
Into the Wild (Kindle Edition)
by (shelved 116 times as bio)
avg rating 4.02 — 1,199,523 ratings — published 1996
Man's Search for Meaning (Paperback)
by (shelved 115 times as bio)
avg rating 4.37 — 891,509 ratings — published 1946
Titan: The Life of John D. Rockefeller, Sr. (Paperback)
by (shelved 112 times as bio)
avg rating 4.15 — 38,110 ratings — published 1998
Friends, Lovers, and the Big Terrible Thing (Hardcover)
by (shelved 104 times as bio)
avg rating 3.94 — 405,736 ratings — published 2022
The Autobiography of Benjamin Franklin (Paperback)
by (shelved 104 times as bio)
avg rating 3.85 — 92,305 ratings — published 1791
Elon Musk (Hardcover)
by (shelved 101 times as bio)
avg rating 4.32 — 76,998 ratings — published 2023
Born Standing Up: A Comic's Life (Hardcover)
by (shelved 101 times as bio)
avg rating 3.88 — 107,621 ratings — published 2007
The Rise of Theodore Roosevelt (Theodore Roosevelt, #1)
by (shelved 100 times as bio)
avg rating 4.22 — 61,247 ratings — published 1979
American Prometheus: The Triumph and Tragedy of J. Robert Oppenheimer (Paperback)
by (shelved 100 times as bio)
avg rating 4.31 — 59,759 ratings — published 2005
Crying in H Mart (Hardcover)
by (shelved 99 times as bio)
avg rating 4.23 — 609,820 ratings — published 2021
Long Walk to Freedom (Paperback)
by (shelved 99 times as bio)
avg rating 4.36 — 94,815 ratings — published 1994
Hillbilly Elegy: A Memoir of a Family and Culture in Crisis (Hardcover)
by (shelved 97 times as bio)
avg rating 3.84 — 507,143 ratings — published 2016
Angela's Ashes (Frank McCourt, #1)
by (shelved 97 times as bio)
avg rating 4.15 — 660,603 ratings — published 1996
The Storyteller: Tales of Life and Music (Hardcover)
by (shelved 94 times as bio)
avg rating 4.43 — 169,378 ratings — published 2021
The Princess Diarist (Hardcover)
by (shelved 93 times as bio)
avg rating 3.70 — 91,680 ratings — published 2016
Eat, Pray, Love (Paperback)
by (shelved 92 times as bio)
avg rating 3.65 — 1,849,763 ratings — published 2006
Wishful Drinking (Hardcover)
by (shelved 89 times as bio)
avg rating 3.82 — 94,302 ratings — published 2008
Washington: A Life (Hardcover)
by (shelved 87 times as bio)
avg rating 4.17 — 83,575 ratings — published 2010
“Billy’s love for the man who betrayed his trust remained strong. As with many other traumas he had experienced in leading, he did not let natural reactions of self-pity or anger control his responses.”
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“I’ve always had a vivid imagination in terms of storytelling, but thankfully I learned early on that imagination can be stifled or enhanced by one’s writing ability—what I call word work. My goal from then on was to make sure my writing skills were up to speed with my imagination.”
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