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Steve Jobs (Hardcover)
by (shelved 580 times as bio)
avg rating 4.16 — 1,378,389 ratings — published 2011
The Diary of a Young Girl (Mass Market Paperback)
by (shelved 407 times as bio)
avg rating 4.20 — 4,272,388 ratings — published 1947
Becoming (Hardcover)
by (shelved 336 times as bio)
avg rating 4.43 — 1,224,652 ratings — published 2018
Elon Musk: Tesla, SpaceX, and the Quest for a Fantastic Future (Hardcover)
by (shelved 301 times as bio)
avg rating 4.12 — 451,516 ratings — published 2015
Born a Crime: Stories from a South African Childhood (Hardcover)
by (shelved 277 times as bio)
avg rating 4.49 — 829,674 ratings — published 2016
Bossypants (ebook)
by (shelved 263 times as bio)
avg rating 3.96 — 1,066,259 ratings — published 2011
Einstein: His Life and Universe (Hardcover)
by (shelved 239 times as bio)
avg rating 4.16 — 206,294 ratings — published 2007
I'm Glad My Mom Died (Hardcover)
by (shelved 230 times as bio)
avg rating 4.43 — 1,564,156 ratings — published 2022
Educated (Hardcover)
by (shelved 223 times as bio)
avg rating 4.46 — 1,925,908 ratings — published 2018
Leonardo da Vinci (Hardcover)
by (shelved 207 times as bio)
avg rating 4.17 — 132,994 ratings — published 2017
The Autobiography of Malcolm X (Mass Market Paperback)
by (shelved 205 times as bio)
avg rating 4.37 — 296,405 ratings — published 1965
Shoe Dog: A Memoir by the Creator of Nike (Hardcover)
by (shelved 188 times as bio)
avg rating 4.45 — 381,177 ratings — published 2016
Yes Please (Hardcover)
by (shelved 184 times as bio)
avg rating 3.85 — 561,571 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 — 632,941 ratings — published 2012
"Surely You're Joking, Mr. Feynman!": Adventures of a Curious Character (Paperback)
by (shelved 174 times as bio)
avg rating 4.26 — 221,145 ratings — published 1985
The Glass Castle (Paperback)
by (shelved 161 times as bio)
avg rating 4.33 — 1,390,414 ratings — published 2005
I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings (Maya Angelou's Autobiography, #1)
by (shelved 156 times as bio)
avg rating 4.30 — 591,742 ratings — published 1969
When Breath Becomes Air (Kindle Edition)
by (shelved 148 times as bio)
avg rating 4.41 — 834,271 ratings — published 2016
John Adams (Paperback)
by (shelved 147 times as bio)
avg rating 4.09 — 381,566 ratings — published 2001
Benjamin Franklin: An American Life (Paperback)
by (shelved 147 times as bio)
avg rating 4.05 — 152,579 ratings — published 2003
A Promised Land (Kindle Edition)
by (shelved 145 times as bio)
avg rating 4.31 — 282,753 ratings — published 2020
Kitchen Confidential: Adventures in the Culinary Underbelly (Paperback)
by (shelved 145 times as bio)
avg rating 4.19 — 391,665 ratings — published 2000
Is Everyone Hanging Out Without Me? (And Other Concerns)
by (shelved 143 times as bio)
avg rating 3.86 — 516,340 ratings — published 2011
Night (Paperback)
by (shelved 136 times as bio)
avg rating 4.38 — 1,388,558 ratings — published 1956
Greenlights (Hardcover)
by (shelved 135 times as bio)
avg rating 4.20 — 479,242 ratings — published 2020
Unbroken: A World War II Story of Survival, Resilience and Redemption (Hardcover)
by (shelved 134 times as bio)
avg rating 4.39 — 1,010,068 ratings — published 2010
The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks (Hardcover)
by (shelved 134 times as bio)
avg rating 4.13 — 819,196 ratings — published 2010
Just Kids (Hardcover)
by (shelved 134 times as bio)
avg rating 4.21 — 369,744 ratings — published 2010
Alexander Hamilton (Paperback)
by (shelved 133 times as bio)
avg rating 4.22 — 204,091 ratings — published 2004
Wild: From Lost to Found on the Pacific Crest Trail (Hardcover)
by (shelved 124 times as bio)
avg rating 4.07 — 879,802 ratings — published 2012
The Woman in Me (Hardcover)
by (shelved 120 times as bio)
avg rating 3.83 — 589,324 ratings — published 2023
Into the Wild (Kindle Edition)
by (shelved 117 times as bio)
avg rating 4.02 — 1,210,937 ratings — published 1996
Man's Search for Meaning (Paperback)
by (shelved 116 times as bio)
avg rating 4.37 — 913,655 ratings — published 1946
Titan: The Life of John D. Rockefeller, Sr. (Paperback)
by (shelved 112 times as bio)
avg rating 4.15 — 39,086 ratings — published 1998
Friends, Lovers, and the Big Terrible Thing (Hardcover)
by (shelved 106 times as bio)
avg rating 3.94 — 414,936 ratings — published 2022
Elon Musk (Hardcover)
by (shelved 105 times as bio)
avg rating 4.32 — 79,043 ratings — published 2023
The Autobiography of Benjamin Franklin (Paperback)
by (shelved 104 times as bio)
avg rating 3.85 — 93,228 ratings — published 1791
Born Standing Up: A Comic's Life (Hardcover)
by (shelved 102 times as bio)
avg rating 3.88 — 108,306 ratings — published 2007
The Rise of Theodore Roosevelt (Theodore Roosevelt, #1)
by (shelved 101 times as bio)
avg rating 4.22 — 62,110 ratings — published 1979
Crying in H Mart (Hardcover)
by (shelved 101 times as bio)
avg rating 4.23 — 628,627 ratings — published 2021
American Prometheus: The Triumph and Tragedy of J. Robert Oppenheimer (Paperback)
by (shelved 101 times as bio)
avg rating 4.30 — 61,194 ratings — published 2005
Long Walk to Freedom (Paperback)
by (shelved 100 times as bio)
avg rating 4.36 — 95,802 ratings — published 1991
The Storyteller: Tales of Life and Music (Hardcover)
by (shelved 98 times as bio)
avg rating 4.43 — 171,552 ratings — published 2021
Hillbilly Elegy: A Memoir of a Family and Culture in Crisis (Hardcover)
by (shelved 98 times as bio)
avg rating 3.83 — 510,831 ratings — published 2016
Angela's Ashes (Frank McCourt, #1)
by (shelved 97 times as bio)
avg rating 4.16 — 664,031 ratings — published 1996
The Princess Diarist (Hardcover)
by (shelved 94 times as bio)
avg rating 3.69 — 92,421 ratings — published 2016
Eat, Pray, Love (Paperback)
by (shelved 92 times as bio)
avg rating 3.65 — 1,859,727 ratings — published 2006
Wishful Drinking (Hardcover)
by (shelved 90 times as bio)
avg rating 3.82 — 95,216 ratings — published 2008
Washington: A Life (Hardcover)
by (shelved 86 times as bio)
avg rating 4.17 — 85,078 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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