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The Diary of a Young Girl (Mass Market Paperback)
by (shelved 368 times as biographical)
avg rating 4.20 — 4,327,202 ratings — published 1947
Educated (Hardcover)
by (shelved 190 times as biographical)
avg rating 4.46 — 1,970,563 ratings — published 2018
Becoming (Hardcover)
by (shelved 174 times as biographical)
avg rating 4.43 — 1,241,947 ratings — published 2018
I'm Glad My Mom Died (Hardcover)
by (shelved 152 times as biographical)
avg rating 4.42 — 1,619,010 ratings — published 2022
Born a Crime: Stories from a South African Childhood (Hardcover)
by (shelved 151 times as biographical)
avg rating 4.48 — 846,369 ratings — published 2016
Bossypants (ebook)
by (shelved 150 times as biographical)
avg rating 3.96 — 1,073,049 ratings — published 2011
Night (Paperback)
by (shelved 145 times as biographical)
avg rating 4.38 — 1,401,783 ratings — published 1956
Into the Wild (Kindle Edition)
by (shelved 139 times as biographical)
avg rating 4.02 — 1,224,391 ratings — published 1996
Steve Jobs (Hardcover)
by (shelved 136 times as biographical)
avg rating 4.16 — 1,391,356 ratings — published 2011
Man's Search for Meaning (Paperback)
by (shelved 131 times as biographical)
avg rating 4.37 — 936,728 ratings — published 1946
I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings (Maya Angelou's Autobiography, #1)
by (shelved 129 times as biographical)
avg rating 4.30 — 597,760 ratings — published 1969
The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks (Hardcover)
by (shelved 126 times as biographical)
avg rating 4.13 — 827,887 ratings — published 2010
The Glass Castle (Paperback)
by (shelved 122 times as biographical)
avg rating 4.33 — 1,409,436 ratings — published 2005
"Surely You're Joking, Mr. Feynman!": Adventures of a Curious Character (Paperback)
by (shelved 120 times as biographical)
avg rating 4.26 — 223,203 ratings — published 1985
Unbroken: A World War II Story of Survival, Resilience and Redemption (Hardcover)
by (shelved 119 times as biographical)
avg rating 4.39 — 1,017,372 ratings — published 2010
I Am Malala: The Story of the Girl Who Stood Up for Education and Was Shot by the Taliban (Hardcover)
by (shelved 115 times as biographical)
avg rating 4.16 — 638,879 ratings — published 2012
When Breath Becomes Air (Kindle Edition)
by (shelved 113 times as biographical)
avg rating 4.41 — 851,906 ratings — published 2016
Hillbilly Elegy: A Memoir of a Family and Culture in Crisis (Hardcover)
by (shelved 103 times as biographical)
avg rating 3.83 — 514,807 ratings — published 2016
Wild: From Lost to Found on the Pacific Crest Trail (Hardcover)
by (shelved 98 times as biographical)
avg rating 4.07 — 888,034 ratings — published 2012
The Hiding Place: The Triumphant True Story of Corrie Ten Boom (Mass Market Paperback)
by (shelved 97 times as biographical)
avg rating 4.48 — 367,273 ratings — published 1971
The Autobiography of Malcolm X (Mass Market Paperback)
by (shelved 97 times as biographical)
avg rating 4.37 — 299,578 ratings — published 1965
Yes Please (Hardcover)
by (shelved 96 times as biographical)
avg rating 3.85 — 564,735 ratings — published 2014
Kitchen Confidential: Adventures in the Culinary Underbelly (Paperback)
by (shelved 89 times as biographical)
avg rating 4.20 — 405,096 ratings — published 2000
Between the World and Me (Hardcover)
by (shelved 87 times as biographical)
avg rating 4.40 — 376,017 ratings — published 2015
Elon Musk: Tesla, SpaceX, and the Quest for a Fantastic Future (Hardcover)
by (shelved 86 times as biographical)
avg rating 4.12 — 455,927 ratings — published 2015
Tuesdays with Morrie: An Old Man, a Young Man, and Life's Greatest Lesson (Paperback)
by (shelved 84 times as biographical)
avg rating 4.22 — 1,271,578 ratings — published 1997
Angela's Ashes (Frank McCourt, #1)
by (shelved 83 times as biographical)
avg rating 4.16 — 668,906 ratings — published 1996
Einstein: His Life and Universe (Hardcover)
by (shelved 82 times as biographical)
avg rating 4.16 — 208,843 ratings — published 2007
A Promised Land (Kindle Edition)
by (shelved 80 times as biographical)
avg rating 4.31 — 287,002 ratings — published 2020
The Autobiography of Benjamin Franklin (Paperback)
by (shelved 79 times as biographical)
avg rating 3.85 — 94,118 ratings — published 1791
On Writing: A Memoir of the Craft (Mass Market Paperback)
by (shelved 79 times as biographical)
avg rating 4.34 — 327,599 ratings — published 2000
Eat, Pray, Love (Paperback)
by (shelved 78 times as biographical)
avg rating 3.65 — 1,869,661 ratings — published 2006
The Complete Persepolis (Paperback)
by (shelved 73 times as biographical)
avg rating 4.41 — 216,490 ratings — published 2007
Greenlights (Hardcover)
by (shelved 71 times as biographical)
avg rating 4.19 — 490,501 ratings — published 2020
Fun Home: A Family Tragicomic (Paperback)
by (shelved 71 times as biographical)
avg rating 4.07 — 208,582 ratings — published 2006
Crying in H Mart (Hardcover)
by (shelved 70 times as biographical)
avg rating 4.22 — 645,933 ratings — published 2021
Just Kids (Hardcover)
by (shelved 70 times as biographical)
avg rating 4.21 — 381,062 ratings — published 2010
Me Talk Pretty One Day (Paperback)
by (shelved 69 times as biographical)
avg rating 4.01 — 730,126 ratings — published 2000
The Princess Diarist (Hardcover)
by (shelved 66 times as biographical)
avg rating 3.69 — 93,018 ratings — published 2016
Is Everyone Hanging Out Without Me? (And Other Concerns)
by (shelved 64 times as biographical)
avg rating 3.86 — 518,109 ratings — published 2011
Into Thin Air: A Personal Account of the Mt. Everest Disaster (Paperback)
by (shelved 64 times as biographical)
avg rating 4.27 — 590,154 ratings — published 1997
John Adams (Paperback)
by (shelved 64 times as biographical)
avg rating 4.09 — 384,163 ratings — published 2001
Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass (Paperback)
by (shelved 63 times as biographical)
avg rating 4.14 — 138,718 ratings — published 1845
Alexander Hamilton (Paperback)
by (shelved 63 times as biographical)
avg rating 4.22 — 206,662 ratings — published 2004
Persepolis: The Story of a Childhood (Persepolis, #1)
by (shelved 63 times as biographical)
avg rating 4.28 — 240,956 ratings — published 2003
The Woman in Me (Hardcover)
by (shelved 62 times as biographical)
avg rating 3.83 — 596,425 ratings — published 2023
The Complete Maus (Paperback)
by (shelved 62 times as biographical)
avg rating 4.58 — 264,795 ratings — published
Twelve Years a Slave (ebook)
by (shelved 61 times as biographical)
avg rating 4.23 — 127,144 ratings — published 1853
Long Walk to Freedom (Paperback)
by (shelved 61 times as biographical)
avg rating 4.36 — 97,014 ratings — published 1991
Spare (Hardcover)
by (shelved 58 times as biographical)
avg rating 3.83 — 444,216 ratings — published 2023
“There is a certain enthusiasm in liberty, that makes human nature rise above itself, in acts of bravery and heroism”
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“To now is to love, to see is a joy, but to lose is hurtful.”
― Bam Bam's Story: A Celebrated Life: A Beloved Pet and Companion
― Bam Bam's Story: A Celebrated Life: A Beloved Pet and Companion
