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The Diary of a Young Girl (Mass Market Paperback)
by (shelved 370 times as biographical)
avg rating 4.21 — 4,350,942 ratings — published 1947
Educated (Hardcover)
by (shelved 193 times as biographical)
avg rating 4.46 — 1,992,314 ratings — published 2018
Becoming (Hardcover)
by (shelved 175 times as biographical)
avg rating 4.43 — 1,252,530 ratings — published 2018
I'm Glad My Mom Died (Hardcover)
by (shelved 152 times as biographical)
avg rating 4.42 — 1,642,586 ratings — published 2022
Born a Crime: Stories from a South African Childhood (Hardcover)
by (shelved 151 times as biographical)
avg rating 4.48 — 855,142 ratings — published 2016
Bossypants (ebook)
by (shelved 150 times as biographical)
avg rating 3.96 — 1,076,653 ratings — published 2011
Night (Paperback)
by (shelved 146 times as biographical)
avg rating 4.38 — 1,409,623 ratings — published 2012
Into the Wild (Kindle Edition)
by (shelved 140 times as biographical)
avg rating 4.02 — 1,230,096 ratings — published 1996
Steve Jobs (Hardcover)
by (shelved 135 times as biographical)
avg rating 4.16 — 1,397,823 ratings — published 2011
Man's Search for Meaning (Paperback)
by (shelved 130 times as biographical)
avg rating 4.36 — 948,019 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 — 600,856 ratings — published 1969
The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks (Hardcover)
by (shelved 126 times as biographical)
avg rating 4.14 — 833,284 ratings — published 2010
The Glass Castle (Paperback)
by (shelved 122 times as biographical)
avg rating 4.33 — 1,417,718 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 — 224,473 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 — 1,021,682 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 116 times as biographical)
avg rating 4.16 — 641,831 ratings — published 2012
When Breath Becomes Air (Kindle Edition)
by (shelved 115 times as biographical)
avg rating 4.41 — 859,960 ratings — published 2016
Hillbilly Elegy: A Memoir of a Family and Culture in Crisis (Hardcover)
by (shelved 104 times as biographical)
avg rating 3.83 — 516,683 ratings — published 2016
The Hiding Place: The Triumphant True Story of Corrie Ten Boom (Paperback)
by (shelved 98 times as biographical)
avg rating 4.48 — 370,088 ratings — published 1971
Wild: From Lost to Found on the Pacific Crest Trail (Hardcover)
by (shelved 98 times as biographical)
avg rating 4.07 — 893,809 ratings — published 2012
The Autobiography of Malcolm X (Mass Market Paperback)
by (shelved 97 times as biographical)
avg rating 4.37 — 301,564 ratings — published 1965
Yes Please (Hardcover)
by (shelved 95 times as biographical)
avg rating 3.85 — 566,753 ratings — published 2014
Kitchen Confidential: Adventures in the Culinary Underbelly (Paperback)
by (shelved 88 times as biographical)
avg rating 4.20 — 413,634 ratings — published 2000
Between the World and Me (Hardcover)
by (shelved 87 times as biographical)
avg rating 4.40 — 377,657 ratings — published 2015
Elon Musk: Tesla, SpaceX, and the Quest for a Fantastic Future (Hardcover)
by (shelved 86 times as biographical)
avg rating 4.11 — 459,629 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 — 1,287,764 ratings — published 1997
Angela's Ashes (Frank McCourt, #1)
by (shelved 82 times as biographical)
avg rating 4.16 — 671,518 ratings — published 1996
Einstein: His Life and Universe (Hardcover)
by (shelved 81 times as biographical)
avg rating 4.16 — 211,176 ratings — published 2007
A Promised Land (Kindle Edition)
by (shelved 79 times as biographical)
avg rating 4.31 — 289,163 ratings — published 2020
The Autobiography of Benjamin Franklin (Paperback)
by (shelved 79 times as biographical)
avg rating 3.85 — 94,674 ratings — published 1791
On Writing: A Memoir of the Craft (Mass Market Paperback)
by (shelved 78 times as biographical)
avg rating 4.34 — 329,621 ratings — published 2000
Eat, Pray, Love (Paperback)
by (shelved 78 times as biographical)
avg rating 3.65 — 1,874,012 ratings — published 2006
The Complete Persepolis (Paperback)
by (shelved 73 times as biographical)
avg rating 4.41 — 218,743 ratings — published 2007
Greenlights (Hardcover)
by (shelved 72 times as biographical)
avg rating 4.19 — 496,145 ratings — published 2020
Fun Home: A Family Tragicomic (Paperback)
by (shelved 72 times as biographical)
avg rating 4.07 — 209,918 ratings — published 2006
Crying in H Mart (Hardcover)
by (shelved 70 times as biographical)
avg rating 4.22 — 653,871 ratings — published 2021
Just Kids (Hardcover)
by (shelved 69 times as biographical)
avg rating 4.21 — 386,985 ratings — published 2010
Me Talk Pretty One Day (Paperback)
by (shelved 69 times as biographical)
avg rating 4.01 — 731,960 ratings — published 2000
The Princess Diarist (Hardcover)
by (shelved 66 times as biographical)
avg rating 3.69 — 93,416 ratings — published 2016
John Adams (Paperback)
by (shelved 65 times as biographical)
avg rating 4.09 — 386,443 ratings — published 2001
Is Everyone Hanging Out Without Me? (And Other Concerns)
by (shelved 64 times as biographical)
avg rating 3.86 — 519,053 ratings — published 2011
Persepolis: The Story of a Childhood (Persepolis, #1)
by (shelved 64 times as biographical)
avg rating 4.28 — 243,051 ratings — published 2003
Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass (Paperback)
by (shelved 63 times as biographical)
avg rating 4.14 — 140,017 ratings — published 1845
Alexander Hamilton (Paperback)
by (shelved 63 times as biographical)
avg rating 4.22 — 208,908 ratings — published 2004
Into Thin Air: A Personal Account of the Mt. Everest Disaster (Paperback)
by (shelved 63 times as biographical)
avg rating 4.27 — 594,233 ratings — published 1997
The Woman in Me (Hardcover)
by (shelved 62 times as biographical)
avg rating 3.83 — 599,957 ratings — published 2023
Twelve Years a Slave (ebook)
by (shelved 62 times as biographical)
avg rating 4.23 — 127,642 ratings — published 1853
The Complete Maus (Paperback)
by (shelved 62 times as biographical)
avg rating 4.58 — 267,297 ratings — published 1992
Long Walk to Freedom (Paperback)
by (shelved 60 times as biographical)
avg rating 4.36 — 98,223 ratings — published 1991
Bonhoeffer: Pastor, Martyr, Prophet, Spy (Hardcover)
by (shelved 58 times as biographical)
avg rating 4.21 — 85,808 ratings — published 2010
“Although my memory's fading, I remember two things very clearly: I am a great sinner and Christ is a great Savior.”
― Amazing Grace
― Amazing Grace
“When you feel unprotected, unsupported and unprepared to take care of yourself, your insides will feel if you have been through a train wreck. The best way to describe this experience is that you are having a head on body collision between your wannabe and your can never be.”
― Peace from Broken Pieces: How to Get Through What You're Going Through
― Peace from Broken Pieces: How to Get Through What You're Going Through
