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The Diary of a Young Girl (Mass Market Paperback)
by (shelved 372 times as biographical)
avg rating 4.20 — 4,116,387 ratings — published 1947
Educated (Hardcover)
by (shelved 185 times as biographical)
avg rating 4.47 — 1,804,669 ratings — published 2018
Becoming (Hardcover)
by (shelved 170 times as biographical)
avg rating 4.44 — 1,173,634 ratings — published 2018
Born a Crime: Stories From a South African Childhood (Hardcover)
by (shelved 149 times as biographical)
avg rating 4.49 — 787,855 ratings — published 2016
Bossypants (ebook)
by (shelved 149 times as biographical)
avg rating 3.96 — 1,046,798 ratings — published 2011
Night (Paperback)
by (shelved 147 times as biographical)
avg rating 4.38 — 1,344,441 ratings — published 1956
I’m Glad My Mom Died (Hardcover)
by (shelved 136 times as biographical)
avg rating 4.44 — 1,391,187 ratings — published 2022
Steve Jobs (Hardcover)
by (shelved 136 times as biographical)
avg rating 4.15 — 1,342,321 ratings — published 2011
Into the Wild (Kindle Edition)
by (shelved 136 times as biographical)
avg rating 4.02 — 1,175,688 ratings — published 1996
Man's Search for Meaning (Paperback)
by (shelved 132 times as biographical)
avg rating 4.37 — 848,388 ratings — published 1946
I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings (Maya Angelou's Autobiography, #1)
by (shelved 127 times as biographical)
avg rating 4.30 — 573,680 ratings — published 1969
The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks (Hardcover)
by (shelved 123 times as biographical)
avg rating 4.13 — 793,716 ratings — published 2010
The Glass Castle (Paperback)
by (shelved 119 times as biographical)
avg rating 4.32 — 1,339,354 ratings — published 2005
Unbroken: A World War II Story of Survival, Resilience and Redemption (Hardcover)
by (shelved 118 times as biographical)
avg rating 4.39 — 995,110 ratings — published 2010
"Surely You're Joking, Mr. Feynman!": Adventures of a Curious Character (Paperback)
by (shelved 115 times as biographical)
avg rating 4.27 — 215,138 ratings — published 1985
I Am Malala: The Story of the Girl Who Stood Up for Education and Was Shot by the Taliban (Hardcover)
by (shelved 112 times as biographical)
avg rating 4.16 — 616,157 ratings — published 2012
When Breath Becomes Air (Kindle Edition)
by (shelved 109 times as biographical)
avg rating 4.41 — 780,748 ratings — published 2016
Hillbilly Elegy: A Memoir of a Family and Culture in Crisis (Hardcover)
by (shelved 102 times as biographical)
avg rating 3.84 — 494,841 ratings — published 2016
Yes Please (Hardcover)
by (shelved 97 times as biographical)
avg rating 3.85 — 551,300 ratings — published 2014
The Autobiography of Malcolm X (Mass Market Paperback)
by (shelved 97 times as biographical)
avg rating 4.37 — 287,552 ratings — published 1965
Wild: From Lost to Found on the Pacific Crest Trail (Hardcover)
by (shelved 95 times as biographical)
avg rating 4.07 — 857,001 ratings — published 2012
The Hiding Place: The Triumphant True Story of Corrie Ten Boom (Mass Market Paperback)
by (shelved 89 times as biographical)
avg rating 4.48 — 351,382 ratings — published 1971
Elon Musk: Tesla, SpaceX, and the Quest for a Fantastic Future (Hardcover)
by (shelved 87 times as biographical)
avg rating 4.13 — 439,210 ratings — published 2015
Between the World and Me (Hardcover)
by (shelved 85 times as biographical)
avg rating 4.40 — 360,187 ratings — published 2015
Kitchen Confidential: Adventures in the Culinary Underbelly (Paperback)
by (shelved 85 times as biographical)
avg rating 4.18 — 366,764 ratings — published 2000
Angela’s Ashes (Frank McCourt, #1)
by (shelved 83 times as biographical)
avg rating 4.15 — 653,750 ratings — published 1996
Tuesdays with Morrie: An Old Man, a Young Man, and Life's Greatest Lesson (Paperback)
by (shelved 82 times as biographical)
avg rating 4.20 — 1,171,108 ratings — published 1997
Eat, Pray, Love (Paperback)
by (shelved 82 times as biographical)
avg rating 3.64 — 1,828,800 ratings — published 2006
Einstein: His Life and Universe (Hardcover)
by (shelved 80 times as biographical)
avg rating 4.17 — 199,496 ratings — published 2007
On Writing: A Memoir of the Craft (Mass Market Paperback)
by (shelved 76 times as biographical)
avg rating 4.34 — 313,151 ratings — published 2000
The Autobiography of Benjamin Franklin (Paperback)
by (shelved 75 times as biographical)
avg rating 3.85 — 90,736 ratings — published 1791
A Promised Land (Kindle Edition)
by (shelved 73 times as biographical)
avg rating 4.32 — 267,965 ratings — published 2020
Me Talk Pretty One Day (Paperback)
by (shelved 72 times as biographical)
avg rating 4.01 — 716,443 ratings — published 2000
The Complete Persepolis (Paperback)
by (shelved 71 times as biographical)
avg rating 4.40 — 201,952 ratings — published 2007
Fun Home: A Family Tragicomic (Paperback)
by (shelved 70 times as biographical)
avg rating 4.07 — 199,167 ratings — published 2006
Greenlights (Hardcover)
by (shelved 67 times as biographical)
avg rating 4.20 — 437,901 ratings — published 2020
The Princess Diarist (Hardcover)
by (shelved 67 times as biographical)
avg rating 3.70 — 88,725 ratings — published 2016
John Adams (Paperback)
by (shelved 67 times as biographical)
avg rating 4.08 — 375,021 ratings — published 2001
Just Kids (Hardcover)
by (shelved 66 times as biographical)
avg rating 4.21 — 341,324 ratings — published 2010
Is Everyone Hanging Out Without Me? (And Other Concerns)
by (shelved 65 times as biographical)
avg rating 3.86 — 511,257 ratings — published 2011
Alexander Hamilton (Paperback)
by (shelved 64 times as biographical)
avg rating 4.22 — 196,954 ratings — published 2004
The Complete Maus (Paperback)
by (shelved 63 times as biographical)
avg rating 4.58 — 248,834 ratings — published 1980
Into Thin Air: A Personal Account of the Mt. Everest Disaster (Paperback)
by (shelved 63 times as biographical)
avg rating 4.26 — 557,218 ratings — published 1997
Persepolis: The Story of a Childhood (Persepolis, #1)
by (shelved 63 times as biographical)
avg rating 4.27 — 226,948 ratings — published 2003
The Woman in Me (Hardcover)
by (shelved 62 times as biographical)
avg rating 3.83 — 558,017 ratings — published 2023
Playing Ball: Life Lessons from My Journey to the Super Bowl and Beyond (Hardcover)
by (shelved 61 times as biographical)
avg rating 4.28 — 10,413 ratings — published
Crying in H Mart (Hardcover)
by (shelved 61 times as biographical)
avg rating 4.24 — 571,497 ratings — published 2021
Twelve Years a Slave (ebook)
by (shelved 60 times as biographical)
avg rating 4.23 — 123,894 ratings — published 1853
Long Walk to Freedom (Paperback)
by (shelved 60 times as biographical)
avg rating 4.36 — 93,092 ratings — published 1994
Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass (Paperback)
by (shelved 59 times as biographical)
avg rating 4.13 — 132,997 ratings — published 1845
“At last, he fully understood that change comes from within. It was up to him to get up and fight for a better life.”
― Growing Up American
― Growing Up American
“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
