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Steve Jobs (Hardcover)
by (shelved 2507 times as biographies)
avg rating 4.16 — 1,359,296 ratings — published 2011
The Diary of a Young Girl (Mass Market Paperback)
by (shelved 1638 times as biographies)
avg rating 4.20 — 4,190,775 ratings — published 1947
Becoming (Hardcover)
by (shelved 1481 times as biographies)
avg rating 4.44 — 1,197,054 ratings — published 2018
Elon Musk: Tesla, SpaceX, and the Quest for a Fantastic Future (Hardcover)
by (shelved 1393 times as biographies)
avg rating 4.12 — 445,309 ratings — published 2015
Einstein: His Life and Universe (Hardcover)
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avg rating 4.17 — 202,309 ratings — published 2007
Educated (Hardcover)
by (shelved 970 times as biographies)
avg rating 4.47 — 1,858,621 ratings — published 2018
Born a Crime: Stories from a South African Childhood (Hardcover)
by (shelved 955 times as biographies)
avg rating 4.49 — 806,464 ratings — published 2016
The Autobiography of Malcolm X (Mass Market Paperback)
by (shelved 949 times as biographies)
avg rating 4.37 — 291,259 ratings — published 1965
Leonardo da Vinci (Hardcover)
by (shelved 943 times as biographies)
avg rating 4.18 — 128,726 ratings — published 2017
Shoe Dog: A Memoir by the Creator of Nike (Hardcover)
by (shelved 942 times as biographies)
avg rating 4.46 — 368,455 ratings — published 2016
Benjamin Franklin: An American Life (Paperback)
by (shelved 928 times as biographies)
avg rating 4.05 — 150,254 ratings — published 2003
I Am Malala: The Story of the Girl Who Stood Up for Education and Was Shot by the Taliban (Hardcover)
by (shelved 920 times as biographies)
avg rating 4.16 — 623,326 ratings — published 2012
Alexander Hamilton (Paperback)
by (shelved 864 times as biographies)
avg rating 4.22 — 200,151 ratings — published 2004
I’m Glad My Mom Died (Hardcover)
by (shelved 809 times as biographies)
avg rating 4.43 — 1,462,376 ratings — published 2022
Bossypants (ebook)
by (shelved 802 times as biographies)
avg rating 3.96 — 1,055,817 ratings — published 2011
John Adams (Paperback)
by (shelved 786 times as biographies)
avg rating 4.08 — 377,752 ratings — published 2001
A Promised Land (Kindle Edition)
by (shelved 731 times as biographies)
avg rating 4.31 — 275,696 ratings — published 2020
Unbroken: A World War II Story of Survival, Resilience and Redemption (Hardcover)
by (shelved 694 times as biographies)
avg rating 4.39 — 997,634 ratings — published 2010
Titan: The Life of John D. Rockefeller, Sr. (Paperback)
by (shelved 675 times as biographies)
avg rating 4.15 — 37,579 ratings — published 1998
Long Walk to Freedom (Paperback)
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avg rating 4.36 — 94,246 ratings — published 1994
"Surely You're Joking, Mr. Feynman!": Adventures of a Curious Character (Paperback)
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avg rating 4.26 — 217,758 ratings — published 1985
When Breath Becomes Air (Kindle Edition)
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avg rating 4.41 — 805,980 ratings — published 2016
I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings (Maya Angelou's Autobiography, #1)
by (shelved 583 times as biographies)
avg rating 4.30 — 580,810 ratings — published 1969
The Autobiography of Benjamin Franklin (Paperback)
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avg rating 3.85 — 91,794 ratings — published 1791
Greenlights (Hardcover)
by (shelved 566 times as biographies)
avg rating 4.20 — 457,936 ratings — published 2020
The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks (Hardcover)
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avg rating 4.13 — 804,570 ratings — published 2010
Yes Please (Hardcover)
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avg rating 3.85 — 555,948 ratings — published 2014
Washington: A Life (Hardcover)
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avg rating 4.17 — 82,726 ratings — published 2010
The Glass Castle (Paperback)
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avg rating 4.33 — 1,361,849 ratings — published 2005
Night (Paperback)
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avg rating 4.38 — 1,363,400 ratings — published 1956
Team of Rivals: The Political Genius of Abraham Lincoln (Paperback)
by (shelved 512 times as biographies)
avg rating 4.28 — 200,074 ratings — published 2005
Into the Wild (Kindle Edition)
by (shelved 502 times as biographies)
avg rating 4.02 — 1,192,181 ratings — published 1996
The Rise of Theodore Roosevelt (Theodore Roosevelt, #1)
by (shelved 490 times as biographies)
avg rating 4.22 — 60,838 ratings — published 1979
Man's Search for Meaning (Paperback)
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avg rating 4.37 — 876,804 ratings — published 1946
The Hiding Place: The Triumphant True Story of Corrie Ten Boom (Mass Market Paperback)
by (shelved 480 times as biographies)
avg rating 4.48 — 356,546 ratings — published 1971
The Woman in Me (Hardcover)
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avg rating 3.83 — 574,849 ratings — published 2023
Spare (Hardcover)
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avg rating 3.83 — 429,149 ratings — published 2023
Elon Musk (Hardcover)
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avg rating 4.33 — 75,674 ratings — published 2023
Open (Hardcover)
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avg rating 4.32 — 146,614 ratings — published 2009
Bonhoeffer: Pastor, Martyr, Prophet, Spy (Hardcover)
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avg rating 4.21 — 82,739 ratings — published 2010
Gandhi: An Autobiography (Paperback)
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avg rating 4.10 — 74,926 ratings — published 1927
Dreams from My Father: A Story of Race and Inheritance (Paperback)
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avg rating 3.94 — 231,100 ratings — published 1995
Friends, Lovers, and the Big Terrible Thing (Hardcover)
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avg rating 3.94 — 398,311 ratings — published 2022
Catherine the Great: Portrait of a Woman (Hardcover)
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avg rating 3.94 — 108,244 ratings — published 2011
The Snowball: Warren Buffett and the Business of Life (Hardcover)
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avg rating 4.16 — 54,247 ratings — published 2008
Is Everyone Hanging Out Without Me? (And Other Concerns)
by (shelved 408 times as biographies)
avg rating 3.86 — 513,691 ratings — published 2011
American Prometheus: The Triumph and Tragedy of J. Robert Oppenheimer (Paperback)
by (shelved 382 times as biographies)
avg rating 4.31 — 58,913 ratings — published 2005
Wild: From Lost to Found on the Pacific Crest Trail (Hardcover)
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avg rating 4.07 — 867,371 ratings — published 2012
The Everything Store: Jeff Bezos and the Age of Amazon (Hardcover)
by (shelved 377 times as biographies)
avg rating 4.14 — 77,468 ratings — published 2013
Truman (Paperback)
by (shelved 366 times as biographies)
avg rating 4.17 — 91,466 ratings — published 1992
“I took a deep breath and willed myself to focus on the questions. “I don’t know. I like to rescue people, especially those in the throes of addiction. It’s like a derailed train; I swoop in like Superman and put the train back on the tracks. Is the train going to get to the next station? I don’t know, but at least it’s out of the ditch and upright before I walk away.”
― A Saint and a Sinner: The Rise and Fall of a Beloved Catholic Priest
― A Saint and a Sinner: The Rise and Fall of a Beloved Catholic Priest
“From the onset of polio in 1921 until his death, Franklin, his family, his inner circle of advisers, and teams of physicians assiduously disguised the state of his health, promoting the fantasy of a robust leader who was always in excel- lent physical condition for a man his age. Severe heart disease was not admit- ted until twenty-five years after his death, and then only as part of a new and larger cover-up to conceal other severe medical problems. These deceptions still dominate the present-day narrative of Franklin’s health, especially so in his later years.”
― FDR Unmasked: 73 Years of Medical Cover-ups That Rewrote History
― FDR Unmasked: 73 Years of Medical Cover-ups That Rewrote History
