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Steve Jobs (Hardcover)
by (shelved 2534 times as biographies)
avg rating 4.16 — 1,371,806 ratings — published 2011
The Diary of a Young Girl (Mass Market Paperback)
by (shelved 1651 times as biographies)
avg rating 4.20 — 4,246,020 ratings — published 1947
Becoming (Hardcover)
by (shelved 1486 times as biographies)
avg rating 4.43 — 1,216,249 ratings — published 2018
Elon Musk: Tesla, SpaceX, and the Quest for a Fantastic Future (Hardcover)
by (shelved 1409 times as biographies)
avg rating 4.12 — 449,326 ratings — published 2015
Einstein: His Life and Universe (Hardcover)
by (shelved 1217 times as biographies)
avg rating 4.17 — 204,907 ratings — published 2007
Educated (Hardcover)
by (shelved 980 times as biographies)
avg rating 4.46 — 1,904,820 ratings — published 2018
Born a Crime: Stories from a South African Childhood (Hardcover)
by (shelved 965 times as biographies)
avg rating 4.49 — 821,970 ratings — published 2016
Leonardo da Vinci (Hardcover)
by (shelved 964 times as biographies)
avg rating 4.17 — 131,422 ratings — published 2017
Shoe Dog: A Memoir by the Creator of Nike (Hardcover)
by (shelved 950 times as biographies)
avg rating 4.45 — 377,275 ratings — published 2016
The Autobiography of Malcolm X (Mass Market Paperback)
by (shelved 949 times as biographies)
avg rating 4.37 — 294,707 ratings — published 1965
Benjamin Franklin: An American Life (Paperback)
by (shelved 939 times as biographies)
avg rating 4.05 — 151,763 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 919 times as biographies)
avg rating 4.16 — 629,906 ratings — published 2012
Alexander Hamilton (Paperback)
by (shelved 875 times as biographies)
avg rating 4.22 — 202,680 ratings — published 2004
I'm Glad My Mom Died (Hardcover)
by (shelved 824 times as biographies)
avg rating 4.43 — 1,535,700 ratings — published 2022
Bossypants (ebook)
by (shelved 802 times as biographies)
avg rating 3.96 — 1,062,743 ratings — published 2011
John Adams (Paperback)
by (shelved 795 times as biographies)
avg rating 4.09 — 380,278 ratings — published 2001
A Promised Land (Kindle Edition)
by (shelved 744 times as biographies)
avg rating 4.31 — 280,560 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 — 1,005,935 ratings — published 2010
Titan: The Life of John D. Rockefeller, Sr. (Paperback)
by (shelved 681 times as biographies)
avg rating 4.15 — 38,543 ratings — published 1998
Long Walk to Freedom (Paperback)
by (shelved 662 times as biographies)
avg rating 4.36 — 95,303 ratings — published 1994
"Surely You're Joking, Mr. Feynman!": Adventures of a Curious Character (Paperback)
by (shelved 615 times as biographies)
avg rating 4.26 — 219,897 ratings — published 1985
When Breath Becomes Air (Kindle Edition)
by (shelved 605 times as biographies)
avg rating 4.41 — 825,135 ratings — published 2016
I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings (Maya Angelou's Autobiography, #1)
by (shelved 593 times as biographies)
avg rating 4.30 — 588,429 ratings — published 1969
The Autobiography of Benjamin Franklin (Paperback)
by (shelved 581 times as biographies)
avg rating 3.85 — 92,714 ratings — published 1791
Greenlights (Hardcover)
by (shelved 576 times as biographies)
avg rating 4.20 — 473,162 ratings — published 2020
The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks (Hardcover)
by (shelved 562 times as biographies)
avg rating 4.13 — 814,446 ratings — published 2010
Washington: A Life (Hardcover)
by (shelved 558 times as biographies)
avg rating 4.17 — 84,234 ratings — published 2010
Yes Please (Hardcover)
by (shelved 553 times as biographies)
avg rating 3.85 — 559,788 ratings — published 2014
The Glass Castle (Paperback)
by (shelved 532 times as biographies)
avg rating 4.33 — 1,381,280 ratings — published 2005
Night (Paperback)
by (shelved 522 times as biographies)
avg rating 4.38 — 1,380,645 ratings — published 1956
Team of Rivals: The Political Genius of Abraham Lincoln (Paperback)
by (shelved 522 times as biographies)
avg rating 4.28 — 201,981 ratings — published 2005
Into the Wild (Kindle Edition)
by (shelved 508 times as biographies)
avg rating 4.02 — 1,204,809 ratings — published 1996
The Rise of Theodore Roosevelt (Theodore Roosevelt, #1)
by (shelved 500 times as biographies)
avg rating 4.22 — 61,618 ratings — published 1979
Man's Search for Meaning (Paperback)
by (shelved 488 times as biographies)
avg rating 4.37 — 902,028 ratings — published 1946
The Hiding Place: The Triumphant True Story of Corrie Ten Boom (Mass Market Paperback)
by (shelved 484 times as biographies)
avg rating 4.48 — 361,326 ratings — published 1971
The Woman in Me (Hardcover)
by (shelved 480 times as biographies)
avg rating 3.83 — 585,468 ratings — published 2023
Spare (Hardcover)
by (shelved 476 times as biographies)
avg rating 3.83 — 435,817 ratings — published 2023
Elon Musk (Hardcover)
by (shelved 463 times as biographies)
avg rating 4.32 — 77,978 ratings — published 2023
Bonhoeffer: Pastor, Martyr, Prophet, Spy (Hardcover)
by (shelved 454 times as biographies)
avg rating 4.21 — 83,736 ratings — published 2010
Open (Hardcover)
by (shelved 452 times as biographies)
avg rating 4.32 — 150,198 ratings — published 2009
Friends, Lovers, and the Big Terrible Thing (Hardcover)
by (shelved 439 times as biographies)
avg rating 3.94 — 410,329 ratings — published 2022
Gandhi: An Autobiography (Paperback)
by (shelved 439 times as biographies)
avg rating 4.10 — 75,600 ratings — published 1927
Dreams from My Father: A Story of Race and Inheritance (Paperback)
by (shelved 434 times as biographies)
avg rating 3.94 — 231,946 ratings — published 1995
Catherine the Great: Portrait of a Woman (Hardcover)
by (shelved 419 times as biographies)
avg rating 3.94 — 108,668 ratings — published 2011
The Snowball: Warren Buffett and the Business of Life (Hardcover)
by (shelved 412 times as biographies)
avg rating 4.16 — 54,688 ratings — published 2008
Is Everyone Hanging Out Without Me? (And Other Concerns)
by (shelved 407 times as biographies)
avg rating 3.86 — 515,399 ratings — published 2011
American Prometheus: The Triumph and Tragedy of J. Robert Oppenheimer (Paperback)
by (shelved 395 times as biographies)
avg rating 4.30 — 60,408 ratings — published 2005
Wild: From Lost to Found on the Pacific Crest Trail (Hardcover)
by (shelved 383 times as biographies)
avg rating 4.07 — 875,349 ratings — published 2012
Napoleon: A Life (Paperback)
by (shelved 380 times as biographies)
avg rating 4.25 — 29,345 ratings — published 2014
The Everything Store: Jeff Bezos and the Age of Amazon (Hardcover)
by (shelved 376 times as biographies)
avg rating 4.13 — 77,980 ratings — published 2013
“The last few weeks of that summer, Janice lost interest in our conversations…. Her mind was taking her to other places, as though she was listening to a song or watching a movie or reading a book we could neither see nor hear.”
― Penis Politics: A Memoir of Women, Men and Power
― Penis Politics: A Memoir of Women, Men and Power
“FDR Unmasked is first to present convincing evidence of Roosevelt’s battle with prostate cancer, underpinned by FBI memoranda and reliable firsthand information from multiple physicians - even a shocking admission by Eleanor Roosevelt to actress Veronica Lake that her husband was being treated for the disease.”
― FDR Unmasked: 73 Years of Medical Cover-ups That Rewrote History
― FDR Unmasked: 73 Years of Medical Cover-ups That Rewrote History












