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Steve Jobs (Hardcover)
by (shelved 2554 times as biographies)
avg rating 4.16 — 1,398,005 ratings — published 2011
The Diary of a Young Girl (Mass Market Paperback)
by (shelved 1654 times as biographies)
avg rating 4.21 — 4,351,603 ratings — published 1947
Becoming (Hardcover)
by (shelved 1490 times as biographies)
avg rating 4.43 — 1,252,848 ratings — published 2018
Elon Musk: Tesla, SpaceX, and the Quest for a Fantastic Future (Hardcover)
by (shelved 1418 times as biographies)
avg rating 4.11 — 459,768 ratings — published 2015
Einstein: His Life and Universe (Hardcover)
by (shelved 1229 times as biographies)
avg rating 4.16 — 211,256 ratings — published 2007
Born a Crime: Stories from a South African Childhood (Hardcover)
by (shelved 989 times as biographies)
avg rating 4.48 — 855,392 ratings — published 2016
Educated (Hardcover)
by (shelved 987 times as biographies)
avg rating 4.46 — 1,992,892 ratings — published 2018
Leonardo da Vinci (Hardcover)
by (shelved 977 times as biographies)
avg rating 4.17 — 138,765 ratings — published 2017
Shoe Dog: A Memoir by the Creator of Nike (Hardcover)
by (shelved 967 times as biographies)
avg rating 4.45 — 393,614 ratings — published 2016
Benjamin Franklin: An American Life (Paperback)
by (shelved 958 times as biographies)
avg rating 4.05 — 155,137 ratings — published 2003
The Autobiography of Malcolm X (Mass Market Paperback)
by (shelved 952 times as biographies)
avg rating 4.37 — 301,606 ratings — published 1965
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 — 641,883 ratings — published 2012
Alexander Hamilton (Paperback)
by (shelved 896 times as biographies)
avg rating 4.22 — 208,986 ratings — published 2004
I'm Glad My Mom Died (Hardcover)
by (shelved 839 times as biographies)
avg rating 4.42 — 1,643,170 ratings — published 2022
John Adams (Paperback)
by (shelved 812 times as biographies)
avg rating 4.09 — 386,511 ratings — published 2001
Bossypants (ebook)
by (shelved 805 times as biographies)
avg rating 3.96 — 1,076,734 ratings — published 2011
A Promised Land (Kindle Edition)
by (shelved 754 times as biographies)
avg rating 4.31 — 289,196 ratings — published 2020
Titan: The Life of John D. Rockefeller, Sr. (Paperback)
by (shelved 699 times as biographies)
avg rating 4.15 — 40,685 ratings — published 1998
Unbroken: A World War II Story of Survival, Resilience and Redemption (Hardcover)
by (shelved 694 times as biographies)
avg rating 4.39 — 1,021,802 ratings — published 2010
Long Walk to Freedom (Paperback)
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avg rating 4.36 — 98,279 ratings — published 1991
"Surely You're Joking, Mr. Feynman!": Adventures of a Curious Character (Paperback)
by (shelved 621 times as biographies)
avg rating 4.26 — 224,492 ratings — published 1985
When Breath Becomes Air (Kindle Edition)
by (shelved 614 times as biographies)
avg rating 4.41 — 860,178 ratings — published 2016
I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings (Maya Angelou's Autobiography, #1)
by (shelved 594 times as biographies)
avg rating 4.30 — 600,916 ratings — published 1969
Greenlights (Hardcover)
by (shelved 594 times as biographies)
avg rating 4.19 — 496,290 ratings — published 2020
The Autobiography of Benjamin Franklin (Paperback)
by (shelved 592 times as biographies)
avg rating 3.85 — 94,682 ratings — published 1791
Washington: A Life (Hardcover)
by (shelved 584 times as biographies)
avg rating 4.18 — 87,552 ratings — published 2010
The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks (Hardcover)
by (shelved 563 times as biographies)
avg rating 4.14 — 833,430 ratings — published 2010
Yes Please (Hardcover)
by (shelved 556 times as biographies)
avg rating 3.85 — 566,835 ratings — published 2014
The Glass Castle (Paperback)
by (shelved 533 times as biographies)
avg rating 4.33 — 1,417,916 ratings — published 2005
Team of Rivals: The Political Genius of Abraham Lincoln (Paperback)
by (shelved 528 times as biographies)
avg rating 4.28 — 206,117 ratings — published 2005
Night (Paperback)
by (shelved 520 times as biographies)
avg rating 4.38 — 1,409,806 ratings — published 2012
Into the Wild (Kindle Edition)
by (shelved 510 times as biographies)
avg rating 4.02 — 1,230,212 ratings — published 1996
The Rise of Theodore Roosevelt (Theodore Roosevelt, #1)
by (shelved 509 times as biographies)
avg rating 4.22 — 63,316 ratings — published 1979
Man's Search for Meaning (Paperback)
by (shelved 491 times as biographies)
avg rating 4.36 — 948,331 ratings — published 1946
The Woman in Me (Hardcover)
by (shelved 489 times as biographies)
avg rating 3.83 — 600,054 ratings — published 2023
Spare (Hardcover)
by (shelved 481 times as biographies)
avg rating 3.83 — 447,327 ratings — published 2023
The Hiding Place: The Triumphant True Story of Corrie Ten Boom (Paperback)
by (shelved 481 times as biographies)
avg rating 4.48 — 370,203 ratings — published 1971
Elon Musk (Hardcover)
by (shelved 477 times as biographies)
avg rating 4.31 — 82,849 ratings — published 2023
Open (Hardcover)
by (shelved 470 times as biographies)
avg rating 4.33 — 157,184 ratings — published 2009
Bonhoeffer: Pastor, Martyr, Prophet, Spy (Hardcover)
by (shelved 451 times as biographies)
avg rating 4.21 — 85,826 ratings — published 2010
Friends, Lovers, and the Big Terrible Thing (Hardcover)
by (shelved 440 times as biographies)
avg rating 3.95 — 428,392 ratings — published 2022
Gandhi: An Autobiography (Paperback)
by (shelved 439 times as biographies)
avg rating 4.10 — 76,861 ratings — published 1927
Dreams from My Father: A Story of Race and Inheritance (Paperback)
by (shelved 434 times as biographies)
avg rating 3.94 — 234,335 ratings — published 1995
Catherine the Great: Portrait of a Woman (Hardcover)
by (shelved 424 times as biographies)
avg rating 3.95 — 109,566 ratings — published 2011
The Snowball: Warren Buffett and the Business of Life (Hardcover)
by (shelved 417 times as biographies)
avg rating 4.16 — 55,644 ratings — published 2008
American Prometheus: The Triumph and Tragedy of J. Robert Oppenheimer (Paperback)
by (shelved 413 times as biographies)
avg rating 4.30 — 63,778 ratings — published 2005
Is Everyone Hanging Out Without Me? (And Other Concerns)
by (shelved 409 times as biographies)
avg rating 3.86 — 519,081 ratings — published 2011
Napoleon: A Life (Paperback)
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avg rating 4.26 — 31,368 ratings — published 2014
Wild: From Lost to Found on the Pacific Crest Trail (Hardcover)
by (shelved 385 times as biographies)
avg rating 4.07 — 893,974 ratings — published 2012
The Everything Store: Jeff Bezos and the Age of Amazon (Hardcover)
by (shelved 384 times as biographies)
avg rating 4.13 — 79,107 ratings — published 2013
“I, for one, was outraged at the accused who trampled the trust of a child. I would never watch a priest take a minor upstairs to his bedroom, not for any reason! Nor would I ever cover for him. My anger was directed at the bishops, too, for their abysmal response.
It was like we were living in a house that had rotted up to the rafters. Where would we begin to make repairs? Should we just knock it down and start again? Or should we simply move far, far away?”
― A Saint and a Sinner: The Rise and Fall of a Beloved Catholic Priest
It was like we were living in a house that had rotted up to the rafters. Where would we begin to make repairs? Should we just knock it down and start again? Or should we simply move far, far away?”
― A Saint and a Sinner: The Rise and Fall of a Beloved Catholic Priest
“Not enough books focus on how a culture responds to radically new ideas or discovery. Especially in the biography genre, they tend to focus on all the sordid details in the life of the person who made the discovery. I find this path to be voyeuristic but not enlightening. Instead, I ask, After evolution was discovered, how did religion and society respond? After cities were electrified, how did daily life change? After the airplane could fly from one country to another, how did commerce or warfare change? After we walked on the Moon, how differently did we view Earth? My larger understanding of people, places and things derives primarily from stories surrounding questions such as those.”
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