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Steve Jobs (Hardcover)
by (shelved 2542 times as biographies)
avg rating 4.16 — 1,384,462 ratings — published 2011
The Diary of a Young Girl (Mass Market Paperback)
by (shelved 1654 times as biographies)
avg rating 4.20 — 4,299,115 ratings — published 1947
Becoming (Hardcover)
by (shelved 1488 times as biographies)
avg rating 4.43 — 1,232,852 ratings — published 2018
Elon Musk: Tesla, SpaceX, and the Quest for a Fantastic Future (Hardcover)
by (shelved 1413 times as biographies)
avg rating 4.12 — 453,639 ratings — published 2015
Einstein: His Life and Universe (Hardcover)
by (shelved 1222 times as biographies)
avg rating 4.16 — 207,540 ratings — published 2007
Educated (Hardcover)
by (shelved 987 times as biographies)
avg rating 4.46 — 1,947,600 ratings — published 2018
Born a Crime: Stories from a South African Childhood (Hardcover)
by (shelved 983 times as biographies)
avg rating 4.49 — 837,456 ratings — published 2016
Shoe Dog: A Memoir by the Creator of Nike (Hardcover)
by (shelved 960 times as biographies)
avg rating 4.45 — 384,774 ratings — published 2016
Leonardo da Vinci (Hardcover)
by (shelved 960 times as biographies)
avg rating 4.17 — 134,338 ratings — published 2017
The Autobiography of Malcolm X (Mass Market Paperback)
by (shelved 949 times as biographies)
avg rating 4.37 — 297,907 ratings — published 1965
Benjamin Franklin: An American Life (Paperback)
by (shelved 947 times as biographies)
avg rating 4.05 — 153,310 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 917 times as biographies)
avg rating 4.16 — 635,856 ratings — published 2012
Alexander Hamilton (Paperback)
by (shelved 883 times as biographies)
avg rating 4.22 — 205,332 ratings — published 2004
I'm Glad My Mom Died (Hardcover)
by (shelved 836 times as biographies)
avg rating 4.43 — 1,591,015 ratings — published 2022
John Adams (Paperback)
by (shelved 805 times as biographies)
avg rating 4.09 — 382,782 ratings — published 2001
Bossypants (ebook)
by (shelved 802 times as biographies)
avg rating 3.96 — 1,069,532 ratings — published 2011
A Promised Land (Kindle Edition)
by (shelved 753 times as biographies)
avg rating 4.31 — 284,792 ratings — published 2020
Unbroken: A World War II Story of Survival, Resilience and Redemption (Hardcover)
by (shelved 695 times as biographies)
avg rating 4.39 — 1,013,839 ratings — published 2010
Titan: The Life of John D. Rockefeller, Sr. (Paperback)
by (shelved 692 times as biographies)
avg rating 4.15 — 39,536 ratings — published 1998
Long Walk to Freedom (Paperback)
by (shelved 662 times as biographies)
avg rating 4.36 — 96,327 ratings — published 1991
"Surely You're Joking, Mr. Feynman!": Adventures of a Curious Character (Paperback)
by (shelved 618 times as biographies)
avg rating 4.26 — 222,107 ratings — published 1985
When Breath Becomes Air (Kindle Edition)
by (shelved 612 times as biographies)
avg rating 4.41 — 842,754 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 — 594,676 ratings — published 1969
The Autobiography of Benjamin Franklin (Paperback)
by (shelved 588 times as biographies)
avg rating 3.85 — 93,675 ratings — published 1791
Greenlights (Hardcover)
by (shelved 581 times as biographies)
avg rating 4.20 — 484,767 ratings — published 2020
Washington: A Life (Hardcover)
by (shelved 573 times as biographies)
avg rating 4.17 — 85,833 ratings — published 2010
The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks (Hardcover)
by (shelved 563 times as biographies)
avg rating 4.13 — 823,436 ratings — published 2010
Yes Please (Hardcover)
by (shelved 553 times as biographies)
avg rating 3.85 — 563,159 ratings — published 2014
The Glass Castle (Paperback)
by (shelved 535 times as biographies)
avg rating 4.33 — 1,399,774 ratings — published 2005
Night (Paperback)
by (shelved 521 times as biographies)
avg rating 4.38 — 1,395,298 ratings — published 1956
Team of Rivals: The Political Genius of Abraham Lincoln (Paperback)
by (shelved 520 times as biographies)
avg rating 4.28 — 203,898 ratings — published 2005
Into the Wild (Kindle Edition)
by (shelved 508 times as biographies)
avg rating 4.02 — 1,217,290 ratings — published 1996
The Rise of Theodore Roosevelt (Theodore Roosevelt, #1)
by (shelved 504 times as biographies)
avg rating 4.22 — 62,502 ratings — published 1979
Man's Search for Meaning (Paperback)
by (shelved 491 times as biographies)
avg rating 4.37 — 924,568 ratings — published 1946
The Woman in Me (Hardcover)
by (shelved 486 times as biographies)
avg rating 3.83 — 592,890 ratings — published 2023
The Hiding Place: The Triumphant True Story of Corrie Ten Boom (Mass Market Paperback)
by (shelved 483 times as biographies)
avg rating 4.48 — 365,494 ratings — published 1971
Spare (Hardcover)
by (shelved 475 times as biographies)
avg rating 3.83 — 441,580 ratings — published 2023
Elon Musk (Hardcover)
by (shelved 468 times as biographies)
avg rating 4.32 — 80,062 ratings — published 2023
Open (Hardcover)
by (shelved 462 times as biographies)
avg rating 4.33 — 153,279 ratings — published 2009
Bonhoeffer: Pastor, Martyr, Prophet, Spy (Hardcover)
by (shelved 451 times as biographies)
avg rating 4.21 — 84,793 ratings — published 2010
Friends, Lovers, and the Big Terrible Thing (Hardcover)
by (shelved 441 times as biographies)
avg rating 3.94 — 419,192 ratings — published 2022
Gandhi: An Autobiography (Paperback)
by (shelved 439 times as biographies)
avg rating 4.10 — 76,121 ratings — published 1927
Dreams from My Father: A Story of Race and Inheritance (Paperback)
by (shelved 432 times as biographies)
avg rating 3.94 — 232,799 ratings — published 1995
Catherine the Great: Portrait of a Woman (Hardcover)
by (shelved 423 times as biographies)
avg rating 3.94 — 109,096 ratings — published 2011
The Snowball: Warren Buffett and the Business of Life (Hardcover)
by (shelved 416 times as biographies)
avg rating 4.16 — 55,071 ratings — published 2008
Is Everyone Hanging Out Without Me? (And Other Concerns)
by (shelved 410 times as biographies)
avg rating 3.86 — 517,215 ratings — published 2011
American Prometheus: The Triumph and Tragedy of J. Robert Oppenheimer (Paperback)
by (shelved 399 times as biographies)
avg rating 4.30 — 61,870 ratings — published 2005
Napoleon: A Life (Paperback)
by (shelved 390 times as biographies)
avg rating 4.26 — 30,096 ratings — published 2014
Wild: From Lost to Found on the Pacific Crest Trail (Hardcover)
by (shelved 384 times as biographies)
avg rating 4.07 — 883,915 ratings — published 2012
The Everything Store: Jeff Bezos and the Age of Amazon (Hardcover)
by (shelved 380 times as biographies)
avg rating 4.13 — 78,459 ratings — published 2013
“There’s a certain mystique about a priest’s uniform; black slacks, black shirt, and Roman collar that evokes different responses from different people—sometimes reverence, other times disdain.
Being perceived as a pillar of the community can be a heady experience for a new priest, and one’s ego needs to be checked continually. The collar can also be an aphrodisiac for certain women, single or married, who are attracted to and flirt with the “unattainable” priest.”
― A Saint and a Sinner: The Rise and Fall of a Beloved Catholic Priest
Being perceived as a pillar of the community can be a heady experience for a new priest, and one’s ego needs to be checked continually. The collar can also be an aphrodisiac for certain women, single or married, who are attracted to and flirt with the “unattainable” priest.”
― A Saint and a Sinner: The Rise and Fall of a Beloved Catholic Priest
“History is the essence of innumerable biographies.”
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