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Steve Jobs (Hardcover)
by (shelved 9292 times as biography)
avg rating 4.16 — 1,397,967 ratings — published 2011
The Diary of a Young Girl (Mass Market Paperback)
by (shelved 7650 times as biography)
avg rating 4.21 — 4,351,454 ratings — published 1947
Becoming (Hardcover)
by (shelved 5408 times as biography)
avg rating 4.43 — 1,252,776 ratings — published 2018
Educated (Hardcover)
by (shelved 4753 times as biography)
avg rating 4.46 — 1,992,756 ratings — published 2018
Elon Musk: Tesla, SpaceX, and the Quest for a Fantastic Future (Hardcover)
by (shelved 4603 times as biography)
avg rating 4.11 — 459,742 ratings — published 2015
Einstein: His Life and Universe (Hardcover)
by (shelved 4409 times as biography)
avg rating 4.16 — 211,246 ratings — published 2007
Unbroken: A World War II Story of Survival, Resilience and Redemption (Hardcover)
by (shelved 4323 times as biography)
avg rating 4.39 — 1,021,782 ratings — published 2010
John Adams (Paperback)
by (shelved 4252 times as biography)
avg rating 4.09 — 386,499 ratings — published 2001
Alexander Hamilton (Paperback)
by (shelved 4191 times as biography)
avg rating 4.22 — 208,972 ratings — published 2004
Born a Crime: Stories from a South African Childhood (Hardcover)
by (shelved 4125 times as biography)
avg rating 4.48 — 855,333 ratings — published 2016
The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks (Hardcover)
by (shelved 3820 times as biography)
avg rating 4.14 — 833,404 ratings — published 2010
Leonardo da Vinci (Hardcover)
by (shelved 3745 times as biography)
avg rating 4.17 — 138,753 ratings — published 2017
The Autobiography of Malcolm X (Mass Market Paperback)
by (shelved 3486 times as biography)
avg rating 4.37 — 301,596 ratings — published 1965
I'm Glad My Mom Died (Hardcover)
by (shelved 3484 times as biography)
avg rating 4.42 — 1,643,037 ratings — published 2022
Into the Wild (Kindle Edition)
by (shelved 3427 times as biography)
avg rating 4.02 — 1,230,187 ratings — published 1996
Benjamin Franklin: An American Life (Paperback)
by (shelved 3365 times as biography)
avg rating 4.05 — 155,137 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 3278 times as biography)
avg rating 4.16 — 641,867 ratings — published 2012
Bossypants (ebook)
by (shelved 3160 times as biography)
avg rating 3.96 — 1,076,706 ratings — published 2011
"Surely You're Joking, Mr. Feynman!": Adventures of a Curious Character (Paperback)
by (shelved 2986 times as biography)
avg rating 4.26 — 224,487 ratings — published 1985
Shoe Dog: A Memoir by the Creator of Nike (Hardcover)
by (shelved 2830 times as biography)
avg rating 4.45 — 393,599 ratings — published 2016
When Breath Becomes Air (Kindle Edition)
by (shelved 2680 times as biography)
avg rating 4.41 — 860,125 ratings — published 2016
A Promised Land (Kindle Edition)
by (shelved 2657 times as biography)
avg rating 4.31 — 289,188 ratings — published 2020
Night (Paperback)
by (shelved 2546 times as biography)
avg rating 4.38 — 1,409,773 ratings — published 2012
Washington: A Life (Hardcover)
by (shelved 2499 times as biography)
avg rating 4.18 — 87,550 ratings — published 2010
I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings (Maya Angelou's Autobiography, #1)
by (shelved 2450 times as biography)
avg rating 4.30 — 600,898 ratings — published 1969
The Glass Castle (Paperback)
by (shelved 2404 times as biography)
avg rating 4.33 — 1,417,872 ratings — published 2005
Team of Rivals: The Political Genius of Abraham Lincoln (Paperback)
by (shelved 2367 times as biography)
avg rating 4.28 — 206,116 ratings — published 2005
Cleopatra: A Life (Hardcover)
by (shelved 2176 times as biography)
avg rating 3.74 — 126,114 ratings — published 2010
The Autobiography of Benjamin Franklin (Paperback)
by (shelved 2165 times as biography)
avg rating 3.85 — 94,679 ratings — published 1791
Man's Search for Meaning (Paperback)
by (shelved 2160 times as biography)
avg rating 4.36 — 948,261 ratings — published 1946
Titan: The Life of John D. Rockefeller, Sr. (Paperback)
by (shelved 2119 times as biography)
avg rating 4.15 — 40,684 ratings — published 1998
Bonhoeffer: Pastor, Martyr, Prophet, Spy (Hardcover)
by (shelved 2114 times as biography)
avg rating 4.21 — 85,822 ratings — published 2010
The Rise of Theodore Roosevelt (Theodore Roosevelt, #1)
by (shelved 2108 times as biography)
avg rating 4.22 — 63,315 ratings — published 1979
American Prometheus: The Triumph and Tragedy of J. Robert Oppenheimer (Paperback)
by (shelved 2105 times as biography)
avg rating 4.30 — 63,772 ratings — published 2005
Hillbilly Elegy: A Memoir of a Family and Culture in Crisis (Hardcover)
by (shelved 2048 times as biography)
avg rating 3.83 — 516,716 ratings — published 2016
Truman (Paperback)
by (shelved 2005 times as biography)
avg rating 4.17 — 93,299 ratings — published 1992
Catherine the Great: Portrait of a Woman (Hardcover)
by (shelved 1990 times as biography)
avg rating 3.95 — 109,565 ratings — published 2011
Greenlights (Hardcover)
by (shelved 1988 times as biography)
avg rating 4.19 — 496,249 ratings — published 2020
Long Walk to Freedom (Paperback)
by (shelved 1982 times as biography)
avg rating 4.36 — 98,270 ratings — published 1991
The Hiding Place: The Triumphant True Story of Corrie Ten Boom (Paperback)
by (shelved 1964 times as biography)
avg rating 4.48 — 370,185 ratings — published 1971
Grant (Hardcover)
by (shelved 1933 times as biography)
avg rating 4.50 — 47,460 ratings — published 2017
The Wright Brothers (Hardcover)
by (shelved 1887 times as biography)
avg rating 4.18 — 102,156 ratings — published 2015
Angela's Ashes (Frank McCourt, #1)
by (shelved 1875 times as biography)
avg rating 4.16 — 671,602 ratings — published 1996
Elon Musk (Hardcover)
by (shelved 1865 times as biography)
avg rating 4.31 — 82,835 ratings — published 2023
Yes Please (Hardcover)
by (shelved 1841 times as biography)
avg rating 3.85 — 566,816 ratings — published 2014
Wild: From Lost to Found on the Pacific Crest Trail (Hardcover)
by (shelved 1793 times as biography)
avg rating 4.07 — 893,941 ratings — published 2012
Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass (Paperback)
by (shelved 1735 times as biography)
avg rating 4.14 — 140,066 ratings — published 1845
Spare (Hardcover)
by (shelved 1703 times as biography)
avg rating 3.83 — 447,309 ratings — published 2023
Tuesdays with Morrie: An Old Man, a Young Man, and Life's Greatest Lesson (Paperback)
by (shelved 1681 times as biography)
avg rating 4.22 — 1,288,139 ratings — published 1997
Dreams from My Father: A Story of Race and Inheritance (Paperback)
by (shelved 1674 times as biography)
avg rating 3.94 — 234,327 ratings — published 1995
“Live your life in such a way that you'll be remembered for your kindness, compassion, fairness, character, benevolence, and a force for good who had much respect for life, in general.”
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“Every life is inexplicable, I kept telling myself. No matter how many facts are told, no matter how many details are given, the essential thing resists telling. To say that so and so was born here and went there, that he did this and did that, that he married this woman and had these children, that he lived, that he died, that he left behind these books or this battle or that bridge – none of that tells us very much.”
― The New York Trilogy
― The New York Trilogy
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