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Steve Jobs (Hardcover)
by (shelved 9292 times as biography)
avg rating 4.16 — 1,397,861 ratings — published 2011
The Diary of a Young Girl (Mass Market Paperback)
by (shelved 7650 times as biography)
avg rating 4.21 — 4,351,048 ratings — published 1947
Becoming (Hardcover)
by (shelved 5408 times as biography)
avg rating 4.43 — 1,252,576 ratings — published 2018
Educated (Hardcover)
by (shelved 4753 times as biography)
avg rating 4.46 — 1,992,391 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 — 459,668 ratings — published 2015
Einstein: His Life and Universe (Hardcover)
by (shelved 4409 times as biography)
avg rating 4.16 — 211,196 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 — 1,021,701 ratings — published 2010
John Adams (Paperback)
by (shelved 4252 times as biography)
avg rating 4.09 — 386,458 ratings — published 2001
Alexander Hamilton (Paperback)
by (shelved 4191 times as biography)
avg rating 4.22 — 208,925 ratings — published 2004
Born a Crime: Stories from a South African Childhood (Hardcover)
by (shelved 4125 times as biography)
avg rating 4.48 — 855,187 ratings — published 2016
The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks (Hardcover)
by (shelved 3820 times as biography)
avg rating 4.14 — 833,315 ratings — published 2010
Leonardo da Vinci (Hardcover)
by (shelved 3745 times as biography)
avg rating 4.17 — 138,712 ratings — published 2017
The Autobiography of Malcolm X (Mass Market Paperback)
by (shelved 3486 times as biography)
avg rating 4.37 — 301,569 ratings — published 1965
I'm Glad My Mom Died (Hardcover)
by (shelved 3484 times as biography)
avg rating 4.42 — 1,642,644 ratings — published 2022
Into the Wild (Kindle Edition)
by (shelved 3427 times as biography)
avg rating 4.02 — 1,230,106 ratings — published 1996
Benjamin Franklin: An American Life (Paperback)
by (shelved 3365 times as biography)
avg rating 4.05 — 155,135 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 — 641,837 ratings — published 2012
Bossypants (ebook)
by (shelved 3160 times as biography)
avg rating 3.96 — 1,076,655 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 — 224,476 ratings — published 1985
Shoe Dog: A Memoir by the Creator of Nike (Hardcover)
by (shelved 2830 times as biography)
avg rating 4.45 — 393,548 ratings — published 2016
When Breath Becomes Air (Kindle Edition)
by (shelved 2680 times as biography)
avg rating 4.41 — 859,984 ratings — published 2016
A Promised Land (Kindle Edition)
by (shelved 2657 times as biography)
avg rating 4.31 — 289,167 ratings — published 2020
Night (Paperback)
by (shelved 2546 times as biography)
avg rating 4.38 — 1,409,634 ratings — published 2012
Washington: A Life (Hardcover)
by (shelved 2499 times as biography)
avg rating 4.18 — 87,548 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 — 600,863 ratings — published 1969
The Glass Castle (Paperback)
by (shelved 2404 times as biography)
avg rating 4.33 — 1,417,727 ratings — published 2005
Team of Rivals: The Political Genius of Abraham Lincoln (Paperback)
by (shelved 2367 times as biography)
avg rating 4.28 — 206,104 ratings — published 2005
Cleopatra: A Life (Hardcover)
by (shelved 2176 times as biography)
avg rating 3.74 — 126,111 ratings — published 2010
The Autobiography of Benjamin Franklin (Paperback)
by (shelved 2165 times as biography)
avg rating 3.85 — 94,674 ratings — published 1791
Man's Search for Meaning (Paperback)
by (shelved 2160 times as biography)
avg rating 4.36 — 948,049 ratings — published 1946
Titan: The Life of John D. Rockefeller, Sr. (Paperback)
by (shelved 2119 times as biography)
avg rating 4.15 — 40,676 ratings — published 1998
Bonhoeffer: Pastor, Martyr, Prophet, Spy (Hardcover)
by (shelved 2114 times as biography)
avg rating 4.21 — 85,811 ratings — published 2010
The Rise of Theodore Roosevelt (Theodore Roosevelt, #1)
by (shelved 2108 times as biography)
avg rating 4.22 — 63,313 ratings — published 1979
American Prometheus: The Triumph and Tragedy of J. Robert Oppenheimer (Paperback)
by (shelved 2105 times as biography)
avg rating 4.30 — 63,752 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 — 516,688 ratings — published 2016
Truman (Paperback)
by (shelved 2005 times as biography)
avg rating 4.17 — 93,293 ratings — published 1992
Catherine the Great: Portrait of a Woman (Hardcover)
by (shelved 1990 times as biography)
avg rating 3.95 — 109,561 ratings — published 2011
Greenlights (Hardcover)
by (shelved 1988 times as biography)
avg rating 4.19 — 496,164 ratings — published 2020
Long Walk to Freedom (Paperback)
by (shelved 1982 times as biography)
avg rating 4.36 — 98,240 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 — 370,111 ratings — published 1971
Grant (Hardcover)
by (shelved 1933 times as biography)
avg rating 4.50 — 47,432 ratings — published 2017
The Wright Brothers (Hardcover)
by (shelved 1887 times as biography)
avg rating 4.18 — 102,132 ratings — published 2015
Angela's Ashes (Frank McCourt, #1)
by (shelved 1875 times as biography)
avg rating 4.16 — 671,541 ratings — published 1996
Elon Musk (Hardcover)
by (shelved 1865 times as biography)
avg rating 4.31 — 82,797 ratings — published 2023
Yes Please (Hardcover)
by (shelved 1841 times as biography)
avg rating 3.85 — 566,769 ratings — published 2014
Wild: From Lost to Found on the Pacific Crest Trail (Hardcover)
by (shelved 1793 times as biography)
avg rating 4.07 — 893,834 ratings — published 2012
Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass (Paperback)
by (shelved 1735 times as biography)
avg rating 4.14 — 140,033 ratings — published 1845
Spare (Hardcover)
by (shelved 1703 times as biography)
avg rating 3.83 — 447,253 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 — 1,287,825 ratings — published 1997
Dreams from My Father: A Story of Race and Inheritance (Paperback)
by (shelved 1674 times as biography)
avg rating 3.94 — 234,305 ratings — published 1995
“Everyone knows that Africa is not reasonable place but if we can get
across that neither are we, we strengthen the bond with the continent.
People are not conscious beings, just ask any marketer. Irrationality
of the early explorers, irrationality of the new ones, irrationality
of the place we go into. What a great canvas we have to paint on...”
― Living the Best Day Ever
― Living the Best Day Ever
“I am not afraid of tomorrow, for I have seen yesterday and I love today.”
― ODYSSEYA -- An Epic Journey: From Russia to Australia
― ODYSSEYA -- An Epic Journey: From Russia to Australia
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bio, biografia, biografico, biographical, biographies, biographies-memoirs, biography-and-memoir, and non-fiction__biography