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Steve Jobs (Hardcover)
by (shelved 9292 times as biography)
avg rating 4.16 — 1,397,907 ratings — published 2011
The Diary of a Young Girl (Mass Market Paperback)
by (shelved 7650 times as biography)
avg rating 4.21 — 4,351,293 ratings — published 1947
Becoming (Hardcover)
by (shelved 5408 times as biography)
avg rating 4.43 — 1,252,704 ratings — published 2018
Educated (Hardcover)
by (shelved 4753 times as biography)
avg rating 4.46 — 1,992,604 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 — 459,694 ratings — published 2015
Einstein: His Life and Universe (Hardcover)
by (shelved 4409 times as biography)
avg rating 4.16 — 211,214 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 — 1,021,738 ratings — published 2010
John Adams (Paperback)
by (shelved 4252 times as biography)
avg rating 4.09 — 386,472 ratings — published 2001
Alexander Hamilton (Paperback)
by (shelved 4191 times as biography)
avg rating 4.22 — 208,946 ratings — published 2004
Born a Crime: Stories from a South African Childhood (Hardcover)
by (shelved 4125 times as biography)
avg rating 4.48 — 855,259 ratings — published 2016
The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks (Hardcover)
by (shelved 3820 times as biography)
avg rating 4.14 — 833,365 ratings — published 2010
Leonardo da Vinci (Hardcover)
by (shelved 3745 times as biography)
avg rating 4.17 — 138,733 ratings — published 2017
The Autobiography of Malcolm X (Mass Market Paperback)
by (shelved 3486 times as biography)
avg rating 4.37 — 301,587 ratings — published 1965
I'm Glad My Mom Died (Hardcover)
by (shelved 3484 times as biography)
avg rating 4.42 — 1,642,870 ratings — published 2022
Into the Wild (Kindle Edition)
by (shelved 3427 times as biography)
avg rating 4.02 — 1,230,151 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 — 641,854 ratings — published 2012
Bossypants (ebook)
by (shelved 3160 times as biography)
avg rating 3.96 — 1,076,687 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 — 224,479 ratings — published 1985
Shoe Dog: A Memoir by the Creator of Nike (Hardcover)
by (shelved 2830 times as biography)
avg rating 4.45 — 393,572 ratings — published 2016
When Breath Becomes Air (Kindle Edition)
by (shelved 2680 times as biography)
avg rating 4.41 — 860,056 ratings — published 2016
A Promised Land (Kindle Edition)
by (shelved 2657 times as biography)
avg rating 4.31 — 289,181 ratings — published 2020
Night (Paperback)
by (shelved 2546 times as biography)
avg rating 4.38 — 1,409,711 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 — 600,878 ratings — published 1969
The Glass Castle (Paperback)
by (shelved 2404 times as biography)
avg rating 4.33 — 1,417,802 ratings — published 2005
Team of Rivals: The Political Genius of Abraham Lincoln (Paperback)
by (shelved 2367 times as biography)
avg rating 4.28 — 206,114 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 — 94,677 ratings — published 1791
Man's Search for Meaning (Paperback)
by (shelved 2160 times as biography)
avg rating 4.36 — 948,168 ratings — published 1946
Titan: The Life of John D. Rockefeller, Sr. (Paperback)
by (shelved 2119 times as biography)
avg rating 4.15 — 40,680 ratings — published 1998
Bonhoeffer: Pastor, Martyr, Prophet, Spy (Hardcover)
by (shelved 2114 times as biography)
avg rating 4.21 — 85,814 ratings — published 2010
The Rise of Theodore Roosevelt (Theodore Roosevelt, #1)
by (shelved 2108 times as biography)
avg rating 4.22 — 63,314 ratings — published 1979
American Prometheus: The Triumph and Tragedy of J. Robert Oppenheimer (Paperback)
by (shelved 2105 times as biography)
avg rating 4.30 — 63,763 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 — 516,707 ratings — published 2016
Truman (Paperback)
by (shelved 2005 times as biography)
avg rating 4.17 — 93,294 ratings — published 1992
Catherine the Great: Portrait of a Woman (Hardcover)
by (shelved 1990 times as biography)
avg rating 3.95 — 109,563 ratings — published 2011
Greenlights (Hardcover)
by (shelved 1988 times as biography)
avg rating 4.19 — 496,209 ratings — published 2020
Long Walk to Freedom (Paperback)
by (shelved 1982 times as biography)
avg rating 4.36 — 98,254 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 — 370,140 ratings — published 1971
Grant (Hardcover)
by (shelved 1933 times as biography)
avg rating 4.50 — 47,445 ratings — published 2017
The Wright Brothers (Hardcover)
by (shelved 1887 times as biography)
avg rating 4.18 — 102,139 ratings — published 2015
Angela's Ashes (Frank McCourt, #1)
by (shelved 1875 times as biography)
avg rating 4.16 — 671,569 ratings — published 1996
Elon Musk (Hardcover)
by (shelved 1865 times as biography)
avg rating 4.31 — 82,814 ratings — published 2023
Yes Please (Hardcover)
by (shelved 1841 times as biography)
avg rating 3.85 — 566,794 ratings — published 2014
Wild: From Lost to Found on the Pacific Crest Trail (Hardcover)
by (shelved 1793 times as biography)
avg rating 4.07 — 893,883 ratings — published 2012
Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass (Paperback)
by (shelved 1735 times as biography)
avg rating 4.14 — 140,051 ratings — published 1845
Spare (Hardcover)
by (shelved 1703 times as biography)
avg rating 3.83 — 447,281 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 — 1,288,017 ratings — published 1997
Dreams from My Father: A Story of Race and Inheritance (Paperback)
by (shelved 1674 times as biography)
avg rating 3.94 — 234,316 ratings — published 1995
“From the onset of polio in 1921 until his death, Franklin, his family, his inner circle of advisers, and teams of physicians assiduously disguised the state of his health, promoting the fantasy of a robust leader who was always in excel- lent physical condition for a man his age. Severe heart disease was not admit- ted until twenty-five years after his death, and then only as part of a new and larger cover-up to conceal other severe medical problems. These deceptions still dominate the present-day narrative of Franklin’s health, especially so in his later years.”
― FDR Unmasked: 73 Years of Medical Cover-ups That Rewrote History
― FDR Unmasked: 73 Years of Medical Cover-ups That Rewrote History
“If you want to be great, you have to be a leader. You’ve got to listen to me, son. That’s what we brought you here to do, to be a leader. And you can do it.”
― Playing Ball: Life Lessons from My Journey to the Super Bowl and Beyond
― Playing Ball: Life Lessons from My Journey to the Super Bowl and Beyond
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bio, biografia, biografico, biographical, biographies, biographies-memoirs, biography-and-memoir, and non-fiction__biography