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Steve Jobs (Hardcover)
by (shelved 9260 times as biography)
avg rating 4.16 — 1,391,346 ratings — published 2011
The Diary of a Young Girl (Mass Market Paperback)
by (shelved 7624 times as biography)
avg rating 4.20 — 4,327,161 ratings — published 1947
Becoming (Hardcover)
by (shelved 5372 times as biography)
avg rating 4.43 — 1,241,936 ratings — published 2018
Educated (Hardcover)
by (shelved 4730 times as biography)
avg rating 4.46 — 1,970,545 ratings — published 2018
Elon Musk: Tesla, SpaceX, and the Quest for a Fantastic Future (Hardcover)
by (shelved 4603 times as biography)
avg rating 4.12 — 455,919 ratings — published 2015
Einstein: His Life and Universe (Hardcover)
by (shelved 4399 times as biography)
avg rating 4.16 — 208,842 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 — 1,017,370 ratings — published 2010
John Adams (Paperback)
by (shelved 4235 times as biography)
avg rating 4.09 — 384,159 ratings — published 2001
Alexander Hamilton (Paperback)
by (shelved 4173 times as biography)
avg rating 4.22 — 206,660 ratings — published 2004
Born a Crime: Stories from a South African Childhood (Hardcover)
by (shelved 4110 times as biography)
avg rating 4.48 — 846,362 ratings — published 2016
The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks (Hardcover)
by (shelved 3805 times as biography)
avg rating 4.13 — 827,879 ratings — published 2010
Leonardo da Vinci (Hardcover)
by (shelved 3735 times as biography)
avg rating 4.17 — 135,803 ratings — published 2017
The Autobiography of Malcolm X (Mass Market Paperback)
by (shelved 3462 times as biography)
avg rating 4.37 — 299,576 ratings — published 1965
I'm Glad My Mom Died (Hardcover)
by (shelved 3440 times as biography)
avg rating 4.42 — 1,618,980 ratings — published 2022
Into the Wild (Kindle Edition)
by (shelved 3415 times as biography)
avg rating 4.02 — 1,224,384 ratings — published 1996
Benjamin Franklin: An American Life (Paperback)
by (shelved 3350 times as biography)
avg rating 4.05 — 154,129 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 3269 times as biography)
avg rating 4.16 — 638,874 ratings — published 2012
Bossypants (ebook)
by (shelved 3164 times as biography)
avg rating 3.96 — 1,073,047 ratings — published 2011
"Surely You're Joking, Mr. Feynman!": Adventures of a Curious Character (Paperback)
by (shelved 2978 times as biography)
avg rating 4.26 — 223,201 ratings — published 1985
Shoe Dog: A Memoir by the Creator of Nike (Hardcover)
by (shelved 2824 times as biography)
avg rating 4.45 — 388,919 ratings — published 2016
When Breath Becomes Air (Kindle Edition)
by (shelved 2672 times as biography)
avg rating 4.41 — 851,894 ratings — published 2016
A Promised Land (Kindle Edition)
by (shelved 2650 times as biography)
avg rating 4.31 — 287,000 ratings — published 2020
Night (Paperback)
by (shelved 2529 times as biography)
avg rating 4.38 — 1,401,778 ratings — published 1956
Washington: A Life (Hardcover)
by (shelved 2480 times as biography)
avg rating 4.18 — 86,611 ratings — published 2010
I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings (Maya Angelou's Autobiography, #1)
by (shelved 2437 times as biography)
avg rating 4.30 — 597,761 ratings — published 1969
The Glass Castle (Paperback)
by (shelved 2398 times as biography)
avg rating 4.33 — 1,409,426 ratings — published 2005
Team of Rivals: The Political Genius of Abraham Lincoln (Paperback)
by (shelved 2362 times as biography)
avg rating 4.28 — 204,802 ratings — published 2005
Cleopatra: A Life (Hardcover)
by (shelved 2168 times as biography)
avg rating 3.73 — 125,577 ratings — published 2010
The Autobiography of Benjamin Franklin (Paperback)
by (shelved 2158 times as biography)
avg rating 3.85 — 94,118 ratings — published 1791
Man's Search for Meaning (Paperback)
by (shelved 2150 times as biography)
avg rating 4.37 — 936,710 ratings — published 1946
Titan: The Life of John D. Rockefeller, Sr. (Paperback)
by (shelved 2115 times as biography)
avg rating 4.15 — 40,017 ratings — published 1998
Bonhoeffer: Pastor, Martyr, Prophet, Spy (Hardcover)
by (shelved 2107 times as biography)
avg rating 4.21 — 85,251 ratings — published 2010
The Rise of Theodore Roosevelt (Theodore Roosevelt, #1)
by (shelved 2104 times as biography)
avg rating 4.22 — 62,884 ratings — published 1979
American Prometheus: The Triumph and Tragedy of J. Robert Oppenheimer (Paperback)
by (shelved 2095 times as biography)
avg rating 4.30 — 62,659 ratings — published 2005
Hillbilly Elegy: A Memoir of a Family and Culture in Crisis (Hardcover)
by (shelved 2046 times as biography)
avg rating 3.83 — 514,806 ratings — published 2016
Truman (Paperback)
by (shelved 1995 times as biography)
avg rating 4.17 — 92,910 ratings — published 1992
Catherine the Great: Portrait of a Woman (Hardcover)
by (shelved 1978 times as biography)
avg rating 3.95 — 109,284 ratings — published 2011
Greenlights (Hardcover)
by (shelved 1973 times as biography)
avg rating 4.19 — 490,499 ratings — published 2020
Long Walk to Freedom (Paperback)
by (shelved 1964 times as biography)
avg rating 4.36 — 97,013 ratings — published 1991
The Hiding Place: The Triumphant True Story of Corrie Ten Boom (Mass Market Paperback)
by (shelved 1954 times as biography)
avg rating 4.48 — 367,271 ratings — published 1971
Grant (Hardcover)
by (shelved 1912 times as biography)
avg rating 4.51 — 46,343 ratings — published 2017
Angela's Ashes (Frank McCourt, #1)
by (shelved 1874 times as biography)
avg rating 4.16 — 668,902 ratings — published 1996
The Wright Brothers (Hardcover)
by (shelved 1874 times as biography)
avg rating 4.18 — 101,063 ratings — published 2015
Elon Musk (Hardcover)
by (shelved 1847 times as biography)
avg rating 4.32 — 81,192 ratings — published 2023
Yes Please (Hardcover)
by (shelved 1842 times as biography)
avg rating 3.85 — 564,735 ratings — published 2014
Wild: From Lost to Found on the Pacific Crest Trail (Hardcover)
by (shelved 1787 times as biography)
avg rating 4.07 — 888,028 ratings — published 2012
Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass (Paperback)
by (shelved 1727 times as biography)
avg rating 4.14 — 138,716 ratings — published 1845
Spare (Hardcover)
by (shelved 1699 times as biography)
avg rating 3.83 — 444,211 ratings — published 2023
Dreams from My Father: A Story of Race and Inheritance (Paperback)
by (shelved 1677 times as biography)
avg rating 3.94 — 233,288 ratings — published 1995
Tuesdays with Morrie: An Old Man, a Young Man, and Life's Greatest Lesson (Paperback)
by (shelved 1671 times as biography)
avg rating 4.22 — 1,271,556 ratings — published 1997
“A sacrifice to be real must cost, must hurt, and must empty ourselves. Give yourself fully to God. He will use you to accomplish great things on the condition that you believe much more in his love than in your weakness.”
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“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