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Steve Jobs (Hardcover)
by (shelved 9292 times as biography)
avg rating 4.16 — 1,397,930 ratings — published 2011
The Diary of a Young Girl (Mass Market Paperback)
by (shelved 7650 times as biography)
avg rating 4.21 — 4,351,355 ratings — published 1947
Becoming (Hardcover)
by (shelved 5408 times as biography)
avg rating 4.43 — 1,252,732 ratings — published 2018
Educated (Hardcover)
by (shelved 4753 times as biography)
avg rating 4.46 — 1,992,663 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 — 459,705 ratings — published 2015
Einstein: His Life and Universe (Hardcover)
by (shelved 4409 times as biography)
avg rating 4.16 — 211,223 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 — 1,021,749 ratings — published 2010
John Adams (Paperback)
by (shelved 4252 times as biography)
avg rating 4.09 — 386,479 ratings — published 2001
Alexander Hamilton (Paperback)
by (shelved 4191 times as biography)
avg rating 4.22 — 208,955 ratings — published 2004
Born a Crime: Stories from a South African Childhood (Hardcover)
by (shelved 4125 times as biography)
avg rating 4.48 — 855,283 ratings — published 2016
The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks (Hardcover)
by (shelved 3820 times as biography)
avg rating 4.14 — 833,380 ratings — published 2010
Leonardo da Vinci (Hardcover)
by (shelved 3745 times as biography)
avg rating 4.17 — 138,735 ratings — published 2017
The Autobiography of Malcolm X (Mass Market Paperback)
by (shelved 3486 times as biography)
avg rating 4.37 — 301,588 ratings — published 1965
I'm Glad My Mom Died (Hardcover)
by (shelved 3484 times as biography)
avg rating 4.42 — 1,642,944 ratings — published 2022
Into the Wild (Kindle Edition)
by (shelved 3427 times as biography)
avg rating 4.02 — 1,230,171 ratings — published 1996
Benjamin Franklin: An American Life (Paperback)
by (shelved 3365 times as biography)
avg rating 4.05 — 155,136 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 — 641,858 ratings — published 2012
Bossypants (ebook)
by (shelved 3160 times as biography)
avg rating 3.96 — 1,076,696 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 — 224,482 ratings — published 1985
Shoe Dog: A Memoir by the Creator of Nike (Hardcover)
by (shelved 2830 times as biography)
avg rating 4.45 — 393,581 ratings — published 2016
When Breath Becomes Air (Kindle Edition)
by (shelved 2680 times as biography)
avg rating 4.41 — 860,078 ratings — published 2016
A Promised Land (Kindle Edition)
by (shelved 2657 times as biography)
avg rating 4.31 — 289,182 ratings — published 2020
Night (Paperback)
by (shelved 2546 times as biography)
avg rating 4.38 — 1,409,745 ratings — published 2012
Washington: A Life (Hardcover)
by (shelved 2499 times as biography)
avg rating 4.18 — 87,551 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 — 600,887 ratings — published 1969
The Glass Castle (Paperback)
by (shelved 2404 times as biography)
avg rating 4.33 — 1,417,829 ratings — published 2005
Team of Rivals: The Political Genius of Abraham Lincoln (Paperback)
by (shelved 2367 times as biography)
avg rating 4.28 — 206,117 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 — 94,678 ratings — published 1791
Man's Search for Meaning (Paperback)
by (shelved 2160 times as biography)
avg rating 4.36 — 948,201 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 — 85,821 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 — 63,764 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 — 516,710 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 — 109,564 ratings — published 2011
Greenlights (Hardcover)
by (shelved 1988 times as biography)
avg rating 4.19 — 496,227 ratings — published 2020
Long Walk to Freedom (Paperback)
by (shelved 1982 times as biography)
avg rating 4.36 — 98,257 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 — 370,150 ratings — published 1971
Grant (Hardcover)
by (shelved 1933 times as biography)
avg rating 4.50 — 47,447 ratings — published 2017
The Wright Brothers (Hardcover)
by (shelved 1887 times as biography)
avg rating 4.18 — 102,142 ratings — published 2015
Angela's Ashes (Frank McCourt, #1)
by (shelved 1875 times as biography)
avg rating 4.16 — 671,578 ratings — published 1996
Elon Musk (Hardcover)
by (shelved 1865 times as biography)
avg rating 4.31 — 82,820 ratings — published 2023
Yes Please (Hardcover)
by (shelved 1841 times as biography)
avg rating 3.85 — 566,801 ratings — published 2014
Wild: From Lost to Found on the Pacific Crest Trail (Hardcover)
by (shelved 1793 times as biography)
avg rating 4.07 — 893,911 ratings — published 2012
Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass (Paperback)
by (shelved 1735 times as biography)
avg rating 4.14 — 140,055 ratings — published 1845
Spare (Hardcover)
by (shelved 1703 times as biography)
avg rating 3.83 — 447,286 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 — 1,288,066 ratings — published 1997
Dreams from My Father: A Story of Race and Inheritance (Paperback)
by (shelved 1674 times as biography)
avg rating 3.94 — 234,318 ratings — published 1995
“Imagine your worst day, multiply it by a hundred, and pray to your God
that you never experience what some of the people in this war zone go
through, everyday, without any hope of it getting better. Ever. Compared
to these people, every day, no matter how bad, is the best day ever. I
know nothing about pain, nothing about suffering and hopefully never will.”
― Living the Best Day Ever
that you never experience what some of the people in this war zone go
through, everyday, without any hope of it getting better. Ever. Compared
to these people, every day, no matter how bad, is the best day ever. I
know nothing about pain, nothing about suffering and hopefully never will.”
― Living the Best Day Ever
“What a wee little part of a person's life are his acts and his words! His real life is led in his head, and is known to none but himself. All day long, the mill of his brain is grinding, and his thoughts, not those of other things, are his history. These are his life, and they are not written. Everyday would make a whole book of 80,000 words -- 365 books a year. Biographies are but the clothes and buttons of the man -- the biography of the man himself cannot be written.”
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