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Steve Jobs (Hardcover)
by (shelved 9171 times as biography)
avg rating 4.16 — 1,372,162 ratings — published 2011
The Diary of a Young Girl (Mass Market Paperback)
by (shelved 7574 times as biography)
avg rating 4.20 — 4,247,521 ratings — published 1947
Becoming (Hardcover)
by (shelved 5344 times as biography)
avg rating 4.43 — 1,216,734 ratings — published 2018
Educated (Hardcover)
by (shelved 4665 times as biography)
avg rating 4.46 — 1,906,053 ratings — published 2018
Elon Musk: Tesla, SpaceX, and the Quest for a Fantastic Future (Hardcover)
by (shelved 4601 times as biography)
avg rating 4.12 — 449,435 ratings — published 2015
Einstein: His Life and Universe (Hardcover)
by (shelved 4343 times as biography)
avg rating 4.17 — 204,998 ratings — published 2007
Unbroken: A World War II Story of Survival, Resilience and Redemption (Hardcover)
by (shelved 4302 times as biography)
avg rating 4.39 — 1,006,166 ratings — published 2010
John Adams (Paperback)
by (shelved 4174 times as biography)
avg rating 4.09 — 380,355 ratings — published 2001
Alexander Hamilton (Paperback)
by (shelved 4130 times as biography)
avg rating 4.22 — 202,751 ratings — published 2004
Born a Crime: Stories from a South African Childhood (Hardcover)
by (shelved 4039 times as biography)
avg rating 4.49 — 822,353 ratings — published 2016
The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks (Hardcover)
by (shelved 3769 times as biography)
avg rating 4.13 — 814,800 ratings — published 2010
Leonardo da Vinci (Hardcover)
by (shelved 3666 times as biography)
avg rating 4.17 — 131,535 ratings — published 2017
The Autobiography of Malcolm X (Mass Market Paperback)
by (shelved 3424 times as biography)
avg rating 4.37 — 294,810 ratings — published 1965
Into the Wild (Kindle Edition)
by (shelved 3359 times as biography)
avg rating 4.02 — 1,205,145 ratings — published 1996
I'm Glad My Mom Died (Hardcover)
by (shelved 3302 times as biography)
avg rating 4.43 — 1,537,440 ratings — published 2022
Benjamin Franklin: An American Life (Paperback)
by (shelved 3300 times as biography)
avg rating 4.05 — 151,797 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 3243 times as biography)
avg rating 4.16 — 630,088 ratings — published 2012
Bossypants (ebook)
by (shelved 3150 times as biography)
avg rating 3.96 — 1,062,953 ratings — published 2011
"Surely You're Joking, Mr. Feynman!": Adventures of a Curious Character (Paperback)
by (shelved 2950 times as biography)
avg rating 4.26 — 219,983 ratings — published 1985
Shoe Dog: A Memoir by the Creator of Nike (Hardcover)
by (shelved 2774 times as biography)
avg rating 4.45 — 377,523 ratings — published 2016
A Promised Land (Kindle Edition)
by (shelved 2623 times as biography)
avg rating 4.31 — 280,690 ratings — published 2020
When Breath Becomes Air (Kindle Edition)
by (shelved 2610 times as biography)
avg rating 4.41 — 825,725 ratings — published 2016
Night (Paperback)
by (shelved 2503 times as biography)
avg rating 4.38 — 1,381,103 ratings — published 1956
Washington: A Life (Hardcover)
by (shelved 2413 times as biography)
avg rating 4.17 — 84,295 ratings — published 2010
I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings (Maya Angelou's Autobiography, #1)
by (shelved 2412 times as biography)
avg rating 4.30 — 588,633 ratings — published 1969
The Glass Castle (Paperback)
by (shelved 2373 times as biography)
avg rating 4.33 — 1,381,804 ratings — published 2005
Team of Rivals: The Political Genius of Abraham Lincoln (Paperback)
by (shelved 2331 times as biography)
avg rating 4.28 — 202,065 ratings — published 2005
Cleopatra: A Life (Hardcover)
by (shelved 2153 times as biography)
avg rating 3.73 — 124,109 ratings — published 2010
The Autobiography of Benjamin Franklin (Paperback)
by (shelved 2139 times as biography)
avg rating 3.85 — 92,742 ratings — published 1791
Man's Search for Meaning (Paperback)
by (shelved 2094 times as biography)
avg rating 4.37 — 902,742 ratings — published 1946
Bonhoeffer: Pastor, Martyr, Prophet, Spy (Hardcover)
by (shelved 2090 times as biography)
avg rating 4.21 — 83,779 ratings — published 2010
The Rise of Theodore Roosevelt (Theodore Roosevelt, #1)
by (shelved 2057 times as biography)
avg rating 4.22 — 61,656 ratings — published 1979
Titan: The Life of John D. Rockefeller, Sr. (Paperback)
by (shelved 2053 times as biography)
avg rating 4.15 — 38,581 ratings — published 1998
American Prometheus: The Triumph and Tragedy of J. Robert Oppenheimer (Paperback)
by (shelved 2043 times as biography)
avg rating 4.30 — 60,460 ratings — published 2005
Hillbilly Elegy: A Memoir of a Family and Culture in Crisis (Hardcover)
by (shelved 2030 times as biography)
avg rating 3.83 — 509,215 ratings — published 2016
Truman (Paperback)
by (shelved 1974 times as biography)
avg rating 4.17 — 92,059 ratings — published 1992
Catherine the Great: Portrait of a Woman (Hardcover)
by (shelved 1967 times as biography)
avg rating 3.94 — 108,678 ratings — published 2011
The Hiding Place: The Triumphant True Story of Corrie Ten Boom (Mass Market Paperback)
by (shelved 1934 times as biography)
avg rating 4.48 — 361,438 ratings — published 1971
Long Walk to Freedom (Paperback)
by (shelved 1931 times as biography)
avg rating 4.36 — 95,328 ratings — published 1994
Greenlights (Hardcover)
by (shelved 1910 times as biography)
avg rating 4.20 — 473,524 ratings — published 2020
Grant (Hardcover)
by (shelved 1880 times as biography)
avg rating 4.50 — 44,977 ratings — published 2017
Angela's Ashes (Frank McCourt, #1)
by (shelved 1864 times as biography)
avg rating 4.15 — 662,321 ratings — published 1996
The Wright Brothers (Hardcover)
by (shelved 1858 times as biography)
avg rating 4.18 — 99,651 ratings — published 2015
Yes Please (Hardcover)
by (shelved 1841 times as biography)
avg rating 3.85 — 559,910 ratings — published 2014
Elon Musk (Hardcover)
by (shelved 1799 times as biography)
avg rating 4.32 — 78,048 ratings — published 2023
Wild: From Lost to Found on the Pacific Crest Trail (Hardcover)
by (shelved 1765 times as biography)
avg rating 4.07 — 875,536 ratings — published 2012
Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass (Paperback)
by (shelved 1702 times as biography)
avg rating 4.13 — 136,878 ratings — published 1845
Spare (Hardcover)
by (shelved 1683 times as biography)
avg rating 3.83 — 435,962 ratings — published 2023
Dreams from My Father: A Story of Race and Inheritance (Paperback)
by (shelved 1681 times as biography)
avg rating 3.94 — 231,979 ratings — published 1995
Tuesdays with Morrie: An Old Man, a Young Man, and Life's Greatest Lesson (Paperback)
by (shelved 1630 times as biography)
avg rating 4.21 — 1,228,584 ratings — published 1997
“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
“How often do we tell our own life story? How often do we adjust, embellish, make sly cuts? And the longer life goes on, the fewer are those around to challenge our account, to remind us that our life is not our life, merely the story we have told about our life. Told to others, but—mainly—to ourselves.”
― The Sense of an Ending
― The Sense of an Ending
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