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Steve Jobs (Hardcover)
by (shelved 9005 times as biography)
avg rating 4.15 — 1,342,329 ratings — published 2011
The Diary of a Young Girl (Mass Market Paperback)
by (shelved 7494 times as biography)
avg rating 4.20 — 4,116,402 ratings — published 1947
Becoming (Hardcover)
by (shelved 5286 times as biography)
avg rating 4.44 — 1,173,642 ratings — published 2018
Elon Musk: Tesla, SpaceX, and the Quest for a Fantastic Future (Hardcover)
by (shelved 4580 times as biography)
avg rating 4.13 — 439,214 ratings — published 2015
Educated (Hardcover)
by (shelved 4559 times as biography)
avg rating 4.47 — 1,804,669 ratings — published 2018
Unbroken: A World War II Story of Survival, Resilience and Redemption (Hardcover)
by (shelved 4315 times as biography)
avg rating 4.39 — 995,109 ratings — published 2010
Einstein: His Life and Universe (Hardcover)
by (shelved 4238 times as biography)
avg rating 4.17 — 199,499 ratings — published 2007
John Adams (Paperback)
by (shelved 4087 times as biography)
avg rating 4.08 — 375,023 ratings — published 2001
Alexander Hamilton (Paperback)
by (shelved 4045 times as biography)
avg rating 4.22 — 196,954 ratings — published 2004
Born a Crime: Stories From a South African Childhood (Hardcover)
by (shelved 3976 times as biography)
avg rating 4.49 — 787,854 ratings — published 2016
The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks (Hardcover)
by (shelved 3702 times as biography)
avg rating 4.13 — 793,717 ratings — published 2010
Leonardo da Vinci (Hardcover)
by (shelved 3537 times as biography)
avg rating 4.18 — 125,057 ratings — published 2017
The Autobiography of Malcolm X (Mass Market Paperback)
by (shelved 3371 times as biography)
avg rating 4.37 — 287,552 ratings — published 1965
Into the Wild (Kindle Edition)
by (shelved 3314 times as biography)
avg rating 4.02 — 1,175,691 ratings — published 1996
Benjamin Franklin: An American Life (Paperback)
by (shelved 3220 times as biography)
avg rating 4.05 — 148,611 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 3189 times as biography)
avg rating 4.16 — 616,156 ratings — published 2012
Bossypants (ebook)
by (shelved 3132 times as biography)
avg rating 3.96 — 1,046,799 ratings — published 2011
I’m Glad My Mom Died (Hardcover)
by (shelved 3068 times as biography)
avg rating 4.44 — 1,391,196 ratings — published 2022
"Surely You're Joking, Mr. Feynman!": Adventures of a Curious Character (Paperback)
by (shelved 2920 times as biography)
avg rating 4.27 — 215,138 ratings — published 1985
Shoe Dog: A Memoir by the Creator of Nike (Hardcover)
by (shelved 2692 times as biography)
avg rating 4.46 — 357,506 ratings — published 2016
A Promised Land (Kindle Edition)
by (shelved 2565 times as biography)
avg rating 4.32 — 267,965 ratings — published 2020
When Breath Becomes Air (Kindle Edition)
by (shelved 2541 times as biography)
avg rating 4.41 — 780,748 ratings — published 2016
Night (Paperback)
by (shelved 2463 times as biography)
avg rating 4.38 — 1,344,445 ratings — published 1956
I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings (Maya Angelou's Autobiography, #1)
by (shelved 2373 times as biography)
avg rating 4.30 — 573,680 ratings — published 1969
The Glass Castle (Paperback)
by (shelved 2324 times as biography)
avg rating 4.32 — 1,339,354 ratings — published 2005
Washington: A Life (Hardcover)
by (shelved 2319 times as biography)
avg rating 4.16 — 81,089 ratings — published 2010
Team of Rivals: The Political Genius of Abraham Lincoln (Paperback)
by (shelved 2289 times as biography)
avg rating 4.28 — 197,788 ratings — published 2005
Cleopatra: A Life (Hardcover)
by (shelved 2126 times as biography)
avg rating 3.73 — 122,265 ratings — published 2010
The Autobiography of Benjamin Franklin (Paperback)
by (shelved 2091 times as biography)
avg rating 3.85 — 90,737 ratings — published 1791
Bonhoeffer: Pastor, Martyr, Prophet, Spy (Hardcover)
by (shelved 2049 times as biography)
avg rating 4.22 — 81,397 ratings — published 2010
Man's Search for Meaning (Paperback)
by (shelved 2018 times as biography)
avg rating 4.37 — 848,398 ratings — published 1946
The Rise of Theodore Roosevelt (Theodore Roosevelt, #1)
by (shelved 1993 times as biography)
avg rating 4.22 — 59,889 ratings — published 1979
Hillbilly Elegy: A Memoir of a Family and Culture in Crisis (Hardcover)
by (shelved 1990 times as biography)
avg rating 3.84 — 494,842 ratings — published 2016
American Prometheus: The Triumph and Tragedy of J. Robert Oppenheimer (Paperback)
by (shelved 1990 times as biography)
avg rating 4.31 — 56,800 ratings — published 2005
Titan: The Life of John D. Rockefeller, Sr. (Paperback)
by (shelved 1980 times as biography)
avg rating 4.15 — 36,457 ratings — published 1998
Catherine the Great: Portrait of a Woman (Hardcover)
by (shelved 1942 times as biography)
avg rating 3.94 — 107,850 ratings — published 2011
Truman (Paperback)
by (shelved 1922 times as biography)
avg rating 4.17 — 90,782 ratings — published 1992
Long Walk to Freedom (Paperback)
by (shelved 1903 times as biography)
avg rating 4.36 — 93,092 ratings — published 1994
The Hiding Place: The Triumphant True Story of Corrie Ten Boom (Mass Market Paperback)
by (shelved 1897 times as biography)
avg rating 4.48 — 351,382 ratings — published 1971
Angela’s Ashes (Frank McCourt, #1)
by (shelved 1850 times as biography)
avg rating 4.15 — 653,750 ratings — published 1996
Yes Please (Hardcover)
by (shelved 1842 times as biography)
avg rating 3.85 — 551,301 ratings — published 2014
Greenlights (Hardcover)
by (shelved 1835 times as biography)
avg rating 4.20 — 437,903 ratings — published 2020
The Wright Brothers (Hardcover)
by (shelved 1812 times as biography)
avg rating 4.17 — 97,649 ratings — published 2015
Grant (Hardcover)
by (shelved 1798 times as biography)
avg rating 4.50 — 42,758 ratings — published 2017
Wild: From Lost to Found on the Pacific Crest Trail (Hardcover)
by (shelved 1772 times as biography)
avg rating 4.07 — 857,002 ratings — published 2012
Elon Musk (Hardcover)
by (shelved 1697 times as biography)
avg rating 4.33 — 72,523 ratings — published 2023
Dreams from My Father: A Story of Race and Inheritance (Paperback)
by (shelved 1681 times as biography)
avg rating 3.94 — 230,215 ratings — published 1995
Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass (Paperback)
by (shelved 1677 times as biography)
avg rating 4.13 — 132,997 ratings — published 1845
Spare (Hardcover)
by (shelved 1644 times as biography)
avg rating 3.84 — 420,403 ratings — published 2023
Tuesdays with Morrie: An Old Man, a Young Man, and Life's Greatest Lesson (Paperback)
by (shelved 1588 times as biography)
avg rating 4.20 — 1,171,108 ratings — published 1997
“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
“The Black Prince is entombed at Canterbury Cathedral. His effigy reads: “Such as thou art, sometimes was I, Such as I am, such thou shalt be, I thought little on hour of death, So long as I enjoyed breath, On earth I had great riches, Land, houses, great treasure, Horses money and gold, But now a wretched captive am I, Deep in the ground, lo I lie, My beauty great, is all quite gone, My flesh is wasted to the bone.”
― Isabella Warrior Queen
― Isabella Warrior Queen
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