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Steve Jobs (Hardcover)
by (shelved 8519 times as biography)
avg rating 4.16 — 1,262,103 ratings — published 2011
The Diary of a Young Girl (Mass Market Paperback)
by (shelved 7162 times as biography)
avg rating 4.19 — 3,800,969 ratings — published 1947
Becoming (Hardcover)
by (shelved 5075 times as biography)
avg rating 4.45 — 1,072,958 ratings — published 2018
Elon Musk: Tesla, SpaceX, and the Quest for a Fantastic Future (Hardcover)
by (shelved 4473 times as biography)
avg rating 4.16 — 401,691 ratings — published 2015
Educated (Hardcover)
by (shelved 4233 times as biography)
avg rating 4.47 — 1,578,281 ratings — published 2018
Unbroken: A World War II Story of Survival, Resilience and Redemption (Hardcover)
by (shelved 4203 times as biography)
avg rating 4.38 — 952,150 ratings — published 2010
Einstein: His Life and Universe (Hardcover)
by (shelved 3985 times as biography)
avg rating 4.16 — 187,916 ratings — published 2007
John Adams (Paperback)
by (shelved 3945 times as biography)
avg rating 4.08 — 363,647 ratings — published 2001
Alexander Hamilton (Paperback)
by (shelved 3861 times as biography)
avg rating 4.22 — 183,783 ratings — published 2004
Born a Crime: Stories From a South African Childhood (Hardcover)
by (shelved 3750 times as biography)
avg rating 4.49 — 712,981 ratings — published 2016
The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks (Hardcover)
by (shelved 3580 times as biography)
avg rating 4.12 — 746,472 ratings — published 2010
Leonardo da Vinci (Hardcover)
by (shelved 3237 times as biography)
avg rating 4.20 — 108,901 ratings — published 2017
The Autobiography of Malcolm X (Mass Market Paperback)
by (shelved 3192 times as biography)
avg rating 4.36 — 271,159 ratings — published 1965
Into the Wild (Kindle Edition)
by (shelved 3132 times as biography)
avg rating 4.01 — 1,105,435 ratings — published 1996
Bossypants (Kindle Edition)
by (shelved 3114 times as biography)
avg rating 3.96 — 1,015,185 ratings — published 2011
I Am Malala: The Story of the Girl Who Stood Up for Education and Was Shot by the Taliban (Hardcover)
by (shelved 3103 times as biography)
avg rating 4.15 — 584,260 ratings — published 2012
Benjamin Franklin: An American Life (Paperback)
by (shelved 3030 times as biography)
avg rating 4.04 — 141,046 ratings — published 2003
"Surely You're Joking, Mr. Feynman!": Adventures of a Curious Character (Paperback)
by (shelved 2774 times as biography)
avg rating 4.27 — 203,503 ratings — published 1985
Shoe Dog: A Memoir by the Creator of Nike (Hardcover)
by (shelved 2531 times as biography)
avg rating 4.47 — 309,371 ratings — published 2016
I'm Glad My Mom Died (ebook)
by (shelved 2520 times as biography)
avg rating 4.46 — 1,086,596 ratings — published 2022
When Breath Becomes Air (Kindle Edition)
by (shelved 2398 times as biography)
avg rating 4.40 — 689,727 ratings — published 2016
Night (The Night Trilogy, #1)
by (shelved 2381 times as biography)
avg rating 4.37 — 1,264,444 ratings — published 1956
A Promised Land (Kindle Edition)
by (shelved 2359 times as biography)
avg rating 4.33 — 235,032 ratings — published 2020
I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings (Maya Angelou's Autobiography, #1)
by (shelved 2256 times as biography)
avg rating 4.29 — 538,675 ratings — published 1969
The Glass Castle (Paperback)
by (shelved 2184 times as biography)
avg rating 4.32 — 1,238,501 ratings — published 2005
Team of Rivals: The Political Genius of Abraham Lincoln (Paperback)
by (shelved 2181 times as biography)
avg rating 4.28 — 188,395 ratings — published 2005
Washington: A Life (Hardcover)
by (shelved 2177 times as biography)
avg rating 4.16 — 74,525 ratings — published 2010
Cleopatra: A Life (Hardcover)
by (shelved 2070 times as biography)
avg rating 3.73 — 118,130 ratings — published 2010
Yes Please (Hardcover)
by (shelved 2020 times as biography)
avg rating 3.85 — 531,850 ratings — published 2014
The Autobiography of Benjamin Franklin (Paperback)
by (shelved 1965 times as biography)
avg rating 3.85 — 85,853 ratings — published 1791
Bonhoeffer: Pastor, Martyr, Prophet, Spy (Hardcover)
by (shelved 1957 times as biography)
avg rating 4.22 — 75,366 ratings — published 2010
The Rise of Theodore Roosevelt (Paperback)
by (shelved 1904 times as biography)
avg rating 4.23 — 56,122 ratings — published 1979
Catherine the Great: Portrait of a Woman (Hardcover)
by (shelved 1900 times as biography)
avg rating 3.94 — 104,464 ratings — published 2011
Man’s Search for Meaning (Paperback)
by (shelved 1864 times as biography)
avg rating 4.37 — 736,938 ratings — published 1946
Titan: The Life of John D. Rockefeller, Sr. (Paperback)
by (shelved 1851 times as biography)
avg rating 4.17 — 31,905 ratings — published 1998
The Hiding Place: The Triumphant True Story of Corrie Ten Boom (Mass Market Paperback)
by (shelved 1831 times as biography)
avg rating 4.47 — 329,860 ratings — published 1971
Angela’s Ashes (Frank McCourt, #1)
by (shelved 1817 times as biography)
avg rating 4.15 — 634,352 ratings — published 1996
Long Walk to Freedom (Paperback)
by (shelved 1815 times as biography)
avg rating 4.35 — 88,040 ratings — published 1994
American Prometheus: The Triumph and Tragedy of J. Robert Oppenheimer (Paperback)
by (shelved 1741 times as biography)
avg rating 4.31 — 46,496 ratings — published 2005
The Wright Brothers (Hardcover)
by (shelved 1740 times as biography)
avg rating 4.17 — 93,399 ratings — published 2015
Wild: From Lost to Found on the Pacific Crest Trail (Hardcover)
by (shelved 1737 times as biography)
avg rating 4.06 — 809,724 ratings — published 2012
Hillbilly Elegy: A Memoir of a Family and Culture in Crisis (Hardcover)
by (shelved 1678 times as biography)
avg rating 3.86 — 416,917 ratings — published 2016
Grant (Hardcover)
by (shelved 1668 times as biography)
avg rating 4.49 — 38,167 ratings — published 2017
Dreams from My Father: A Story of Race and Inheritance (Paperback)
by (shelved 1667 times as biography)
avg rating 3.93 — 226,228 ratings — published 1995
Greenlights (Hardcover)
by (shelved 1606 times as biography)
avg rating 4.21 — 348,131 ratings — published 2020
Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass (Paperback)
by (shelved 1586 times as biography)
avg rating 4.11 — 125,250 ratings — published 1845
Tuesdays with Morrie (Paperback)
by (shelved 1477 times as biography)
avg rating 4.18 — 1,051,078 ratings — published 1997
Spare (Hardcover)
by (shelved 1472 times as biography)
avg rating 3.85 — 373,066 ratings — published 2023
Notorious RBG: The Life and Times of Ruth Bader Ginsburg (Hardcover)
by (shelved 1412 times as biography)
avg rating 4.19 — 60,199 ratings — published 2015
Kitchen Confidential: Adventures in the Culinary Underbelly (Paperback)
by (shelved 1408 times as biography)
avg rating 4.16 — 324,837 ratings — published 2000
“Although my memory's fading, I remember two things very clearly: I am a great sinner and Christ is a great Savior.”
― Amazing Grace
― Amazing Grace
“Live your life in such a way that you'll be remembered for your kindness, compassion, fairness, character, benevolence, and a force for good who had much respect for life, in general.”
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auto-and-biography-and-memoir, bio, biografia, biografico, biographical, biographies, biographies-memoirs, biography-and-memoir, and non-fiction__biography
