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Steve Jobs (Hardcover)
by (shelved 8357 times as biography)
avg rating 4.16 — 1,245,328 ratings — published 2011
The Diary of a Young Girl (Mass Market Paperback)
by (shelved 7054 times as biography)
avg rating 4.19 — 3,727,534 ratings — published 1947
Becoming (Hardcover)
by (shelved 4984 times as biography)
avg rating 4.46 — 1,046,334 ratings — published 2018
Elon Musk: Tesla, SpaceX, and the Quest for a Fantastic Future (Hardcover)
by (shelved 4413 times as biography)
avg rating 4.18 — 390,183 ratings — published 2015
Educated (Hardcover)
by (shelved 4138 times as biography)
avg rating 4.47 — 1,522,906 ratings — published 2018
Unbroken: A World War II Story of Survival, Resilience and Redemption (Hardcover)
by (shelved 4109 times as biography)
avg rating 4.38 — 934,225 ratings — published 2010
John Adams (Paperback)
by (shelved 3900 times as biography)
avg rating 4.07 — 361,118 ratings — published 2001
Einstein: His Life and Universe (Hardcover)
by (shelved 3896 times as biography)
avg rating 4.16 — 185,471 ratings — published 2007
Alexander Hamilton (Paperback)
by (shelved 3799 times as biography)
avg rating 4.22 — 180,849 ratings — published 2004
Born a Crime: Stories From a South African Childhood (Hardcover)
by (shelved 3666 times as biography)
avg rating 4.49 — 692,595 ratings — published 2016
The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks (Hardcover)
by (shelved 3542 times as biography)
avg rating 4.12 — 734,587 ratings — published 2010
Leonardo da Vinci (Hardcover)
by (shelved 3143 times as biography)
avg rating 4.20 — 106,067 ratings — published 2017
The Autobiography of Malcolm X (Mass Market Paperback)
by (shelved 3133 times as biography)
avg rating 4.36 — 267,517 ratings — published 1965
Into the Wild (Kindle Edition)
by (shelved 3097 times as biography)
avg rating 4.01 — 1,089,448 ratings — published 1996
Bossypants (Kindle Edition)
by (shelved 3087 times as biography)
avg rating 3.96 — 1,004,832 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 3046 times as biography)
avg rating 4.15 — 575,558 ratings — published 2012
Benjamin Franklin: An American Life (Paperback)
by (shelved 2966 times as biography)
avg rating 4.04 — 139,562 ratings — published 2003
"Surely You're Joking, Mr. Feynman!": Adventures of a Curious Character (Paperback)
by (shelved 2735 times as biography)
avg rating 4.27 — 201,095 ratings — published 1985
Shoe Dog: A Memoir by the Creator of Nike (Hardcover)
by (shelved 2444 times as biography)
avg rating 4.47 — 297,793 ratings — published 2016
Night (The Night Trilogy, #1)
by (shelved 2349 times as biography)
avg rating 4.37 — 1,243,693 ratings — published 1956
When Breath Becomes Air (Kindle Edition)
by (shelved 2331 times as biography)
avg rating 4.40 — 667,339 ratings — published 2016
A Promised Land (Kindle Edition)
by (shelved 2316 times as biography)
avg rating 4.34 — 227,080 ratings — published 2020
I'm Glad My Mom Died (ebook)
by (shelved 2269 times as biography)
avg rating 4.47 — 957,344 ratings — published 2022
I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings (Maya Angelou's Autobiography, #1)
by (shelved 2230 times as biography)
avg rating 4.29 — 530,577 ratings — published 1969
The Glass Castle (Paperback)
by (shelved 2152 times as biography)
avg rating 4.31 — 1,211,038 ratings — published 2005
Team of Rivals: The Political Genius of Abraham Lincoln (Paperback)
by (shelved 2151 times as biography)
avg rating 4.28 — 186,323 ratings — published 2005
Washington: A Life (Hardcover)
by (shelved 2132 times as biography)
avg rating 4.15 — 73,281 ratings — published 2010
Cleopatra: A Life (Hardcover)
by (shelved 2046 times as biography)
avg rating 3.73 — 117,171 ratings — published 2010
Yes Please (Hardcover)
by (shelved 1999 times as biography)
avg rating 3.85 — 525,396 ratings — published 2014
The Autobiography of Benjamin Franklin (Paperback)
by (shelved 1928 times as biography)
avg rating 3.85 — 84,972 ratings — published 1791
Bonhoeffer: Pastor, Martyr, Prophet, Spy (Hardcover)
by (shelved 1926 times as biography)
avg rating 4.22 — 74,385 ratings — published 2010
Catherine the Great: Portrait of a Woman (Hardcover)
by (shelved 1887 times as biography)
avg rating 3.94 — 103,786 ratings — published 2011
The Rise of Theodore Roosevelt (Paperback)
by (shelved 1873 times as biography)
avg rating 4.23 — 55,402 ratings — published 1979
Man’s Search for Meaning (Paperback)
by (shelved 1815 times as biography)
avg rating 4.37 — 712,548 ratings — published 1959
Titan: The Life of John D. Rockefeller, Sr. (Paperback)
by (shelved 1804 times as biography)
avg rating 4.17 — 31,193 ratings — published 1998
Angela’s Ashes (Frank McCourt, #1)
by (shelved 1797 times as biography)
avg rating 4.14 — 628,935 ratings — published 1996
The Hiding Place: The Triumphant True Story of Corrie Ten Boom (Mass Market Paperback)
by (shelved 1786 times as biography)
avg rating 4.46 — 324,218 ratings — published 1971
Long Walk to Freedom (Paperback)
by (shelved 1783 times as biography)
avg rating 4.35 — 86,805 ratings — published 1994
The Wright Brothers (Hardcover)
by (shelved 1706 times as biography)
avg rating 4.16 — 92,247 ratings — published 2015
Wild: From Lost to Found on the Pacific Crest Trail (Hardcover)
by (shelved 1706 times as biography)
avg rating 4.06 — 796,119 ratings — published 2012
Dreams from My Father: A Story of Race and Inheritance (Paperback)
by (shelved 1658 times as biography)
avg rating 3.93 — 225,086 ratings — published 1995
American Prometheus: The Triumph and Tragedy of J. Robert Oppenheimer (Paperback)
by (shelved 1644 times as biography)
avg rating 4.31 — 42,351 ratings — published 2005
Grant (Hardcover)
by (shelved 1625 times as biography)
avg rating 4.49 — 37,105 ratings — published 2017
Hillbilly Elegy: A Memoir of a Family and Culture in Crisis (Hardcover)
by (shelved 1624 times as biography)
avg rating 3.87 — 411,999 ratings — published 2016
Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass (Paperback)
by (shelved 1557 times as biography)
avg rating 4.11 — 123,566 ratings — published 1845
Greenlights (Hardcover)
by (shelved 1542 times as biography)
avg rating 4.21 — 327,145 ratings — published 2020
Tuesdays with Morrie (Paperback)
by (shelved 1437 times as biography)
avg rating 4.17 — 1,026,016 ratings — published 1997
Notorious RBG: The Life and Times of Ruth Bader Ginsburg (Hardcover)
by (shelved 1396 times as biography)
avg rating 4.19 — 59,634 ratings — published 2015
Eat, Pray, Love (Paperback)
by (shelved 1387 times as biography)
avg rating 3.63 — 1,742,462 ratings — published 2006
Spare (Hardcover)
by (shelved 1376 times as biography)
avg rating 3.86 — 352,860 ratings — published 2023
“Chasing angels or fleeing demons, go to the mountains.”
― Bringing Progress to Paradise: What I Got from Giving to a Mountain Village in Nepal
― Bringing Progress to Paradise: What I Got from Giving to a Mountain Village in Nepal
“My therapist opens my wounds a little deeper, then picks at the scabs.”
― Transcending Depression: Quest Without a Compass
― Transcending Depression: Quest Without a Compass
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auto-and-biography-and-memoir, bio, biografia, biografico, biographical, biographies, biographies-memoirs, biography-and-memoir, and non-fiction__biography
