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Steve Jobs (Hardcover)
by (shelved 8432 times as biography)
avg rating 4.16 — 1,251,246 ratings — published 2011
The Diary of a Young Girl (Mass Market Paperback)
by (shelved 7099 times as biography)
avg rating 4.19 — 3,755,605 ratings — published 1947
Becoming (Hardcover)
by (shelved 5019 times as biography)
avg rating 4.46 — 1,056,683 ratings — published 2018
Elon Musk: Tesla, SpaceX, and the Quest for a Fantastic Future (Hardcover)
by (shelved 4435 times as biography)
avg rating 4.17 — 394,711 ratings — published 2015
Educated (Hardcover)
by (shelved 4179 times as biography)
avg rating 4.47 — 1,544,130 ratings — published 2018
Unbroken: A World War II Story of Survival, Resilience and Redemption (Hardcover)
by (shelved 4126 times as biography)
avg rating 4.38 — 938,125 ratings — published 2010
Einstein: His Life and Universe (Hardcover)
by (shelved 3933 times as biography)
avg rating 4.16 — 186,367 ratings — published 2007
John Adams (Paperback)
by (shelved 3922 times as biography)
avg rating 4.08 — 362,113 ratings — published 2001
Alexander Hamilton (Paperback)
by (shelved 3823 times as biography)
avg rating 4.22 — 181,997 ratings — published 2004
Born a Crime: Stories From a South African Childhood (Hardcover)
by (shelved 3704 times as biography)
avg rating 4.49 — 700,425 ratings — published 2016
The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks (Hardcover)
by (shelved 3553 times as biography)
avg rating 4.12 — 739,200 ratings — published 2010
Leonardo da Vinci (Hardcover)
by (shelved 3179 times as biography)
avg rating 4.20 — 107,140 ratings — published 2017
The Autobiography of Malcolm X (Mass Market Paperback)
by (shelved 3164 times as biography)
avg rating 4.36 — 268,930 ratings — published 1965
Into the Wild (Kindle Edition)
by (shelved 3114 times as biography)
avg rating 4.01 — 1,095,563 ratings — published 1996
Bossypants (Kindle Edition)
by (shelved 3095 times as biography)
avg rating 3.96 — 1,008,816 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 3065 times as biography)
avg rating 4.15 — 578,833 ratings — published 2012
Benjamin Franklin: An American Life (Paperback)
by (shelved 2994 times as biography)
avg rating 4.04 — 140,088 ratings — published 2003
"Surely You're Joking, Mr. Feynman!": Adventures of a Curious Character (Paperback)
by (shelved 2761 times as biography)
avg rating 4.27 — 202,121 ratings — published 1985
Shoe Dog: A Memoir by the Creator of Nike (Hardcover)
by (shelved 2475 times as biography)
avg rating 4.47 — 302,307 ratings — published 2016
I'm Glad My Mom Died (ebook)
by (shelved 2399 times as biography)
avg rating 4.46 — 1,013,655 ratings — published 2022
Night (The Night Trilogy, #1)
by (shelved 2367 times as biography)
avg rating 4.37 — 1,251,935 ratings — published 1956
When Breath Becomes Air (Kindle Edition)
by (shelved 2350 times as biography)
avg rating 4.40 — 676,015 ratings — published 2016
A Promised Land (Kindle Edition)
by (shelved 2344 times as biography)
avg rating 4.34 — 230,195 ratings — published 2020
I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings (Maya Angelou's Autobiography, #1)
by (shelved 2240 times as biography)
avg rating 4.29 — 533,718 ratings — published 1969
The Glass Castle (Paperback)
by (shelved 2171 times as biography)
avg rating 4.32 — 1,221,442 ratings — published 2005
Team of Rivals: The Political Genius of Abraham Lincoln (Paperback)
by (shelved 2159 times as biography)
avg rating 4.28 — 187,120 ratings — published 2005
Washington: A Life (Hardcover)
by (shelved 2145 times as biography)
avg rating 4.15 — 73,760 ratings — published 2010
Cleopatra: A Life (Hardcover)
by (shelved 2058 times as biography)
avg rating 3.73 — 117,556 ratings — published 2010
Yes Please (Hardcover)
by (shelved 2007 times as biography)
avg rating 3.85 — 527,837 ratings — published 2014
The Autobiography of Benjamin Franklin (Paperback)
by (shelved 1947 times as biography)
avg rating 3.85 — 85,309 ratings — published 1791
Bonhoeffer: Pastor, Martyr, Prophet, Spy (Hardcover)
by (shelved 1937 times as biography)
avg rating 4.22 — 74,786 ratings — published 2010
Catherine the Great: Portrait of a Woman (Hardcover)
by (shelved 1894 times as biography)
avg rating 3.94 — 104,039 ratings — published 2011
The Rise of Theodore Roosevelt (Paperback)
by (shelved 1884 times as biography)
avg rating 4.23 — 55,644 ratings — published 1979
Man’s Search for Meaning (Paperback)
by (shelved 1836 times as biography)
avg rating 4.37 — 722,073 ratings — published 1946
Titan: The Life of John D. Rockefeller, Sr. (Paperback)
by (shelved 1826 times as biography)
avg rating 4.17 — 31,473 ratings — published 1998
Angela’s Ashes (Frank McCourt, #1)
by (shelved 1806 times as biography)
avg rating 4.15 — 631,060 ratings — published 1996
The Hiding Place: The Triumphant True Story of Corrie Ten Boom (Mass Market Paperback)
by (shelved 1793 times as biography)
avg rating 4.46 — 326,353 ratings — published 1971
Long Walk to Freedom (Paperback)
by (shelved 1793 times as biography)
avg rating 4.35 — 87,309 ratings — published 1994
Wild: From Lost to Found on the Pacific Crest Trail (Hardcover)
by (shelved 1722 times as biography)
avg rating 4.06 — 801,427 ratings — published 2012
The Wright Brothers (Hardcover)
by (shelved 1721 times as biography)
avg rating 4.16 — 92,712 ratings — published 2015
American Prometheus: The Triumph and Tragedy of J. Robert Oppenheimer (Paperback)
by (shelved 1679 times as biography)
avg rating 4.31 — 44,234 ratings — published 2005
Dreams from My Father: A Story of Race and Inheritance (Paperback)
by (shelved 1656 times as biography)
avg rating 3.93 — 225,513 ratings — published 1995
Grant (Hardcover)
by (shelved 1639 times as biography)
avg rating 4.49 — 37,486 ratings — published 2017
Hillbilly Elegy: A Memoir of a Family and Culture in Crisis (Hardcover)
by (shelved 1627 times as biography)
avg rating 3.87 — 414,067 ratings — published 2016
Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass (Paperback)
by (shelved 1570 times as biography)
avg rating 4.11 — 124,238 ratings — published 1845
Greenlights (Hardcover)
by (shelved 1567 times as biography)
avg rating 4.21 — 335,607 ratings — published 2020
Tuesdays with Morrie (Paperback)
by (shelved 1460 times as biography)
avg rating 4.17 — 1,035,214 ratings — published 1997
Spare (Hardcover)
by (shelved 1420 times as biography)
avg rating 3.86 — 361,566 ratings — published 2023
Notorious RBG: The Life and Times of Ruth Bader Ginsburg (Hardcover)
by (shelved 1406 times as biography)
avg rating 4.19 — 59,828 ratings — published 2015
Eat, Pray, Love (Paperback)
by (shelved 1391 times as biography)
avg rating 3.63 — 1,749,590 ratings — published 2006
“The last few weeks of that summer, Janice lost interest in our conversations…. Her mind was taking her to other places, as though she was listening to a song or watching a movie or reading a book we could neither see nor hear.”
― Penis Politics: A Memoir of Women, Men and Power
― Penis Politics: A Memoir of Women, Men and Power
“There was no private ownership of land. "You could own a knife, or you could own a horse, but you couldn't own ground any more than you could own the sun or the wind. The Earth was their mother and part of the Cosmos given to all creatures by the Great Spirit.”
― The Odyssey of a Hippie Marijuana Grower
― The Odyssey of a Hippie Marijuana Grower
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