Biography
Real lives unfold on these pages as visionaries, leaders, and extraordinary individuals share their raw truths and hard-won wisdom. Through intimate portraits and candid reflections, these books reveal the pivotal moments, bold decisions, and personal philosophies that transformed ordinary people into legendary figures.
Biography Book Summaries
The Philosophy of Andy Warhol
Art
Philosophy
Biography
Above the Line
Lessons in Leadership and Life from a Championship Season
Leadership
Sports
Biography
The Story of the Integration of the Indian States
History
India
Politics
The Accidental Billionaires
The Founding of Facebook, a Tale of Sex, Money, Genius, and Betrayal
Business
Biography
Technology
Shoe Dog
A Memoir by the Creator of Nike
Business
Biography
Memoir
The Life and Games of Mikhail Tal
Chess
Biography
Games
Muhammad
A Biography of the Prophet
Religion
Islam
History
What the Dead Know
Learning About Life as a New York City Death Investigator
True Crime
Memoir
Crime
Everything I Learned, I Learned in a Chinese Restaurant
Memoir
LGBT
Queer
Ibn Khaldun
An Intellectual Biography
History
Biography
Philosophy
Stranger in the Shogun's City
A Japanese Woman and Her World
History
Japan
Biography
The Big Three in Economics
Adam Smith, Karl Marx, and John Maynard Keynes
Economics
History
Politics
Diana
Her True Story in Her Own Words
Biography
History
Memoir
Coming Home
Memoir
Sports
Biography
Hunger
A Memoir of (My) Body
Memoir
Feminism
Biography
The Road to Mecca
Islam
Religion
Biography
Leading with the Heart
Coach K's Successful Strategies for Basketball, Business, and Life
Leadership
Sports
Basketball
In the Plex
How Google Thinks, Works, and Shapes Our Lives
Business
Technology
History
Forgiveness
Memoir
Canada
Book Club
Crazy Love
Memoir
Biography
Biography Memoir
Furiously Happy
A Funny Book About Horrible Things
Memoir
Mental Health
Biography
The Bridge
The Life and Rise of Barack Obama
Biography
Politics
History
MBS
The Rise to Power of Mohammed bin Salman
Biography
Politics
History
Undisputed Truth
Biography
Sports
Autobiography
Private Equity
A Memoir
Memoir
Business
Biography
Dying to Be Me
My Journey from Cancer, to Near Death, to True Healing
Spirituality
Memoir
Biography
The Voice of Human Justice
Religion
Biography
History
Expecting Adam
A True Story of Birth, Rebirth, and Everyday Magic
Memoir
Book Club
Parenting
Born Standing Up
A Comic's Life
Biography
Memoir
Humor
Tremendous
Biography
Comedy
Memoir
Rosa Parks
My Story
Biography
History
Memoir
Five Families
The Rise, Decline, and Resurgence of America's Most Powerful Mafia Empires
History
True Crime
Crime
Basketball Junkie
Memoir
Sports
Basketball
What in the World?!
A Southern Woman's Guide to Laughing at Life's Unexpected Curveballs and Beautiful Blessings
Memoir
Humor
Biography
Hitchcock/Truffaut
Film
Biography
Media Tie In
Beyond the Wand
The Magic & Mayhem of Growing Up a Wizard
Memoir
Biography
Autobiography
The Wise Men
Six Friends and the World They Made
History
Biography
Politics
Karate-Do
My Way of Life
Martial Arts
Biography
Philosophy
How to Giggle
A Guide to Taking Life Less Seriously
Humor
Self Help
Memoir
Proof of Heaven
A Neurosurgeon's Journey into the Afterlife
Spirituality
Memoir
Book Club
Hard Drive
Bill Gates and the Making of the Microsoft Empire
Biography
Business
Technology
Born to Run
Music
Biography
Memoir
Just for Fun
The Story of an Accidental Revolutionary
Biography
Technology
Computer Science
Disney War
Business
History
Biography
Dreams from My Father
A Story of Race and Inheritance
Biography
Memoir
Politics
How Life Imitates Chess
Making the Right Moves, from the Board to the Boardroom
Chess
Business
Biography
A Cup of Water Under My Bed
A Memoir
Memoir
LGBT
Feminism
The Art of Intelligence
History
Espionage
Politics
Until We Are Free
My Fight for Human Rights in Iran
Iran
Memoir
Politics
Trump
How to Get Rich
Business
Self Help
Finance
