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
King John and the Road to Magna Carta
History
Biography
Medieval History
Hegel
A Very Short Introduction
Philosophy
History
Biography
Kings of Crypto
One Startup's Quest to Take Cryptocurrency Out of Silicon Valley and Onto Wall Street
Business
Technology
Finance
Please Stop Laughing at Us... One Woman's Extraordinary Quest to Prevent School Bullying
Education
Autobiography
Biography
A Mother's Reckoning
Living in the Aftermath of Tragedy
Memoir
True Crime
Biography
Lost and Founder
A Painfully Honest Field Guide to the Startup World
Business
Entrepreneurship
Leadership
Elon Musk Young Readers’ Edition
Biography
Business
Technology
You Can't Be Neutral on a Moving Train
A Personal History of Our Times
History
Politics
Memoir
Twelve Years a Slave
History
Classics
Biography
Men of Mathematics
Mathematics
Science
History
Becoming Nicole
The Transformation of an American Family
LGBT
Biography
Memoir
The Year of Magical Thinking
Memoir
Biography
Grief
Things My Son Needs to Know About the World
Humor
Parenting
Memoir
A Big Little Life
A Memoir of a Joyful Dog
Animals
Dogs
Memoir
Defining Moments
God-Encounters with Ordinary People Who Changed the World (Spiritual Biographies of John Wesley, Charles G. Finney, Dwight L. Moody, ... Kathryn Kuhlman, Heidi Baker, and More
Christian
Spirituality
Biography
The Story of Philosophy
The Lives and Opinions of the World's Greatest Philosophers
Philosophy
History
Biography
On Writing
Writing
Classics
Literature
A Million Miles in a Thousand Years
What I Learned While Editing My Life
Memoir
Christian
Faith
Walden on Wheels
On The Open Road from Debt to Freedom
Memoir
Travel
Biography
The Indifferent Stars Above
The Harrowing Saga of a Donner Party Bride
History
Historical
Biography
How I Made $2,000,000 In The Stock Market
Finance
Business
Money
Fist Stick Knife Gun
A Personal History of Violence
Memoir
Graphic Novels
Education
Buffett
The Making of an American Capitalist
Biography
Business
Finance
Dream with Your Eyes Open
An Entrepreneurial Journey
Business
Biography
Entrepreneurship
Is Everyone Hanging Out Without Me?
Memoir
Humor
Biography
Madame Blavatsky
The Mother of Modern Spirituality
Occult
Biography
History
How Stella Learned to Talk
The Groundbreaking Story of the World's First Talking Dog
Animals
Dogs
Science
The Woman Who Changed Her Brain
And Other Inspiring Stories of Pioneering Brain Transformation
Psychology
Science
Neuroscience
If In Doubt, Wash Your Hair
A Manual for Life
Self Help
Personal Development
Memoir
Eat a Peach
Memoir
Food
Biography
How to Lead
Wisdom from the World's Greatest CEOs, Founders, and Game Changers
Business
Leadership
Biography
The Intel Trinity
How Robert Noyce, Gordon Moore, and Andy Grove Built the World's Most Important Company
Business
Technology
Biography
The Woman in Me
Memoir
Biography
Autobiography
Power Play
Tesla, Elon Musk, and the Bet of the Century
Business
Biography
Technology
How I Built This
The Unexpected Paths to Success from the World's Most Inspiring Entrepreneurs
Business
Entrepreneurship
Leadership
Attention Factory
The Story of TikTok & China’s ByteDance
Business
Technology
China
The Spiral Staircase
My Climb Out of Darkness
Religion
Memoir
Biography
Jung the Mystic
The Esoteric Dimensions of Carl Jung's Life & Teachings
Psychology
Biography
Spirituality
The Country of the Blind
A Memoir at the End of Sight
Memoir
Disability
Biography Memoir
Alibaba's World
How a Remarkable Chinese Company is Changing the Face of Global Business
Business
China
Biography
Stones Into Schools
Promoting Peace With Books, Not Bombs, in Afghanistan and Pakistan
Education
Memoir
Biography
Tracks
A Woman's Solo Trek Across 1700 Miles of Australian Outback
Travel
Memoir
Adventure
Ghost Rider
Travels on the Healing Road
Travel
Biography
Music
Novelist as a Vocation
Writing
Japan
Memoir
Coach K
The Rise and Reign of Mike Krzyzewski
Sports
Basketball
Biography
Red Paint
The Ancestral Autobiography of a Coast Salish Punk
Memoir
Indigenous
Biography
The Long Walk
The True Story of a Trek to Freedom
History
Adventure
Biography
Factory Man
How One Furniture Maker Battled Offshoring, Stayed Local - and Helped Save an American Town
Business
History
Biography
Black Box
Japan
Memoir
Feminism
The Way of the Champion
Pain, Persistence, and the Path Forward
Sports
Biography
Self Help
