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
Fate Is the Hunter
Aviation
History
Biography
Crazy for God
How I Grew Up as One of the Elect, Helped Found the Religious Right, and Lived to Take All (or Almost All) of It Back
Religion
Memoir
Biography
All The Young Men
Memoir
LGBT
History
Bull by the Horns
Fighting to Save Main Street from Wall Street and Wall Street from Itself
Economics
Finance
Business
World Travel
An Irreverent Guide
Travel
Food
Memoir
Pass with Care
Memoir
Essays
LGBT
Personal Memoirs
History
Biography
Civil War
Your Life in My Hands
A Junior Doctor's Story
Medicine
Medical
Memoir
Barbarian Days
A Surfing Life
Memoir
Biography
Travel
Living with the Monks
What Turning Off My Phone Taught Me about Happiness, Gratitude, and Focus
Self Help
Memoir
Personal Development
Somewhere Towards the End
Memoir
Biography
Autobiography
Mover Of Men and Mountains
Biography
Christian
Business
Engineers of Dreams
Great Bridge Builders and the Spanning of America
History
Engineering
Science
The First Conspiracy
The Secret Plot to Kill George Washington
History
American History
Biography
Girls Who Rocked The World
Heroines From Anne Frank to Natalie Portman
Biography
History
Feminism
Becoming Kim Jong Un
A Former CIA Officer's Insights into North Korea's Enigmatic Young Dictator
History
Biography
Politics
The Man Who Shocked The World
The Life And Legacy Of Stanley Milgram
Psychology
Biography
Science
How to Think Like da Vinci
Biography
Art
Memoir
Smith Wigglesworth
Apostle of Faith
Christian
Biography
Faith
Having Nothing, Possessing Everything
Finding Abundant Communities in Unexpected Places
Social Justice
Theology
Christian
What We Carry
A Memoir
Memoir
Biography
Book Club
Yoga Girl
Health
Memoir
Spirituality
Nada se opone a la noche
France
Roman
Memoir
Restaurant Man
Food
Memoir
Biography
The Accidental President of Brazil
A Memoir
History
Brazil
Biography
The Ministry of Truth
The Biography of George Orwell's 1984
History
Biography
Politics
Made in China
A Memoir of Love and Labor
Memoir
China
Biography
No One Round Here Reads Tolstoy
Memoirs of a Working-Class Reader
Memoir
Books About Books
Biography
Patriot Reign
Bill Belichick, the Coaches, and the Players Who Built a Champion
Sports
Football
Biography
Buffett
The Making of an American Capitalist
Biography
Business
Finance
What Makes a Marriage Last
40 Celebrated Couples Share with Us the Secrets to a Happy Life
Relationships
Marriage
Self Help
Jesus, My Father, The CIA, and Me
A Memoir. . . of Sorts
Memoir
Biography
Christian
Prisoners of Hope
The Story of Our Captivity and Freedom in Afghanistan
Biography
Christian
Memoir
The Last Tycoons
The Secret History of Lazard Frères & Co.
Business
Finance
History
A Change of Affection
A Gay Man's Incredible Story of Redemption
Christian
Biography
Memoir
Thinking In Numbers
On Life, Love, Meaning, and Math
Science
Mathematics
Essays
Life Beyond Measure
Letters to My Great-Granddaughter
Biography
Memoir
Autobiography
Two Sides of the Moon
Our Story of the Cold War Space Race
Space
History
Biography
Devil's Bargain
Steve Bannon, Donald Trump, and the Storming of the Presidency
Politics
History
Biography
An Ugly Truth
Inside Facebook's Battle for Domination
Business
Technology
Politics
Henry V
The Astonishing Triumph of England's Greatest Warrior King
History
Biography
Medieval
How We Fight For Our Lives
Memoir
LGBT
Queer
Getting Acquired
How I Built and Sold My SaaS Startup
Business
Entrepreneurship
Leadership
Waking Up in Paris
Overcoming Darkness in the City of Light
Memoir
France
Travel
Gray Matters
A Biography of Brain Surgery
Science
Medicine
Medical
The Real Mad Men
The Remarkable True Story of Madison Avenue's Golden Age
History
Business
Biography
Flying Scotsman
Cycling to Triumph Through My Darkest Hours
Cycling
Biography
Autobiography
Herbie Hancock
Possibilities
Music
Biography
Jazz
A Life of Crime
The Memoirs of a High Court Judge
Law
Biography
True Crime
Sick Souls, Healthy Minds
How William James Can Save Your Life
Philosophy
Psychology
Self Help
