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
A Boy Without Hope
Fostering
Mental Health
Biography
SMiLE
The Story of Brian Wilson's Lost Masterpiece
Music
Biography
Rock N Roll
The Story of my life; with her letters (1887-1901) and a supplementary account of her education, including passages from the reports and letters of her teacher, Anne Mansfield Sullivan
Biography
Memoir
Classics
The Inkblots
Hermann Rorschach, His Iconic Test, and the Power of Seeing
Psychology
History
Biography
Wake Up With Purpose!
What I’ve Learned in My First Hundred Years
Memoir
Biography
Sports
The Year of Living like Jesus
My Journey of Discovering What Jesus Would Really Do
Religion
Memoir
Christian
Prince
Inside the Music and the Masks
Music
Biography
Autobiography
The Sound of the Machine
My Life in Kraftwerk and Beyond
Music
Biography
Autobiography
Barnum
An American Life
Biography
History
Biography Memoir
Billionaire, Nerd, Savior, King
Bill Gates and His Quest to Shape Our World
Biography
Business
Biography Memoir
Not Forgotten
The True Story of My Imprisonment in North Korea
Memoir
Christian
Biography
Packing Light
Thoughts on Living Life with Less Baggage
Memoir
Self Help
Travel
Elizabeth I and Her Circle
History
Tudor Period
Biography
The PayPal Wars
Battles with eBay, the Media, the Mafia, and the Rest of Planet Earth
Business
Entrepreneurship
Technology
Dead Mom Walking
A Memoir of Miracle Cures and Other Disasters
Memoir
Canada
Biography
The Monk as Man
The Unknown Life of Swami Vivekananda
Biography
Spirituality
India
Before My Heart Stops
A Memoir
Lds
Memoir
Book Club
Behind the Cloud
The Untold Story of How Salesforce.com Went from Idea to Billion-Dollar Company-and Revolutionized an Industry
Business
Entrepreneurship
Biography
Bobby Kennedy
The Making of a Liberal Icon
Biography
History
Politics
Always with Honor
The Memoirs of General Wrangel
History
Russia
Biography
Friendship for Grownups
Christian
Friendship
Relationships
Hero
The Life and Legend of Lawrence of Arabia
Biography
History
Biography Memoir
Find the Good
Unexpected Life Lessons from a Small-Town Obituary Writer
Memoir
Self Help
Essays
Class
A Memoir of Motherhood, Hunger, and Higher Education
Memoir
Biography
Biography Memoir
Growing Up Colt
A Father, a Son, a Life in Football
Biography
Sports
Football
Operation Ironman
One Man's Four Month Journey from Hospital Bed to Ironman Triathlon
Biography
Humor
Travel
Hammer of the Gods
Music
Biography
History
The Meaning of Everything
The Story of the Oxford English Dictionary
History
Language
Biography
Dead End Gene Pool
A Memoir
Memoir
Biography
Book Club
Letters from Burma
Politics
History
Asia
No Cure for Being Human
And Other Truths I Need to Hear
Memoir
Self Help
Biography
Dirtbag Billionaire
How Yvon Chouinard Built Patagonia, Made a Fortune, and Gave It All Away
Business
Memoir
Biography Memoir
Morning Sunshine!
How to Radiate Confidence and Feel It Too
Self Help
Autobiography
Biography
Swedenborg
An Introduction to His Life and Ideas
Biography
Religion
Mysticism
Don't Worry, It Gets Worse
One Twentysomething's (Mostly Failed) Attempts at Adulthood
Memoir
Humor
Self Help
Follow Every Rainbow
Business
Entrepreneurship
Self Help
The Long Alliance
The Imperfect Union of Joe Biden and Barack Obama
Politics
History
Biography
The Education of an Accidental CEO
Lessons Learned from the Trailer Park to the Corner Office
Business
Leadership
Biography
Miss May Does Not Exist
The Life and Work of Elaine May, Hollywood’s Hidden Genius
Biography
Film
Biography Memoir
Everybody Died, So I Got a Dog
Memoir
Biography
Grief
A Numerate Life
A Mathematician Explores the Vagaries of Life, His Own and Probably Yours
Mathematics
Science
Biography
One Train Later
A Memoir
Music
Biography
Autobiography
Portrait of a Turkish Family
History
Memoir
Turkish
Without You, There Is No Us
My Time with the Sons of North Korea's Elite
Memoir
History
Politics
American Brutus
John Wilkes Booth and the Lincoln Conspiracies
History
Civil War
Biography
Carry On, Warrior
Thoughts on Life Unarmed
Memoir
Self Help
Book Club
OPEN
Why asking for help can save your life
Mental Health
Self Help
Biography
Silver Screen Fiend
Learning About Life from an Addiction to Film
Memoir
Humor
Film
The Cartiers
The Untold Story of the Family Behind the Jewelry Empire
History
Biography
Fashion
Peace Pilgrim
Her Life and Work in Her Own Words
Biography
Spirituality
Memoir
