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
Boys in the Trees
Memoir
Biography
Music
All the Beauty in the World
The Metropolitan Museum of Art and Me
Memoir
Art
Book Club
The Chronology of Water
Memoir
Queer
Feminism
Gang Leader for a Day
A Rogue Sociologist Takes to the Streets
Sociology
Memoir
Economics
Humans of New York
Stories
Photography
Art
Biography
The Unpublished David Ogilvy
Business
Biography
Writing
How Proust Can Change Your Life
Philosophy
Self Help
Biography
Making It So
Biography
Memoir
Autobiography
My Stroke of Insight
A Brain Scientist's Personal Journey
Science
Memoir
Psychology
The Innovation Secrets of Steve Jobs
Business
Biography
Management
A Primate's Memoir
A Neuroscientist's Unconventional Life Among the Baboons
Science
Memoir
Animals
Beautiful Boy
A Father's Journey Through His Son's Addiction
Memoir
Biography
Book Club
Richard Dawkins
How a Scientist Changed the Way We Think
Science
Biography
Biology
Timothy Keller
His Spiritual and Intellectual Formation
Biography
Christian
Theology
The Road to Character
Philosophy
Psychology
Self Help
Warriors Don't Cry
A Searing Memoir of the Battle to Integrate Little Rock's Central High
History
Memoir
School
The Last Lecture
Memoir
Biography
Self Help
Living with a SEAL
31 Days Training with the Toughest Man on the Planet
Self Help
Biography
Health
Coach
Lessons on the Game of Life
Sports
Baseball
Biography
Committed
A Skeptic Makes Peace with Marriage
Memoir
Biography
Relationships
Jony Ive
The Genius Behind Apple's Greatest Products
Biography
Design
Business
Sex Object
A Memoir
Feminism
Memoir
Biography
Half Broke Horses
Memoir
Book Club
Biography
Leadership
In Turbulent Times
History
Leadership
Biography
Inside the House of Money
Top Hedge Fund Traders on Profiting in the Global Markets
Finance
Business
Economics
Friends, Lovers, and the Big Terrible Thing
Memoir
Biography
Autobiography
Troublemakers
Silicon Valley's Coming of Age
History
Technology
Business
50/50
Secrets I Learned Running 50 Marathons in 50 Days -- and How You Too Can Achieve Super Endurance!
Sports
Fitness
Memoir
The Words
The Autobiography of Jean-Paul Sartre
Philosophy
France
Biography
The Fund
Ray Dalio, Bridgewater Associates, and the Unraveling of a Wall Street Legend
Business
Finance
Biography
The World As It Is
Inside the Obama White House
Politics
Memoir
History
No Shortcuts to the Top
Climbing the World's 14 Highest Peaks
Mountaineering
Adventure
Biography
The Autobiography of Martin Luther King, Jr.
Biography
History
Autobiography
The Money Trap
Lost Illusions Inside the Tech Bubble
Business
Finance
Biography
Destiny of the Republic
A Tale of Madness, Medicine and the Murder of a President
History
Biography
American History
The Warren Buffett Way Workbook
Finance
Business
Economics
Tesla
Man Out of Time
Biography
Science
History
The Bond King
How One Man Made a Market, Built an Empire, and Lost it All
Finance
Business
Biography
Buffettology
The Previously Unexplained Techniques That Have Made Warren Buffett the World's Most Famous Investor
Finance
Business
Economics
Papillon
Biography
Classics
Memoir
Letter to My Daughter
Poetry
Memoir
Essays
Istanbul
Memories and the City
Travel
Memoir
Biography
Striking Thoughts
Bruce Lee's Wisdom for Daily Living
Philosophy
Martial Arts
Self Help
Blues Legacies and Black Feminism
Gertrude "Ma" Rainey, Bessie Smith, and Billie Holiday
Music
Feminism
History
What the Animals Taught Me
Stories of Love and Healing from a Farm Animal Sanctuary
Animals
Memoir
Biography
Yes, Chef
Memoir
Food
Biography
My Body
Memoir
Feminism
Essays
Bad Habits
Confessions of a Recovering Catholic
Humor
Memoir
Biography
Walden or, Life in the Woods
Classics
Philosophy
Nature
The Promise of a Pencil
How an Ordinary Person Can Create Extraordinary Change
Business
Biography
Memoir
