Biography
Real lives unfold on these pages as visionaries, leaders, and everyday heroes share their transformative journeys through success, struggle, and profound change. These intimate portraits and personal stories illuminate the human spirit while offering wisdom, inspiration, and powerful lessons drawn from lived experience.
Biography Book Summaries
Outcasts United
A Refugee Team, an American Town
Sports
Soccer
Book Club
Going Infinite
The Rise and Fall of a New Tycoon
Business
Biography
Finance
12 Notes
On Life and Creativity
Music
Biography
Self Help
Miracle in the Andes
Survival
Memoir
Adventure
Tremendous
Biography
Comedy
Memoir
Disney War
Business
History
Biography
The Fighter's Mind
Inside the Mental Game
Martial Arts
Sports
Psychology
Stranger in the Shogun's City
A Japanese Woman and Her World
History
Japan
Biography
Born Standing Up
A Comic's Life
Biography
Memoir
Humor
The Lost City of Z
A Tale of Deadly Obsession in the Amazon
History
Adventure
Travel
Walt Disney
The Triumph of the American Imagination
Biography
History
Business
What the Animals Taught Me
Stories of Love and Healing from a Farm Animal Sanctuary
Animals
Memoir
Biography
How Life Imitates Chess
Making the Right Moves, from the Board to the Boardroom
Chess
Business
Biography
Private Equity
A Memoir
Memoir
Business
Biography
Rosa Parks
My Story
Biography
History
Memoir
Forgiveness
Memoir
Canada
Book Club
What the Dead Know
Learning About Life as a New York City Death Investigator
True Crime
Memoir
Crime
Bihar Diaries
Crime
India
Biography
The Truths We Hold
An American Journey
Politics
Memoir
Biography
Everything I Learned, I Learned in a Chinese Restaurant
Memoir
LGBT
Queer
A Smile as Big as the Moon
A Special Education Teacher, His Class, and Their Inspiring Journey Through U.S. Space Camp
Education
Disability
Memoir
Shakespeare
The Invention of the Human
Literary Criticism
Criticism
Literature
John Adams
History
Biography
American History
Basketball Junkie
Memoir
Sports
Basketball
A Night to Remember
History
Classics
Historical
Confessions
Philosophy
Classics
Religion
What in the World?!
A Southern Woman's Guide to Laughing at Life's Unexpected Curveballs and Beautiful Blessings
Memoir
Humor
Biography
The Room Where It Happened
A White House Memoir
Politics
History
Memoir
My Life
Biography
Politics
History
The Lombardi Rules
Twenty-Six Lessons from Vince Lombardi--The World's Greatest Coach
Leadership
Sports
Business
Meet the Frugalwoods
Achieving Financial Independence Through Simple Living
Finance
Memoir
Personal Finance
The Fish That Ate the Whale
The Life and Times of America's Banana King
Biography
History
Business
War as I Knew It
History
Biography
Military Fiction
Quiet Strength
The Principles, Practices & Priorities of a Winning Life
Christian
Leadership
Biography
Unfinished
Memoir
Biography
Autobiography
365 Thank Yous
The Year a Simple Act of Daily Gratitude Changed My Life
Memoir
Self Help
Book Club
Churchill
Walking with Destiny
Biography
History
Politics
Marching Powder
Travel
Biography
Crime
This Is Not a T-Shirt
A Brand, a Culture, a Community--a Life in Streetwear
Business
Fashion
Memoir
Great Thinkers
Simple Tools from 60 Great Thinkers to Improve Your Life Today
Philosophy
Self Help
Psychology
The Bogle Effect
How John Bogle and Vanguard Turned Wall Street Inside Out and Saved Investors Trillions
Finance
Business
Personal Finance
The Great Debate
Edmund Burke, Thomas Paine, and the Birth of Right and Left
History
Politics
Philosophy
Call Sign Chaos
Learning to Lead
Leadership
Military Fiction
Biography
A Cup of Water Under My Bed
A Memoir
Memoir
LGBT
Feminism
Expecting Adam
A True Story of Birth, Rebirth, and Everyday Magic
Memoir
Book Club
Parenting
The Wise Men
Six Friends and the World They Made
History
Biography
Politics
Brick by Brick
How LEGO Rewrote the Rules of Innovation and Conquered the Global Toy Industry
Business
History
Biography
How to Be Alone
If You Want To, and Even If You Don't
Memoir
Self Help
Essays
How to Giggle
A Guide to Taking Life Less Seriously
Humor
Self Help
Memoir
How to Think Like Socrates
Ancient Philosophy as a Way of Life in the Modern World
Philosophy
Psychology
History
