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
"Surely You're Joking, Mr. Feynman!"
Adventures of a Curious Character
Science
Biography
Physics
The Snowball
Warren Buffett and the Business of Life
Biography
Business
Finance
Self-Made Man
One Woman's Journey Into Manhood and Back Again
Memoir
Gender
Feminism
The Worlds I See
Curiosity, Exploration, and Discovery at the Dawn of AI
Science
Artificial Intelligence
Memoir
Team of Rivals
The Political Genius of Abraham Lincoln
History
Biography
Politics
What My Bones Know
A Memoir of Healing from Complex Trauma
Memoir
Psychology
Mental Health
Eat, Pray, Love
Memoir
Travel
Book Club
The Mamba Mentality
How I Play
Sports
Biography
Basketball
The Small and the Mighty
Twelve Unsung Americans Who Changed the Course of History, from the Founding to the Civil Rights Movement
History
Book Club
Biography
Reading Lolita in Tehran
A Memoir in Books
Memoir
Book Club
Iran
Never Finished
Self Help
Biography
Personal Development
Reminiscences of a Stock Operator
Finance
Business
Economics
How I Made $2,000,000 In The Stock Market
Finance
Business
Money
Gifted Hands
The Ben Carson Story
Biography
Memoir
Medical
Setting the Table
The Transforming Power of Hospitality in Business
Food
Leadership
Biography
Einstein
His Life and Universe
Biography
Science
History
Invent and Wander
The Collected Writings of Jeff Bezos
Business
Biography
Leadership
Sell It Like Serhant
How to Sell More, Earn More, and Become the Ultimate Sales Machine
Business
Self Help
Entrepreneurship
Man’s Search for Meaning
Psychology
Philosophy
History
The Diary of a Young Girl
Biography
Memoir
Classics
Trillion Dollar Coach
The Leadership Playbook of Silicon Valley's Bill Campbell
Business
Leadership
Management
Night
Classics
History
Memoir
The Many Lives of Mama Love
A Memoir of Lying, Stealing, Writing, and Healing
Memoir
Book Club
Biography
Spare
Memoir
Biography
Autobiography
Delivering Happiness
A Path to Profits, Passion, and Purpose
Business
Leadership
Biography
By Way of Deception
The Making of a Mossad Officer
History
Espionage
Politics
Man's Search for Meaning
A Young Adult Edition
Psychology
Philosophy
Self Help
Born a Crime
Stories From a South African Childhood
Memoir
Biography
Book Club
The Happiest Man on Earth
Biography
Memoir
History
Sun and Steel
Philosophy
Biography
Self Help
The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks
Science
Book Club
History
The Art of Learning
A Journey in the Pursuit of Excellence
Self Help
Psychology
Personal Development
A Man for All Markets
From Las Vegas to Wall Street, How I Beat the Dealer and the Market
Finance
Biography
Business
Gambler
Secrets from a Life at Risk
Sports
Biography
Memoir
Winning Ugly
Mental Warfare in Tennis--Lessons from a Master
Sports
Biography
Psychology
Source Code
My Beginnings
Biography
Memoir
Business
Autobiography of a Yogi
Spirituality
Biography
Philosophy
Only in Naples
Lessons in Food and Famiglia from My Italian Mother-in-Law
Memoir
Italy
Travel
Only the Paranoid Survive
How to Exploit the Crisis Points that Challenge Every Company and Career
Business
Management
Leadership
Memories, Dreams, Reflections
Psychology
Philosophy
Biography
The Wolf of Wall Street
Biography
Business
Memoir
Wild
From Lost to Found on the Pacific Crest Trail
Memoir
Book Club
Travel
The Outsiders
Eight Unconventional CEOs and Their Radically Rational Blueprint for Success
Business
Finance
Leadership
Making Movies
Film
Media Tie In
Art
Down the Drain
Memoir
Biography
Book Club
Appetite for America
How Visionary Businessman Fred Harvey Built a Railroad Hospitality Empire That Civilized the Wild West
History
Biography
American History
Alex Ferguson
My Autobiography
Biography
Sports
Football
The Baburnama
Memoirs of Babur, Prince and Emperor
History
Biography
India
The New New Thing
A Silicon Valley Story
Business
Technology
Biography
Benjamin Franklin
An American Life
Biography
History
American History
