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Biography Book Summaries

Orphan Bachelors Summary
Orphan Bachelors
by Fae Myenne Ng 2023 256 pages
3.89
206 ratings
Memoir
Biography Memoir
Biography
Battle Hymn of the Tiger Mother Summary
Battle Hymn of the Tiger Mother
by Amy Chua 2011 237 pages
3.66
53.5K ratings
Parenting
Memoir
Book Club
Abroad in Japan Summary
Abroad in Japan
Ten Years In The Land Of The Rising Sun
by Chris Broad 2023 320 pages
4.14
17.6K ratings
Travel
Japan
Memoir
Angela Merkel Summary
Angela Merkel
Europe's Most Influential Leader
by Matt Qvortrup 2016 376 pages
3.77
369 ratings
Biography
Politics
History
Reham Khan Summary
Reham Khan
by Reham Khan 2018 562 pages
2.57
451 ratings
Biography
Pakistan
Autobiography
Zig Summary
Zig
The Autiobiography of Zig Ziglar
by Zig Ziglar 2002 256 pages
4.09
205 ratings
Biography
Business
Autobiography
Make Something Wonderful Summary
Make Something Wonderful
by Steve Jobs 2023 194 pages
4.49
1.5K ratings
Biography
Business
Design
The Way of The Iceman Summary
The Way of The Iceman
How The Wim Hof Method Creates Radiant, Longterm Health―Using The Science and Secrets of Breath Control, Cold-Training and Commitment
by Wim Hof 2015 168 pages
3.71
2.7K ratings
Health
Self Help
Personal Development
Kabul Beauty School Summary
Kabul Beauty School
An American Woman Goes Behind the Veil
by Deborah Rodriguez 2007 275 pages
3.67
25.6K ratings
Memoir
Book Club
Biography
The Right Kind of Crazy Summary
The Right Kind of Crazy
A True Story of Teamwork, Leadership, and High-Stakes Innovation
by Adam Steltzner 2015 256 pages
3.81
745 ratings
Science
Space
Business
The Gold Standard Summary
The Gold Standard
Rules to Rule By
by Ari Gold 2015 224 pages
4.02
938 ratings
Business
Comedy
Humor
Paris Summary
Paris
The Memoir
by Paris Hilton 2023 336 pages
4.21
81.2K ratings
Memoir
Biography
Autobiography
Nothing But The Truth Summary
Nothing But The Truth
The Memoir of an Unlikely Lawyer
by The Secret Barrister 2022 320 pages
4.08
3.1K ratings
Law
Crime
Biography
Jew[ish] Summary
Jew[ish]
by Matt Greene 2020 199 pages
3.54
2.1K ratings
Memoir
Religion
Biography
The Father of Spin Summary
The Father of Spin
Edward L. Bernays and The Birth of Public Relations
by Larry Tye 1998 304 pages
3.91
381 ratings
Biography
Psychology
History
50 Business Classics Summary
50 Business Classics
Your shortcut to the most important ideas on innovation, management and strategy
by Tom Butler-Bowdon 2018 400 pages
4.14
175 ratings
Business
Management
Finance
Spy Catcher Summary
Spy Catcher
The Candid Autobiography of a Senior Intelligence Officer
by Peter Wright 1987 496 pages
3.74
3.4K ratings
History
Espionage
Biography
The Dirt Summary
The Dirt
Confessions of the World's Most Notorious Rock Band
by Tommy Lee 2001 431 pages
4.14
47.6K ratings
Music
Biography
Memoir
A Journey Summary
A Journey
My Political Life
by Tony Blair 2010 720 pages
3.56
4.6K ratings
Politics
Biography
History
Iacocca Summary
Iacocca
An Autobiography
by Lee Iacocca 1984 366 pages
3.99
10.6K ratings
Biography
Business
Autobiography
Nelson Mandela Summary
Nelson Mandela
A Biography
by Martin Meredith 1997 596 pages
4.16
336 ratings
Biography
Africa
History
Not Quite What I Was Planning Summary
Not Quite What I Was Planning
Six-Word Memoirs by Writers Famous and Obscure
by Larry Smith 2008 225 pages
3.89
3.4K ratings
Memoir
Biography
Poetry
The Boy Who Could Change the World Summary
The Boy Who Could Change the World
The Writings of Aaron Swartz
by Aaron Swartz 2015 359 pages
4.19
467 ratings
Biography
Politics
Essays
The Stories We Tell Summary
The Stories We Tell
Every Piece of Your Story Matters
by Joanna Gaines 2022 247 pages
3.48
11.6K ratings
Memoir
Biography
Self Help
The First Family Detail Summary
The First Family Detail
Secret Service Agents Reveal the Hidden Lives of the Presidents
by Ronald Kessler 2014 272 pages
3.36
3.6K ratings
History
Politics
Presidents
I Can See Clearly Now Summary
I Can See Clearly Now
by Wayne W. Dyer 2014 371 pages
4.28
3.3K ratings
Self Help
Spirituality
Memoir
Capital Gaines Summary
Capital Gaines
Smart Things I Learned Doing Stupid Stuff
by Chip Gaines 2017 224 pages
3.99
18.1K ratings
Biography
Memoir
Business
Didn't See That Coming Summary
Didn't See That Coming
Putting Life Back Together When Your World Falls Apart
by Rachel Hollis 2020 227 pages
3.63
16.8K ratings
Self Help
Personal Development
Memoir
Windswept & Interesting Summary
Windswept & Interesting
My Autobiography
by Billy Connolly 2021 356 pages
4.41
10.2K ratings
Biography
Autobiography
Humor
Quiet Leadership Summary
Quiet Leadership
Winning Hearts, Minds and Matches
by Carlo Ancelotti 2016 312 pages
4.05
3.4K ratings
Football
Biography
Sports
Lights Out Summary
Lights Out
Pride, Delusion, and the Fall of General Electric
by Thomas Gryta 2020 368 pages
3.92
4.7K ratings
Business
History
Economics
The Equation That Couldn't Be Solved Summary
The Equation That Couldn't Be Solved
How Mathematical Genius Discovered the Language of Symmetry
by Mario Livio 2005 368 pages
3.89
1.5K ratings
Mathematics
Science
History
Friday Night Lights Summary
Friday Night Lights
by H.G. Bissinger 1988 416 pages
4.15
64.3K ratings
Sports
Football
History
A Little Bit Broken Summary
A Little Bit Broken
A Memoir
by Roz Weston 2022 333 pages
4.25
1.2K ratings
Memoir
Biography
Canada
Boundless Summary
Boundless
The Rise, Fall, and Escape of Carlos Ghosn
by Nick Kostov 2022 320 pages
4.40
811 ratings
Business
Biography
History
We Are the Change We Seek Summary
We Are the Change We Seek
The Speeches of Barack Obama
by Joy-Ann Reid 2017 368 pages
4.34
550 ratings
Politics
History
Biography
It's Been a Good Life Summary
It's Been a Good Life
by Isaac Asimov 2002 310 pages
4.17
466 ratings
Biography
Memoir
Autobiography
How to Write an Autobiographical Novel Summary
How to Write an Autobiographical Novel
by Alexander Chee 2018 277 pages
4.38
12.1K ratings
Essays
Memoir
Writing
You're Never Weird on the Internet Summary
You're Never Weird on the Internet
by Felicia Day 2015 272 pages
4.07
49.7K ratings
Memoir
Biography
Humor
Winning! Summary
Winning!
by Clive Woodward 2004
4.14
482 ratings
Biography
Sports
Leadership
Outwitting History Summary
Outwitting History
The Amazing Adventures of a Man Who Rescued a Million Yiddish Books
by Aaron Lansky 2004 328 pages
4.25
2.2K ratings
History
Jewish
Memoir
Scandals of Classic Hollywood Summary
Scandals of Classic Hollywood
Sex, Deviance, and Drama from the Golden Age of American Cinema
by Anne Helen Petersen 2014 289 pages
3.48
2.5K ratings
History
Film
Biography
Never Leave the Dogs Behind Summary
Never Leave the Dogs Behind
A Memoir
by Brianna Madia 2024 208 pages
4.16
4.9K ratings
Memoir
Dogs
Animals
Start Where You Are Summary
Start Where You Are
Life Lessons in Getting from Where You Are to Where You Want to Be
by Chris Gardner 2008 320 pages
3.98
821 ratings
Self Help
Personal Development
Business
Indomitable Summary
Indomitable
A Working Woman's Notes on Work, Life and Leadership
by Arundhati Bhattacharya 2022 394 pages
4.18
161 ratings
India
Biography
Memoirs Summary
Memoirs
by Pablo Neruda 1974 378 pages
4.16
4.6K ratings
Memoir
Biography
Poetry
The Addiction Manifesto Summary
The Addiction Manifesto
by Jerry Weaver 2018 178 pages
4.76
1.2K ratings
Self Help
Psychology
Memoir
The Afrikaners Summary
The Afrikaners
Biography of a People
by Hermann Giliomee 2003 720 pages
4.17
130 ratings
History
Africa
South Africa
How Starbucks Saved My Life Summary
How Starbucks Saved My Life
A Son of Privilege Learns to Live Like Everyone Else
by Michael Gates Gill 2007 272 pages
3.48
11.3K ratings
Memoir
Biography
Business
Where Tomorrows Aren't Promised Summary
Where Tomorrows Aren't Promised
A Memoir of Survival and Hope
by Carmelo Anthony 2021 208 pages
4.07
1.7K ratings
Sports
Memoir
Basketball
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