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
Yes, Chef
Memoir
Food
Biography
Bibi
My Story
Biography
History
Politics
Netflixed
The Epic Battle for America's Eyeballs
Business
Technology
History
Richard Dawkins
How a Scientist Changed the Way We Think
Science
Biography
Biology
On Sparta
History
Classics
Ancient History
Rebel Without a Crew, or How a 23-Year-Old Filmmaker with $7,000 Became a Hollywood Player
Film
Biography
Media Tie In
Leadership
In Turbulent Times
History
Leadership
Biography
Until We Are Free
My Fight for Human Rights in Iran
Iran
Memoir
Politics
Sacred Hoops
SPIRITUAL LESSONS OF A HARDWOOD WARRIOR
Sports
Basketball
Biography
What Happened
Politics
Memoir
Biography
Never Caught, the Story of Ona Judge
George and Martha Washington's Courageous Slave Who Dared to Run Away; Young Readers Edition
Biography
History
Middle Grade
Sorry I'm Late, I Didn't Want to Come
An Introvert's Year of Living Dangerously
Memoir
Self Help
Humor
At the Existentialist Café
Philosophy
History
Biography
How Proust Can Change Your Life
Philosophy
Self Help
Biography
A Class With Drucker
The Lost Lessons of the World's Greatest Management Teacher
Business
Management
Leadership
The Promise of a Pencil
How an Ordinary Person Can Create Extraordinary Change
Business
Biography
Memoir
The Art of Power
My Story as America's First Woman Speaker of the House
Politics
Memoir
Biography
The Bond King
How One Man Made a Market, Built an Empire, and Lost it All
Finance
Business
Biography
American Sketches
Great Leaders, Creative Thinkers, and Heroes of a Hurricane
Biography
History
Politics
Power Play
Tesla, Elon Musk, and the Bet of the Century
Business
Biography
Technology
American Like Me
Reflections on Life Between Cultures
Essays
Memoir
Short Stories
My Stroke of Insight
A Brain Scientist's Personal Journey
Science
Memoir
Psychology
Born Standing Up
A Comic's Life
Biography
Memoir
Humor
No Shortcuts to the Top
Climbing the World's 14 Highest Peaks
Mountaineering
Adventure
Biography
Shoe Dog
A Memoir by the Creator of Nike
Business
Biography
Memoir
The Greater Journey
Americans in Paris
History
France
Biography
Committed
A Skeptic Makes Peace with Marriage
Memoir
Biography
Relationships
Jag är Zlatan
Zlatans egen berättelse
Biography
Sports
Football
The Money Trap
Lost Illusions Inside the Tech Bubble
Business
Finance
Biography
Consider This
Moments in My Writing Life After Which Everything Was Different
Writing
Memoir
Biography
England's Mistress
The Infamous Life of Emma Hamilton
History
Biography
Historical
Striking Thoughts
Bruce Lee's Wisdom for Daily Living
Philosophy
Martial Arts
Self Help
The Wind in My Hair
My Fight for Freedom in Modern Iran
Memoir
Iran
Feminism
Paul
The Pagans' Apostle
Religion
History
Christianity
How to Be Alone
If You Want To, and Even If You Don't
Memoir
Self Help
Essays
American Sniper
The Autobiography of the Most Lethal Sniper in U.S. Military History
Biography
Military Fiction
History
Godless
How an Evangelical Preacher Became One of America's Leading Atheists
Religion
Atheism
Philosophy
Life and Death in Shanghai
China
History
Memoir
The Bridge
The Life and Rise of Barack Obama
Biography
Politics
History
Destiny of the Republic
A Tale of Madness, Medicine and the Murder of a President
History
Biography
American History
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
The Cross and the Switchblade
Christian
Biography
Religion
The Wise Men
Six Friends and the World They Made
History
Biography
Politics
Inside the House of Money
Top Hedge Fund Traders on Profiting in the Global Markets
Finance
Business
Economics
Outcasts United
A Refugee Team, an American Town
Sports
Soccer
Book Club
Private Equity
A Memoir
Memoir
Business
Biography
A Year of Living Simply
The joys of a life less complicated
Self Help
Nature
Biography
Basketball Junkie
Memoir
Sports
Basketball
Once Upon a Time in Russia
The Rise of the Oligarchs―A True Story of Ambition, Wealth, Betrayal, and Murder
History
Russia
Politics
Unfinished
Memoir
Biography
Autobiography
