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
Gridiron Genius
A Master Class in Winning Championships and Building Dynasties in the NFL
Sports
Football
Leadership
How to Be a Woman
Feminism
Memoir
Humor
A History of the World in 21 Women
A Personal Selection
History
Feminism
Biography
Bad Boy
A Memoir
Memoir
Biography
African American
Reminiscences of a Stock Operator
Finance
Business
Economics
The Wise Men
Six Friends and the World They Made
History
Biography
Politics
The Life and Loves of a He Devil
Biography
Memoir
Autobiography
Becoming Nicole
The Transformation of an American Family
LGBT
Biography
Memoir
Dreams from My Father
A Story of Race and Inheritance
Biography
Memoir
Politics
Becoming
Memoir
Biography
Autobiography
Girl Walks Out of a Bar
A Memoir
Memoir
Biography
Mental Health
The Unpublished David Ogilvy
Business
Biography
Writing
My Invented Country
A Nostalgic Journey Through Chile
Memoir
Biography
Travel
English Lessons
The Crooked Path of Growing Toward Faith
Memoir
Christian
Faith
In Order to Live
A North Korean Girl's Journey to Freedom
Memoir
Biography
Autobiography
Ghost Rider
Travels on the Healing Road
Travel
Music
Biography
Handbook for an Unpredictable Life
How I Survived Sister Renata and My Crazy Mother, and Still Came Out Smiling
Memoir
Biography
Autobiography
Didn't See That Coming
Putting Life Back Together When Your World Falls Apart
Self Help
Personal Development
Memoir
Invent and Wander
The Collected Writings of Jeff Bezos
Business
Biography
Leadership
Walt Whitman
A Life
Biography
Poetry
History
Out with It
How Stuttering Helped Me Find My Voice
Memoir
Biography
Biography Memoir
Poster Child
A Memoir
Memoir
Disability
Biography Memoir
Confessions of a Wall Street Analyst
Finance
Business
Economics
The Bridge
The Life and Rise of Barack Obama
Biography
Politics
History
Look Me in the Eye
Memoir
Autistic Spectrum Disorder
Biography
The Crisis of the Old Order 1919-33
History
Biography
American History
The Philosopher and the Wolf
Philosophy
Animals
Memoir
Liar's Poker
Business
Finance
Economics
The Sound of Music Story
How A Beguiling Young Novice, A Handsome Austrian Captain, and Ten Singing von Trapp Children Inspired the Most Beloved Film of All Time
History
Music
Biography
A Fierce Love
One Woman’s Courageous Journey to Save Her Marriage
Christian
Marriage
Biography
The Man Who Solved the Market
How Jim Simons Launched the Quant Revolution
Finance
Business
Biography
Unapologetically Ambitious
Take Risks, Break Barriers, and Create Success on Your Own Terms
Business
Self Help
Leadership
Kushner, Inc.
Greed. Ambition. Corruption. The Extraordinary Story of Jared Kushner and Ivanka Trump
Politics
Biography
History
The Last Greatest Magician in the World
Howard Thurston versus Houdini & the Battles of the American Wizards
History
Magic
Biography
Gang Leader for a Day
A Rogue Sociologist Takes to the Streets
Sociology
Memoir
Economics
When I Stop Talking, You'll Know I'm Dead
Useful Stories from a Persuasive Man
Biography
Business
Memoir
T is for Transformation
Personal Development
Self Help
Biography
Tramp for the Lord
Christian
Biography
History
Born a Crime
Stories From a South African Childhood
Memoir
Biography
Humor
Trump Never Give Up
How I Turned My Biggest Challenges into Success
Business
Biography
Self Help
First They Killed My Father
A Daughter of Cambodia Remembers
History
Memoir
Biography
A Beautiful Work In Progress
Memoir
Sports
Biography
In My Own Way
An Autobiography
Philosophy
Biography
Spirituality
Role Models
Memoir
Essays
Humor
Hillbilly Elegy
A Memoir of a Family and Culture in Crisis
Memoir
Biography
Politics
El pez en el agua
Memoir
Biography
Nobel Prize
You Can't Be Neutral on a Moving Train
A Personal History of Our Times
History
Politics
Memoir
When Women Were Birds
Fifty-four Variations on Voice
Memoir
Feminism
Essays
The Republic of Tea
The Story of the Creation of a Business, as Told Through the Personal Letters of Its Founders
Business
Entrepreneurship
Biography
Better to Live
Psychology
Biography
Memoir