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
Steve Jobs
Biography
Business
Technology
Into the Magic Shop
A Neurosurgeon's Quest to Discover the Mysteries of the Brain and the Secrets of the Heart
Psychology
Science
Memoir
The Killing Zone
My Life in the Vietnam War
History
War
Military Fiction
The Reason You Walk
Indigenous
Memoir
Canada
Shoe Dog
A Memoir by the Creator of Nike
Business
Biography
Memoir
Above the Line
Lessons in Leadership and Life from a Championship Season
Leadership
Sports
Biography
Porcelain
A Memoir
Music
Biography
Memoir
My Life
An Illustrated Biography: An Illustrated Autobiography
Biography
Autobiography
India
England's Mistress
The Infamous Life of Emma Hamilton
Biography
History
British Literature
John D. Rockefeller on Making Money
Advice and Words of Wisdom on Building and Sharing Wealth
Business
Biography
Finance
Writing My Wrongs
Memoir
Biography
Autobiography
Midnights with the Mystic
A Little Guide to Freedom and Bliss
Spirituality
Philosophy
Religion
How to Think Like Bill Gates
Biography
Business
Saints Who Battled Satan
Seventeen Holy Warriors Who Can Teach You How to Fight the Good Fight and Vanquish Your Ancient Enemy
Catholic
Religion
Christian
Miraculous Movements
Christian
Islam
Christianity
The Road Beneath My Feet
Music
Biography
Memoir
No Shortcuts to the Top
Climbing the World's 14 Highest Peaks
Mountaineering
Adventure
Biography
Albert Camus
Elements of a Life
Philosophy
Biography
Biography Memoir
Sinatra's Century
One Hundred Notes on the Man and His World
Music
Biography
The Power of Broke
How Empty Pockets, a Tight Budget, and a Hunger for Success Can Become Your Greatest Competitive Advantage
Business
Self Help
Entrepreneurship
What Happened
Politics
Memoir
Biography
Hunger
A Memoir of (My) Body
Memoir
Feminism
Biography
Hit Refresh
The Quest to Rediscover Microsoft's Soul and Imagine a Better Future for Everyone
Business
Biography
Technology
The Cross and the Switchblade
Christian
Biography
Religion
Spies in the Family
An American Spymaster, His Russian Crown Jewel, and the Friendship That Helped End the Cold War
History
Memoir
Espionage
Endurance
A Year in Space, A Lifetime of Discovery
Science
Biography
Space
We're Going to Need More Wine
Memoir
Biography
Essays
Smoke Gets in Your Eyes & Other Lessons from the Crematory
Memoir
Death
Science
Recovery
Freedom from Our Addictions
Self Help
Psychology
Memoir
The Center Cannot Hold
My Journey Through Madness
Psychology
Memoir
Mental Health
To Pixar and Beyond
My Unlikely Journey with Steve Jobs to Make Entertainment History
Business
Biography
Memoir
Dressed Up for a Riot
Misadventures in Putin's Moscow
Russia
Memoir
Politics
Draft No. 4
On the Writing Process
Writing
Essays
Memoir
The Choice
Embrace the Possible
Memoir
Psychology
Biography
Promise Me, Dad
A Year of Hope, Hardship, and Purpose
Memoir
Politics
Biography
Meet the Frugalwoods
Achieving Financial Independence Through Simple Living
Finance
Memoir
Personal Finance
Conspiracy
Peter Thiel, Hulk Hogan, Gawker, and the Anatomy of Intrigue
Business
History
Politics
The Year of Less
How I Stopped Shopping, Gave Away My Belongings, and Discovered Life Is Worth More Than Anything You Can Buy in a Store
Self Help
Memoir
Personal Development
The Magnolia Story
Memoir
Biography
Autobiography
The Electric Woman
A Memoir in Death-Defying Acts
Memoir
Biography
Biography Memoir
Never Stop Walking
A Memoir of Finding Home Across the World
Memoir
Biography
Adoption
Waking Up in Paris
Overcoming Darkness in the City of Light
Memoir
France
Travel
The Secret Piano
From Mao's Labor Camps to Bach's Goldberg Variations
Memoir
China
History
Buffettology
The Previously Unexplained Techniques That Have Made Warren Buffett the World's Most Famous Investor
Finance
Business
Economics
A Mother's Reckoning
Living in the Aftermath of Tragedy
Memoir
True Crime
Biography
The Mind of Wall Street
Finance
Business
Biography
The Third Door
The Wild Quest to Uncover How the World's Most Successful People Launched Their Careers
Business
Self Help
Personal Development
The Education of Cyrus
History
Philosophy
Biography
The World As It Is
Inside the Obama White House
Politics
Memoir
History
Room to Dream
Biography
Film
Memoir