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Steve Jobs (Hardcover)
by (shelved 568 times as bio)
avg rating 4.15 — 1,338,703 ratings — published 2011
The Diary of a Young Girl (Mass Market Paperback)
by (shelved 404 times as bio)
avg rating 4.20 — 4,103,200 ratings — published 1947
Becoming (Hardcover)
by (shelved 323 times as bio)
avg rating 4.44 — 1,169,676 ratings — published 2018
Elon Musk: Tesla, SpaceX, and the Quest for a Fantastic Future (Hardcover)
by (shelved 296 times as bio)
avg rating 4.13 — 437,727 ratings — published 2015
Born a Crime: Stories From a South African Childhood (Hardcover)
by (shelved 265 times as bio)
avg rating 4.49 — 785,426 ratings — published 2016
Bossypants (ebook)
by (shelved 260 times as bio)
avg rating 3.96 — 1,045,202 ratings — published 2011
Einstein: His Life and Universe (Hardcover)
by (shelved 230 times as bio)
avg rating 4.17 — 198,890 ratings — published 2007
Educated (Hardcover)
by (shelved 216 times as bio)
avg rating 4.47 — 1,794,935 ratings — published 2018
Leonardo da Vinci (Hardcover)
by (shelved 201 times as bio)
avg rating 4.18 — 124,163 ratings — published 2017
I’m Glad My Mom Died (Hardcover)
by (shelved 200 times as bio)
avg rating 4.44 — 1,379,425 ratings — published 2022
The Autobiography of Malcolm X (Mass Market Paperback)
by (shelved 200 times as bio)
avg rating 4.37 — 286,811 ratings — published 1965
Shoe Dog: A Memoir by the Creator of Nike (Hardcover)
by (shelved 185 times as bio)
avg rating 4.46 — 355,500 ratings — published 2016
Yes Please (Hardcover)
by (shelved 184 times as bio)
avg rating 3.85 — 550,461 ratings — published 2014
I Am Malala: The Story of the Girl Who Stood Up for Education and Was Shot by the Taliban (Hardcover)
by (shelved 178 times as bio)
avg rating 4.16 — 614,740 ratings — published 2012
"Surely You're Joking, Mr. Feynman!": Adventures of a Curious Character (Paperback)
by (shelved 166 times as bio)
avg rating 4.27 — 214,556 ratings — published 1985
The Glass Castle (Paperback)
by (shelved 161 times as bio)
avg rating 4.32 — 1,335,228 ratings — published 2005
I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings (Maya Angelou's Autobiography, #1)
by (shelved 152 times as bio)
avg rating 4.30 — 572,314 ratings — published 1969
When Breath Becomes Air (Kindle Edition)
by (shelved 146 times as bio)
avg rating 4.41 — 776,509 ratings — published 2016
Is Everyone Hanging Out Without Me? (And Other Concerns)
by (shelved 145 times as bio)
avg rating 3.86 — 510,827 ratings — published 2011
John Adams (Paperback)
by (shelved 145 times as bio)
avg rating 4.08 — 374,457 ratings — published 2001
Benjamin Franklin: An American Life (Paperback)
by (shelved 145 times as bio)
avg rating 4.05 — 148,229 ratings — published 2003
A Promised Land (Kindle Edition)
by (shelved 141 times as bio)
avg rating 4.32 — 266,571 ratings — published 2020
Kitchen Confidential: Adventures in the Culinary Underbelly (Paperback)
by (shelved 140 times as bio)
avg rating 4.18 — 364,745 ratings — published 2000
The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks (Hardcover)
by (shelved 136 times as bio)
avg rating 4.13 — 791,758 ratings — published 2010
Just Kids (Hardcover)
by (shelved 136 times as bio)
avg rating 4.21 — 338,997 ratings — published 2010
Night (Paperback)
by (shelved 136 times as bio)
avg rating 4.38 — 1,341,372 ratings — published 1956
Unbroken: A World War II Story of Survival, Resilience and Redemption (Hardcover)
by (shelved 135 times as bio)
avg rating 4.39 — 993,353 ratings — published 2010
Alexander Hamilton (Paperback)
by (shelved 131 times as bio)
avg rating 4.22 — 196,290 ratings — published 2004
Greenlights (Hardcover)
by (shelved 124 times as bio)
avg rating 4.20 — 434,101 ratings — published 2020
Wild: From Lost to Found on the Pacific Crest Trail (Hardcover)
by (shelved 121 times as bio)
avg rating 4.07 — 855,048 ratings — published 2012
Into the Wild (Kindle Edition)
by (shelved 121 times as bio)
avg rating 4.02 — 1,172,802 ratings — published 1996
Titan: The Life of John D. Rockefeller, Sr. (Paperback)
by (shelved 114 times as bio)
avg rating 4.15 — 36,177 ratings — published 1998
Man's Search for Meaning (Paperback)
by (shelved 111 times as bio)
avg rating 4.37 — 843,262 ratings — published 1946
The Woman in Me (Hardcover)
by (shelved 109 times as bio)
avg rating 3.83 — 555,149 ratings — published 2023
The Autobiography of Benjamin Franklin (Paperback)
by (shelved 104 times as bio)
avg rating 3.85 — 90,469 ratings — published 1791
Born Standing Up: A Comic's Life (Hardcover)
by (shelved 103 times as bio)
avg rating 3.88 — 106,052 ratings — published 2007
The Rise of Theodore Roosevelt (Theodore Roosevelt, #1)
by (shelved 100 times as bio)
avg rating 4.22 — 59,654 ratings — published 1979
Long Walk to Freedom (Paperback)
by (shelved 98 times as bio)
avg rating 4.36 — 92,868 ratings — published 1994
Friends, Lovers, and the Big Terrible Thing (Hardcover)
by (shelved 96 times as bio)
avg rating 3.94 — 377,466 ratings — published 2022
Eat, Pray, Love (Paperback)
by (shelved 96 times as bio)
avg rating 3.64 — 1,826,115 ratings — published 2006
Angela’s Ashes (Frank McCourt, #1)
by (shelved 96 times as bio)
avg rating 4.15 — 652,979 ratings — published 1996
American Prometheus: The Triumph and Tragedy of J. Robert Oppenheimer (Paperback)
by (shelved 95 times as bio)
avg rating 4.31 — 56,334 ratings — published 2005
Elon Musk (Hardcover)
by (shelved 94 times as bio)
avg rating 4.33 — 71,832 ratings — published 2023
Crying in H Mart (Hardcover)
by (shelved 94 times as bio)
avg rating 4.24 — 566,631 ratings — published 2021
Hillbilly Elegy: A Memoir of a Family and Culture in Crisis (Hardcover)
by (shelved 91 times as bio)
avg rating 3.84 — 493,004 ratings — published 2016
The Princess Diarist (Hardcover)
by (shelved 90 times as bio)
avg rating 3.70 — 88,537 ratings — published 2016
Wishful Drinking (Hardcover)
by (shelved 88 times as bio)
avg rating 3.82 — 91,838 ratings — published 2008
The Storyteller: Tales of Life and Music (Hardcover)
by (shelved 87 times as bio)
avg rating 4.44 — 163,999 ratings — published 2021
“Billy’s love for the man who betrayed his trust remained strong. As with many other traumas he had experienced in leading, he did not let natural reactions of self-pity or anger control his responses.”
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“I’ve always had a vivid imagination in terms of storytelling, but thankfully I learned early on that imagination can be stifled or enhanced by one’s writing ability—what I call word work. My goal from then on was to make sure my writing skills were up to speed with my imagination.”
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