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The Diary of a Young Girl (Mass Market Paperback)
by (shelved 371 times as biographical)
avg rating 4.20 — 4,103,200 ratings — published 1947
Educated (Hardcover)
by (shelved 184 times as biographical)
avg rating 4.47 — 1,794,935 ratings — published 2018
Becoming (Hardcover)
by (shelved 170 times as biographical)
avg rating 4.44 — 1,169,676 ratings — published 2018
Born a Crime: Stories From a South African Childhood (Hardcover)
by (shelved 151 times as biographical)
avg rating 4.49 — 785,426 ratings — published 2016
Bossypants (ebook)
by (shelved 149 times as biographical)
avg rating 3.96 — 1,045,202 ratings — published 2011
Night (Paperback)
by (shelved 144 times as biographical)
avg rating 4.38 — 1,341,372 ratings — published 1956
Steve Jobs (Hardcover)
by (shelved 136 times as biographical)
avg rating 4.15 — 1,338,703 ratings — published 2011
Into the Wild (Kindle Edition)
by (shelved 136 times as biographical)
avg rating 4.02 — 1,172,802 ratings — published 1996
I’m Glad My Mom Died (Hardcover)
by (shelved 134 times as biographical)
avg rating 4.44 — 1,379,425 ratings — published 2022
Man's Search for Meaning (Paperback)
by (shelved 132 times as biographical)
avg rating 4.37 — 843,262 ratings — published 1946
I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings (Maya Angelou's Autobiography, #1)
by (shelved 127 times as biographical)
avg rating 4.30 — 572,314 ratings — published 1969
The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks (Hardcover)
by (shelved 123 times as biographical)
avg rating 4.13 — 791,758 ratings — published 2010
The Glass Castle (Paperback)
by (shelved 118 times as biographical)
avg rating 4.32 — 1,335,228 ratings — published 2005
Unbroken: A World War II Story of Survival, Resilience and Redemption (Hardcover)
by (shelved 118 times as biographical)
avg rating 4.39 — 993,353 ratings — published 2010
"Surely You're Joking, Mr. Feynman!": Adventures of a Curious Character (Paperback)
by (shelved 114 times as biographical)
avg rating 4.27 — 214,556 ratings — published 1985
I Am Malala: The Story of the Girl Who Stood Up for Education and Was Shot by the Taliban (Hardcover)
by (shelved 112 times as biographical)
avg rating 4.16 — 614,740 ratings — published 2012
When Breath Becomes Air (Kindle Edition)
by (shelved 109 times as biographical)
avg rating 4.41 — 776,509 ratings — published 2016
Hillbilly Elegy: A Memoir of a Family and Culture in Crisis (Hardcover)
by (shelved 102 times as biographical)
avg rating 3.84 — 493,004 ratings — published 2016
Yes Please (Hardcover)
by (shelved 97 times as biographical)
avg rating 3.85 — 550,461 ratings — published 2014
Wild: From Lost to Found on the Pacific Crest Trail (Hardcover)
by (shelved 95 times as biographical)
avg rating 4.07 — 855,048 ratings — published 2012
The Autobiography of Malcolm X (Mass Market Paperback)
by (shelved 95 times as biographical)
avg rating 4.37 — 286,811 ratings — published 1965
The Hiding Place: The Triumphant True Story of Corrie Ten Boom (Mass Market Paperback)
by (shelved 89 times as biographical)
avg rating 4.48 — 350,469 ratings — published 1971
Elon Musk: Tesla, SpaceX, and the Quest for a Fantastic Future (Hardcover)
by (shelved 88 times as biographical)
avg rating 4.13 — 437,727 ratings — published 2015
Between the World and Me (Hardcover)
by (shelved 85 times as biographical)
avg rating 4.40 — 359,320 ratings — published 2015
Kitchen Confidential: Adventures in the Culinary Underbelly (Paperback)
by (shelved 85 times as biographical)
avg rating 4.18 — 364,745 ratings — published 2000
Angela’s Ashes (Frank McCourt, #1)
by (shelved 83 times as biographical)
avg rating 4.15 — 652,979 ratings — published 1996
Tuesdays with Morrie: An Old Man, a Young Man, and Life's Greatest Lesson (Paperback)
by (shelved 82 times as biographical)
avg rating 4.20 — 1,166,300 ratings — published 1997
Eat, Pray, Love (Paperback)
by (shelved 82 times as biographical)
avg rating 3.64 — 1,826,115 ratings — published 2006
Einstein: His Life and Universe (Hardcover)
by (shelved 79 times as biographical)
avg rating 4.17 — 198,890 ratings — published 2007
The Autobiography of Benjamin Franklin (Paperback)
by (shelved 76 times as biographical)
avg rating 3.85 — 90,469 ratings — published 1791
On Writing: A Memoir of the Craft (Mass Market Paperback)
by (shelved 76 times as biographical)
avg rating 4.34 — 312,204 ratings — published 2000
A Promised Land (Kindle Edition)
by (shelved 73 times as biographical)
avg rating 4.32 — 266,571 ratings — published 2020
Me Talk Pretty One Day (Paperback)
by (shelved 72 times as biographical)
avg rating 4.01 — 715,665 ratings — published 2000
The Complete Persepolis (Paperback)
by (shelved 71 times as biographical)
avg rating 4.40 — 201,246 ratings — published 2007
Fun Home: A Family Tragicomic (Paperback)
by (shelved 69 times as biographical)
avg rating 4.08 — 198,545 ratings — published 2006
Greenlights (Hardcover)
by (shelved 68 times as biographical)
avg rating 4.20 — 434,101 ratings — published 2020
John Adams (Paperback)
by (shelved 67 times as biographical)
avg rating 4.08 — 374,457 ratings — published 2001
Just Kids (Hardcover)
by (shelved 66 times as biographical)
avg rating 4.21 — 338,997 ratings — published 2010
The Princess Diarist (Hardcover)
by (shelved 65 times as biographical)
avg rating 3.70 — 88,537 ratings — published 2016
Is Everyone Hanging Out Without Me? (And Other Concerns)
by (shelved 65 times as biographical)
avg rating 3.86 — 510,827 ratings — published 2011
Alexander Hamilton (Paperback)
by (shelved 64 times as biographical)
avg rating 4.22 — 196,290 ratings — published 2004
The Complete Maus (Paperback)
by (shelved 63 times as biographical)
avg rating 4.58 — 247,881 ratings — published 1980
Into Thin Air: A Personal Account of the Mt. Everest Disaster (Paperback)
by (shelved 63 times as biographical)
avg rating 4.26 — 555,382 ratings — published 1997
Crying in H Mart (Hardcover)
by (shelved 62 times as biographical)
avg rating 4.24 — 566,631 ratings — published 2021
Persepolis: The Story of a Childhood (Persepolis, #1)
by (shelved 62 times as biographical)
avg rating 4.27 — 226,348 ratings — published 2003
Playing Ball: Life Lessons from My Journey to the Super Bowl and Beyond (Hardcover)
by (shelved 61 times as biographical)
avg rating 4.29 — 10,405 ratings — published
The Woman in Me (Hardcover)
by (shelved 61 times as biographical)
avg rating 3.83 — 555,149 ratings — published 2023
Twelve Years a Slave (ebook)
by (shelved 60 times as biographical)
avg rating 4.23 — 123,660 ratings — published 1853
Long Walk to Freedom (Paperback)
by (shelved 60 times as biographical)
avg rating 4.36 — 92,868 ratings — published 1994
Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass (Paperback)
by (shelved 59 times as biographical)
avg rating 4.13 — 132,643 ratings — published 1845
“At last, he fully understood that change comes from within. It was up to him to get up and fight for a better life.”
― Growing Up American
― Growing Up American
“There is a certain enthusiasm in liberty, that makes human nature rise above itself, in acts of bravery and heroism”
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