Biography Book Summaries

Born on a Blue Day Summary
Born on a Blue Day
by Daniel Tammet 2006 226 pages
3.84
23.7K ratings
Memoir
Biography
Autistic Spectrum Disorder
El pez en el agua Summary
El pez en el agua
by Mario Vargas Llosa 1993 618 pages
4.02
1.4K ratings
Memoir
Biography
Nobel Prize
Uncertainty Summary
Uncertainty
Einstein, Heisenberg, Bohr, and the Struggle for the Soul of Science
by David Lindley 1996 272 pages
4.01
2.3K ratings
Science
Physics
History
You're Never Weird on the Internet Summary
You're Never Weird on the Internet
by Felicia Day 2015 272 pages
4.07
49.7K ratings
Memoir
Biography
Humor
Parisian Lives Summary
Parisian Lives
Samuel Beckett, Simone de Beauvoir, and Me
by Deirdre Bair 2019 368 pages
4.02
744 ratings
Biography
Memoir
France
Keynes Summary
Keynes
A Very Short Introduction
by Robert Skidelsky 2010 208 pages
3.45
172 ratings
Economics
Biography
History
Leaving Microsoft to Change the World Summary
Leaving Microsoft to Change the World
An Entrepreneur's Odyssey to Educate the World's Children
by John Wood 2006 272 pages
4.10
4.6K ratings
Memoir
Education
Business
Draft No. 4 Summary
Draft No. 4
On the Writing Process
by John McPhee 2013 208 pages
4.09
4.1K ratings
Writing
Essays
Memoir
Maestro Summary
Maestro
Greenspan's Fed and the American Boom
by Bob Woodward 2000 288 pages
3.41
853 ratings
Economics
Biography
Politics
Handbook for an Unpredictable Life Summary
Handbook for an Unpredictable Life
How I Survived Sister Renata and My Crazy Mother, and Still Came Out Smiling
by Rosie PΓ©rez 2014 338 pages
4.12
1.3K ratings
Memoir
Biography
Autobiography
The Great Agnostic Summary
The Great Agnostic
Robert Ingersoll and American Freethought
by Susan Jacoby 2013 256 pages
4.04
711 ratings
History
Biography
Religion
The Other Side of Israel Summary
The Other Side of Israel
My Journey Across the Jewish/Arab Divide
by Susan Nathan 2005 336 pages
4.09
261 ratings
Israel
Politics
Memoir
Everything That Remains Summary
Everything That Remains
A Memoir by The Minimalists
by Joshua Fields Millburn 2013 232 pages
3.81
9.7K ratings
Memoir
Self Help
Biography
Data, A Love Story Summary
Data, A Love Story
How I Gamed Online Dating to Meet My Match
by Amy Webb 2013 296 pages
3.57
2.0K ratings
Memoir
Relationships
Self Help
The Opposite of Butterfly Hunting Summary
The Opposite of Butterfly Hunting
The Tragedy and The Glory of Growing Up
by Evanna Lynch 2021 463 pages
4.53
6.7K ratings
Memoir
Mental Health
Biography
I'm a Stranger Here Myself Summary
I'm a Stranger Here Myself
Notes on Returning to America After Twenty Years Away
by Bill Bryson 1998 304 pages
3.90
68.3K ratings
Travel
Humor
Memoir
One Taste Summary
One Taste
Daily Reflections on Integral Spirituality
by Ken Wilber 1999 368 pages
4.13
578 ratings
Philosophy
Spirituality
Psychology
The Girl With a Mind for Math Summary
The Girl With a Mind for Math
The Story of Raye Montague
by Julia Finley Mosca 2018 40 pages
4.40
726 ratings
Picture Books
Biography
Mathematics
F*ck It, I'll Start Tomorrow Summary
F*ck It, I'll Start Tomorrow
A True Story
by Action Bronson 2021 184 pages
3.75
2.2K ratings
Memoir
Biography
Self Help
The New One Summary
The New One
Painfully True Stories from a Reluctant Dad
by Mike Birbiglia 2020 256 pages
4.06
7.0K ratings
Humor
Memoir
Parenting
Porcelain Summary
Porcelain
A Memoir
by Moby 2016 416 pages
3.97
4.3K ratings
Music
Biography
Memoir
The Man Watching Summary
The Man Watching
A Biography of Anson Dorrance, the Unlikely Architect of the Greatest College Sports Dynasty Ever
by Tim Crothers 2006 376 pages
4.37
329 ratings
Biography
Sports
Soccer
Hegel Summary
Hegel
A Very Short Introduction
by Peter Singer 1983 131 pages
3.86
2.9K ratings
Philosophy
History
Biography
Harpo Speaks! Summary
Harpo Speaks!
by Harpo Marx 1961 482 pages
4.23
4.2K ratings
Biography
Humor
Film
The Art Thief Summary
The Art Thief
A True Story of Love, Crime, and a Dangerous Obsession
by Michael Finkel 2023 224 pages
3.95
68.0K ratings
True Crime
Art
History
Is Everyone Hanging Out Without Me? Summary
Is Everyone Hanging Out Without Me?
by Mindy Kaling 2011 222 pages
3.86
507.8K ratings
Memoir
Humor
Biography
Nowhere Girl Summary
Nowhere Girl
A Memoir of a Fugitive Childhood
by Cheryl Diamond 2021 320 pages
4.05
8.2K ratings
Memoir
True Crime
Book Club
Notes To Self Summary
Notes To Self
by Emilie Pine 2018 183 pages
4.10
19.7K ratings
Essays
Feminism
Memoir
Below Stairs Summary
Below Stairs
by Margaret Powell 1968 212 pages
3.58
14.2K ratings
Memoir
History
Biography
Tunesmith Summary
Tunesmith
Inside the Art of Songwriting
by Jimmy Webb 1998 448 pages
4.03
539 ratings
Music
Writing
History
It. Goes. So. Fast. Summary
It. Goes. So. Fast.
The Year of No Do-Overs
by Mary Louise Kelly 2023 240 pages
3.86
11.3K ratings
Memoir
Parenting
Biography
Bravey Summary
Bravey
by Alexi Pappas 2021 310 pages
4.20
10.6K ratings
Memoir
Sports
Biography
Haldol and Hyacinths Summary
Haldol and Hyacinths
A Bipolar Life
by Melody Moezzi 2013 304 pages
3.92
1.2K ratings
Memoir
Mental Health
Mental Illness
Silicon Valley Porn Star Summary
Silicon Valley Porn Star
A Memoir of Redemption and Rediscovering the Self
by Jason Portnoy 2022 224 pages
4.33
243 ratings
Memoir
Personal Development
Biography
A Game Plan for Life Summary
A Game Plan for Life
The Power of Mentoring
by John Wooden 2009 208 pages
4.35
717 ratings
Leadership
Sports
Business
God, Greed, and the (Prosperity) Gospel Summary
God, Greed, and the (Prosperity) Gospel
How Truth Overwhelms a Life Built on Lies
by Costi W. Hinn 2019 224 pages
4.54
2.1K ratings
Christian
Theology
Christianity
It's About Damn Time Summary
It's About Damn Time
How to Turn Being Underestimated Into Your Greatest Advantage
by Arlan Hamilton 2020 224 pages
4.20
1.2K ratings
Business
Memoir
Self Help
The Greatest Summary
The Greatest
My Own Story
by Richard Durham 1975 415 pages
4.26
1.5K ratings
Biography
Sports
Autobiography
Is That Really You, God? Summary
Is That Really You, God?
Hearing the Voice of God
by Loren Cunningham 1984 224 pages
4.25
2.6K ratings
Christian
Biography
Faith
A Heart That Works Summary
A Heart That Works
by Rob Delaney 2022 196 pages
4.62
31.8K ratings
Memoir
Grief
Biography
Be Different Summary
Be Different
Adventures of a Free-Range Aspergian
by John Elder Robison 2011 304 pages
3.97
3.2K ratings
Autistic Spectrum Disorder
Psychology
Memoir
The Water Is Wide Summary
The Water Is Wide
by Pat Conroy 1972 310 pages
4.17
26.1K ratings
Memoir
Biography
Book Club
Rome's Last Citizen Summary
Rome's Last Citizen
The Life and Legacy of Cato, Mortal Enemy of Caesar
by Rob Goodman 2012 384 pages
4.16
1.2K ratings
History
Biography
Philosophy
Istanbul Summary
Istanbul
Memories and the City
by Orhan Pamuk 2003 356 pages
3.82
21.4K ratings
Travel
Memoir
Biography
Paris Summary
Paris
The Memoir
by Paris Hilton 2023 336 pages
4.21
81.2K ratings
Memoir
Biography
Autobiography
If In Doubt, Wash Your Hair Summary
If In Doubt, Wash Your Hair
A Manual for Life
by Anya Hindmarch 2021 257 pages
3.65
1.5K ratings
Self Help
Personal Development
Memoir
We Are the Change We Seek Summary
We Are the Change We Seek
The Speeches of Barack Obama
by Joy-Ann Reid 2017 368 pages
4.34
550 ratings
Politics
History
Biography
Good for a Girl Summary
Good for a Girl
A Woman Running in a Man's World
by Lauren Fleshman 2023 288 pages
4.46
16.5K ratings
Memoir
Sports
Biography
High Financier Summary
High Financier
The Lives and Time of Siegmund Warburg
by Niall Ferguson 2010 576 pages
3.71
238 ratings
Biography
Finance
History
The Wisdom of Compassion Summary
The Wisdom of Compassion
Stories of Remarkable Encounters and Timeless Insights
by Dalai Lama XIV 2012 255 pages
4.00
662 ratings
Religion
Buddhism
Spirituality
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