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Biography Book Summaries

Memoirs Summary
Memoirs
by Pablo Neruda 1974 378 pages
4.16
4.6K ratings
Memoir
Biography
Poetry
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
Lights Out Summary
Lights Out
Pride, Delusion, and the Fall of General Electric
by Thomas Gryta 2020 368 pages
3.92
4.7K ratings
Business
History
Economics
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
The Idea Factory Summary
The Idea Factory
Learning to Think at MIT
by Pepper White 1991
3.85
254 ratings
Education
Science
Biography
A Night to Remember Summary
A Night to Remember
by Walter Lord 1955 182 pages
4.09
27.2K ratings
History
Classics
Historical
And Then One Day Summary
And Then One Day
A Memoir
by Naseeruddin Shah 2014 328 pages
4.03
1.7K ratings
Biography
Memoir
India
How to Murder Your Life Summary
How to Murder Your Life
by Cat Marnell 2017 384 pages
3.88
19.9K ratings
Memoir
Biography
Mental Health
Jew[ish] Summary
Jew[ish]
by Matt Greene 2020 199 pages
3.54
2.1K ratings
Memoir
Religion
Biography
Gray Matter Summary
Gray Matter
A Neurosurgeon Discovers the Power of Prayer . . . One Patient at a Time
by David I. Levy 2011 304 pages
4.20
1.9K ratings
Christian
Medical
Memoir
Nelson Mandela Summary
Nelson Mandela
A Biography
by Martin Meredith 1997 596 pages
4.16
336 ratings
Biography
Africa
History
Shut Up and Listen! Summary
Shut Up and Listen!
Hard Business Truths that Will Help You Succeed
by Tilman Fertitta 2019 192 pages
3.90
1.2K ratings
Business
Leadership
Self Help
Happy People Are Annoying Summary
Happy People Are Annoying
by Josh Peck 2022 272 pages
4.05
16.5K ratings
Memoir
Biography
Humor
Fist Stick Knife Gun Summary
Fist Stick Knife Gun
A Personal History of Violence
by Geoffrey Canada 1995 179 pages
4.03
3.0K ratings
Memoir
Graphic Novels
Education
The Indifferent Stars Above Summary
The Indifferent Stars Above
The Harrowing Saga of a Donner Party Bride
by Daniel James Brown 2009 352 pages
4.25
33.7K ratings
History
Historical
Biography
Bravey Summary
Bravey
by Alexi Pappas 2021 310 pages
4.20
10.6K ratings
Memoir
Sports
Biography
One Taste Summary
One Taste
Daily Reflections on Integral Spirituality
by Ken Wilber 1999 368 pages
4.13
578 ratings
Philosophy
Spirituality
Psychology
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
Outwitting History Summary
Outwitting History
The Amazing Adventures of a Man Who Rescued a Million Yiddish Books
by Aaron Lansky 2004 328 pages
4.25
2.2K ratings
History
Jewish
Memoir
The Boy Who Could Change the World Summary
The Boy Who Could Change the World
The Writings of Aaron Swartz
by Aaron Swartz 2015 359 pages
4.19
467 ratings
Biography
Politics
Essays
Paris Summary
Paris
The Memoir
by Paris Hilton 2023 336 pages
4.21
81.2K ratings
Memoir
Biography
Autobiography
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
These Precious Days Summary
These Precious Days
Essays
by Ann Patchett 2021 320 pages
4.43
43.3K ratings
Essays
Memoir
Book Club
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
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 Life and Games of Mikhail Tal Summary
The Life and Games of Mikhail Tal
by Mikhail Tal 1978 496 pages
4.50
742 ratings
Chess
Biography
Games
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 Pérez 2014 338 pages
4.12
1.3K ratings
Memoir
Biography
Autobiography
One Click Summary
One Click
Jeff Bezos and the Rise of Amazon.com
by Richard L. Brandt 2011 214 pages
3.74
8.0K ratings
Business
Biography
Technology
The Splendid and the Vile Summary
The Splendid and the Vile
A Saga of Churchill, Family, and Defiance During the Blitz
by Erik Larson 2020 546 pages
4.30
129.7K ratings
History
Biography
World War II
How to Write an Autobiographical Novel Summary
How to Write an Autobiographical Novel
by Alexander Chee 2018 277 pages
4.38
12.1K ratings
Essays
Memoir
Writing
Geons, Black Holes and Quantum Foam Summary
Geons, Black Holes and Quantum Foam
A Life in Physics
by Kenneth W. Ford 1998 380 pages
4.15
337 ratings
Science
Physics
Biography
The Addiction Manifesto Summary
The Addiction Manifesto
by Jerry Weaver 2018 178 pages
4.76
1.2K ratings
Self Help
Psychology
Memoir
50 Business Classics Summary
50 Business Classics
Your shortcut to the most important ideas on innovation, management and strategy
by Tom Butler-Bowdon 2018 400 pages
4.14
175 ratings
Business
Management
Finance
The Gold Standard Summary
The Gold Standard
Rules to Rule By
by Ari Gold 2015 224 pages
4.02
938 ratings
Business
Comedy
Humor
Quiet Leadership Summary
Quiet Leadership
Winning Hearts, Minds and Matches
by Carlo Ancelotti 2016 312 pages
4.05
3.4K ratings
Football
Biography
Sports
We're Going to Need More Wine Summary
We're Going to Need More Wine
by Gabrielle Union 2017 272 pages
4.19
36.7K ratings
Memoir
Biography
Essays
Ogni giorno è un buon giorno Summary
Ogni giorno è un buon giorno
Quindici gioie che il tè mi ha insegnato
by Noriko Morishita 2002 248 pages
3.94
1.9K ratings
Japan
Tea
Japanese Literature
Harpo Speaks! Summary
Harpo Speaks!
by Harpo Marx 1961 482 pages
4.23
4.2K ratings
Biography
Humor
Film
Never Leave the Dogs Behind Summary
Never Leave the Dogs Behind
A Memoir
by Brianna Madia 2024 208 pages
4.16
4.9K ratings
Memoir
Dogs
Animals
Before & Laughter Summary
Before & Laughter
A Life Changing Book
by Jimmy Carr 2021 358 pages
4.06
5.8K ratings
Biography
Comedy
Self Help
Keynes Summary
Keynes
A Very Short Introduction
by Robert Skidelsky 2010 208 pages
3.45
172 ratings
Economics
Biography
History
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
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
Hot Seat Summary
Hot Seat
by Jeff Immelt 2021 334 pages
3.97
863 ratings
Business
Leadership
Biography
Windswept & Interesting Summary
Windswept & Interesting
My Autobiography
by Billy Connolly 2021 356 pages
4.41
10.2K ratings
Biography
Autobiography
Humor
The Year of Magical Thinking Summary
The Year of Magical Thinking
by Joan Didion 2005 227 pages
3.93
279.4K ratings
Memoir
Biography
Grief
The Dark Side of Innocence Summary
The Dark Side of Innocence
Growing Up Bipolar
by Terri Cheney 2011 290 pages
3.98
1.9K ratings
Memoir
Mental Health
Psychology
The Killing Zone Summary
The Killing Zone
My Life in the Vietnam War
by Frederick Downs 1978 272 pages
4.07
2.0K ratings
History
War
Military Fiction
My Losing Season Summary
My Losing Season
A Memoir
by Pat Conroy 2002 402 pages
3.91
10.7K ratings
Sports
Memoir
Biography
Scandals of Classic Hollywood Summary
Scandals of Classic Hollywood
Sex, Deviance, and Drama from the Golden Age of American Cinema
by Anne Helen Petersen 2014 289 pages
3.48
2.5K ratings
History
Film
Biography
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