Biography Book Summaries

Brilliant Moon Summary
Brilliant Moon
The Autobiography of Dilgo Khyentse
by Dilgo Khyentse 2008 400 pages
4.46
130 ratings
Buddhism
Spirituality
Biography
Why Bob Dylan Matters Summary
Why Bob Dylan Matters
by Richard F. Thomas 2017 368 pages
3.73
1.3K ratings
Music
Biography
Poetry
Please Stop Laughing at Us... One Woman's Extraordinary Quest to Prevent School Bullying Summary
Please Stop Laughing at Us... One Woman's Extraordinary Quest to Prevent School Bullying
by Jodee Blanco 2008
3.88
233 ratings
Education
Autobiography
Biography
Eichmann in My Hands Summary
Eichmann in My Hands
A First-Person Account by the Israeli Agent Who Captured Hitler's Chief Executioner
by Peter Z. Malkin 1990 267 pages
4.43
864 ratings
History
Holocaust
Memoir
The Room Where It Happened Summary
The Room Where It Happened
A White House Memoir
by John Bolton 2020 588 pages
3.16
14.5K ratings
Politics
History
Memoir
Roman by Polanski Summary
Roman by Polanski
by Roman Polański 1984 448 pages
4.12
798 ratings
Biography
Film
Autobiography
The World's Strongest Librarian Summary
The World's Strongest Librarian
A Memoir of Tourette's, Faith, Strength, and the Power of Family
by Josh Hanagarne 2013 291 pages
3.81
12.4K ratings
Memoir
Biography
Books About Books
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
Any Ordinary Day Summary
Any Ordinary Day
by Leigh Sales 2018 244 pages
4.13
16.0K ratings
Book Club
Psychology
Biography
It's Been a Good Life Summary
It's Been a Good Life
by Isaac Asimov 2002 310 pages
4.17
466 ratings
Biography
Memoir
Autobiography
Zig Summary
Zig
The Autiobiography of Zig Ziglar
by Zig Ziglar 2002 256 pages
4.09
205 ratings
Biography
Business
Autobiography
Peacebunny Island Summary
Peacebunny Island
The Extraordinary Journey of a Boy and His Comfort Rabbits, and How They’re Teaching Us about Hope and Kindness
by Caleb Smith 2021 272 pages
4.17
203 ratings
Animals
Adult
Memoir
Prisoner's Dilemma Summary
Prisoner's Dilemma
John von Neumann, Game Theory, and the Puzzle of the Bomb
by William Poundstone 1992 294 pages
3.92
2.1K ratings
Science
History
Economics
Quest For Love Summary
Quest For Love
Memoir of a Child Sex Slave
by Anneke Lucas 2022 300 pages
4.55
238 ratings
Memoir
Biography
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
Coach Wooden Summary
Coach Wooden
The 7 Principles That Shaped His Life and Will Change Yours
by Pat Williams 2011 192 pages
4.30
602 ratings
Biography
Sports
Self Help
The Space Barons Summary
The Space Barons
Elon Musk, Jeff Bezos, and the Quest to Colonize the Cosmos
by Christian Davenport 2018 320 pages
4.10
4.1K ratings
Science
Space
Business
Walk the Blue Line Summary
Walk the Blue Line
They Walk the Line between Life and Death
by James Patterson 2023 352 pages
4.20
3.5K ratings
True Crime
Crime
Biography
Strategy Rules Summary
Strategy Rules
Five Timeless Lessons from Bill Gates, Andy Grove, and Steve Jobs
by David B. Yoffie 2015 272 pages
3.83
608 ratings
Business
Management
Leadership
Crazy for God Summary
Crazy for God
How I Grew Up as One of the Elect, Helped Found the Religious Right, and Lived to Take All (or Almost All) of It Back
by Frank Schaeffer 2007 304 pages
3.68
2.2K ratings
Religion
Memoir
Biography
One from Many Summary
One from Many
VISA and the Rise of Chaordic Organization
by Dee Hock 2000 336 pages
4.13
357 ratings
Business
Leadership
Finance
32 Third Graders and One Class Bunny Summary
32 Third Graders and One Class Bunny
Life Lessons from Teaching
by Phillip Done 2005 304 pages
4.38
2.3K ratings
Education
Teaching
Humor
You Are an Ironman Summary
You Are an Ironman
How Six Weekend Warriors Chased Their Dream of Finishing the World's Toughest Triathlon
by Jacques Steinberg 2011 304 pages
3.84
1.6K ratings
Sports
Fitness
Biography
COUNSELOR Summary
COUNSELOR
A Life at the Edge of History
by Theodore C. Sorensen 2008 556 pages
4.04
1.2K ratings
History
Biography
Politics
Listening to the Animals Summary
Listening to the Animals
Becoming the Supervet
by Noel Fitzpatrick 2018 385 pages
4.27
3.4K ratings
Biography
Animals
Memoir
Attention Factory Summary
Attention Factory
The Story of TikTok & China’s ByteDance
by Matthew Brennan 2020 304 pages
4.15
598 ratings
Business
Technology
China
Operation Ironman Summary
Operation Ironman
One Man's Four Month Journey from Hospital Bed to Ironman Triathlon
by George Mahood 2015 315 pages
4.52
2.2K ratings
Biography
Humor
Travel
What Do You Care What Other People Think? Further Adventures of a Curious Character Summary
What Do You Care What Other People Think? Further Adventures of a Curious Character
by Richard P. Feynman 1988 256 pages
4.19
30.1K ratings
Science
Biography
Physics
I Stand Corrected Summary
I Stand Corrected
How Teaching Western Manners in China Became Its Own Unforgettable Lesson
by Eden Collinsworth 2014 272 pages
3.20
186 ratings
Memoir
China
Biography
The Vaccine Summary
The Vaccine
Inside the Race to Conquer the COVID-19 Pandemic
by Joe Miller 2021 288 pages
4.25
851 ratings
Science
History
Medicine
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
Hunger Makes Me a Modern Girl Summary
Hunger Makes Me a Modern Girl
by Carrie Brownstein 2015 244 pages
3.83
36.0K ratings
Memoir
Music
Feminism
I'm a Joke and So Are You Summary
I'm a Joke and So Are You
Reflections on Humour and Humanity
by Robin Ince 2018 323 pages
3.92
1.1K ratings
Humor
Psychology
Science
Sam Walton Summary
Sam Walton
Made In America
by Sam Walton 1993 346 pages
4.15
26.7K ratings
Business
Biography
Autobiography
Wittgenstein Summary
Wittgenstein
by Anthony Kenny 1973 256 pages
3.86
194 ratings
Philosophy
Biography
German Literature
How Dante Can Save Your Life Summary
How Dante Can Save Your Life
The Life-Changing Wisdom of History's Greatest Poem
by Rod Dreher 2015 320 pages
3.98
1.2K ratings
Memoir
Poetry
Literature
In Defense of Open Society Summary
In Defense of Open Society
by George Soros 2019 224 pages
3.40
376 ratings
Politics
Economics
Philosophy
The Upstairs Wife Summary
The Upstairs Wife
An Intimate History of Pakistan
by Rafia Zakaria 2015 264 pages
3.77
1.2K ratings
Pakistan
History
Memoir
Caviar Dreams, Tuna Fish Budget Summary
Caviar Dreams, Tuna Fish Budget
How to Survive in Business and Life
by Margaret Josephs 2021 272 pages
3.93
1.6K ratings
Memoir
Biography
Business
Dr. Seuss and Philosophy Summary
Dr. Seuss and Philosophy
Oh, the Thinks You Can Think!
by Jacob M. Held 2011 304 pages
4.14
432 ratings
Philosophy
Essays
Childrens
Ice Summary
Ice
A Memoir of Gangster Life and Redemption—from South Central to Hollywood
by Ice-T 2011 251 pages
3.88
1.6K ratings
Biography
Music
Memoir
Kant Summary
Kant
A Very Short Introduction
by Roger Scruton 1983 141 pages
3.77
2.0K ratings
Philosophy
Biography
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
How to Think Like a Roman Emperor Summary
How to Think Like a Roman Emperor
The Stoic Philosophy of Marcus Aurelius
by Donald J. Robertson 2019 304 pages
4.35
13.8K ratings
Philosophy
History
Psychology
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 Imam's Daughter Summary
The Imam's Daughter
by Hannah Shah 2009 272 pages
4.14
2.4K ratings
Biography
Memoir
Religion
The Autistic Brain Summary
The Autistic Brain
Thinking Across the Spectrum
by Temple Grandin 2013 240 pages
4.11
10.4K ratings
Autistic Spectrum Disorder
Psychology
Science
I Can See Clearly Now Summary
I Can See Clearly Now
by Wayne W. Dyer 2014 371 pages
4.28
3.3K ratings
Self Help
Spirituality
Memoir
Earth to Moon Summary
Earth to Moon
A Memoir
by Moon Unit Zappa 2024 351 pages
4.24
2.0K ratings
Memoir
Music
Biography
The Road Beneath My Feet Summary
The Road Beneath My Feet
by Frank Turner 2015 272 pages
4.22
1.6K ratings
Music
Biography
Memoir
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