Biography Book Summaries

The Real Mad Men Summary
The Real Mad Men
The Remarkable True Story of Madison Avenue's Golden Age
by Andrew Cracknell 2011 224 pages
3.55
303 ratings
History
Business
Biography
The Secret Race Summary
The Secret Race
Inside the Hidden World of the Tour de France: Doping, Cover-ups, and Winning at All Costs
by Tyler Hamilton 2012 290 pages
4.38
18.7K ratings
Sports
Cycling
Biography
Home Summary
Home
A Memoir of My Early Years
by Julie Andrews Edwards 2008 339 pages
3.96
20.9K ratings
Biography
Memoir
Autobiography
The Sunset Route Summary
The Sunset Route
Freight Trains, Forgiveness, and Freedom on the Rails in the American West
by Carrot Quinn 2021 304 pages
4.16
1.8K ratings
Memoir
Travel
Biography
The Rejected Stone Summary
The Rejected Stone
Al Sharpton and the Path to American Leadership
by Al Sharpton 2013 272 pages
4.17
146 ratings
Politics
Memoir
African American
Meetings With Remarkable Men Summary
Meetings With Remarkable Men
by G.I. Gurdjieff 1960 303 pages
4.12
2.6K ratings
Philosophy
Spirituality
Biography
Your Life in My Hands Summary
Your Life in My Hands
A Junior Doctor's Story
by Rachel Clarke 2017 280 pages
3.78
4.0K ratings
Medicine
Medical
Memoir
We Two Summary
We Two
Victoria and Albert: Rulers, Partners, Rivals
by Gillian Gill 2009 460 pages
3.85
8.7K ratings
History
Biography
British Literature
Not My Father's Son Summary
Not My Father's Son
by Alan Cumming 2014 292 pages
4.05
46.2K ratings
Memoir
Biography
Biography Memoir
Showing Up for Life Summary
Showing Up for Life
Thoughts on the Gifts of a Lifetime
by Bill Gates Sr. 2009 208 pages
3.76
1.2K ratings
Biography
Memoir
Self Help
Hatching Twitter Summary
Hatching Twitter
A True Story of Money, Power, Friendship, and Betrayal
by Nick Bilton 2013 299 pages
4.04
18.8K ratings
Business
Technology
Biography
Playing With Fire Summary
Playing With Fire
by Gordon Ramsay 2007 304 pages
3.51
935 ratings
Biography
Autobiography
Cooking
What Makes a Marriage Last Summary
What Makes a Marriage Last
40 Celebrated Couples Share with Us the Secrets to a Happy Life
by Marlo Thomas 2020 640 pages
4.04
1.1K ratings
Relationships
Marriage
Self Help
My Name Is Barbra Summary
My Name Is Barbra
by Barbra Streisand 2023 1040 pages
4.18
19.4K ratings
Memoir
Biography
Autobiography
Girl Walks Out of a Bar Summary
Girl Walks Out of a Bar
A Memoir
by Lisa F. Smith 2016 288 pages
4.16
6.8K ratings
Memoir
Biography
Mental Health
Like, Comment, Subscribe Summary
Like, Comment, Subscribe
How YouTube Drives Google's Dominance and Controls Our Culture
by Mark Bergen 2022 464 pages
3.73
1.0K ratings
Business
Technology
History
The Last Tycoons Summary
The Last Tycoons
The Secret History of Lazard Frères & Co.
by William D. Cohan 2007 752 pages
3.86
1.2K ratings
Business
Finance
History
Chris Hoy Summary
Chris Hoy
The Autobiography
by Chris Hoy 2009 306 pages
4.07
349 ratings
Cycling
Biography
Sports
A Chance to Die Summary
A Chance to Die
The Life and Legacy of Amy Carmichael
by Elisabeth Elliot 1987 384 pages
4.08
9.7K ratings
Biography
Christian
Christianity
Churchill Summary
Churchill
The Power of Words: His Remarkable Life Recounted Through His Writings and Speeches
by Winston S. Churchill 2012 536 pages
4.26
530 ratings
History
Biography
Politics
Stress Test Summary
Stress Test
Reflections on Financial Crises
by Timothy F. Geithner 2014 592 pages
4.08
5.3K ratings
Economics
Finance
Business
No One Round Here Reads Tolstoy Summary
No One Round Here Reads Tolstoy
Memoirs of a Working-Class Reader
by Mark Hodkinson 2022 368 pages
3.77
609 ratings
Memoir
Books About Books
Biography
Mark of a Giant Summary
Mark of a Giant
Seven People Who Changed the World
by Ted Stewart 2013 320 pages
3.96
282 ratings
History
Biography
Historical
Jesus, My Father, The CIA, and Me Summary
Jesus, My Father, The CIA, and Me
A Memoir. . . of Sorts
by Ian Morgan Cron 2011 257 pages
4.08
2.8K ratings
Memoir
Biography
Christian
Greek to Me Summary
Greek to Me
Adventures of the Comma Queen
by Mary Norris 2019 240 pages
3.63
2.1K ratings
Travel
Memoir
Greece
The Meaning of Mariah Carey Summary
The Meaning of Mariah Carey
by Mariah Carey 2020 349 pages
4.08
24.0K ratings
Memoir
Biography
Music
The Man Who Created Sherlock Holmes Summary
The Man Who Created Sherlock Holmes
The Life and Times of Sir Arthur Conan Doyle
by Andrew Lycett 2007 576 pages
3.92
295 ratings
Biography
History
Mystery
Masters of Command Summary
Masters of Command
Alexander, Hannibal, Caesar, and the Genius of Leadership
by Barry S. Strauss 2012 320 pages
4.02
816 ratings
History
Leadership
Ancient History
In Love Summary
In Love
A Memoir of Love and Loss
by Amy Bloom 2022 240 pages
4.26
23.7K ratings
Memoir
Biography
Biography Memoir
Life's Work Summary
Life's Work
A Memoir
by David Milch 2022 304 pages
4.23
1.0K ratings
Memoir
Biography
Biography Memoir
Make Something Wonderful Summary
Make Something Wonderful
by Steve Jobs 2023 194 pages
4.49
1.5K ratings
Biography
Business
Design
The Crisis of the Old Order 1919-33 Summary
The Crisis of the Old Order 1919-33
by Arthur M. Schlesinger Jr. 1957 576 pages
4.19
426 ratings
History
Biography
American History
The Age of Turbulence Summary
The Age of Turbulence
by Alan Greenspan 2007 575 pages
3.65
7.2K ratings
Economics
Biography
Business
Fighter Pilot Summary
Fighter Pilot
The Memoirs Of Legendary Ace Robin Olds
by Robin Olds 2010 416 pages
4.48
3.7K ratings
Biography
Aviation
History
Invent It, Sell It, Bank It! Summary
Invent It, Sell It, Bank It!
Make Your Million-Dollar Idea into a Reality
by Lori Greiner 2014 288 pages
3.98
588 ratings
Business
Entrepreneurship
Self Help
Love That Story Summary
Love That Story
Observations from a Gorgeously Queer Life
by Jonathan Van Ness 2022 6 pages
4.10
7.6K ratings
Memoir
LGBT
Essays
Churchill Summary
Churchill
Walking with Destiny
by Andrew Roberts 2018 1105 pages
4.37
10.5K ratings
Biography
History
Politics
Nothing to Lose, Everything to Gain Summary
Nothing to Lose, Everything to Gain
How I Went from Gang Member to Multimillionaire Entrepreneur
by Ryan Blair 2011 240 pages
3.57
818 ratings
Business
Biography
Autobiography
The Burger King Summary
The Burger King
Jim McLamore and the Building of an Empire
by Jim McLamore 1997 286 pages
3.82
213 ratings
Business
Biography
Food
Jesus Land Summary
Jesus Land
A Memoir
by Julia Scheeres 2005 384 pages
3.97
19.4K ratings
Memoir
Religion
Biography
Girls Who Rocked The World Summary
Girls Who Rocked The World
Heroines From Anne Frank to Natalie Portman
by Michelle Roehm McCann 2012 240 pages
4.04
538 ratings
Biography
History
Feminism
Hegarty on Advertising Summary
Hegarty on Advertising
by John Hegarty 2011 224 pages
4.07
707 ratings
Business
Design
Memoir
Boldly Go Summary
Boldly Go
Reflections on a Life of Awe and Wonder
by William Shatner 2022 256 pages
3.85
1.4K ratings
Biography
Memoir
Autobiography
Shut Up and Run Summary
Shut Up and Run
How to Get Up, Lace Up, and Sweat with Swagger
by Robin Arzón 2016 192 pages
3.87
3.3K ratings
Fitness
Self Help
Sports
How to Giggle Summary
How to Giggle
A Guide to Taking Life Less Seriously
by Hannah Berner 2025 208 pages
4.27
5.9K ratings
Humor
Self Help
Memoir
The Harvard Psychedelic Club Summary
The Harvard Psychedelic Club
How Timothy Leary, Ram Dass, Huston Smith, and Andrew Weil Killed the Fifties and Ushered in a New Age for America
by Don Lattin 2010 256 pages
3.92
2.0K ratings
History
Psychology
Biography
Mindgames Summary
Mindgames
Phil Jackson's Long Strange Journey
by Roland Lazenby 2000 450 pages
3.97
212 ratings
Sports
Basketball
Biography
The Salon of Exiled Artists in California Summary
The Salon of Exiled Artists in California
by Núria Añó 2020 237 pages
4.25
12 ratings
Art
LGBT
Bisexual
How to Think Like Bill Gates Summary
How to Think Like Bill Gates
by Daniel Smith 2015 224 pages
3.72
264 ratings
Biography
Business
The Special One Summary
The Special One
The Dark Side of Jose Mourinho
by Diego Torres 2014 288 pages
3.48
483 ratings
Football
Sports
Biography
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