Biography Book Summaries

If We Break Summary
If We Break
A Memoir of Marriage, Addiction, and Healing
by Kathleen Buhle 2022 320 pages
4.20
3.0K ratings
Memoir
Biography
Autobiography
American Drug Addict Summary
American Drug Addict
a memoir
by Brett Douglas 2018 422 pages
4.02
2.8K ratings
Memoir
Biography
Unfinished
Sadhguru Summary
Sadhguru
More Than A Life
by Arundhathi Subramaniam 2010 256 pages
4.45
1.4K ratings
Spirituality
Biography
Philosophy
Albert Camus Summary
Albert Camus
Elements of a Life
by Robert Zaretsky 2010 200 pages
4.13
164 ratings
Philosophy
Biography
Biography Memoir
Ada's Algorithm Summary
Ada's Algorithm
How Lord Byron's Daughter Ada Lovelace Launched the Digital Age
by James Essinger 2013 272 pages
3.27
1.7K ratings
Biography
History
Science
Women in White Coats Summary
Women in White Coats
How the First Women Doctors Changed the World of Medicine
by Olivia Campbell 2021 368 pages
3.71
5.3K ratings
History
Medicine
Science
The Last Greatest Magician in the World Summary
The Last Greatest Magician in the World
Howard Thurston versus Houdini & the Battles of the American Wizards
by Jim Steinmeyer 2011 384 pages
3.84
470 ratings
History
Magic
Biography
A Life in Football Summary
A Life in Football
My Autobiography
by Ian Wright 2016 415 pages
4.06
1.5K ratings
Football
Biography
Sports
The Sound of Music Story Summary
The Sound of Music Story
How A Beguiling Young Novice, A Handsome Austrian Captain, and Ten Singing von Trapp Children Inspired the Most Beloved Film of All Time
by Tom Santopietro 2015 324 pages
3.75
599 ratings
History
Music
Biography
The Country of the Blind Summary
The Country of the Blind
A Memoir at the End of Sight
by Andrew Leland 2023 368 pages
4.10
5.4K ratings
Memoir
Disability
Biography Memoir
The Winning Formula Summary
The Winning Formula
Leadership, Strategy and Motivation The F1 Way
by David Coulthard 2018 304 pages
3.52
384 ratings
Biography
Business
Sports
Autobiography of Mark Twain Summary
Autobiography of Mark Twain
Volume 1, Reader's Edition
by Mark Twain 2010 414 pages
3.80
8.7K ratings
Biography
Autobiography
History
Tracks Summary
Tracks
A Woman's Solo Trek Across 1700 Miles of Australian Outback
by Robyn Davidson 1980 288 pages
3.93
17.0K ratings
Travel
Memoir
Adventure
iCon Summary
iCon
Steve Jobs, the Greatest Second Act in the History of Business
by Jeffrey S. Young 2005 368 pages
4.05
10.6K ratings
Biography
Business
Apple
Inside Steve's Brain Summary
Inside Steve's Brain
by Leander Kahney 2008 304 pages
3.95
5.5K ratings
Biography
Business
Apple
The Woman in Me Summary
The Woman in Me
by Britney Spears 2023 288 pages
3.84
535.9K ratings
Memoir
Biography
Autobiography
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
Travels With Myself and Another Summary
Travels With Myself and Another
by Martha Gellhorn 1979 320 pages
3.83
2.2K ratings
Travel
Memoir
Biography
The Moment of Lift Summary
The Moment of Lift
How Empowering Women Changes the World
by Melinda French Gates 2019 273 pages
4.27
63.1K ratings
Feminism
Memoir
Book Club
Grace & Grit Summary
Grace & Grit
Spirituality & Healing in the Life & Death of Treya Killam Wilber
by Ken Wilber 1991 413 pages
4.47
1.8K ratings
Spirituality
Biography
Psychology
Fitness Confidential Summary
Fitness Confidential
by Vinnie Tortorich 2013 250 pages
3.90
2.0K ratings
Fitness
Health
Memoir
Brothers Summary
Brothers
by Alex Van Halen 2024 240 pages
4.06
6.0K ratings
Music
Biography
Memoir
The Year Without Pants Summary
The Year Without Pants
WordPress.com and the Future of Work
by Scott Berkun 2013 258 pages
3.81
2.7K ratings
Business
Management
Technology
Choosing to Run Summary
Choosing to Run
A Memoir
by Des Linden 2023 272 pages
4.26
11.5K ratings
Memoir
Sports
Biography
Pastoral Song Summary
Pastoral Song
A Farmer’s Journey
by James Rebanks 2020 304 pages
4.42
7.3K ratings
Nature
Memoir
Environment
Tunesmith Summary
Tunesmith
Inside the Art of Songwriting
by Jimmy Webb 1998 448 pages
4.03
539 ratings
Music
Writing
History
Hard Work Summary
Hard Work
A Life On and Off the Court
by Roy Williams 2009 288 pages
4.17
879 ratings
Sports
Basketball
Biography
An Immigrant's Love Letter to the West Summary
An Immigrant's Love Letter to the West
by Konstantin Kisin 2022 288 pages
4.26
1.6K ratings
Politics
History
Biography
Novelist as a Vocation Summary
Novelist as a Vocation
by Haruki Murakami 2015 224 pages
3.89
16.7K ratings
Writing
Japan
Memoir
The Alpha Masters Summary
The Alpha Masters
Unlocking the Genius of the World's Top Hedge Funds
by Maneet Ahuja 2012 245 pages
3.57
671 ratings
Finance
Business
Economics
The Beauty of Dusk Summary
The Beauty of Dusk
by Frank Bruni 2022 306 pages
4.06
4.0K ratings
Memoir
Biography
Medical
Chasing Chaos Summary
Chasing Chaos
My Decade In and Out of Humanitarian Aid
by Jessica Alexander 2013 400 pages
4.09
3.0K ratings
Memoir
Travel
Africa
My Invented Country Summary
My Invented Country
A Nostalgic Journey Through Chile
by Isabel Allende 2003 199 pages
3.89
11.8K ratings
Memoir
Biography
Travel
Hope Summary
Hope
A Memoir of Survival in Cleveland
by Amanda Berry 2015 321 pages
4.36
18.6K ratings
True Crime
Memoir
Biography
The Reluctant Billionaire Summary
The Reluctant Billionaire
How Dilip Shanghvi Became the Richest Self-made Indian
by Soma Das 2019 530 pages
4.06
115 ratings
Biography
Sick in the Head Summary
Sick in the Head
Conversations About Life and Comedy
by Judd Apatow 2015 489 pages
3.66
13.0K ratings
Humor
Comedy
Memoir
Coach K Summary
Coach K
The Rise and Reign of Mike Krzyzewski
by Ian O'Connor 2022 384 pages
4.24
1.2K ratings
Sports
Basketball
Biography
Zero Regrets Summary
Zero Regrets
Be Greater Than Yesterday
by Apolo Anton Ohno 2010 292 pages
4.22
612 ratings
Biography
Sports
Autobiography
King John and the Road to Magna Carta Summary
King John and the Road to Magna Carta
by Stephen Church 2015 328 pages
3.60
169 ratings
History
Biography
Medieval History
Strangers Drowning Summary
Strangers Drowning
Grappling with Impossible Idealism, Drastic Choices, and the Overpowering Urge to Help
by Larissa MacFarquhar 2015 336 pages
3.91
2.8K ratings
Philosophy
Psychology
Sociology
The Philosopher and the Wolf Summary
The Philosopher and the Wolf
by Mark Rowlands 2008 256 pages
4.14
3.2K ratings
Philosophy
Animals
Memoir
Boyd Summary
Boyd
The Fighter Pilot Who Changed the Art of War
by Robert Coram 2004 504 pages
4.18
7.7K ratings
Biography
History
Military Fiction
Consent Summary
Consent
A Memoir
by Jill Ciment 2024 145 pages
3.86
5.2K ratings
Memoir
Biography Memoir
Biography
When I Stop Talking, You'll Know I'm Dead Summary
When I Stop Talking, You'll Know I'm Dead
Useful Stories from a Persuasive Man
by Jerry Weintraub 2010 304 pages
4.13
4.3K ratings
Biography
Business
Memoir
A Theory of Everything (That Matters) Summary
A Theory of Everything (That Matters)
A Brief Guide to Einstein, Relativity, and His Surprising Thoughts on God
by Alister E. McGrath 2019 240 pages
3.84
146 ratings
Science
Philosophy
Biography
Great Thinkers Summary
Great Thinkers
Simple Tools from 60 Great Thinkers to Improve Your Life Today
by The School of Life 2016
4.36
1.7K ratings
Philosophy
Self Help
Psychology
Cristiano Ronaldo Summary
Cristiano Ronaldo
The Biography
by Guillem Balagué 2015 384 pages
4.09
1.3K ratings
Biography
Sports
Football
Three Cups of Deceit Summary
Three Cups of Deceit
How Greg Mortenson, Humanitarian Hero, Lost His Way
by Jon Krakauer 2011 77 pages
3.72
11.4K ratings
Biography
History
Journalism
Screw It, Let's Do It Summary
Screw It, Let's Do It
Lessons in Life
by Richard Branson 2007 111 pages
3.90
15.7K ratings
Business
Biography
Self Help
Trailblazer Summary
Trailblazer
The Power of Business as the Greatest Platform for Change
by Marc Benioff 2019 235 pages
3.82
2.3K ratings
Business
Biography
Leadership
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