Biography Book Summaries

21 Letters on Life and Its Challenges Summary
21 Letters on Life and Its Challenges
by Charles B. Handy 2019 208 pages
4.34
399 ratings
Business
Biography
Memoir
Under the Black Hat Summary
Under the Black Hat
My Life in the WWE and Beyond
by Jim Ross 2020 295 pages
4.30
2.2K ratings
Biography
Sports
Memoir
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
Same Kind of Different as Me Summary
Same Kind of Different as Me
A Modern-Day Slave, an International Art Dealer, and the Unlikely Woman Who Bound Them Together
by Ron Hall 2006 237 pages
4.20
91.7K ratings
Book Club
Memoir
Christian
Quiet Leadership Summary
Quiet Leadership
Winning Hearts, Minds and Matches
by Carlo Ancelotti 2016 312 pages
4.05
3.4K ratings
Football
Biography
Sports
Hegel Summary
Hegel
A Very Short Introduction
by Peter Singer 1983 131 pages
3.86
2.9K ratings
Philosophy
History
Biography
Strong Inside Summary
Strong Inside
Perry Wallace and the Collision of Race and Sports in the South
by Andrew Maraniss 2014 480 pages
4.20
311 ratings
Sports
Biography
History
The Thinking Machine Summary
The Thinking Machine
Jensen Huang, Nvidia, and the World's Most Coveted Microchip
by Stephen Witt 2025 272 pages
4.33
204 ratings
Business
Technology
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
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
Memoirs Summary
Memoirs
by Pablo Neruda 1974 378 pages
4.16
4.6K ratings
Memoir
Biography
Poetry
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
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
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
Wine to Water Summary
Wine to Water
A Bartender's Quest to Bring Clean Water to the World
by Doc Hendley 2012 304 pages
3.95
777 ratings
Memoir
Africa
Biography
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
The Right Kind of Crazy Summary
The Right Kind of Crazy
A True Story of Teamwork, Leadership, and High-Stakes Innovation
by Adam Steltzner 2015 256 pages
3.81
745 ratings
Science
Space
Business
Driving Honda Summary
Driving Honda
Inside the World's Most Innovative Car Company
by Jeffrey Rothfeder 2014
3.87
378 ratings
Business
Biography
History
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
The Gold Standard Summary
The Gold Standard
Rules to Rule By
by Ari Gold 2015 224 pages
4.02
938 ratings
Business
Comedy
Humor
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
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
John D. Rockefeller - The Original Titan Summary
John D. Rockefeller - The Original Titan
Insight and Analysis into the Life of the Richest Man in American History
by J.R. MacGregor 2019 175 pages
3.79
152 ratings
Biography
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
The Autobiography of Benjamin Franklin Summary
The Autobiography of Benjamin Franklin
by Benjamin Franklin 1791 143 pages
3.85
88.9K ratings
Biography
History
Classics
Pour Your Heart Into It Summary
Pour Your Heart Into It
How Starbucks Built a Company One Cup at a Time
by Howard Schultz 1997 351 pages
4.02
12.2K ratings
Business
Biography
Leadership
Happy People Are Annoying Summary
Happy People Are Annoying
by Josh Peck 2022 272 pages
4.05
16.5K ratings
Memoir
Biography
Humor
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
The Accidental President of Brazil Summary
The Accidental President of Brazil
A Memoir
by Fernando Henrique Cardoso 2006 291 pages
4.14
477 ratings
History
Brazil
Biography
Maestro Summary
Maestro
Greenspan's Fed and the American Boom
by Bob Woodward 2000 288 pages
3.41
853 ratings
Economics
Biography
Politics
Paris Summary
Paris
The Memoir
by Paris Hilton 2023 336 pages
4.21
81.2K ratings
Memoir
Biography
Autobiography
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
The Way of the Champion Summary
The Way of the Champion
Pain, Persistence, and the Path Forward
by Paul Rabil 2024 256 pages
4.18
261 ratings
Sports
Biography
Self Help
Porcelain Summary
Porcelain
A Memoir
by Moby 2016 416 pages
3.97
4.3K ratings
Music
Biography
Memoir
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
How to Think Like Socrates Summary
How to Think Like Socrates
Ancient Philosophy as a Way of Life in the Modern World
by Donald J. Robertson 2024 342 pages
4.17
490 ratings
Philosophy
Psychology
History
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 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
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
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
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
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
Cleopatra Summary
Cleopatra
The Queen Who Challenged Rome and Conquered Eternity
by Alberto Angela 2018 426 pages
3.86
1.4K ratings
History
Biography
Egypt
American Like Me Summary
American Like Me
Reflections on Life Between Cultures
by America Ferrera 2018 337 pages
4.33
6.3K ratings
Essays
Memoir
Short Stories
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
Keynes Summary
Keynes
A Very Short Introduction
by Robert Skidelsky 2010 208 pages
3.45
172 ratings
Economics
Biography
History
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
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
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
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