Biography Book Summaries

Churchill Summary
Churchill
Walking with Destiny
by Andrew Roberts 2018 1105 pages
4.37
10.5K ratings
Biography
History
Politics
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
Feeding the Soul (Because It's My Business) Summary
Feeding the Soul (Because It's My Business)
Finding Our Way to Joy, Love, and Freedom
by Tabitha Brown 2021 288 pages
4.42
7.8K ratings
Memoir
Self Help
Biography
Quantum Man Summary
Quantum Man
Richard Feynman's Life in Science
by Lawrence M. Krauss 2011 368 pages
4.07
3.8K ratings
Science
Biography
Physics
Stephen Hawking Summary
Stephen Hawking
A Memoir of Friendship and Physics
by Leonard Mlodinow 2020 240 pages
4.02
679 ratings
Science
Biography
Memoir
How Starbucks Saved My Life Summary
How Starbucks Saved My Life
A Son of Privilege Learns to Live Like Everyone Else
by Michael Gates Gill 2007 272 pages
3.48
11.3K ratings
Memoir
Biography
Business
How I Made $2,000,000 In The Stock Market Summary
How I Made $2,000,000 In The Stock Market
by Nicolas Darvas 1960 197 pages
4.22
5.8K ratings
Finance
Business
Money
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
Supreme Commander Summary
Supreme Commander
MacArthur's Triumph in Japan
by Seymour Morris Jr. 2014 384 pages
4.10
217 ratings
History
Biography
Japan
The Boy Who Harnessed the Wind Summary
The Boy Who Harnessed the Wind
by William Kamkwamba 2009 304 pages
4.25
11.0K ratings
Picture Books
Biography
Science
In the Form of a Question Summary
In the Form of a Question
The Joys and Rewards of a Curious Life
by Amy Schneider 2023 272 pages
3.51
3.0K ratings
Memoir
LGBT
Biography
Little Angels Summary
Little Angels
Life as a Novice Monk in Thailand
by Phra Peter Pannapadipo 2005 314 pages
3.95
128 ratings
Biography
Buddhism
Fearless Summary
Fearless
The Undaunted Courage and Ultimate Sacrifice of Navy SEAL Team SIX Operator Adam Brown
by Eric Blehm 2012 257 pages
4.57
21.3K ratings
Biography
Military Fiction
History
Where White Men Fear to Tread Summary
Where White Men Fear to Tread
The Autobiography of Russell Means
by Russell Means 1995 624 pages
4.14
1.4K ratings
Native American
Biography
History
Proof of Heaven Summary
Proof of Heaven
A Neurosurgeon's Journey into the Afterlife
by Eben Alexander 2012 196 pages
3.73
63.1K ratings
Spirituality
Memoir
Book Club
Michael O'Leary Summary
Michael O'Leary
Turbulent Times for the Man Who Made Ryanair
by Matt Cooper 2018 368 pages
4.06
173 ratings
Business
Biography
Yoga Bitch Summary
Yoga Bitch
One Woman's Quest to Conquer Skepticism, Cynicism, and Cigarettes on the Path to Enlightenment
by Suzanne Morrison 2011 352 pages
3.67
4.1K ratings
Memoir
Travel
Humor
Flying Scotsman Summary
Flying Scotsman
Cycling to Triumph Through My Darkest Hours
by Graeme Obree 2003 244 pages
4.17
659 ratings
Cycling
Biography
Autobiography
Journey of a Thousand Miles Summary
Journey of a Thousand Miles
My Story
by Lang Lang 2008 239 pages
4.03
897 ratings
Music
Biography
Autobiography
Thomas Jefferson Summary
Thomas Jefferson
The Art of Power
by Jon Meacham 2012 759 pages
4.04
41.9K ratings
History
Biography
Presidents
Bad Gays Summary
Bad Gays
A Homosexual History
by Huw Lemmey 2022 368 pages
3.56
5.0K ratings
History
Queer
LGBT
Keeping the Republic Summary
Keeping the Republic
Saving America by Trusting Americans
by Mitch Daniels 2011 252 pages
4.01
248 ratings
Politics
Biography
Government
In My Time Summary
In My Time
A Personal and Political Memoir
by Dick Cheney 2011 576 pages
3.79
2.9K ratings
Biography
Politics
History
Buffett Summary
Buffett
The Making of an American Capitalist
by Roger Lowenstein 1995 475 pages
4.19
15.6K ratings
Biography
Business
Finance
The Smallest Lights in the Universe Summary
The Smallest Lights in the Universe
A Memoir
by Sara Seager 2020 308 pages
4.11
2.9K ratings
Memoir
Science
Biography
Any Ordinary Day Summary
Any Ordinary Day
by Leigh Sales 2018 244 pages
4.13
16.0K ratings
Book Club
Psychology
Biography
Brilliant Moon Summary
Brilliant Moon
The Autobiography of Dilgo Khyentse
by Dilgo Khyentse 2008 400 pages
4.46
130 ratings
Buddhism
Spirituality
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 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
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
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
The Emergency Summary
The Emergency
A Personal History
by Coomi Kapoor 2015 400 pages
4.00
1.1K ratings
India
History
Politics
Joseph Anton Summary
Joseph Anton
A Memoir
by Salman Rushdie 2012 636 pages
3.64
9.2K ratings
Memoir
Biography
Biography Memoir
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
Make Something Wonderful Summary
Make Something Wonderful
by Steve Jobs 2023 194 pages
4.49
1.5K ratings
Biography
Business
Design
Do the KIND Thing Summary
Do the KIND Thing
Think Boundlessly, Work Purposefully, Live Passionately
by Daniel Lubetzky 2015 304 pages
3.82
612 ratings
Business
Self Help
Leadership
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
The Story of the Integration of the Indian States Summary
The Story of the Integration of the Indian States
by V.P. Menon 1956 511 pages
4.35
286 ratings
History
India
Politics
Why Bob Dylan Matters Summary
Why Bob Dylan Matters
by Richard F. Thomas 2017 368 pages
3.73
1.3K ratings
Music
Biography
Poetry
Endurance Summary
Endurance
A Year in Space, A Lifetime of Discovery
by Scott Kelly 2017 400 pages
4.21
22.3K ratings
Science
Biography
Space
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
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
Earth to Moon Summary
Earth to Moon
A Memoir
by Moon Unit Zappa 2024 351 pages
4.24
2.0K ratings
Memoir
Music
Biography
A Doctor in the House Summary
A Doctor in the House
The Memoirs of Tun Dr Mahathir Mohamad
by Mahathir Mohamad 2011 843 pages
4.26
1.1K ratings
Biography
Politics
History
Sam Walton Summary
Sam Walton
Made In America
by Sam Walton 1993 346 pages
4.15
26.7K ratings
Business
Biography
Autobiography
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
Wittgenstein Summary
Wittgenstein
by Anthony Kenny 1973 256 pages
3.86
194 ratings
Philosophy
Biography
German Literature
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
Before & Laughter Summary
Before & Laughter
A Life Changing Book
by Jimmy Carr 2021 358 pages
4.06
5.8K ratings
Biography
Comedy
Self Help
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