Biography Book Summaries

Two Sides of the Moon Summary
Two Sides of the Moon
Our Story of the Cold War Space Race
by David Randolph Scott 2004 448 pages
4.28
568 ratings
Space
History
Biography
Let Me Tell You a Story Summary
Let Me Tell You a Story
A Lifetime in the Game
by Arnold Jacob Red Auerbach 2004 346 pages
4.12
1.9K ratings
Sports
Basketball
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
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
On Pluto Summary
On Pluto
Inside the Mind of Alzheimer's
by Greg O'Brien 2014 240 pages
3.96
1.1K ratings
Memoir
Psychology
Health
Jesus Land Summary
Jesus Land
A Memoir
by Julia Scheeres 2005 384 pages
3.97
19.4K ratings
Memoir
Religion
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
Chris Hoy Summary
Chris Hoy
The Autobiography
by Chris Hoy 2009 306 pages
4.07
349 ratings
Cycling
Biography
Sports
Breaking the Silence Summary
Breaking the Silence
Two Little Boys, Lost and Unloved. One Foster Carer Determined to Make a Difference
by Casey Watson 2013 304 pages
4.42
1.1K ratings
Fostering
Abuse
True Crime
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
The Magnolia Story Summary
The Magnolia Story
by Chip Gaines 2016 217 pages
4.18
97.4K ratings
Memoir
Biography
Autobiography
Timelines from Black History Summary
Timelines from Black History
Leaders, Legends, Legacies
by D.K. Publishing 2021 96 pages
4.43
151 ratings
History
Race
Historical
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
Meetings With Remarkable Men Summary
Meetings With Remarkable Men
by G.I. Gurdjieff 1960 303 pages
4.12
2.6K ratings
Philosophy
Spirituality
Biography
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
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
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
Hope Summary
Hope
The Autobiography
by Pope Francis 2025 320 pages
4.36
1.4K ratings
Biography
Religion
Memoir
Where Tomorrows Aren't Promised Summary
Where Tomorrows Aren't Promised
A Memoir of Survival and Hope
by Carmelo Anthony 2021 208 pages
4.07
1.7K ratings
Sports
Memoir
Basketball
Mover Of Men and Mountains Summary
Mover Of Men and Mountains
by R.G. LeTourneau 1967 320 pages
4.35
568 ratings
Biography
Christian
Business
حكمة ستيف جوبز التجارية Summary
حكمة ستيف جوبز التجارية
مئتان وخمسون شاهداً مأثوراً من المبتكر الذي غير العالم
by Alan Ken Thomas 2011 152 pages
3.28
352 ratings
Business
Biography
Self Help
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
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
Fischer Black and the Revolutionary Idea of Finance Summary
Fischer Black and the Revolutionary Idea of Finance
by Perry G. Mehrling 2005 400 pages
3.98
148 ratings
Finance
Economics
Biography
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
The Polymath Summary
The Polymath
A Cultural History from Leonardo da Vinci to Susan Sontag
by Peter Burke 2020 352 pages
3.26
325 ratings
History
Biography
Science
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
Cooking as Fast as I Can Summary
Cooking as Fast as I Can
A Chef's Story of Family, Food, and Forgiveness
by Cat Cora 2015 256 pages
3.55
701 ratings
Memoir
Food
Biography
The Way of the Hermit Summary
The Way of the Hermit
My 40 years in the Scottish Wilderness
by Ken Smith 2023 298 pages
4.22
2.0K ratings
Memoir
Nature
Biography
The House of Medici Summary
The House of Medici
Its Rise and Fall
by Christopher Hibbert 1975 364 pages
3.87
8.3K ratings
History
Italy
Biography
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
What's It All About Summary
What's It All About
by Michael Caine 1992 466 pages
4.07
1.3K ratings
Biography
Autobiography
Memoir
A Life in Light Summary
A Life in Light
Meditations on Impermanence
by Mary Pipher 2022 302 pages
4.07
987 ratings
Memoir
Essays
Spirituality
India’s Railway Man Summary
India’s Railway Man
A Biography of E. Sreedharan
by Rajendra B. Aklekar 2017 273 pages
3.85
248 ratings
Biography
History
Engineering
Depression Hates a Moving Target Summary
Depression Hates a Moving Target
How Running With My Dog Brought Me Back From the Brink
by Nita Sweeney 2019 258 pages
3.72
1.9K ratings
Memoir
Mental Health
Self Help
Steve Jobs Summary
Steve Jobs
Thinking Differently
by Patricia Lakin 2011 192 pages
3.84
375 ratings
Biography
Business
Biography Memoir
The Woman All Spies Fear Summary
The Woman All Spies Fear
Code Breaker Elizebeth Smith Friedman and Her Hidden Life
by Amy Butler Greenfield 2021 328 pages
4.21
1.4K ratings
History
Biography
Historical
Castaway Summary
Castaway
by Lucy Irvine 1983 288 pages
3.75
849 ratings
Travel
Biography
Memoir
Confidence Game Summary
Confidence Game
How Hedge Fund Manager Bill Ackman Called Wall Street's Bluff
by Christine S. Richard 2010 352 pages
4.13
901 ratings
Finance
Business
Economics
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
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
E.R. Nurses Summary
E.R. Nurses
by James Patterson 2021 304 pages
4.18
7.7K ratings
Medical
Memoir
Medicine
To Risk It All Summary
To Risk It All
Nine Conflicts and the Crucible of Decision
by James G. Stavridis 2022 351 pages
3.99
544 ratings
History
Military Fiction
Leadership
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
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 Gospel According to Coco Chanel Summary
The Gospel According to Coco Chanel
Life Lessons From The World's Most Elegant Woman
by Karen Karbo 2009 225 pages
3.52
3.4K ratings
Fashion
Biography
Self Help
7 Lessons from Heaven Summary
7 Lessons from Heaven
How Dying Taught Me to Live a Joy-Filled Life
by Mary C. Neal 2017 276 pages
4.12
1.4K ratings
Christian
Spirituality
Religion
The Rise Summary
The Rise
Kobe Bryant and the Pursuit of Immortality
by Mike Sielski 2022 372 pages
4.07
1.0K ratings
Sports
Biography
Basketball
Herbie Hancock Summary
Herbie Hancock
Possibilities
by Herbie Hancock 2014 352 pages
4.22
1.5K ratings
Music
Biography
Jazz
Hegarty on Advertising Summary
Hegarty on Advertising
by John Hegarty 2011 224 pages
4.07
707 ratings
Business
Design
Memoir
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