Biography
Real lives unfold on these pages as visionaries, leaders, and extraordinary individuals share their triumphs, struggles, and deepest wisdom. Through intimate portraits and candid reflections, these personal stories illuminate the human spirit while offering powerful insights into success, resilience, and the pursuit of meaning.
Biography Book Summaries
Hegarty on Advertising
Business
Design
Memoir
Prisoner
My 544 Days in an Iranian Prison―Solitary Confinement, a Sham Trial, High-Stakes Diplomacy, and the Extraordinary Efforts It Took to Get Me Out
Memoir
Iran
Biography
Good Morning, Mr. Mandela
Biography
Africa
Memoir
Living with the Monks
What Turning Off My Phone Taught Me about Happiness, Gratitude, and Focus
Self Help
Memoir
Personal Development
Sybil
The Classic True Story of a Woman Possessed by Sixteen Personalities
Psychology
Biography
Mental Health
India Wins Freedom
The Complete Version
History
India
Politics
Unbearable Lightness
A Story of Loss and Gain
Memoir
Biography
Autobiography
The Audacity to Win
The Inside Story and Lessons of Barack Obama's Historic Victory
Politics
History
Biography
J.P. Morgan - The Life and Deals of America’s Banker
Insight and Analysis into the Founder of Modern Finance and the American Banking System
Biography
The End of Your Life Book Club
Memoir
Book Club
Books About Books
Somewhere Towards the End
Memoir
Biography
Autobiography
Liar's Poker
Business
Finance
Economics
Dressed Up for a Riot
Misadventures in Putin's Moscow
Russia
Memoir
Politics
Spy Catcher
The Candid Autobiography of a Senior Intelligence Officer
History
Espionage
Biography
Back to Earth
What Life in Space Taught Me About Our Home Planet―And Our Mission to Protect It
Space
Science
Biography
Hedge Hogging
Finance
Business
Economics
Matriarch
A Memoir
Memoir
Biography
Autobiography
The Great Bridge
The Epic Story of the Building of the Brooklyn Bridge
History
American History
New York
The Salon of Exiled Artists in California
Art
LGBT
Bisexual
No One Man Should Have All That Power
How Rasputins Manipulate the World
History
Politics
Philosophy
From Fear to Freedom
Living as Sons and Daughters of God
Christian
Memoir
Theology
Having Nothing, Possessing Everything
Finding Abundant Communities in Unexpected Places
Social Justice
Theology
Christian
Bull by the Horns
Fighting to Save Main Street from Wall Street and Wall Street from Itself
Economics
Finance
Business
Freak Kingdom
Hunter S. Thompson's Manic Ten-Year Crusade Against American Fascism
Biography
History
Politics
Girl Walks into a Bar . . .
Comedy Calamities, Dating Disasters, and a Midlife Miracle
Memoir
Humor
Comedy
My Autobiography
Biography
Film
Autobiography
Life Beyond Measure
Letters to My Great-Granddaughter
Biography
Memoir
Autobiography
Walt Whitman
A Life
Biography
Poetry
History
Diaries 1969-1979
The Python Years
Biography
Memoir
Autobiography
If You Find This Letter
My Journey to Find Purpose Through Hundreds of Letters to Strangers
Memoir
Biography
Writing
The Book of Drugs
A Memoir
Memoir
Music
Biography
The Not So Subtle Art of Being a Fat Girl
Loving the Skin You're In
Memoir
Biography
Feminism
Smith Wigglesworth
Apostle of Faith
Christian
Biography
Faith
Never Give an Inch
Fighting for the America I Love
Politics
Biography
History
Ella Baker and the Black Freedom Movement
A Radical Democratic Vision
History
Biography
Race
Jokes My Father Never Taught Me
Life, Love, and Loss with Richard Pryor
Memoir
Biography
Comedy
Women in the Valley of the Kings
The Untold Story of Women Egyptologists in the Gilded Age
History
Egypt
Biography
All The Young Men
Memoir
LGBT
History
The JFK Conspiracy
The Secret Plot to Kill Kennedy―and Why It Failed
History
Politics
Biography
The Third Wave
An Entrepreneur's Vision of the Future
Business
Entrepreneurship
Technology
Car Guys vs. Bean Counters
The Battle for the Soul of American Business
Business
History
Economics
Nobody Ever Told Me Anything
Memoir
Biography
Legionnaire
Five Years in the French Foreign Legion
Military Fiction
History
Biography
Mountains Beyond Mountains
The Quest of Dr. Paul Farmer, a Man Who Would Cure the World
Biography
Medicine
Book Club
R. N. Kao
Gentleman Spymaster
Biography
History
India
I, Steve
Steve Jobs In His Own Words
Biography
Business
Leadership
Let Your Mind Run
A Memoir of Thinking My Way to Victory
Memoir
Sports
Health
Undisputed Truth
Biography
Sports
Autobiography
Never Far from Home
My Journey from Brooklyn to Hip Hop, Microsoft, and the Law
Memoir
Autobiography
Business
Prisoners of Hope
The Story of Our Captivity and Freedom in Afghanistan
Biography
Christian
Memoir
