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Biography Book Summaries

Barnum Summary
Barnum
An American Life
by Robert Wilson 2019
3.69
804 ratings
Biography
History
Biography Memoir
Divided Minds Summary
Divided Minds
Twin Sisters and Their Journey Through Schizophrenia
by Pamela Spiro Wagner 2005 336 pages
4.00
3.0K ratings
Psychology
Memoir
Mental Health
Raquel Summary
Raquel
Beyond the Cleavage
by Raquel Welch 1984 266 pages
3.36
213 ratings
Biography
Memoir
Autobiography
Elizabeth I and Her Circle Summary
Elizabeth I and Her Circle
by Susan Doran 2015 397 pages
3.97
174 ratings
History
Tudor Period
Biography
Five Chimneys Summary
Five Chimneys
A Woman Survivor's True Story of Auschwitz
by Olga Lengyel 1947 232 pages
4.41
20.1K ratings
Holocaust
History
World War II
Nala's World Summary
Nala's World
One Man, His Rescue Cat, and a Bike Ride around the Globe
by Dean Nicholson 2020 261 pages
4.37
7.0K ratings
Travel
Animals
Memoir
Genghis Khan Summary
Genghis Khan
Life, Death, and Resurrection
by John Man 2004 400 pages
3.72
1.7K ratings
History
Biography
China
Blackbeard Summary
Blackbeard
America's Most Notorious Pirate
by Angus Konstam 2006 336 pages
3.53
415 ratings
History
Pirates
Biography
Steve Jobs Summary
Steve Jobs
The Man Who Thought Different: A Biography
by Karen Blumenthal 2012 320 pages
3.95
6.4K ratings
Biography
Business
Technology
I Am Jennie Summary
I Am Jennie
by Jennie Ketcham 2012 352 pages
3.82
635 ratings
Memoir
Biography
Sexuality
The Monk as Man Summary
The Monk as Man
The Unknown Life of Swami Vivekananda
by Sankar 2008 264 pages
3.88
308 ratings
Biography
Spirituality
India
Edmund Burke Summary
Edmund Burke
A Genius Reconsidered
by Russell Kirk 1997 285 pages
4.02
300 ratings
Biography
History
Politics
Henry V Summary
Henry V
The Astonishing Triumph of England's Greatest Warrior King
by Dan Jones 2024 432 pages
4.43
4.3K ratings
History
Biography
Medieval
Founding Brothers Summary
Founding Brothers
The Revolutionary Generation
by Joseph J. Ellis 2000 288 pages
3.95
46.7K ratings
History
American History
Biography
Rasputin and the Fall of the Romanovs Summary
Rasputin and the Fall of the Romanovs
by Colin Wilson 1964
3.41
230 ratings
History
Biography
Russia
The Meaning of Everything Summary
The Meaning of Everything
The Story of the Oxford English Dictionary
by Simon Winchester 2003 288 pages
3.99
5.2K ratings
History
Language
Biography
Becoming Leonardo Summary
Becoming Leonardo
An Exploded View of the Life of Leonardo da Vinci
by Mike Lankford 2017 304 pages
4.00
315 ratings
Biography
History
Art
LET IT GO Summary
LET IT GO
The Entrepreneur Turned Ardent Philanthropist
by Stephanie Shirley 2012 308 pages
4.25
770 ratings
Biography
Business
Memoir
Mexico Summary
Mexico
Biography of Power
by Enrique Krauze 1997 896 pages
4.27
634 ratings
History
Politics
Biography
Leonardo and the Last Supper Summary
Leonardo and the Last Supper
by Ross King 2012 336 pages
3.93
3.0K ratings
History
Art
Biography
The Frontiersmen Summary
The Frontiersmen
by Allan W. Eckert 1967 626 pages
4.47
4.5K ratings
History
American History
Historical
Play Nice But Win Summary
Play Nice But Win
A CEO's Journey from Founder to Leader
by Michael Dell 2021 336 pages
4.14
2.1K ratings
Business
Biography
Leadership
Love and Math Summary
Love and Math
The Heart of Hidden Reality
by Edward Frenkel 2013 292 pages
3.69
3.8K ratings
Mathematics
Science
Biography
Fate Is the Hunter Summary
Fate Is the Hunter
by Ernest K. Gann 1961 416 pages
4.56
3.1K ratings
Aviation
History
Biography
Homage to Catalonia Summary
Homage to Catalonia
by George Orwell 1938 232 pages
4.09
67.2K ratings
History
Politics
Classics
House of Lies Summary
House of Lies
How Management Consultants Steal Your Watch Then Tell You the Time [May 05, 2005] Kihn, Martin
by Martin Kihn 1994 288 pages
3.40
843 ratings
Business
Management
Media Tie In
A Woman of No Importance Summary
A Woman of No Importance
The Untold Story of the American Spy Who Helped Win World War II
by Sonia Purnell 2019 352 pages
4.15
57.0K ratings
History
Biography
Book Club
The Lords of Strategy Summary
The Lords of Strategy
The Secret Intellectual History of the New Corporate World
by Walter Kiechel III 2009 368 pages
3.94
2.5K ratings
Business
History
Management
Blood on the Moon Summary
Blood on the Moon
The Assassination of Abraham Lincoln
by Edward Steers Jr. 2001 400 pages
4.17
694 ratings
History
Civil War
American History
See A Little Light Summary
See A Little Light
The Trail of Rage and Melody
by Bob Mould 2011 403 pages
3.80
2.0K ratings
Music
Memoir
Biography
The Story of my life; with her letters (1887-1901) and a supplementary account of her education, including passages from the reports and letters of her teacher, Anne Mansfield Sullivan Summary
The Story of my life; with her letters (1887-1901) and a supplementary account of her education, including passages from the reports and letters of her teacher, Anne Mansfield Sullivan
by Helen Keller 1902 79 pages
3.95
528 ratings
Biography
Memoir
Classics
Hero Summary
Hero
The Life and Legend of Lawrence of Arabia
by Michael Korda 2010 699 pages
3.87
4.5K ratings
Biography
History
Biography Memoir
Long Live the Tribe of Fatherless Girls Summary
Long Live the Tribe of Fatherless Girls
by T Kira Madden 2019 336 pages
4.25
10.1K ratings
Memoir
LGBT
Queer
The Happy Medium Summary
The Happy Medium
Life Lessons from the Other Side
by Kim Russo 2016 240 pages
4.33
1.1K ratings
Spirituality
Paranormal
Memoir
I, Rigoberta Menchú Summary
I, Rigoberta Menchú
An Indian Woman in Guatemala
by Rigoberta Menchú 1984 252 pages
3.85
6.3K ratings
Memoir
History
Biography
The Inkblots Summary
The Inkblots
Hermann Rorschach, His Iconic Test, and the Power of Seeing
by Damion Searls 2015 405 pages
3.74
959 ratings
Psychology
History
Biography
Madame Blavatsky Summary
Madame Blavatsky
The Mother of Modern Spirituality
by Gary Lachman 2012 352 pages
3.82
249 ratings
Occult
Biography
History
We Were Soldiers Once... and Young Summary
We Were Soldiers Once... and Young
Ia Drang - The Battle that Changed the War in Vietnam
by Harold G. Moore 1991 480 pages
4.33
32.3K ratings
History
Military Fiction
War
Wouldn't it Be Nice Summary
Wouldn't it Be Nice
Brian Wilson and the Making of the Beach Boys' Pet Sounds
by Charles L. Granata 2003 255 pages
3.94
480 ratings
Music
Biography
History
The Accidental Investment Banker Summary
The Accidental Investment Banker
Inside the Decade that Transformed Wall Street
by Jonathan A. Knee 2006 288 pages
3.59
830 ratings
Finance
Business
Biography
HWPO Summary
HWPO
Hard Work Pays Off
by Mat Fraser 2022 320 pages
3.78
2.0K ratings
Sports
Fitness
Biography
Bobby Kennedy Summary
Bobby Kennedy
The Making of a Liberal Icon
by Larry Tye 2016 608 pages
4.39
2.6K ratings
Biography
History
Politics
The Quest for God Summary
The Quest for God
A Personal Pilgrimage
by Paul Johnson 1996 224 pages
3.57
119 ratings
Religion
Christianity
Biography
The Desert and the Sea Summary
The Desert and the Sea
977 Days Captive on the Somali Pirate Coast
by Michael Scott Moore 2018 480 pages
3.97
2.4K ratings
Memoir
Africa
Biography
The Artist, the Philosopher, and the Warrior Summary
The Artist, the Philosopher, and the Warrior
The Intersecting Lives of Da Vinci, Machiavelli, and Borgia and the World They Shaped
by Paul Strathern 2009 412 pages
3.97
1.3K ratings
History
Biography
Italy
The Forgotten Highlander Summary
The Forgotten Highlander
My Incredible Story of Survival During the War in the Far East
by Alistair Urquhart 2010 321 pages
4.53
5.2K ratings
History
Biography
War
Cooking for Kings Summary
Cooking for Kings
The Life of Antonin Carême, the First Celebrity Chef
by Ian Kelly 2003 288 pages
3.74
277 ratings
Biography
Food
History
Killing Jesus Summary
Killing Jesus
A History
by Bill O'Reilly 2013 293 pages
3.98
39.0K ratings
History
Religion
Biography
Ghost Hunters Summary
Ghost Hunters
William James and the Search for Scientific Proof of Life After Death
by Deborah Blum 2006 371 pages
3.69
1.2K ratings
History
Science
Paranormal
The Ministry of Truth Summary
The Ministry of Truth
The Biography of George Orwell's 1984
by Dorian Lynskey 2019 368 pages
4.13
1.3K ratings
History
Biography
Politics
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