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
The Wrath of Cochise
The Bascom Affair and the Origins of the Apache Wars
History
American History
Biography
Beyond the Robot
The Life and Work of Colin Wilson
Biography
Philosophy
Psychology
The Campaigns of Alexander
History
Classics
Biography
Bad Mormon
A Memoir
Memoir
Religion
Biography
Shot All to Hell
Jesse James, the Northfield Raid, and the Wild West's Greatest Escape
History
True Crime
American History
Savarkar
A Contested Legacy, 1924-1966
History
Biography
India
Find the Good
Unexpected Life Lessons from a Small-Town Obituary Writer
Memoir
Self Help
Essays
We Are Free to Change the World
Hannah Arendt's Lessons in Love and Disobedience
Philosophy
Biography
Politics
If Chins Could Kill
Confessions of a B Movie Actor
Biography
Memoir
Humor
Hotel Babylon
Inside the Extravagance and Mayhem of a Luxury Five-Star Hotel
Travel
Memoir
Humor
Humanly Possible
Seven Hundred Years of Humanist Freethinking, Inquiry, and Hope
Philosophy
History
Biography
Bandersnatch
C.S. Lewis, J.R.R. Tolkien and the Creative Collaboration of the Inklings
Writing
Biography
History
A Numerate Life
A Mathematician Explores the Vagaries of Life, His Own and Probably Yours
Mathematics
Science
Biography
To Hell on a Fast Horse
Billy the Kid, Pat Garrett, and the Epic Chase to Justice in the Old West
History
Biography
Westerns
Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass
History
Classics
Biography
The Alchemists
The INEOS Story – An Industrial Giant Comes of Age
Biography
Business
On Being Human
A Memoir of Waking Up, Living Real, and Listening Hard
Memoir
Self Help
Biography Memoir
Renegade
The Making of a President
Politics
Biography
History
Magical Thinking
True Stories
Memoir
Humor
Short Stories
Deliver Me from Nowhere
The Making of Bruce Springsteen's Nebraska
Music
Biography
Music Biography
Killing the Dream
James Earl Ray and the Assassination of Martin Luther King, Jr.
History
American History
True Crime
Enough
Politics
Memoir
History
Don't Worry, It Gets Worse
One Twentysomething's (Mostly Failed) Attempts at Adulthood
Memoir
Humor
Self Help
How to Think Like Einstein
Science
Biography
Philosophy
The Cartiers
The Untold Story of the Family Behind the Jewelry Empire
History
Biography
Fashion
The Republic of Pirates
Being the True and Surprising Story of the Caribbean Pirates and the Man Who Brought Them Down
History
Pirates
Historical
Beethoven
The Universal Composer
Music
Biography
History
#Girlboss
Business
Memoir
Feminism
The Unabridged Journals of Sylvia Plath
Classics
Poetry
Memoir
Garry Kasparov on My Great Predecessors, Part 1
Chess
History
Games
Gray Matters
A Biography of Brain Surgery
Science
Medicine
Medical
Sober Mercies
How Love Caught Up with a Christian Drunk
Memoir
Christian
Biography
Called Out
Why I Traded Two Dream Jobs for a Life of True Calling
Biography
Memoir
Leadership
Lead from the Outside
How to Build Your Future and Make Real Change
Politics
Memoir
Leadership
The Driver
My Dangerous Pursuit of Speed and Truth in the Outlaw Racing World
Biography
Cars
Racing
The Way of the Explorer
An Apollo Astronaut's Journey Through the Material and Mystical Worlds
Science
Philosophy
Memoir
Audition
A Memoir
Memoir
Biography
Autobiography
Manhood for Amateurs
Essays
Memoir
Biography
Sure, I'll Join Your Cult
A Memoir of Mental Illness and the Quest to Belong Anywhere
Memoir
Humor
Mental Health
Psychic Warrior
The True Story of America's Foremost Psychic Spy and the Cover-Up of the CIA's Top-Secret Stargate Program
Paranormal
History
Biography
Carry On, Warrior
Thoughts on Life Unarmed
Memoir
Self Help
Book Club
Black Like Me
History
Memoir
Classics
Our Noise
The Story of Merge Records, the Indie Label That Got Big and Stayed Small
Music
Biography
History
London
History
Travel
Biography
A Class of Their Own
Adventures in Tutoring the Super-Rich
Biography
Politics
Memoir
The Buy Side
A Wall Street Trader's Tale of Spectacular Excess
Finance
Business
Biography
The Case for Trump
Politics
History
Biography
C.G. Jung
Lord of the Underworld
Psychology
Biography
British Literature
Q's Legacy
A Delightful Account of a Lifelong Love Affair with Books
Books About Books
Memoir
Biography
Fly Girls
How Five Daring Women Defied All Odds and Made Aviation History
History
Biography
Aviation
