Biography Book Summaries

How to Lead Summary
How to Lead
Wisdom from the World's Greatest CEOs, Founders, and Game Changers
by David M. Rubenstein 2020 445 pages
3.85
1.7K ratings
Business
Leadership
Biography
Aleister Crowley Summary
Aleister Crowley
Magick, Rock and Roll, and the Wickedest Man in the World
by Gary Lachman 2014 400 pages
3.42
560 ratings
Biography
Occult
History
When I Stop Talking, You'll Know I'm Dead Summary
When I Stop Talking, You'll Know I'm Dead
Useful Stories from a Persuasive Man
by Jerry Weintraub 2010 304 pages
4.13
4.3K ratings
Biography
Business
Memoir
The Philosopher and the Wolf Summary
The Philosopher and the Wolf
by Mark Rowlands 2008 256 pages
4.14
3.2K ratings
Philosophy
Animals
Memoir
My Invented Country Summary
My Invented Country
A Nostalgic Journey Through Chile
by Isabel Allende 2003 199 pages
3.89
11.8K ratings
Memoir
Biography
Travel
Will Summary
Will
by Will Smith 2021 418 pages
4.25
72.4K ratings
Biography
Memoir
Autobiography
Real Estate Summary
Real Estate
by Deborah Levy 2021 297 pages
4.29
9.1K ratings
Memoir
Feminism
Biography
Abroad in Japan Summary
Abroad in Japan
Ten Years In The Land Of The Rising Sun
by Chris Broad 2023 320 pages
4.14
17.6K ratings
Travel
Japan
Memoir
The Book of Basketball Summary
The Book of Basketball
The NBA According to The Sports Guy
by Bill Simmons 2009 736 pages
4.20
37.2K ratings
Sports
Basketball
History
Born on a Blue Day Summary
Born on a Blue Day
by Daniel Tammet 2006 226 pages
3.84
23.7K ratings
Memoir
Biography
Autistic Spectrum Disorder
Explosive Growth Summary
Explosive Growth
A Few Things I Learned While Growing To 100 Million Users - And Losing $78 Million
by Cliff Lerner 2017 314 pages
4.16
923 ratings
Business
Entrepreneurship
Leadership
Novelist as a Vocation Summary
Novelist as a Vocation
by Haruki Murakami 2015 224 pages
3.89
16.7K ratings
Writing
Japan
Memoir
Consent Summary
Consent
A Memoir
by Jill Ciment 2024 145 pages
3.86
5.2K ratings
Memoir
Biography Memoir
Biography
Capital Gaines Summary
Capital Gaines
Smart Things I Learned Doing Stupid Stuff
by Chip Gaines 2017 224 pages
3.99
18.1K ratings
Biography
Memoir
Business
Lucky Man Summary
Lucky Man
by Michael J. Fox 2002 260 pages
4.07
28.5K ratings
Biography
Memoir
Autobiography
Half Lion Summary
Half Lion
How P.V. Narasimha Rao Transformed India
by Vinay Sitapati 2016 371 pages
4.43
2.3K ratings
History
India
Politics
Strangers Drowning Summary
Strangers Drowning
Grappling with Impossible Idealism, Drastic Choices, and the Overpowering Urge to Help
by Larissa MacFarquhar 2015 336 pages
3.91
2.8K ratings
Philosophy
Psychology
Sociology
What in the World?! Summary
What in the World?!
A Southern Woman's Guide to Laughing at Life's Unexpected Curveballs and Beautiful Blessings
by Leanne Morgan 2024 240 pages
4.37
8.4K ratings
Memoir
Humor
Biography
The Great Guide Summary
The Great Guide
What David Hume Can Teach Us about Being Human and Living Well
by Julian Baggini 2021 328 pages
3.85
177 ratings
Philosophy
Biography
Self Help
Trailblazer Summary
Trailblazer
The Power of Business as the Greatest Platform for Change
by Marc Benioff 2019 235 pages
3.82
2.3K ratings
Business
Biography
Leadership
Mao's America Summary
Mao's America
A Survivor’s Warning
by Xi Van Fleet 2023 320 pages
4.45
473 ratings
Politics
History
China
The Boy Who Could Change the World Summary
The Boy Who Could Change the World
The Writings of Aaron Swartz
by Aaron Swartz 2015 359 pages
4.19
467 ratings
Biography
Politics
Essays
Hope Summary
Hope
A Memoir of Survival in Cleveland
by Amanda Berry 2015 321 pages
4.36
18.6K ratings
True Crime
Memoir
Biography
The First Family Detail Summary
The First Family Detail
Secret Service Agents Reveal the Hidden Lives of the Presidents
by Ronald Kessler 2014 272 pages
3.36
3.6K ratings
History
Politics
Presidents
Walking to Listen Summary
Walking to Listen
4,000 Miles Across America, One Story at a Time
by Andrew Forsthoefel 2017 373 pages
3.89
2.6K ratings
Memoir
Travel
Biography
Grace & Grit Summary
Grace & Grit
Spirituality & Healing in the Life & Death of Treya Killam Wilber
by Ken Wilber 1991 413 pages
4.47
1.8K ratings
Spirituality
Biography
Psychology
How to Giggle Summary
How to Giggle
A Guide to Taking Life Less Seriously
by Hannah Berner 2025 208 pages
4.27
5.9K ratings
Humor
Self Help
Memoir
No Dream Is Too High Summary
No Dream Is Too High
Life Lessons From a Man Who Walked on the Moon
by Buzz Aldrin 2016 224 pages
3.75
1.5K ratings
Biography
Space
Science
A Life in Football Summary
A Life in Football
My Autobiography
by Ian Wright 2016 415 pages
4.06
1.5K ratings
Football
Biography
Sports
Tremendous Summary
Tremendous
by Joey "Coco" Diaz 2023 280 pages
4.46
3.0K ratings
Biography
Comedy
Memoir
Sadhguru Summary
Sadhguru
More Than A Life
by Arundhathi Subramaniam 2010 256 pages
4.45
1.4K ratings
Spirituality
Biography
Philosophy
Tracks Summary
Tracks
A Woman's Solo Trek Across 1700 Miles of Australian Outback
by Robyn Davidson 1980 288 pages
3.93
17.0K ratings
Travel
Memoir
Adventure
Invent and Wander Summary
Invent and Wander
The Collected Writings of Jeff Bezos
by Jeff Bezos 2020 288 pages
3.85
6.4K ratings
Business
Biography
Leadership
The Woman in Me Summary
The Woman in Me
by Britney Spears 2023 288 pages
3.84
535.9K ratings
Memoir
Biography
Autobiography
Quantum Summary
Quantum
Einstein, Bohr and the Great Debate About the Nature of Reality
by Manjit Kumar 2007 448 pages
4.26
10.2K ratings
Science
Physics
History
Albert Camus Summary
Albert Camus
Elements of a Life
by Robert Zaretsky 2010 200 pages
4.13
164 ratings
Philosophy
Biography
Biography Memoir
Outwitting History Summary
Outwitting History
The Amazing Adventures of a Man Who Rescued a Million Yiddish Books
by Aaron Lansky 2004 328 pages
4.25
2.2K ratings
History
Jewish
Memoir
Based on a True Story Summary
Based on a True Story
A Memoir
by Norm Macdonald 2016 256 pages
4.02
17.8K ratings
Humor
Comedy
Biography
A Widow's Story Summary
A Widow's Story
by Joyce Carol Oates 2011 432 pages
3.75
4.2K ratings
Memoir
Biography
Grief
The Winning Formula Summary
The Winning Formula
Leadership, Strategy and Motivation The F1 Way
by David Coulthard 2018 304 pages
3.52
384 ratings
Biography
Business
Sports
Zero Regrets Summary
Zero Regrets
Be Greater Than Yesterday
by Apolo Anton Ohno 2010 292 pages
4.22
612 ratings
Biography
Sports
Autobiography
My Life in Full Summary
My Life in Full
Work, Family, and Our Future
by Indra Nooyi 2021 320 pages
4.24
9.3K ratings
Business
Biography
Memoir
Boyd Summary
Boyd
The Fighter Pilot Who Changed the Art of War
by Robert Coram 2004 504 pages
4.18
7.7K ratings
Biography
History
Military Fiction
Pour Me Summary
Pour Me
A Life
by A.A. Gill 2014 256 pages
4.08
2.4K ratings
Memoir
Biography
Autobiography
Wild Game Summary
Wild Game
My Mother, Her Lover, and Me
by Adrienne Brodeur 2019 256 pages
3.98
32.4K ratings
Memoir
Book Club
Biography
No Impact Man Summary
No Impact Man
by Colin Beavan 2009 288 pages
3.78
5.2K ratings
Environment
Memoir
Sustainability
Dreams from My Father Summary
Dreams from My Father
A Story of Race and Inheritance; The Audacity of Hope: Thoughts on Reclaiming the American Dream
by Barack Obama 2008
4.04
510 ratings
Biography
History
Politics
Great Thinkers Summary
Great Thinkers
Simple Tools from 60 Great Thinkers to Improve Your Life Today
by The School of Life 2016
4.36
1.7K ratings
Philosophy
Self Help
Psychology
The Road to Mecca Summary
The Road to Mecca
by Muhammad Asad 1954 375 pages
4.48
5.9K ratings
Islam
Religion
Biography
Not Quite What I Was Planning Summary
Not Quite What I Was Planning
Six-Word Memoirs by Writers Famous and Obscure
by Larry Smith 2008 225 pages
3.89
3.4K ratings
Memoir
Biography
Poetry
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