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Biography Book Summaries

The Business Wisdom of Steve Jobs Summary
The Business Wisdom of Steve Jobs
250 Quotes from the Innovator Who Changed the World
by Alan Ken Thomas 2011 176 pages
3.29
100+ ratings
Business
Biography
Self Help
Stay Hungry Stay Foolish Summary
Stay Hungry Stay Foolish
by Bansal Rashmi 2012 393 pages
3.69
11k+ ratings
Business
Self Help
Entrepreneurship
Seven Men Summary
Seven Men
And the Secret of Their Greatness
by Eric Metaxas 2013 240 pages
4.24
6k+ ratings
Biography
History
Christian
The End of Your Life Book Club Summary
The End of Your Life Book Club
by Will Schwalbe 2013 352 pages
3.81
54k+ ratings
Memoir
Books About Books
Biography
Eat a Peach Summary
Eat a Peach
A Memoir
by David Chang 2020 294 pages
3.89
26k+ ratings
Memoir
Food
Biography
Working Summary
Working
by Robert A. Caro 2019 240 pages
4.44
6k+ ratings
Writing
Memoir
Biography
J.R.R. Tolkien Summary
J.R.R. Tolkien
A Biography
by Humphrey Carpenter 2014 385 pages
4.03
15k+ ratings
Biography
History
Biography Memoir
Gifted Hands 20th Anniversary Edition Summary
Gifted Hands 20th Anniversary Edition
The Ben Carson Story
by Ben Carson M.D. 2011 249 pages
4.18
20k+ ratings
Biography
Memoir
Medical
The Autobiography of Martin Luther King, Jr. Summary
The Autobiography of Martin Luther King, Jr.
by Clayborne Carson 2001 401 pages
4.33
22k+ ratings
Biography
History
Autobiography
My Life And Work Summary
My Life And Work
by Henry Ford 2012
4.19
4k+ ratings
Biography
Business
History
You're Never Weird on the Internet (Almost) Summary
You're Never Weird on the Internet (Almost)
A Memoir
by Felicia Day 2015 272 pages
4.08
49k+ ratings
Memoir
Biography
Humor
The Music Of The Primes Summary
The Music Of The Primes
Why An Unsolved Problem In Mathematics Matters (text Only)
by Marcus du Sautoy 2012 368 pages
4.29
31k+ ratings
Science
Mathematics
History
How to Think Like a Roman Emperor Summary
How to Think Like a Roman Emperor
The Stoic Philosophy of Marcus Aurelius
by Donald J. Robertson 2019 304 pages
4.36
11k+ ratings
Philosophy
History
Psychology
Jesus, My Father, The CIA, and Me Summary
Jesus, My Father, The CIA, and Me
A Memoir. . . of Sorts
by Ian Morgan Cron 2011 257 pages
4.08
2k+ ratings
Memoir
Biography
Christian
Putting Wealth to Work Summary
Putting Wealth to Work
by L Joel Fleishman
3.8
8k+ ratings
True Crime
History
Crime
I'll Make You an Offer You Can't Refuse Summary
I'll Make You an Offer You Can't Refuse
Insider Business Tips from a Former Mob Boss
by Michael Franzese 2011 176 pages
3.89
500+ ratings
Business
Crime
Biography
Paul Summary
Paul
The Pagans' Apostle
by Paula Fredriksen 2017 336 pages
4.05
100+ ratings
Religion
History
Biography
Same Kind Of Different As Me by Ron Hall (2006-05-03) Summary
Same Kind Of Different As Me by Ron Hall (2006-05-03)
by Ron Hall 2006 237 pages
4.20
90k+ ratings
Memoir
Christian
Biography
The Million-dollar Race Summary
The Million-dollar Race
by Kirk Hallowell 2013 232 pages
4.00
500+ ratings
Religion
Buddhism
Spirituality
Go For The Goal Summary
Go For The Goal
A Champion's Guide To Winning In Soccer And Life
by Mia Hamm 2013 171 pages
4.02
500+ ratings
Soccer
Sports
Autobiography
Iacocca Summary
Iacocca
An Autobiography
by Lee Iacocca 2011 402 pages
3.98
10k+ ratings
Biography
Business
Autobiography
I'm a Joke and So Are You Summary
I'm a Joke and So Are You
Reflections on Humour and Humanity
by Robin Ince 2018 288 pages
3.93
1k+ ratings
Humor
Psychology
Science
Year Of Living Biblically Summary
Year Of Living Biblically
by A. J. Jacobs 2012 400 pages
3.76
67k+ ratings
Religion
Humor
Memoir
Lead with Humility Summary
Lead with Humility
12 Leadership Lessons from Pope Francis
by Jeffrey Krames 2014 162 pages
3.97
100+ ratings
Leadership
Religion
Business
Leadership Summary
Leadership
by Doris Kearns Goodwin 2018 18 pages
4.4
14k+ ratings
History
Leadership
Biography
The Art of Asking Summary
The Art of Asking
How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Let People Help
by Amanda Palmer 2014 342 pages
3.93
36k+ ratings
Memoir
Biography
Self Help
All Too Human Summary
All Too Human
A Political Education
by George Stephanopoulos 2008 544 pages
3.83
3k+ ratings
Politics
Biography
Memoir
The Intel Trinity Summary
The Intel Trinity
How Robert Noyce, Gordon Moore, and Andy Grove Built the World's Most Important Company
by Michael S. Malone 2014 560 pages
4.19
500+ ratings
Business
Technology
History
Keynes Hayek Summary
Keynes Hayek
The Clash that Defined Modern Economics
by Nicholas Wapshott 2011 400 pages
3.91
2k+ ratings
Economics
History
Biography
The First Muslim Summary
The First Muslim
The Story of Muhammad
by Lesley Hazleton 2013 383 pages
3.98
4k+ ratings
Religion
History
Islam
What They Teach You At Harvard Business School Summary
What They Teach You At Harvard Business School
by Philip Delves Broughton 2009 304 pages
3.77
4k+ ratings
Business
Education
Biography
Wright Brothers, Wrong Story Summary
Wright Brothers, Wrong Story
How Wilbur Wright Solved the Problem of Manned Flight
by William Hazelgrove 2018 334 pages
3.66
100+ ratings
History
Biography
Science
Creativity, Inc. Summary
Creativity, Inc.
Overcoming the Unseen Forces That Stand in the Way of True Inspiration
by Ed Catmull 2014 368 pages
4.22
95k+ ratings
Business
Leadership
Biography
How to Be Like Mike Summary
How to Be Like Mike
Life Lessons about Basketball's Best
by Pat Williams 2001 337 pages
4.34
100+ ratings
Basketball
Sports
Biography
The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks Summary
The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks
by Rebecca Skloot 2010 393 pages
4.12
700k+ ratings
Science
History
Biography
A Million Miles in a Thousand Years Summary
A Million Miles in a Thousand Years
What I Learned While Editing My Life
by Donald Miller 2009 288 pages
4.13
31k+ ratings
Memoir
Christian
Faith
How I Built This Summary
How I Built This
The Unexpected Paths to Success from the World's Most Inspiring Entrepreneurs
by Guy Raz 2020 320 pages
4.17
3k+ ratings
Business
Entrepreneurship
Leadership
Can't Hurt Me Summary
Can't Hurt Me
Master Your Mind and Defy the Odds
by David Goggins 2018 366 pages
4.33
200k+ ratings
Self Help
Biography
Personal Development
FITNESS CONFIDENTIAL Summary
FITNESS CONFIDENTIAL
Adventures in the Weight-Loss Game
by Vinnie Tortorich 2013 250 pages
3.89
1k+ ratings
Health
Fitness
Memoir
Making Movies Summary
Making Movies
by Sidney Lumet 2010 242 pages
4.27
8k+ ratings
Film
Media Tie In
Art
Poverty Safari Summary
Poverty Safari
Understanding the Anger of Britain's Underclass
by Darren McGarvey 2020 466 pages
4.03
5k+ ratings
Politics
Memoir
Sociology
Disrupted Summary
Disrupted
Ludicrous Misadventures in the Tech Start-up Bubble
by Lyons,Dan 2013 272 pages
3.91
16k+ ratings
Business
Memoir
Biography
Supreme Commander Summary
Supreme Commander
MacArthur's Triumph in Japan
by Seymour Morris Jr. 2014 384 pages
4.12
100+ ratings
History
Biography
Japan
Machiavelli Summary
Machiavelli
A Very Short Introduction
by SKINNER 2001 120 pages
3.82
500+ ratings
Philosophy
History
Politics
The Autobiography Of Malcolm X Summary
The Autobiography Of Malcolm X
by Malcolm X 1990 460 pages
4.36
200k+ ratings
Biography
History
Memoir
Guitar Zero Summary
Guitar Zero
The Science of Becoming Musical at Any Age
by Gary Marcus 2012 286 pages
3.63
2k+ ratings
Music
Psychology
Memoir
Born Standing Up Summary
Born Standing Up
A Comic's Life
by Steve Martin 2007 228 pages
3.88
100k+ ratings
Biography
Memoir
Humor
Marx Summary
Marx
A Very Short Introduction (Very Short Introductions)
by Peter Singer 2018 152 pages
3.71
2k+ ratings
Philosophy
Politics
History
Character Is Destiny Summary
Character Is Destiny
Inspiring Stories Every Young Person Should Know and Every Adult Should Remember
by John McCain 2005 336 pages
3.93
500+ ratings
History
Biography
Politics
A Theory of Everything (That Matters) Summary
A Theory of Everything (That Matters)
A Brief Guide to Einstein, Relativity, and His Surprising Thoughts on God
by Alister McGrath 2019 240 pages
3.87
100+ ratings
Science
Philosophy
Biography
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