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Biography1,238
Biography & Memoir1,238
History, Politics & Society1,238
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History1,077
Memoir563
Formats389
Politics261
Art, Design & Culture252

Historical Fiction152

Young Adult & Children152

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Steve Jobs
Walter Isaacson
4.16 average rating, · 1.4M ratings
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Einstein: His Life and Universe
Walter Isaacson
4.16 average rating, · 207k ratings
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A Hymn to Life
Gisèle Pelicot
4.67 average rating, · 29.8k ratings
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Elon Musk
Walter Isaacson
4.32 average rating, · 79.6k ratings
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Heavy
Kiese Laymon
4.47 average rating, · 46.2k ratings
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Leonardo da Vinci
Walter Isaacson
4.17 average rating, · 133.8k ratings
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Hunger: A Memoir of (My) Body
Roxane Gay
4.17 average rating, · 123k ratings
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The Color of Water: A Black Man's Tribute to His White Mother
James McBride
4.16 average rating, · 135.8k ratings
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First They Killed My Father: A Daughter of Cambodia Remembers
Loung Ung
4.36 average rating, · 55.9k ratings
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107 Days
Kamala Harris
4.27 average rating, · 66k ratings
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American Prometheus: The Triumph and Tragedy of J. Robert Oppenheimer
Kai Bird
4.30 average rating, · 61.6k ratings
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A River in Darkness: One Man's Escape from North Korea
Masaji Ishikawa
4.28 average rating, · 63.6k ratings
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A Beautiful Mind
Sylvia Nasar
4.13 average rating, · 135.7k ratings
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Famesick
Lena Dunham
4.25 average rating, · 64.6k ratings
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The Story of My Life
Helen Keller
4.07 average rating, · 151.9k ratings
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Truman
David McCullough
4.17 average rating, · 92.5k ratings
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Benjamin Franklin: An American Life
Walter Isaacson
4.05 average rating, · 153k ratings
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The Rise of Theodore Roosevelt
Edmund Morris
4.22 average rating, · 62.3k ratings
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Notorious RBG: The Life and Times of Ruth Bader Ginsburg
Irin Carmon
4.18 average rating, · 64.2k ratings
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The Code Breaker: Jennifer Doudna, Gene Editing, and the Future of the Human Race
Walter Isaacson
4.28 average rating, · 42.4k ratings
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Fearless: The Undaunted Courage and Ultimate Sacrifice of Navy SEAL Team SIX Operator Adam Brown
Eric Blehm
4.57 average rating, · 22.9k ratings
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Good Talk: A Memoir in Conversations
Mira Jacob
4.44 average rating, · 27.1k ratings
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Zeitoun
Dave Eggers
4.05 average rating, · 80.6k ratings
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A Well-Trained Wife: My Escape from Christian Patriarchy
Tia Levings
4.27 average rating, · 38.3k ratings
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