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Biography Book Summaries

Pour Me Summary
Pour Me
A Life
by A.A. Gill 2014 256 pages
4.08
2.4K ratings
Memoir
Biography
Autobiography
The Reluctant Billionaire Summary
The Reluctant Billionaire
How Dilip Shanghvi Became the Richest Self-made Indian
by Soma Das 2019 530 pages
4.06
115 ratings
Biography
How to Murder Your Life Summary
How to Murder Your Life
by Cat Marnell 2017 384 pages
3.88
19.9K ratings
Memoir
Biography
Mental Health
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 Heart and the Fist Summary
The Heart and the Fist
The Education of a Humanitarian, the Making of a Navy SEAL
by Eric Greitens 2011 320 pages
4.12
9.6K ratings
Military Fiction
Biography
Memoir
Get Me Out of Here Summary
Get Me Out of Here
My Recovery from Borderline Personality Disorder
by Rachel Reiland 2002 436 pages
3.96
7.3K ratings
Psychology
Mental Health
Memoir
Masters of Command Summary
Masters of Command
Alexander, Hannibal, Caesar, and the Genius of Leadership
by Barry S. Strauss 2012 320 pages
4.02
816 ratings
History
Leadership
Ancient History
Everything That Remains Summary
Everything That Remains
A Memoir by The Minimalists
by Joshua Fields Millburn 2013 232 pages
3.81
9.7K ratings
Memoir
Self Help
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
Bird Watching Summary
Bird Watching
On Playing and Coaching the Game I Love
by Larry Bird 1999 352 pages
3.94
423 ratings
Sports
Basketball
Memoir
The Greatest Summary
The Greatest
My Own Story
by Richard Durham 1975 415 pages
4.26
1.5K ratings
Biography
Sports
Autobiography
The Double Life of Pocahontas Summary
The Double Life of Pocahontas
by Jean Fritz 1983 96 pages
3.46
767 ratings
History
Biography
Historical
This American Woman Summary
This American Woman
A One-In-A-Billion Memoir
by Zarna Garg 2025 320 pages
4.56
599 ratings
Memoir
Humor
Biography Memoir
Know Your Power Summary
Know Your Power
A Message to America's Daughters
by Nancy Pelosi 2008 192 pages
3.41
539 ratings
Biography
Politics
Memoir
The Gold Standard Summary
The Gold Standard
Rules to Rule By
by Ari Gold 2015 224 pages
4.02
938 ratings
Business
Comedy
Humor
Sick in the Head Summary
Sick in the Head
Conversations About Life and Comedy
by Judd Apatow 2015 489 pages
3.66
13.0K ratings
Humor
Comedy
Memoir
Alexander the Great Summary
Alexander the Great
by Philip Freeman 2010 391 pages
4.32
5.3K ratings
History
Biography
Ancient History
The Second Coming of Steve Jobs Summary
The Second Coming of Steve Jobs
by Alan Deutschman 2000 352 pages
3.96
3.0K ratings
Biography
Business
Apple
American Drug Addict Summary
American Drug Addict
a memoir
by Brett Douglas 2018 422 pages
4.02
2.8K ratings
Memoir
Biography
Unfinished
Paris Summary
Paris
The Memoir
by Paris Hilton 2023 336 pages
4.21
81.2K ratings
Memoir
Biography
Autobiography
The True Adventures of the World's Greatest Stuntman Summary
The True Adventures of the World's Greatest Stuntman
My Life as Indiana Jones, James Bond, Superman and Other Action Heroes
by Vic Armstrong 2011 384 pages
3.67
395 ratings
Biography
Media Tie In
Memoir
The Dark Side of Innocence Summary
The Dark Side of Innocence
Growing Up Bipolar
by Terri Cheney 2011 290 pages
3.98
1.9K ratings
Memoir
Mental Health
Psychology
Girl With No Job Summary
Girl With No Job
The Crazy Beautiful Life of an Instagram Thirst Monster
by Claudia Oshry 2021 240 pages
3.82
21.5K ratings
Memoir
Biography
Pop Culture
The Year Without Pants Summary
The Year Without Pants
WordPress.com and the Future of Work
by Scott Berkun 2013 258 pages
3.81
2.7K ratings
Business
Management
Technology
Comedy Comedy Comedy Drama Summary
Comedy Comedy Comedy Drama
by Bob Odenkirk 2022 284 pages
3.60
12.5K ratings
Memoir
Biography
Humor
The Boer War Summary
The Boer War
by Winston S. Churchill 1900 405 pages
4.13
120 ratings
History
Africa
South Africa
The Partnership Summary
The Partnership
The Making of Goldman Sachs
by Charles D. Ellis 2008 752 pages
3.83
1.1K ratings
Business
Finance
History
Sadhguru Summary
Sadhguru
More Than A Life
by Arundhathi Subramaniam 2010 256 pages
4.45
1.4K ratings
Spirituality
Biography
Philosophy
I'm a Stranger Here Myself Summary
I'm a Stranger Here Myself
Notes on Returning to America After Twenty Years Away
by Bill Bryson 1998 304 pages
3.90
68.3K ratings
Travel
Humor
Memoir
Like, Comment, Subscribe Summary
Like, Comment, Subscribe
How YouTube Drives Google's Dominance and Controls Our Culture
by Mark Bergen 2022 464 pages
3.73
1.0K ratings
Business
Technology
History
Meetings With Remarkable Men Summary
Meetings With Remarkable Men
by G.I. Gurdjieff 1960 303 pages
4.12
2.6K ratings
Philosophy
Spirituality
Biography
Journey of a Thousand Miles Summary
Journey of a Thousand Miles
My Story
by Lang Lang 2008 239 pages
4.03
897 ratings
Music
Biography
Autobiography
Nelson Mandela Summary
Nelson Mandela
A Biography
by Martin Meredith 1997 596 pages
4.16
336 ratings
Biography
Africa
History
Brave Summary
Brave
by Rose McGowan 2018 258 pages
3.86
9.5K ratings
Memoir
Feminism
Biography
Strong Inside Summary
Strong Inside
Perry Wallace and the Collision of Race and Sports in the South
by Andrew Maraniss 2014 480 pages
4.20
311 ratings
Sports
Biography
History
Data, A Love Story Summary
Data, A Love Story
How I Gamed Online Dating to Meet My Match
by Amy Webb 2013 296 pages
3.57
2.0K ratings
Memoir
Relationships
Self Help
In Love Summary
In Love
A Memoir of Love and Loss
by Amy Bloom 2022 240 pages
4.26
23.7K ratings
Memoir
Biography
Biography Memoir
Uncertainty Summary
Uncertainty
Einstein, Heisenberg, Bohr, and the Struggle for the Soul of Science
by David Lindley 1996 272 pages
4.01
2.3K ratings
Science
Physics
History
Caviar Dreams, Tuna Fish Budget Summary
Caviar Dreams, Tuna Fish Budget
How to Survive in Business and Life
by Margaret Josephs 2021 272 pages
3.93
1.6K ratings
Memoir
Biography
Business
A Life in Parts Summary
A Life in Parts
by Bryan Cranston 2016 276 pages
4.20
22.4K ratings
Memoir
Biography
Autobiography
The House of Rothschild, Vol 2 Summary
The House of Rothschild, Vol 2
The World's Banker 1849-1999
by Niall Ferguson 1998 592 pages
3.95
651 ratings
History
Biography
Finance
Daughters of the Samurai Summary
Daughters of the Samurai
A Journey from East to West and Back
by Janice P. Nimura 2015 352 pages
3.90
2.0K ratings
History
Japan
Biography
The World's Banker Summary
The World's Banker
A Story of Failed States, Financial Crises, and the Wealth and Poverty of Nations
by Sebastian Mallaby 2004 496 pages
3.80
255 ratings
Economics
Finance
Biography
Ahead of the Curve Summary
Ahead of the Curve
Two Years at Harvard Business School
by Philip Delves Broughton 2005 304 pages
3.76
4.6K ratings
Business
Education
Biography
Is Everyone Hanging Out Without Me? Summary
Is Everyone Hanging Out Without Me?
by Mindy Kaling 2011 222 pages
3.86
507.8K ratings
Memoir
Humor
Biography
Autobiography Summary
Autobiography
by John Stuart Mill 1873 240 pages
3.76
1.1K ratings
Biography
Philosophy
History
Sigmund Freud's Mission Summary
Sigmund Freud's Mission
by Erich Fromm 1959 129 pages
3.75
327 ratings
Psychology
Philosophy
Biography
Quiet Leadership Summary
Quiet Leadership
Winning Hearts, Minds and Matches
by Carlo Ancelotti 2016 312 pages
4.05
3.4K ratings
Football
Biography
Sports
The Last Greatest Magician in the World Summary
The Last Greatest Magician in the World
Howard Thurston versus Houdini & the Battles of the American Wizards
by Jim Steinmeyer 2011 384 pages
3.84
470 ratings
History
Magic
Biography
Earth to Moon Summary
Earth to Moon
A Memoir
by Moon Unit Zappa 2024 351 pages
4.24
2.0K ratings
Memoir
Music
Biography
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