Biography
Real lives unfold on these pages as visionaries, leaders, and everyday heroes share their transformative journeys through success, struggle, and profound change. These intimate portraits and personal stories illuminate the human spirit while offering wisdom, inspiration, and powerful lessons drawn from lived experience.
Biography Book Summaries
Hero
The Life and Legend of Lawrence of Arabia
Biography
History
Biography Memoir
Consumed by Hate, Redeemed by Love
How a Violent Klansman Became a Champion of Racial Reconciliation
Biography
Christian
Memoir
Hostage
Memoir
Jewish
Israel
Barnum
An American Life
Biography
History
Biography Memoir
A Curious Mind
The Secret to a Bigger Life
Self Help
Psychology
Business
Silver Screen Fiend
Learning About Life from an Addiction to Film
Memoir
Humor
Film
Carl Gustav Jung
A Biography
Biography
Psychology
History
Under Their Thumb
How a Nice Boy from Brooklyn Got Mixed Up with the Rolling Stones
Music
Biography
Memoir
Miss May Does Not Exist
The Life and Work of Elaine May, Hollywood’s Hidden Genius
Biography
Film
Biography Memoir
Dr. Deming
The American Who Taught the Japanese About Quality
Business
Management
Leadership
On the Trail of Genghis Khan
An Epic Journey Through the Land of the Nomads
Travel
History
Adventure
Why Fish Don’t Exist
A Story of Loss, Love, and the Hidden Order of Life
Science
Memoir
History
The Best Advice I Ever Got
Lessons from Extraordinary Lives
Self Help
Inspirational
Biography
Lead with Humility
12 Leadership Lessons from Pope Francis
Leadership
Religion
Business
Unfiltered
No Shame, No Regrets, Just Me
Memoir
Biography
Autobiography
The Secret Diaries of Miss Anne Lister
LGBT
History
Biography
Better to Live
Psychology
Biography
Memoir
Bagehot
The Life and Times of the Greatest Victorian
Biography
Economics
History
A Boy Without Hope
Fostering
Mental Health
Biography
The Last Warlord
The Life and Legend of Dostum, the Afghan Warrior Who Led US Special Forces to Topple the Taliban Regime
History
Military History
Military Fiction
London
History
Travel
Biography
The Fifth Vital
Biography
Memoir
Medical
The Quest for God
A Personal Pilgrimage
Religion
Christianity
Biography
On Being Human
A Memoir of Waking Up, Living Real, and Listening Hard
Memoir
Self Help
Biography Memoir
The Latehomecomer
A Hmong Family Memoir
Memoir
Book Club
History
Dead Mom Walking
A Memoir of Miracle Cures and Other Disasters
Memoir
Canada
Biography
Before My Heart Stops
A Memoir
Lds
Memoir
Book Club
One Train Later
A Memoir
Music
Biography
Autobiography
Killing the Dream
James Earl Ray and the Assassination of Martin Luther King, Jr.
History
American History
True Crime
Back on the Road (Otra Vez)
A Journey Through Latin America
History
Travel
Politics
Meaningful Work
A Quest to Do Great Business, Find Your Calling, and Feed Your Soul
Business
Self Help
Personal Development
Don't Worry, It Gets Worse
One Twentysomething's (Mostly Failed) Attempts at Adulthood
Memoir
Humor
Self Help
Operation Ironman
One Man's Four Month Journey from Hospital Bed to Ironman Triathlon
Biography
Humor
Travel
You Gotta Want It
Biography
Life Is Short, Laundry Is Eternal
Confessions of a Stay-at-Home Dad
Parenting
Memoir
Humor
Dead End Gene Pool
A Memoir
Memoir
Biography
Book Club
Shakey
Neil Young's Biography
Music
Biography
Biography Memoir
Darwin and Evolution
Science
Evolution
Biography
Talking to the Dead
Kate and Maggie Fox and the Rise of Spiritualism
History
Biography
Paranormal
C.G. Jung
Lord of the Underworld
Psychology
Biography
British Literature
Saving Five
A Memoir of Hope
Memoir
Feminism
Biography
Packing Light
Thoughts on Living Life with Less Baggage
Memoir
Self Help
Travel
Glory Days
The Bruce Springsteen Story
Music
Biography
History
Surprised by Christ
My Journey From Judaism to Orthodox Christianity
Religion
Biography
Christian
God's Hostage
A True Story of Persecution, Imprisonment, and Perseverance
Biography
Christian
Memoir
Fifty Things That Aren't My Fault
Essays from the Grown-up Years
Humor
Essays
Memoir
The Sound of the Machine
My Life in Kraftwerk and Beyond
Music
Biography
Autobiography
Susan Sontag
The Complete Rolling Stone Interview
Biography
Philosophy
Essays
Confessions of a Wall Street Analyst
Finance
Business
Economics
Mawson's Will
The Greatest Polar Survival Story Ever Written
Adventure
History
Survival
