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Cover of Steve Jobs

Steve Jobs

Walter Isaacson

4.1

2011

Cover of John Adams

John Adams

David McCullough

4.0

2001

Cover of A Million Little Pieces

A Million Little Pieces

James Frey

3.6

2003

Cover of The Autobiography of Malcolm X

The Autobiography of Malcolm X

Malcolm X, Alex Haley

4.3

1965

Cover of Roots: The Saga of an American Family

Roots: The Saga of an American Family

Alex Haley

4.4

1976

Cover of When Breath Becomes Air

When Breath Becomes Air

Paul Kalanithi, Abraham Verghese

4.3

2016

Cover of A Long Way Gone: Memoirs of a Boy Soldier

A Long Way Gone: Memoirs of a Boy Soldier

Ishmael Beah

4.1

2007

Cover of A Beautiful Mind

A Beautiful Mind

Sylvia Nasar

4.1

1998

Cover of Reading Lolita in Tehran

Reading Lolita in Tehran

Azar Nafisi

3.6

2003

Cover of Einstein: His Life and Universe

Einstein: His Life and Universe

Walter Isaacson

4.1

2007

Cover of All Creatures Great and Small (All Creatures Great and Small, #1-2)

All Creatures Great and Small (All Creatures Great and Small, #1-2)

James Herriot

4.3

1972

Cover of Wild Swans: Three Daughters of China

Wild Swans: Three Daughters of China

Jung Chang

4.2

1991

Cover of Elon Musk: Inventing the Future

Elon Musk: Inventing the Future

Ashlee Vance

4.3

2015

Cover of Zeitoun

Zeitoun

Dave Eggers

4.1

2008

Cover of Truman

Truman

David McCullough

4.2

1992

Cover of Alexander Hamilton

Alexander Hamilton

Ron Chernow

4.3

2004

Cover of The Pianist: The Extraordinary Story of One Man's Survival in Warsaw, 1939–45

The Pianist: The Extraordinary Story of One Man's Survival in Warsaw, 1939–45

Władysław Szpilman, Anthea Bell

4.2

1946

Cover of Black Boy

Black Boy

Richard Wright, Jerry W. Ward Jr.

4.0

1945

Cover of Chronicles, Vol. 1

Chronicles, Vol. 1

Bob Dylan

4.0

2004

Cover of The End of Your Life Book Club

The End of Your Life Book Club

Will Schwalbe

3.8

2012

Cover of Founding Brothers: The Revolutionary Generation

Founding Brothers: The Revolutionary Generation

Joseph J. Ellis

3.9

2000

Cover of Left to Tell: Discovering God Amidst the Rwandan Holocaust

Left to Tell: Discovering God Amidst the Rwandan Holocaust

Immaculée Ilibagiza, Steve Erwin

4.4

2006

Cover of Theodore Rex

Theodore Rex

Edmund Morris

4.2

2001

Cover of The Story of My Experiments With Truth

The Story of My Experiments With Truth

Mahatma Gandhi

4.1

1940

Cover of His Excellency: George Washington

His Excellency: George Washington

Joseph J. Ellis

3.9

2004

Cover of Just Mercy: A Story of Justice and Redemption

Just Mercy: A Story of Justice and Redemption

Bryan Stevenson

4.6

2014

Cover of The Rise of Theodore Roosevelt

The Rise of Theodore Roosevelt

Edmund Morris

4.3

1979

Cover of Year of Yes: How to Dance It Out, Stand In the Sun and Be Your Own Person

Year of Yes: How to Dance It Out, Stand In the Sun and Be Your Own Person

Shonda Rhimes

4.0

2015

Cover of The Reason I Jump: The Inner Voice of a Thirteen-Year-Old Boy with Autism

The Reason I Jump: The Inner Voice of a Thirteen-Year-Old Boy with Autism

Naoki Higashida, K.A. Yoshida, David Mitchell

3.8

2005

Cover of An Astronaut's Guide to Life on Earth

An Astronaut's Guide to Life on Earth

Chris Hadfield

4.1

2013

Cover of Marie Antoinette: The Journey

Marie Antoinette: The Journey

Antonia Fraser

3.9

2001

Cover of If You Ask Me (And of Course You Won't)

If You Ask Me (And of Course You Won't)

Betty White

3.6

2011

Cover of Liar's Poker

Liar's Poker

Michael Lewis

4.2

1989

Cover of Why Be Happy When You Could Be Normal?

Why Be Happy When You Could Be Normal?

Jeanette Winterson

3.9

2011

Cover of Stolen Lives: Twenty Years in a Desert Jail

Stolen Lives: Twenty Years in a Desert Jail

Malika Oufkir, Michèle Fitoussi

4.1

1999

Cover of M Train

M Train

Patti Smith

3.9

2015

Cover of What Do You Care What Other People Think?

What Do You Care What Other People Think?

Richard Feynman

4.3

1988

Cover of Che Guevara: A Revolutionary Life

Che Guevara: A Revolutionary Life

Jon Lee Anderson

4.1

1997

Cover of The Wives of Henry VIII

The Wives of Henry VIII

Antonia Fraser

4.2

1992

Cover of Hitch-22: A Memoir

Hitch-22: A Memoir

Christopher Hitchens

4.0

2010

Cover of Means of Ascent (The Years of Lyndon Johnson, #2)

Means of Ascent (The Years of Lyndon Johnson, #2)

Robert A. Caro

4.3

1990

Cover of Yes, Chef

Yes, Chef

Marcus Samuelsson

3.8

2012

Cover of Georgiana: Duchess of Devonshire

Georgiana: Duchess of Devonshire

Amanda Foreman

3.8

1998

Cover of Assata: An Autobiography

Assata: An Autobiography

Assata Shakur, Angela Y. Davis, Lennox S. Hinds

4.5

1987

Cover of Jack: Straight from the Gut

Jack: Straight from the Gut

Jack Welch, John A. Byrne, Mike Barnicle

3.8

2001

Cover of Me: Stories of My Life

Me: Stories of My Life

Katharine Hepburn

3.9

1991

Cover of The Book of Disquiet

The Book of Disquiet

Fernando Pessoa, Richard Zenith

4.5

1913

Cover of Random Family: Love, Drugs, Trouble, and Coming of Age in the Bronx

Random Family: Love, Drugs, Trouble, and Coming of Age in the Bronx

Adrian Nicole LeBlanc

4.2

2003

Cover of Me Talk Pretty One Day

Me Talk Pretty One Day

David Sedaris

4.0

2000

Cover of Wild: From Lost to Found on the Pacific Crest Trail

Wild: From Lost to Found on the Pacific Crest Trail

Cheryl Strayed

4.0

2012

Cover of Why Not Me?

Why Not Me?

Mindy Kaling

3.9

2015

Cover of Autobiography of a Yogi

Autobiography of a Yogi

Paramahansa Yogananda

4.2

1946

Cover of All I Really Need to Know I Learned in Kindergarten

All I Really Need to Know I Learned in Kindergarten

Robert Fulghum

4.0

1986

Cover of Kaffir Boy: An Autobiography

Kaffir Boy: An Autobiography

Mark Mathabane

4.2

1986

Cover of The Suspicions of Mr. Whicher: A Shocking Murder and the Undoing of a Great Victorian Detective

The Suspicions of Mr. Whicher: A Shocking Murder and the Undoing of a Great Victorian Detective

Kate Summerscale

3.4

2008

Cover of The Rainbow Comes and Goes: A Mother and Son On Life, Love, and Loss

The Rainbow Comes and Goes: A Mother and Son On Life, Love, and Loss

Anderson Cooper, Gloria Vanderbilt

3.8

2016

Cover of Trump: The Art of the Deal

Trump: The Art of the Deal

Donald J. Trump, Tony Schwartz

3.7

1987

Cover of The River Why

The River Why

David James Duncan

4.2

1983

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