Biography & Autobiography
Explore the best biography and autobiography books, featuring top autobiographies and the best biographies of all time.
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Karen: A Brother RemembersNew York Times BestsellerOne of Oprah Daily's Most Anticipated Books of 2025People's Best Books of May 2025On July 1, 1975, Kelsey Grammer's younger sister, eighteen-year-old Karen Grammer, was raped and murdered. In Karen, Kelsey reveals their past, celebrates their youth together, mourns her loss,...
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Calling in: How to Start Making Change with Those You'd Rather CancelFrom a pioneering Black feminist and MacArthur "Genius" Fellow, this urgent and exhilarating memoir-manifesto-handbook provides bold, practical new ways to transform conflicts into connections, even with those we're tempted to walk away from. In 1979, Loretta Ross was a single mother in Washington who'd...
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Why Fish Don't Exist: A Story of Loss, Love, and the Hidden Order of LifeA Best Book of 2020: The Washington Post * NPR * Chicago Tribune * Smithsonian A "remarkable" (Los Angeles Times), "seductive" (The Wall Street Journal) debut from the new cohost of Radiolab, Why Fish Don't Exist is a dark and astonishing tale of love,...
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Poor Charlie's Almanack: The Essential Wit and Wisdom of Charles T. MungerFrom the legendary vice-chairman of Berkshire Hathaway, lessons in investment strategy, philanthropy, and living a rational and ethical life."A timeless classic that will change how you approach life. There is a billion-dollar education inside this book."--Shane Parrish, founder of Syrus Partners and Farnam Street"Spend...
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Katherine Johnson: Ready-To-Read Level 3Get to know the woman who made many of NASA's early missions possible in this fascinating, nonfiction Level 3 Ready-to-Read, part of a series of biographies about people "you should meet!" Meet Katherine Johnson, a brilliant mathematician who worked at NASA in the early...
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The Last Manager: How Earl Weaver Tricked, Tormented, and Reinvented BaseballNEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER "Baseball books don't get any better than this...Earl Weaver has at last been given his due." --George F. Will "Vivid...Most sports books are pop flies to the infield. Miller's is a screaming triple into the left field corner." --Dwight Garner,...
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Crumb: A Cartoonist's Life"A definitive and ideal biography--pound for pound, one of the sleekest and most judicious I've ever read." --Dwight Garner, The New York Times A critical darling, Crumb is the first biography of Robert Crumb--one of the most profound and influential artists of the 20th...
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A Book of LifePeter Kingsley's Book of Life is the culmination and completion of an extraordinary body of work. As a historian he has revolutionized our understanding of ancient philosophy and religion; as a mystic, he introduced us to what philosophy and religion are meant to be.Hauntingly...
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Influencing Death: Reframing Dying for Better LivingA hospice nurse's unflinching look at life, death, and redemption.Death is undeniable and unavoidable. We must accept it; there is no other choice. But coming to terms with our mortality can profoundly influence how we live-and how we die. Having been a hospice nurse...
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We Might Just Make It After All: My Best Friendship with Kate SpadeNEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER A moving portrait of friendship by Elyce Arons as she reflects on her long relationship with Kate Spade, whom she met in college and with whom she cofounded the multi-billion-dollar fashion company as they came of age in 1990s New...
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Into Thin Air: A Personal Account of the Mount Everest Disaster#1 NATIONAL BESTSELLER - The epic account of the storm on the summit of Mt. Everest that claimed five lives and left countless more--including Krakauer's--in guilt-ridden disarray. "A harrowing tale of the perils of high-altitude climbing, a story of bad luck and worse judgment...
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Art Work: On the Creative LifeThe much-anticipated new book by artist and New York Times bestselling author Sally Mann about the challenges and transcendent pleasures of the creative process "Erudite, frank, and funny." --Amor Towles, bestselling author of A Gentleman in Moscow and The Lincoln Highway Art Work, by...
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Cudi: The MemoirA raw, fearless memoir from the Grammy Award-winning artist, actor, and designer Kid Cudi about a kid from Cleveland who found purpose in the darkness and became a guiding light for a generation. Cudi: The Memoir is Scott Mescudi's most personal work yet. Across...
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An Unfinished Love Story: A Personal History of the 1960sThe #1 New York Times bestseller from "America's historian-in-chief" (New York magazine). An Unfinished Love Story: A Personal History of the 1960s by Doris Kearns Goodwin, one of America's most beloved historians, artfully weaves together biography, memoir, and history. She takes you along on...
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Disney Adults: Exploring (and Falling in Love With) a Magical SubcultureINSTANT NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER A fascinating and enlightening deep dive into the infamous Disney Adult community from the woman behind the popular website The Disney Food Blog. Disney Adults are grown-ups who derive singular, almost obsessive, joy from all things Disney. They devote...
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World Travel: An Irreverent GuideA guide to some of the world's most fascinating places, as seen and experienced by writer, television host, and relentlessly curious traveler Anthony BourdainAnthony Bourdain saw more of the world than nearly anyone. His travels took him from the hidden pockets of his hometown...
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The Boys in the Light: An Extraordinary World War II Story of Survival, Faith, and BrotherhoodAn epic story of the triumph of good over evil. The soldiers of D Company could not believe their eyes as they came face-to-face with the human cost of Hitler's evil: two teenage boys--survivors of Auschwitz and Buchenwald--who had escaped. The Boys in the...
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The Carpool Detectives: A True Story of Four Moms, Two Bodies, and One Mysterious Cold CaseThe incredible true story of a group of moms who, united by a search for new purpose, attempt to solve a fifteen-year-old double murder. "A true crime mystery that reads like a novel . . . It can be easy to forget that the...
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Clint: The Man and the MoviesNew York Times "Editors Choice," Los Angeles Times "Must Read Book for Summer," and a New Yorker "Best Book of the Year So Far""This is the biography of Clint Eastwood we've been waiting for." -- Sir Christopher Frayling, author of Sergio LeoneFrom the acclaimed...
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Uptown Girl: A Memoir"A thoroughly engaging glimpse into a colorful life well lived." -Kirkus Reviews"A bighearted new memoir . . . Uptown Girl tells the story of a glamorous, resilient, and beloved All-American icon."--Woman's World MagazineIn 1974, a twenty-year-old Christie Brinkley was "discovered" outside a Paris phone...
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