Biography & Autobiography
Explore the best biography and autobiography books, featuring top autobiographies and the best biographies of all time.
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Titan: The Life of John D. Rockefeller, Sr.National Book Critics Circle Award Finalist From the acclaimed, award-winning author of Alexander Hamilton here is the essential, endlessly engrossing biography of John D. Rockefeller, Sr.--the Jekyll-and-Hyde of American capitalism. In the course of his nearly 98 years, Rockefeller was known as both a...
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Three Minutes for a Dog: My Life in an Iron LungContrary to popular belief Polio is not extinct. This is the true story of an indomitable spirit afflicted with unimaginable physical and psychological challenges. Paul Alexander's life is a saga that started in 1946 and has been profoundly shaped by the Polio epidemic of...
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This Is Your Mother: A MemoirNamed a Best Memoir of 2025 (So Far) by BookPage and Real Simple * "A beautiful story about an extraordinary mother's gift of love and hope." --Jeannette Walls, #1 New York Times bestselling author of The Glass Castle * "Candid...Heartbreaking...Illuminating." --Oprah Daily From "a...
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This Far: My Story of Love, Loss, and Embracing the LightNEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER"A celebration of the healing power of family and dance, Holker's memoir shows how to heal from tragedy without wrapping everything up in a neat bow." - Library JournalIn this candid and emotional memoir, Allison Holker opens up about her incredible...
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This Changes Everything: A Surprisingly Funny Story about Race, Cancer, Faith, and Other Things We Don't Talk about*NATIONAL BESTSELLER* A cancer diagnosis caused Tyler Merritt--beloved author of I Take My Coffee Black--to realize that there was no time for anger, unforgiveness, foolishness, or lost friendships. None of us have any time to waste. When Tyler Merritt was diagnosed with cancer, everything...
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The YearsWINNER OF THE 2022 NOBEL PRIZE IN LITERATURE One of the New York Times's 100 Best Books of the 21st CenturyShortlisted for the 2019 Man Booker International PrizeConsidered by many to be the iconic French memoirist's defining work and a breakout bestseller when published...
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The World Entire: A True Story of an Extraordinary World War II RescueEveryone knows Oskar Schindler and his famous list, but few have heard of Aristides de Sousa Mendes―a Portuguese diplomat who saved the lives of thousands in World War II. This magnificently illustrated picture book biography tells a moving story that resonates profoundly today. "He...
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The Woman Who Knew Everyone: The Power of Perle Mesta, Washington's Most Famous HostessA TOWN & COUNTRY MUST READ BOOK OF 2025 AN AMAZON BEST BOOK OF THE MONTH - BIOGRAPHIES & MEMOIR A deeply researched biography of the socialite, political hostess, activist and United States envoy to Luxembourg, Perle Mesta, from New York Times bestselling author...
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The Waiting Game: The Untold Story of the Women Who Served the Tudor Queens: A HistoryA New York TImes Book Review Editor's Pick A colorful and authoritative narrative history of the often-overlooked--yet hugely influential--figures of the Tudor court: the ladies-in-waiting. Every Tudor Queen had ladies-in-waiting. They were her confidantes and her chaperones. Only the Queen's ladies had the right...
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The True Happiness Company: A MemoirA LILLY'S LIBRARY BOOK CLUB PICK - In this darkly humorous and wrenchingly sincere memoir, a young Indian American woman's dreams of being a well-adjusted college student get wildly derailed when her struggles with mental health land her in the office of a charismatic...
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The Tell: Oprah's Book Club: A MemoirNEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER - OPRAH'S BOOK CLUB PICK - An astonishing memoir that explores how far we will go to protect ourselves, and the healing made possible when we face our secrets and begin to share our stories "The Tell encourages us to...
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The Taylor Swift Book: The Ultimate Guide to the Music, Life, Eras, and Legacy of an IconGo beyond Taylor Swift's iconic music with The Taylor Book, the deepest and most comprehensive exploration of her stratospheric career to date. From her humble days as a teen country artist to her record-obliterating Eras Tour, Taylor Swift is a supernova that shows no...
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The Tarantula in My Purse: And 172 Other Wild PetsFrom bestselling nature writer and Newbery Medal winner Jean Craighead George comes an autobiographical story about how wild it can be living in a house full of animal fans.Imagine living with a skunk in your closet, a bat in your refrigerator, and a tarantula...
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The Stranger in the Woods: The Extraordinary Story of the Last True HermitNEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER - The remarkable true story of a man who lived alone in the woods of Maine for 27 years, making this dream a reality--not out of anger at the world, but simply because he preferred to live on his own....
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The Spider Lady: Nan Songer and Her Arachnid World War II ArmyPerfect for kids who are fascinated by insects and American history, here is the story of Nan Songer, a little-known hero of World War II, who collected and bred spiders in her home and found new ways to use their silk to help the...
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The Six -- Young Readers Edition: The Untold Story of America's First Women AstronautsTwo starred reviews! The "compelling and inspiring" (Kirkus Reviews, starred review) true story of America's first female astronauts hailed as "suspenseful, meticulously observed, enlightening" by Margot Lee Shetterly, #1 New York Times bestselling author of Hidden Figures, now adapted for young readers. Sally Ride...
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The Secret Public: How Music Moved Queer Culture from the Margins to the MainstreamJon Savage, the author of the canonical England's Dreaming, explodes new ground in this electrifying history of pop music from 1955 through 1979. In demonstrating that gay and lesbian artists were responsible for many of the greatest cultural breakthroughs in the last half of...
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The Royal Butler: My Remarkable Life in Royal ServiceAn unforgettable portrait of the royal household, told by the former butler to King Charles III. Grant Harrold had been obsessed with the royaly family since childhood. In this unforgettable memoir, we journey along with Grant as he finds his way to the heart...
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The Real Anthony Fauci: Bill Gates, Big Pharma, and the Global War on Democracy and Public Health#1 on AMAZON, TWENTY WEEKS on the NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER LIST, and a WALL STREET JOURNAL, USA TODAY and PUBLISHERS WEEKLY NATIONAL BESTSELLER Over 1,000,000 copies sold despite censorship, boycotts from bookstores and libraries, and hit pieces against the author. Pharma-funded mainstream media...
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The Prosecutor: One Man's Battle to Bring Nazis to JusticeFrom the #1 Sunday Times bestselling author of The Volunteer, the powerful true story of a Jewish lawyer who returned to Germany after World War II to prosecute war crimes, only to find himself pitted against a nation determined to bury the past. At...
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