Biography & Autobiography
Explore the best biography and autobiography books, featuring top autobiographies and the best biographies of all time.
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BrothersINSTANT NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLERIn this intimate and open account--nothing like any rock-and-roll memoir you've ever read--Alex Van Halen shares his personal story of family, friendship, music and brotherly love in a remarkable tribute to his beloved brother and band mate.Told with acclaimed New...
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Blessings and Disasters: A Story of AlabamaFrom a New Yorker staff writer and PEN award winner, a blend of memoir, history, and reportage on one of the most complex and least understood states in America. "In Alabama, we exist at the border of blessing and disaster...." Alexis Okeowo grew up...
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Who Better Than You?: The Art of Healthy Arrogance & Dreaming BigNEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER - The billion-dollar Hollywood producer provides a master mentorship by sharing secrets to success honed from working with the biggest stars in the world. As Kevin Hart says of working with Will Packer: "I became a student and learned from...
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Nice Girls Don't Win: How I Burned It All Down to Claim My Power"A bible for badass women."--SARAH MICHELLE GELLAR "Gripping and liberating."--ADAM GRANT, #1 New York Times bestselling author of Hidden Potential and Think Again "Survivor legend and gay icon, Parvati Shallow has won my heart all over again."--BOWEN YANG NATIONAL BESTSELLER - A bold, eye-opening...
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The Spinach King: The Rise and Fall of an American Dynasty"Having left this material for his writer son, my father must have wanted the story told, even if he couldn't bear to tell it himself." So begins the story of a forgotten American dynasty, a farming family from the bean fields of southern New...
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The Color of Water: A Black Man's Tribute to His White MotherFrom the bestselling author of Deacon King Kong and the National Book Award-winning The Good Lord Bird The modern classic that spent more than two years on The New York Times bestseller list and that Oprah.com calls one of the best memoirs of a...
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The Hiding PlaceIn darkness God's truth shines most clear.Corrie ten Boom was the first licensed female watchmaker in the Netherlands who became a heroine of the Resistance, a survivor of Hitler's concentration camps, and one of the most remarkable ministers of hope in the twentieth century....
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Beautiful Boy (Tie-In): A Father's Journey Through His Son's AddictionThe #1 New York Times best-selling story of addiction and a father's love: "A brilliant, harrowing, heartbreaking, fascinating story, full of beautiful moments and hard-won wisdom. This book will save a lot of lives and heal a lot of hearts."--Anne LamottWhat had happened to...
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The Mind Electric: A Neurologist on the Strangeness and Wonder of Our BrainsNamed a Best Book of Summer 2025 by The Globe and Mail (Toronto), Publishers Weekly, and Book Riot The Observer (London)'s Summer Reads Select In this collection of medical tales "reminiscent of Oliver Sacks...the best of medical writing" (Abraham Verghese, author of The Covenant...
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Tiny Beautiful Things (10th Anniversary Edition): Reese's Book Club: Advice from Dear SugarNOW A HULU ORIGINAL SERIES - NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER - REESE'S BOOK CLUB PICK - An anniversary edition of the bestselling collection of "Dear Sugar" advice columns written by the author of #1 bestseller Wild--featuring a new preface and six additional columns. For...
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Cleavage: Men, Women, and the Space Between UsWhat is the difference between men and women? Jennifer Finney Boylan, bestselling author of She's Not There and co-author of Mad Honey with Jodi Picoult, examines the divisions--as well as the common ground--between the genders, and reflects on her own experiences, both difficult and...
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The Tragedy of True Crime: Four Guilty Men and the Stories That Define UsIn 2001, John J. Lennon killed a man on a Brooklyn Street. Now he's a journalist, working from behind bars, trying to make sense of it all. The Tragedy of True Crime is a first-person journalistic account of the lives of four men who...
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A Change of Habit: Leaving Behind My Husband, Career, and Everything I Owned to Become a NunThe soulful, hilarious memoir of a chronic people pleaser who surprised everyone in her life by abandoning an unfulfilling career and marriage to join a convent--and learned how much we stand to gain when we fully embrace our authentic selves In her twenties and...
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The Nine: The True Story of a Band of Women Who Survived the Worst of Nazi GermanyTHE BELOVED NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER "[A] narrative of unfathomable courage" ―Wall Street Journal The Nine follows the true story of the author's great aunt Hélène Podliasky, who led a band of nine female resistance fighters as they escaped a German forced labor camp...
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A Woman of No Importance: The Untold Story of the American Spy Who Helped Win World War IIA NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER Chosen as a BEST BOOK OF THE YEAR by NPR, the New York Public Library, Amazon, the Seattle Times, the Washington Independent Review of Books, PopSugar, the Minneapolis Star Tribune, BookBrowse, the Spectator, and the Times of London Winner...
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Black Genius: Essays on an American LegacyA powerful read redefining the meaning of genius while illuminating the ways in which Black Americans have found various ways to thrive despite insurmountable obstacles. Black genius sits at the heart of the American story. In his probing essay collection, Black Genius, cultural critic...
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What I Talk About When I Talk About Running: A MemoirAn intimate look at writing, running, and the incredible way they intersect, What I Talk About When I Talk About Running is an illuminating glimpse into the solitary passions of one of our greatest artists. While training for the New York City Marathon, Haruki...
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Revolutionary Friends: General George Washington and the Marquis de LafayetteSociety of School Librarians International Book Award HonorCalifornia Reading Association Eureka! Nonfiction HonorBank Street College Best Children's Book of the YearBooklist Top Ten Biography for Youth Young fans of the smash Broadway hit "Hamilton" will enjoy this narrative nonfiction picture book story about the...
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Who Is Lionel Messi?Read all about Argentinian soccer superstar Lionel Messi and his legendary career in this book from Who HQ Now, the series featuring the trending topics and news makers of today. Lionel Messi loved soccer from an early age, often playing with his family members...
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Up, Up, Ever Up! Junko Tabei: A Life in the Mountains**A CALDECOTT HONOR BOOK!****A New York Times/New York Public Library Best Illustrated Children's Book of the Year!**Anita Yasuda's evocative picture book biography about Junko Tabei, the first woman to summit Everest, is equal parts grit and grace. Dazzlingly illustrated by Caldecott Honor artist Yuko...
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