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Biographies books

Stories of remarkable lives

106 books in this category

Cover of Rosalind Franklin

Rosalind Franklin

Brenda Maddox

Cover of The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks

The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks

Rebecca Skloot

Cover of A Woman of No Importance

A Woman of No Importance

Sonia Purnell

Cover of Soul surfer

Soul surfer

Bethany Hamilton

Cover of The Best We Could Do

The Best We Could Do

Thi Bui

Cover of Permanent Present Tense: The Unforgettable Life of the Amnesic Patient, H. M.

Permanent Present Tense: The Unforgettable Life of the Amnesic Patient, H. M.

Suzanne Corkin

Cover of Do No Harm

Do No Harm

Marsh, Henry, Henry Marsh

Cover of Just Mercy

Just Mercy

Bryan Stevenson

Cover of I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings

I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings

Maya Angelou

Cover of Becoming

Becoming

Michelle Obama

Cover of The Lost

The Lost

Daniel Mendelsohn

Cover of The last seven months of Anne Frank

The last seven months of Anne Frank

Willy Lindwer

Cover of Rywka's diary

Rywka's diary

Rywka Lipszyc

Cover of This Boy's Life

This Boy's Life

Tobias Wolff

Cover of Wasted

Wasted

Marya Hornbacher

Cover of The Map That Changed the World

The Map That Changed the World

Simon Winchester

Cover of The boy on the wooden box

The boy on the wooden box

Leon Leyson

Cover of Wild Swans

Wild Swans

Jung Chang

Cover of The Woman Warrior

The Woman Warrior

Maxine Hong Kingston

Cover of Alexander Hamilton

Alexander Hamilton

Ron Chernow

Cover of Lit

Lit

Mary Karr

Cover of John Adams

John Adams

David McCullough

Cover of Crying in H Mart

Crying in H Mart

Michelle Zauner

Cover of His Excellency

His Excellency

Joseph J. Ellis