Best books in Biography & Memoir
The favorite books of those who lived something worth telling. Founders, scientists, presidents and athletes — what they read about the lives of others says as much about them as their own achievements. Walter Isaacson, the catalog's great biographer, appears recommended by very different voices.
John Adams
David McCullough
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John Quincy Adams and American Global Empire
William Earl Weeks
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Tough Jews
Rich Cohen
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Just Kids
Patti Smith
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Kelly
Clarence L. Johnson
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King of capital
David Carey
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King of Hearts
G. Wayne Miller
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Kramnik
Vladimir Kramnik
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Ladies and gentlemen--Lenny Bruce!!
Albert Goldman
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American Lion
Jon Meacham
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Leni Riefenstahl
Glenn B Infield
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Lenin on the Train
Catherine Merridale
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Leonardo Da Vinci
Walter Isaacson
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Lessons
Gisele Bündchen
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Leading
Alex Ferguson
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Lincoln
Fred Kaplan
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Lincoln and the Fight for Peace
John Avlon
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Lindbergh
A. Scott Berg
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Love Warrior
Glennon Doyle
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I fought with Custer
Charles Windolph
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Maid
Stephanie Land
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More Myself
Alicia Keys
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Colder than hell
Joseph R. Owen
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Makes Me Wanna Holler
Nathan McCall
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