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.
Man of War
Sean Parnell
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Empty Mansions
Bill Dedman
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wild swans
Jung Chang
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Marine!
Burke Davis
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Master of the Game
Connie Bruck
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Call Me Ted
Ted Turner
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Epic Measures
Jeremy N. Smith
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Memorial Drive
Natasha Trethewey
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Edward Gibbon
Edward Gibbon
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Garry Kasparov on my great predecessors
Garry Kasparov
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My forty years with Ford
Charles E Sorensen
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Michael Jordan: The Life
Roland Lazenby
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A thousand days
Arthur M. Schlesinger Jr.
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My Bondage and My Freedom
Frederick Douglass
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My family and other animals.
Gerald Durrell
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My American Journey
Colin Powell
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My life and fortunes.
J. Paul Getty
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My Life and Battles
Jack Johnson
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My Inventions
Nikola Tesla
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Moab Is My Washpot
Stephen Fry
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Mr. Baruch
Margaret L. Coit
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Difficult Women
Helen Lewis
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In the company of the poor
Paul Farmer
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Into the Wild
Jon Krakauer
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