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.
With the old breed, at Peleliu and Okinawa
E. B. Sledge
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Barbarian Days: A Surfing Life
William Finnegan
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Elon Musk
Walter Isaacson
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Gandhi
Mahatma Gandhi
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Heartland
Sarah Smarsh
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Empire of the Summer Moon
S. C. Gwynne
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Lone Survivor
Patrick Robinson
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Long Walk to Freedom
Nelson Mandela
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Memories, dreams, reflections.
Carl Jung
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Mountains Beyond Mountains
Tracy Kidder
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Born a Crime
Trevor Noah
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Into Thin Air Flr
Jon Krakauer
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The Rape Of Nanking
Iris Chang
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Man Behind the Microchip
Leslie Berlin
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Founders
Jimmy Soni
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The innovators
Walter Isaacson
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Wright Brothers
David McCullough
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Beyond all pity
Carolina Maria de Jesus
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What Do You Care What Other People Think?
Richard P. Feynman
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Mr. Putin
Fiona Hill
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Terre des hommes.
Antoine de Saint-Exupéry
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Stress Test
Timothy F. Geithner
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The Bully Pulpit
Doris Kearns Goodwin
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The Power Broker
Robert A. Caro
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