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.
The Power Broker
Robert A. Caro
recommended by 2 people
Sixth Man
Andre Iguodala
recommended by 2 people
Tuxedo Park
Jennet Conant
recommended by 2 people
Travels with Charley
John Steinbeck
recommended by 2 people
Living with a SEAL
Jesse Itzler
recommended by 2 people
Walt Disney
Neal Gabler
recommended by 2 people
The accidental president of Brazil
Fernando Henrique Cardoso
recommended by 1 person
Trump
Donald Trump
recommended by 1 person
The rise of Theodore Roosevelt
Edmund Morris
recommended by 1 person
The Autobiography of Malcolm X
Malcolm X
recommended by 1 person
Knock at the Door
Ryan Manion
recommended by 1 person
The Beautiful Cigar Girl
Daniel Stashower
recommended by 1 person
The Quest for El Cid
Richard Fletcher
recommended by 1 person
Yellow House
Sarah M. Broom
recommended by 1 person
The House of the Rothschild
Niall Ferguson
recommended by 1 person
Lab Girl
Hope Jahren
recommended by 1 person
Education of an Idealist
Samantha Power
recommended by 1 person
Ballerina of Auschwitz
Edith Eva Eger
recommended by 1 person
Spain in Our Hearts
Adam Hochschild
recommended by 1 person
The glory of the trenches
Coningsby Dawson
recommended by 1 person
One Soldier's War
Arkady Babchenko
recommended by 1 person
The Journey of Crazy Horse
Joseph Marshall
recommended by 1 person
The Legend of Henry Ford
Keith Sward
recommended by 1 person
A Life Decoded
J. Craig Venter
recommended by 1 person