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.
Hunger of Memory
Richard Rodriguez
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We Were Soldiers Once... and Young
Harold G. Moore
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Steel My Soldiers' Hearts: The Hopeless to Hardcore Transformation of 4th Battalion, 39th Infantry, United States Army, Vietnam
Col. David H. Hackworth
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Francis Crick
Matt Ridley
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Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass
David W. Blight
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From Simi Valley to Silicon Valley
Stephen Gillett
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Furious Love
Sam Kashner
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Futureface
Alex Wagner
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Gay Like Me
Richie Jackson
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Feynman
James Gleick
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Broken Genius
Joel N. Shurkin
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Grant
Ron Chernow
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Greenlights
Matthew McConaughey
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Grimble: and, Grimble at Christmas.
Clement Freud
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Civilian Warriors
Erik Prince
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H Is for Hawk
Helen Macdonald
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Hal Moore on Leadership
Harold G. Moore
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Heart for the fight
Brian Stann
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Everyday Heroes
Jody Mitic
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Heroes for My Son
Brad Meltzer
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Hillbilly Elegy
J. D. Vance
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Hyperbole and a Half (kf8)
Allie Brosh
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Personal History
Katharine Graham
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Good Night Stories for Rebel Girls
Rebel Girls
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