Biography

A biography (from the Greek words bios meaning "life", and graphos meaning "write") is an account of a person's life, usually published in the form of a book or essay, or in some other form, such as a film.

I'm Supposed to Protect You from All This: A Memoir
Born Bright: A Young Girl's Journey from Nothing to Something in America
Riverine: A Memoir from Anywhere But Here
March: Book Three (March, #3)
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Run the World: My 3,500-Mile Journey Through Running Cultures Around the Globe
Marie Antoinette's Darkest Days: Prisoner No. 280 in the Conciergerie
Libertarians on the Prairie: Laura Ingalls Wilder, Rose Wilder Lane, and the Making of the Little House Books
Let Your Voice Be Heard: The Life and Times of Pete Seeger
Carry On: Two Young Men, a Journalist Who Wouldn't Walk Away, and the Creation of an Unlikely Family
Theodore the Great
Seoul Man: A Memoir of Cars, Culture, Crisis, and Unexpected Hilarity Inside a Korean Corporate Titan
Double Ace: The Life of Robert Lee Scott Jr., Pilot, Hero, and Teller of Tall Tales
The Commander: Fawzi al-Qawuqji and the Fight for Arab Independence 1914–1948
Trials of the Earth: The True Story of a Pioneer Woman

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    Where Am I Now?: True Stories of Girlhood and Accidental Fame
    Elon Musk: Inventing the Future
    Spilled Milk
    Steve Jobs
    It's Not Okay: Turning Heartbreak into Happily Never After
    Wildflower
    Crisis of Character: A White House Secret Service Officer Discloses His Firsthand Experience with Hillary, Bill, and How They Operate
    Adnan's Story: The Search for Truth and Justice After Serial
    The Paris Wife
    Coming Clean
    Disrupted: My Misadventure in the Start-Up Bubble
    In Such Good Company: Eleven Years of Laughter, Mayhem, and Fun in the Sandbox
    The Noise of Time
    Blackout: Remembering the Things I Drank to Forget
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    The Diary of a Young Girl by Anne FrankFree Fall by Amber Lea EastonThe Hiding Place by Corrie ten BoomThree Cups of Tea by Greg MortensonDetour from Normal by Ken Dickson
    Inspiring True Stories
    140 books — 232 voters

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    Life in a Foreign Country
    362 books — 227 voters

    Steve Jobs
    The Diary of a Young Girl
    Unbroken: A World War II Story of Survival, Resilience, and Redemption
    John Adams
    Bossypants
    The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks
    Into the Wild
    The Autobiography of Malcolm X
    I Am Malala: The Story of the Girl Who Stood Up for Education and Was Shot by the Taliban
    Catherine the Great: Portrait of a Woman
    Benjamin Franklin: An American Life
    Team of Rivals: The Political Genius of Abraham Lincoln
    Yes Please
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    The Rise of Theodore Roosevelt


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