Biography & Memoir

718 books recommended by top curators

Principles

Principles

Ray Dalio

26
How to Change Your Mind

How to Change Your Mind

Michael Pollan

16
Shoe Dog

Shoe Dog

Phil Knight

16
Steve Jobs

Steve Jobs

Walter Isaacson

14
Surely You're Joking, Mr. Feynman!

Surely You're Joking, Mr. Feynman!

Richard P. Feynman

14
Sam Walton

Sam Walton

Sam Walton

12
Open

Open

Andre Agassi

12
Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance

Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance

Robert M. Pirsig

12
Autobiography of a Yogi

Autobiography of a Yogi

Paramhansa Yogananda

11
Billion Dollar Whale

Billion Dollar Whale

Tom Wright

11
Setting the Table

Setting the Table

Danny Meyer

11
Born Standing Up

Born Standing Up

Steve Martin

10
Let My People Go Surfing

Let My People Go Surfing

Yvon Chouinard

10
Masters of Doom

Masters of Doom

David Kushner

10
The Biggest Bluff

The Biggest Bluff

Maria Konnikova

10
Just Mercy

Just Mercy

Bryan Stevenson

9
Red Notice

Red Notice

Bill Browder

9
Elon Musk

Elon Musk

Ashlee Vance

9
Benjamin Franklin

Benjamin Franklin

Walter Isaacson

9
Leonardo da Vinci

Leonardo da Vinci

Walter Isaacson

9
Liar's Poker

Liar's Poker

Michael Lewis

8
Becoming Steve Jobs

Becoming Steve Jobs

Brent Schlender

8
Genghis Khan and the Making of the Modern World

Genghis Khan and the Making of the Modern World

Jack Weatherford

8
The Fish That Ate the Whale

The Fish That Ate the Whale

Rich Cohen

7