Best Biography Books
I love reading. I always have. It inspires me, entertains me, and brings happiness into my life.
This is a collection of biography books that I love, and highly recommend. I will continue to add to this collection as I read more books. Please let me know which books you love and would recommend, in the comments section. Happy reading y’all.
BEST BIOGRAPHY BOOKS
Shoe Dog: A Memoir by the Creator of Nike
AUTHOR: PHIL KNIGHT
In this instant and tenacious New York Times bestseller, Nike founder and board chairman Phil Knight “offers a rare and revealing look at the notoriously media-shy man behind the swoosh” (Booklist, starred review), illuminating his company’s early days as an intrepid start-up and its evolution into one of the world’s most iconic, game-changing, and profitable brands.
Bill Gates named Shoe Dog one of his five favorite books of 2016 and called it “an amazing tale, a refreshingly honest reminder of what the path to business success really looks like. It’s a messy, perilous, and chaotic journey, riddled with mistakes, endless struggles, and sacrifice. Phil Knight opens up in ways few CEOs are willing to do.”
Steve Jobs
AUTHOR: WALTER ISAACSON
From best-selling author Walter Isaacson comes the landmark biography of Apple co-founder Steve Jobs.
Steve Jobs: The Exclusive Biography is the definitive portrait of the greatest innovator of his generation.
Losing My Virginity
AUTHOR: RICHARD BRANSON
When Richard Branson started his first business, he and his friends decided that "since we're complete virgins at business, let's call it just that: Virgin."
Losing My Virginity is the unusual, frequently outrageous autobiography of one of the great business geniuses of our time.
On Writing
AUTHOR: STEPHEN KING
"Long live the King," hailed Entertainment Weekly.
Part memoir, part master class by one of the bestselling authors of all time, this superb volume is a revealing and practical view of the writer's craft, comprising the basic tools of the trade every writer must have. On Writing will empower and entertain everyone who reads it -- fans, writers, and anyone who loves a great story well told.
Eat Pray Love
AUTHOR: ELIZABETH GILBERT
A celebrated writer's irresistible, candid, and eloquent account of her pursuit of worldly pleasure, spiritual devotion, and what she really wanted out of life.
An intensely articulate and moving memoir of self-discovery, Eat, Pray, Love is about what can happen when you claim responsibility for your own contentment and stop trying to live in imitation of society’s ideals.
It is certain to touch anyone who has ever woken up to the unrelenting need for change.
