Steve Jobs
The authorized biography of Apple's cofounder, based on 40+ interviews revealing the passion, perfectionism, and intensity behind six revolutionary industries.
When Breath Becomes Air
A neurosurgeon at 36 faces terminal lung cancer and must confront what makes life worth living. A profound memoir on mortality, meaning, and the doctor who became the patient.
The Glass Castle: A Memoir
A raw, unforgettable story of resilience and redemption. Four siblings raised by brilliant but alcoholic parents learn to survive poverty and neglect, then escape to build new lives.
Long Walk to Freedom: The Autobiography of Nelson Mandela
From childhood in rural South Africa to 27 years in prison to the presidency: one man's extraordinary journey from freedom fighter to Nobel Peace Prize winner.
Angela's Ashes: A Memoir
Pulitzer Prize winner chronicles a childhood of crushing poverty, alcoholism, and hunger in 1930s Limerick, Ireland told with stunning humor and heartbreaking honesty.
Into the Wild
A young man abandons everything after college, renames himself Alexander Supertramp, and ventures into Alaska's wilderness where he dies alone in an abandoned bus. What drove him to this fate?
Born a Crime: Stories from a South African Childhood
Trevor Noah's hilarious and heartbreaking memoir about growing up mixed race in apartheid South Africa, where his very existence was illegal and his mother's fierce love shaped everything.
The Emperor of All Maladies: A Biography of Cancer
Pulitzer Prize winning chronicle of humanity's 5,000 year battle against cancer, told through patients' stories, scientific breakthroughs, and one oncologist's journey.
The Gene: An Intimate History
From Aristotle to CRISPR, a Pulitzer Prize-winning oncologist weaves science, history, and his family's struggle with mental illness into a gripping story of heredity and human identity.
Educated
A young woman raised by survivalists in rural Idaho enters her first classroom at 17 and journeys from isolation to earning a PhD at Cambridge University.