Genre

Biography books

True stories of real people.

96 books

Bad Boy: A Memoir

Bad Boy: A Memoir

Walter Dean Myers

Ages 14–18

Through My Eyes

Through My Eyes

Ages 8–12

The Boy Who Harnessed the Wind (Young Readers' Edition)

The Boy Who Harnessed the Wind (Young Readers' Edition)

William Kamkwamba

Ages 10–14

Little House in the Big Woods

Little House in the Big Woods

Laura Ingalls Wilder

Ages 8–12

March: Book One

March: Book One

Ages 12–18

A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man

A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man

Ages 16–18

My Family and Other Animals

My Family and Other Animals

Ages 12–16

Black Boy

Ages 16–18

West with the Night

West with the Night

Ages 14–18

Homesick: My Own Story

Homesick: My Own Story

Ages 10–14

Sisters

Raina Telgemeier

Ages 8–12

The Little Prince

The Little Prince

Antoine de Saint-Exupéry

Ages 10–18

Woodsong

Ages 12–16

The Freedom Writers Diary

The Freedom Writers Diary

The Freedom Writers

Ages 14–18

A Brief History of Time

A Brief History of Time

Stephen Hawking

Ages 16–18

Walden

Henry David Thoreau

Ages 16–18

When Breath Becomes Air

When Breath Becomes Air

Ages 16–18

A Tree Grows in Brooklyn

A Tree Grows in Brooklyn

Ages 14–18

Into the Wild

Ages 16–18

The House on Mango Street

The House on Mango Street

Sandra Cisneros

Ages 14–18

A Moveable Feast

A Moveable Feast

Ernest Hemingway

Ages 16–18

Gift from the Sea

Gift from the Sea

Anne Morrow Lindbergh

Ages 14–18

A Child Called 'It'

A Child Called 'It'

Ages 16–18

Cheaper by the Dozen

Cheaper by the Dozen

Frank B. Gilbreth Jr.

Ages 10–14

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