18 must-read biography books like My Remarkable Journey by Katherine G. Johnson

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My Remarkable Journey

By: Katherine G. Johnson

4.32

Format: 352 pages, Paperback

The remarkable woman at heart of the smash New York Times bestseller and Oscar-winning film Hidden …

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1. The Grace in Aging: Awaken as You Grow Older

By: Kathleen Dowling Singh

4.13

Format: 304 pages, Paperback

Learn to use your later years for awakening and spiritual growth. Encouraging, inspiring, and pr… read more

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  • nonfiction
"Ego is like a street urchin, born of fear and wanting and left to its own devices...."

-Kathleen Dowling Singh, The Grace in Aging: Awaken as You Grow Older

"Love one another." If we took those simple words to heart, we'd already be the Buddhas Jesus wanted us to be."

-Kathleen Dowling Singh, The Grace in Aging: Awaken as You Grow Older

"Like the medieval cartographers of Europe, who felt one would fall into endless space at the edges of the oceans of their maps, we fear the presumed nothingness of no-self. Fortunately, there have be…"

-Kathleen Dowling Singh, The Grace in Aging: Awaken as You Grow Older

Cover of Becoming Dr. Q: My Journey from Migrant Farm Worker to Brain Surgeon by Mim Eichler Rivas, Alfredo Quinones-Hinojosa

2. Becoming Dr. Q: My Journey from Migrant Farm Worker to Brain Surgeon

By: Mim Eichler Rivas , Alfredo Quinones-Hinojosa

3.63

Format: 353 pages, Hardcover

Today he is known as Dr. Q, an internationally renowned neurosurgeon and neuroscientist who leads c… read more

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  • biography
  • memoir
  • autobiography
  • biography memoir
  • nonfiction
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3. The Astronaut Wives Club

By: Lily Koppel

3.50

Format: 31 pages, Hardcover

As America's Mercury Seven astronauts were launched on death-defying missions, television cameras f… read more

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  • history
  • biography
  • memoir
  • nonfiction
  • space
  • audiobook
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4. Life and Times of Frederick Douglass

By: Frederick Douglass

3.91

Format: 192 pages,

This is the first paperback facsimile edition of a work which contributed strongly to the Black peo… read more

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  • history
  • biography
  • memoir
  • autobiography
  • nonfiction
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5. The King's Speech: How One Man Saved the British Monarchy

By: Mark Logue , Peter Conradi

4.50

Format: None pages, Paperback

One man saved the British Royal Family in the first decades of the 20th century - he wasn't a prime… read more

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  • history
  • biography
  • biography memoir
  • nonfiction
  • audiobook
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6. Murder in the Ball Park (Nero Wolfe Novels by Robert Goldsborough #9)

By: Robert Goldsborough

4.03

Format: 320 pages, Paperback

Wolfe earns a big league call-up after a senator gets taken out at the ball game Archie Goodwin and… read more

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Cover of Hidden Figures: The American Dream and the Untold Story of the Black Women Mathematicians Who Helped Win the Space Race by Margot Lee Shetterly

7. Hidden Figures: The American Dream and the Untold Story of the Black Women Mathematicians Who Helped Win the Space Race

By: Margot Lee Shetterly

4.12

Format: None pages, Paperback

The phenomenal true story of the black female mathematicians at NASA whose calculations helped fuel… read more

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  • history
  • biography
  • feminism
  • nonfiction
  • space
  • science

8. Apollo 8

By: Jeffrey Kluger

0.00

Format: None pages,

In August 1968, one short year after three astronauts had burned to death in their spacecraft, NASA… read more

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9. The Kennedy Detail: JFK's Secret Service Agents Break Their Silence

By: Clint Hill , Lisa McCubbin Hill , Gerald Blaine

3.65

Format: 304 pages, ebook

The New York Timesbestselling and extraordinary true story of the critical events leading up to and… read more

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10. Settle for More

By: Megyn Kelly

3.50

Format: 200 pages, ebook

Whether it's asking tough questions during a presidential debate or pressing for answers to today's… read more

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11. My Beloved World

By: Sonia Sotomayor

3.74

Format: 168 pages, Hardcover

An instant American icon--the first Hispanic on the U.S. Supreme Court--tells the story of her life… read more

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12. No Limits: The Will to Succeed

By: Michael Phelps , Alan Abrahamson

3.94

Format: None pages,

""When I'm focused, there is not one single thing, person, anything that can stand in the way of my… read more

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13. Marmee and Louisa: The Untold Story of Louisa May Alcott and Her Mother

By: Eve LaPlante

3.87

Format: None pages, Hardcover

Marmee & Louisa, hailed by NPR as one of the best books of 2012, paints an exquisitely moving and u… read more

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14. Sally Ride: America’s First Woman in Space

By: Lynn Sherr

3.00

Format: 220 pages, Hardcover

The definitive biography of Sally Ride, America's first woman in space, with exclusive insights fro… read more

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15. The Imperfect Art of Caring

By: Jessica Ryn

4.00

Format: 400 pages, Hardcover

One small act can make a big difference. Violet Strong is strong by name but not by nature, or s… read more

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  • audiobook
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16. Walking in My Joy: In These Streets

By: Jenifer Lewis

4.25

Format: 256 pages, Hardcover

A new offering from the author of the hugely successful Mother of Black Hollywood. Walking in My Jo… read more

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  • biography
  • memoir
  • autobiography
  • biography memoir
  • nonfiction
  • audiobook
"Ain't no shame in my game. This is what too much stress looks like. Y'all come on and take this ride with me."

-Jenifer Lewis, Walking in My Joy: In These Streets

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17. Master Slave Husband Wife: An Epic Journey from Slavery to Freedom

By: Ilyon Woo

3.99

Format: 416 pages, Hardcover

New York Times Bestseller | New York Times 10 Best Books of 2023 The remarkable true story of El… read more

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  • history
  • biography
  • biography memoir
  • nonfiction
  • audiobook
Cover of Bits and Pieces: My Mother, My Brother, and Me by Whoopi Goldberg

18. Bits and Pieces: My Mother, My Brother, and Me

By: Whoopi Goldberg

4.33

Format: 256 pages, Hardcover

From multi-award winner Whoopi Goldberg comes a new and unique memoir of her family and their influ… read more

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  • biography
  • memoir
  • autobiography
  • biography memoir
  • nonfiction
  • audiobook
"Listen. The confines of this neighbourhood do not represent the confines of your life. You can go and do and be whatever you want. But, whatever you choose, be yourself."

-Whoopi Goldberg, Bits and Pieces: My Mother, My Brother, and Me

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19. The Arbornaut: A Life Discovering the Eighth Continent in the Trees Above Us

By: Meg Lowman

4.05

Format: 350 pages, Hardcover

Nicknamed the “Real-Life Lorax” by National Geographic, the biologist, botanist, and conservationis… read more

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  • science
  • biography
  • memoir
  • nonfiction
  • audiobook
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20. My Remarkable Journey

By: Katherine G. Johnson

4.32

Format: 352 pages, Paperback

The remarkable woman at heart of the smash New York Times bestseller and Oscar-winning film Hidden … read more

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  • audiobook
  • history
  • biography
  • memoir
  • feminism
  • autobiography
  • biography memoir
  • nonfiction
  • space
  • science
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21. Carry On: Reflections for a New Generation

By: John Lewis

4.45

Format: 240 pages, Hardcover

*National Bestseller* A brilliant and empowering collection of final reflections and words of wisd… read more

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  • history
  • biography
  • memoir
  • nonfiction
  • audiobook
"When you see something that is not the way it should be, don’t be afraid. Speak up, speak out, be courageous."

-John Lewis, Carry On: Reflections for a New Generation

"Destruction doesn’t work. Rioting isn’t a movement. We must be constructive and not destructive. Chaos is sowing more division and discord."

-John Lewis, Carry On: Reflections for a New Generation

"During the 1960s, we protested with non-violent methods. There is something peaceful, cleansing, and wholesome about being orderly and not threatening."

-John Lewis, Carry On: Reflections for a New Generation

"Because I had long ago decided that I wasn’t going to be bound by the mental shackles of hate, anger, and discontent. Forgiveness is medicine for the mind, balm for the body, and healing for the hear…"

-John Lewis, Carry On: Reflections for a New Generation

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22. The Six: The Untold Story of America's First Women Astronauts

By: Loren Grush

4.36

Format: 432 pages, Hardcover

In the bestselling tradition of Hidden Figures and Code Girls, the remarkable true story of America… read more

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  • audiobook
  • history
  • biography
  • feminism
  • nonfiction
  • space
  • science
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23. Alfie and Me: What Owls Know, What Humans Believe

By: Carl Safina

3.92

Format: 384 pages, Hardcover

A moving account of raising, then freeing, an orphaned owl, whose lasting friendship with the autho… read more

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  • biography
  • memoir
  • biography memoir
  • nonfiction
  • science
"As the offspring of Platonist-Abrahamic de-enchantment of nature, science bears the birth scar of a world unvalued. Through a kind of emotionally detached childhood, science grew strong but felt litt…"

-Carl Safina, Alfie and Me: What Owls Know, What Humans Believe

"A forest is not just a bricolage of trees; it is an immensity of functional relationships and feedbacks whereby each thing makes other things possible within the dynamic and constantly adjusting suit…"

-Carl Safina, Alfie and Me: What Owls Know, What Humans Believe

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24. Up Home: One Girl's Journey

By: Ruth J. Simmons

4.03

Format: 224 pages, Hardcover

An inspiring, indelible memoir from the daughter of sharecroppers in East Texas who became the firs… read more

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  • history
  • biography
  • memoir
  • autobiography
  • biography memoir
  • nonfiction
  • audiobook
"I was born at a crossroads: a crossroads in history, a crossroads in culture, and a geographical crossroads in North Houston County in East Texas."

-Ruth J. Simmons, Up Home: One Girl's Journey

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25. Mercury Rising: John Glenn, John Kennedy, and the New Battleground of the Cold War

By: Jeff Shesol

4.28

Format: 416 pages, Hardcover

A riveting history of the epic orbital flight that put America back into the space race. If the… read more

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  • history
  • biography
  • nonfiction
  • space
  • science
Cover of Death in Mud Lick: A Coal Country Fight against the Drug Companies That Delivered the Opioid Epidemic by Eric Eyre

26. Death in Mud Lick: A Coal Country Fight against the Drug Companies That Delivered the Opioid Epidemic

By: Eric Eyre

4.07

Format: 301 pages, Kindle Edition

An investigation into the corporate and governmental greed that pumped millions of pain pills into … read more

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  • nonfiction
  • history
  • audiobook
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27. DIVA 2.0: 12 Life Lessons From Me For You!

By: Sheryl Lee Ralph

4.02

Format: 142 pages, Kindle Edition

Emmy, Tony and Spirit Award-winning actress, Sheryl Lee Ralph, knows a thing or two about staying p… read more

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  • nonfiction
  • memoir
  • audiobook
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28. Through the Glass Ceiling to the Stars: The Story of the First American Woman to Command a Space Mission

By: Eileen M. Collins

4.37

Format: 368 pages, Hardcover

The long-awaited memoir of a trailblazer and role model who is telling her story for the first time… read more

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  • history
  • biography
  • memoir
  • autobiography
  • biography memoir
  • nonfiction
  • space
  • science
Cover of Game: An Autobiography by Grant Hill

29. Game: An Autobiography

By: Grant Hill

4.06

Format: 400 pages, Hardcover

The full, frank story of a remarkable life’s journey—to the pinnacle of success as a basketball pla… read more

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  • biography
  • memoir
  • autobiography
  • biography memoir
  • nonfiction
  • audiobook
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30. Sermon on The Mount: study guide

By: Jen Wilkin

4.54

Format: 91 pages, ebook

This book has a revised edition read more

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  • nonfiction
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31. Orphan Bachelors

By: Fae Myenne Ng

3.90

Format: None pages, Hardcover

From the bestselling and award-winning author of novels Bone and Steer Toward Rock, Fae Myenne Ng’s… read more

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  • biography memoir
  • nonfiction
  • biography
  • memoir

14 Best audiobook books like My Remarkable Journey by Katherine G. Johnson

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The Astronaut Wives Club

Lily Koppel

3.50

Transform Your Habits

The King's Speech: How One Man Saved the British Monarchy

Mark Logue , Peter Conradi

4.50

Transform Your Habits

The Imperfect Art of Caring

Jessica Ryn

4.00

Transform Your Habits

Walking in My Joy: In These Streets

Jenifer Lewis

4.25

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11 best-selling adult books like Master Slave Husband Wife: An Epic Journey from Slavery to Freedom by Ilyon Woo

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The Women

Kristin Hannah

4.64

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The Frozen River

Ariel Lawhon

4.43

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Let Us Descend

Jesmyn Ward

3.70

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The Demon of Unrest: A Saga of Hubris, Heartbreak, and Heroism at the Dawn of the Civil War

Erik Larson

4.24

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