Pithy Books: biography https://pithybooks.com/tags/biography/ Latest Pithy Books summaries tagged “biography”. en Fri, 02 Oct 2026 18:12:09 GMT Beneath a Scarlet Sky by Mark T. Sullivan: summary https://pithybooks.com/books/beneath-a-scarlet-sky/ https://pithybooks.com/books/beneath-a-scarlet-sky/ Fri, 02 Oct 2026 00:00:00 GMT Pino Lella guides Jews over Alps then drives for Nazis in Milan. John Adams by David McCullough: summary https://pithybooks.com/books/john-adams/ https://pithybooks.com/books/john-adams/ Fri, 02 Oct 2026 00:00:00 GMT McCullough follows Adams from Braintree lawyer to second president. Spare by Prince Harry: summary https://pithybooks.com/books/spare/ https://pithybooks.com/books/spare/ Fri, 02 Oct 2026 00:00:00 GMT Prince Harry recalls Diana's death in 1997, two tours in Afghanistan, and stepping back from royal life with Meghan in this frank 2023 memoir of grief, love and painful family rifts. Elon Musk: Tesla, SpaceX, and the Quest for a Fantastic Future by Ashlee Vance: summary https://pithybooks.com/books/elon-musk/ https://pithybooks.com/books/elon-musk/ Thu, 01 Oct 2026 00:00:00 GMT Ashlee Vance traces Elon Musk from a rough Pretoria childhood through PayPal, Tesla and SpaceX. I Am Malala: The Story of the Girl Who Stood Up for Education and Was Shot by the Taliban by Malala Yousafzai and Christina Lamb: summary https://pithybooks.com/books/i-am-malala/ https://pithybooks.com/books/i-am-malala/ Tue, 29 Sep 2026 00:00:00 GMT Malala grows up in Swat, blogged for school under ban, and survives a bus shooting. Becoming by Michelle Obama: summary https://pithybooks.com/books/becoming/ https://pithybooks.com/books/becoming/ Sun, 27 Sep 2026 00:00:00 GMT Michelle Obama traces her path from South Side Chicago through Princeton, Harvard law and the White House years in this warm, candid memoir of family, work and duty. Into the Wild by Jon Krakauer: summary https://pithybooks.com/books/into-the-wild/ https://pithybooks.com/books/into-the-wild/ Sun, 27 Sep 2026 00:00:00 GMT Jon Krakauer traces Chris McCandless from Emory graduation to an abandoned bus on the Stampede Trail in 1992, asking what drove him to seek a spare life in Alaska. Unbroken by Laura Hillenbrand: summary https://pithybooks.com/books/unbroken/ https://pithybooks.com/books/unbroken/ Sun, 27 Sep 2026 00:00:00 GMT Louis Zamperini survives a Pacific crash, sharks and POW camps after running in the Berlin Olympics. Steve Jobs by Walter Isaacson: summary https://pithybooks.com/books/steve-jobs/ https://pithybooks.com/books/steve-jobs/ Sat, 26 Sep 2026 00:00:00 GMT Walter Isaacson's authorized Steve Jobs: forty interviews covering the garage, the 1985 ouster, Pixar, and the return that made the iPhone.