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Most-published biographies and autobiographies of remarkable people.

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BibleBible1,200Manuscripts, Latin (Medieval and modern), Glossaries, vocabularies, Early works to 1800, Bible6,084ukr, jpn, aym
Gulliver's TravelsJonathan Swift1,726YA, Young adult, Juvenile, Fiction1,810arm, jpn, por
Don Quijote de la ManchaMiguel de Cervantes Saavedra1,600Don Quixote (Cervantes Saavedra, Miguel de), Quotations, Knights and knighthood, Social life and customs1,591jpn, ori, alb
The PrinceNiccolò Machiavelli1,515Political science, early works to 1800, Machiavel, Nicolas, 1469-1527. Prince, Classic Literature, Fiction1,407jpn, por, spa
La Divina CommediaDante Alighieri1,472Poetry (poetic works by one author), Literatura, Portraits, Paradise1,337arm, jpn, por
Анна КаренинаЛев Толстой1,876Fiction, Adultery, Married women, Social life and customs1,314arm, jpn, por
Anne of Green GablesLucy Maud Montgomery1,908Fiction, Juvenile fiction, Country life, Friendship1,299pol, spa, jpn
Julius CaesarWilliam Shakespeare1,656Antoine (Marcus Antonius), Assassination, Assassins, Bibliography1,226jpn, alb, por
WaldenHenry David Thoreau1,854Biography, Homes and haunts, American Authors, Social life and customs1,138eng, fre, chi
Narrative of the life of Frederick DouglassFrederick Douglass1,845Douglass, frederick, 1818-1895, Biography, African American abolitionists, Abolitionists1,032eng, spa, und
Twelve years a slaveSolomon Northup1,853Slavery, Plantation life, History, Biography1,029heb, spa, tur
DublinersJames Joyce1,914Daily Express, West Briton, Three Graces, The Lass of Aughrim996heb, spa, rus
Captains CourageousRudyard Kipling1,896Teenage boys, Fishers, Fiction, Interpersonal relations990heb, spa, und
My ÁntoniaWilla Cather1,818Literature, Frontier and pioneer life, Czech Americans, Married women832eng, heb, ita
Troilus and CressidaWilliam Shakespeare1,609Drama, Troilus (Legendary character), Cressida (Fictitious character), Trojan War759pol, heb, spa
Leaves of GrassWalt Whitman1,855Manuscripts, United States Civil War, 1861-1865, Gay poets, Presidents755pol, heb, spa
The Princess and the GoblinGeorge MacDonald1,872Classic Literature, Fantasy, Fiction, Juvenile Fiction750eng, chi, ger
The Canterbury TalesGeoffrey Chaucer, John E. Cunningham1,478Death, English Narrative poetry, Juvenile poetry, Christian pilgrims and pilgrimages in literature722est, enm, rus
The Pilgrim's ProgressJohn Bunyan1,678Bibliography, Readers, Fiction, Spiritual life683epo, paa, ger
The Autobiography of Benjamin FranklinBenjamin Franklin1,791Wills, Scientists, Printers, American Maxims679jpn, ger, fre
SonnetsWilliam Shakespeare1,609English Sonnets, History and criticism, Bibliography, Translations into Yiddish646arm, por, kor
MeditationsMarcus Aurelius1,626Early works to 1800, Philosophy, Stoics, Classic Literature642arm, spa, cze
King Henry VWilliam Shakespeare1,600Drama, open_syllabus_project, History, Sources631spa, und, ger
The Second Jungle BookRudyard Kipling1,887Romans, Enfants sauvages, Jungles, Faune de la jungle611fre, eng, rus
The Complete Life and Adventures of Santa ClausL. Frank Baum1,902Fantasy, Fiction, Juvenile Fiction, Science Fiction & Fantasy560eng, fre
The Tenant of Wildfell HallAnne Brontë1,847Fiction, Married women, Landlord and tenant, Alcoholics558spa, und, ger
Ab urbe conditaTitus Livius1,481Antiquities, Bibliography, Biography, Campaigns558pol, heb, spa
OrthodoxyGilbert Keith Chesterton1,874Apologetics, Christianity, History, Essence, genius, nature551eng, ger, pol
HereticsGilbert Keith Chesterton1,905Criticism, English Authors, English essays, Essays551pol, spa, cze
Saint Francis of AssisiGilbert Keith Chesterton, Doyle Kim1,923Biography & Autobiography, Nonfiction, Philosophy, Religion & Spirituality547eng, ger, spa
The Jungle BookRudyard Kipling1,893Jungles, Fiction, Juvenile fiction, Animals538spa, rus, ger
My bondage and my freedomFrederick Douglass1,815Douglass, frederick, 1818-1895, Maryland, history, Abolitionists, Antislavery movements, united states509ger, eng
At the Back of the North WindGeorge MacDonald1,871Fairy tales, Children's fiction, Fiction, mystery & detective, general, Death, fiction496rus, und, tur
MetamorphosesOvid1,479Poetry, Classical Mythology, Metamorphosis, Mythology491por, dan, frm
LilithGeorge MacDonald1,895Fiction, romance, fantasy, Fiction, general, Non-Classifiable, Nonfiction - General480ita, eng, ger
A history of New YorkWashington Irving1,800Dutch Americans, Social life and customs, Literature, Fiction472ger, eng, fre
The man who would be kingRudyard Kipling1,898Fiction, Kings and rulers, British, Afghanistan, fiction460ita, eng, fre
Manifest der Kommunistischen ParteiKarl Marx, Friedrich Engels1,848Communism, Sources, Capitalism, Socialism458arm, por, dan
Quo Vadis? Powieść z czasów NeronaHenryk Sienkiewicz1,895Fiction, History, Church history, Primitive and early church453pol, arm, spa
ConfessionsAugustine of Hippo1,482Religious aspects of Truth, Christian saints, Christianity, Spiritual life449heb, spa, rus
Up from SlaveryBooker T. Washington1,900Washington, booker t., 1856-1915, African americans, biography, Educators, united states, Tuskegee institute430urd, chi, tur
The Souls of Black FolkW. E. B. Du Bois1,903African Americans, Race relations, History, Afro-Americans412eng, ger, spa
Roughing ItMark Twain1,87219th century, American Authors, Biography, Business408ger, eng, pol
Paradise LostJohn Milton1,667Bible, Biography, Criticism and interpretation, Devil396arm, jpn, por
Incidents in the Life of a Slave GirlHarriet A. Jacobs1,861Women slaves, United States, Slaves, Social conditions386dut, eng, fre
Der AntichristFriedrich Nietzsche1,895Christianity, Controversial literature, Antichrist, Christianity, controversial literature384eng, ger, spa
Two years before the mastRichard Henry Dana1,000Alert (Brig : 1843-1862), Large-type books, Pilgrim (Brig), Sailors369eng, fre, spa
Les fleurs du malCharles Baudelaire1,855Traducciones al español, Translations into Spanish, Translations into English, French Poets363heb, spa, rus
The Federalist, or, The New ConstitutionAlexander Hamilton, James Madison1,788Classic Literature, Fiction, open_syllabus_project, American history349eng, spa
Lord JimJoseph Conrad1,900Fiction, British, Officers, Merchant marine344spa, ger, fre
ErewhonSamuel Butler1,700Fiction, humorous, general, Fiction, Utopian fiction, Satirical fiction337epo, spa, ger
LivesPlutarch1,564Biography, Classical biography, Early works to 1800, Philosophy, ancient322heb, guj, rus
The MagicianWilliam Somerset Maugham1,908Fiction, Magicians, Magic, English Authors313eng, chi, por
Cyrano de BergeracEdmond Rostand1,821Drama, History, French Authors, Cyrano de Bergerac, Savinien, 1619-1655309heb, spa, sco
The life of Olaudah Equiano, or Gustavus Vassa, the AfricanOlaudah Equiano1,789Slavery, Voyages and travels, Social life and customs, Slaves298eng, ger
Sailing alone around the worldJoshua Slocum1,800Spray (Sloop), Single-handed sailing, Sailing, Yachting296heb, eng
EssaisMontaigne, Michel de1,600Translations into Chinese, Philosophy, French essays, Translations into English294spa, rus, und
Het AchterhuisAnne Frank1,944autobiographies, ethnic relations, Dutch literature, Jews-Netherlands293arm, jpn, por
The complete poetical worksRobert Burns1,786Biography, Children's poetry, Scottish, Correspondence, Criticism and interpretation293bak, jpn, gem
Tom Sawyer, DetectiveMark Twain1,897Fiction, Tom Sawyer (Fictitious character), American Authors, Biography276spa, por, fin
Acres of diamondsRussell Herman Conwell, Robert Shackleton - undifferentiated1,901Success, Religious aspects of Success, Baptists, Clergy275heb, spa, rus
Maria; or, The Wrongs of WomanMary Wollstonecraft, William Godwin1,799Fiction, Women, Biography, English Authors265eng, ger, und
Civil DisobedienceHenry David Thoreau1,800Résistance au gouvernement, Resistance to Government, Désobéissance civile, [document]261eng, por, fre
Plays (36)William Shakespeare1,623sources, English Manuscripts, English literature: Shakespeare texts, Classics256und, ger, dan
ἈνάβασιςXenophon1,623History, Cyrus, the younger, approximately 423 b.c.-approximately 401 b.c., Iran, history, to 640, Greece, history, to 146 b.c.252spa, ita, grc
Captivity and RestorationMary White Rowlandson, Joseph Rowlandson1,682Massachusetts, biography, Lancaster (mass.), Massachusetts, history, colonial period, ca. 1600-1775, King philip's war, 1675-1676250eng, fre
The History of Rasselas, Prince of AbyssiniaSamuel Johnson1,759Ethiopia, fiction, British and irish fiction (fictional works by one author), Princes, Fiction249spa, mul, dut
The Library of American BiographyJared Sparks1,846Biography245eng
Les confessionsJean-Jacques Rousseau1,782French Authors, Biography, Correspondence, Critique et interprétation244spa, ger, fre
SchachnovelleStefan Zweig1,943Chess, Chrestomathies and readers, Fiction, German language242cat, spa, kur
PicassoPablo Picasso, Jean-Louis Andral1,92620th century, Amsterdam (Netherlands), Amsterdam (Netherlands). Stedelijk Museum, Animals240spa, rus, mul
Life of Samuel JohnsonJames Boswell1,776Biography, Description and travel, English Authors, Early works to 1800238eng
Hospital SketchesLouisa May Alcott1,863Biography, Career in nursing, Classic Literature, Fiction237eng
The Theory of the Leisure ClassThorstein Veblen1,899Leisure class, Philosophy, Economics, Business236spa, rus, und
American notesCharles Dickens, Diana C. Archibald1,800Description and travel, Social life and customs, Travel, History233ger, dut, fre
PoemsSamuel Taylor Coleridge1,796Poetry (poetic works by one author), Coleridge, samuel taylor, 1772-1834, English literature, history and criticism, 18th century, English poetry232eng
Vita nuovaDante Alighieri, Dante Gabriel Rossetti1,829Italian literature, Translations into English, Translations into Ukrainian, Italian poetry231arm, cos, mul
The Rise of Silas LaphamWilliam Dean Howells1,884Rich people, Socialites, Businessmen, Fiction226vie, rus, ita
TypeeHerman Melville1,840Fiction, Indigenous peoples, Sailors, Social life and customs216spa, ger, fre
Works [37 plays, 6 poems, sonnets]William Shakespeare1,730Early Modern and Elizabethan English Drama, English literature, English drama, English poetry213eng, fre, kor
A history of the English-speaking peoplesWinston S. Churchill, Winston Churchhill1,950History, Juvenile literature, Heroes, English-speaking countries211eng
MoraliaPlutarch1,500Ancient Ethics, Ancient Philosophy, Animals (Philosophy), Biography211heb, cze, mul
МыЕвгений Иванович Замятин1,924Literature: Texts, Untranslated Fiction - General, Literature - Classics / Criticism, Literary Criticism210srp, eng, fre
FlushVirginia Woolf, Eileen Atkins1,694Fiction, Dogs, Legends and stories, Biography206heb, spa, cze
Apologia pro vita suaJohn Henry Newman1,860200, 200 Catholic Church, Anglican Communion, Apologetic works204spa, und, lat
The Second World WarWinston S. Churchill1,948Personal narratives, British, British Personal narratives, Great Britain, Military leadership203heb, spa, rus
Ben HurLew Wallace1,800Fiction, Historical fiction, Fiction, christian, historical, Fiction, christian, classic & allegory201pol, heb, spa
Poems by John KeatsJohn Keats1,800English poetry, Correspondence, English Poets, Manuscripts200ita, eng, fre
A Tramp AbroadMark Twain1,878American Authors, Americans, Americans in fiction, Biography197eng, ger, chi
The Man Without a CountryEdward Everett Hale, Florence Maria Miller1,865Fiction, Stateless persons in fiction, Burr Conspiracy, 1805-1807, Gregg189eng, spa
Twelve MenTheodore Dreiser1,919United States, Biography, Character sketches, American fiction (fictional works by one author)188eng
Margaret Ogilvy, and othersJ. M. Barrie1,896University of Edinburgh, Biography, Family relationships, Scottish Authors186eng
Mein KampfAdolf Hitler1,922Politics and government, Nationalsozialistische Deutsche Arbeiter-Partei, National socialism, Hitler, adolf, 1889-1945185heb, cze, ger
Autobiography of a YogiYogananda Paramahansa1,946Autobiography, Yogis, Yoga, Yoguis182eng, hin, ger
The education of Henry AdamsHenry Adams1,777Biography, Historians, Massachusetts Historical Society, Biography & Autobiography181eng, rus
Walden, or, Life in the Woods / On the Duty of Civil DisobedienceHenry David Thoreau1,849Resistance to Government, Thoreau, henry david, 1817-1862, Authors, biography, Natural history, united states178spa, eng
The Poetical Works of John DrydenJohn Dryden, John Dryden1,777Criticism and interpretation, English poetry, Drama, Dryden, John, -- 1631-1700176eng
Robert BrowningGilbert Keith Chesterton, Sam Sullivan1,903Biography, Browning, robert, 1812-1889, English Poets, English Dramatists176eng, fre
The old wives' taleArnold Bennett1,900Social life and customs, Older women, Franco-Prussian War, 1870-1871, Fiction170eng, fre, jpn
Homage to CataloniaGeorge Orwell1,938English Personal narratives, Communism, Travel, Spanish Civil Guard168cat, spa, ita
L' Orlando furiosoLodovico Ariosto1,545Roland (Legendary character), Romances, Church of Ireland, Religion and ethics167mac, spa, und
My life and workFord, Henry, Henry Ford1,922Ford Motor Company, Businessmen, Biography, History166eng
DiarySamuel Pepys1,825Sources, History, Social life and customs, Diaries166und, dut, eng
Das SchloßFranz Kafka1,926Fiction, Bureaucracy, Castles, Criticism and interpretation166eng, fre, chi
Dei delitte e delle peneCesare Beccaria1,764Punishment, Crime and criminals, Capital punishment, Torture164spa, und, ger
Mademoiselle FifiGuy de Maupassant1,882Translations into English, Social life and customs, War in Fiction, Readers162eng, rus, ger
John BarleycornJack London1,913Alcoholics, Alcoholism, American Authors, Biography161eng, ger, spa
The Hudson Bay CompanyRobert Michael Ballantyne, Thomas Nelson and Sons1,848Hudson's Bay Company, Frontier and pioneer life, Fur trade, Description and travel161eng
Life on the MississippiMark Twain1,883American Authors, Fiction, Historical Fiction, Juvenile literature157eng, chi, ger
El conde LucanorDon Juan Manuel1,839Latin American literature, Medieval and modern Latin literature, Social life and customs, Fiction156roa, spa, und
Kokuritsu Kokkai Toshokan shozō Meijiki kankō tosho maikuro-ban shūseiKokuritsu Kokkai Toshokan (Japan)1,991Art, Sculpture, Seals (Numismatics), Painting156chi, jpn
Seven Pillars of WisdomT. E. Lawrence1,905Arabs, Bedouins, Campaigns, Social life and customs152heb, spa, und
Shi jiSima Qian, Burton Watson1,550History, Biography, Sources, China151rus, jpn, fre
Paul KleePaul Klee1,930Catalogues raisonnés, Psychology, Städtische Galerie im Lenbachhaus München, Theater in art150spa, mul, ger
De vita CaesarumSuetonius1,470Roman emperors, History, Emperors, Early works to 1800147rus, mul, ger
Henry MooreDavid Sylvester, Henry Moore1,934Sculpture, British, Catalogues raisonnés, Mothers in art, Coal miners in art146spa, ger, cat
The adventures of Captain Bonneville, U.S.A.Washington Irving, Benjamin Louis Eulalie De Bonneville1,800Description and travel, Explorers, Biography, Frontier and pioneer life145eng, fre, ger
Exercitia spiritualiaSaint Ignatius of Loyola, Aloysio R.P Bellecio1,548Spiritual exercises, Meditations, Spiritual retreats, Catholic Church145spa, cze, mul
Letters to a young poetRainer Maria Rilke1,656Correspondence, German Authors, 20th century, Accessible book144heb, spa, ger
Elizabeth and Her German GardenElizabeth von Arnim, Ulrich Baer1,898Fiction, Germany in fiction, Gardening, Women gardeners143ger, eng, ita
Paul et VirginieBernardin de Saint-Pierre1,789Botany, Fiction, Mauritius in fiction, Readers142arm, spa, fre
The Story of PhilosophyWill Durant1,926Philosophers, Philosophy, History, Biography141urd, eng, spa
An autobiographyMohandas Karamchand Gandhi1,927Biography & Autobiography, Nonfiction, Biography, Statesmen140eng, chi, ara
History of Alexander the GreatJacob Abbott1,848Juvenile literature, Generals, Biography, History137eng
The story of the other wise manHenry van Dyke, Ruth Sergel1,895Fiction, Magi, Christmas stories, Juvenile fiction135gla, eng
AdolpheBenjamin Constant, B. Constant1,816Fiction, Social life and customs, Theater, Commitment (Psychology)134ita, mul, fre
Autobiography of an Ex-Colored ManJames Weldon Johnson1,900African americans, fiction, Fiction, general, African American men, Fiction134eng
Poems (Lover's Complaint / Passionate Pilgrim / Phoenix and the Turtle / Rape of Lucrece / Sonnets / Venus and Adonis)William Shakespeare1,771Poetry (poetic works by one author), Shakespeare, william, 1564-1616, poetical works, English Sonnets, English Narrative poetry134pol, spa, und
The Razor's EdgeWilliam Somerset Maugham1,944World War, 1914-1918, Fiction, Veterans, Upper class133spa, ita, ger
Oliver GoldsmithWashington Irving1,840American Poets, Biography, English Authors, Irish authors133eng
A Mind That Found ItselfClifford Whittingham Beers1,9081876-1943, Biography, Care, History130eng, ger
De officiisCicero1,465Ancient Ethics, Biography, Concordances, Conduct of life129arm, spa, mul
Vol de nuitAntoine de Saint-Exupéry1,931Air pilots, Fiction, Aéronautique, French fiction128spa, und, jpn
Houghton Mifflin the Nation's ChoiceHoughton Mifflin Company Staff2,000Dolphins, Juvenile literature, Wildlife rescue, Earthquakes127eng
Εὐθύφρων / Κρίτων / Φαίδων / Ἀπολογία ΣωκράτουςΠλάτων1,871Philosophers, Biography, Socrates, Socrates.126fre, gre, ita
The Life of Charlotte BronteElizabeth Cleghorn Gaskell1,857English Novelists, Biography, English Authors, English Women novelists125ger, eng
Terre des hommesAntoine de Saint-Exupéry1,93620th century, Aeronautics, Air pilots, Biographies124fre, ger, jpn
Dictionary of National BiographyGeorge Murray Smith, Sir Sidney Lee1,885Biography, Bio-bibliography, Dictionaries, Great britain, biography122eng
CyropaediaXenophon1,527Biography, Cyrus, King of Persia, d. 529 B.C., Cyrus, in fiction, Early works to 1800122spa, rus, cze
Grace abounding to the chief of sinnersJohn Bunyan1,666Biography, Grace (Theology), Christian biography, English Authors121eng, gla, wel
Little House in the Big WoodsLaura Ingalls Wilder1,932Juvenile fiction, Ficción juvenil, Frontier and pioneer life, Fiction120pol, heb, spa
Down and Out in Paris and LondonGeorge Orwell1,933Poor, Literature, Fiction, Homelessness119spa, ita, ger
Their Wedding JourneyWilliam Dean Howells1,872Classic Literature, Fiction, Newlyweds, Honeymoons118eng
Ziska; the problem of a wicked soulMarie Corelli1,897Fiction, Reincarnation, Reincarnation in fiction, Egypt in fiction117eng
The journals of André Gide, 1889-1949André Gide, Laura Freixas1,939Authors, Correspondence, reminiscences, Diaries, French Authors117eng, spa, fre
Castillo interior o las moradasTeresa of Avila, F. Benedict Zimmerman1,882Spiritual life, Catholic Church, J, Early works to 1800117eng, spa, fre
South: the story of Shackleton's 1914-1917 expeditionSir Ernest Henry Shackleton1,919British, Discovery and exploration, Imperial Trans-Antarctic Expedition (1914-1917), Travel116lad, eng, fre
The Rough RidersTheodore Roosevelt, Theodore Roosevelt1,894Lst Cavalry (Volunteer), United States Army. 1st Cavalry (Volunteer), United States vol. cav., United States. Army. Volunteer Cavalry, 1st116eng
20 Years at Hull HouseJane Addams1,910Addams, jane, 1860-1935, Social settlements, Social service, history, Hull-house (chicago, ill.)115eng
ColumbusWashington Irving1,800Exploring expeditions, Discovery and exploration, Spanish, Explorers115eng, fre, swe
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