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Favorite Biographies

A small, non-comprehensive list of beloved and/or critically regarded Biographies of well-known people. Excludes memoirs and autobiographies.
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Alexander Hamilton (Ron Chernow)
Alexander Hamilton
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Ron Chernow
Prairie Fires: The American Dreams of Laura Ingalls Wilder (Caroline Fraser)
Prairie Fires: The American Dreams of Laura Ingalls Wilder
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Caroline Fraser
Catherine the Great: Portrait of a Woman (Robert K. Massie)
Catherine the Great: Portrait of a Woman
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Robert K. Massie
Steve Jobs (Walter Isaacson)
Steve Jobs
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Walter Isaacson
John Adams (David McCullough)
John Adams
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David McCullough
Unbroken (Laura Hillenbrand)
Unbroken
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Laura Hillenbrand
The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks (Rebecca Skloot)
The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks
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Rebecca Skloot
The Heartbreak of Aaron Burr (H.W. Brands)
The Heartbreak of Aaron Burr
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H.W. Brands
Benjamin Franklin: An American Life
Benjamin Franklin: An American Life
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Victoria: The Queen: An Intimate Biography of the Woman Who Ruled an Empire (Julia Baird)
Victoria: The Queen: An Intimate Biography of the Woman Who Ruled an Empire
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Julia Baird
Team of Rivals: The Political Genius of Abraham Lincoln (Doris Kearns Goodwin)
Team of Rivals: The Political Genius of Abraham Lincoln
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Doris Kearns Goodwin
A Beautiful Mind (Sylvia Nasar)
A Beautiful Mind
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Sylvia Nasar
Washington: A Life (Ron Chernow)
Washington: A Life
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Ron Chernow
The Reluctant Empress: A Biography of Empress Elisabeth of Austria (Brigitte Hamann)
The Reluctant Empress: A Biography of Empress Elisabeth of Austria
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Brigitte Hamann
Thomas Jefferson the Art of Power
Thomas Jefferson the Art of Power
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American Lion
American Lion
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Eleanor of Aquitaine (Marion Meade)
Eleanor of Aquitaine
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Marion Meade
Mao: The Unknown Story
Mao: The Unknown Story
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Founding Brothers
Founding Brothers
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Founding Mothers (Cokie Roberts)
Founding Mothers
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Cokie Roberts
The Life of Elizabeth I (Alison Weir)
The Life of Elizabeth I
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Alison Weir
Isabella: She-Wolf of France, Queen of England (Alison Weir)
Isabella: She-Wolf of France, Queen of England
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Alison Weir
Eleanor Roosevelt, Volume 3: The War Years and After, 1939-1962 (Blanche Wiesen Cook)
Eleanor Roosevelt, Volume 3: The War Years and After, 1939-1962
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Blanche Wiesen Cook
Peter the Great: His Life and World (Robert K. Massie)
Peter the Great: His Life and World
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Robert K. Massie
Elizabeth the Queen: The Life of a Modern Monarch (Sally Bedell Smith)
Elizabeth the Queen: The Life of a Modern Monarch
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Sally Bedell Smith
The Last Lion: Winston Spencer Churchill
The Last Lion: Winston Spencer Churchill
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J.R.R. Tolkien: A Biography (Humphrey Carpenter)
J.R.R. Tolkien: A Biography
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Humphrey Carpenter
The Romanov Sisters (Helen Rapparport)
The Romanov Sisters
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Helen Rapparport
The Romanovs (Simon Sebag Montefiore)
The Romanovs
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Simon Sebag Montefiore
The Romanovs: The Final Chapter (Robert K. Massie)
The Romanovs: The Final Chapter
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Robert K. Massie
Hidden Figures (Margot Lee Shetterly)
Hidden Figures
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Margot Lee Shetterly
Zealot: The Life and Times of Jesus of Nazareth
Zealot: The Life and Times of Jesus of Nazareth
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Frida: A Biography of Frida Kahlo (Hayden Herrera)
Frida: A Biography of Frida Kahlo
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Hayden Herrera
The Bully Pulpit
The Bully Pulpit
34
Rosemary (Larson)
Rosemary
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Larson
Napoleon: A Life
Napoleon: A Life
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Eighty Days: Nellie Bly and Elizabeth Bisland's History-Making Race Around the World (Matthew Goodman)
Eighty Days: Nellie Bly and Elizabeth Bisland's History-Making Race Around the World
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Matthew Goodman
Cleopatra: A Life (Egypt)
Cleopatra: A Life (Egypt)
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Churchill: A Life (Martin Gilbert)
Churchill: A Life
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Martin Gilbert
Everybody Was So Young (Amanda Vaill)
Everybody Was So Young
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Amanda Vaill
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