In ranked order, here are the best biographies of all time. 50. Crown The Black Count: Glory, Revolution, Betrayal, and the Real Count of Monte Cristo, by Tom Reiss. $32 at Amazon.
Below I’ve listed 50 of the best biography books you must read. You will find a mix of subjects, including important figures in literature, science, politics, history, art, and more.
In this biography, Ferrell challenges the popular characterisation of Truman as a modest man who rarely sought the offices he received, revealing instead a quick-witted politician whose skill and honest commitment to service paved the road to the nation’s highest office. Truman was ambitious in the best sense of the word.
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A NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER. This “beautiful tribute to a legendary artist” (Quincy Jones) is the first in-depth biography of Nipsey Hussle, the hip-hop mogul, artist, and activist whose transformative legacy inspired a generation with his motivational lyrics and visionary business savvy—before he was tragically shot down in the very neighborhood he was dedicated to building up.
Lord Byron (born Janu, London, England—died Ap, Missolonghi, Greece) was a British Romantic poet and satirist whose poetry and personality captured the imagination of Europe.
Ron Chernow won the National Book Award in 1990 for his first book, The House of Morgan, and his second book, The Warburgs, won the Eccles Prize as the Best Business Book of 1993. His biography of John D. Rockefeller, Sr., Titan, was a national bestseller and a National Book Critics Circle Award finalist.
J.R.R. Tolkien was an English writer and scholar who achieved fame with his children’s book The Hobbit (1937) and his richly inventive epic fantasy The Lord of the Rings (1954–55). His writing continued to be published after his death, including The Silmarillion (1977) and The History of Middle-earth (1983–96).
Books shelved as young-adult-biography: Claudette Colvin: Twice Toward Justice by Phillip Hoose, Hey, Kiddo: How I Lost My Mother, Found My Father, and D.
Discover the captivating lives of successful individuals with these 10 must-read biographies. From Jack Ma to Elon Musk, be inspired to achieve greatness.
The best new political biography books you should read in 2025, such as Bismarck, Joe Biden, Rick Perry, Lara Trump, Etienne Gilson and Reaching Across the Aisle. Categories Experts Books GPT new icon-search.
John Edgar Hoover (January 1, 1895 – May 2, 1972) was an American attorney and law enforcement administrator who served as the fifth and final Director of the Bureau of Investigation (BOI) and the first Director of the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI).
Removed, per Jessica's msg. 17, for not being biographies (and it appears that non-biographies, autobiographies and memoirs are being added faster than they can be deleted) as follows: Helter Skelter a story about several people killing several other people, but not a biography.
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Despite being ordered to restrain himself, Har-Zion vowed revenge. He took three fellow soldiers and infiltrated the Bedouin town, capturing six men, killing five of them, and sending the sixth back to relay what happened. Har-Zion was heavily condemned for his actions, and temporarily imprisoned.
"Gorgeous good girl, Elena [Gatilova], breaks out of her shell to grab her lover’s attention. Turning up the heat on love gone flat, she ignites the scene with her feminine wiles, sultry gymnastics and dance to rekindle the flame and make her lover see her again as if for the very first time.".
Robert Service has a significant advantage over other writers describing Lenin the man, having made the most of his access to Soviet archives which had been hidden away for over 70 years. He has used this advantage well, describing what I suspect is the real Lenin.
Benito Amilcare Andrea Mussolini, who went by the nickname “Il Duce” (“the Leader”), was an Italian dictator who created the Fascist Party in 1919 and eventually held all the power in Italy as.
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