The Greatest Biography Books of All Time

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This list represents a comprehensive and trusted collection of the greatest books. Developed through a specialized algorithm, it brings together 759 'best of' book lists to form a definitive guide to the world's most acclaimed books. For those interested in how these books are chosen, additional details can be found on the rankings page.

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Rank Book Authors Year Country Language Actions
17150 Every Living Thing Jason Roberts 2024 Unknown English
17150 The Storyteller Dave Grohl 2021 American English
17150 The Sun Does Shine Anthony Ray Hinton 2018 American English
17150 Benjamin Franklin Walter Isaacson 2003 American English
17150 The Discoverers Daniel J. Boorstin 1983 American English
17150 Mandela Anthony Sampson 1999 British English
17150 Olive Schreiner Ruth First, Ann Scott 1980 Unknown English
17150 Dickens Peter Ackroyd 1990 British English
17150 Tolstoy A. N. Wilson 1988 British English
17150 The Imperfect Life Of T. S. Eliot Lyndall Gordon 1998 British English
16940 Fouché Stefan Zweig 1929 Austrian German
17150 Isaac Newton James Gleick 2003 American English
17150 The Cogwheel Brain Doron Swade 2001 British English
17150 Elvis And Me Priscilla Beaulieu Presley 1985 American English
17150 Diddi: My Mother's Voice Ira Pande 2005 Indian English
17150 Theodore Rex Edmund Morris 2001 American English
17150 The New Way Things Work From Levers To Lasers, Windmills To Web Sites A Visual Guide To The World Of Machines David and Ardley Macaulay 1998 British English
17150 One Two Three Four Craig Brown 2020 British English
17150 The Pike Lucy Hughes-Hallett 2013 British English
17150 Like A Fiery Elephant Jonathan Coe 2004 British English
17150 Pushkin T. J. Binyon 2002 British English
17150 Berlioz: Volume Two David Cairns 1999 British English
17150 The Benn Diaries, 1940 90 Tony Benn 1987 British English
17150 I Have Life Marianne Thamm 1998 Unknown English
17150 Thabo Mbeki Mark Gevisser 2007 Unknown English
17150 My Father, My Monster McIntosh Polela 2011 Unknown English
17150 Endings & Beginnings Redi Tlhabi 2012 South African English
17150 Colonel Roosevelt Edmund Morris 2010 American English
17150 The Man In The Red Coat Julian Barnes 2019 British English
17150 Margaret Thatcher Charles Moore 2013 British English
17150 Harold Wilson Ben Pimlott 1992 British English
17150 Churchill Roy Jenkins 2001 British English
17150 Roy Jenkins John Campbell 1983 British English
17150 Aneurin Bevan Michael Foot 1973 British English
17150 Jeremy Thorpe Michael Bloch 2006 British English
17150 Unjust Rewards Polly Toynbee, David Walker 2008 British English
17150 The End Of The Party Andrew Rawnsley 2010 British English
17150 The Endtimes Of Human Rights Stephen Hopgood 2013 British English
17150 Corbyn Richard Seymour 2016 British English
17150 Reagan Max Boot 2024 Unknown English
17150 All The Worst Humans Phil Elwood 2024 Unknown English
17150 The Bluestockings Susannah Gibson 2024 Unknown English
17150 Chop Fry Watch Learn Michelle T. King 2024 Unknown English
17150 Cocktails With George And Martha Philip Gefter 2024 Unknown English
17150 Do Something Guy Trebay 2024 Unknown English
17150 Every Valley Charles King 2024 Unknown English
17150 John Lewis David Greenberg 2024 Unknown English
17150 No One Gets To Fall Apart Sarah LaBrie 2024 Unknown English
17150 Private Revolutions Yuan Yang 2024 Unknown English
17150 The Swans Of Harlem Karen Valby 2024 Unknown English
17150 A Wilder Shore Camille Peri 2024 Unknown English
17150 Building The Worlds That Kill Us David Rosner, Gerald Markowitz 2024 Unknown English
17150 Remember The First Ladies Diana B. Carlin, Anita B. McBride, Nancy Kegan Smith 2024 Unknown English
17150 When Women Ran Fifth Avenue Julie Satow 2024 Unknown English
17150 The Notebooks Of Sonny Rollins Sam V. H. Reese 2024 Unknown English
17150 Charlie Hustle Keith O'Brien 2024 Unknown English
17150 Countdown Sarah Scoles 2024 Unknown English
17150 The Notebooks Of Sonny Rollins Sonny Rollins 2024 Unknown English
17150 Diplomacy Henry A. Kissinger 1994 American English
17150 Our Ancient Faith Allen Guelzo 2024 Unknown Unknown
17150 The Women Are Up To Something Benjamin J. B. Lipscomb 2022 Unknown English
17150 My Adventures As An Illustrator Norman Rockwell 1995 American English
17150 Gaslight Jonathan Mingle 2024 Unknown English
17150 Rat City Jon Adams, Edmund Ramsden 2024 Unknown English
17150 Never Leave The Dogs Behind Brianna Madia 2024 Unknown English
17150 The Price Is Wrong Brett Christophers 2024 Unknown English
17150 The Secret War Of Julia Child Diana R. Chambers 2024 Unknown English
17150 Caspar David Friedrich Markus Bertsch, Johannes Grave 2024 Unknown German
17150 Adventures In Volcanoland Tamsin Mather 2024 Unknown English
17150 The Language Puzzle Steven J. Mithen 2024 Unknown Unknown
17150 Discounting The Future Liliana Doganova 2024 Unknown English
17150 Disputing Disaster Perry Anderson 2024 Unknown English
17150 The Incarcerations Alpa Shah 2024 Unknown English
17150 Takeover Timothy W. Ryback 2024 Unknown English
17150 Ascent To Power David L. Roll 2024 Unknown English
17150 How Not To Be A Politician Rory Stewart 2024 British English
17150 In The Shadow Of Quetzalcoatl Merilee Grindle 2024 Unknown English
17150 Before The Storm Rick Perlstein 2001 American English
17150 His Truth Is Marching On Jon Meacham 2020 American English
17150 Maus Ii Art Spiegelman 1992 American English
17150 A Self Made Man Sidney Blumenthal 2016 American English
17150 Lincoln's Last Trial Dan Abrams 2018 American English
17150 Don't Let's Go To The Dogs Tonight Alexandra Fuller 2001 British English
17150 The Glass Universe Dava Sobel 2016 American English
17150 Revolutionary Characters Gordon S. Wood 2006 American English
17150 Lincoln Fred Kaplan 2008 American English
17150 The First American H.W. Brands 2000 American English
17150 Playing For Keeps David Halberstam 1999 American English
17150 The Professor And The Madman Simon Winchester 1998 British English
17150 The Orchid Thief Susan Orlean 1998 American English
17150 France On Trial Julian Jackson 2023 Unknown English
17150 Justice And Hope Raimond Gaita 2024 Unknown English
17150 A Season Of Death Mark Raphael Baker 2024 Unknown Unknown
17150 Frank Moorhouse, Strange Paths Matthew Lamb 2024 Unknown Unknown
17150 Restless Dolly Maunder Kate Grenville 2023 Australian English
17150 Kubrick Nathan Abrams and Robert Kolker 2020 Unknown English
17150 Lest Mark Dapin 2019 Unknown English
17150 Nuked Andrew Fowler 2024 Unknown English
17150 In Exile Sadiya Ansari 2024 Unknown English
17150 Crosses In The Sky Mark Bourrie 2024 Unknown English
17150 The Traitor's Daughter Roxana Spicer 2024 Unknown Unknown
17150 Here After Amy Lin 2024 Unknown English
17150 The War We Won Apart Nahlah Ayed 2024 Unknown English
17150 The Widow's Guide To Dead Bastards Jessica Waite 2024 Unknown English
17150 Sir John A. Macdonald And The Apocalyptic Year 1885 Patrice Dutil 2024 Canadian English
17150 The Impossible Man Patchen Barss 2024 Unknown English
17150 Ten Bridges I've Burnt Brontez Purnell 2024 Unknown English
17150 A Complicated Passion Carrie Rickey 2024 Unknown English
17150 I'm Mostly Here To Enjoy Myself Glynnis MacNicol 2024 Unknown English
17150 On Leadership Tony Blair 2024 British English
17150 Goethe, His Faustian Life AN Wilson 2024 British English
17150 Aphex Twin — A Disco Pogo Tribute Jim Butler 2024 Unknown Unknown
17150 Mukiwa Peter Godwin 1996 British English
17150 A Primate's Memoir Robert Sapolsky 2001 American English
17150 Teacher Man Frank McCourt 2005 American English
17150 The Last Lecture Randy Pausch 2008 American English
17150 Always Looking Up Michael J. Fox 2009 American English
17150 Into Africa Martin Dugard 2003 American English
17150 The Lost Boy Dave Pelzer 1997 American English
17150 God And The Devil Peter Cowie 2024 Unknown English