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
17131 A Memoir Of My Former Self Hilary Mantel 2023 British English
17131 Quartet Leah Broad 2023 Unknown English
17131 Watford Forever Elton John, John Preston Unknown English
17131 Johnson At 10 Anthony Seldon, Raymond Newell 2023 British English
17104 Maria Stuart Stefan Zweig 1935 Austrian German
17131 Being Henry Henry Winkler 2023 Unknown English
17131 The Nirvana Express Mick Brown 2023 Unknown English
17131 All Sorts Of Lives Claire Harman 2023 Unknown English
17131 Erotic Vagrancy Roger Lewis Unknown English
17131 A Chance Meeting Cohen, Rachel 2004 American English
17131 Another Bullshit Night In Suck City Nick Flynn 2004 American English
17131 Ordinary Light Tracy K. Smith 2015 American English
17131 Benedict Arnold Randall, Willard Sterne 2012 American English
17131 Sing Backwards And Weep Mark Lanegan 2020 American English
17131 Tomorrow Never Knows Jeff Apter 2006 Australian English
17131 Dream Brother John Browne 2001 Unknown Unknown
17131 Maid Stephanie Land 2019 American English
17131 Futureface Alex Wagner 2018 American English
17131 In The Shadow Of Statues Mitch Landrieu 2018 American English
17131 The World As It Is Ben Rhodes 2018 American English
17131 Dying Cory Taylor 2016 Australian English
17131 Coach Wooden And Me Kareem Abdul-Jabbar 2017 American English
17131 President Reagan Lou Cannon 1991 American English
17131 Lessons In Disaster Gordon M. Goldstein 2008 American English
17131 The Defining Moment Jonathan Alter 2006 American English
17131 Fdr Jean Edward Smith 2007 American English
17131 A Voyage For Madmen Peter Nichols 2001 British English
17131 Humans Brandon Stanton 2020 American English
17131 Humans Of New York Brandon Stanton 2015 American English
17131 A House In The Sky Jim Corbett, Lindhout, Amanda 2013 Canadian English
17131 The Other Wes Moore Wes Moore 2010 American English
17131 A Book Of Silence Maitland, Sara 2008 British English
17131 Saint Thomas Aquinas And Saint Francis Of Assisi G.K. Chesterton English English
17131 Year Of The King Antony Sher 1985 British English
17131 Melvill Rodrigo Fresán 2022 Argentine Spanish
17131 Rough Magic Lara Prior-Palmer 2019 British English
17131 Easy Beauty Chloé Cooper Jones 2022 British English
17131 Blood Horses John Jeremiah Sullivan 2004 American English
17131 Ravi Shankar Craske Unknown Unknown
17131 Indian Sun Craske, Oliver Unknown English
17131 Dangerous Beauty Mark Ross 2001 Unknown English
17131 El Español Que Enamoró Al Mundo Ignacio Peyró Unknown Spanish
17007 Endurance Alfred Lansing 1959 American English
17131 Birdwatchingwatching Donald Horne 2009 Australian Unknown