The Greatest Biography Books Since 2018

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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
2992 Frederick Douglass David W. Blight 2018 American English
4381 How To End A Story Helen Garner 2021 Australian English
5588 Caste Isabel Wilkerson 2020 American English
5642 Enlightenment Now Steven Pinker 2018 American English
5780 Entangled Life Merlin Sheldrake 2020 British English
5932 King Jonathan Eig 2023 American English
6612 Hidden Valley Road Robert Kolker 2020 American English
6655 Invisible Child Andrea Elliott 2021 American English
6664 How The Word Is Passed Clint Smith 2021 American English
6788 The Splendid And The Vile Erik Larson 2020 American English
7212 Question 7 Richard Flanagan 2023 Unknown English
7679 Master Slave Husband Wife Ilyon Woo 2023 Unknown English
7885 Wifedom Anna Funder 2023 Unknown English
8067 All That She Carried Tiya Miles 2021 American English
8225 The Best Minds Jonathan Rosen 2023 Unknown English
8298 Empire Of Pain Patrick Radden Keefe 2021 American English
8311 A Marriage At Sea Sophie Elmhirst 2024 British English
8426 Sad Tiger Neige Sinno 2023 Unknown French
8558 A Thread Of Violence Mark O'Connell 2023 Unknown English
8625 Things In Nature Merely Grow Yiyun Li 2025 Unknown English
8649 Raising Hare Chloe Dalton 2025 Unknown English
8782 Mother Mary Comes To Me Arundhati Roy 2025 Unknown English
8871 Becoming Mrs. Lewis Patti Callahan Henry 2018 American English
8891 Midnight In Chernobyl Adam Higginbotham 2024 British English
9039 Anansi’s Gold Yepoka Yeebo 2023 Unknown English
9997 Baldwin Nicholas Boggs 2025 Unknown English
10054 A Truce That Is Not Peace Miriam Toews 2025 Canadian English
10098 A Flower Traveled In My Blood Haley Cohen Gilliland 2025 Unknown English
10190 Waiting To Be Arrested At Night Tahir Hamut Izgil 2023 Unknown Uyghur
10236 Race For Profit Keeanga-Yamahtta Taylor 2019 American English
10376 Nuclear War Annie Jacobsen 2024 Unknown Unknown
10394 Memorial Days Geraldine Brooks 2025 Unknown English
10406 Dark Renaissance Stephen Greenblatt 2025 American English
10436 Daughter Of The Dragon Yunte Huang 2023 Unknown English
10445 Patriot Alexei Navalny 2024 Unknown English
10450 A Promised Land Barack Obama 2020 American English
10450 Arthur Ashe: A Life Raymond Arsenault 2018 Unknown English
10450 Churchill Andrew Roberts 2018 British English
10450 The Poison Squad Deborah Blum 2018 American English
10510 Motherland Julia Ioffe 2025 American English
10538 Careless People Sarah Wynn-Williams 2025 Unknown English
10547 Pageboy Elliot Page 2023 Canadian English
10562 A Walk In The Park Kevin Fedarko 2024 Unknown English
10566 The Third Revolution Elizabeth C. Economy 2018 Unknown English
10581 Some People Need Killing Patricia Evangelista 2023 Unknown English
10584 Claire McCardell Elizabeth Evitts Dickinson 2025 American English
10590 Deep House Jeremy Atherton Lin 2025 American English
10596 The Harder I Fight The More I Love You Neko Case 2025 American English
10599 Book Of Lives Margaret Atwood 2025 Canadian English
10602 Black Moses Caleb Gayle 2025 Unknown English
10610 King Of Kings Scott Anderson 2025 American English
10624 Lives Of The Wives Carmela Ciuraru 2023 Unknown English
10624 Crumb Dan Nadel 2025 American English
10635 The Country Of The Blind Andrew Leland 2023 Unknown English
10639 Bottoms Up And The Devil Laughs Kerry Howley 2023 Unknown English
10646 Bread Of Angels Patti Smith 2025 American English
10658 Paper Girl Beth Macy 2025 American English
10662 Buckley Sam Tanenhaus 2025 American English
10664 Lorne Susan Morrison 2025 Unknown English
10677 A Living Remedy Nicole Chung 2023 American English
10680 My Name Is Barbra Barbra Streisand 2023 American English
10677 John & Paul Ian Leslie 2025 British English
10681 Unscripted James B. Stewart, Rachel Abrams 2023 Unknown English
10689 Daughters Of The Bamboo Grove Barbara Demick 2025 American English
10692 The Tragedy Of True Crime John J. Lennon 2025 Unknown English
10721 Melting Point Rachel Cockerell 2024 Unknown English
10709 The Dress Diary Kate Strasdin 2023 Unknown English
10702 I Regret Almost Everything Keith McNally 2025 British English
10716 The Beast In The Clouds Nathalia Holt 2025 American English
10762 The Banished Immortal Ha Jin 2019 American English
10785 The New Negro Jeffrey C. Stewart 2018 American English
10785 The Dead Are Arising Les Payne 2020 American English
10901 Rising Out Of Hatred Eli Saslow 2018 American English
10919 Mark Twain Ron Chernow 2025 American English
10943 Barracoon Zora Neale Hurston 2018 American English
11040 Who Is Government? Michael M. Lewis 2025 Unknown English
11137 The Undying Anne Boyer 2019 American English
11137 His Name Is George Floyd Robert Samuels, Toluse Olorunnipa 2022 American English
11223 Becoming Michelle Obama 2018 American English
11228 The Real Lolita Sarah Weinman 2018 Unknown English
11354 The Girl In The Green Dress Jeni Haynes 2019 Unknown English
11441 Readme.Txt Chelsea Manning 2022 American English
11642 On Animals Susan Orlean 2021 American English
11661 Red Comet Heather L. Clark 2020 American English
11661 The Club Leo Damrosch 2019 American English
11661 American Eden Victoria Johnson 2018 Unknown English
11661 Fly Girls Keith O'Brien 2018 American English
11661 Gandhi: The Years That Changed The World Ramachandra Guha 2018 Indian English
11661 In Pieces Sally Field 2018 American English
11661 Looking For Lorraine Imani Perry 2018 Unknown English
11661 She Has Her Mother's Laugh Carl Zimmer 2018 American English
11661 We The Corporations Adam Winkler 2018 American English
11840 Broad Band Claire Evans 2018 Unknown English
11934 Super Pumped Mike Isaac 2019 American English
11939 Sontag Benjamin Moser 2019 American English
11939 G Man Beverly Gage 2022 American English
12038 Ginseng Roots Craig Thompson 2024 American English
12115 Joyride Susan Orlean 2025 American English
12117 Glitz, Glam, And A Damn Good Time Jennifer Wright 2025 American English
12121 Toni At Random Dana A. Williams 2025 American English
12122 The Palestine Laboratory Antony Loewenstein 2023 Australian English
12125 The Season Helen Garner 2024 Australian English
12128 Storyteller Leo Damrosch 2025 American English
12132 Awake Jen Hatmaker 2025 American English
12142 Gertrude Stein Francesca Wade 2025 British English
12168 Indignity Lea Ypi 2025 Unknown English
12182 The Place Of Tides James Rebanks 2024 Unknown English
12196 Water Mirror Echo Jeff Chang 2025 American English
12220 The Afterlife Of Malcolm X Mark Whitaker 2025 Unknown English
12236 I Deliver Parcels In Beijing Hu Anyan 2023 Chinese English
12238 The Uncool Cameron Crowe 2025 American English
12285 The Waterbearers Sasha Bonét 2025 Unknown English
12291 Blessings And Disasters Alexis Okeowo 2025 American English
12293 Precious Rubbish Kayla E. 2025 Unknown English
12296 The Martians David Baron 2025 Unknown English
12297 Troublemaker Carla Kaplan 2025 American English
12308 The Hollow Half Sarah Aziza 2025 Unknown English
12316 Electric Spark Frances Wilson 2025 British English
12319 Muybridge Guy Delisle, Helge Dascher, Rob Aspinall 2024 Unknown French
12423 The Queen Of Swords Jazmina Barrera, Christina MacSweeney 2025 Mexican English