Best books in Biography & Memoir
The favorite books of those who lived something worth telling. Founders, scientists, presidents and athletes — what they read about the lives of others says as much about them as their own achievements. Walter Isaacson, the catalog's great biographer, appears recommended by very different voices.
Hitler
Brendan Simms
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Home Work
Julie Andrews
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Homage to Catalonia
George Orwell
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Brave men
Ernie Pyle
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Hons and rebels
Jessica Mitford
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Hoop Roots
John Edgar Wideman
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Furious Hours
Casey Cep
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Howard Hughes
Donald L. Barlett
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I heard my country calling
James Webb
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The Iacocca
Lee Iacocca
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Unflinching
Jody Mitic
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Going clear
Lawrence Wright
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Exonerated
Dan Bongino
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Interventions
Kofi Annan
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Brothers Forever
Tom Sileo
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Jim Grant
Peter Adamson
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John Adams
David McCullough
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John Quincy Adams and American Global Empire
William Earl Weeks
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Tough Jews
Rich Cohen
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Just Kids
Patti Smith
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Kelly
Clarence L. Johnson
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King of capital
David Carey
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King of Hearts
G. Wayne Miller
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Kramnik
Vladimir Kramnik
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