Biography Published in Decade: 1980s
6. 
9. 
Rembrandt (Getting to Know the World's Greatest Artists)
by:
Mike Venezia
4.16 avg rating — 180 ratings 
16. 
18. 
William Faulkner: The Man and the Artist: A Biography
by:
Stephen B. Oates
3.89 avg rating — 95 ratings 
20. 
Bearing the Cross: Martin Luther King, Jr., And The Southern Christian Leadership Conference
by:
David J. Garrow
4.34 avg rating — 2,245 ratings 
22. 
Let the Trumpet Sound: A Life of Martin Luther King Jr.
by:
Stephen B. Oates
4.44 avg rating — 1,057 ratings 
24. 
Parting the Waters: America in the King Years 1954-63
by:
Taylor Branch
4.36 avg rating — 9,962 ratings 24. 
The Tolstoys: Twenty-Four Generations of Russian History
by:
Nikolai Tolstoy
4.19 avg rating — 16 ratings 
29. 
The Path to Power (The Years of Lyndon Johnson, #1)
by:
Robert A. Caro
4.42 avg rating — 25,861 ratings 30. 
No Direction Home: The Life and Music of Bob Dylan
by:
Robert Shelton
4.11 avg rating — 2,245 ratings 
33. 
When Heaven and Earth Changed Places: A Vietnamese Woman's Journey from War to Peace
by:
Le Ly Hayslip
4.12 avg rating — 4,293 ratings 34. 
Woman in the Mists: The Story of Dian Fossey and the Mountain Gorillas of Africa
by:
Farley Mowat
4.17 avg rating — 3,657 ratings 35. 
Martha Berry - A Woman of Courageous Spirit and Bold Dreams
by:
Joyce Blackburn
3.92 avg rating — 24 ratings 
43. 
The Last Lion: Winston Spencer Churchill: Visions of Glory, 1874-1932 4.33 avg rating — 15,703 ratings
48. 
The Disney Version: The Life, Times, Art and Commerce of Walt Disney
by:
Richard Schickel
3.52 avg rating — 143 ratings 
51. 
Great Balls of Fire : The Uncensored Story of Jerry Lee Lewis
by:
Myra Lewis
3.82 avg rating — 112 ratings 
53. 
Fiddlin' Georgia Crazy: Fiddlin' John Carson, His Real World, and the World of His Songs
by:
Gene Wiggins
really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 6 ratings 54. 
56.
James Edward Oglethorpe: A New Look at Georgia's Founder
by:
Phinizy Spalding
0.00 avg rating — 0 ratings 
59. 
American Splendor, #14: David Letterman Exploitation Issue
by:
Harvey Pekar
3.62 avg rating — 21 ratings 
66. 
The Dark Side of Genius: The Life of Alfred Hitchcock
by:
Donald Spoto
3.87 avg rating — 1,560 ratings 
68. 
Eisenhower, Volume #1: Soldier, General of the Army, President-Elect, 1890-1952 4.25 avg rating — 280 ratings
70. 
Literary Outlaw: The Life and Times of William S. Burroughs
by:
Ted Morgan
4.16 avg rating — 1,896 ratings 
74. 
Standing In The Shadows Of Motown: The Life And Music Of Legendary Bassist James Jamerson
by:
Dr. Licks
4.53 avg rating — 303 ratings 
76. 
The Dark Side of Genius: The Life of Alfred Hitchcock
by:
Donald Spoto
3.87 avg rating — 1,560 ratings 77. 
Gertrude Bell: Queen of the Desert, Shaper of Nations
by:
Georgina Howell
3.97 avg rating — 3,475 ratings 
80. 
The Life of Pope John Paul II (comic) (Vol. # 1, No. 1 Issue)
by:
Steven Grant
3.65 avg rating — 23 ratings 81. 
His Way: The Unauthorized Biography of Frank Sinatra
by:
Kitty Kelley
3.63 avg rating — 2,023 ratings 
83. 
The Life and Times of Little Richard: The Authorised Biography
by:
Charles White
4.03 avg rating — 571 ratings 
85. 
To Purge This Land with Blood: A Biography of John Brown
by:
Stephen B. Oates
4.18 avg rating — 268 ratings 86. 
Outside the Magic Circle: The Autobiography of Virginia Foster Durr 3.98 avg rating — 85 ratings
89. 
Straight on Till Morning: the Biography of Beryl Markham
by:
Mary S. Lovell
4.15 avg rating — 2,301 ratings 
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94. 
Alexander H. Stephens of Georgia: A Biography (Southern Biography Series)
by:
Thomas E. Schott
3.29 avg rating — 14 ratings 95. 
