Biography Published in Year: 2018
1. 
The Good Neighbor: The Life and Work of Fred Rogers
by:
Maxwell King
3.99 avg rating — 28,009 ratings 
3. 
Elon Musk: Tesla, SpaceX, and the Quest for a Fantastic Future
by:
Ashlee Vance
4.13 avg rating — 434,905 ratings 
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Rising Out of Hatred: The Awakening of a Former White Nationalist
by:
Eli Saslow
4.42 avg rating — 10,564 ratings 
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A Light So Lovely: The Spiritual Legacy of Madeleine L'Engle, Author of A Wrinkle in Time
by:
Sarah Arthur
4.10 avg rating — 883 ratings 
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The Indian World of George Washington: The First President, the First Americans, and the Birth of the Nation 4.06 avg rating — 384 ratings
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Jefferson's Daughters: Three Sisters, White and Black, in a Young America 3.59 avg rating — 3,022 ratings
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Jackie, Janet & Lee: The Secret Lives of Janet Auchincloss and Her Daughters, Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis and Lee Radziwill 3.85 avg rating — 3,436 ratings
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Becoming Madeleine: A Biography of the Author of A Wrinkle in Time by Her Granddaughters 3.92 avg rating — 663 ratings
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Master of the Senate (The Years of Lyndon Johnson, #3)
by:
Robert A. Caro
4.42 avg rating — 23,638 ratings 
35. 
In Search of Mary Shelley: The Girl Who Wrote Frankenstein
by:
Fiona Sampson
3.63 avg rating — 850 ratings 
38. 
The Fabulous Bouvier Sisters: The Tragic and Glamorous Lives of Jackie and Lee
by:
Sam Kashner
3.69 avg rating — 3,070 ratings 41. 
Renoir's Dancer: The Secret Life of Suzanne Valadon
by:
Catherine Hewitt
3.91 avg rating — 456 ratings 41. 
My Years with Townes Van Zandt: Music, Genius and Rage
by:
Harold F. Eggers
4.36 avg rating — 97 ratings 
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DC Comics Before Superman: Major Malcolm Wheeler-Nicholson's Pulp Comics 3.88 avg rating — 8 ratings
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Seduction: Sex, Lies, and Stardom in Howard Hughes's Hollywood
by:
Karina Longworth
4.08 avg rating — 2,179 ratings 52. 
Eliza Hamilton: The Extraordinary Life and Times of the Wife of Alexander Hamilton
by:
Tilar J. Mazzeo
3.97 avg rating — 3,030 ratings 
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The Spy and the Traitor: The Greatest Espionage Story of the Cold War
by:
Ben Macintyre
4.52 avg rating — 83,086 ratings 
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Bettie Page: The Lost Years: An Intimate Look at the Queen of Pinups, through her Private Letters & Never-Published Photos
by:
Tori Rodríguez
4.23 avg rating — 39 ratings 58. 
Rush: Revolution, Madness, and the Visionary Doctor Who Became a Founding Father
by:
Stephen Fried
4.29 avg rating — 1,213 ratings 59. 
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The Man Who Walked Backward: An American Dreamer's Search for Meaning in the Great Depression
by:
Ben Montgomery
3.75 avg rating — 219 ratings 
63. 
Born to Be Posthumous: The Eccentric Life and Mysterious Genius of Edward Gorey
by:
Mark Dery
3.76 avg rating — 1,311 ratings 
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In Extremis: The Life and Death of the War Correspondent Marie Colvin
by:
Lindsey Hilsum
4.42 avg rating — 4,899 ratings 67. 
Gandhi: The Years That Changed the World, 1914-1948
by:
Ramachandra Guha
4.49 avg rating — 776 ratings 
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Outside Agitator: The Civil Rights Struggle of Cleveland Sellers Jr.
by:
Adam Parker
4.50 avg rating — 18 ratings 
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The Lost Soldier: The Ordeal of a World War II GI from the Home Front to the Hurtgen Forest
by:
Chris J. Hartley
really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 18 ratings 73. 
Hollywood's Eve: Eve Babitz and the Secret History of L.A.
by:
Lili Anolik
3.59 avg rating — 2,486 ratings 74. 
The Infidel and the Professor: David Hume, Adam Smith, and the Friendship that Shaped Modern Thought 4.10 avg rating — 943 ratings
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Sophisticated Giant: The Life and Legacy of Dexter Gordon
by:
Maxine Gordon
4.24 avg rating — 177 ratings 76. 
An African in Imperial London: The Indomitable Life of A.B.C. Merriman-Labor
by:
Danell Jones
4.55 avg rating — 11 ratings 
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Dave Sheridan: Life with Dealer McDope, the Leather Nun, and the Fabulous Furry Freak Brothers
by:
Dave Sheridan
4.57 avg rating — 7 ratings 80. 
The Woman Who Fooled the World: Belle Gibson's Cancer Con, and the Darkness at the Heart of the Wellness Industry
by:
Beau Donelly
really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 3,320 ratings 81. 
Something Wonderful: Rodgers and Hammerstein's Broadway Revolution
by:
Todd S. Purdum
4.23 avg rating — 1,937 ratings 82. 
A Spy in Canaan: How the FBI Used a Famous Photographer to Infiltrate the Civil Rights Movement
by:
Marc Perrusquia
3.98 avg rating — 54 ratings 83. 
Accidental Brothers: The Story of Twins Exchanged at Birth and the Power of Nature and Nurture
by:
Nancy L. Segal
3.32 avg rating — 149 ratings 84. 
Looking for Lorraine: The Radiant and Radical Life of Lorraine Hansberry
by:
Imani Perry
4.27 avg rating — 1,502 ratings 
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American Eden: David Hosack, Botany, and Medicine in the Garden of the Early Republic
by:
Victoria Johnson
4.03 avg rating — 1,191 ratings 
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The Promise and the Dream: The Untold Story of Martin Luther King, Jr. And Robert F. Kennedy
by:
David Margolick
4.12 avg rating — 215 ratings 92. 
Out of the Clouds: The Unlikely Horseman and the Unwanted Colt Who Conquered the Sport of Kings
by:
Linda Carroll
4.22 avg rating — 430 ratings 93. 
The Trials of Nina McCall: Sex, Surveillance, and the Decades-Long Government Plan to Imprison "Promiscuous" Women
by:
Scott W. Stern
3.79 avg rating — 377 ratings 
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Playing to the Gods: Sarah Bernhardt, Eleonora Duse, and the Rivalry That Changed Acting Forever
by:
Peter Rader
3.86 avg rating — 227 ratings 
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Eisenhower vs. Warren: The Battle for Civil Rights and Liberties
by:
James F. Simon
4.14 avg rating — 182 ratings 100. 
Dodge City: Wyatt Earp, Bat Masterson, and the Wickedest Town in the American West
by:
Tom Clavin
3.81 avg rating — 4,238 ratings