Biography Published in Year: 2019
1. 
The Lady from the Black Lagoon: Hollywood Monsters and the Lost Legacy of Milicent Patrick
by:
Mallory O'Meara
3.96 avg rating — 6,508 ratings 2. 
The Five: The Untold Lives of the Women Killed by Jack the Ripper
by:
Hallie Rubenhold
4.09 avg rating — 64,243 ratings 3. 
Code Name: Lise: The True Story of the Woman Who Became WWII's Most Highly Decorated Spy
by:
Larry Loftis
3.99 avg rating — 11,605 ratings 4. 
Riding the Elephant: A Memoir of Altercations, Humiliations, Hallucinations, and Observations
by:
Craig Ferguson
4.04 avg rating — 3,545 ratings 
6. 
The Moth Presents: Occasional Magic: True Stories About Defying the Impossible
by:
Catherine Burns
4.39 avg rating — 3,341 ratings 7. 
The Queen: The Forgotten Life Behind an American Myth
by:
Josh Levin
3.70 avg rating — 2,089 ratings 
9. 
Becoming Dr. Seuss: Theodor Geisel and the Making of an American Imagination
by:
Brian Jay Jones
4.20 avg rating — 1,678 ratings 10. 
Queen Meryl: The Iconic Roles, Heroic Deeds, and Legendary Life of Meryl Streep
by:
Erin Carlson
3.54 avg rating — 733 ratings 
12. 
Hollywood's Eve: Eve Babitz and the Secret History of L.A.
by:
Lili Anolik
3.59 avg rating — 2,486 ratings 
13. 
Wild Life: Dispatches from a Childhood of Baboons and Button-Downs
by:
Keena Roberts
4.26 avg rating — 1,178 ratings 13. 
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When Life Gives You Pears: The Healing Power of Family, Faith, and Funny People
by:
Jeannie Gaffigan
4.18 avg rating — 7,234 ratings 19. 
The Man in the Willows: The Life of Kenneth Grahame
by:
Matthew Dennison
3.27 avg rating — 48 ratings 19. 
The Grit in the Pearl: The Scandalous Life of Margaret, Duchess of Argyll
by:
Lyndsy Spence
3.55 avg rating — 1,108 ratings 19. 
22. 
Lake of the Ozarks: My Surreal Summers in a Vanishing America
by:
Bill Geist
3.60 avg rating — 3,006 ratings 
22. 
The Great Successor: The Divinely Perfect Destiny of Brilliant Comrade Kim Jong Un
by:
Anna Fifield
4.12 avg rating — 5,580 ratings 26. 
The Matriarch: Barbara Bush and the Making of an American Dynasty
by:
Susan Page
4.12 avg rating — 4,292 ratings 
28. 
Plagued by Fire: The Dreams and Furies of Frank Lloyd Wright
by:
Paul Hendrickson
3.52 avg rating — 305 ratings 28. 
Women of Means: The Fascinating Biographies of Royals, Heiresses, Eccentrics and Other Poor Little Rich Girls 3.45 avg rating — 3,132 ratings
30. 
How to Be a Family: The Year I Dragged My Kids Around the World to Find a New Way to Be Together
by:
Dan Kois
3.71 avg rating — 1,886 ratings 30. 
Major Thomas: The bush lawyer who defended Breaker Morant and took on the British Empire
by:
Greg Growden
4.06 avg rating — 16 ratings 
32. 
A Well-Read Woman: The Life, Loves, and Legacy of Ruth Rappaport
by:
Kate Stewart
3.39 avg rating — 1,150 ratings 32. 
Nazi Wives: The Women at the Top of Hitler's Germany
by:
James Wyllie
3.83 avg rating — 2,708 ratings 35. 
Ladies Who Punch: The Explosive Inside Story of "The View"
by:
Ramin Setoodeh
3.75 avg rating — 7,040 ratings 35. 
A Spanner in the Works: The Extraordinary Story of Alice Anderson and Australia’s Only All-Girl Garage
by:
Loretta Smith
4.13 avg rating — 159 ratings 37. 
Esther - The extraordinary true story of the First Fleet girl who became First Lady of the colony
by:
Jessica North
4.07 avg rating — 410 ratings 38. 
Life to the Extreme: How a Chaotic Kid Became America’s Favorite Carpenter
by:
Ty Pennington
3.66 avg rating — 222 ratings 
43. 
On Being Human: A Memoir of Waking Up, Living Real, and Listening Hard 3.91 avg rating — 3,884 ratings
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The World According to Fannie Davis: My Mother's Life in the Detroit Numbers 3.91 avg rating — 2,230 ratings
