Best Independent Biographies
1. 
Race and Football in America: The Life and Legacy of George Taliaferro
by:
Dawn Knight
4.70 avg rating — 10 ratings 2. 
The Restless Hungarian: Modernism, Madness, and The American Dream
by:
Tom Weidlinger
4.10 avg rating — 30 ratings 
4. 
Stronger than Death: How Annalena Tonelli Defied Terror and Tuberculosis in the Horn of Africa 4.48 avg rating — 141 ratings
5. 
T. R. M. Howard: Doctor, Entrepreneur, Civil Rights Pioneer
by:
David T. Beito
4.33 avg rating — 6 ratings 6. 
Carl Llewellyn Weschcke: Pioneer & Publisher of Body, Mind & Spirit
by:
Melanie Marquis
4.36 avg rating — 11 ratings 
8. 
ALBRIGHT: The Life and Times of John J. Albright
by:
Mark Goldman
really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 5 ratings 9. 
Maximum Volume: The Life of Beatles Producer George Martin, The Early Years, 1926–1966
by:
Kenneth Womack
4.29 avg rating — 339 ratings 
11. 
The Man Who Lit Lady Liberty: The Extraordinary Rise and Fall of Actor M. B. Curtis
by:
Richard Schwartz
3.92 avg rating — 13 ratings 12. 
Worst. President. Ever.: James Buchanan, the POTUS Rating Game, and the Legacy of the Least of the Lesser Presidents
by:
Robert Strauss
3.51 avg rating — 982 ratings 13. 
15. 
Homage to a Broken Man: The Life of J. Heinrich Arnold – A true story of faith, forgiveness, sacrifice, and community
by:
Peter Mommsen
4.31 avg rating — 74 ratings 
18. 
Ina Coolbrith: The Bittersweet Song of California's First Poet Laureate
by:
Aleta George
4.32 avg rating — 38 ratings