Nonfiction Biographies Well Worth Reading
1. 
I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings (Maya Angelou's Autobiography, #1)
by:
Maya Angelou
4.30 avg rating — 569,014 ratings 2. 
Notorious RBG: The Life and Times of Ruth Bader Ginsburg
by:
Irin Carmon
4.18 avg rating — 63,004 ratings 
11. 
The Rise of Theodore Roosevelt (Theodore Roosevelt, #1)
by:
Edmund Morris
4.23 avg rating — 59,131 ratings 
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Means of Ascent (The Years of Lyndon Johnson, #2)
by:
Robert A. Caro
4.28 avg rating — 27,109 ratings 14. 
Plain Speaking: An Oral Biography of Harry S Truman
by:
Merle Miller
4.19 avg rating — 1,077 ratings 
16. 
The Good Neighbor: The Life and Work of Fred Rogers
by:
Maxwell King
3.99 avg rating — 28,009 ratings 17. 
The Power Broker: Robert Moses and the Fall of New York
by:
Robert A. Caro
4.52 avg rating — 27,084 ratings 
20. 
Ghost on the Throne: The Death of Alexander the Great and the War for Crown and Empire
by:
James Romm
4.28 avg rating — 2,765 ratings 
22. 
His Truth Is Marching On: John Lewis and the Power of Hope
by:
Jon Meacham
4.50 avg rating — 6,505 ratings 24. 
The First American: The Life and Times of Benjamin Franklin
by:
H.W. Brands
4.11 avg rating — 22,673 ratings 25. 
The Fiery Trial: Abraham Lincoln and American Slavery
by:
Eric Foner
4.18 avg rating — 6,498 ratings 26. 
With Malice Toward None: A Life of Abraham Lincoln
by:
Stephen B. Oates
4.27 avg rating — 8,620 ratings 27. 
The Splendid and the Vile: A Saga of Churchill, Family, and Defiance During the Blitz
by:
Erik Larson
4.30 avg rating — 132,029 ratings 
30. 
Master of the Senate (The Years of Lyndon Johnson, #3)
by:
Robert A. Caro
4.42 avg rating — 23,638 ratings 
31. 
Nicholas and Alexandra: The Classic Account of the Fall of the Romanov Dynasty
by:
Robert K. Massie
4.23 avg rating — 29,466 ratings 
34. 
The Path to Power (The Years of Lyndon Johnson, #1)
by:
Robert A. Caro
4.42 avg rating — 25,862 ratings 
39. 
The Long Loneliness: The Autobiography of the Legendary Catholic Social Activist
by:
Dorothy Day
4.02 avg rating — 5,537 ratings 40. 
Autobiography of Mark Twain, Volume 2: The Complete and Authoritative Edition (Volume 11) (Mark Twain Papers)
by:
Mark Twain
4.29 avg rating — 599 ratings 
41. 
Kick Kennedy: The Charmed Life and Tragic Death of the Favorite Kennedy Daughter
by:
Barbara Leaming
3.69 avg rating — 1,637 ratings 
44. 
Victoria The Queen: An Intimate Biography of the Woman Who Ruled an Empire
by:
Julia Baird
4.11 avg rating — 11,961 ratings 
49. 
Girls Like Us: Carole King, Joni Mitchell, Carly Simon - and the Journey of a Generation
by:
Sheila Weller
3.75 avg rating — 6,227 ratings 
59. 
De mannen met de roze driehoek : het verslag van een homoseksueel over zijn gevangenschap in het concentratiekamp van 1939 tot 1945
by:
Heinz Heger
4.35 avg rating — 3,405 ratings 
62. 
Becoming Dr. Seuss: Theodor Geisel and the Making of an American Imagination
by:
Brian Jay Jones
4.20 avg rating — 1,678 ratings 62. 
A Gentleman of Pleasure : One Life of John Glassco : Poet, Memoirist, Translator, and Pornographer
by:
Brian Busby
4.13 avg rating — 15 ratings 62. 
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The Quartet: Orchestrating the Second American Revolution, 1783-1789
by:
Joseph J. Ellis
4.15 avg rating — 6,622 ratings 
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You Never Forget Your First: A Biography of George Washington
by:
Alexis Coe
3.74 avg rating — 14,286 ratings 72. 
Little Mother of Russia: A Biography of the Empress Marie Feodorovna (1847-1928)
by:
Coryne Hall
4.26 avg rating — 194 ratings 
77. 
Crosby, Stills, Nash and Young: The Wild, Definitive Saga of Rock's Greatest Supergroup
by:
David Browne
3.81 avg rating — 648 ratings 
81. 
Autobiography of Mark Twain, Volume 3: The Complete and Authoritative Edition (Volume 12) (Mark Twain Papers)
by:
Mark Twain
4.33 avg rating — 270 ratings 81. 
Samuel Pallache : koopman, kaper en diplomaat tussen Marrakesh en Amsterdam 3.69 avg rating — 54 ratings
81. 
The Last Tsar: The Life And Death Of Nicholas II
by:
Edvard Radzinsky
4.07 avg rating — 4,472 ratings 
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Heirs of the Founders: The Epic Rivalry of Henry Clay, John Calhoun and Daniel Webster, the Second Generation of American Giants
by:
H.W. Brands
4.13 avg rating — 2,327 ratings 85. 
Janet Frame: The Complete Autobiography (Autobiography, #1-3)
by:
frame-janet
4.21 avg rating — 2,517 ratings 
89. 
The Good Pope: The Making of a Saint and the Remaking of the Church--The Story of John XXIII and Vatican II
by:
Greg Tobin
3.90 avg rating — 175 ratings 89. 
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Terra Viva: Minha vida em uma biodiversidade de movimentos
by:
Vandana Shiva
4.14 avg rating — 59 ratings 93. 
Grace O'Malley: The Biography of Ireland's Pirate Queen 1530-1603
by:
Anne Chambers
3.48 avg rating — 1,079 ratings 
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Kick: The True Story of JFK's Sister and the Heir to Chatsworth
by:
Paula Byrne
4.03 avg rating — 1,758 ratings