Biographies About Men, Written by Women
1. 
You Never Forget Your First: A Biography of George Washington
by:
Alexis Coe
3.74 avg rating — 14,286 ratings 2. 
Thomas Cromwell: The Untold Story of Henry VIII's Most Faithful Servant
by:
Tracy Borman
4.20 avg rating — 2,581 ratings 
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Elvis and Ginger: Elvis Presley's Fiancée and Last Love Finally Tells Her Story
by:
Ginger Alden
3.91 avg rating — 2,037 ratings 5. 
A Man Called Destruction: The Life and Music of Alex Chilton, from Box Tops to Big Star to Backdoor Man 3.87 avg rating — 817 ratings
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Hero of the Empire: The Boer War, a Daring Escape, and the Making of Winston Churchill
by:
Candice Millard
4.11 avg rating — 16,990 ratings 
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Samuel Pallache : koopman, kaper en diplomaat tussen Marrakesh en Amsterdam 3.69 avg rating — 54 ratings
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Destiny of the Republic: A Tale of Madness, Medicine and the Murder of a President
by:
Candice Millard
4.22 avg rating — 81,280 ratings 
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The River of Doubt: Theodore Roosevelt's Darkest Journey
by:
Candice Millard
4.21 avg rating — 74,682 ratings 
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The Invention of Nature: Alexander von Humboldt's New World
by:
Andrea Wulf
4.32 avg rating — 28,488 ratings 
20. 
The Bully Pulpit: Theodore Roosevelt, William Howard Taft, and the Golden Age of Journalism 4.15 avg rating — 23,623 ratings
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Baby, Let's Play House: Elvis Presley and the Women Who Loved Him
by:
Alanna Nash
4.08 avg rating — 826 ratings 
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Elvis and Me: The True Story of the Love Between Priscilla Presley and the King of Rock N' Roll 4.01 avg rating — 30,112 ratings
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No Ordinary Time: Franklin and Eleanor Roosevelt: The Home Front in World War II 4.20 avg rating — 46,353 ratings
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Everybody Behaves Badly: The True Story Behind Hemingway’s Masterpiece The Sun Also Rises 3.99 avg rating — 2,750 ratings
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Brotherhood in Rhythm: The Jazz Tap Dancing of the Nicholas Brothers 3.96 avg rating — 28 ratings
34. 
Beyond the Pale: Folklore, Family and the Mystery of Our Hidden Genes
by:
Emily Urquhart
3.88 avg rating — 347 ratings 35. 
Howard Finster: The Early Years : A Private Portrait of America's Premier Folk Artist 3.63 avg rating — 19 ratings
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The Rebel in the Red Jeep: Ken Hechler's Life in West Virginia Politics 3.70 avg rating — 10 ratings
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Shrub: The Short but Happy Political Life of George W. Bush
by:
Molly Ivins
4.09 avg rating — 2,254 ratings 39. 
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A Pirate of Exquisite Mind: Explorer, Naturalist, and Buccaneer: The Life of William Dampier
by:
Diana Preston
4.08 avg rating — 1,259 ratings 
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Robert Parris Moses: A Life in Civil Rights and Leadership at the Grassroots 4.36 avg rating — 14 ratings
46. 
Process: The Writing Lives of Great Authors
by:
Sarah Stodola
really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 1,211 ratings 
48. 
How to Live: Or A Life of Montaigne in One Question and Twenty Attempts at an Answer
by:
Sarah Bakewell
4.02 avg rating — 10,620 ratings 
50. 
Lives of the Musicians: Good Times, Bad Times
by:
Kathleen Krull
really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 491 ratings 
52. 
At Home with Books: How Booklovers Live with and Care for Their Libraries
by:
Estelle Ellis
4.07 avg rating — 1,053 ratings 53. 
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With Fiddle and Well-Rosined Bow: A History of Old-Time Fiddling In Alabama
by:
Joyce H. Cauthen
3.71 avg rating — 7 ratings 59. 
Lyrics of Sunshine and Shadow: The Tragic Courtship and Marriage of Paul Laurence Dunbar and Alice Ruth Moore 3.63 avg rating — 62 ratings
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Assassin of Youth: A Kaleidoscopic History of Harry J. Anslinger’s War on Drugs
by:
Alexandra Chasin
4.08 avg rating — 13 ratings 62. 
Jekyll Island's Early Years: From Prehistory Through Reconstruction
by:
June Hall McCash
4.22 avg rating — 9 ratings 
64. 
Return Of The King: Elvis Presley's Great Comeback (Genuine Jawbone Books)
by:
Gillian G. Gaar
4.23 avg rating — 53 ratings 65. 
Elvis: The Legend: The Authorized Book from the Graceland® Archives
by:
Gillian G. Gaar
4.42 avg rating — 57 ratings 
67. 
The Colonel: The Extraordinary Story of Colonel Tom Parker and Elvis Presley
by:
Alanna Nash
really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 541 ratings 
74. 
Foggy Mountain Troubadour: The Life and Music of Curly Seckler
by:
Penny Parsons
4.54 avg rating — 13 ratings 75. 
Honky-Tonk Heroes and Hillbilly Angels: The Pioneers of Country and Western Music 3.65 avg rating — 40 ratings
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The Music in George's Head: George Gershwin Creates Rhapsody in Blue
by:
Suzanne Slade
4.14 avg rating — 298 ratings 81. 
Foursome: Alfred Stieglitz, Georgia O'Keeffe, Paul Strand, Rebecca Salsbury
by:
Carolyn Burke
3.68 avg rating — 262 ratings 82. 
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Hotel Florida: Truth, Love, and Death in the Spanish Civil War
by:
Amanda Vaill
3.80 avg rating — 832 ratings 84. 
Number Our Days: Culture and Community Among Elderly Jews in an American Ghetto
by:
Barbara Myerhoff
3.99 avg rating — 481 ratings 
86. 
Love, Liberation, and Escaping Slavery: William and Ellen Craft in Cultural Memory 4.07 avg rating — 14 ratings
87. 
I'll Sleep When I'm Dead: The Dirty Life and Times of Warren Zevon
by:
Crystal Zevon
4.02 avg rating — 3,527 ratings 
89. 
Let Your Voice Be Heard: The Life and Times of Pete Seeger
by:
Anita Silvey
4.13 avg rating — 167 ratings 90. 
Ragged but Right: The Life and Times of George Jones
by:
Dolly Carlisle
3.76 avg rating — 17 ratings 91. 
Spiritualism in Nineteenth-Century New Orleans: The Life and Times of Henry Louis Rey
by:
Melissa Daggett
3.65 avg rating — 17 ratings 92. 
A Boy Named Shel: The Life and Times of Shel Silverstein
by:
Lisa Rogak
3.42 avg rating — 558 ratings 93. 
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 94. 
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The Brother Gardeners: A Generation of Gentlemen Naturalists and the Birth of an Obsession
by:
Andrea Wulf
4.22 avg rating — 1,235 ratings 96. 
John Dee's Conversations with Angels: Cabala, Alchemy, and the End of Nature 4.05 avg rating — 152 ratings
98. 
John Heartfield: Photography plus Dynamite
by:
Angela Lammert
really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 1 rating 
100. 
When Stravinsky Met Nijinsky: Two Artists, Their Ballet, and One Extraordinary Riot
by:
Lauren Stringer
3.84 avg rating — 290 ratings