Pulitzer Winners: Biographies & Autobiographies

1.
John Adams
John Adams 4.08 avg rating β€” 373,239 ratings
2.
Angela’s Ashes (Frank McCourt, #1)
Angela’s Ashes (Frank McCourt, #1) 4.15 avg rating β€” 650,957 ratings
3.
Truman
Truman 4.17 avg rating β€” 90,310 ratings
7.
Personal History: A Memoir
Personal History: A Memoir 4.09 avg rating β€” 24,450 ratings
8.
Peter the Great: His Life and World
Peter the Great: His Life and World 4.15 avg rating β€” 22,818 ratings
9.
Washington: A Life
Washington: A Life 4.16 avg rating β€” 79,886 ratings
10.
Growing Up
Growing Up 4.10 avg rating β€” 7,495 ratings
12.
Profiles in Courage
Profiles in Courage 3.92 avg rating β€” 14,260 ratings
13.
Eleanor and Franklin
Eleanor and Franklin 4.26 avg rating β€” 2,956 ratings
16.
Lindbergh
Lindbergh 3.97 avg rating β€” 5,725 ratings
17.
American Lion: Andrew Jackson in the White House
American Lion: Andrew Jackson in the White House 3.86 avg rating β€” 55,953 ratings
18.
Huey Long
Huey Long 4.23 avg rating β€” 2,111 ratings
19.
Jackson Pollock: An American Saga
Jackson Pollock: An American Saga 4.18 avg rating β€” 1,431 ratings
20.
The First Tycoon: The Epic Life of Cornelius Vanderbilt
The First Tycoon: The Epic Life of Cornelius Vanderbilt 3.90 avg rating β€” 8,806 ratings
21.
Washington's Crossing
Washington's Crossing 4.16 avg rating β€” 15,170 ratings
23.
Oscar Wilde
Oscar Wilde 4.01 avg rating β€” 5,107 ratings
24.
Benjamin Franklin
Benjamin Franklin 4.19 avg rating β€” 409 ratings
25.
God: A Biography
God: A Biography 3.92 avg rating β€” 2,604 ratings
26.
Memoirs, 1925-1950
Memoirs, 1925-1950 4.26 avg rating β€” 300 ratings
28.
Grant: A Biography
Grant: A Biography 4.05 avg rating β€” 1,804 ratings
30.
W.E.B. Du Bois: Biography of a Race, 1868-1919
W.E.B. Du Bois: Biography of a Race, 1868-1919 4.38 avg rating β€” 2,420 ratings
31.
Machiavelli in Hell: Pulitzer Prize Winner
Machiavelli in Hell: Pulitzer Prize Winner 3.77 avg rating β€” 261 ratings
32.
Barbarian Days: A Surfing Life
Barbarian Days: A Surfing Life 4.27 avg rating β€” 37,923 ratings
34.
Witness to Hope: The Biography of Pope John Paul II
Witness to Hope: The Biography of Pope John Paul II 4.40 avg rating β€” 2,891 ratings
35.
Henry James: A Life
Henry James: A Life
by: Leon Edel
4.28 avg rating β€” 252 ratings
36.
The New Negro: The Life of Alain Locke
The New Negro: The Life of Alain Locke 4.03 avg rating β€” 310 ratings
37.
De Kooning: An American Master
De Kooning: An American Master 4.13 avg rating β€” 2,899 ratings
38.
Look Homeward: A Life of Thomas Wolfe
Look Homeward: A Life of Thomas Wolfe 4.09 avg rating β€” 179 ratings
39.
Edith Wharton
Edith Wharton 4.08 avg rating β€” 445 ratings
40.
Son of the Wilderness: The Life of John Muir
Son of the Wilderness: The Life of John Muir 4.07 avg rating β€” 455 ratings
41.
Mr. Clemens and Mark Twain: A Biography
Mr. Clemens and Mark Twain: A Biography 3.99 avg rating β€” 365 ratings
42.
Whitman: An Interpretation in Narrative
Whitman: An Interpretation in Narrative 3.80 avg rating β€” 10 ratings
43.
Roosevelt and Hopkins: An Intimate History
Roosevelt and Hopkins: An Intimate History 4.32 avg rating β€” 120 ratings
45.
Fortunate Son: The Healing of a Vietnam Vet
Fortunate Son: The Healing of a Vietnam Vet 4.15 avg rating β€” 852 ratings
46.
Gorbachev: His Life and Times
Gorbachev: His Life and Times 4.27 avg rating β€” 1,267 ratings
47.
Harriet Beecher Stowe
Harriet Beecher Stowe 4.03 avg rating β€” 153 ratings
50.
A Prince of Our Disorder: The Life of T.E. Lawrence
A Prince of Our Disorder: The Life of T.E. Lawrence 4.21 avg rating β€” 382 ratings
51.
Vera (Mrs. Vladimir Nabokov): Portrait of a Marriage
Vera (Mrs. Vladimir Nabokov): Portrait of a Marriage 3.86 avg rating β€” 1,373 ratings
52.
Khrushchev: The Man and His Era
Khrushchev: The Man and His Era 4.09 avg rating β€” 1,669 ratings
52.
The Return
The Return 4.16 avg rating β€” 14,617 ratings
54.
The Dead Are Arising: The Life of Malcolm X
The Dead Are Arising: The Life of Malcolm X
by: Les Payne
4.34 avg rating β€” 4,840 ratings
55.
Sontag: Her Life and Work
Sontag: Her Life and Work 4.23 avg rating β€” 2,158 ratings
56.
Charles Sumner and The Coming of the Civil War
Charles Sumner and The Coming of the Civil War really liked it 4.00 avg rating β€” 235 ratings
58.
The Raven
The Raven 4.09 avg rating β€” 327 ratings
59.
The Taft Story
The Taft Story 2.83 avg rating β€” 12 ratings
61.
R. E. Lee:  A Biography:  Volume I
R. E. Lee: A Biography: Volume I 4.56 avg rating β€” 201 ratings
62.
John Quincy Adams: A Public Life, a Private Life
John Quincy Adams: A Public Life, a Private Life 3.94 avg rating β€” 7,856 ratings
63.
The Education of Henry Adams
The Education of Henry Adams 3.63 avg rating β€” 4,868 ratings
65.
The Making of the President 1960
The Making of the President 1960 4.15 avg rating β€” 7,922 ratings
67.
Paul Revere and the World He Lived In
Paul Revere and the World He Lived In 4.15 avg rating β€” 376 ratings
68.
Henry Adams
Henry Adams 3.83 avg rating β€” 18 ratings
68.
John Keats
John Keats 4.21 avg rating β€” 173 ratings
70.
John Paul Jones: A Sailor's Biography
John Paul Jones: A Sailor's Biography 4.07 avg rating β€” 269 ratings
71.
Lincoln at Gettysburg: The Words That Remade America
Lincoln at Gettysburg: The Words That Remade America 4.16 avg rating β€” 8,535 ratings
72.
Robert Frost, the Years of Triumph 1915-1938
Robert Frost, the Years of Triumph 1915-1938 really liked it 4.00 avg rating β€” 19 ratings
73.
Woodrow Wilson
Woodrow Wilson 3.92 avg rating β€” 25 ratings
74.
The Thought and Character of William James
The Thought and Character of William James 4.06 avg rating β€” 17 ratings
75.
The Autobiography of William Allen White
The Autobiography of William Allen White 3.92 avg rating β€” 39 ratings
75.
Woodrow Wilson: Life and Letters
Woodrow Wilson: Life and Letters 3.43 avg rating β€” 7 ratings
77.
George Bancroft, Brahmin Rebel
George Bancroft, Brahmin Rebel 3.12 avg rating β€” 8 ratings
80.
The Diaries of Paul Klee, 1898-1918
The Diaries of Paul Klee, 1898-1918
by: Paul Klee
4.10 avg rating β€” 359 ratings
80.
Margaret Fuller: A New American Life
Margaret Fuller: A New American Life 3.88 avg rating β€” 1,398 ratings
85.
O'Neill: Son and Artist
O'Neill: Son and Artist 4.25 avg rating β€” 32 ratings
87.
Stalin: The Court of the Red Tsar
Stalin: The Court of the Red Tsar 4.14 avg rating β€” 12,631 ratings
87.
Pinckney's Treaty
Pinckney's Treaty 3.57 avg rating β€” 14 ratings
92.
Grant
Grant 4.03 avg rating β€” 12,933 ratings
92.
King: A Life
King: A Life 4.65 avg rating β€” 11,032 ratings
98.
Barrett Wendell and His Letters:
Barrett Wendell and His Letters: 4.60 avg rating β€” 5 ratings
99.
Louise Bogan: A Portrait
Louise Bogan: A Portrait really liked it 4.00 avg rating β€” 12 ratings
100.
The Life and Times of Cotton Mather
The Life and Times of Cotton Mather 3.99 avg rating β€” 112 ratings