Truly Massive Biography, Real or Imagined

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Shōgun (Asian Saga, #1)
Shōgun (Asian Saga, #1) 4.41 avg rating β€” 206,485 ratings
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The Count of Monte Cristo
The Count of Monte Cristo 4.32 avg rating β€” 992,042 ratings
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Roots: The Saga of an American Family
Roots: The Saga of an American Family 4.45 avg rating β€” 163,547 ratings
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Wolf Hall (Thomas Cromwell, #1)
Wolf Hall (Thomas Cromwell, #1) 3.91 avg rating β€” 227,523 ratings
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When Christ and His Saints Slept (Plantagenets #1; Henry II and Eleanor of Aquitaine, #1)
When Christ and His Saints Slept (Plantagenets #1; Henry II and Eleanor of Aquitaine, #1) 4.26 avg rating β€” 17,210 ratings
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The Sunne in Splendour
The Sunne in Splendour 4.41 avg rating β€” 22,485 ratings
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Mary Queen of Scots
Mary Queen of Scots 3.99 avg rating β€” 17,292 ratings
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Nicholas and Alexandra: The Classic Account of the Fall of the Romanov Dynasty
Nicholas and Alexandra: The Classic Account of the Fall of the Romanov Dynasty 4.23 avg rating β€” 29,465 ratings
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The History of Tom Jones, a Foundling
The History of Tom Jones, a Foundling 3.75 avg rating β€” 34,037 ratings
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Tai-Pan (Asian Saga, #2)
Tai-Pan (Asian Saga, #2) 4.31 avg rating β€” 57,464 ratings
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Six Wives: The Queens of Henry VIII
Six Wives: The Queens of Henry VIII 4.13 avg rating β€” 10,096 ratings
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Peter the Great: His Life and World
Peter the Great: His Life and World 4.15 avg rating β€” 22,818 ratings
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Catherine the Great: Portrait of a Woman
Catherine the Great: Portrait of a Woman 3.94 avg rating β€” 107,265 ratings
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The Gulag Archipelago 1918–1956
The Gulag Archipelago 1918–1956 4.33 avg rating β€” 33,404 ratings
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Les MisΓ©rables
Les MisΓ©rables 4.21 avg rating β€” 830,226 ratings
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The Diary of Samuel Pepys
The Diary of Samuel Pepys 3.96 avg rating β€” 3,301 ratings
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Here Be Dragons (Welsh Princes, #1)
Here Be Dragons (Welsh Princes, #1) 4.29 avg rating β€” 24,740 ratings
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Le Morte d'Arthur: King Arthur and the Legends of the Round Table
Le Morte d'Arthur: King Arthur and the Legends of the Round Table 3.92 avg rating β€” 38,981 ratings
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The Pillars of the Earth (Kingsbridge, #1)
The Pillars of the Earth (Kingsbridge, #1) 4.35 avg rating β€” 809,455 ratings
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Kristin Lavransdatter
Kristin Lavransdatter 4.31 avg rating β€” 13,881 ratings
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The Brothers Karamazov
The Brothers Karamazov 4.38 avg rating β€” 369,514 ratings
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The Three Musketeers
The Three Musketeers 4.10 avg rating β€” 340,219 ratings
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The Life of Samuel Johnson
The Life of Samuel Johnson 3.80 avg rating β€” 5,264 ratings
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The Little House Collection (Little House, #1-9)
The Little House Collection (Little House, #1-9) 4.36 avg rating β€” 156,358 ratings
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Lionheart (Plantagenets #4; Richard the Lionheart #1)
Lionheart (Plantagenets #4; Richard the Lionheart #1) 4.11 avg rating β€” 7,729 ratings
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Pamela
Pamela 2.76 avg rating β€” 13,354 ratings
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The Thorn Birds
The Thorn Birds 4.25 avg rating β€” 361,068 ratings
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East of Eden
East of Eden 4.43 avg rating β€” 602,193 ratings
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Buddenbrooks: The Decline of a Family
Buddenbrooks: The Decline of a Family 4.20 avg rating β€” 34,067 ratings
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The Odyssey
The Odyssey
by: Homer
3.82 avg rating β€” 1,156,631 ratings
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Fall of Giants (The Century Trilogy, #1)
Fall of Giants (The Century Trilogy, #1) 4.32 avg rating β€” 340,738 ratings
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The Memoirs of Cleopatra
The Memoirs of Cleopatra 4.19 avg rating β€” 21,335 ratings
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I, Claudius/Claudius the God
I, Claudius/Claudius the God 4.45 avg rating β€” 2,868 ratings
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Confessions
Confessions 3.59 avg rating β€” 9,159 ratings
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The Brothers of Gwynedd (Brothers of Gwynedd #1-4)
The Brothers of Gwynedd (Brothers of Gwynedd #1-4) 4.15 avg rating β€” 1,778 ratings
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Alexander Hamilton
Alexander Hamilton 4.22 avg rating β€” 194,773 ratings
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John Adams
John Adams 4.08 avg rating β€” 373,238 ratings
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Noble House (Asian Saga, #5)
Noble House (Asian Saga, #5) 4.27 avg rating β€” 42,047 ratings
39.
Clarissa, or, The History of a Young Lady
Clarissa, or, The History of a Young Lady 3.39 avg rating β€” 8,499 ratings
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The Life of Elizabeth I
The Life of Elizabeth I 4.03 avg rating β€” 32,631 ratings
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Palliser Novels
Palliser Novels 4.36 avg rating β€” 757 ratings
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DIARY OF AN INTERNATIONAL CALL GIRL
DIARY OF AN INTERNATIONAL CALL GIRL 4.22 avg rating β€” 9 ratings
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The Cairo Trilogy: Palace Walk, Palace of Desire, Sugar Street (The Cairo Trilogy #1-3)
The Cairo Trilogy: Palace Walk, Palace of Desire, Sugar Street (The Cairo Trilogy #1-3) 4.46 avg rating β€” 4,947 ratings
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The Passage of Power (The Years of Lyndon Johnson, #4)
The Passage of Power (The Years of Lyndon Johnson, #4) 4.40 avg rating β€” 19,288 ratings
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Rabbit Angstrom: The Four Novels
Rabbit Angstrom: The Four Novels 4.25 avg rating β€” 1,686 ratings
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The Last Lion: Winston Spencer Churchill: Visions of Glory, 1874-1932
The Last Lion: Winston Spencer Churchill: Visions of Glory, 1874-1932 4.33 avg rating β€” 15,702 ratings
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The Dream of the Red Chamber
The Dream of the Red Chamber 3.52 avg rating β€” 204 ratings
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Truman
Truman 4.17 avg rating β€” 90,310 ratings
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The Epic of Gilgamesh
The Epic of Gilgamesh
by: Anonymous
3.75 avg rating β€” 114,177 ratings
50.
James Herriot: All Creatures Great and Small/All Things Bright and Beautiful/All Things Wise and Wonderful/The Lord God Made Them All/Boxed Set
James Herriot: All Creatures Great and Small/All Things Bright and Beautiful/All Things Wise and Wonderful/The Lord God Made Them All/Boxed Set 4.60 avg rating β€” 1,883 ratings
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The Autobiography of Henry VIII: With Notes by His Fool, Will Somers
The Autobiography of Henry VIII: With Notes by His Fool, Will Somers 4.26 avg rating β€” 28,700 ratings
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The Heaven Tree Trilogy: The Heaven Tree / The Green Branch / The Scarlet Seed
The Heaven Tree Trilogy: The Heaven Tree / The Green Branch / The Scarlet Seed 4.31 avg rating β€” 1,117 ratings
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Don Quixote
Don Quixote 3.91 avg rating β€” 297,025 ratings
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Nell Gwyn: Mistress to a King
Nell Gwyn: Mistress to a King 3.85 avg rating β€” 585 ratings
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A Gambling Man: Charles II and the Restoration
A Gambling Man: Charles II and the Restoration 3.89 avg rating β€” 398 ratings
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Team of Rivals: The Political Genius of Abraham Lincoln
Team of Rivals: The Political Genius of Abraham Lincoln 4.28 avg rating β€” 196,290 ratings
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World Without End (Kingsbridge, #2)
World Without End (Kingsbridge, #2) 4.32 avg rating β€” 268,995 ratings
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The Balkan Trilogy
The Balkan Trilogy 4.17 avg rating β€” 2,855 ratings
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The Diary of AnaΓ―s Nin, Vol. 1: 1931-1934
The Diary of AnaΓ―s Nin, Vol. 1: 1931-1934 4.17 avg rating β€” 8,067 ratings
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Theodore Roosevelt Trilogy
Theodore Roosevelt Trilogy 3.71 avg rating β€” 13,777 ratings
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North and South (North and South, #1)
North and South (North and South, #1) 4.21 avg rating β€” 62,169 ratings
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The Complete Enderby: Inside Mr. Enderby, Enderby Outside, the Clockwork Testament, Enderby's Dark Lady
The Complete Enderby: Inside Mr. Enderby, Enderby Outside, the Clockwork Testament, Enderby's Dark Lady 4.07 avg rating β€” 484 ratings
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Dostoevsky: The Seeds of Revolt, 1821-1849
Dostoevsky: The Seeds of Revolt, 1821-1849 4.35 avg rating β€” 561 ratings
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Dostoevsky: The Years of Ordeal, 1850-1859
Dostoevsky: The Years of Ordeal, 1850-1859 4.51 avg rating β€” 265 ratings
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The Last Lion: Winston Spencer Churchill (The Last Lion, #1-3)
The Last Lion: Winston Spencer Churchill (The Last Lion, #1-3) 4.66 avg rating β€” 440 ratings
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Stone's Fall
Stone's Fall 3.87 avg rating β€” 8,676 ratings
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Dostoevsky: The Stir of Liberation, 1860-1865
Dostoevsky: The Stir of Liberation, 1860-1865 4.49 avg rating β€” 210 ratings
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Dostoevsky: The Miraculous Years, 1865-1871
Dostoevsky: The Miraculous Years, 1865-1871 4.54 avg rating β€” 201 ratings
69.
Dostoevsky: A Writer in His Time
Dostoevsky: A Writer in His Time 4.50 avg rating β€” 1,096 ratings
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Eleanor and Franklin
Eleanor and Franklin 4.26 avg rating β€” 2,956 ratings
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Dostoevsky: The Mantle of the Prophet, 1871-1881
Dostoevsky: The Mantle of the Prophet, 1871-1881 4.54 avg rating β€” 154 ratings
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Grant
Grant 4.03 avg rating β€” 12,933 ratings
72.
Quiet Flows the Don
Quiet Flows the Don 4.11 avg rating β€” 12,975 ratings
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Rich Man, Poor Man
Rich Man, Poor Man 4.19 avg rating β€” 38,387 ratings
75.
Bernard Shaw, Volume 3: The Lure of Fantasy, 1918-1950
Bernard Shaw, Volume 3: The Lure of Fantasy, 1918-1950 3.93 avg rating β€” 15 ratings
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The Master of Hestviken
The Master of Hestviken 4.36 avg rating β€” 204 ratings
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A Writer at War: Vasily Grossman with the Red Army
A Writer at War: Vasily Grossman with the Red Army 4.19 avg rating β€” 3,620 ratings
78.
The Queen Mother: The Official Biography
The Queen Mother: The Official Biography really liked it 4.00 avg rating β€” 2,229 ratings
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The Pale Abyssinian: A Life of James Bruce, African Explorer and Adventurer
The Pale Abyssinian: A Life of James Bruce, African Explorer and Adventurer 4.11 avg rating β€” 37 ratings
80.
Joseph Knight
Joseph Knight 4.03 avg rating β€” 506 ratings
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KarlamagnΓΊs Saga: The Saga of Charlemagne and his Heroes
KarlamagnΓΊs Saga: The Saga of Charlemagne and his Heroes it was amazing 5.00 avg rating β€” 4 ratings
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Burr
Burr 4.09 avg rating β€” 10,488 ratings
83.
History of My Life, Vols. I & II
History of My Life, Vols. I & II 4.29 avg rating β€” 441 ratings
84.
James Madison: A Biography
James Madison: A Biography 3.96 avg rating β€” 4,394 ratings
85.
Washington: A Life
Washington: A Life 4.16 avg rating β€” 79,886 ratings
86.
Long Walk to Freedom
Long Walk to Freedom 4.36 avg rating β€” 92,322 ratings
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The Greatest Knight: The Remarkable Life of William Marshal, The Power Behind Five English Thrones
The Greatest Knight: The Remarkable Life of William Marshal, The Power Behind Five English Thrones 4.25 avg rating β€” 4,656 ratings
88.
Life and Fate
Life and Fate 4.45 avg rating β€” 14,757 ratings
89.
North and South
North and South 4.15 avg rating β€” 179,585 ratings
90.
Das Boot: The Boat
Das Boot: The Boat 4.26 avg rating β€” 5,824 ratings
91.
Shakespeare: The Biography
Shakespeare: The Biography 4.03 avg rating β€” 2,277 ratings
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The Autobiography: Truth and poetry: from my own life
The Autobiography: Truth and poetry: from my own life 3.80 avg rating β€” 312 ratings
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The Song of Bernadette
The Song of Bernadette 4.22 avg rating β€” 1,265 ratings
94.
Forever Amber
Forever Amber really liked it 4.00 avg rating β€” 19,447 ratings
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Abraham Lincoln: The Prairie Years and the War Years
Abraham Lincoln: The Prairie Years and the War Years 4.28 avg rating β€” 5,424 ratings
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Katherine
Katherine 4.21 avg rating β€” 35,119 ratings
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Oscar Wilde: A Biography
Oscar Wilde: A Biography 4.01 avg rating β€” 5,107 ratings
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Christy
Christy 4.25 avg rating β€” 56,475 ratings
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Undaunted Courage: The Pioneering First Mission to Explore America's Wild Frontier
Undaunted Courage: The Pioneering First Mission to Explore America's Wild Frontier 4.23 avg rating β€” 66,333 ratings
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I Will Bear Witness 1933-41: A Diary of the Nazi Years
I Will Bear Witness 1933-41: A Diary of the Nazi Years 4.33 avg rating β€” 2,887 ratings
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