Costa/Whitbread Biography Award Winners

1.
Georgiana: Duchess of Devonshire
Georgiana: Duchess of Devonshire 3.78 avg rating — 20,122 ratings
2.
Matisse the Master: The Conquest of Colour, 1909-1954
Matisse the Master: The Conquest of Colour, 1909-1954 4.25 avg rating — 339 ratings
3.
A Life of Picasso: The Triumphant Years: 1917-1932 (Vol 3)
A Life of Picasso: The Triumphant Years: 1917-1932 (Vol 3) 4.24 avg rating — 322 ratings
4.
Samuel Pepys: The Unequalled Self
Samuel Pepys: The Unequalled Self 3.89 avg rating — 4,339 ratings
5.
Philip Larkin: A Writer's Life
Philip Larkin: A Writer's Life 4.11 avg rating — 257 ratings
6.
Tolstoy: A Biography
Tolstoy: A Biography 4.02 avg rating — 421 ratings
7.
My Heart Is My Own: The Life of Mary Queen of Scots
My Heart Is My Own: The Life of Mary Queen of Scots
by: John Guy
3.94 avg rating — 5,224 ratings
8.
Selkirk's Island: The True and Strange Adventures of the Real Robinson Crusoe
Selkirk's Island: The True and Strange Adventures of the Real Robinson Crusoe 3.51 avg rating — 454 ratings
9.
Victor Hugo: A Biography
Victor Hugo: A Biography 3.96 avg rating — 218 ratings
10.
D. H. Lawrence: The Story of a Marriage
D. H. Lawrence: The Story of a Marriage 4.11 avg rating — 75 ratings
11.
T.S. Eliot
T.S. Eliot 3.92 avg rating — 264 ratings
12.
Vita: The Life of Vita Sackville-West
Vita: The Life of Vita Sackville-West 4.16 avg rating — 518 ratings
13.
Elizabeth Gaskell
Elizabeth Gaskell 3.75 avg rating — 24 ratings
14.
Henrik Ibsen
Henrik Ibsen 4.18 avg rating — 49 ratings
15.
A.A. Milne. His life
A.A. Milne. His life 3.93 avg rating — 98 ratings
16.
Orwell
Orwell 3.96 avg rating — 247 ratings
17.
Bad Blood
Bad Blood 3.66 avg rating — 2,498 ratings
18.
Berlioz, Volume 2: Servitude and Greatness, 1832 - 1869
Berlioz, Volume 2: Servitude and Greatness, 1832 - 1869 4.30 avg rating — 37 ratings
19.
Thomas Cranmer
Thomas Cranmer 4.38 avg rating — 296 ratings
20.
Gladstone: A Biography
Gladstone: A Biography 3.81 avg rating — 388 ratings
21.
Trollope
Trollope 4.11 avg rating — 148 ratings
22.
Coleridge: Early Visions, 1772-1804
Coleridge: Early Visions, 1772-1804 4.45 avg rating — 405 ratings
23.
Under The Eye of the Clock
Under The Eye of the Clock 3.94 avg rating — 431 ratings
24.
Gilbert White: A Biography of the Author of The Natural History of Selborne
Gilbert White: A Biography of the Author of The Natural History of Selborne 3.98 avg rating — 56 ratings
25.
Hugh Dalton
Hugh Dalton 4.08 avg rating — 12 ratings
26.
King George V
King George V 3.97 avg rating — 95 ratings
27.
Bismarck
Bismarck 3.55 avg rating — 141 ratings
28.
Monty: The Making of a General: 1887-1942
Monty: The Making of a General: 1887-1942 4.06 avg rating — 79 ratings
29.
On the Edge of Paradise: A.C. Benson the Diarist
On the Edge of Paradise: A.C. Benson the Diarist 0.00 avg rating — 0 ratings
30.
Lloyd George: The People's Champion, 1902-1911
Lloyd George: The People's Champion, 1902-1911 3.77 avg rating — 13 ratings
31.
Mary Curzon
Mary Curzon 3.44 avg rating — 25 ratings
32.
In Our Infancy, Part 1, 1882–1912: An Autobiography
In Our Infancy, Part 1, 1882–1912: An Autobiography 4.50 avg rating — 2 ratings
33.
Poor, Dear Brendan: The Quest for Brendan Bracken
Poor, Dear Brendan: The Quest for Brendan Bracken liked it 3.00 avg rating — 1 rating
34.
Anthony Trollope
Anthony Trollope 3.60 avg rating — 30 ratings