Best Biographical Books

A selection of recommended biographical books worth reading.

• Personal LibrarianMarie Benedict, Victoria Christopher Murray
• Alice NetworkKate Quinn
• Before We Were YoursLisa Wingate
• Train DreamsDenis Johnson
• By Any Other Name a NovelJodi Picoult
• Becoming Madam SecretaryStephanie Dray
• Magnificent Lives of Marjorie PostAllison Pataki
• Americas First DaughterStephanie Dray, Laura Kamoie
• Gates of FireSteven Pressfield
• First LadiesVictoria Christopher Murray, Marie Benedict
• Lincoln in the BardoGeorge Saunders
• Wife the Maid & the MistressAriel Lawhon
• Before We Were YoursLisa Wingate
• Power of One MtiBryce Courtenay
• TrustHernan Diaz
• The Second Mrs Astor a Heartbreaking Historical Novel of the TitanicShana Abe
• Personal LibrarianMarie Benedict, Victoria Christopher Murray
• LoverMarguerite Duras
• HondoLouis L'Amour
• Crow MaryKathleen Grissom
• HamnetMaggie O'Farrell
• It GirlAllison Pataki
• Lioness of BostonEmily Franklin
• Finding DorothyElizabeth Letts
• Seven Stones to Stand or FallDiana Gabaldon
• Loving FrankNancy Horan
• CarolineSarah Miller
• Lady ClementineMarie Benedict
• Paris WifePaula McLain
• Weight of InkRachel Kadish
• Place of Greater SafetyHilary Mantel
• Harlem RhapsodyVictoria Christopher Murray
• When Nietzsche WeptIrvin D. Yalom