The best biographies of all time

The Napkin Project: Meg Wolitzer. Biographies have always been controversial.

Best modern biographies

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Best biographies of the 21st century

Read post. But Ann Wroe leans into all that uncertainty in her groundbreaking book, making for a fascinating mix of research and informed speculation that often feels like reading a really good historical novel. Nonfiction Business. Art Spiegelman. Mahatma Gandhi. Alison Bechdel. See all of our picks at www. Anne Frank. With gritty determination and a deep longing to be by his mother's side, Enrique travels through hostile, unknown worlds.

With the help of thousands of pages from Leonardo's notebooks and new discoveries about his life and work, Isaacson shows how we can learn from Leonardo's passionate curiosity, careful observation, and imaginative mind. Booker T. Without money, he will make the dangerous and illegal trek up the length of Mexico the only way he can — clinging to the sides and tops of freight trains.

Could there be a more fitting title for a book about the husband-wife team who discovered radioactivity? Ultimately, Eisenhower in War and Peace offers an Eisenhower for our time, one that is both compelling and comprehensive. Vera Mrs. The Catcher in the Rye is a lovely book but it's fiction. Aug 09, PM. Jul 28, AM. Based on over forty interviews with the subject and over a hundred interviews with colleagues, friends, adversaries, and family members, this riveting story delves into the demons that drove this innovative icon to both great success and deep despair.

But Robin D. Confessions by Augustine of Hippo 3. It covers his heroic code-breaking efforts during the war, his computer designs and contributions to mathematical biology in the years following, and of course, the vicious persecution that befell him in the s — when homosexual acts were still a crime punishable by English law. Mary books friends.