Spirit Run by Noé Álvarez
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The author’s memoir about taking part in an epic cross-country run seeks in part to redeem the very act of running in the immigrant experience.
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In the Land of Men by Adrienne Miller
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A former Esquire literary editor writes a memoir about working in a male-dominated field - and getting involved with one of that field’s biggest stars, David Foster Wallace.
Read MoreThe Magical Language of Others by E. J. Koh
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A cache of letters is at the heart of this multi-generational memoir about a Korean family.
Read MoreThe Best Books of 2019: Biography!
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2019 was a fantastic year for biography—and here’s ten reasons why!
Read MoreFree, Melania by Kate Bennett
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“Moron Marries Monster for Money” would be a much more accurate title.
Read MoreKnow My Name by Chanel Miller
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The memoir of the woman assaulted by Stanford freshman Brock Turner.
Read MoreAudience of One by James Poniewozik
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A television critic assesses the symbiotic relationship between TV and Donald Trump
Read MoreWith All Due Respect by Nikki Haley
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Donald Trump’s former UN ambassador writes a memoir about her time in the administration.
Read MoreKing Charles by Robert Jobson
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An enthusiastic new biography of the heir apparent to the Throne.
Read MoreThe Lives of Lucian Freud by William Feaver
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Nobody alive today is in a better position to write an enormous, definitive biography of this artist.
Read MoreThe Mutual Admiration Society by Mo Moulton
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Glowing with life but unblinkingly clear about the limitations these women faced.
Read MoreThe Successor by Willemijn Van Dijk
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An account of Tiberius’ life before his reign that is about as full as it can be given the sources we have.
Read MoreThomas Jefferson’s Education by Alan Taylor
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Taylor tells this university story with cool skill and a very discerning eye for personal detail.
Read MoreAmerica’s Reluctant Prince by Steven M. Gillon
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The real accomplishment of America’s Reluctant Prince is the extent to which it rises above the usual froth of wealth and scandal.
Read MoreOn Earth We’re Briefly Gorgeous By Ocean Vuong
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Almost, but not quite, a modern classic of gay fiction.
Read MoreRough Magic by Laura Prior-Palmer
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The author chronicles her participation in the Mongol Derby, a race across Mongolia in the hoof prints of Genghis Khan's postal couriers.
Read MoreErnesto: The Untold Story of Hemingway in Revolutionary Cuba by Andrew Feldman
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Andrew Feldman has here shaped his sources into a Hemingway who feels like a new acquaintance.
Read MoreThe Shadow King: The Life and Death of Henry VI by Lauren Johnson
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An immensely readable popular biography of Henry VI, warmly sympathetic to the tormented figure at its center.
Read MoreOur Man by George Packer
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The fact that this book captures the man as no book is ever likely to do again is an accomplishment and also a precaution.
Read MoreGropius: The Man Who Built the Bauhaus by Fiona McCarthy
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McCarthy is a wonderfully sympathetic biographer, and her reading and research in these pages is vast.
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