The most popular biographical fiction books of 2021

Biographical fiction turns a real life into a novel. The people and the main events are true, and the author imagines the conversations, doubts and private moments that no record kept. It is a vivid way to meet artists, rulers, scientists and forgotten figures from the inside. This list shows the ones first published in 2021.

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Three Sisters
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Three Sisters

Heather Morris

2021 · 2024 edition

400 pages

Notes on Grief
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Notes on Grief

Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie, 奇玛曼达·恩戈兹·阿迪契

Published 2021

86 pages

The Netanyahus
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The Netanyahus

Joshua Cohen

2021 · 2022 edition

239 pages

I WILL LIVE
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I WILL LIVE

Lale Gül

2021 · 2025 edition

320 pages

Treacle Walker
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Treacle Walker

Alan Garner

2021 · 2022 edition

160 pages

Inseparable
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Inseparable

Simone de Beauvoir, Deborah Levy, Lauren Elkin, Sylvie Le Bon de Beauvoir

2021 · 2022 edition

176 pages

China
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China

Edward Rutherfurd, Dolors Gallart

Published 2021

784 pages

Ophie’s Ghosts
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Ophie’s Ghosts

Justina Ireland

2021 · 2022 edition

336 pages