Half Life
Jillian Cantor
Published 2021
416 pages
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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The Death of Francis Bacon
Max Porter
Published 2021
74 pages
Charlie Thorne and the Lost City
Stuart Gibbs
Published 2021
384 pages
The Poison Keeper
Deborah Swift
Published 2021
410 pages
Cecily 'a Startling Heroine' Sarah Moss
Annie Garthwaite
Published 2021
384 pages
A Tip for the Hangman A Novel
Allison Epstein
Published 2021
374 pages
The War Nurse A Novel
Tracey Enerson Wood
2021 · 2022 edition
352 pages
The Cape Doctor
E. J. Levy
Published 2021
352 pages
Stacey's Extraordinary Words
Stacey Abrams, Thomas Kitt
Published 2021
32 pages
Katharine Parr, The Sixth Wife A Novel
Alison Weir
Published 2021
544 pages
A Most Clever Girl A Novel of an American Spy
Stephanie Marie Thornton
Published 2021
416 pages
Miss Kopp Investigates
Amy Stewart
Published 2021
295 pages
Love and Fury
Samantha Silva
2021 · 2022 edition
288 pages
An Unlikely Spy A Novel
Rebecca Starford
Published 2021
352 pages
Hades, Argentina A Novel
Daniel Loedel
Published 2021
304 pages
Emily's House
Amy Belding Brown
Published 2021
384 pages
Barefoot Dreams of Petra Luna
Alda P. Dobbs
2021 · 2022 edition
288 pages
The Hand of the Sun King The British Fantasy Award-nominated fantasy epic
J.T. Greathouse
Published 2021
416 pages
Monkey Boy
Francisco Goldman
2021 · 2022 edition
336 pages
The Duchess
Wendy Holden
Published 2021
352 pages
A Beautiful Spy
Rachel Hore
Published 2021
432 pages
The Tsarina's Daughter
Ellen Alpsten
2021 · 2022 edition
464 pages
Loop Tracks
Sue Orr
Published 2021
334 pages
Nora A Love Story of Nora and James Joyce
Nuala O'Connor
Published 2021
496 pages