The most popular biography & memoir books of 2020

Biography and memoir are true stories of real lives. Some are told by a writer who has studied the person for years and others by the person who lived it. Presidents, artists, athletes, scientists and people you have never heard of are all here, with lives as gripping as any novel. This list shows the ones first published in 2020.

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I Hate Men
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I Hate Men

Pauline Harmange

2020 · 2022 edition

99 pages

Hollywood Park
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Hollywood Park

Mikel Jollett

2020 · 2021 edition

384 pages

Just As I Am
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Just As I Am

Cicely Tyson, Viola Davis, Robin Miles

2020 · 2022 edition

432 pages

Why We Swim
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Why We Swim

Bonnie Tsui

2020 · 2021 edition

288 pages

One Life
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One Life

Megan Rapinoe, Emma Brockes, Francisco Javier Pérez Jiménez

2020 · 2021 edition

240 pages

Finding Freedom
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Finding Freedom

Omid Scobie, Carolyn Durand

2020 · 2021 edition

368 pages