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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Wine Girl
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Wine Girl

2020 · 2021 edition

336 pages

Being Heumann
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Being Heumann

Judith Heumann

Published 2020

232 pages

An Ugly Truth
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An Ugly Truth

Sheera Frenkel, Sheera Frankel, Cecilia Kang

2020 · 2021 edition

352 pages

The New One
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The New One

Mike Birbiglia

Published 2020

256 pages

Keep Moving
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Keep Moving

Maggie Smith

Published 2020

214 pages

Funny Weather
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Funny Weather

Olivia Laing

2020 · 2021 edition

368 pages

Let Love Rule
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Let Love Rule

Lenny Kravitz, Лени Кравиц, Дейвид Риц

2020 · 2021 edition

272 pages

The Space Between
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The Space Between

Michelle Andrews, Zara McDonald

Published 2020

288 pages

Begin Again
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Begin Again

Eddie S. Glaude Jr.

2020 · 2021 edition

288 pages

Stray
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Stray

Stephanie Danler

Published 2020

240 pages

Strongmen
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Strongmen

Ruth Ben-Ghiat

2020 · 2021 edition

400 pages

The Black Friend
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The Black Friend

Frederick Joseph

2020 · 2021 edition

272 pages

How to Be Fine
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How to Be Fine

Oleksii Kondratiuk

Published 2020

256 pages

The White Ship
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The White Ship

Charles Spencer

Published 2020

366 pages