All the Young Men A Memoir of Love, AIDS, and Chosen Family in the American South
Ruth Coker Burks, Kevin Carr O'Leary
Published 2020
355 pages
The most popular biography books of 2020
A biography is the story of a real life, told by someone else. The best are built on letters, interviews and years in the archives, and they show you the person behind the public name. Their subjects are leaders, artists, scientists, athletes and figures history nearly forgot. This list shows the ones first published in 2020.
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The White Ship
Charles Spencer
Published 2020
366 pages
Blood and Oil Mohammed Bin Salman's Ruthless Quest for Global Power
Bradley Hope, Justin Scheck
2020 · 2021 edition
384 pages
Apropos of Nothing
Woody Allen
Published 2020
400 pages
Recollections of My Non-Existence
Rebecca Solnit
2020 · 2024 edition
256 pages
His Truth Is Marching On
Jon Meacham, John E. Lewis Ph. D.
Published 2020
384 pages
No One Asked for this
Cazzie David
Published 2020
352 pages
Putin's People How the KGB Took Back Russia and Then Took On the West
Catherine Belton
2020 · 2022 edition
656 pages
Begin Again James Baldwin's America and Its Urgent Lessons for Today
Eddie S. Glaude Jr.
2020 · 2021 edition
272 pages
When Time Stopped A Memoir of My Father's War and What Remains
Ariana Neumann
2020 · 2021 edition
353 pages
The Lincoln Conspiracy The Secret Plot to Kill America's 16th President--and Why It Failed
Brad Meltzer, Josh Mensch
2020 · 2021 edition
528 pages
Diary of a Young Naturalist
Dara McAnulty
2020 · 2021 edition
226 pages
Olive, Mabel & Me
Andrew Cotter
Published 2020
237 pages
The Hilarious World of Depression
John Moe
2020 · 2022 edition
304 pages
The Unexpected Spy
Jessica Anya Blau, Tracy Walder
Published 2020
272 pages
Sing Backwards and Weep A Memoir
Mark Lanegan
2020 · 2021 edition
334 pages
Incomparable
Brie Bella, Nikki Bella
Published 2020
256 pages
Hungry
Grace Dent
Published 2020
304 pages
The Dead Are Arising The Life of Malcolm X
Les Payne, Tamara Payne
2020 · 2021 edition
640 pages
No Ordinary Dog My Partner from the SEAL Teams to the Bin Laden Raid
Joe Layden, Will Chesney
2020 · 2021 edition
336 pages
My Life in Red and White
Arsène Wenger
Published 2020
352 pages
JFK Volume 1
Fredrik Logevall
2020 · 2021 edition
816 pages
The Ratline
Philippe Sands
2020 · 2021 edition
304 pages
On All Fronts The Education of a Journalist
Clarissa Ward
2020 · 2021 edition
352 pages