My Life in Red and White
Arsène Wenger, Daniel Hahn, Andrea Reece
Published 2020
352 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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JFK Volume 1
Fredrik Logevall
2020 · 2021 edition
816 pages
The Ratline The Exalted Life and Mysterious Death of a Nazi Fugitive
Philippe Sands
2020 · 2022 edition
448 pages
On All Fronts The Education of a Journalist
Clarissa Ward
2020 · 2021 edition
352 pages
This Is Your Time
Ruby Bridges
2020 · 2021 edition
64 pages
Trust America's Best Chance
Pete Buttigieg
2020 · 2021 edition
224 pages
I'll Be Seeing You
Elizabeth Berg
Published 2020
224 pages
Children of the Land
Marcelo Hernandez Castillo
Published 2020
362 pages
Where I Come From
Rick Bragg
2020 · 2021 edition
256 pages
Empty A Memoir
Susan Burton
2020 · 2021 edition
320 pages
The Man Who Ran Washington
Peter Baker, Susan Glasser
2020 · 2021 edition
736 pages
Dear Reader The Comfort and Joy of Books
Cathy Rentzenbrink
2020 · 2021 edition
240 pages
My Vanishing Country
Bakari Sellers, Gabriel Pasquini
Published 2020
240 pages
This Time Next Year We'll Be Laughing
Jacqueline Winspear
2020 · 2021 edition
312 pages
Save Yourself
Cameron Esposito
2020 · 2022 edition
256 pages
The Hungover Games
Sophie Heawood
2020 · 2021 edition
304 pages
Things I Learned from Falling
Claire Nelson
Published 2020
263 pages
Eleanor
David Michaelis
2020 · 2021 edition
720 pages
Tiny Moons
Nina Mingya Powles
Published 2020
92 pages
I'm Your Huckleberry A Memoir
Val Kilmer
2020 · 2021 edition
320 pages
Make Life Beautiful
Syd McGee
Published 2020
224 pages
The Upside of Being Down
Jen Gotch
Published 2020
288 pages
Dancing in the Mosque An Afghan Mother's Letter to Her Son
Homeira Qaderi
Published 2020
212 pages
Three-Ring Circus Kobe, Shaq, Phil, and the Crazy Years of the Lakers Dynasty
Jeff Pearlman
2020 · 2021 edition
448 pages