The most popular biography books of 2024

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 2024.

Cover of Unsettled

Unsettled

Laurie Woodford

Published 2024

244 pages

Cover of Rebel Girl My Life as a Feminist Punk

Rebel Girl My Life as a Feminist Punk

Kathleen Hanna

Published 2024

326 pages

Cover of Our Ancient Faith Lincoln, Democracy, and the American Experiment

Our Ancient Faith Lincoln, Democracy, and the American Experiment

Allen C. Guelzo

Published 2024

272 pages

Cover of Six Women In A Cell

Six Women In A Cell

Diana Tokaji

Published 2024

260 pages

Cover of Mostly What God Does Reflections on Seeking and Finding His Love Everywhere

Mostly What God Does Reflections on Seeking and Finding His Love Everywhere

Savannah Guthrie

2024 · 2025 edition

320 pages

Cover of Road Home

Road Home

Rex Ogle

2024 · 2026 edition

272 pages

Cover of Life After Power Seven Presidents and Their Search for Purpose Beyond the White House

Life After Power Seven Presidents and Their Search for Purpose Beyond the White House

Jared Cohen

2024 · 2025 edition

528 pages

Cover of Nine Lives and Counting

Nine Lives and Counting

Duane Chapman

Published 2024

775 pages

Cover of The Rebel's Clinic The Revolutionary Lives of Frantz Fanon

The Rebel's Clinic The Revolutionary Lives of Frantz Fanon

Adam Shatz

2024 · 2025 edition

480 pages

Cover of She Can STEM

She Can STEM

Liz Lee Heinecke, Kelly Anne Dalton

Published 2024

112 pages

Cover of The Woman Who Would Be King

The Woman Who Would Be King

Greg Oliver, Debrah Miceli

Published 2024

1 page

Cover of Jane Austen

Jane Austen

Zoe Wheddon

Published 2024

224 pages

Cover of Memoirs of a French Courtesan

Memoirs of a French Courtesan

Celeste Mogador, Kristen Hall-Geisler

Published 2024

222 pages

Cover of Shakespeare's Sisters Four Women who Wrote the Renaissance

Shakespeare's Sisters Four Women who Wrote the Renaissance

Ramie Targoff

Published 2024

336 pages

Cover of Black & Irish

Black & Irish

Leon Diop, Jessica Louis

Published 2024

224 pages

Cover of Cloistered My Years as a Nun

Cloistered My Years as a Nun

Catherine Coldstream

2024 · 2025 edition

352 pages

Cover of Rift

Rift

Cait West

Published 2024

252 pages

Cover of And How Does That Make You Feel?

And How Does That Make You Feel?

Joshua Fletcher

2024 · 2025 edition

304 pages

Cover of Radiant The Life and Line of Keith Haring

Radiant The Life and Line of Keith Haring

Brad Gooch

2024 · 2026 edition

512 pages

Cover of We Loved It All A Memory of Life

We Loved It All A Memory of Life

Lydia Millet

2024 · 2025 edition

272 pages

Cover of Get Me Carlucci

Get Me Carlucci

Kristin Carlucci Weed, Carlucci, Frank C., III

Published 2024

280 pages

Cover of Better Broken The Hidden Advantage of a Challenging Life

Better Broken The Hidden Advantage of a Challenging Life

Sean J. Rogers

Published 2024

208 pages

Cover of Kingdom on Fire Kareem, Wooden, Walton, and the Turbulent Days of the UCLA Basketball Dynasty

Kingdom on Fire Kareem, Wooden, Walton, and the Turbulent Days of the UCLA Basketball Dynasty

Scott Howard-Cooper

2024 · 2025 edition

368 pages

Cover of A Walk in the Park The True Story of a Spectacular Misadventure in the Grand Canyon

A Walk in the Park The True Story of a Spectacular Misadventure in the Grand Canyon

Kevin Fedarko

2024 · 2026 edition

512 pages

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