How to Be Okay When Nothing is Okay
Jenny Lawson
Published 2026
288 pages
The most popular biography books of 2026
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 2026.
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Judy Blume
Mark Oppenheimer
Published 2026
480 pages
A Year of Nothing
Emma Gannon
Published 2026
130 pages
Hungry
Katriona O'Sullivan
Published 2026
368 pages
William and Catherine
Russell Myers
Published 2026
336 pages
Queens of Society
Siân Evans
Published 2026
368 pages
This Dark Night
Deborah Lutz
Published 2026
352 pages
The First Survivor
Lisa Banfield
Published 2026
224 pages
Sceptred Isle
Helen Carr
Published 2026
464 pages
Nothing Is Impossible with God
Shannon Bream
Published 2026
320 pages
The Making of a Permabear
Jeremy Grantham, Edward Chancellor
Published 2026
416 pages
Let the Poets Govern
Camonghne Felix
Published 2026
192 pages
Base Notes
Adelle Stripe
Published 2026
288 pages
Too L.A.
Eve Babitz
Published 2026
448 pages
Selling Opportunity
Mary Lisa Gavenas
Published 2026
448 pages
William Blake and The Sea Monsters of Love
Philip Hoare
Published 2026
453 pages
Twilight of Camelot
Steven Levingston
Published 2026
400 pages
Young King
Lerone A. Martin
Published 2026
432 pages
Louisa Learns to Write Louisa May Alcott Creates Little Women
Kate Hannigan
Published 2026
40 pages
Love Keeps Showing Up
Adassa
Published 2026
192 pages
Chasing Eruptions
Curtis Manley
Published 2026
160 pages
Jan Morris
Sara Wheeler
Published 2026
432 pages
Patti Smith on Patti Smith
Published 2026
544 pages
Ed Sheeran (Little People, BIG DREAMS)
Maria Isabel Sanchez Vegara
Published 2026
32 pages