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The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks by Rebecca Skloot
Perhaps the most impressive biographical feat of the twenty-first century, The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks is about a woman whose cells completely changed the trajectory of modern medicine. $28.
top 10 best selling biographies of all time
Market Analysis of Best-Selling Biographies
The global biography market thrives on compelling narratives that blend historical significance, personal resilience, and cultural relevance.
Monk’s family provided Kelley with full access to their archives, resulting in chapter after chapter of fascinating details, from his birth in small-town North Carolina to his death across the Hudson from Manhattan.
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There are dozens of books about America’s most celebrated architect, but Secrest’s 1998 biography is still the most fun to read.
The Lost City of Z: A Tale of Deadly Obsession in the Amazon by David Grann
Another mysterious explorer takes center stage in this gripping 2009 biography. $30.
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The Stories We Tell: Every Piece of Your Story Matters. $28.
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Elizabeth Taylor: The Grit & Glamour of an Icon.
In this gripping biography, Laura Hillenbrand tracks Zamperini’s story from beginning to end… including how he embraced Christian evangelism as a means of recovery, and even came to forgive his tormentors in his later years.
29. Knopf. $40.
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So Help Me God.
[HC] Mike Pence. But did you know it was based on the life of Dumas’s father, the mixed-race General Thomas-Alexandre Dumas, son of a French nobleman and a Haitian slave? Shirley Jackson: A Rather Haunted Life by Ruth Franklin
Another Gothic figure has been made newly known through this work, detailing the life of prolific horror and mystery writer Shirley Jackson.
$28.99.
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Have I Told You This Already?: Stories I Don’t Want To Forget To Remember. And while Kahlo no doubt endured a great deal of suffering (a horrific accident when she was eighteen, a husband who had constant affairs), the focal point of the book is not her pain. Parallel to this narrative, Grann describes his own travels in the Amazon 80 years later: discovering firsthand what threats Fawcett may have encountered, and coming to realize what the “Lost City of Z” really was.
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2022. Grand Central. ISBN 9780593498064. But in this startling book, Plath isn’t wholly defined by her tragedy, and Heather Clark’s craftsmanship as a writer makes it a joy to read. ISBN 9781538741368. [HC] Kelly Ripa.