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To keep this list from blossoming into hundreds of titles, we only included books currently in print and translated into English. We also limited it to one book per author, and one book per.


    Best literary biographies

Biographies and memoirs offer a treasure trove of engaging tales, insights, and sometimes even life lessons. They are a window into the lives of people who have—in many ways—lived lives worth sharing with others. Although these books are among the best, this list is far from all-inclusive.

  • 25 Best Biographies of All Time - BookScouter Blog One of the best biographies of famous English writers, Lucasta Miller’s The Brontë Myth is a deep dive into the lives and literary works of the Brontë sisters, whom you may know best from Jane Eyre (Charlotte Brontë) and Wuthering Heights (Emily Brontë). Miller’s bio unfurls the tangled reputation of these three brilliant sisters.
  • The Best Author Biographies To Keep You Turning the Pages The 30 Best Biographies of All Time Biographer Richard Holmes once wrote that his work was “a kind of pursuit writing about the pursuit of that fleeting figure, in such a way as to bring them alive in the present.” At the risk of sounding cliché, the best biographies do exactly this: bring their subjects to life.
  • 50 Must-Read Literary Biographies - BOOK RIOT It’s hard to find biographies about black female writers. Especially writers from the 20th and 19th centuries. Jane Crow was a lawyer, writer, and civil rights crusader. She’s an example of a woman we should know more about. Flannery: A Life of Flannery O’Connor by Brad Gooch.

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    Biographies of famous writers

    1. 1. But Greenblatt’s masterful biography is like traveling back in time to see firsthand how a small-town Englishman became the greatest writer of all time. Like Wroe’s biography of Pontius Pilate.
    2. Coleridge: Early Visions · Coleridge: Darker Reflections · Footsteps: Adventures of a Romantic Biographer. The French philosopher follows Jean Genet from vagabond and petty thief to brilliant writer in this 1952 biography. Savage Beauty: The Life of Edna St. Vincent Millay, Nancy Milford.
    3. www.nytimes.com › ref › books › literary-biographies. Einstein is another emblematic biography by best-seller writer Walter Isaacson, focusing on one of humanity’s brightest minds and the tenacious curiosity that drove him to change the world. Churchill: Walking with Destiny. by Andrew Roberts.

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