History Biography

Position
Details
Rating
Readers Count
Controls
#2
Attlee: A Life in Politics
Attlee: A Life in Politics
  • Nicklaus Thomas-Symonds
00 reads
#3
Means of Ascent
Means of Ascent
  • Robert A. Caro
4.5225 reads
#4
A Full Life: Reflections at Ninety
A Full Life: Reflections at Ninety
  • Jimmy Carter
3.3110 reads
#5
Bismarck: A Life
Bismarck: A Life
  • Jonathan Steinberg
21 read
#6
Thread Of The Silkworm
Thread Of The Silkworm
  • Iris Chang
00 reads
#7
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John Maynard Keynes

John Maynard Keynes: 1883-1946: Economist, Philosopher, Statesman
  • Robert Skidelsky
00 reads
#8
Keynes
Keynes
  • Robert Jacob Alexander Skidelsky
32 reads
#10
Alexander Hamilton
Alexander Hamilton
  • Ron Chernow
4.41170 reads
#11
The Mayor of Castro Street: The Life and Times of Harvey Milk
The Mayor of Castro Street: The Life and Times of Harvey Milk
  • Randy Shilts
4.334 reads
#12
A Beautiful Mind
A Beautiful Mind
  • Sylvia Nasar
3.6954 reads
#13
Zami: A New Spelling of My Name
Zami: A New Spelling of My Name
  • Audre Lorde
4.4232 reads
#14
My Bondage and My Freedom
My Bondage and My Freedom
  • Frederick Douglass
  • William L. Andrews
4.615 reads
#15
Grant
Grant
  • Ron Chernow
4.4755 reads
#16
I Am Malala
I Am Malala
  • Malala Yousafzai
  • Christina Lamb
4.19253 reads
#17
Mister Rogers: A Biography of the Wonderful Life of Fred Rogers
Mister Rogers: A Biography of the Wonderful Life of Fred Rogers
  • Jennifer Warner
00 reads
#18
Peaceful Neighbor
Peaceful Neighbor
  • Michael G. Long
51 read
#19
Left of Karl Marx
Left of Karl Marx
  • Carole Boyce Davies
52 reads
#20
Clement Attlee: The Man Who Made Modern Britain
Clement Attlee: The Man Who Made Modern Britain
  • John Bew
00 reads
#21
Mayor's Life: Governing New York's Gorgeous Mosaic
Mayor's Life: Governing New York's Gorgeous Mosaic
  • David Dinkins
00 reads
#22
Hitch 22: A Memoir
Hitch 22: A Memoir
  • Christopher Hitchens
4.0431 reads
#23
My Father, Kim Jong Il, and I
My Father, Kim Jong Il, and I
  • Yoji Gomi
31 read
#24
Decision Points
Decision Points
  • George W. Bush
3.935 reads
#25
The Path to Power
The Path to Power
  • Robert A. Caro
4.6740 reads
#26
Theodore Rex
Theodore Rex
  • Edmund Morris
4.2430 reads
#27
My Own Words
My Own Words
  • Ruth Bader Ginsburg
3.8339 reads
#28
Writings: Autobiography / Notes on the State of Virginia / Public and Private Papers / Addresses / Letters
Writings: Autobiography / Notes on the State of Virginia / Public and Private Papers / Addresses / Letters
  • Thomas Jefferson
42 reads
#29
The Road to Wigan Pier
The Road to Wigan Pier
  • George Orwell
3.8551 reads
#30
W.E.B. Du Bois: A Life in American History
W.E.B. Du Bois: A Life in American History
  • Charisse Burden-Stelly
  • Gerald Horne
00 reads
#31
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Places of Mind

Places of Mind: A Life of Edward Said
  • Timothy Brennan
00 reads
#32
Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass
Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass
  • Frederick Douglass
4.18150 reads
#33
The Autobiography of Martin Luther King, Jr.
The Autobiography of Martin Luther King, Jr.
  • Martin Luther King Jr.
4.5418 reads
#34
Revolutionary Suicide
Revolutionary Suicide
  • Huey P. Newton
  • J. Herman Blake
4.6518 reads
#35
The Confessions
The Confessions
  • Augustine of Hippo
  • Edward Bouverie Pusey (Translator)
3.747 reads
#36
Assata: An Autobiography
Assata: An Autobiography
  • Assata Shakur
4.733 reads
#37
The Autobiography of Malcolm X
The Autobiography of Malcolm X
  • Malcolm X
  • Alex Haley
4.45196 reads
#38
Malcolm X: The FBI File
Malcolm X: The FBI File
  • Clayborne Carson
03 reads
#39
My Uncle Zhou Enlai
My Uncle Zhou Enlai
  • Erliu Zhou
00 reads
#40
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The Last Years of Karl Marx

The Last Years of Karl Marx: An Intellectual Biography
  • Marcello Musto
01 read
#41
Hero of Two Worlds: The Marquis de Lafayette in the Age of Revolution
Hero of Two Worlds: The Marquis de Lafayette in the Age of Revolution
  • Mike Duncan
4.419 reads
#42
Taking it Big: C. Wright Mills and the Making of Political Intellectuals
Taking it Big: C. Wright Mills and the Making of Political Intellectuals
  • Stanley Aronowitz
00 reads
#43
J. Edgar Hoover
J. Edgar Hoover
  • Curt Gentry
32 reads
#44
Karl Marx: Greatness and Illusion
Karl Marx: Greatness and Illusion
  • Gareth Stedman Jones
01 read
#45
Karl Marx and the Birth of Modern Society: The Life of Marx and the Development of His Work
Karl Marx and the Birth of Modern Society: The Life of Marx and the Development of His Work
  • Michael Heinrich
  • Alex Locascio (Translator)
42 reads
#46
The Iconoclast: Shinzo Abe and the New Japan
The Iconoclast: Shinzo Abe and the New Japan
  • Tobias Harris
01 read
#47
Genghis Khan: Emperor of All Men
Genghis Khan: Emperor of All Men
  • Harold Lamb
00 reads
#48
Frank: A Life in Politics from the Great Society to Same-Sex Marriage
Frank: A Life in Politics from the Great Society to Same-Sex Marriage
  • Barney Frank
00 reads
#49
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Xi Jinping

Xi Jinping: Political Career, Governance, and Leadership, 1953-2018
  • Alfred L. Chan
00 reads
#50
Hayek
Hayek
  • Bruce Caldwell
  • Hansjoerg Klausinger
00 reads
#51
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Victory at Any Cost

Victory at Any Cost: The Genius of Viet Nam's Gen. Vo Nguyen Giap
  • Cecil B. Currey
00 reads
#52
The River of Doubt
The River of Doubt
  • Candice Millard
4.0743 reads
#53
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The essence of security

The essence of security: Reflections in office
  • Robert S. McNamara
00 reads
#54
The Man Who Knew: The Life and Times of Alan Greenspan
The Man Who Knew: The Life and Times of Alan Greenspan
  • Sebastian Mallaby
00 reads
#55
The Rise of Theodore Roosevelt
The Rise of Theodore Roosevelt
  • Edmund Morris
4.3348 reads
#56
Victorious in Defeat
Victorious in Defeat
  • Alexander V. Pantsov
41 read
#57
The Strangest Man: The Hidden Life of Paul Dirac, Quantum Genius
The Strangest Man: The Hidden Life of Paul Dirac, Quantum Genius
  • Graham Farmelo
4.0510 reads
#58
The Invisible Emperor: Napoleon on Elba from Exile to Escape
The Invisible Emperor: Napoleon on Elba from Exile to Escape
  • Mark Braude
00 reads
#59
The King of Oil: The Secret Lives of Marc Rich
The King of Oil: The Secret Lives of Marc Rich
  • Daniel Ammann
41 read
#60
Being Nixon
Being Nixon
  • Evan Thomas
4.673 reads
#61
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American Burke

American Burke: The Uncommon Liberalism of Daniel Patrick Moynihan
  • Greg Weiner
00 reads
#62
Camelot's Court: Inside the Kennedy White House
Camelot's Court: Inside the Kennedy White House
  • Robert Dallek
00 reads
#63
His Very Best: Jimmy Carter, a Life
His Very Best: Jimmy Carter, a Life
  • Jonathan Alter
4.45 reads
#64
Richard Nixon: The Life
Richard Nixon: The Life
  • John A. Farrell
01 read
#65
The Second World War: Triumph and Tragedy
The Second World War: Triumph and Tragedy
  • Winston S. Churchill
4.54 reads
#66
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Six Crises by Richard M. Nixon

Six Crises by Richard M. Nixon
  • unknown author
00 reads
#67
White House years
White House years
  • Henry Kissinger
51 read
#68
Isaiah Berlin: A Life
Isaiah Berlin: A Life
  • Michael Ignatieff
00 reads
#69
In my time a personal and political memoir
In my time a personal and political memoir
  • Dick Cheney
31 read
#70
Call Sign Chaos: Learning to Lead
Call Sign Chaos: Learning to Lead
  • James N. Mattis
  • Bing West
4.1317 reads
#1
Adam By Adam: The Autobiography of Adam Clayton Powell, Jr.
Adam By Adam: The Autobiography of Adam Clayton Powell, Jr.
  • Adam Clayton Powell Jr.
00 reads