Nonfiction Reading Challenge 2024 - hosted by echood

Biography of a Historical Figure
Any biography written about a historical figure from any period of time
All books added
Thank You (Falettinme Be Mice Elf Agin): A Memoir by Sly Stone

Thank You (Falettinme Be Mice Elf Agin): A Memoir

Sly Stone

320 pages • first pub 2023 (editions)

nonfiction memoir music dark funny informative fast-paced
Red Comet: The Short Life and Blazing Art of Sylvia Plath by Heather Clark

Red Comet: The Short Life and Blazing Art of Sylvia Plath

Heather Clark

45 hours, 27 minutes • first pub 2020 (editions) user-added

nonfiction biography emotional informative reflective slow-paced
Vanderbilt: The Rise and Fall of an American Dynasty by Katherine Howe, Anderson Cooper

Vanderbilt: The Rise and Fall of an American Dynasty

Katherine Howe, Anderson Cooper

8 hours, 50 minutes • first pub 2021 (editions)

nonfiction biography history emotional reflective medium-paced
Washington: A Life by Ron Chernow

Washington: A Life

Ron Chernow

41 hours, 54 minutes • first pub 2010 (editions)

nonfiction biography history informative reflective slow-paced
The Diary of a Young Girl: The Definitive Edition by Anne Frank

The Diary of a Young Girl: The Definitive Edition

Anne Frank

9 hours, 54 minutes • first pub 1947 (editions) user-added

nonfiction classics history memoir emotional reflective sad medium-paced
Destiny of the Republic: A Tale of Madness, Medicine and the Murder of a President by Candice Millard

Destiny of the Republic: A Tale of Madness, Medicine and the Murder of a President

Candice Millard

9 hours, 47 minutes • first pub 2011 (editions)

nonfiction biography history politics informative medium-paced
King: A Life by Jonathan Eig

King: A Life

Jonathan Eig

688 pages • first pub 2023 (editions)

nonfiction biography history informative inspiring reflective medium-paced
The Mad Emperor: Heliogabalus and the Decadence of Rome by Harry Sidebottom

The Mad Emperor: Heliogabalus and the Decadence of Rome

Harry Sidebottom

347 pages • first pub 2022 (editions) user-added

nonfiction biography history informative tense medium-paced
In the Garden of Beasts: Love, Terror, and an American Family in Hitler's Berlin by Erik Larson

In the Garden of Beasts: Love, Terror, and an American Family in Hitler's Berlin

Erik Larson

448 pages • first pub 2011 (editions)

nonfiction history dark informative slow-paced
She Came to Slay: The Life and Times of Harriet Tubman by Erica Armstrong Dunbar

She Came to Slay: The Life and Times of Harriet Tubman

Erica Armstrong Dunbar

176 pages • first pub 2019 (editions)

nonfiction biography history race challenging informative fast-paced