The StoryGraph’s Genre Challenge 2023 - hosted by thestorygraph

A biography about someone you don't know much about
A biography is an account of somebody's life written by somebody else.
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Paradise Now: The Extraordinary Life of Karl Lagerfeld by William Middleton

Paradise Now: The Extraordinary Life of Karl Lagerfeld

William Middleton

480 pages • hardcover • 2023

nonfiction art biography informative inspiring reflective slow-paced
Henry Howard, the Poet Earl of Surrey: A Life by W.A. Sessions

Henry Howard, the Poet Earl of Surrey: A Life

W.A. Sessions

464 pages • paperback • 2003

nonfiction biography literary informative medium-paced
Oscar Wilde: A Life From Beginning to End by Hourly History

Oscar Wilde: A Life From Beginning to End

Hourly History

36 pages • digital • 2018

nonfiction biography history informative fast-paced
Women's Art Work: More Than 30 Female Artists Who Changed the World by Sophia Bennett

Women's Art Work: More Than 30 Female Artists Who Changed the World

Sophia Bennett

112 pages • hardcover • 2020

nonfiction art biography middle grade informative inspiring medium-paced
Ruth Asawa: Life's Work by Tamara Schenkenberg, Helen Molesworth, Aruna D'Souza

Ruth Asawa: Life's Work

Tamara Schenkenberg, Helen Molesworth, Aruna D'Souza

160 pages • hardcover • 2019

nonfiction art biography history informative medium-paced
Barbie and Ruth: The Story of the World's Most Famous Doll and the Woman Who Created Her by Robin Gerber

Barbie and Ruth: The Story of the World's Most Famous Doll and the Woman Who Created Her

Robin Gerber

292 pages • digital • 2009

nonfiction biography business history informative medium-paced
Seven Years with Banksy by Robert Clarke

Seven Years with Banksy

Robert Clarke

224 pages • paperback • 2012

nonfiction art biography informative reflective slow-paced
The Wolves at the Door: The True Story of America's Greatest Female Spy by Judith L. Pearson

The Wolves at the Door: The True Story of America's Greatest Female Spy

Judith L. Pearson

288 pages • hardcover • 2005

nonfiction biography history informative medium-paced
Sally Ride by Maria Isabel Sánchez Vegara

Sally Ride

Little People, Big Dreams

Maria Isabel Sánchez Vegara

32 pages • hardcover • 2024

nonfiction biography childrens informative inspiring medium-paced
Frida: Een biografie van Frida Kahlo by Hayden Herrera

Frida: Een biografie van Frida Kahlo

Hayden Herrera

512 pages • paperback • 1983

nonfiction art biography history emotional informative reflective slow-paced