Best Biographies of 2019

by Sidney Blumenthal

As essential as any political biography is likely to be. Full review >

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by Andrew S. Curran

An intellectually dense and well-researched yet brisk journey into one of history’s most persuasive dissenters. Full review >

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by Leo Damrosch

Late-18th-century Britain comes brilliantly alive in a vibrant intellectual history. Full review >

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by Winona Guo & Priya Vulchi

A stirring, inspiring collection. Full review >

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by Robert Hutton

Even though there is little derring-do, this is a delightful account of World War II espionage. Full review >

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by Brian Jay Jones

Whether readers are familiar with Dr. Seuss books or not, they will find this biography absorbing and fascinating. Full review >

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by Charles King

This superb narrative of debunking scientists provides timely reading for our “great-again” era. Full review >

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by Edmund Morris

Not only the definitive life, but a tour de force by a master. Full review >

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by George Packer

Students of recent world history and of American power, hard and soft, will find this an endlessly fascinating study of... Full review >

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