I was asked to write an article for the local paper listing my top 10 biographies. It was so hard to honor the limit, I am posting them here with some additions.
Personal History- Katherine Graham
Lady in Waiting My Life in the Shadow of the Crown by Anne Glenconnor
Leonardo DaVinci by Walter Isaacson
Alexander Hamilton by Ron Chernow
Into the Wild by John Krakauer
The Lost City of Z by David Grann
Endurance by Alfred Lansing
Unbroken by Laura Hillenbrand
Cleopatra: A Life by Stacy Schiff
Becoming by Michelle Obama
Born a Crime by Trevor Noah
Educated by Tara Westover
First: Sandra Day O'Connor by Evan Thomas
Let's Not Go to the Dogs Tonight by Alexandra Fuller
Open by Andre Agassi
The Woman Who Smashed Codes by Jason Fagone
The Color of Water by James McBride