#biographies

The story of a life is vast and can take many shapes, and whose stories get told in the first place shape the way we view history.

Introduce young readers to some influential people with these diverse picture book biographies looking at the lives of inspiring individuals.

Get to know the woman behind timeless classics, including THE BELL JAR, through these insightful Sylvia Plath biographies.

A collection of the best biography books for kids to help them learn about history's most fascinating people and dream a bit bigger, including Turning Pages: My Life Story by Sonya Sotomayor, illustrated by Lulu Delacre.

Get inspired by these great nonfiction books about environmentalists who have advocated to preserve and protect the natural world, including titles like Unbowed by Wangari Maathi.

Get to know, and take inspiration from, some of the leaders of the women's suffrage movement with these biographies about U.S. suffragists.

Get to know some trailblazing, history-making political figures through these inspiring biographies of women politicians.

From celebrity memoirs to books about fictional celebrities, these are the best celebrity books that will fuel your reading interest for months.

Presidential autobiographies have a long history, but their role is changing. Retrospective memoirs are giving way to campaign bios.