Notable recent releases are listed below. Links to third-party reviews and a publisher’s synopsis may be provided for selected biographies.
This list was updated February 12, 2020.

Notable 2020 Releases:

Ben Franklin	Franklin & Washington: The Founding Partnership by Edward Larson	Feb 11
George Orwell	Becoming George Orwell by John Rodden	Feb 4
Calamity Jane	Calamity: The Many Lives of Calamity Jane by Karen R. Jones	Feb 4
Karl Lagerfeld	Kaiser Karl: The Life of Karl Lagerfeld by Raphaella Bacque	Feb 1
Josef Mengele	Mengele: Unmasking the “Angel of Death” by David Marwell	Jan 28
Dante	Dante by John Took	Jan 28

Notable 2019 Releases:

Sidney Lumet	Sidney Lumet: A Life by Maura Spiegel	Dec 10
Virginia Woolf	Virginia Woolf: And the Women Who Shaped Her World by Gillian Gill	Dec 3
Mary Ball Washington	Mary Ball Washington: The Untold Story of George Washington’s Mother by Craig Shirley	Dec 3
Melania Trump	Free, Melania: The Unauthorized Biography by Kate Bennett	Dec 3
Cartier family	The Cartiers: The Untold Story of the Family Behind the Jewelry Empire by Francesca Cartier	Nov 26
Richard III	Richard III: The Self-Made King by Michael Hicks	Nov 26
Horace Greeley	Horace Greeley: Print, Politics, and the Failure of American Nationhood by James Lundberg	Nov 19
Walter Ralegh	Walter Ralegh: Architect of Empire by Alan Gallay	Nov 19
Carrie Fisher	Carrie Fisher: A Life on the Edge by Sheila Weller	Nov 12
Ralph Lauren	Ralph Lauren: In His Own Fashion by Alan Flusser	Nov 12
Prince Charles	King Charles: The Man, the Monarch, and the Future of Britain by Robert Jobson	Nov 12
Margaret Thatcher	Margaret Thatcher: Herself Alone: The Authorized Biography (Vol 3) by Charles Moore	Nov 12
Marie-Antoinette	Marie-Antoinette: The Making of a French Queen by John Hardman	Oct 29
Janis Joplin	Janis: Her Life and Music by Holly George-Warren	Oct 22
Houdini	The Life and Afterlife of Harry Houdini by Joe Posnanski	Oct 22
Thomas Edison	Edison by Edmund Morris	Oct 22
Hitler	Hitler by Peter Longerich	Oct 3
Hitler	Hitler: A Global Biography by Brenda Simms	Oct 1
Earl Warren	Earl Warren: A Life of Truth and Justice by D. J. Herda	Sept 24
David Ben-Gurion	A State at Any Cost: The Life of David Ben-Gurion by Tom Segev	Sept 24
Charlemagne	King and Emperor: A New Life of Charlemagne by Janet Nelson	Sept 17
Susan Sontag	Sontag: Her Life and Work by Benjamin Moser	Sept 17
Thomas Paine	Thomas Paine and the Clarion Call for Independence by Harlow Unger	Sept 10
Conde Nast	Conde Nast: The Man and His Empire – A Biography by Susan Ronald	Sept 3
George Gershwin	Summertime: George Gershwin’s Life in Music by Richard Crawford	Sept 3
Prince Albert	Prince Albert: The Man Who Saved the Monarchy by A.N. Wilson	Sept 3
Alexander the Great	Alexander the Great: His Life and His Mysterious Death by Anthony Everitt	Aug 27
Simone de Beauvoir	Becoming Beauvoir: A Life by Kate Kirkpatrick	Aug 22
Johnny Cash	Johnny Cash: The Redemption of an American Icon by Greg Laurie	Aug 20
PT Barnum	Barnum: An American Life by Robert Wilson	Aug 6
Walter Bagehot	Bagehot: The Life and Times of the Greatest Victorian by James Grant	July 23
Stonewall Jackson	Searching for Stonewall Jackson: A Quest for Legacy in a Divided America by Ben Cleary	July 16
JFK Jr.	America’s Reluctant Price: The Life of John F. Kennedy Jr. by Steven Gillon	July 9
George Marshall	George Marshall: Defender of the Republic by David Roll	July 9
Beethoven	Beethoven: The Relentless Revolutionary by John Clubbe	July 9
Karl Marx	Karl Marx and the Birth of Modern Society (Vol 1) by Michael Heinrich	July 2
Tchaikovsky	Tchaikovsky: The Man Revealed by John Suchet	July 2
John Nicolay	John George Nicolay: The Man in Lincoln’s Shadow by Allen Carden	June 28
Charles V	Emperor: A New Life of Charles V by Geoffrey Parker	June 25
Mark Twain	The Life of Mark Twain: The Middle Years (Vol 2) by Gary Scharnhorst	June 21
Fidel Castro	Young Castro: The Making of a Revolutionary by Jonathan Hansen	June 18
Frederick the Second	Frederick the Second: Wonder of the World, 1194-1250 by Ernst Kantorowicz	June 13
Joe Frazier	Smokin’ Joe: The Life of Joe Frazier by Mark Kram Jr.	June 4
Richard III	Richard III: Loyalty Binds Me by Matthew Lewis	June 1
George Orwell	George Orwell: A Life by Bernard Crick	May 30
Oliver Wendell Holmes	Oliver Wendell Holmes: A Life in War, Law and Ideas by Stephen Budiansky	May 28
Mickey Mantle	Mantle: The Best There Ever Was by Tony Castro	May 22
Franz Kafka	Franz Kafka: The Untold Story by George Fabian	May 9
Henry VI	The Shadow King: The Life and Death of Henry VI by Lauren Johnson	May 7
Dr. Seuss	Becoming Dr. Seuss: Theodore Giesel and the Making of an American Imagination by Brian Jay Jones	May 7
Richard Holbrooke	Our Man: Richard Holbrooke and the End of the American Century by George Packer	May 7
George Mason	George Mason: The Founding Father Who Gave Us the Bill of Rights by William Hyland Jr.	May 7
Ridley Scott	Ridley Scott: A Biography by Vincent LoBrutto	Apr 22
John McCain Sr	Admiral John S. McCain and the Triumph of Naval Air Power by William Trimble	Apr 15
Birch Bayh	Birch Bayh: Making a Difference by Robert Blaemire	Apr 12
Chaucer	Chaucer: A European Life by Marion Turner	Apr 9
Barbara Bush	The Matriarch: Barbara Bush and the Making of an American Dynasty by Susan Page	Apr 2	New Release Alert
Jimmy Page	Jimmy Page: The Definitive Biography by Chris Salewicz	Apr 2
Ernie Banks	Let’s Play Two: The Legend of Mr. Cub, the Life of Ernie Banks by Ron Rapoport	Mar 26
John Roberts	The Chief: The Life and Turbulent Times of Chief Justice John Roberts by Joan Biskupic	Mar 26
Buffalo Bill	Buffalo Bill Cody, A Man of the West by Prentiss Ingraham	Mar 21
Henrik Ibsen	Henrik Ibsen: The Man and the Mask by Ivo de Figueiredo	Mar 20
Sandra Day O’Connor	First: Sandra Day O’Connor by Evan Thomas	Mar 19	New Release Alert
YSL	Yves Saint Laurent: A Biography by Laurence Benaim	Mar 19
Mel Brooks	Funny Man: Mel Brooks by Patrick McGilligan	Mar 19
Bill Proxmire	Proxmire: Bulldog of the Senate by Jonathan Kasparek	Mar 18
Eric Clapton	Eric Clapton: A Life in Music by Marc Roberty	Mar 15
Amon Carter	Amon Carter: A Lone Star Life by Brian Cervantez	Mar 7
Louis XIV	Louis XIV: The Power and Glory by Josephine Wilkinson	Mar 5
Vivien Leigh	Dark Star: A Biography of Vivien Leigh by Alan Strachan	Feb 28
Ernie Banks	Let’s Play Two: The Life and Times of Ernie Banks by Doug Wilson	Feb 15
Sarah Polk	Lady First: The World of First Lady Sarah Polk by Amy Greenberg	Feb 5
Walter F. George	A Giant From Georgia: The Life of U.S. Senator Walter F. George by Jamie Cockfield	Feb 1
Jackie Robinson	A Fine Team Man: Jackie Robinson and the Lives He Touched by Joe Cox	Feb 1
George Michael	Careless Whispers: The Life and Career of George Michael by Robert Steele	Jan 31
Light-Horse Harry Lee	The Rise and Fall of a Revolutionary Hero – The Tragic Life of Robert E. Lee’s Father by Ryan Cole	Jan 15

Notable 2018 Releases:

Queen Eliz II	Queen of the World by Robert Hardman	Dec 25
Alexander the Great	Soldier, Priest, and God: A Life of Alexander the Great by F. S. Naiden	Dec 13
Daniel Morgan	Daniel Morgan: A Revolutionary Life by Albert Zambone	Dec 12
Rock Hudson	All That Heaven Allows: A Biography of Rock Hudson by Mark Griffin	Dec 4
Napoleon	The Caesar of Paris: Napoleon Bonapart by Susan Jaques	Dec 4
John Lennon	Being John Lennon: A Restless Life by Ray Connolly	Nov 27
Winston Churchill	Churchill by Andrew Roberts	Nov 27	Third party reviews
Che Guevara	Che: A Revolutionary Life by Jon Lee Anderson	Nov 13
Al Gore, Sr.	Albert Gore, Sr.: A Political Life by Anthony Badger	Nov 13
John Marshall	John Marshall: The Man Who Made the Supreme Court by Richard Brookhiser	Nov 13
Clay, Webster, Calhoun	Heirs of the Founders: The Epic Rivalry of Henry Clay, John Calhoun and Daniel Webster by H.W. Brands	Nov 13
William Penn	William Penn: A Life by Andrew Murphy	Nov 8
Saul Below	The Life of Saul Bellow: Love and Strife by Zachary Leader	Nov 6
Thomas Cromwell	Thomas Cromwell: A Revolutionary Life by Diarmaid MacCulloch	Oct 30
Eric Clapton	Slowhand: The Life and Music of Eric Clapton by Philip Norman	Oct 30
Nietzsche	I Am Dynamite!: A Life of Nietzsche by Sue Prideax	Oct 30
Johnny Cash	Johnny Cash: The Life and Legacy of the Man in Black by Alan Light	Oct 30
Debussy	Debussy: A Painter in Sound by Stephen Walsh	Oct 23
Ruth Bader Ginsburg	Ruth Bader Ginsburg: A Life by Jane Sherron de Hart	Oct 16
Chopin	Fryderyk Chopin: A Life and Times by Dr. Alan Walker	Oct 16
Babe Ruth	The Big Fella: Babe Ruth and the World He Created by Jane Leavy	Oct 16
Napoleon	Napoleon: A Life by Adam Zamoyski	Oct 16
Frederick Douglass	Frederick Douglass: Prophet of Freedom by David Blight	Oct 16
Picasso	Picasso: An Intimate Portrait by Olivier Widmaier Picasso	Oct 16
Oscar Wilde	Oscar: A Biography by Matthew Sturgis	Oct 4
Thelonious Monk	Monk!: Thelonious, Pannonica, and the Friendship Behind a Musical Revolution by Youssef Daoudi	Sept 25
Eliza Hamilton	Eliza Hamilton: The Extraordinary Life and Times of the Wife of Alexander Hamilton by Tilar J. Mazzeo	Sept 18
Wendell Willkie	The Improbable Wendell Willkie: The Businessman Who Saved the Republican Party and His Country by David Levering Lewis	Sept 18
Benjamin Franklin	Young Benjamin Franklin: The Birth of Ingenuity by Nick Bunker	Sept 18
Schumann	Schumann: The Faces and the Masks by Judith Chernalk	Sept 18
Betty Ford	Betty Ford: First Lady, Women’s Advocate, Survivor, Trailblazer by Lisa McCubbin	Sept 11
Adam Smith	Adam Smith: Father of Economics by Jesse Norman	Sept 11
Benjamin Rsh	Dr. Benjamin Rush: The Founding Father Who Healed a Wounded Nation by Harlow Unger	Sept 11
Benjamin Rush	Rush, Revolution, Madness and Benjamin Rush: The Visionary Doctor Who Became a Founding Father by Stephen Fried	Sept 4
Fred Rogers	The Good Neighbor: The Life and Work of Fred Rogers by Maxwell King	Sept 4
Hubert Humphrey	Hubert Humphrey: The Conscience of the Country by Arnold Offner	Aug 21
Arthur Ashe	Arthur Ashe: A Life by Raymond Arsenault	Aug 21
Marilyn Monroe	Marilyn Monroe: The Private Life of a Public Icon by Charles Casillo	Aug 14
Charles de Gaulle	De Gaulle by Julian Jackson	Aug 13
Albert Gallatin	Jefferson’s Genius: How Albert Gallatin Saved the New Nation From Debt by Gregory May	Aug 7
Julius Caesar	Julius Caesar: A Life by Patrician Southern	Aug 1
Henry Clay	Henry Clay: The Man Who Would Be President by James Klotter	Aug 1
Nikola Tesla	Prodigal Genius: The Extraordinary Life of Nikola Tesla by John O’Neill	July 26
J.R.R. Tolkien	Tolkein: Maker of Middle Earth by Catherine McIlwaine	July 15
Errol Flynn	Errol Flynn: An Epic Life by Kevin McAleer	July 9
George Custer	Custer: The Making of a Young General by Edward Longacre	July 3
Verdi	Verdi: The Man Revealed by John Suchet	July 3
Richard I	Richard the Lionheart: The Crusader King of England by W B Bartlett	July 1
Oscar Wilde	Making Oscar Wilde by Michele Mendelssohn	July 1
Mary Shelley	In Search of Mary Shelley: The Girl Who Wrote Frankenstein by Fiona Sampson	June 5
Bruce Lee	Bruce Lee: A Life by Matthew Polly	June 5
Queen Eliz I	Princess: The Early Life of Queen Elizabeth II by Jane Dismore	June 1
Napoleon III	The Shadow Emperor: A Biography of Napoleon III by Alan Strauss-Schom	May 28
William Allen White	Crusader for Democracy: The Political Life of William Allen White by Charles Delgadillo	May 25
Harvey Milk	Harvey Milk: His Lives and Death by Lillian Faderman	May 22
Warren Spahn	Warren Spahn: A Biography of the Legendary Lefty by Lew Freedman	May 22
Robin Williams	Robin by Dave Itzkoff	May 15
Paul Simon	Paul Simon: The Life by Robert Hilburn	May 8
Benedict Arnold	The Tragedy of Benedict Arnold: An American Life by Joyce Lee Malcolm	May 1
Karl Marx	A World to Win: The Life and Works of Karl Marx by Sven-Eric Liedman	May 1
Richard III	Richard III: England’s Most Controversial King by Chris Skidmore	Apr 24
Giuliano de Medici	Giuliano de’ Medici: Machiavelli’s Prince in Life and Art by Josephine Jungic	Apr 13
Francis I	Francis I: The Maker of Modern France by Leonie Frieda	Apr 10
John Wilkes Booth	John Wilkes Booth and the Women Who Loved Him by E. Lawrence Abel	Apr 9
Barry White	White Music: The Barry White Story by Tom Rubython	Apr 7
Napoleon	Napoleon: The Spirit of the Age: 1805-1810 (Vol 2) by Michael Broers	Apr 3
Eunice Kennedy	Eunice: The Kennedy Who Changed the World by Eileen McNamara	Apr 3
Jim Wright	Speaker Jim Wright: Power, Scandal, and the Birth of Modern Politics by J. Brooks Flippen	Apr 1
Anne Boleyn	Anne Boleyn: Adultery, Heresy, Desire by Amy Licence	Apr 1
Mark Twain	The Life of Mark Twain: The Early Years (Vol 1) by Gary Scharnhorst	Mar 30
Tiger Woods	Tiger Woods by Jeff Benedict	Mar 27
Zbigniew Brzezinski	Zbigniew Brzezinski: America’s Grand Strategist by Justin Vaisse	Mar 26
Meriwether Lewis	Bitterroot: The Life and Death of Meriwether Lewis by Patricia Tyson Stroud	Mar 23
Agatha Christie	Agatha Christie: A Mysterious Life by Laura Thompson	Mar 6
Apostle Paul	Paul: A Biography by N. T. Wright	Feb 27
Billy Graham	A Prophet With Honor: The Billy Graham Story by William Martin	Feb 20
John Marshall	Without Precedent: Chief Justice John Marshall and His Times by Joel Richard Paul	Feb 20	Third party reviews
Frederick Douglass	Frederick Douglass: America’s Prophet by D H Dilbeck	Feb 14
Princess Margaret	Princess Margaret: A Life of Contrasts by Christopher Warwick	Feb 6
Kirk Kerkorian	The Gambler: How Penniless Dropout Kirk Kerkorian Became the Greatest Dealmaker in Capitalist History by William Rempel	Jan 23
Henry III	Henry III: The Great King England Never Knew It Had by Darren Baker	Jan 1

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