Blue titles indicate Pulitzer Prize WINNERS. Blue italicized titles indicate Pulitzer Prize finalists. Bold indicates a new release.
Henry Adams | The Last American Aristocrat: The Brilliant Life and Improbable Education of Henry Adams (2020) by David S. Brown | REVIEW (3¾ stars) |
F. Scott Fitzgerald | Some Sort of Epic Grandeur: The Life of F. Scott Fitzgerald (1981) by Matthew Bruccoli | REVIEW (4½ stars) |
JQA(*) | John Quincy Adams: American Visionary (2014) by Fred Kaplan | REVIEW (3½ stars) |
John Calhoun | John C. Calhoun: American Portrait (1950) by Margaret Coit | early Feb |
John Steinbeck | Mad at the World: A Life of John Steinbeck (2020) by William Souder | late Feb |
Dwight Eisenhower(*) | The Age of Eisenhower (2018) by William Hitchcock | mid March |
Tecumseh | Tecumseh and the Prophet: The Shawnee Brothers Who Defied a Nation (2020) by Peter Cozzens | late March |
Charles Lindbergh | Lindbergh (1998) by A. Scott Berg | early April |
Wm McKinley(*) | President McKinley: Architect of the American Century (2017) by Robert Merry |
mid April |
George Marshall | George Marshall: Defender of the Republic (2019) by David Roll | late April |
Malcolm X | The Dead Are Arising: The Life of Malcolm X (2020) by Les & Tamara Payne | mid May |
Ulysses Grant(*) | The Presidency of Ulysses S. Grant (2017) by Charles Calhoun | late May |
Frederick Douglass | Frederick Douglass: Prophet of Freedom (2018) by David Blight | mid June |
Nicholas II & Alexandra | Nicholas and Alexandra: The Fall of the Romanov Dynasty (1967) by Robert Massie | late June |
James Madison(*) | The Three Lives of James Madison: Genius, Partisan, President (2017) by Noah Feldman | mid July |
Patrick Henry | Patrick Henry: Champion of Liberty (2017) by John Kukla | late July |
John Wayne | John Wayne: American (1995) by Randy Roberts | mid Aug |
Chester Arthur(*) | The Unexpected President: The Life and Times of Chester A. Arthur (2017) by Scott Greenberger | late Aug |
Napoleon | Napoleon: A Life (2014) by Andrew Roberts | early Sept |
Cartier family | The Cartiers: The Untold Story of the Family Behind the Jewelry Empire (2019) by Francesca Cartier | late Sept |
Thomas Jefferson(*) | Jefferson: Architect of American Liberty (2017) by John Boles | early Oct |
Alexis de Tocqueville | Alexis de Tocqueville: A Life (2006) by Hugh Brogan | mid Oct |
Sir Walter Raleigh | Sir Walter Raleigh (2002) by Raleigh Trevelyan | late Oct |
Abraham Lincoln(*) | Founders’ Son: A Life of Abraham Lincoln (2014) by Richard Brookhiser | early Nov |
Sam Houston | Sam Houston (2002) by James Haley | mid Nov |
William and Oveta Hobby | The Governor and the Colonel: A Dual Biography of William P. Hobby and Oveta Culp Hobby (2020) by Don Carleton | early Dec |
FDR(*) | Franklin D. Roosevelt: A Political Life (2017) by Robert Dallek |
mid Dec |
Charles de Gaulle | The Last Great Frenchman: A Life of General de Gaulle (1996) by Charles Williams | late Dec |
* Follow-up biography for my Journey Through the Best Presidential Biographies
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