Looking for a good biography to read? This is a list of my favorite biographies. These are ranked based on how well the author told the person’s story and helped me get to know them, not necessarily the subject matter.
- Jonathan Edwards: A Life by George Marsden
- Alexander Hamilton by Ron Chernow
- To the Golden Shore: The Life of Adoniram Judson by Courtney Anderson
- Unbroken: A World War II Story of Survival, Resilience, and Redemption by Laura Hillenbrand
- Team of Rivals: The Political Genius of Abraham Lincoln by Doris Kearns Goodwin
- The Rise of Theodore Roosevelt by Edmund Morris
- Amazing Grace: William Wilberforce and the Heroic Campaign to End Slavery by Eric Metaxas
- Here I Stand: A Life of Martin Luther by Roland Bainton
- American Ulysses: A Life of Ulysses S. Grant by Ronald C. White
- A. Lincoln by Ronald C. White