Kyle’s Top 10 Biography List

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.  

  1. Jonathan Edwards: A Life by George Marsden
  2. Alexander Hamilton by Ron Chernow
  3. To the Golden Shore: The Life of Adoniram Judson by Courtney Anderson
  4. Unbroken: A World War II Story of Survival, Resilience, and Redemption by Laura Hillenbrand
  5. Team of Rivals: The Political Genius of Abraham Lincoln by Doris Kearns Goodwin
  6. The Rise of Theodore Roosevelt by Edmund Morris
  7. Amazing Grace: William Wilberforce and the Heroic Campaign to End Slavery by Eric Metaxas
  8. Here I Stand: A Life of Martin Luther by Roland Bainton
  9. American Ulysses: A Life of Ulysses S. Grant by Ronald C. White
  10. A. Lincoln by Ronald C. White