By Samantha Totman, Senior Circulation Librarian
Looking to meet someone new, but don’t want to leave your couch? Need a good answer to the question, “If you could have dinner with anyone, dead or alive, who would be your choice?” Reading a biography is an excellent way to deep dive into a person’s life and learn what makes them tick. Below is a list of recent biographies for you to enjoy! Place holds by clicking the links on your favorite formats below, or stop by the Library to browse our Biographies section in person.
Young Queens: Three Renaissance Women and the Price of Power by Leah Redmond Chang
Ruth Bader Ginsburg: A Life by Jane Sherron De Hart
King: A Life by Jonathan Eig
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G-Man: J. Edgar Hoover and the Making of the American Century by Beverly Gage
Augustus Wilson: A Life by Patti Hartigan
Daughter of the Dragon: Anna May Wong’s Rendezvous with American History by Yunte Huang
Althea: The Life of Tennis Champion Althea Gibson by Sally H. Jacobs
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Lead Sister: the Story of Karen Carpenter by Lucy O’Brien
The Last Folk Hero: The Life and Myth of Bo Jackson by Jeff Pearlman
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His Name Is George Floyd: One Man’s Life and the Struggle for Racial Justice by Robert Samuels and Toluse Olorunnipa
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Cleopatra: A Life by Stacy Schiff
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Becoming Ella Fitzgerald: The Jazz Singer Who Transformed American Song by Judith Tick
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