2025 Top 10 Biographies

The top 10 items checked out from our Biography collection

Updated December 18, 2025
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2025 Top 10 Biographies

The top 10 items checked out from our Biography collection

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1

Hillbilly elegy : a memoir of a family and culture in crisis
Vance, J. D.
Paper Book
Hillbilly Elegy recounts J.D. Vance's powerful origin story... From a former marine and Yale Law School graduate now serving as a U.S. Senator from Ohio and the Republican Vice Presidential candidate for the 2024 election, an incisive account of growing up in a poor Rust Belt town that...

2

Melania: A Memoir Hardcover
Trump, Melania.
Paper Book
Melania is a compelling and inspirational memoir that offers a glimpse into the life of a remarkable woman who has navigated challenges with grace and determination.    In her memoir, Melania reflects on her Slovenian childhood,...

3

Prince Harry : brother, soldier, son
Junor, Penny
Paper Book
The authoritative biography of Prince Harry by noted royal family biographer Penny Junor, author of Prince William: The Man Who Will Be King and The Firm: The Troubled Life of the House of Windsor. Prince Harry, one of the most popular members of the British...

4

Memorial days : a memoir
Brooks, Geraldine
Paper Book
A New York Times Bestseller · A New York Times Notable Book of 2025 · A Washington Post Notable Nonfiction Book of 2025 · Named a Best Book of 2025 by NPR, People, and Publishers Weekly "Brooks tracks the geography of grief with...

5

Class Clown: The Memoirs of a Professional Wiseass: How I Went 77 Years Without Growing Up Hardcover
Barry, Dave.
Paper Book
America's most beloved wiseass finally tells his life story with all the humor you'd expect from a man who made a career out of making fun of pretty much everything. How does the son of a Presbyterian minister wind up winning a Pulitzer Prize for writing a wildly inaccurate...

6

Mark Twain
Chernow, Ron
Paper Book
The #1 New York Times Bestseller * A Barack Obama Summer Reading List Pick * A Washington Post and New York Times Notable Book * Named a Best Book of 2025 by TIME, Bloomberg, The Christian Science Monitor, and Kirkus Reviews ...

7

Educated : a memoir
Westover, Tara
Paper Book
#1 NEW YORK TIMES, WALL STREET JOURNAL, AND BOSTON GLOBE BESTSELLER * One of the most acclaimed books of our time: an unforgettable memoir about a young woman who, kept out of school, leaves her survivalist family and goes on to earn a PhD from Cambridge University ...

8

The House of My Mother: A Daughter's Quest for Freedom Hardcover
Franke, Shari.
Paper Book
INSTANT #1 NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER "Heart-wrenchingly personal...dizzying." --Rolling Stone From eldest daughter Shari Franke, the shocking true story behind the viral 8 Passengers family vlog--now the subject of a new Hulu...

9

Kingmaker : Pamela Harriman's astonishing life of power, seduction, and intrigue
Purnell, Sonia
Paper Book
"A thorough account of Harriman's rise which also manages to be a brisk, twisty read ... riveting and revelatory." --The New Yorker "Rigorous but rollicking." --The New York Times Named a BEST BOOK OF THE YEAR by The New Yorker, Apple...
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