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Readers' Top Histories & Biographies of the Past 10 Years

Today's collection of books zeroes in on histories and biographies, probably the busiest shelves in the nonfiction aisles. We got curious: What are the most popular books of this type on Goodreads over the past decade? So we crunched the numbers by way of ratings, reviews, and Goodreads members' Read and Want to Read shelves. The list below suggests the range of people and topics that have most resonated with Goodreads regulars over the past 10 years. (Published May 7, 2024)
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Elon Musk: Tesla, Spacex, and the Quest for a Fantastic Future (Ashlee Vance)
Elon Musk: Tesla, Spacex, and the Quest for a Fantastic Future
1
Ashlee Vance
Killers of the Flower Moon (David Grann)
Killers of the Flower Moon
2
David Grann
Caste: The Origins of Our Discontents (Isabel Wilkerson)
Caste: The Origins of Our Discontents
3
Isabel Wilkerson
The Radium Girls: The Dark Story of America's Shining Women (Kate Moore)
The Radium Girls: The Dark Story of America's Shining Women
4
Kate Moore
Leonardo Da Vinci (Walter Isaacson)
Leonardo Da Vinci
5
Walter Isaacson
The Splendid and the Vile (Erik Larson)
The Splendid and the Vile
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Erik Larson
Empire of Pain: The Secret History of the Sackler Dynasty (Patrick Radden Keefe)
Empire of Pain: The Secret History of the Sackler Dynasty
7
Patrick Radden Keefe
The Library Book (Susan Orlean)
The Library Book
8
Susan Orlean
Dead Wake: The Last Crossing of the Lusitania (Erik Larson)
Dead Wake: The Last Crossing of the Lusitania
9
Erik Larson
Hidden Figures (Margot Lee Shetterly)
Hidden Figures
10
Margot Lee Shetterly
The Wager: A Tale of Shipwreck, Mutiny and Murder (David Grann)
The Wager: A Tale of Shipwreck, Mutiny and Murder
11
David Grann
Say Nothing: A True Story of Murder and Memory in Northern Ireland (Patrick Radden Keefe)
Say Nothing: A True Story of Murder and Memory in Northern Ireland
12
Patrick Radden Keefe
SPQR: A History of Ancient Rome (Mary Beard)
SPQR: A History of Ancient Rome
13
Mary Beard
Prisoners of Geography: Ten Maps That Explain Everything About the World (Tim Marshall)
Prisoners of Geography: Ten Maps That Explain Everything About the World
14
Tim Marshall
The Five: The Untold Lives of the Women Killed by Jack the Ripper (Hallie Rubenhold)
The Five: The Untold Lives of the Women Killed by Jack the Ripper
15
Hallie Rubenhold
The Wright Brothers (David McCullough)
The Wright Brothers
16
David McCullough
The Silk Roads (Peter Frankopan)
The Silk Roads
17
Peter Frankopan
A Woman of No Importance: The Untold Story of the American Spy Who Helped Win World War II (Sonia Purnell)
A Woman of No Importance: The Untold Story of the American Spy Who Helped Win World War II
18
Sonia Purnell
The Color of Law (Richard Rothstein)
The Color of Law
19
Richard Rothstein
Stamped From the Beginning: The Definitive History of Racist Ideas in America (Ibram X. Kendi)
Stamped From the Beginning: The Definitive History of Racist Ideas in America
20
Ibram X. Kendi
Midnight in Chernobyl (Adam Higginbotham)
Midnight in Chernobyl
21
Adam Higginbotham
The Spy and the Traitor: The Greatest Espionage Story of the Cold War (Ben Macintyre)
The Spy and the Traitor: The Greatest Espionage Story of the Cold War
22
Ben Macintyre
Vanderbilt: The Rise and Fall of an American Dynasty (Anderson Cooper & Katherine Howe)
Vanderbilt: The Rise and Fall of an American Dynasty
23
Anderson Cooper & Katherine Howe
How the Word Is Passed (Clint Smith)
How the Word Is Passed
24
Clint Smith
The Woman They Could Not Silence (Kate Moore)
The Woman They Could Not Silence
25
Kate Moore
Grant (Ron Chernow)
Grant
26
Ron Chernow
A Fever in the Heartland: The Ku Klux Klan's Plot to Take Over America, and the Woman Who Stopped Th (Timothy Egan)
A Fever in the Heartland: The Ku Klux Klan's Plot to Take Over America, and the Woman Who Stopped Th
27
Timothy Egan
The Romanov Sisters: The Lost Lives of the Daughters of Nicholas and Alexandra (Helen Rappaport)
The Romanov Sisters: The Lost Lives of the Daughters of Nicholas and Alexandra
28
Helen Rappaport
The Bomber Mafia (Malcolm Gladwell)
The Bomber Mafia
29
Malcolm Gladwell
White Trash: The 400-Year Untold History of Class in America (Nancy Isenberg)
White Trash: The 400-Year Untold History of Class in America
30
Nancy Isenberg
The Only Plane in the Sky (Garrett M. Graff)
The Only Plane in the Sky
31
Garrett M. Graff
Barracoon: The Story of the Last "Black Cargo" (Zora Neale Hurston)
Barracoon: The Story of the Last "Black Cargo"
32
Zora Neale Hurston
Elon Musk (Walter Isaacson)
Elon Musk
33
Walter Isaacson
The Light of Days: The Untold Story of Women Resistance Fighters in Hitler's Ghettos (Judy Batalion)
The Light of Days: The Untold Story of Women Resistance Fighters in Hitler's Ghettos
34
Judy Batalion
Code Girls: The Untold Story of the American Women Code Breakers of World War I (Liza Mundy)
Code Girls: The Untold Story of the American Women Code Breakers of World War I
35
Liza Mundy
The 1619 Project: A New Origin Story (Nikole Hannah-Jones)
The 1619 Project: A New Origin Story
36
Nikole Hannah-Jones
How to Hide an Empire: A History of the Greater United States (Daniel Immerwahr)
How to Hide an Empire: A History of the Greater United States
37
Daniel Immerwahr
The Anarchy: The East India Company, Corporate Violence, and the Pillage of an Empire (William Dalrym)
The Anarchy: The East India Company, Corporate Violence, and the Pillage of an Empire
38
William Dalrym
These Truths: A History of the United States (Jill Lepore)
These Truths: A History of the United States
39
Jill Lepore
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