The StoryGraph’s Genre Challenge 2023 - hosted by thestorygraph

A biography about someone you don't know much about
A biography is an account of somebody's life written by somebody else.
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Dr. Mütter's Marvels: A True Tale of Intrigue and Innovation at the Dawn of Modern Medicine by Cristin O'Keefe Aptowicz

Dr. Mütter's Marvels: A True Tale of Intrigue and Innovation at the Dawn of Modern Medicine

Cristin O'Keefe Aptowicz

371 pages • first pub 2014 (editions)

nonfiction biography history science dark informative reflective medium-paced
Nothing but the Night: Leopold & Loeb and the Truth Behind the Murder That Rocked 1920s America by Greg King, Penny Wilson

Nothing but the Night: Leopold & Loeb and the Truth Behind the Murder That Rocked 1920s America

Greg King, Penny Wilson

10 hours, 35 minutes • first pub 2022 (editions)

nonfiction true crime dark mysterious tense medium-paced
Why She Wrote: A Graphic History of the Lives, Inspiration, and Influence Behind the Pens of Classic Women Writers by Lauren Burke, Hannah K. Chapman

Why She Wrote: A Graphic History of the Lives, Inspiration, and Influence Behind the Pens of Classic Women Writers

Lauren Burke, Hannah K. Chapman

256 pages • first pub 2021 (editions)

nonfiction history informative inspiring fast-paced
Illustrated Black History: Honoring the Iconic and the Unseen by George McCalman

Illustrated Black History: Honoring the Iconic and the Unseen

George McCalman

432 pages • first pub 2021 (editions)

nonfiction graphic novel informative reflective medium-paced
Na skraju Imperium i inne wspomnienia by Mieczysław Jałowiecki

Na skraju Imperium i inne wspomnienia

Mieczysław Jałowiecki

776 pages • first pub 2013 (editions)

nonfiction biography history memoir informative reflective medium-paced
Tessa & Scott: Our Journey from Childhood Dream to Gold by Tessa Virtue, Scott Moir

Tessa & Scott: Our Journey from Childhood Dream to Gold

Tessa Virtue, Scott Moir

224 pages • first pub 2010 (editions)

nonfiction biography sports emotional informative inspiring slow-paced
The Woman Who Would Be King: Hatshepsut's Rise to Power in Ancient Egypt by Kara Cooney

The Woman Who Would Be King: Hatshepsut's Rise to Power in Ancient Egypt

Kara Cooney

298 pages • first pub 2014 (editions)

nonfiction biography history challenging informative slow-paced
ആന ഡോക്ടർ | Aana Doctor by Jeyamohan
ആന ഡോക്ടർ | Aana Doctor
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Jeyamohan

ആന ഡോക്ടർ | Aana Doctor

Jeyamohan

110 pages • first pub 2017 (editions)

reflective slow-paced
Black Sun: The Brief Transit and Violent Eclipse of Harry Crosby by Geoffrey Wolff

Black Sun: The Brief Transit and Violent Eclipse of Harry Crosby

Geoffrey Wolff

416 pages • first pub 1976 (editions)

nonfiction biography history reflective slow-paced
The Life and Tryals of the Gentleman Pirate, Major Stede Bonnet by Jeremy R. Moss

The Life and Tryals of the Gentleman Pirate, Major Stede Bonnet

Jeremy R. Moss

228 pages • first pub 2020 (editions)

nonfiction biography informative medium-paced