Biography Books
This is a list of biography books in our library.
by Dorothy Ellsworth
| Title | Author | AR BL | AR Pts |
| Sports Great Kirby Puckett | Aaseng, Nathan | 6.4 | 2 |
| Maiden Voyage | Aebi/Brennan | 7.6 | 22 |
| Undaunted Courage | Ambrose, Stephen E. | 8.8 | 37 |
| Wild Blue: The Men and Boys Who Flew the B-24s over Germany, The | Ambrose, Stephen E. | 7.7 | 15 |
| I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings | Angelou, Maya | 8 | 15 |
| Sir Walter Ralegh and the Quest for El Dorado | Aronson, Marc | 8.2 | 8 |
| Parallel Journeys | Ayer, Eleanor H. | 7.2 | 10 |
| First Woman Doctor, The | Baker, Rachel | 5 | 3 |
| Sojourner Truth: Abolitionist and Women's Rights Activist | Bernard, Catherine | 7.8 | 3 |
| Henry Cisneros: Building a Better America | Bredeson, Carmen | 8.9 | 5 |
| Ruth Bader Ginsburg: Supreme Court Justice | Bredeson, Carmen | 8.7 | 5 |
| Neil Armstrong: A Space Biography | Bredeson, Carmen | 6.6 | 1 |
| Through My Eyes | Bridges, Ruby | 5.9 | 2 |
| Greatest Generation, The | Brokaw, Tom | 8.6 | 19 |
| Al Gore: United States Vice President | Burford, Betty | 8.1 | 5 |
| American Astronomers: Searchers and Wonderers | Camp, Carole Ann | 7.9 | 2 |
| Sally Ride: First American Woman in Space | Camp, Carole Ann | 8.1 | 3 |
| American Women of Science | Camp, Carole Ann | 8.3 | 3 |
| Mother Teresa: The Authorised Biography | Chawla, Navin | 7.9 | 11 |
| China's Son: Growing up in the Cultural Revolution | Chen, Da | 6.1 | 9 |
| At the Plate with...Sammy Sosa | Christopher, Matt | 6.8 | 3 |
| At the Plate with...Mark McGwire | Christopher, Matt | 6.3 | 3 |
| On the Mound with...Greg Maddux | Christopher, Matt | 6.2 | 4 |
| On the Course with...Tiger Woods | Christopher, Matt | 7.1 | 4 |
| On the Court with...Michael Jordan | Christopher, Matt | 6.6 | 4 |
| On the Field with...Mia Hamm | Christopher, Matt | 7 | 4 |
| At the Plate with...Ken Griffey, Jr. | Christopher, Matt | 6.6 | 4 |
| On the Mound with...Randy Johnson | Christopher, Matt | 6.7 | 3 |
| On the Ice with...Mario Lemieux | Christopher, Matt | 7.1 | 3 |
| In the Goal with...Briana Scurry | Christopher/Stout | 6.9 | 3 |
| On the Court with...Kobe Bryant | Christopher/Stout | 7.1 | 3 |
| Bill Clinton: United States President | Cole, Michael D. | 9.6 | 5 |
| John Glenn: Astronaut and Senator (Revised Edition) | Cole, Michael D. | 8.1 | 3 |
| Edwin Hubble: Discoverer of Galaxies | Datnow, Claire | 6.6 | 2 |
| Sports Great Frank Thomas | Deane, Bill | 6.3 | 2 |
| Malcolm X: A Voice for Black America | Diamond, Arthur | 8.1 | 5 |
| Sports Great Jerry Rice | Dickey, Glenn | 6.3 | 2 |
| Bill Gates: Billionaire Computer Genius | Dickinson, Joan D. | 6.9 | 3 |
| Thomas Alva Edison: Inventor | Dolan, Ellen M. | 8.2 | 3 |
| Eleanor Roosevelt: First Lady of the World | Faber, Doris | 6.8 | 1 |
| Barbara McClintock: Nobel Prize Geneticist | Fine, Edith Hope | 7.2 | 3 |
| Christopher Reeve: Actor & Activist | Finn, Margaret L. | 8.7 | 5 |
| Bound for the North Star: True Stories of Fugitive Slaves | Fradin, Dennis Brindell | 7.3 | 8 |
| Autobiography of Benjamin Franklin, The | Franklin, Benjamin | 11.8 | 15 |
| Eleanor Roosevelt: A Life of Discovery | Freedman, Russell | 8.4 | 11 |
| Out of Darkness: The Story of Louis Braille | Freedman, Russell | 6.9 | 2 |
| Immigrant Kids | Freedman, Russell | 6.9 | 1 |
| Internet Pioneers: The Cyber Elite | French, Laura | 7 | 3 |
| Why Don't You Get a Horse, Sam Adams? | Fritz, Jean | 4.6 | 1 |
| Double Life of Pocahontas, The | Fritz, Jean | 5 | 4 |
| You Want Women to Vote, Lizzie Stanton? | Fritz, Jean | 5.9 | 3 |
| Traitor: The Case of Benedict Arnold | Fritz, Jean | 7.3 | 7 |
| Benedict Arnold: Patriot or Traitor? | Gaines, Ann Graham | 7.5 | 3 |
| Douglas MacArthur: Brilliant General, Controversial Leader | Gaines, Ann Graham | 7.7 | 4 |
| Hole in My Life | Gantos, Jack | 5.7 | 7 |
| Laura Ingalls Wilder: Growing Up in the Little House | Giff, Patricia Reilly | 3.9 | 2 |
| Bob Marley (They Died Too Young) | Gilfoyle, Millie | 7.6 | 2 |
| Alex Haley: Author of Roots | Gonzales, Doreen | 7.9 | 5 |
| Stick Figure: A Diary of My Former Self | Gottlieb, Lori | 5.8 | 10 |
| Kurt Cobain (They Died Too Young) | Gracie, Andrew | 7.1 | 1 |
| Hidden Children, The | Greenfeld, Howard | 5.4 | 5 |
| Jackie Joyner-Kersee: Champion Athlete | Harrington, Geri | 7.9 | 4 |
| Daniel Webster: "Liberty and Union Now and Forever" | Harvey, Bonnie Carman | 8.2 | 3 |
| Extraordinary Women Athletes | Hasday, Judy L. | 9.1 | 13 |
| Space Challenger: The Story of Guion Bluford | Haskins/Benson | 6.9 | 1 |
| Galileo: Astronomer and Physicist | Hightower, Paul W. | 6.6 | 2 |
| Robert Ballard: Oceanographer Who Discovered the Titanic | Hill, Christine M. | 6.2 | 3 |
| Children of Israel, Children of Palestine: Our Own True Stories | Holliday, Laurel | 6.6 | 15 |
| Mary Todd Lincoln: Tragic First Lady of the Civil War | Hull, Mary E. | 8.5 | 3 |
| Sacred Hoops | Jackson, Phil | 7.3 | 11 |
| American Inventors of the 20th Century | Jeffrey, Laura S. | 6.5 | 2 |
| Find Where the Wind Goes: Moments from My Life | Jemison, Mae | 7.2 | 7 |
| Girl, Interrupted | Kaysen, Susanna | 5.4 | 5 |
| Story of My Life, The | Keller, Helen | 6.8 | 12 |
| Profiles in Courage | Kennedy, John F. | 8.4 | 12 |
| George Armstrong Custer: Civil War General and Western Legend | Kent, Zachary | 8.2 | 3 |
| Edgar Allan Poe: Tragic Poet and Master of Mystery | Kent, Zachary | 7.1 | 3 |
| Charles Lindbergh and the Spirit of St. Louis in American History | Kent, Zachary | 7 | 3 |
| Gregor Mendel: Father of Genetics | Klare, Roger | 5.2 | 2 |
| Just Jackie: Her Private Years | Klein, Edward | 8.1 | 16 |
| Sports Great Bobby Bonilla | Knapp, Ron | 6.3 | 2 |
| Sports Great Barry Sanders (Revised Edition) | Knapp, Ron | 5.7 | 2 |
| Alice Walker: Author of the Color Purple | Kramer, Barbara | 7.8 | 5 |
| Sports Great Nolan Ryan | Lace, William W. | 6.1 | 2 |
| Tiger Woods: Star Golfer | Lace, William W. | 6.5 | 2 |
| Importance of Dr. Seuss, The | Levine, Stuart P. | 8.6 | 6 |
| Jim Morrison (They Died Too Young) | Lewis, Jon E. | 7.4 | 1 |
| Benjamin Banneker: Astronomer and Mathematician | Litwin, Laura Baskes | 8.1 | 3 |
| No Pretty Pictures: A Child of War | Lobel, Anita | 5 | 8 |
| Sports Great Kobe Bryant | Macnow, Glen | 5.7 | 2 |
| Sports Great Cal Ripken, Jr. | Macnow, Glen | 6.1 | 2 |
| Sports Great Kevin Garnett | Macnow, Glen | 5.7 | 1 |
| American Horror Writers | Madison, Bob | 7.8 | 3 |
| Executioner's Song, The | Mailer, Norman | 9.3 | 40 |
| Terrell Davis: Star Running Back | Majewski, Stephen | 6.7 | 2 |
| Maya Lin: Architect and Artist | Malone, Mary | 7.7 | 5 |
| Super Sports Star Gary Payton | Mandell, Judith | 4.6 | 0.5 |
| Makes Me Wanna Holler: A Young Black Man in America | McCall, Nathan | 7 | 31 |
| Daniel Boone: Frontier Legend | McCarthy, Pat | 6.8 | 4 |
| Henry Ford: Building Cars for Everyone | McCarthy, Pat | 7.5 | 4 |
| Angela's Ashes | McCourt, Frank | 6 | 17 |
| Janet Reno: United States Attorney General | Meachum, Virginia | 8.7 | 5 |
| Louis Armstrong: Young Music Maker | Millender, Dharathula H. | 4.1 | 4 |
| Carver: A Life in Poems | Nelson, Marilyn | 5.9 | 1 |
| Lost Childhood: A World War II Memoir, The | Nir, Yehuda | 7.5 | 12 |
| American Computer Pioneers | Northrup, Mary | 6.2 | 3 |
| Marian Wright Edelman: Fighting for Children's Rights | Old, Wendie C. | 9.7 | 5 |
| Wright Brothers: Inventors of the Airplane, The | Old, Wendie C. | 7.1 | 4 |
| Restless Spirit: The Life and Work of Dorothea Lange | Partridge, Elizabeth | 7 | 3 |
| This Land Was Made for You and Me: The Life and Songs of Woody Gut | Partridge, Elizabeth | 7 | 8 |
| Puppies, Dogs and Blue Northers | Paulsen, Gary | 6.7 | 3 |
| My Life in Dog Years | Paulsen, Gary | 5.6 | 3 |
| Father Water, Mother Woods | Paulsen, Gary | 6.2 | 6 |
| Caught By the Sea: My Life on Boats | Paulsen, Gary | 6.3 | 3 |
| Winterdance: The Fine Madness of Running the Iditarod | Paulsen, Gary | 6 | 10 |
| How Angel Peterson Got His Name | Paulsen, Gary | 6 | 3 |
| Child Called "It", A | Pelzer, Dave | 5.8 | 5 |
| Man Named Dave: A Story of Triumph and Forgiveness, A | Pelzer, Dave | 5.9 | 15 |
| Lost Boy: A Foster Child's Search for the Love of a Family, The | Pelzer, Dave | 5.1 | 9 |
| Within Reach: My Everest Story | Pfetzer/Galvin | 6 | 11 |
| Mathew Brady: Photographer of the Civil War | Pflueger, Lynda | 8.2 | 3 |
| Grateful Dead (Pop Culture Legends), The | Piccoli, Sean | 8.8 | 4 |
| Bell Jar, The | Plath, Sylvia | 7.9 | 15 |
| Importance of Queen Elizabeth I, The | Price-Groff, Claire | 9.4 | 6 |
| Tim Duncan: Star Forward | Rappoport, Ken | 6.8 | 2 |
| Super Sports Star Penny Hardaway | Rappoport, Ken | 4.1 | 0.5 |
| Young Man's Journey with AIDS, A | Reese, Luellen | 6.8 | 7 |
| Still Me | Reeve, Christopher | 7.8 | 16 |
| Brett Favre: Star Quarterback | Rekela, George | 7 | 3 |
| King of the World | Remnick, David | 7.6 | 18 |
| Only Way I Know, The | Ripkin/Bryan | 8.2 | 22 |
| Man Who Listens to Horses, The | Roberts, Monty | 7.4 | 17 |
| Standing Like a Stone Wall: The Life of General Thomas J. Jackson | Robertson, James I. | 8.9 | 11 |
| Tiger Woods: The Makings of a Champion | Rosaforte, Tim | 6.9 | 11 |
| Shakespeare: His Work & His World | Rosen, Michael | 6.3 | 2 |
| Anfernee Hardaway: Star Guard | Rosenthal, Bert | 6.3 | 2 |
| Survivor in Us All: Four Young Sisters in the Holocaust, The | Rubinstein, Erna F. | 5.5 | 10 |
| Cheyenne Autumn | Sandoz, Mari | 8.1 | 12 |
| Sacagawea: Native American Hero | Sanford/Green | 4.3 | 1 |
| Sports Great Ken Griffey, Jr. | Savage, Jeff | 5.7 | 2 |
| Sports Great Jim Abbott | Savage, Jeff | 6.4 | 2 |
| Bill Cosby: Actor and Comedian | Schuman, Michael A. | 8.2 | 5 |
| Eleanor Roosevelt: First Lady and Humanitarian | Schuman, Michael A. | 8.8 | 5 |
| Ann Richards: Politician, Feminist, Survivor | Siegel, Dorothy Schainman | 7.5 | 5 |
| Inspirations: Stories About Women Artists | Sills, Leslie | 6.5 | 2 |
| Louis Pasteur: Disease Fighter | Smith, Linda Wasmer | 6.3 | 2 |
| Lemony Snicket: The Unauthorized Autobiography | Snicket, Lemony | 7.3 | 3 |
| Knots in My Yo-Yo String: The Autobiography of a Kid | Spinelli, Jerry | 5.2 | 5 |
| Hillary Rodham Clinton: Activist First Lady | Stacey, T.J. | 7.5 | 5 |
| Dale Earnhardt: Star Race Car Driver | Steenkamer, Paul | 5.8 | 2 |
| Chamique Holdsclaw: Driving Force | Stewart, Mark | 6.8 | 1 |
| Jimi Hendrix (They Died Too Young) | Stockdale, Tom | 8.6 | 2 |
| Thread That Runs So True, The | Stuart, Jesse | 8.3 | 22 |
| Sluggers | Sullivan, George | 5.9 | 2 |
| Front Row at the White House: My Life and Times | Thomas, Helen | 8.9 | 31 |
| Allen Iverson: Star Guard | Thornley, Stew | 6.9 | 2 |
| Super Sports Star Kevin Garnett | Thornley, Stew | 3.8 | 0.5 |
| Super Sports Star Kobe Bryant | Thornley, Stew | 4.3 | 0.5 |
| Super Sports Star Tim Duncan | Thornley, Stew | 4 | 0.5 |
| Leadership | Time-Life Editors | 10.9 | 8 |
| Sports Great Oscar De La Hoya | Torres, John Albert | 6.4 | 2 |
| Life on the Mississippi | Twain, Mark | 10.1 | 27 |
| Anne Frank: Beyond the Diary | VanDerRol/Verhoeven | 6.9 | 4 |
| Surviving Hitler: A Boy in the Nazi Death Camps | Warren, Andrea | 6.1 | 4 |
| Louisa May Alcott: Author of Little Women | Warrick, Karen Clemens | 7.4 | 3 |
| John Chapman: The Legendary Johnny Appleseed | Warrick, Karen Clemens | 7.9 | 3 |
| P.T. Barnum: Genius of the Three-Ring Circus | Warrick, Karen Clemens | 8.2 | 3 |
| Up from Slavery | Washington, Booker T. | 9.2 | 14 |
| Night | Wiesel, Elie | 4.8 | 4 |
| On the Way Home | Wilder, Laura Ingalls | 3.8 | 2 |
| Steve Jobs: Wizard of Apple Computer | Wilson, Suzan | 7.8 | 3 |
| Steven Spielberg (People in the News) | Woog, Adam | 9.1 | 4 |
| Colin Powell (People in the News) | Wukovits, John F. | 9.2 | 5 |
| Wilma Mankiller: Leader of the Cherokee Nation | Yannuzzi, Della A. | 9.2 | 5 |
| Amos Fortune, Free Man | Yates, Elizabeth | 6.5 | 5 |
| Antoine Lavoisier: Founder of Modern Chemistry | Yount, Lisa | 5.4 | 2 |
| Pigman, The | Zindel, Paul | 5.8 | 6 |
