As a young historian, Douglas Brinkley published back-to-back biographies of two prominent Cold War diplomats, Dean Acheson and James Forrestal. After the books appeared in the early 1990s, Stephen… ...

Uncover extraordinary lives with our list of the best biographies of all time. From historical figures to modern icons, discover the books that tell it all.

Where should the president-elect start? Presidents make good copy, and that's as attractive to historians as it is to journalists. There are thousands of presidential biographies out there.

If you’ve already started to forget what a normal presidency looks like, it might be time to crack open a few of those presidential biographies in your TBR pile — and for more than a literary ...

Jon Meacham, Annette Gordon Reed, and Ron Chernow talked about the process of writing presidential biographies. President George W. Bush provided introductory remarks.