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TEN BIOGRAPHIES YOU MUST READ

The best biographies give us a satisfying glimpse into a great person’s life, while also teaching us about the context in which that person lived. Through biography, we can also learn history, psychology, sociology, politics, philosophy, and more. Reading a great biography is both fun and educational. What’s not to love right?  Below I have mentioned some BIOGRAPHIES that you must read. I've tried to keep this list on biographies only, so there is little way of memoir or autobiography. In some, authors have written about there family member and some of there friends, but for the most part these are books where the focus is on the biographical subject, not the author.  1) 'Educated' by Tara Westover.  Tara Westover was 17 the first time she set foot in classroom. Born to survivalists in the mountains of Idaho, she prepared for the end of the world by stockpiling home-canned peaches and sleeping with her "head-for-the-hills bag". In the summer stewed herbs for her m...