The best biographies books of 1950s (chosen by biographies authors)

Loved by 6 people

The Log from the Sea of Cortez

By John Steinbeck ,

Loved by 5 people

Fort Sumter to Perryville

By Shelby Foote ,

Loved by 5 people

Goodbye to All That

By Robert Graves ,

Loved by 3 people

The Dharma Bums

By Jack Kerouac ,

Outside Looking In

By John Corcelli ,

Born to be Brave

By Stephanie Lincoln ,

Loved by 2 people

A Writer's Diary

By Virginia Woolf ,

Loved by 1 person

The Seven Storey Mountain

By Thomas Merton ,

Outside Looking In

By John Corcelli ,

Born to be Brave

By Stephanie Lincoln ,

The Life of the Author

By Glynis Ridley ,

Loved by 1 person

Of Plymouth Plantation 1620 - 1647

By William Bradford ,

Loved by 1 person

The Flame Trees of Thika

By Elspeth Huxley ,

Outside Looking In

By John Corcelli ,

Born to be Brave

By Stephanie Lincoln ,

The Life of the Author

By Glynis Ridley ,

I Live You For Ever

By Meredith Rutter Marple,

Loved by 1 person

Essays of Elia

By Charles Lamb ,

Loved by 1 person

Shooting An Elephant

By George Orwell ,

The Life of the Author

By Glynis Ridley ,

I Live You For Ever

By Meredith Rutter Marple,

Outside Looking In

By John Corcelli ,

Born to be Brave

By Stephanie Lincoln ,

The Life of the Author

By Glynis Ridley ,

I Live You For Ever

By Meredith Rutter Marple,

Louise-Élisabeth Vigée-Lebrun: Portrait of an Artist, 1755-1842

By Judith Lissauer Cromwell ,

Loved by 1 person

Mischief in Patagonia

By H. W. Tilman ,

Loved by 1 person

Slide Rule

By Nevil Shute ,

Loved by 1 person

Janet Guthrie

By Janet Guthrie ,

Loved by 1 person

Portrait of the Artist as a Young Dog

By Dylan Thomas ,

Outside Looking In

By John Corcelli ,

Born to be Brave

By Stephanie Lincoln ,

The Life of the Author

By Glynis Ridley ,

I Live You For Ever

By Meredith Rutter Marple,

Louise-Élisabeth Vigée-Lebrun: Portrait of an Artist, 1755-1842

By Judith Lissauer Cromwell ,

Judith Resnik

By Marlene Targ Brill ,

Jane Fonda

By Marilyn S. Greenwald ,

Loved by 1 person

The Life and Work of Sigmund Freud

By Ernest Jones , Steven Marcus (editor) , Lionel Trilling (editor)

I Live You For Ever

By Meredith Rutter Marple,

Louise-Élisabeth Vigée-Lebrun: Portrait of an Artist, 1755-1842

By Judith Lissauer Cromwell ,

Judith Resnik

By Marlene Targ Brill ,

Outside Looking In

By John Corcelli ,

Born to be Brave

By Stephanie Lincoln ,

The Life of the Author

By Glynis Ridley ,

I Live You For Ever

By Meredith Rutter Marple,

Louise-Élisabeth Vigée-Lebrun: Portrait of an Artist, 1755-1842

By Judith Lissauer Cromwell ,

Judith Resnik

By Marlene Targ Brill ,

Jane Fonda

By Marilyn S. Greenwald ,

Snapshots

By Maggie Humm ,

Up the Down Escalator

By Lisa Doggett ,

The Duty of Memory

By Vicki Olsen ,

Outside Looking In

By John Corcelli ,

Born to be Brave

By Stephanie Lincoln ,

The Life of the Author

By Glynis Ridley ,

I Live You For Ever

By Meredith Rutter Marple,

Louise-Élisabeth Vigée-Lebrun: Portrait of an Artist, 1755-1842

By Judith Lissauer Cromwell ,

Judith Resnik

By Marlene Targ Brill ,

Jane Fonda

By Marilyn S. Greenwald ,

Snapshots

By Maggie Humm ,

Up the Down Escalator

By Lisa Doggett ,

The Duty of Memory

By Vicki Olsen ,

Ortiz's War

By Nicholas Reynolds , Katie Sanders,

A Psychiatrist's Journey

By Brian Barraclough,

The Twenty

By Marianne C. Bohr ,

A Long Way from Anywhere

By Norah Esty ,

Ernő Rubik and His Magic Cube

By Kerry Aradhya , Kara Kramer (illustrator),

The best biographies books of the 1950s

The books our community loved the most.

The Log from the Sea of Cortez

Fort Sumter to Perryville

Goodbye to All That

The Dharma Bums

Books from our members

Outside Looking In

Born to be Brave

A Writer's Diary

The Seven Storey Mountain

Books from our members

Outside Looking In

Born to be Brave

The Life of the Author

Of Plymouth Plantation 1620 - 1647

The Flame Trees of Thika

Books from our members

Outside Looking In

Born to be Brave

The Life of the Author

I Live You For Ever

Essays of Elia

Shooting An Elephant

Books from our members

The Life of the Author

I Live You For Ever

Books from our members

Outside Looking In

Born to be Brave

The Life of the Author

I Live You For Ever

Louise-Élisabeth Vigée-Lebrun: Portrait of an Artist, 1755-1842

Mischief in Patagonia

Slide Rule

Janet Guthrie

Portrait of the Artist as a Young Dog

Books from our members

Outside Looking In

Born to be Brave

The Life of the Author

I Live You For Ever

Louise-Élisabeth Vigée-Lebrun: Portrait of an Artist, 1755-1842

Judith Resnik

Jane Fonda

The Life and Work of Sigmund Freud

Books from our members

I Live You For Ever

Louise-Élisabeth Vigée-Lebrun: Portrait of an Artist, 1755-1842

Judith Resnik

Books from our members

Outside Looking In

Born to be Brave

The Life of the Author

I Live You For Ever

Louise-Élisabeth Vigée-Lebrun: Portrait of an Artist, 1755-1842

Judith Resnik

Jane Fonda

Snapshots

Up the Down Escalator

The Duty of Memory

Books from our members

Outside Looking In

Born to be Brave

The Life of the Author

I Live You For Ever

Louise-Élisabeth Vigée-Lebrun: Portrait of an Artist, 1755-1842

Judith Resnik

Jane Fonda

Snapshots

Up the Down Escalator

The Duty of Memory

Ortiz's War

A Psychiatrist's Journey

The Twenty

A Long Way from Anywhere

Ernő Rubik and His Magic Cube