Biographical Fiction

The biographical novel is a genre of novel which provides a fictional and usually entertaining account of a person's life. This kind of novel concentrates on the experiences a person had during his lifetime, the people he met and the incidents which occurred are detailed and sometimes trimmings are done to give it the appearance of a novel. ...more

The Magnificent Lives of Marjorie Post
Let's Call Her Barbie
The Mitford Affair
Harlem Rhapsody
Her Hidden Genius
Finding Margaret Fuller
The Magician
The Cardinal
Fifth Avenue Glamour Girl
Maria: A Novel of Maria von Trapp
Diva
The Queen of Sugar Hill: A Novel of Hattie McDaniel
By Her Own Design: The Story of Ann Lowe, Society's Best-Kept Secret
The Woman With the Cure
Jackie
Loving Frank
The Personal Librarian
The Paris Wife
Circling the Sun
Z: A Novel of Zelda Fitzgerald
The Aviator's Wife
The Only Woman in the Room
The Other Einstein
The Tattooist of Auschwitz (The Tattooist of Auschwitz, #1)
Under the Wide and Starry Sky
The Frozen River
The Mystery of Mrs. Christie
Becoming Mrs. Lewis
A Well-Behaved Woman
A Piece of the World
Diana Stevan
She understood that unrequited love could break a heart, but there was nothing she could do about his sorrow.
Diana Stevan, Sunflowers Under Fire

Gillie Basson
With Robert gone, I’ve decided to leave the fighting world and try to start afresh. If only a fresh start would present itself. The only thing fresh is the tankard of gin in front of me”.
Gillie Basson, Undefeated: A Historical Novel Inspired by the World's First Female Bare-Knuckle Fighter

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