Subject: Biographical fiction

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Books under this subject

• Girl with a Pearl Earring by Tracy Chevalier (8,355 copies)
• The Other Boleyn Girl by Philippa Gregory (7,669 copies)
• Alias Grace by Margaret Atwood (5,040 copies)
• I, Claudius by Robert Graves (3,538 copies)
• Invisible Cities by Italo Calvino (3,390 copies)
• What Is the What by Dave Eggers (2,983 copies)
• Schindler's Ark by Thomas Keneally (2,641 copies)
• The Constant Princess by Philippa Gregory (2,523 copies)
• Arthur and George by Julian Barnes (2,372 copies)
• The Virgin's Lover by Philippa Gregory (2,338 copies)
• Einstein's Dreams by Alan Lightman (2,305 copies)
• Mason & Dixon by Thomas Pynchon (2,207 copies)
• True History of the Kelly Gang by Peter Carey (1,848 copies)
• Claudius the God: And His Wife Messalina by Robert Graves (1,807 copies)
• Regeneration by Pat Barker (1,779 copies)
• Loving Frank: A Novel by Nancy Horan (1,735 copies)
• The General in His Labyrinth by Gabriel García Márquez (1,674 copies)
• Libra by Don DeLillo (1,662 copies)
• Memoirs of Hadrian by Marguerite Yourcenar (1,550 copies)
• The Agony and the Ecstasy: A Biographical Novel of… by Irving Stone (1,529 copies)
• Girl in Hyacinth Blue by Susan Vreeland (1,509 copies)
• Christ the Lord: Out of Egypt by Anne Rice (1,474 copies)
• Carter Beats the Devil by Glen David Gold (1,410 copies)
• The Last Temptation of Christ by Nikos Kazantzakis (1,401 copies)
• Ben-Hur: a tale of the Christ by Lew Wallace (1,357 copies)
• The First Man in Rome by Colleen McCullough (1,272 copies)
• Imperium: A Novel of Ancient Rome by Robert Harris (1,239 copies)
• The Autobiography of Henry VIII: With Notes by His Fool,… by Margaret George (1,211 copies)
• The Ghost Road by Pat Barker (1,209 copies)
• The Master: A Novel by Colm Tóibín (1,208 copies)
• Gods and Generals by Jeff Shaara (1,196 copies)
• One Thousand White Women: The Journals of May Dodd by Jim Fergus (1,187 copies)
• Slammerkin by Emma Donoghue (1,173 copies)
• Katherine by Anya Seton (1,170 copies)
• The Executioner's Song by Norman Mailer (1,135 copies)
• Die Vermessung der Welt by Daniel Kehlmann (1,114 copies)
• Here Be Dragons by Sharon Kay Penman (1,084 copies)
• Lincoln: A Novel by Gore Vidal (1,047 copies)
• Ines of My Soul: A Novel by Isabel Allende (1,038 copies)
• Empress Orchid by Anchee Min (1,022 copies)
• The Persian Boy by Mary Renault (1,022 copies)
• Mary Queen of Scotland & The Isles: A Novel by Margaret George (1,017 copies)
• Innocent Traitor: A Novel of Lady Jane Grey by Alison Weir (1,004 copies)
• The Confessions of Nat Turner by William Styron (1,002 copies)
• Burr: A Novel by Gore Vidal (1,000 copies)
• The Sunne in Splendour by Sharon Kay Penman (970 copies)
• The Gospel According to Jesus Christ by José Saramago (962 copies)
• Burning Bright by Tracy Chevalier (951 copies)
• The Eye in the Door by Pat Barker (926 copies)
• The Robe by Lloyd C. Douglas (915 copies)

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