13 Best biography books like Capote's Women: A True Story of Love, Betrayal, and a Swan Song for an Era by Laurence Leamer

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Capote's Women: A True Story of Love, Betrayal, and a Swan Song for an Era

By: Laurence Leamer

3.83

Format: 356 pages, Hardcover

New York Times bestselling author Laurence Leamer reveals the complex web of relationships and scan…

If you liked the biography plot in Capote's Women: A True Story of Love, Betrayal, and a Swan Song for an Era by Laurence Leamer , here is a list of 13 books like this:

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1. Party of the Century: The Fabulous Story of Truman Capote and His Black-And-White Ball

By: Deborah Davis

5.00

Format: None pages, Paperback

In 1966, everyone who was anyone wanted an invitation to Truman Capote's ""Black and White Dance"" … read more

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  • new york
  • history
  • biography
  • memoir
  • nonfiction
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2. Upstairs at the White House: My Life with the First Ladies

By: J.B. West

3.83

Format: None pages, Kindle Edition

A fascinating behind-the-scenes look at life on Pennsylvania Avenue with America's first families, … read more

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  • history
  • biography
  • memoir
  • biography memoir
  • nonfiction

3. Answered Prayers - The Unfinished Novel

By: Truman Capote

4.31

Format: 517 pages, Paperback

Although Truman Capote's last novel was unfinished at the time of his death, its surviving portions… read more

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4. Slim: Memories of a Rich and Imperfect Life

By: Annette Tapert , None

3.49

Format: 465 pages, Hardcover

The California beauty who became America'a quintessential socialite recounts her life in the social… read more

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5. Capote

By: Gerald Clarke

5.00

Format: None pages,

From instant celebrity at age 23 to alcoholic loner by mid-life, Truman Capote streaked across the … read more

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6. The Swans of Fifth Avenue

By: Melanie Benjamin

1.00

Format: 64 pages, Hardcover

From the New York Times bestselling author of The Aviator's Wife comes an enthralling new novel abo… read more

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7. America's First Daughter

By: Stephanie Dray , Laura Kamoie

3.68

Format: 113 pages, Paperback

In a compelling, richly researched novel that draws from thousands of letters and original sources,… read more

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8. Code Girls: The Untold Story of the American Women Code Breakers Who Helped Win World War II

By: Liza Mundy

4.00

Format: 290 pages, Hardcover

In the tradition of Hidden Figuresand The Girls of Atomic City, Code Girlsis the astonishing, untol… read more

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9. Why They Stay: Sex Scandals, Deals, and Hidden Agendas of Eight Political Wives

By: Anne Michaud

4.29

Format: 199 pages, Kindle Edition

Why do good women stay with bad men? What if political wives are just as calculating as their in… read more

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  • nonfiction
  • biography
  • history
"The political wife came forward and publicly vouched for her straying man. If she could continue to trust and believe in him, the public could too – or so the script went."

-Anne Michaud, Why They Stay: Sex Scandals, Deals, and Hidden Agendas of Eight Political Wives

"For each of these women, the fear of the unknown — of leaving a marriage and casting off alone — may have bound them to a marriage where there is insensitivity, neglect, or even outright abuse. Peopl…"

-Anne Michaud, Why They Stay: Sex Scandals, Deals, and Hidden Agendas of Eight Political Wives

"What we witness playing out in the relationships of our public figures we risk finding acceptable in our private lives. Feminists have connected women’s sexual subordination to their unequal status i…"

-Anne Michaud, Why They Stay: Sex Scandals, Deals, and Hidden Agendas of Eight Political Wives

"To leave the marriage behind is to step out of the spotlight. It means fading into normalcy, returning to ordinary life, perhaps an impossible admission for women who have built their egos on being o…"

-Anne Michaud, Why They Stay: Sex Scandals, Deals, and Hidden Agendas of Eight Political Wives

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10. My Name Is Barbra

By: Barbra Streisand

4.20

Format: 1040 pages, Hardcover

The long-awaited memoir by the superstar of stage, screen, recordings, and television. Barbra St… read more

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  • biography
  • history
  • memoir
  • biography memoir
  • nonfiction
  • audiobook
"Fame is a hollow trophy. No matter who you are, you can only eat one pastrami sandwich at a time."

-Barbra Streisand, My Name Is Barbra

"Once again I was struck by the power of music. Somehow, it can be the connective tissue between souls."

-Barbra Streisand, My Name Is Barbra

"There are some things I hope we can all agree upon: The antidote to lies is truth, the remedy to war is peace, and the solution to hate is love."

-Barbra Streisand, My Name Is Barbra

"Language gives us an insight into the way women are viewed in a male-dominated society . . . A man is commanding—a woman is demanding. A man is forceful—a woman is pushy. A man is uncompromising—a wo…"

-Barbra Streisand, My Name Is Barbra

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11. Vanderbilt: The Rise and Fall of an American Dynasty

By: Anderson Cooper

3.82

Format: 317 pages, Hardcover

New York Times bestselling author and journalist Anderson Cooper teams with New York Times bestsell… read more

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  • new york
  • biography
  • history
  • memoir
  • historical
  • biography memoir
  • nonfiction
  • audiobook
Cover of Capote's Women: A True Story of Love, Betrayal, and a Swan Song for an Era by Laurence Leamer

12. Capote's Women: A True Story of Love, Betrayal, and a Swan Song for an Era

By: Laurence Leamer

3.83

Format: 356 pages, Hardcover

New York Times bestselling author Laurence Leamer reveals the complex web of relationships and scan… read more

Similar categories in Laurence Leamer's Capote's Women: A True Story of Love, Betrayal, and a Swan Song for an Era book and Laurence Leamer's Capote's Women: A True Story of Love, Betrayal, and a Swan Song for an Era

  • new york
  • biography
  • history
  • memoir
  • literature
  • historical
  • biography memoir
  • nonfiction
  • womens
  • audiobook
Cover of Deliberate Cruelty: Truman Capote, the Millionaire's Wife, and the Murder of the Century by Roseanne Montillo

13. Deliberate Cruelty: Truman Capote, the Millionaire's Wife, and the Murder of the Century

By: Roseanne Montillo

3.68

Format: 320 pages, Hardcover

Exploring the darkly intertwined fates of infamous socialite Ann Woodward and literary icon Truman … read more

Similar categories in Roseanne Montillo's Deliberate Cruelty: Truman Capote, the Millionaire's Wife, and the Murder of the Century book and Laurence Leamer's Capote's Women: A True Story of Love, Betrayal, and a Swan Song for an Era

  • biography
  • history
  • historical
  • nonfiction
  • womens
  • audiobook
Cover of Astor: The Rise and Fall of an American Fortune by Anderson Cooper

14. Astor: The Rise and Fall of an American Fortune

By: Anderson Cooper

3.77

Format: 322 pages, Hardcover

The number one New York Times bestselling authors of Vanderbilt return with another riveting histor… read more

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  • new york
  • biography
  • history
  • memoir
  • historical
  • biography memoir
  • nonfiction
  • audiobook
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15. Wives Like Us

By: Plum Sykes

3.55

Format: 368 pages, Hardcover

Take a grand English country house, one (heartbroken) American divorcee, three rich wives, two tyco… read more

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  • audiobook
Cover of Once Upon a Time: The Captivating Life of Carolyn Bessette-Kennedy by Elizabeth Beller

16. Once Upon a Time: The Captivating Life of Carolyn Bessette-Kennedy

By: Elizabeth Beller

3.86

Format: 352 pages, Hardcover

The life and legacy of Carolyn Bessette-Kennedy, wife of John F. Kennedy Jr., are reexamined in thi… read more

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  • new york
  • biography
  • history
  • memoir
  • biography memoir
  • nonfiction
  • audiobook
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17. The Friday Afternoon Club: A Family Memoir

By: Griffin Dunne

4.19

Format: 400 pages, Hardcover

At nine, Sean Connery saved him from drowning. At thirteen, desperate to hook up with Janis Joplin,… read more

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  • new york
  • biography
  • history
  • memoir
  • biography memoir
  • nonfiction
  • audiobook
"At the moment when Mrs. Griffin had been notified of her husband’s death, she was in bed with her lover at the Hotel del Coronado in California, and took the news that she was a widow rather well. Sh…"

-Griffin Dunne, The Friday Afternoon Club: A Family Memoir

Cover of Such Good Friends: A Novel of Truman Capote & Lee Radziwill by Stephen Greco

18. Such Good Friends: A Novel of Truman Capote & Lee Radziwill

By: Stephen Greco

3.71

Format: 480 pages, Paperback

“Fans of Capote and the era of Camelot should be delighted.” —Shana Abé, New York Times bestsellin… read more

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  • new york
  • historical
  • audiobook
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19. Hollywood Horrors: Murders, Scandals, and Cover-Ups from Tinseltown

By: Andrea Van Landingham

4.01

Format: 312 pages, Paperback

The name “Hollywood” conjures up fantastical images of bright lights, glamorous dreams, and impossi… read more

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  • biography
  • history
  • historical
  • nonfiction
  • audiobook
Cover of When Women Ran Fifth Avenue: Glamour and Power at the Dawn of American Fashion by Julie Satow

20. When Women Ran Fifth Avenue: Glamour and Power at the Dawn of American Fashion

By: Julie Satow

4.06

Format: 295 pages, Hardcover

A glittering, glamorous portrait of the golden age of American department stores and of three visio… read more

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  • history
  • nonfiction
  • audiobook
Cover of Ask Not: The Kennedys and the Women They Destroyed by Maureen Callahan

21. Ask Not: The Kennedys and the Women They Destroyed

By: Maureen Callahan

4.25

Format: 400 pages, Hardcover

From New York Times bestseller Maureen Callahan, a fierce, character-driven exposé of the real Kenn… read more

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  • history
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  • historical
  • nonfiction
  • audiobook

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3.82

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3.83

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4.43

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3.99

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