8 best-selling biography books like Tom Stoppard: A Life by Hermione Lee

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Tom Stoppard: A Life

By: Hermione Lee

4.24

Format: 978 pages, Hardcover

With unprecedented access to private papers, diaries, letters, and countless interviews with figure…

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1. Old Filth (Old Filth, #1)

By: Jane Gardam

3.94

Format: 290 pages, Paperback

Sir Edward Feathers has had a brilliant career, from his early days as a lawyer in Southeast Asia, … read more

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"-Laikas bėga. -Nesu tikras, kad jis žino kur."

-Jane Gardam, Old Filth (Old Filth, #1)

"Apie praeitį, nebent ji būtų be galo laiminga, vaikai kalbėti nelinkę."

-Jane Gardam, Old Filth (Old Filth, #1)

"If you've not been loved as a child, you don't know how to love a child."

-Jane Gardam, Old Filth (Old Filth, #1)

"Kai tik atsiranda merginų, egzaminų pažymiai ima blogėti. Kuo karštesnė aistra, tuo prasčiau sekasi mokslas."

-Jane Gardam, Old Filth (Old Filth, #1)

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2. The Crime at Black Dudley (Albert Campion Mystery, #1)

By: Margery Allingham

3.62

Format: 208 pages, Paperback

A house party is under way at the remote mansion of Black Dudley, and among the guests are some ver… read more

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"George Abbershaw's prosaic mind quivered on the verge of poetry when he looked at her."

-Margery Allingham, The Crime at Black Dudley (Albert Campion Mystery, #1)

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3. Arcadia

By: Tom Stoppard

3.80

Format: None pages, Paperback

Arcadiatakes us back and forth between the nineteenth and twentieth centuries, ranging over the nat… read more

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  • theatre
  • drama

4. Death in a Strange Country (Commissario Brunetti, #2)

By: Donna Leon

3.90

Format: 256 pages, Paperback

In Death in a Strange CountryCommissario Guido Brunetti confronts a grisly sight when the body of a… read more

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5. The Woman on the Stairs

By: Bernhard Schlink

3.40

Format: None pages,

For decades the painting was believed to be lost. But, just as mysteriously as it disappeared, it … read more

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6. Thus Was Adonis Murdered (Hilary Tamar, #1)

By: Sarah Caudwell

3.88

Format: None pages, Mass Market Paperback

When her personal copy of the current Finance Act is found a few metres away from a body, young bar… read more

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7. A Noble Radiance (Commissario Brunetti, #7)

By: Donna Leon

4.03

Format: 256 pages, Paperback

Donna Leon has topped European bestseller lists for more than a decade with a series of mysteries f… read more

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8. Rosencrantz and Guildenstern Are Dead

By: Tom Stoppard , None

3.48

Format: None pages,

Hamlettold from the worm's-eye view of two minor characters, bewildered Rosencrantz and Guildenster… read more

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9. Purity of Heart is to Will One Thing: Spiritual Preparation for the Office of Confession

By: Søren Kierkegaard , Douglas V. Steere

3.36

Format: None pages, Paperback

Crossing the boundaries of philosophy, theology, psychology, and literature, the Danish writer Sore… read more

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10. The Girl at the Lion d'Or

By: Sebastian Faulks

3.88

Format: 383 pages, Paperback

"Beautifully written and--extraordinarily moving."--The Sunday Times(London) From the author of the… read more

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11. The Real Thing

By: Tom Stoppard

4.16

Format: 200 pages,

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12. Uniform Justice (Commissario Brunetti, #12)

By: Donna Leon

3.94

Format: 229 pages, Paperback

A riveting, pitch-perfect murder mystery--the work of a truly masterful storyteller. Conjuring cont… read more

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13. When We Cease to Understand the World

By: Benjamín Labatut

4.14

Format: 193 pages, Kindle Edition

One of The New York Times Book Review ’s 10 Best Books of 2021 Shortlisted for the 2021 Internat… read more

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  • nonfiction
  • history
  • audiobook
"Como la luna en el budismo, una partícula no existe; el acto de medición la vuelve un objeto real"

-Benjamín Labatut, When We Cease to Understand the World

"Reality, they said to those present, does not exist as something separate from the act of observation."

-Benjamín Labatut, When We Cease to Understand the World

"Una de las cosas que siempre me han sorprendido de Chile es la aversión que sentimos por la cordillera. No habitamos las montañas."

-Benjamín Labatut, When We Cease to Understand the World

"Solo una visione di insieme, come quella di un santo, di un pazzo o di un mistico, ci permetterà di decifrare la forma in cui è organizzato l’universo."

-Benjamín Labatut, When We Cease to Understand the World

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14. The Maniac

By: Benjamín Labatut

4.34

Format: 368 pages, Hardcover

From one of contemporary literature’s most exciting new voices, a haunting story centered on the Hu… read more

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  • audiobook
"[...] si nuestra especie iba a sobrevivir el siglo XX, necesitábamos llenar el enorme vacío dejado por la huida de los dioses, y la única candidata viable para realizar esa extraña y esotérica transf…"

-Benjamín Labatut, The Maniac

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15. Independence Square (Arkady Renko, #10)

By: Martin Cruz Smith

4.00

Format: 272 pages, Hardcover

Detective Arkaday Renko risks his life when he heads to Ukraine shortly before the Russian invasion… read more

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  • audiobook
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16. Great-Uncle Harry: A Tale of War and Empire

By: Michael Palin

4.17

Format: 320 pages, Hardcover

From the time, many years ago, when Michael Palin first heard that his grandfather had a brother, H… read more

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  • history
  • biography
  • nonfiction
  • audiobook
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17. Shakespeare: The Man Who Pays the Rent

By: Judi Dench

4.56

Format: 400 pages, Hardcover

Discover the work of the greatest writer in the English language as you've never encountered it bef… read more

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  • history
  • biography
  • theatre
  • biography memoir
  • nonfiction
  • audiobook
"There's magic to be mined in mistakes."

-Judi Dench, Shakespeare: The Man Who Pays the Rent

"[Judi Dench, referring to departed colleagues] Where are all those people? Can't believe it. How can it happen? They were so alive and -- so present, so vital. That's why we have to love the now, hav…"

-Judi Dench, Shakespeare: The Man Who Pays the Rent

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18. Nazi Billionaires: The Dark History of Germany's Wealthiest Dynasties

By: David de Jong

4.21

Format: 400 pages, Hardcover

A groundbreaking investigation of how the Nazis helped German tycoons make billions off the horrors… read more

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  • history
  • biography
  • nonfiction
  • audiobook
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19. The Night Raven (Crow Investigations #1)

By: Sarah Painter

3.79

Format: 246 pages, Kindle Edition

Meet Lydia Crow... Lydia has always known she has no power, especially next to her infamous and m… read more

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  • audiobook
Cover of The Secret Life of John le Carré by Adam Sisman

20. The Secret Life of John le Carré

By: Adam Sisman

3.49

Format: 208 pages, Hardcover

The extraordinary secret life of a great novelist, which his biographer could not publish while le … read more

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  • history
  • biography
  • biography memoir
  • nonfiction
  • audiobook
Cover of Putting It Together: How Stephen Sondheim and I Created "Sunday in the Park with George" by James Lapine

21. Putting It Together: How Stephen Sondheim and I Created "Sunday in the Park with George"

By: James Lapine

4.50

Format: 416 pages, Hardcover

A NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER A behind-the-scenes look at the making of the iconic musical Sunday in… read more

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  • history
  • biography
  • theatre
  • biography memoir
  • nonfiction
  • audiobook
Cover of Keir Starmer: The Biography by Tom Baldwin

22. Keir Starmer: The Biography

By: Tom Baldwin

4.06

Format: 428 pages, Kindle Edition

THE SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLER 'This will be the most important political book of the year’ MATTHEW… read more

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  • history
  • biography
  • nonfiction
  • audiobook
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23. West

By: Carys Davies

3.70

Format: 160 pages, Hardcover

When Cy Bellman, American settler and widowed father of Bess, reads in the newspaper that huge anci… read more

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  • audiobook
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24. The Living Sea of Waking Dreams

By: Richard Flanagan

3.71

Format: 240 pages, ebook

In a world of perennial fire and growing extinctions, Anna’s aged mother is dying—if her three chil… read more

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  • audiobook
Cover of Life After the Third Reich: The Struggle to Rise from the Nazi Ruins by Paul Roland

25. Life After the Third Reich: The Struggle to Rise from the Nazi Ruins

By: Paul Roland

4.04

Format: 196 pages, Kindle Edition

In 1945, Hitler committed suicide in his bunker as the Third Reich collapsed and the Red Army swamp… read more

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  • history
  • nonfiction
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26. Leopoldstadt

By: Tom Stoppard

4.36

Format: None pages, Hardcover

At the beginning of the 20th Century, Leopoldstadt was the old, crowded Jewish quarter of Vienna. B… read more

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  • theatre
  • drama
  • jewish
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27. Oppenheimer: The Official Screenplay

By: Christopher Nolan

4.78

Format: 220 pages, Paperback

The complete screenplay of Christopher Nolan's  Oppenheimer. Oppenheimer centers on the life of th… read more

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  • nonfiction
"Albert Einstein: So here we are, hmm? Lost in your quantum world of probabilities, and needing certainty."

-Christopher Nolan, Oppenheimer: The Official Screenplay

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28. Tom Stoppard: A Life

By: Hermione Lee

4.24

Format: 978 pages, Hardcover

With unprecedented access to private papers, diaries, letters, and countless interviews with figure… read more

Similar categories in Hermione Lee's Tom Stoppard: A Life book and Hermione Lee's Tom Stoppard: A Life

  • drama
  • history
  • biography
  • jewish
  • theatre
  • biography memoir
  • nonfiction
  • audiobook
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29. ROYAL FAMILY ROYAL CRISIS: THE CHALLENGES FACING A NEW KING IN A NEW AGE

By: Roland Gough

3.16

Format: 221 pages, Kindle Edition

This is the book that lifts the lid on many important issues that are rocking the very foundations … read more

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30. Mozart

By: John Suchet

4.20

Format: 288 pages, Hardcover

An ideal introduction to understanding the famous composer. Rich with wit and warmth, this compact … read more

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  • history
  • biography
  • nonfiction
  • biography memoir

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When We Cease to Understand the World

Benjamín Labatut

4.14

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The Maniac

Benjamín Labatut

4.34

Transform Your Habits

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Martin Cruz Smith

4.00

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Michael Palin

4.17

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Stephen Adly Guirgis

3.81

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Lynn Nottage

4.06

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David Lindsay-Abaire

3.26

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Suzan-Lori Parks

4.11

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