12 must-read biography books like Sinatra's Century: One Hundred Notes on the Man and His World by David Lehman

Cover of Sinatra's Century: One Hundred Notes on the Man and His World by David Lehman

Sinatra's Century: One Hundred Notes on the Man and His World

By: David Lehman

3.97

Format: 278 pages, Kindle Edition

In celebration of his one-hundredth birthday, a charming, irresistibly readable, and handsomely pac…

If you liked the biography plot in Sinatra's Century: One Hundred Notes on the Man and His World by David Lehman , here is a list of 12 books like this:

1. A Dangerous Fortune

By: Ken Follett

4.05

Format: None pages, Paperback

In 1866, tragedy strikes at the exclusive Windfield School. A young student drowns in a mysterious … read more

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2. Angle of Repose

By: Wallace Stegner

3.56

Format: None pages,

Wallace Stegner's Pultizer Prize-winning novel is a story of discovery--personal, historical, and g… read more

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3. Gratitude

By: Oliver Sacks

4.06

Format: None pages, Hardcover

A deeply moving testimony and celebration of how to embrace life. In January 2015, Oliver Sacks was… read more

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4. Cobb: A Biography

By: Al Stump

3.44

Format: 326 pages, Paperback

A New York Times Notable Book; Spitball Award for Best Baseball Book of 1994; Basis for a major Hol… read more

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5. The Blonde Identity

By: Ally Carter

3.76

Format: 304 pages, Hardcover

A fast-paced, hilarious road trip rom-com about a woman with amnesia who discovers she's the identi… read more

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6. An Unfinished Love Story: A Personal History of the 1960s

By: Doris Kearns Goodwin

4.71

Format: 480 pages, Hardcover

An Unfinished Love A Personal History of the 1960s by Doris Kearns Goodwin, one of America’s most … read more

Similar categories in Doris Kearns Goodwin's An Unfinished Love Story: A Personal History of the 1960s book and David Lehman's Sinatra's Century: One Hundred Notes on the Man and His World

  • nonfiction
  • biography
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7. The New York Game: Baseball and the Rise of a New City

By: Kevin Baker

4.39

Format: 528 pages, Hardcover

A hugely entertaining history of baseball and New York City, bursting with larger-than-life figures… read more

Similar categories in Kevin Baker's The New York Game: Baseball and the Rise of a New City book and David Lehman's Sinatra's Century: One Hundred Notes on the Man and His World

  • nonfiction
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8. The Baseball 100

By: Joe Posnanski

4.74

Format: 869 pages, Hardcover

A magnum opus from acclaimed baseball writer Joe Posnanski, The Baseball 100 is an audacious, singu… read more

Similar categories in Joe Posnanski's The Baseball 100 book and David Lehman's Sinatra's Century: One Hundred Notes on the Man and His World

  • nonfiction
  • biography
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9. The Lyrics

By: Paul McCartney

4.59

Format: 960 pages, Hardcover

#1 NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER A Washington Post Notable Book Excerpted in The New Yorker A work of… read more

Similar categories in Paul McCartney's The Lyrics book and David Lehman's Sinatra's Century: One Hundred Notes on the Man and His World

  • music
  • nonfiction
  • biography
Cover of Elizabeth Taylor: The Grit & Glamour of an Icon by Kate Andersen Brower

10. Elizabeth Taylor: The Grit & Glamour of an Icon

By: Kate Andersen Brower

4.16

Format: 512 pages, Hardcover

From the #1 New York Times bestselling author of The Residence and First Women, the first ever auth… read more

Similar categories in Kate Andersen Brower's Elizabeth Taylor: The Grit & Glamour of an Icon book and David Lehman's Sinatra's Century: One Hundred Notes on the Man and His World

  • nonfiction
  • biography
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11. All Boys Aren’t Blue

By: George M. Johnson

4.20

Format: 304 pages, Hardcover

In a series of personal essays, prominent journalist and LGBTQIA+ activist George M. Johnson explor… read more

Similar categories in George M. Johnson's All Boys Aren’t Blue book and David Lehman's Sinatra's Century: One Hundred Notes on the Man and His World

  • nonfiction
  • biography
"History has an interesting way of painting."

-George M. Johnson, All Boys Aren’t Blue

"The first person you are ever an activist for is yourself."

-George M. Johnson, All Boys Aren’t Blue

"We are not as different as you think, and all our stories deserve to be celebrated and told."

-George M. Johnson, All Boys Aren’t Blue

"When people ask me how I got into activism, I often say, “The first person you are ever an activist for is yourself."

-George M. Johnson, All Boys Aren’t Blue

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12. Jackie and Me

By: Louis Bayard

3.52

Format: 352 pages, Hardcover

Master storyteller Louis Bayard delivers a surprising portrait of a young Jackie Kennedy as we've n… read more

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Cover of Leave the Gun, Take the Cannoli: The Epic Story of the Making of The Godfather by Mark Seal

13. Leave the Gun, Take the Cannoli: The Epic Story of the Making of The Godfather

By: Mark Seal

4.36

Format: 432 pages, Hardcover

This “wickedly pacey page-turner” (Total Film) unfurls the behind-the-scenes story of the making of… read more

Similar categories in Mark Seal's Leave the Gun, Take the Cannoli: The Epic Story of the Making of The Godfather book and David Lehman's Sinatra's Century: One Hundred Notes on the Man and His World

  • nonfiction
  • biography
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14. The Grandest Stage: A History of the World Series

By: Tyler Kepner

4.01

Format: 336 pages, Hardcover

From the New York Times bestselling author of K: A History of Baseball in Ten Pitches, a highly ent… read more

Similar categories in Tyler Kepner's The Grandest Stage: A History of the World Series book and David Lehman's Sinatra's Century: One Hundred Notes on the Man and His World

  • nonfiction
Cover of No Crying in Baseball: The Inside Story of A League of Their Own: Big Stars, Dugout Drama, and a Home Run for Hollywood by Erin Carlson

15. No Crying in Baseball: The Inside Story of A League of Their Own: Big Stars, Dugout Drama, and a Home Run for Hollywood

By: Erin Carlson

3.69

Format: 320 pages, Hardcover

National Bestseller The inside story of how A League of Their Own —one of the most beloved basebal… read more

Similar categories in Erin Carlson's No Crying in Baseball: The Inside Story of A League of Their Own: Big Stars, Dugout Drama, and a Home Run for Hollywood book and David Lehman's Sinatra's Century: One Hundred Notes on the Man and His World

  • nonfiction
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16. Apropos of Nothing

By: Woody Allen

4.02

Format: 392 pages, Hardcover

The Long-Awaited, Enormously Entertaining Memoir by One of the Great Artists of Our Time—Now a New … read more

Similar categories in Woody Allen's Apropos of Nothing book and David Lehman's Sinatra's Century: One Hundred Notes on the Man and His World

  • nonfiction
  • biography
"I always took to anything that required solitude...it kept me from having to deal with other humans who, for no explainable reason, I didn't like nor trust."

-Woody Allen, Apropos of Nothing

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17. The Last Bookseller: A Life in the Rare Book Trade

By: Gary Goodman

3.82

Format: 200 pages, Hardcover

A wry, unvarnished chronicle of a career in the rare book trade during its last Golden Age When Gar… read more

Similar categories in Gary Goodman's The Last Bookseller: A Life in the Rare Book Trade book and David Lehman's Sinatra's Century: One Hundred Notes on the Man and His World

  • nonfiction
  • biography
"Okay, so I know I’m not the last bookseller. People still sell books. But I’m one of the last of a certain kind of bookseller. The kind that for six hundred years rooted around basements, book bins, …"

-Gary Goodman, The Last Bookseller: A Life in the Rare Book Trade

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18. Holy Cow!

By: Harry Caray

3.39

Format: 246 pages, Hardcover

Autobiography of Harry Caray baseball personality read more

Similar categories in Harry Caray's Holy Cow! book and David Lehman's Sinatra's Century: One Hundred Notes on the Man and His World

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

19. 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

Similar categories in Maureen Callahan's Ask Not: The Kennedys and the Women They Destroyed book and David Lehman's Sinatra's Century: One Hundred Notes on the Man and His World

  • nonfiction
  • biography
Cover of Where's Harry?: Steve Stone Remembers 25 Years with Harry Caray by Steve Stone

20. Where's Harry?: Steve Stone Remembers 25 Years with Harry Caray

By: Steve Stone

4.05

Format: 256 pages, Paperback

When legendary Chicago Cubs' broadcaster Harry Caray passed away in February of 1998, thousands of … read more

Similar categories in Steve Stone's Where's Harry?: Steve Stone Remembers 25 Years with Harry Caray book and David Lehman's Sinatra's Century: One Hundred Notes on the Man and His World

  • nonfiction
  • biography
Cover of Sinatra's Century: One Hundred Notes on the Man and His World by David Lehman

21. Sinatra's Century: One Hundred Notes on the Man and His World

By: David Lehman

3.97

Format: 278 pages, Kindle Edition

In celebration of his one-hundredth birthday, a charming, irresistibly readable, and handsomely pac… read more

Similar categories in David Lehman's Sinatra's Century: One Hundred Notes on the Man and His World book and David Lehman's Sinatra's Century: One Hundred Notes on the Man and His World

  • music
  • nonfiction
  • biography

15 Best nonfiction books like Sinatra's Century: One Hundred Notes on the Man and His World by David Lehman

Transform Your Habits

An Unfinished Love Story: A Personal History of the 1960s

Doris Kearns Goodwin

4.71

Transform Your Habits

The New York Game: Baseball and the Rise of a New City

Kevin Baker

4.39

Transform Your Habits

The Baseball 100

Joe Posnanski

4.74

Transform Your Habits

The Lyrics

Paul McCartney

4.59

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Jacqueline in Paris

Ann Mah

3.69

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The First Ladies

Marie Benedict

4.04

Transform Your Habits

The Latecomer

Jean Hanff Korelitz

4.01

Transform Your Habits

Tracy Flick Can't Win

Tom Perrotta

3.64

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