16 must-read biography books like Maxwell: The Final Verdict by Tom Bower

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Maxwell: The Final Verdict

By: Tom Bower

4.04

Format: 513 pages, Kindle Edition

Robert Maxwell was one of the most flamboyant, complex and - seemingly - the richest self-made men …

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1. In Plain Sight: The Life and Lies of Jimmy Savile

By: Dan Davies

4.00

Format: None pages,

Dan Davies has spent more than a decade on a quest to find the real Jimmy Savile, and interviewed h… read more

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  • nonfiction
  • biography
Cover of American Prometheus: The Triumph and Tragedy of J. Robert Oppenheimer by Kai Bird, Martin J. Sherwin

2. American Prometheus: The Triumph and Tragedy of J. Robert Oppenheimer

By: Kai Bird , Martin J. Sherwin

4.00

Format: None pages, Paperback

"American Prometheus is the first full-scale biography of J. Robert Oppenheimer, "father of the ato… read more

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  • nonfiction
  • biography
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3. Bare-Faced Messiah: The True Story Of L. Ron Hubbard

By: Russell Miller

3.84

Format: 352 pages, Hardcover

The founder and leader of the Church of Scientology, L. Ron Hubbard was promoted for over 30 years … read more

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  • nonfiction
  • biography
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4. Wicked Beyond Belief: The Hunt for the Yorkshire Ripper

By: Michael Bilton

3.68

Format: 346 pages,

For over 20 years, the dark secrets of the biggest criminal manhunt in British history have remaine… read more

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  • nonfiction
  • biography
Cover of Lady in Waiting: My Extraordinary Life in the Shadow of the Crown by Anne Glenconner

5. Lady in Waiting: My Extraordinary Life in the Shadow of the Crown

By: Anne Glenconner

4.06

Format: 326 pages, Hardcover

An extraordinary memoir of drama, tragedy, and royal secrets by Anne Glenconner--a close member of … read more

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  • nonfiction
  • biography
"According to Princess Margaret, "You can't possibly have a picnic without your butler."

-Anne Glenconner, Lady in Waiting: My Extraordinary Life in the Shadow of the Crown

"One of the protocols of being in the company of a member of the Royal Family is that if they are standing, you have to stand - you can't sit down until they do. They seem to do an awful lot of standi…"

-Anne Glenconner, Lady in Waiting: My Extraordinary Life in the Shadow of the Crown

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6. Politics On the Edge: A Memoir From Within

By: Rory Stewart

4.36

Format: 434 pages, Kindle Edition

A searing insider's account of ten extraordinary years in Parliament from Rory Stewart, former Cabi… read more

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  • nonfiction
  • biography
"Proper searching could stop drugs being carried through the gates. In the US and Sweden, where there was proper searching, I had discovered, the drug rates were far lower. But when I shared these sug…"

-Rory Stewart, Politics On the Edge: A Memoir From Within

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7. The Pyramid of Lies: Lex Greensill and the Billion-Dollar Scandal

By: Duncan Mavin

4.07

Format: 352 pages, Hardcover

The inside story of one of the superstars of global FinTech, Lex Greensill, and his dramatic fall f… read more

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  • nonfiction
  • biography
Cover of A Convenient Death: The Mysterious Demise of Jeffrey Epstein by Alana Goodman

8. A Convenient Death: The Mysterious Demise of Jeffrey Epstein

By: Alana Goodman

3.67

Format: 256 pages, Hardcover

A must-read for fans of the Netflix docuseries Filthy Rich: The full investigation of the shocking … read more

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  • nonfiction
  • biography
Cover of Traitor King: The Scandalous Exile of the Duke & Duchess of Windsor by Andrew Lownie

9. Traitor King: The Scandalous Exile of the Duke & Duchess of Windsor

By: Andrew Lownie

3.82

Format: 352 pages, Kindle Edition

Traitor King, by Sunday Times bestselling author Andrew Lownie, looks at the years following the ab… read more

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  • nonfiction
  • biography
"The problem was that the Duke wanted status not a job, to be recognised rather than to contribute."

-Andrew Lownie, Traitor King: The Scandalous Exile of the Duke & Duchess of Windsor

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10. Rogue Trader

By: Nick Leeson

3.93

Format: 365 pages, Kindle Edition

When Leeson was arrested in 1995 for bringing Barings Bank to its knees, it initially seemed as if … read more

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  • nonfiction
  • biography
Cover of Billion Dollar Loser: The Epic Rise and Spectacular Fall of Adam Neumann and WeWork by Reeves  Wiedeman

11. Billion Dollar Loser: The Epic Rise and Spectacular Fall of Adam Neumann and WeWork

By: Reeves Wiedeman

4.09

Format: 352 pages, Hardcover

The inside story of WeWork and its CEO, Adam Neumann, which tells the remarkable saga of one of the… read more

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  • nonfiction
  • biography
Cover of Prince Andrew: The End of the Monarchy and Epstein by Nigel Cawthorne

12. Prince Andrew: The End of the Monarchy and Epstein

By: Nigel Cawthorne

3.57

Format: None pages, kindle_edition

’Excruciating.’ Sunday Times The arrests of Jeffrey Epstein and Ghislaine Maxwell sparked a Prin… read more

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  • nonfiction
  • biography
Cover of War of the Windsors: The Inside Story of Charles, Andrew and the Rivalry That Has Defined the Royal Family by Nigel Cawthorne

13. War of the Windsors: The Inside Story of Charles, Andrew and the Rivalry That Has Defined the Royal Family

By: Nigel Cawthorne

3.58

Format: 304 pages, Kindle Edition

Telling the story of their lives from children to modern day, this fascinating and revelatory new b… read more

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  • nonfiction
  • biography
Cover of One Bloody Afternoon: What really happened during the Hungerford Massacre by Jeremy Josephs

14. One Bloody Afternoon: What really happened during the Hungerford Massacre

By: Jeremy Josephs

3.86

Format: 206 pages, Kindle Edition

One Bloody Afternoon tells the true story of the Hungerford Massacre of 1987, in which 17 people di… read more

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Cover of Ghislaine Maxwell: Jeffrey Epstein and America's Most Notorious Socialite by Nigel Cawthorne

15. Ghislaine Maxwell: Jeffrey Epstein and America's Most Notorious Socialite

By: Nigel Cawthorne

3.26

Format: 173 pages, Kindle Edition

Ghislaine Maxwell had everythingHer jetset world was not only made up of Presidents, top billionair… read more

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  • biography
Cover of One Party After Another: The Disruptive Life of Nigel Farage by Michael Crick

16. One Party After Another: The Disruptive Life of Nigel Farage

By: Michael Crick

4.11

Format: 400 pages, ebook

'Enormously readable...excellent' Dominic Sandbrook, Sunday Times'A superb piece of thorough journa… read more

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  • nonfiction
  • biography
Cover of Maxwell: The Final Verdict by Tom Bower

17. Maxwell: The Final Verdict

By: Tom Bower

4.04

Format: 513 pages, Kindle Edition

Robert Maxwell was one of the most flamboyant, complex and - seemingly - the richest self-made men … read more

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  • nonfiction
  • biography
Cover of The Peer and the Gangster: A Very British Cover-up by Daniel   Smith

18. The Peer and the Gangster: A Very British Cover-up

By: Daniel Smith

3.89

Format: 266 pages, Kindle Edition

In July 1964, the Sunday Mirror ran a front-page story headlined: PEER AND A GANGSTER: YARD ENQUIRY… read more

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  • nonfiction

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