Popular biographies 2018

There's a reason she's known as the "Notorious R.B.G." Political historian Jane Sherron De Hart interviewed friends, family, and the Supreme Court Justice herself for a revelatory telling of Ginsburg's life, from her high school baton-twirling days to her groundbreaking career.

Historian and bestselling author Tilar J. Mazzeo offers a comprehensive look at the life of  Eliza Schuyler, Alexander Hamilton's wife who founded New York's first orphanage.

Unlike her "helpless" portrayal in the musical, Hamilton, this is a story of an audacious woman.

Bob Spitz's nearly 800-page book paints a spectacular, sometimes-thorny portr