Biographies of well known personalities and mostly the controversial ones top the bestseller biography list often. Biographies are life stories of personalities written by other authors. A biography is not only about mundane facts, dates and information about the life of that renowned individual but his aspirations and thoughts. When a biography is written by the personality himself it is called an autobiography. An autobiography portrays one's personal experiences and experiments with life. The history of biography writing dates back to ancient civilization when the biographies of kings were written. At present the biographies are on politicians, movie stars, sports personalities and many more.
In the 20 th century the Mein Kamph or My Struggle by Adolf Hitler had created sensation around the world. It still is one of the bestsellers as it has not ceased to fascinate the readers. Currently making waves is the biography of Amitabh Bachchan ‘To be or not to be' an eminent movie personality of India. Apart from famous biographies there are well-known biographers whose works had been bestsellers most of the times. Some of the contemporary eminent biographers are Mary S.Lovell, Charles R. Cross, Molly Worthen, A. E. Hotchner and William Manchester.
Some of the bestseller biographies are:
• Marie Antoinette: The Journey by Antonia Fraser
• Living History by Hillary Clinton
• Measure of a Man a biography of Sidney Poitier
• Sophia Loren: Her Own Story by A. E. Hotchner
• Jonathan Edwards: A Life by George M. Marsden
• Lance Armstrong's War by Daniel Coyle
• Straight on Till Morning by Mary Lovell (biography of Beryl Markham)
Biographies is a sort of history, it is a depiction of the life of a person and also the people and world around them. Biographies attract the common mass considerably as they draw a true human picture of a legend.
