Booklist Reader Adult Books Top 10 Biographies
Scientific genius, creativity, motherhood, racism, sexism, suffering, courage, and conviction drive these commanding and enlightening biographies of trailblazers who changed the world. Code Breaker: Jennifer Doudna, Gene Editing, and the Future of the Human Race. By Walter Isaacson. 2021. Simon & Schuster.
Isaacson expertly portrays Jennifer Doudna, a pioneer of the revolutionary gene-editing tool CRISPR, while also elucidating the complex moral issues raised by this mighty biotechnology.
The Dead Are Arising: The Life of Malcolm X. By Les Payne and Tamara Payne. 2020. Norton/Liveright.
This masterful reassessment of Malcolm X places him within the continuum of Black struggle.
The Doctors Blackwell: How Two Pioneering Sisters Brought Medicine to Women and Women to Medicine. By Janice P. Nimura. 2021. Norton.
Nimura tells the engrossing stories…
