"The Lion and the Unicorn: Gladstone vs. Disraeli" by Richard Aldous

"Franklin and Winston: An Intimate Portrait of an Epic Friendship" by Jon Meacham

"The Reagans: Portrait of a Marriage" by Anne Edwards

"Indira: The Life of Indira Nehru Gandhi" by Katherine Frank

"Louis XIV: The Power and the Glory" by Josephine Wilkinson

"Martin Luther King, Jr.: A Life" by Marshall Frady

"Ida: A Sword Among Lions" by Paula J. Giddings

"The Spy and the Traitor: The Greatest Espionage Story of the Cold War" by Ben Macintyre

"The Last Tycoon: The Secret History of Lazard Freres & Co." by William D. Cohan

"The Six: The Lives of the Mitford Sisters" by Laura Thompson