Looking for a great biography to add to your reading pile? Add any or all of the ten books long listed for the 2026 Plutarch Award, presented annually by Biographers International Organization. Good stuff.
The winner of the Plutarch will be announced in May at the annual BIO Conference.
Fun fact (and to toot my own horn a bit): I wrote and introduced the resolution creating this award when I was a board member of BIO way back in 2011 or so. From the very beginning, the list of nominees and winners has been rock solid, and I’m really, really proud of this one. It’s still the only international literary award given to biographers, by biographers.
Brian Jay Jones 