Non-Fiction
| Title | Published | Buy on Amazon |
|---|---|---|
| The House of Morgan | 1990 | Buy |
| The Warburgs | 1993 | Buy |
| The Death of the Banker | 1997 | Buy |
| Titan: The Life of John D. Rockefeller, Sr. | 1998 | Buy |
| Alexander Hamilton | 2004 | Buy |
| Washington: A Life | 2010 | Buy |
| Grant | 2017 | Buy |
| Mark Twain | 2025 | Buy |
Ron Chernow has spent his career writing large-scale biographies of figures who shaped American finance, politics, and industry. His books on J.P. Morgan, the Warburg family, and John D. Rockefeller established him as a leading narrative historian, and his later biographies of Hamilton, Washington, and Grant reached an even wider audience.
Chernow’s work is known for its thoroughness and readability. He draws on extensive archival research to build portraits that feel both historically grounded and dramatically compelling. The success of the “Hamilton” musical introduced his scholarship to millions of people who might never have picked up a 900-page biography, and his influence on how Americans think about the founding era continues to grow.