Biography and Memoir

Discover the stories of their lives, in recent biographies, autobiographies, and memoirs.
Updated June 9, 2026
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Book of lives : a memoir of sorts
Atwood, Margaret
Paper Book
'Fat and satisfying' Observer * 'I loved it' Dua Lipa * 'Deliciously naughty' iNews * 'Beautifully told' Woman & Home * 'Spellbinding' FT * Book of the Year Guardian, Financial Times, Observer, Belfast Telegraph
Bread of angels
Smith, Patti
Paper Book
'Smith's eye for life's everyday transcendence rarely fails her' Sunday Times, 'Books of the Year' 'A triumph' Joseph O'Connor, Irish Times, 'Books of the Year' 'Quietly sacred, utterly beautiful' Service95 A radiant...
Kids, wait till you hear this!: as told to michael feinstein
Minnelli, Liza.
Paper Book
Fasten your seatbelts, darlings, it's been one helluva ride. 'If there's a more enthralling celebrity memoir out this year, I'll eat my bowler hat.' The Times '[A] high-kicking hoofer of a book.' Telegraph 'A...
Strangers : a memoir of marriage
Burden, Belle
Paper Book
INSTANT #1 NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER * "Burden's searing, probing memoir explores . . . what she learned about intimacy and her own spirit."--People​​ "A beautifully written instant classic. Strangers is gripping and heartbreaking and a must...
We did OK, kid a memoir
Hopkins, Anthony
Paper Book
Born and raised in a small Welsh steelworks town amid war and depression, Sir Anthony Hopkins grew up around men who eschewed all forms of emotional vulnerability in favor of alcoholism and brutality. A struggling student in school, he was deemed a failure with no future ahead of him. But, on a...
Young man in a hurry : a memoir of discovery
Newsom, Gavin
Paper Book
California Governor Gavin Newsom's intimate and poignant account of identity, belonging, and the defining moments that inspired a life in politics 'Go slow,' his political elders advised him, but Gavin Newsom has never known such a speed. For Newsom, the California Dream is what...
Vagabond
Curry, Tim
Paper Book
*THE SUNDAY TIMES AND NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER* A memoir of Tim Curry's life's work - including the iconic Dr. Frank-N-Furter in The Rocky Horror Picture Show - and a testament to his profound impact on the entertainment industry as we know it today. 'Riotous...
Finding my way
Yousafzai, Malala
Paper Book
This is not the story you think you know. It's the one I've been waiting to tell. THE INSTANT NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER 'Part coming-of-age memoir, part reclamation, [Finding My Way is] a portrait of a woman who has learned that courage isn't just about...
The uncool a memoir
Crowe, Cameron
Paper Book
Cameron Crowe was an unlikely rock and roll insider. Born in 1957 to parents who strictly banned the genre from their house, he dove headfirst into the world of music. By the time he graduated high school at fifteen, Crowe was contributing to Rolling Stone. The Uncool offers a front...
Ain't nobody's fool : the life and times of Dolly Parton
Ackmann, Martha
Paper Book
A larger-than-life new biography of country music legend and philanthropist Dolly Parton. In Ain't Nobody's Fool: The Life and Times of Dolly Parton, Martha Ackmann chronicles the life of an American Original. From her impoverished childhood in the Smoky Mountains...
Lost : Amelia Earhart's Three Mysterious Deaths and One Extraordinary Life
Hartigan, Rachel
Paper Book
Unravel one of history's greatest mysteries in this spellbinding narrative, filled with compelling images, that explores the three leading theories of Amelia Earhart's tragic disappearance. When Amelia Earhart's plane disappeared in 1937, the clues poured in, attracting wild...
100 rules for living to 100 an optimist's guide to a happy life
Van Dyke, Dick
Paper Book
You with the Sad Eyes: ; A Memoir
Applegate, Christina.
Paper Book
Joyful, anyway : finding delight in impossible times.
Bowler, Kate
Paper Book
THE INTERNATIONAL BESTSELLER New York Times bestselling author and Duke University professor Kate Bowler offers a profound, funny and deeply human case for joy that doesn't depend on everything getting better. 'Bowler interrogates the idea...
Famesick: ; A memoir
Dunham, Lena.
Paper Book
Famesick is a frank, deeply personal reflection on illness, fame, sex, and everything in between, from the mind behind the hit series Girls and Too Much, and the bestselling author of Not That Kind of Girl.

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