Biography and Memoir

Discover the stories of their lives, in recent biographies, autobiographies, and memoirs.
Updated April 29, 2024
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Elon Musk
Isaacson, Walter
From the author of Steve Jobs and other bestselling biographies, this is the astonishingly intimate story of the most fascinating and controversial innovator of our era--a rule-breaking visionary who helped to lead the world into the era of electric vehicles, private space exploration, and...
Making it so : a memoir
Stewart, Patrick
The long-awaited memoir from iconic, beloved actor and living legend Sir Patrick Stewart! From his acclaimed stage triumphs to his legendary onscreen work, Sir Patrick Stewart has captivated audiences around the world and across multiple generations in a career...
The woman in me
Spears, Britney
Named a Best Book of the Year by Elle, The Washington Post, Rolling Stone, NPR, Financial Times, Vanity Fair, and more! "In Britney Spears's memoir, she's stronger than ever." --The New York Times Over 2 million...
My name is Barbra
Streisand, Barbra
A SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLER and THE TIMES MUSIC BOOK OF THE YEAR 2023. The exhilarating and startlingly honest autobiography of the living legend. ''Over almost a thousand pages, the diva to end them all documents her rise to the top and the tears and joys that...
The country of the blind : a memoir at the end of sight
Leland, Andrew
Named one of the best books of the year by: THE NEW YORKER * THE WASHINGTON POST * THE ATLANTIC * NPR * PUBLISHERS WEEKLY * LITHUB A witty, winning, and revelatory personal narrative of the author's transition from sightedness to blindness and his...
World within a song : music that changed my life and life that changed my music
Tweedy, Jeff
A mix of memories, music, and inspiration from Wilco front man and New York Times bestselling author Jeff Tweedy.
A man of two faces : a memoir, a history, a memorial
Nguyen, Viet Thanh
'A triumphant memoir' Cathy Park Hong, author of MINOR FEELINGS, finalist for the Pulitzer PrizeThe highly original, blistering, and unconventional memoir by the Pulitzer Prize-winning author of The Sympathizer, which has now sold over one million copies worldwideWith...
How to say Babylon : a memoir
Sinclair, Safiya
National Book Critics Circle Award Winner A New York Times Notable Book A Read with Jenna Today Show Book Club Pick! A Best Book of 2023 by the New York Times, Time, The Washington Post, Vulture, Shelf Awareness<...
Wandering through life : a memoir
Leon, Donna
From a childhood in the company of her New Jersey family, with frequent visits to her grandfather's farm and its beloved animals and summers spent selling homegrown tomatoes by the roadside, Donna Leon has long been open to adventure. In 1976, she made the spontaneous decision to teach English in...
Only say good things : surviving Playboy and finding myself
Hefner, Crystal
AN INSTANT NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER A JANUARY 2024 APPLE BOOKS STAFF PICK AND AUDIBLE EDITORS SELECT NAMED A BEST BOOK TO READ THIS JANUARY BY THE GLOSS A raw and unflinching look at the objectification and misogyny of the Playboy mansion, a woman's stolen...
The flying vet
Scott, Ameliah
My journey to the skies and the people and animals of the Australian outback 'Scott is devoted to bringing veterinarian services to the vast outback plains she calls home with her heart of gold, nerves of steel, red-dirt soles and two silver wings' Australian Women's Weekly ...
The many lives of Mama Love : a memoir of lying, stealing, writing, and healing
Hardin, Lara Love.
Soccer mom Lara Love Hardin has been funding her heroin addiction by stealing her neighbors' credit cards. She is convicted of thirty-two felonies and becomes incarcerated. When she's released, she reinvents herself as a ghostwriter. But shame is a poison worse than heroin. Lara must learn how to...
Sure, I'll join your cult : a memoir of mental illness and the quest to belong anywhere
Bamford, Maria
From "weird, scary, ingenious" (The New York Times) stand-up comedian Maria Bamford, an instant New York Times bestselling, brutally honest, and "laugh-out-loud funny" (Jennette McCurdy, #1 New York Times bestselling author) memoir about show business, mental health, and the...
George Harrison : The Reluctant Beatle
Norman, Philip
From the author of the million-copy selling Shout!: The Beatles in Their Generation and the bestselling John Lennon: The Life comes a revealing portrait of George Harrison, the most undervalued and mysterious Beatle. Despite being hailed as one of the best...
Silence All the Noise
Semenya, Caster
Banned from the sport she loved because she was labelled 'different', Olympic and World Champion Caster Semenya is finally ready to share the vivid and blisteringly honest story of how the world came to know her name. Thrust into the spotlight after winning the 2009 World Championships Caster...
Wifedom : Mrs. Orwell's invisible life
Funder, Anna
* A NEW YORK TIMES NOTABLE BOOK OF 2023 * * THE FINANCIAL TIMES BEST BOOKS OF 2023 - LITERARY NON-FICTION * 'Simply, a masterpiece. Here, Anna Funder not only re-makes the art of biography, she resurrects a woman in full. And this in a narrative that grips the...
Exit Interview : The Life and Death of My Ambitious Career
Coulter, Kristi
A candid, intensely funny memoir of ambition, gender, and a grueling decade inside Amazon.com, from the author of Nothing Good Can Come from This. "A unique and brilliant book." --Oliver Burkeman, author of Four Thousand Weeks What would you...
Lovers in auschwitz: ; a true story
Blankfeld, Keren.
'Haunting and powerfully resonant... this is a story not just of remarkable individuals, but also a tribute to the wider indomitability of the human spirit at the darkest moment in European history' - Sinclair McKay, bestselling author of Berlin and Dresden Zippi...
Leslie F*cking Jones: ; A Memoir
Jones, Leslie.
"You are Black; you are female," Leslie Jones' father once said. "But if you work harder and you're better than everybody else, they can't f*cking deny you." Leslie Jones is a warrior. Raised by a tough dad and a loving but often sick mom, her father's military career meant she bounced...

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