Biography and Memoir

Discover the stories of their lives, in recent biographies, autobiographies, and memoirs.
Updated March 11, 2026
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Mark Twain
Chernow, Ron
Paper Book
The #1 New York Times Bestseller * One of Barack Obama's Favorite Books of 2025* A Washington Post and New York Times Notable Book * Named a Best Book of 2025 by TIME, The Guardian, Bloomberg, The Christian Science Monitor, and Kirkus Reviews ...
Junglekeeper: What It Takes to Change the World
Rosolie, Paul.
Paper Book
NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER * Most people assume that the world has been explored and true adventure is dead: This book is one man's rebuttal. Explorer and conservationist Paul Rosolie shares his incredible life in the Amazon rainforest--and what we can learn from the people fighting to...
How to Be Okay When Nothing is Okay: The Tools and Tricks That Kept Me Alive, Happy, and Creative in Spite of Myself
Lawson, Jenny.
Paper Book
Warm, insightful, and witty, the first book of advice from New York Times-bestselling author Jenny Lawson--aka the Bloggess Jenny Lawson is full of contradictions. She's a celebrated author but battles self-doubt, paralysis, and anxiety. She's an award-winning humorist but...
I Told You So!: Scientists Who Were Ridiculed, Exiled, and Imprisoned for Being Right
Kaplan, Matt.
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An energetic and impassioned work of popular science about scientists who have had to fight for their revolutionary ideas to be accepted--from Darwin to Pasteur to modern day Nobel Prize winners. For two decades, Matt Kaplan has covered science for the Economist. He's...
The Last Kings of Hollywood: Coppola, Lucas, Spielberg--And the Battle for the Soul of American Cinema
Fischer, Paul.
Paper Book
NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER "Riveting, grade A smack for cinema junkies...Fischer's writing pulsates." --Steven Soderbergh, filmmaker The untold, intimate story of how three young visionaries--Francis Ford Coppola, George Lucas, and Steven Spielberg...
Art Work: On the Creative Life
Mann, Sally.
Paper Book
INSTANT NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER "Erudite, frank, and funny" - Amor Towles "This book will make you brave" - Margaret Renkl The much-anticipated new book by artist and New York Times bestselling author...
The look
Obama, Michelle
Paper Book
'A historical document, capturing a pivotal moment in the evolution of the role of first lady when clothing became an even bigger part of communication. When, in other words, dress became an officially recognized part of the job.' Vanessa Friedman, New York Times ***
100 rules for living to 100 : an optimist's guide to a happy life
Van Dyke, Dick.
Paper Book
Notes on being a man
Galloway, Scott
Paper Book
Bestselling author, NYU professor, and cohost of the Pivot podcast, Scott Galloway offers a path forward for men and parents of boys. Boys and men are in crisis. Rarely has a cohort fallen further and faster than young men living in Western democracies. Boys...
The view from ninety : reflections on how to live a long, contented life
Handy, Charles B.
Paper Book
FROM THE BEST SELLING AUTHOR OF THE EMPTY RAINCOAT AND UNDERSTANDING ORGANISATIONS. A Financial Times Best Business Book of 2025 Over a span of seven decades, Charles Handy was, variously, a businessman, a writer, a philanthropist and a...
Midnight Flyboys: The American Bomber Crews and Allied Secret Agents Who Aided the French Resistance in World War II
Henderson, Bruce.
Paper Book
The untold history of a top-secret operation in the run-up to D-Day in which American flyers and Allied spies carried out some of the most daring cloak-and-dagger operations of World War II. In 1943, the OSS--precursor to the CIA--came up with a plan to increase its support to...
Girls Play Dead: Acts of Self-Preservation
Percy, Jen.
Paper Book
A lyrical and groundbreaking exploration of the misun­derstood ways women survive and forever carry trauma from the award-winning New York Times Magazine writer Jen Percy. "Percy's subject is brutal, but her writing allays some of the impact by being almost impossibly...
Luigi: The Making and the Meaning
Richardson, John H.
Paper Book
WHO IS LUIGI MANGIONE, WHERE DID HE COME FROM AND WHY DID THE CRIME HE IS ACCUSED OF MAKE HIM A HERO TO SO MANY? When Luigi Mangione was arrested for allegedly killing Brian Thompson, the CEO of UnitedHealthcare, the prizewinning journalist John H. Richardson thought he...
Grit, spit, and never quit : a Marine's guide to comedy and life
Riggle, Rob
Paper Book
Comedian Rob Riggle's frank, funny, and inspirational memoir about how the lessons he learned while serving in the US Marines prepared him for life, especially when it came to pursuing his comedy dreams. Before he graced movie screens in films like The...
Motherland: ; A Feminist History of Modern Russia, From Revolution to Autocracy
Ioffe, Julia.
Paper Book
'A fresh, unexpected, and revealing portrait of Russia' ANNE APPLEBAUM, Pulitzer Prize-winning author of Gulag and Red Famine 'A century of Russian history told through the women who lived it, shaped it, and survived it' NADYA TOLOKONNIKOVA, founder of Pussy Riot Award...
The Dry Season: Finding Pleasure in a Year Without Sex
Febos, Melissa.
Paper Book
From the bestselling author of Girlhood, an examination of celibacy as well as the solitude, the freedoms and the feminist heroes discovered along the way - a wise and transformative look at relationships and self-knowledge
Ordinary time : lessons learned while staying put
Jones, Annie B.
Paper Book
"A beautifully written story of the sweetness of staying put, Jones's book will add depth to any memoir collection."--Library Journal Can life be an adventure, even when it's just . . . ordinary? From the Front Porch podcast host and independent...
A change of habit : leaving behind my husband, career, and everything I owned to become a nun
Monica Clare, Sister.
Paper Book
The soulful, hilarious memoir of a chronic people pleaser who surprised everyone in her life by abandoning an unfulfilling career and marriage to join a convent-and learned how much we stand to gain when we fully embrace our authentic selves "A Change of Habit follows...
The rebel Romanov : Julie of Saxe-Coburg, the empress Russia never had
Rappaport, Helen
Paper Book
'What a wonderful book!  The storytelling, the research, the deep love of her subject -- this must be the climax of Rappaport's long and illustrious career'  Lucy Worsley    To Queen Victoria she was Aunt Julie; to Catherine the Great she was Grand...
Homework : a memoir
Dyer, Geoff
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Named a most anticipated book of 2025 by Vulture | The Guardian | Financial Times | The Observer | The Times (London) | Literary Hub "A picture of postwar England unlike any other . . . A highly original memoir that will provoke,...
Making the best of what's left : when we're too old to get the chairs reupholstered
Viorst, Judith
Paper Book
From the bestselling author Judith Viorst comes a witty and poignant exploration of the joys and sorrows of life's twilight years--one that leaves us laughing, pondering, and grateful for the moments we have left. In a career that has spanned more than fifty years, Judith Viorst...
Looking at women looking at war : a war and justice diary
Amelina, Viktorii͡a
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WINNER, THE ORWELL PRIZE FOR POLITICAL WRITING SHORT LIST, THE 2025 MOORE PRIZE FOR HUMAN RIGHTS WRITING WITH A FOREWORD BY MARGARET ATWOOD A NATIONAL BESTSELLERNPR BOOKS WE LOVE, 2025 "Remarkable...powerful, eloquently testifying to the...
Sister, sinner : the miraculous life and mysterious disappearance of Aimee Semple McPherson
Hoffman, Claire (Journalist)
Paper Book
A Los Angeles Times Best Book of the Year A Must-Read: The New Yorker, The New York Times Book Review, The Millions, Alta Long-listed for the National Book Critics Circle Award for Biography "Magnificent."<...
This dog will change your life
Friedman, Elias Weiss
Paper Book
NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER . A uniquely insightful, uplifting, emotional, and informative book that shows us how dogs make our lives better by making us better people, from the Dogist The stunning hardcover of This Dog Will Change Your Life features a custom...
Second life : having a child in the digital age
Hess, Amanda (Journalist)
Paper Book
"Second Life is not only a book for parents; it's for anyone intrigued (and concerned) by the ways in which our digital footprints impact the circle of life itself." --Elle "Engrossing....With a reporter's gimlet eye, Hess lenses out from her personal experience.....
Maybe this will save me : a memoir of art, addiction and transformation
Dorfman, Tommy
Paper Book
From filmmaker, writer, producer, and actor Tommy Dorfman comes a beautifully written, bracingly original memoir, structured through the profound revelations of a single tarot card reading. On a hot summer day, twenty-eight-year-old Tommy Dorfman was enjoying a beautiful...
If you were my daughter : a memoir of healing an unmothered heart
Richmond, Marianne
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From bestselling children's author Marianne Richmond comes a powerful memoir about overcoming a mother's emotional neglect and finding the courage to reclaim the story of your life. "In her beautiful memoir, Richmond bravely finds her way through a legacy of emotional trauma, pulling us...
I thought it would be better than this : rise from disappointment, regain control, and rebuild a life you love
Turner, Jessica N.
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"This book will change your life! If you're wrestling with disappointment, heartache, or the curveballs life throws at you, Jessica Turner's story will speak right to your soul." - Mel Robbins, bestselling author and host of The Mel Robbins Podcast
Yardsticks For Failure: Adventures in Friendship and Fluster
Graham, Ivo.
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'A hilarious and original voice' Josh Widdicombe 'Delightfully smart and impossibly charming' Dolly Alderton 'His writing is as unpredictable and brilliant as he is' Sophie Duker 'I've got nothing but love for Mr Ivo Graham' Frankie...
The legend of Albert Jacka
FitzSimons, Peter
Paper Book
Our heroes can come from the most ordinary of places. As a shy lad growing up in country Victoria, no one in the district had any idea the man Albert Jacka would become. Albert 'Bert' Jacka was 21 when Britain declared war on Germany in August 1914. Bert soon enlisted in the...
When life gives you lemurs : how saving animals saved me
Husband, Tim
Paper Book
A story of courage, generosity and the tender power of animals to heal humans.

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