Biography and Memoir

Discover the stories of their lives, in recent biographies, autobiographies, and memoirs.
Updated December 6, 2025
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Memorial Days: A Memoir
Geraldine Brooks
Paper Book
Source Code: My Beginnings
Bill Gates
Paper Book
*THE NO.1 NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER* Bill Gates is one of the most transformative figures of our age. In Source Code he takes us back to his beginnings. He describes with candour his childhood in Seattle, the centrality of family - his close relationship with his...
The House of My Mother: A Daughter's Quest for Freedom
Shari Franke
From eldest daughter Shari Franke, the shocking true story behind the viral 8 Passengers family vlog - now the subject of a new Disney+ docuseries - and the hidden abuse she suffered at the hands of her mother, and how, in the face of unimaginable pain, she found freedom...
Hope: The Autobiography
Pope Francis
The wish of Pope Francis was for HOPE, on which he has been working for six years, to be published posthumously. However, with the Jubilee Year of Hope coming in 2025 and the pressing needs of our times have urged Pope Francis to share this personal legacy now. HOPE is the...
Brooke Shields Is Not Allowed to Get Old: Thoughts on Aging as a Woman
Brooke Shields
Paper Book
The Rebel Romanov: Julie of Saxe-Coburg, the Empress Russia Never Had
Helen Rappaport
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...
Fahrenheit-182: A Memoir
Mark Hoppus
Paper Book
***The Instant #1 New York Times Bestseller!*** A smart, funny, and refreshing memoir from Mark Hoppus, the vocalist, bassist, and founding member of pop-punk band blink-182. This is the story of an angst-filled kid from the desert, navigating the chaos of his parents' bitter...
I Regret Almost Everything
Keith McNally
The entertaining, irreverent, and surprisingly moving memoir by the visionary restaurateur behind such iconic New York institutions as Balthazar and Pastis. A memoir by the legendary proprietor of Balthazar, Pastis, Minetta Tavern, and Morandi, taking us...

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