2024 Round Up: Favourite Biographies & Memoirs

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Updated January 8, 2025
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Cher the memoir. Part one
Cher, 1946- author. 
Paper Book
The Collector's Edition: The first hardback print run will feature an exclusive foiled board design. Order now to avoid missing out! 'A rock 'n' roll memoir like no other' Daily Mail 'A gutsy account of tenacity and perseverance...Cher's voice reverberates with the grit and depth...
The Friday afternoon club a family memoir
Dunne, Griffin 
Paper Book
A charming, hilarious account of Griffin Dunne's coming of age among a family of larger-than-life characters in Hollywood and Manhattan.
Knife meditations after an attempted murder
Rushdie, Salman 
Paper Book
A moving and life-affirming memoir about survival and the power of love to heal, from internationally renowned writer Salman Rushdie 'A story of hatred defeated by love' Guardian 'Absolutely stunning...the ugliest thing turned into the most beautiful'...
Patriot a memoir
Navalʹnyĭ, Alekseĭ 
Paper Book
'Mind-blowing ... one extraordinary read' EMILY MAITLIS 'The greatest political figure of his generation' OBSERVER 'Part memoir, part diary, a political manifesto, a darkly funny adieu' BEN MACINTYRE 'Patriot will be seen as a historic text'...
Question 7
Flanagan, Richard, 1961- author. 
Paper Book
**Winner of the Baillie Gifford Prize 2024** 'A work of non-fiction . . . but it has all the complexity of emotional heft of a great novel . . . Question 7 sets the high-water mark for what the genre [of memoir] can be' Sunday Times
Raising hare the heartwarming true story of an unlikely freindship
Dalton, Chloe 
Paper Book
The magical true story of a woman and an injured hare who taught her how to live again - the perfect Christmas gift for 2024
Sonny boy a memoir
Pacino, Al, 1940- author. 
Paper Book
Discover the incredible and revelatory autobiography from one of the most iconic actors in the history of film. *THE INSTANT SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLER* *A Times and Sunday Times Best Book of 2024* ''A 5 ft 7in Hollywood...
Traveling on the path of Joni Mitchell
Powers, Ann, 1964- author. 
Paper Book
Time Must-Read Books of 2024 Independent Best Non-Fiction Books 2024 Mojo Books of the Year 2024 "A vibrant, multifaceted portrait of a music enigma" Guardian "A powerful portrait" Irish Independent "Displays a bracing rigour and an exhilarating curiosity...

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