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 ...
The look
Obama, Michelle 1964-
Paper Book
#1 NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER * WINNER OF THE NAACP IMAGE AWARD * Beautifully illustrated with more than 200 photographs, including never-before-seen images, The Look is a stunning journey through Michelle Obama's style evolution, in her own words for the first time. ...
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
Clare, Monica 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...
Queen of all mayhem : the blood-soaked life and mysterious death of Belle Starr, the most dangerous woman in the West
Huckelbridge, Dane
Paper Book
A riveting, deeply researched, blood-on-the-spurs biography of Belle Starr, the most legendary female outlaw of the American West.  On February 3, 1889, just two days shy of her forty-first birthday, Myra Maybelle Shirley--better known at that point by her outlaw sobriquet "Belle...
Looking at women looking at war a war and justice diary
Amelina, Viktorii?a
When Russia invaded Ukraine on February 24, 2022, Victoria Amelina became a war crimes researcher and the chronicler of extraordinary women who joined the resistance. Amelina photographed the ruins of schools and cultural centers; she recorded the testimonies of survivors and eyewitnesses. On June...
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...

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