Biography & autobiography

Personal memoirs

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Memorial Drive Memorial Drive Natasha Trethewey
A History of Scars A History of Scars Laura Lee
Everything Is Under Control Everything Is Under Control Phyllis Grant
One Writer's Beginnings One Writer's Beginnings Eudora Welty
Hollywood Park Hollywood Park Mikel Jollett
Assume Nothing Assume Nothing Tanya Selvaratnam
Model Citizen Model Citizen Joshua Mohr
Lot Six Lot Six David Adjmi
The Panic Years The Panic Years Nell Frizzell
Featherhood Featherhood Charlie Gilmour
Ferment Ferment Patrick Dobson
All Boys Aren't Blue All Boys Aren't Blue George M. Johnson
Raceless Raceless Georgina Lawton
The Dragons, the Giant, the Women The Dragons, the Giant, the Women Wayétu Moore
Inferno Inferno Catherine Cho
Inventory Inventory Darran Anderson
Austen Years Austen Years Rachel Cohen
The Devil You Know The Devil You Know Charles M. Blow
Somewhere in the Unknown World Somewhere in the Unknown World Kao Kalia Yang
The Copenhagen Trilogy The Copenhagen Trilogy Tove Ditlevsen
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How We Fight for Our Lives How We Fight for Our Lives Saeed Jones
Hunger Hunger Roxane Gay
Waiting for Snow in Havana Waiting for Snow in Havana Carlos Eire
The Memory Palace The Memory Palace Mira Bartok
The Undying The Undying Anne Boyer
The Fact of a Body The Fact of a Body Alex Marzano-Lesnevich
Angela's Ashes Angela's Ashes Frank McCourt
Dan Gets a Minivan Dan Gets a Minivan Dan Zevin
In the Darkroom In the Darkroom Susan Faludi
The Argonauts The Argonauts Maggie Nelson
In the Dream House In the Dream House Carmen Maria Machado
Best sellers
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This River: A Memoir This River: A Memoir James Brown
Wait Until Tomorrow: A Daughter's Memoir Wait Until Tomorrow: A Daughter's Memoir Pat MacEnulty
No Return Address: A Memoir of Displacement No Return Address: A Memoir of Displacement Anca Vlasopolos
The Glimpse Traveler The Glimpse Traveler Marianne Boruch
Remembering Che: My Life with Che Guevara Remembering Che: My Life with Che Guevara Aleida March
Our Life Well-Lived Our Life Well-Lived Thomas Ph.D Crochetiere
Nancy Cunard: Heiress, Muse, Political Idealist Nancy Cunard: Heiress, Muse, Political Idealist Lois Gordon
Nationalist in the Viet Nam Wars: Memoirs of a Victim Turned Soldier Nationalist in the Viet Nam Wars: Memoirs of a Victim Turned Soldier Nguyen Cong Luan
Between Dreaming and Recognition Seeking: The Emergence of Dialogical Self Theory Between Dreaming and Recognition Seeking: The Emergence of Dialogical Self Theory Hubert J. M. Hermans
A Woman Soldier's Own Story: The Autobiography of Xie Bingying A Woman Soldier's Own Story: The Autobiography of Xie Bingying Bingying Xie
The Shyster's Daughter The Shyster's Daughter Paula Priamos
The Hard Road to Klondike: An Irish Emigrant's Travels in North America The Hard Road to Klondike: An Irish Emigrant's Travels in North America Micheal MacGowan
Getting to Bartlett Street: Our 25-Year Quest to Level the Playing Field in Education Getting to Bartlett Street: Our 25-Year Quest to Level the Playing Field in Education Joe Reich
Never Say Goodbye Never Say Goodbye Quentin Rowan
Writings from Prison: Bobby Sands Writings Writings from Prison: Bobby Sands Writings Bobby Sands
The Moon in The Banyan Tree The Moon in The Banyan Tree Gael Harrison
The Books That Mattered: A Reader's Memoir The Books That Mattered: A Reader's Memoir Frye Gaillard
Desserted: Recipes and Tales from an Island Chocolatier Desserted: Recipes and Tales from an Island Chocolatier Kate Shaffer
Plato and Potato Chips Plato and Potato Chips June Inc. Luvisi
American Bread: Chronic Lyme Disease and the Tao of the Open Road American Bread: Chronic Lyme Disease and the Tao of the Open Road Nick Vittas
New releases
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The Colour of God The Colour of God Ayesha S. Chaudhry
This One Wild Life This One Wild Life Angie Abdou
Caviar Dreams, Tuna Fish Budget Caviar Dreams, Tuna Fish Budget Margaret Josephs
Permission to Dream Permission to Dream Chris Gardner
Second Chances Second Chances Craig Grossi
Lilyville Lilyville Tovah Feldshuh
Caviar Dreams, Tuna Fish Budget Caviar Dreams, Tuna Fish Budget Margaret Josephs
I Came Upon a Lighthouse I Came Upon a Lighthouse Shantanu Naidu
Finding Freedom Finding Freedom Erin French
Beautiful Things Beautiful Things Hunter Biden
My Everything My Everything Einat Nathan
The Hard Crowd The Hard Crowd Rachel Kushner
Eva and Eve Eva and Eve Julie Metz
On Her Knees On Her Knees Brenda Marie Davies
A Season with Mom A Season with Mom Katie Russell Newland
Beautiful Things Beautiful Things Hunter Biden
Mat Memories Mat Memories John “Alexander” Arezzi
Broken (in the best possible way) Broken (in the best possible way) Jenny Lawson
I Have Been Buried Under Years of Dust I Have Been Buried Under Years of Dust Valerie Gilpeer
Goodbye to All That (Revised Edition) Goodbye to All That (Revised Edition) Sari Botton