Biography & Memoir

Rush’s lead man finally comes out with his life story, and it’s as emotionally resonant as they come. Tracing back to his family’s history in WWII, Lee’s artistry was decades in the making, and he spares no detail in exploring his...

If you loved the game-changing hardcover edition, you’ll love the paperback, now with more songs and a personal foreword, thus giving us even more Paul McCartney.   #1 NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLERA Washington Post Notable...

Paralleling the wealth divide of the Gilded Age with that of the modern day, Anderson Cooper is back with another historical biography fresh on the heels of his best-selling Vanderbilt. Another immensely influential and dizzyingly wealthy American family...

NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • The harrowing story of one of the great feats of exploration of all time and its complicated legacy—from the New York Times bestselling author of The River of Doubt and Destiny of...

What the world needs now is laughter. LOTS of laughter. Conan O’Brien’s Conan Needs a Friend is spot on with this demand. And who is there to help him? Sona Movsesian, bringing her perfectly timed sense of humor to help us!...

In prose that shimmers, Hua Hsu gives tender elegy to a pivotal friend abruptly lost, reminding us of the impacts of unlikely connections and the persistent ripple of memory. Crisp and spellbinding, Stay True is a coming of age memoir that...

Longlisted for the 2019 Portico Prize.The extraordinary life of history's first modern lesbian who inspired the popular television series Gentleman Jack.Anne Lister's journals were so shocking that the first person to crack their secret...

A remarkable medieval woman's life and the earliest surviving autobiography in English, now updated with new materialThe story of the eventful life of Margery Kempe - medieval wife, mother, businesswoman, pilgrim and visionary - is the earliest surviving...

“There is never any ending to Paris and the memory of each person who has lived in it differs from that of any other.” —Ernest Hemingway, A Moveable FeastErnest Hemingway’s classic memoir of Paris in the 1920s remains...

Known to millions as simply "Sister Jean," the Loyola Chicago matriarch and college basketball icon invites you into her remarkable memoir filled with history, wonder, and common-sense wisdom for this century and beyond. As Sister Jean wisely says, "I've...

A NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLERFueled by her years as an elite runner and advocate for women in sports, Lauren Fleshman offers her inspiring personal story and a rallying cry for reform of a sports landscape that is failing young female...

Victor Sebestyen's riveting biography of Vladimir Ilyich Lenin—the first major biography in English in nearly two decades—is not only a political examination of one of the most important historical figures of the twentieth century but also a...

Overthrowing the conventional image of Stalin as an uneducated political administrator inexplicably transformed into a pathological killer, Robert Service reveals a more complex and fascinating story behind this notorious twentieth-century figure...

The thrilling #1 bestselling memoir by adventure legend and survivalist Bear Grylls.   Bear Grylls has always sought the ultimate in adventure. Growing up on a remote island off of Britain's windswept coast, he was taught by his father to sail and...

A champion manager of people, Jack Welch shares the hard-earned wisdom of a storied career in what will become the ultimate business bible   With Winning, Jack Welch delivers a wide-ranging, in-depth, no-holds-barred management guidebook about the...

A remarkable guide to the quests that give our lives meaning—and how to find your own—from the New York Times bestselling author of The $100 Startup and 100 Side Hustles “If you like complacency and...

From the legendary vice-chairman of Berkshire Hathaway, lessons in investment strategy, philanthropy, and living a rational and ethical life.“A timeless classic that will change how you approach life. There is a billion-dollar education inside this...

With an introduction from RuPaul's Drag Race winner Sasha VelourTheir greatest act of resistance was simply existingIn 1950s New York, a group of drag pioneers found work in a small number of Lower East Side clubs. They occupied the margins of...

LONGLISTED FOR THE 2023 NATIONAL BOOK AWARD FOR POETRYFor fans of Diane Seuss and Victoria Chang, a coruscating collection that eloquently invokes the perseverance and myth of the Filipino diaspora in America.   In 1972, after Ferdinand Marcos...

"A brilliant, powerful, must-read for anyone and everyone on planet earth." —Hannah Gold, author of The Last Bear   The climate crisis is reaching a critical tipping point—and you might have heard of the countless amazing young...