Biography & Memoir

(Available after February 30th, 2022)“[C]harming and surprising. . . The work of Admissions is laying down, with wit and care, the burden James assumed at 15, that she — or any Black student, or all Black students — would manage the failures of a...

#1 NATIONAL BESTSELLER • A candid, hilarious look at women of a certain age and dealing with the tribulations of maintenance, menopause, empty nests, and life itself.“Wickedly witty ... Crackling sharp ... Fireworks shoot out [of this collection].” —The...

On 17 July 1918, four young women walked down into the cellar of a house in Ekaterinburg. The eldest was twenty-two, the youngest only seventeen. Together with their parents and their thirteen-year-old brother, they were all brutally murdered. Their...

Multi-award-winning author Rachel Cusk’s honest memoir that captures the life-changing wonders of motherhood.Selected by The New York Times as one of the 50 Best Memoirs of the Past 50 Years“Funny and smart and refreshingly akin to a war diary—sort of...

#1 NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • Includes two new essays!NAMED ONE OF THE TEN BEST BOOKS OF THE YEAR BY MICHIKO KAKUTANI, THE NEW YORK TIMES • NAMED ONE OF THE BEST BOOKS OF THE YEAR BY BUZZFEED, THE GLOBE AND MAIL, AND LIBRARY JOURNALFor readers of Nora...

A starkly beautiful, wordless graphic novel about the end of the world by the cult artist and longtime Radiohead collaborator.   A wild seascape, a distant island, a full moon. Gradually the island grows nearer until we land on a primeval wilderness,...

(Available after November 30th, 2022)This is a masterclass on songcraft thoughtfully curated by one of the greatest living songwriters today. With sixty essays that break down songs from his favorite artists, Dylan explores why certain songs are so...

'You will be a great hero, a general, Gabriele d'Annunzio, Ambassador of France!'For his whole life, Romain Gary's fierce, eccentric motherhad only one aim: to make her son a great man. And she did. This, his thrilling, wildly romantic autobiography, is...

*INSTANT NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER*WITH A FOREWORD BY SIR BEN KINGSLEYA powerful memoir by one of the youngest survivors of Auschwitz, Tova Friedman, following her childhood growing up during the Holocaust and surviving a string of near-death experiences...

THE NATIONAL BESTSELLER"Transformative ... If Tobia aspires to the ranks of comic memoirists like David Sedaris and Mindy Kaling, Sissy succeeds." —The New York Times Book Review (A Paperback Row Pick)A heart-wrenching, eye-opening, and giggle-inducing...

On seventeen occasions, award-winning novelist Maggie O’Farrell has stared death in the face—and lived to tell the tale. In this astonishing memoir, the New York Times bestselling author of Hamnet shares the near-death experiences that have punctuated...

In 1964, Calvin Tomkins spent a number of afternoons interviewing Marcel Duchamp in his apartment on West 10th Street in New York. Casual yet insightful, Duchamp reveals himself as a man and an artist whose playful principles toward living freed him to...

You love him in Outlander and from his book Clanlands, with Graham McTavish, so get ready for Sam Heughan’s first-ever memoir, Waypoints. In it, you'll learn all about his journey of self-discovery all the while being charmed by his Scottish wit. This...

(Available after October 30th, 2022)From Steve-O, the star of the multi-million-dollar Jackass franchise who is now a tremendously successful standup comedian and YouTube sensation, comes a hilarious, practical guide to growing up without growing...

(Available after December 30th, 2022) Three-time World Champion and Olympic gold-medalist, Nathan Chen, otherwise known as the “Quad King,” shines a light on his experience as a Chinese American figure skater and global icon. Raw and empowering, this...

Williams wanted to tell his story not because it is unique, but because it is not. The writing and voice here are spectacular — this is not just another celebrity memoir. It's an elegant and moving portrayal of Michael's struggles with addiction (which...

INSTANT NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER   The star of Marvel’s first Asian superhero film, Shang-Chi and the Legend of the Ten Rings, tells his own origin story of being a Chinese immigrant, his battles with cultural stereotypes and his own identity, becoming...

Jon Meacham, Pulitzer Prize-winning biographer, chronicles the life of Abraham Lincoln with his trademark journalist style that is both accessible and engaging. Charting how and why Lincoln confronted secession, threats to democracy and the tragedy of...

(Available after October 30th, 2022)The raw, candid, unvarnished memoir of an American icon. The greatest movie star of the past 75 years covers everything: his traumatic childhood, his career, his drinking, his thoughts on Marlon Brando, James Dean,...

OPRAH’S BOOK CLUB PICK 2022.  "When I think about the fact that society, a nation, has sentenced me to death, all I can do is turn inside myself, to the place in my heart that wants so desperately to feel human, still connected to this world,...