Biography & Memoir

“Spend the day in bed” with Autobiography by Morrissey, whose new album Low in High School is out November 17thSteven Patrick Morrissey was born in Manchester on May 22nd 1959. Singer-songwriter and co-founder of the Smiths (1982–1987), Morrissey has...

(Available after March 30th, 2023)A startling new portrait of George Eliot, the beloved novelist and a rare philosophical mind who explored the complexities of marriage.In her mid-thirties Marian Evans transformed herself into George Eliot—an author...

(Available after 3-20 days)“Witty, dry, and gimlet-eyed, this is a necessary corrective in a world where Autistic women are all either written off as quiet and docile, or erased entirely.” —Devon Price, Ph.D., author of Unmasking AutismScottish comedian...

(Available after April 30th, 2023)Winner of the William Hill Sports Book of the Year Award 2022WINNER OF THE TIMES SPORTS BOOK OF THE YEAR 2022A TIMES BEST SPORTS BOOK OF 2022A FINANCIAL TIMES BEST SPORTS BOOK OF 2022A WATERSTONES BEST SPORTS BOOK OF...

A finely-wrought meditation on the relationship between landscape, community and the role of medicine in society, Morland’s moving and insightful examination of the role of a country doctor makes for truly fascinating reading. A Fortunate Woman is a...

Lady Hale is an inspirational figure admired for her historic achievements and for the causes she has championed. Spider Woman is her story.As President of the Supreme Court, Lady Hale won global attention in finding the 2019 prorogation of Parliament to...

The elegance of the Little Black Dress. The simplicity of the Breton shirt. The luxury of the fragrance. These signatures exemplify the image of Chanel.   Bringing to life the story and designs of Gabrielle Chanel, the most influential couturière in the...

Featuring an introduction by Rachel Maddow, Pegasus: How a Spy in Our Pocket Threatens the End of Privacy, Dignity, and Democracy is the behind-the-scenes story of one of the most sophisticated and invasive surveillance weapons ever created, used by...

A masterwork of W. G. Sebald, now with a gorgeous new cover by the famed designer Peter Mendelsund    The four long narratives in The Emigrants appear at first to be the straightforward biographies of four Germans in exile. Sebald reconstructs the lives...

(Available after 3-20 days) Acclaimed journalists James Stewart and Rachel Abrams have written the definitive account of Paramount and the Redstone family. There's enough drama here for a hit show or movie, with all the generous helpings of money, greed...

REESE'S BOOK CLUB PICK • An anniversary edition of the bestselling collection of "Dear Sugar" advice columns written by the author of #1 New York Times bestseller Wild—featuring a new preface and six additional columns. Soon to be a Hulu Original series...

The cheeky, larger-than-life drag queen and outrageous comic—"The Joan Rivers of the Drag World," (New York Times)—who isn’t afraid to shock or offend brings her trademark acerbic wit and sharp commentary to the page in an uproarious illustrated...

"An affecting, singular story...a bracing tale of life on the edge of death." —Kirkus Reviews   When veteran war reporter Benjamin Hall woke up in Kyiv on the morning of March 14, 2022, he had no idea that, within hours, Russian bombs would nearly end...

(Available after March 30th, 2023)INSTANT NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLERAs seen in The New York Times, People, The Cut, Vulture, The Daily Beast, Today, Bustle, Us Weekly, Life & Style, and InterviewDrinking and Tweeting meets Unorthodox in this...

A compassionate, heartrending memoir of a mother’s quest to accept her son’s journey through psychosis.   One night in 2009, Tanya Frank finds her nineteen-year-old son, Zach—gentle and full of promise—in the grip of what the psychiatrists would label a...

Get ready for season 4 of the popular TLC show I Am Jazz! Teen advocate and trailblazer Jazz Jennings—named one of "The 25 Most Influential Teens" of the year by Time—shares her very public transgender journey, as she inspires people to accept the...

(Available after April 30th, 2023) Empress of the Nile is the riveting story of a true-life action heroine, one seemingly unafraid to turn down a fight for a noble cause; it's the story of an archaeologist who joined the Resistance, survived the Nazis...

The Number 1 International Bestseller.The heartbreaking, inspiring true story of a girl sent to Auschwitz who survived Mengele's evil experiments. With a foreword by His Holiness Pope Francis.Lidia was just three years old when she arrived in...

This is a delightfully witty trip through the unique world of bookselling by a former bookseller (and blogger) at Southeran's, one of London's oldest established antiquarian bookshops. Oliver Darkshire offers tales of an accidental career, low pay,...

“A masterful, must-read contribution to conversations on power, justice, healing, and devotion from a singular voice I now trust with my whole heart.”—GLENNON DOYLE, #1 New York Times bestselling author of UntamedA queer hijabi Muslim immigrant survives...