Biography & autobiography

Personal memoirs

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I Had a Miscarriage I Had a Miscarriage Jessica Zucker
I Live a Life Like Yours I Live a Life Like Yours Jan Grue
All the Colors Came Out All the Colors Came Out Kate Fagan
The Copenhagen Trilogy The Copenhagen Trilogy Tove Ditlevsen
Year of Plagues Year of Plagues Fred D'Aguiar
Somebody's Daughter Somebody's Daughter Ashley C. Ford
The Panic Years The Panic Years Nell Frizzell
My Name Is Selma My Name Is Selma Selma van de Perre
Raceless Raceless Georgina Lawton
Seeing Ghosts Seeing Ghosts Kat Chow
Featherhood Featherhood Charlie Gilmour
Distant Fathers Distant Fathers Marina Jarre
Refugee Refugee Emmanuel Mbolela
The Devil You Know The Devil You Know Charles M. Blow
Music, Late and Soon Music, Late and Soon Robyn Sarah
Vessel Vessel Chongda Cai
Model Citizen Model Citizen Joshua Mohr
Better to Have Gone Better to Have Gone Akash Kapur
A History of Scars A History of Scars Laura Lee
Three Girls from Bronzeville Three Girls from Bronzeville Dawn Turner
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The Memory Palace The Memory Palace Mira Bartok
How We Fight for Our Lives How We Fight for Our Lives Saeed Jones
The Fact of a Body The Fact of a Body Alex Marzano-Lesnevich
Angela's Ashes Angela's Ashes Frank McCourt
The Yellow House The Yellow House Sarah M. Broom
Dadland Dadland Keggie Carew
In the Dream House In the Dream House Carmen Maria Machado
The Undying The Undying Anne Boyer
Black Dove Black Dove Ana Castillo
The Iceberg: A Memoir The Iceberg: A Memoir Marion Coutts
In the Darkroom In the Darkroom Susan Faludi
Waiting for Snow in Havana Waiting for Snow in Havana Carlos Eire
The Argonauts The Argonauts Maggie Nelson
Dan Gets a Minivan Dan Gets a Minivan Dan Zevin
Hunger Hunger Roxane Gay
This Boy's Life This Boy's Life Tobias Wolff
Best sellers
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The Last Nomad The Last Nomad Shugri Said Salh
The House of Yan The House of Yan Lan Yan
Children of the Land Children of the Land Marcelo Hernandez Castillo
Refugee Refugee Emmanuel Mbolela
The Draw The Draw Lee Siegel
The World's Largest Man The World's Largest Man Harrison Scott Key
American Values American Values Robert F. Kennedy
Brave: How I rebuilt my life after love turned to hate Brave: How I rebuilt my life after love turned to hate Adele Bellis
How Dare the Sun Rise How Dare the Sun Rise Sandra Uwiringiyimana
Between Meals Between Meals A. J. Liebling
Sick Sick Porochista Khakpour
Lot Six Lot Six David Adjmi
Sitting Pretty Sitting Pretty Rebekah Taussig
Flying Free Flying Free Cecilia Aragon
The Book of Eating The Book of Eating Adam Platt
Moscow Calling Moscow Calling Angus Roxburgh
The Way Around The Way Around David Good
The Wife's Tale The Wife's Tale Aida Edemariam
Amateur Hour Amateur Hour Kimberly Harrington
London's Number One Dog-Walking Agency London's Number One Dog-Walking Agency Kate MacDougall
New releases
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A Thousand Trails Home A Thousand Trails Home Seth Kantner
Mama Bear Mama Bear Shirley Smith
Living Human Living Human Flic Manning
Mama Bear Mama Bear Shirley Smith
Saga Boy Saga Boy Antonio Michael Downing
Return of the Old Katfish Return of the Old Katfish John P. Lynch
You Did WHAT? You Did WHAT? Tova Leigh
Among Elms, in Ambush Among Elms, in Ambush Bruce Weigl
A Year of Mystical Thinking A Year of Mystical Thinking Emma Howarth
Where Tomorrows Aren't Promised Where Tomorrows Aren't Promised Carmelo Anthony
Mennonite Valley Girl Mennonite Valley Girl Carla Funk
The Splendid Things We Planned The Splendid Things We Planned Blake Bailey
You Got Anything Stronger? You Got Anything Stronger? Gabrielle Union
No. 91/92 No. 91/92 Lauren Elkin
Crossing Back Crossing Back Marianna De Marco Torgovnick
You Got Anything Stronger? You Got Anything Stronger? Gabrielle Union
Pluck Pluck Donna Morrissey
Where Tomorrows Aren't Promised Where Tomorrows Aren't Promised Carmelo Anthony
Unstitched Unstitched Brett Ann Stanciu
Secretly Scarlett Secretly Scarlett Skeen,John Mathew