Biography & autobiography

Personal memoirs

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The Copenhagen Trilogy The Copenhagen Trilogy Tove Ditlevsen
Later Later Paul Lisicky
Everything Is Under Control Everything Is Under Control Phyllis Grant
Blossoms and Bones Blossoms and Bones Kim Krans
The Devil You Know The Devil You Know Charles M. Blow
Austen Years Austen Years Rachel Cohen
Assume Nothing Assume Nothing Tanya Selvaratnam
All Boys Aren't Blue All Boys Aren't Blue George M. Johnson
Short Life in a Strange World Short Life in a Strange World Toby Ferris
The Panic Years The Panic Years Nell Frizzell
Ferment Ferment Patrick Dobson
Inferno Inferno Catherine Cho
One Writer's Beginnings One Writer's Beginnings Eudora Welty
Somewhere in the Unknown World Somewhere in the Unknown World Kao Kalia Yang
Hollywood Park Hollywood Park Mikel Jollett
Featherhood Featherhood Charlie Gilmour
Memorial Drive Memorial Drive Natasha Trethewey
Inventory Inventory Darran Anderson
Lot Six Lot Six David Adjmi
The Dragons, the Giant, the Women The Dragons, the Giant, the Women Wayétu Moore
Awards
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Books to Die For: The World's Greatest Mystery Writers on the World's Greatest Mystery Novels Books to Die For: The World's Greatest Mystery Writers on the World's Greatest Mystery Novels John Connolly
Waiting for Snow in Havana Waiting for Snow in Havana Carlos Eire
The Argonauts The Argonauts Maggie Nelson
How We Fight for Our Lives How We Fight for Our Lives Saeed Jones
Angela's Ashes Angela's Ashes Frank McCourt
The Memory Palace The Memory Palace Mira Bartok
Hunger Hunger Roxane Gay
The Undying The Undying Anne Boyer
Seldom Disappointed Seldom Disappointed Tony Hillerman
In the Darkroom In the Darkroom Susan Faludi
Dan Gets a Minivan Dan Gets a Minivan Dan Zevin
In the Dream House In the Dream House Carmen Maria Machado
The Fact of a Body The Fact of a Body Alex Marzano-Lesnevich
Best sellers
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Promise Me, Dad Promise Me, Dad Joe Biden
Living with Honor: A Memoir Living with Honor: A Memoir Salvatore Giunta
Brothers: On His Brothers and Brothers in History Brothers: On His Brothers and Brothers in History George Howe Colt
War Journal: My Five Years in Iraq War Journal: My Five Years in Iraq Richard Engel
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
Year of the Comets: A Journey from Sadness to the Stars Year of the Comets: A Journey from Sadness to the Stars Jan DeBlieu
Wedlocked: A Memoir Wedlocked: A Memoir Jay Ponteri
Desserted: Recipes and Tales from an Island Chocolatier Desserted: Recipes and Tales from an Island Chocolatier Kate Shaffer
If It's Not One Thing, It's Your Mother If It's Not One Thing, It's Your Mother Julia Sweeney
Memoirs of My Life and Times Memoirs of My Life and Times John Charles Frémont
Eternal Echoes Eternal Echoes Randall E. Secrest
Everything Is Perfect When You're a Liar Everything Is Perfect When You're a Liar Kelly Oxford
Season In Hell Season In Hell Robert Fowler
Molly's Game Molly's Game Molly Bloom
Sons of Guns Sons of Guns Will Hayden
The Awesome Guide to Life The Awesome Guide to Life Jason Ellis
Carrie and Me: A Mother-Daughter Love Story Carrie and Me: A Mother-Daughter Love Story Carol Burnett
You Don't Know Me but You Don't Like Me: Phish, Insane Clown Posse, and My Misadventures with Two of Music's Most Maligned Tribes You Don't Know Me but You Don't Like Me: Phish, Insane Clown Posse, and My Misadventures with Two of Music's Most Maligned Tribes Nathan Rabin
The Outsider The Outsider Jimmy Connors
The Wrong Dog Dream: A True Romance The Wrong Dog Dream: A True Romance Jane Vandenburgh
New releases
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Clatter Off into the Wild Blue Yonder Clatter Off into the Wild Blue Yonder John William Jones
My Cries and My Triumphs My Cries and My Triumphs Lisa Bedbak
The Wheelchair The Wheelchair Teresa McKenna
Thinking Outside the Doll House Thinking Outside the Doll House Ellen M. Tsagaris
My Father Killed President John F. Kennedy My Father Killed President John F. Kennedy Bruce H. Bell
Proud American Proud American Sergio Tinoco
Believe IT Believe IT Jamie Kern Lima
KG: A to Z KG: A to Z Kevin Garnett
Believe IT Believe IT Jamie Kern Lima
Raceless Raceless Georgina Lawton
KG: A to Z KG: A to Z Kevin Garnett
Blindfold Blindfold Theo Padnos
When I Was Someone Else When I Was Someone Else Stéphane Allix
The Officer's Daughter The Officer's Daughter Elle Johnson
Blindfold Blindfold Theo Padnos
Consent Consent Vanessa Springora
Craving London Craving London Jessica Stone
Coal Miner's Daughter Coal Miner's Daughter Loretta Lynn
Autobiography of Andrew Carnegie Autobiography of Andrew Carnegie Andrew Carnegie
To Kill or Be Killed To Kill or Be Killed Joni Ankerson