Biography & Autobiography
Explore the best biography and autobiography books, featuring top autobiographies and the best biographies of all time.
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The Pink MarineNOW A NETFLIX SERIES - BOOTSIn The Pink Marine, Greg Cope White's sharp, funny, and unexpectedly moving memoir, he recounts how an insecure New Orleans weakling transforms into a Devil Dog Marine. A coming-of-age story set in the most unlikely place: boot camp.When Greg's...
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The Periodic Table: A MemoirThe Periodic Table is largely a memoir of the years before and after Primo Levi's transportation from his native Italy to Auschwitz as an anti-Facist partisan and a Jew.It recounts, in clear, precise, unfailingly beautiful prose, the story of the Piedmontese Jewish community from...
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The Past Ten: An AnthologyBased on the Past-Ten.com website created and launched by executive editor Donald Quist in 2017, The Past Ten features a wide range of responses from parenthood, to family issues, professional development, gender and sexual identity, addiction, recovery, illness, natural disasters, war, and more, and...
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The Paranormal Ranger: A Navajo Investigator's Search for the Unexplained*A NEW YORK TIMES PICK FOR TOP 22 NONFICTION BOOKS TO READ THIS FALL!*A Navajo Ranger's chilling and clear-eyed memoir of his investigations into bizarre cases of the paranormal and unexplained in NavajolandAs a Native American with parents of both Navajo and Cherokee descent,...
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The Original Black Elite: Daniel Murray and the Story of a Forgotten EraIn this outstanding cultural biography, the author of the New York Times bestseller A Slave in the White House chronicles a critical yet overlooked chapter in American history: the inspiring rise and calculated fall of the black elite, from Emancipation through Reconstruction to the...
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The OptimisticsThe Optimistics is an inspiring true story of three strangers, Dennis, Mike, and Jim, all battling Young-Onset Dementia, who became brothers through their incurable illness. Forming a bond of optimism with one another, they dubbed themselves "The Optimistics" as a way to share positivity...
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The Onion FieldNEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER - "A fascinating account of a double tragedy: one physical, the other psychological."--Truman Capote This is the frighteningly true story of two young cops and two young robbers whose separate destinies fatally cross one March night in a bizarre execution...
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The Ohno Book: A Serious Guide to Irreverent Type DesignFrom the cult favorite typography studio and foundry OH no Type Co. comes this richly illustrated and endlessly entertaining handbook featuring type specimens, process sketches, and instructions for creating typefaces. The purpose of this book is to make type design fun. As author and...
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The Next Best Place: Love Letters to a Mountain Town in the American WestThe Tate family moved to the Methow Valley in 1989, a rural mountain refuge surrounded by thousands of acres of public land. There, Julie grew up exploring, backpacking, and fishing, determined to one day own a home of her own. Throughout the next two...
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The Nature of Pain: Roots, Recovery, and Redemption Amid the Opioid CrisisAuthor: Mandi Fugate SheffelPublisher: University Press of KentuckyPublished: 10/07/2025Pages: 192Binding Type: HardcoverWeight: 0.75lbsSize: 7.90h x 5.40w x 0.80dISBN: 9781985903104About the AuthorSheffel, Mandi Fugate: - Mandi Fugate Sheffel was born and raised in Redfox, Kentucky. She is the owner of the Read Spotted Newt, an...
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Then AgainThe trade paperback edition of Diane Keaton's unforgettable memoir includes a new Afterword about the bonds between mother and daughter. NAMED ONE OF THE TEN BEST BOOKS OF THE YEAR BY Janet Maslin, The New York Times - People - Vogue ONE OF THE...
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The Monster and the Mirror: Mental Illness, Magic, and the Stories We TellRevelatory memoir and cultural criticism that connects popular fantasy and our perceptions of mental illness to offer an empathetic path to compassionate care Growing up, K.J. Aiello was fascinated by magical stories of dragons, wizards, and fantasy, where monsters were not what they seemed...
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THE MISSING SECRET of the Legendary Book Think and Grow Rich: And a 12-minute-a-day technique to apply itDiscover The Legendary "Full Secret" to Living an Exceptional LifeWhat if you could unlock the full power of Napoleon Hill's Think and Grow Rich? In this legendary book, Hill says there's a SECRET for success. But he'll only gives us half the secret. In...
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The Met Vincent Van Gogh: He Saw the World in Vibrant ColorsSee the world through Vincent van Gogh's eyes and be inspired to produce your own masterpieces. Have you ever wondered exactly what your favorite artists were looking at to make them draw, sculpt, or paint the way they did? In this charming illustrated series,...
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The Met Paul CézanneSee the world through Paul Cézanne's eyes and be inspired to produce your own masterpieces. Have you ever wondered exactly what your favorite artists were looking at to make them draw, sculpt, or paint the way they did? In this charming illustrated series of...
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The Met Georgia O'Keeffe: She Saw the World in a FlowerSee the world through Georgia O'Keeffe's eyes and be inspired to produce your own masterpieces. Have you ever wondered exactly what your favorite artists were looking at to make them draw, sculpt, or paint the way they did? In this charming illustrated series of...
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The Memoirs of Robert and Mabel Williams: African American Freedom, Armed Resistance, and International SolidarityBorn in Jim Crow-era Monroe, North Carolina, Robert F. Williams and Mabel R. Williams were the state's most legendary African American freedom fighters. The Williamses' leadership in Monroe was just the beginning of a lifelong pursuit of freedom and justice for Black people in...
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The Memoirs of General William Tecumseh Sherman: The Complete Annotated EditionA titan among Civil War military geniuses gives an unvarnished account of his career, presented for the first time in a definitive annotated edition, marking the 150th anniversary of the original publication. William Tecumseh Sherman's memoirs were a sensation when first published in 1875,...
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The Lucky Ones: A MemoirA moving memoir by a survivor of anti-Muslim violence in contemporary India that delicately weaves political and family histories in a tribute to her country's unique Islamic heritage--"a must-read in our warring world today" (NPR) "A harrowing survivor's tale, an important history lesson, and...
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The Long Walk"I hope The Long Walk will remain as a memorial to all those who live and die for freedom, and for all those who for many reasons could not speak for themselves."--Slavomir Rawicz In 1941, the author and six other fellow prisoners escaped a...
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