#Biography/Memoir

This Nature Memoir Pushes the Genre in New Directions

SOIL will make you reconsider everything you think you know about nature (including your own connection to it).

Moving Memoirs About the Pain and Pleasure of Motherhood

These motherhood memoirs explore the many facets of motherhood, helping us think deeply and intentionally about what it means to be a mother.

8 New Must-Read Memoirs That Will Take You Around the World

Find authentic narratives of displacement, longing, and hope in these eight must-read memoirs that will transport you around the world.

2025 Memoirs to Read With Your Book Club

Activist, Spy, and Icon Josephine Baker's memoir, a bookish memoir about mental illness and identity by a literature professor, and more.

This Poetic Queer Travel Memoir Is Both Heartbreaking and Hopeful

Covering everywhere from Egypt to Japan, the essays in this book range from harrowing to hopeful, and each one is deeply eye-opening.

9 of the Best Memoirs to Read

Find the best memoirs written in the last few years, from famous and non-famous writers alike.

7 Child Actor Memoirs To Read After Watching QUIET ON SET

After watching QUIET ON SET, pick up these memoirs from former child actors where they tell their own stories of growing up on screen.

The Room(s) Where It Happened: The Best Political Memoirs

From the biggest names to names you don't know (yet), the best political memoirs inspire, educate, and drive us towards a greater future.

Travel Memoirs That Aren’t by the Usual White Dudes

For awhile, it seemed like travel was only written about by a select few, but here are new voices that are exploring the world.

10 Books about Rock stars

Love music and the rock star lifestyle? Find nonfiction memoirs and biographies, and fictional books about rock stars (like Daisy Jones).