Memoir

Cynthia Copeland had it all—a lovely house, a successful career, three kids, and a marriage of 18 years. Then she…

A.J. Jacobs assigned himself the seemingly impossible task of reading through all of the Encyclopedia Britannica…

This book follows the life of early Italian feminist, famous anarchist and unyielding pacifist Leda Rafanelli, focusing…

Morris and Buddy: The Story of the First Seeing Eye Dog tells the story about Morris, who lost his sight at 16 while…

Ever found yourself wanting to laugh (and maybe cry a little bit) about the highs and lows of adulthood? Well, Dami Lee…

Part memoir, part practical advice, The Mother Trip looks at what it means to become a mother and how handle that. Ariel…

When depression threatened the life of "mommy blogger" Heather B. Armstrong, she decided to take radical action and be…

This authorized biography of Uri Geller tells his larger-than-life life story and explores recent claims about his…

Karen's passion—and profession—working to end Canadian seal hunts resulted in two government agents showing up at…

A powerful exploration of Black achievement in a white world based on honest, provocative, and moving interviews with…

Autistic people are often told and shown that our success in society will be measured by how much we manage to hide our…

In this personal account of one woman's journey from shopping addict to anarchist hedge Druid, author Katrina Townsend…

Kinari Webb was a fledgling herself when she began studying orangutans in Borneo. The plight of these "people of the…

In this one of a kind book, author Juniper Fitzgerald combines elements of memoir, sociological theory,…

In this collection of comic strips, artist and cartoonist Noah Van Sciver blends memoir and fiction, and offers the…

Frontwoman for the iconoclast and iconic bands Bikini Kill and Le Tigre writes her memoir — for fans of hers, fans of…

The fourth and final installment in author Karl Ove Knausgaard's seasonally-themed autobiography, Summer splices…

A tough yet lyrical account of family, loss, and motherhood. At 39, called on to take care of her dying mother, Ariel…

Endlessly honest and witty, this memoir about autism by Charlotte Ameia Poe is at times both hilarious and upsetting.…

The poignant lessons and practical applications an Ivy League psychiatrist learned from her daughter with a brain…

The title speaks for itself. Get a peak into the life of the controversial Prime Minister and the craziness that…

If you've ever gone through a break-up, you've probably experienced the plethora of emotions that can assault you on…

Both deeply personal and broadly empathizable, people typically can relate to stories of romance, and yet it can be…

This illustrated, middle grade level book tells the life story of 2004 Nobel Peace Prize winner Dr. Wangari Maathai.…

In this moving, tender, and heart-breaking memoir, Jennifer Finney Boylan tells the story of her life through seven dogs…

This is the story of a century and a half of participation by black people in US electoral politics from Reconstruction…

A provocative book that uncovers the truth about a misunderstood and stigmatized disorder for a deeper, more empathetic…

Dr. Joel Salinas is a Harvard-trained researcher and neurologist with extraordinary gifts.  He has mirror-touch…

In 1968, author Keith Stewart relocated to upstate New York and established an organic farm. Though it proved to be…

A comic about the twists and turns of a complex, lifelong friendship between two women, from childhood to adulthood,…