Autobiography: literary books

From a bilingual master of the literary memoir comes this movingand humorous story of losing immigrant baggage and...  Read More >>

Elizabeth Smart’s passionate fictional account of her intense love-affair with the poet George Barker, described...  Read More >>

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From the author of Mrs Engels and The Sisters Mao, an intimate family memoir about filial love and its limits, separation,...  Read More >>

"""Rich Cohen tells the story of the one-of-a-kind Herbie Cohen: the king of Bensonhurst, the world's best negotiator,...  Read More >>

Having hopped from gig to gig to make ends meet, he writes of his eventual discovery of the written word, literature...  Read More >>

This soul-stirring debut probes the art of living without romance.  Read More >>

A revelatory meditation on class and consumer culture, from 2022 Nobel laureate Annie Ernaux  Read More >>

'My own first memory is the cupboard door, and laughing, erupting with laughter' - a memoir about finding an identity,...  Read More >>

An urgent – and final – work from the award-winning author of Arctic Dreams whose writing, fieldwork and mentorship...  Read More >>

A study of Arthur Upfield and his long-term relationship with Albermarle station, in north-western NSW from the...  Read More >>

Arrangements in Blue elegantly honors the life lived completely by--and for--oneself. Inspired by Joni Mitchell's...  Read More >>

Arrangements in Blue elegantly honors the life lived completely by--and for--oneself. Inspired by Joni Mitchell's...  Read More >>

Anthony Holden, award-winning journalist and biographer, editor of Poems That Make Grown Men Cry, looks back whimsically...  Read More >>

A heart-warming tale of a life-changing friendship spanning forty years By the time Will Schwalbe was a junior...  Read More >>

Written with warmth, intelligence and humour, Alexandra Collier's inspiring memoir takes us on the wild ride of...  Read More >>

This is the first bilingual annotated edition of two landmark autobiographies by late eighteenth- and early nineteenth-century...  Read More >>

Acclaimed travel-writer, novelist and singer-songwriter Malachy Tallack's beautifully written exploration of and...  Read More >>

A staggering memoir from New York Times-bestselling author Ada Calhoun tracing her fraught relationship with her...  Read More >>

"*Winner of the 2024 Mississippi Institute of Arts & Letters Award for Life Writing* ""A wickedly entertaining""...  Read More >>

This is the first bilingual annotated edition of two landmark autobiographies by late eighteenth- and early nineteenth-century...  Read More >>

Howard Jacobson's funny, revealing and tender memoir of his path to becoming a writer 'One of the all-time great...  Read More >>

Memoir of Joseph M. Flora. In Joe's own words: This memoir takes the reader to the Great Depression years in...  Read More >>

"""Emily Dickinson springs to life in this remarkable, long-out-of-print biography written by her niece . . . Though...  Read More >>

"Vogue's Best Books of Summer 2021 ""Everyone had a clearer vision of my body than I did. It didn't feel as...  Read More >>