Autobiography: literary books

In Patch Work, Claire Wilcox steps into the archive of memory. Here, she deftly stitches together the story of her...  Read More >>

Paulo Coelho: A Warrior's Life is the definitive, authorized biography of one of the world's most popular and widely...  Read More >>

Nel prossimo capitolo della serie RAHA, Alborz rivela la verità su ciò che è successo durante i quattro mesi della...  Read More >>

"National Review Top Ten Best Nonfiction Books of the Century. ""One of Orwell's very best books and perhaps the...  Read More >>

A Writer Prepares, an examination of the first quarter century of a writer's life, is the work of two writers,...  Read More >>

"A ""memoir about coming of age in the male-dominated literary world of the nineties, becoming the first female...  Read More >>

"""As he did in Marley, Grogan makes readers feel they have a seat at the family dinner table....4 stars."" --People...  Read More >>

The Gospel of the Eels is both a meditation on the world’s most elusive fish—the eel—and a reflection on the human...  Read More >>

Introducing the Collins Modern Classics, a series featuring some of the most significant books of recent times,...  Read More >>

A devastating essay on loss and the people we love from Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie, the bestselling author of Americanah...  Read More >>

In Word for Word, accomplished author Laurie Lisle shares her hard-earned wisdom about the writing life. A perfect...  Read More >>

First published in Italy in 1982 and available to only a handful of scholars in the US, Boelhower's classic study...  Read More >>

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This memoir is the work of a writer at the height of his powers, looking back without nostalgia or regret, and preserving...  Read More >>

A provocative, exhilaratingly new understanding of the United States' most confounding metropolis--not just a great...  Read More >>

The Story of Yone Noguchi (1914) is a memoir by Yone Noguchi. Both a leading modernist poet in English and Japanese...  Read More >>

A Writer Prepares, an examination of the first quarter century of a writer's life, is the work of two writers,...  Read More >>

Sometime in 1953, I knew with unusual certainty what I intended to do with my life. I would become a writer. By...  Read More >>

Following the phenomenal success of MARLEY & ME, John Grogan's memoir is a warm and moving tribute to the power...  Read More >>

"With his trademark blend of humor and pathos that made ""Marley & Me"" beloved by millions, Grogan tells the powerful...  Read More >>

The remarkable memoirs of a remarkable writer With photographs and quotes from her many, hugely loved books, Patricia...  Read More >>

The World Is Round is a lively novel, which tells the story of Jean a lovely and likeable Sydney woman with literary...  Read More >>

"A ""stunning"" (Hanif Abdurraqib), ""unputdownable"" (Mary Karr) meditation on queerness, family, and desire. How...  Read More >>

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Bill Freund was an eminent South African historian who published in the areas of labour, capital and economic history....  Read More >>