Autobiography: literary books

A frank, smart and captivating memoir by the daughter of Apple founder Steve Jobs.  Read More >>

In this insightful memoir Lennie Goodings takes the reader behind the scenes at Virago, the feminist press that...  Read More >>

"«Parece que no soy capaz de ser, si es que pretendo ser algo. No soy nada: un escritor que no escribe nada,...  Read More >>

The life of Frederick Douglass, recorded in the pages which follow, is not merely an example of self-elevation under...  Read More >>

'I think the world should read it' LISA TADDEO, AUTHOR OF THREE WOMEN A Guardian Book of the Year After the unexpected...  Read More >>

Exhilarating, brave and full of wonder, Elsewhere is the story of a life lived in search of meaning. It will make...  Read More >>

In 1930 Danish artist Einar Wegener underwent a series of surgeries to live as Lili Ilse Elvenes (more commonly...  Read More >>

This is the story of a life that doesn't go according to plan. Despite this, Lucy Maud Montgomery has created a...  Read More >>

The warm and lively autobiography of Zora Neale Hurston, one of the most influential African-American writers, is...  Read More >>

The life of Frederick Douglass, recorded in the pages which follow, is not merely an example of self-elevation under...  Read More >>

The True Story of My Life from Hans Christian Andersen. Danish author and poet most famous for his fairy tales...  Read More >>

Four Years is a classic autobiographical text by the great Irish poet, William Butler Yeats. At the end of the eighties...  Read More >>

A memoir on love, lust and attachment: one woman's remarkable and candid account of transforming a difficult and...  Read More >>

Reading novels is an escape for Yan, and he yearns to become a writer after hearing about a woman who was allowed...  Read More >>

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First published in 1814, The Excursion is the second and only completed part of Wordsworth's three-part work The...  Read More >>

Embracing My Shadow, being the first Nigerian lesbian memoir, fills a crucial gap. It is a story of a real life...  Read More >>

Grounds itself in the critical trajectory related to what Sara Ahmed calls affective economies to offer fresh insights...  Read More >>

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"""Originally published in Spain as Antes que anochezca (Autobiografâia) by Tusquet Editores, S.A., copyright Ã...  Read More >>

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Wordsworth's The Prelude is an autobiographical poem written in blank verse within which he reveals intimate details...  Read More >>

Previously unpublished work from the acclaimed author of several great classics, detailing the last years of her...  Read More >>

Published on the day Paris fell to the Germans in 1940, Paris France blends Gertrude Stein's childhood memories...  Read More >>