Autobiography: literary books

Maternal Threads is a compelling story that weaves one woman's search of her childhood with the secrets that have...  Read More >>

Arturo Barea's astonishing Spanish trilogy is both the autobiography of a man and the biography of a nation during...  Read More >>

Brutal and beautiful, Stray is the true story of a girl who runs away and finds herself. After growing up in a...  Read More >>

Moyra Caldecott reveals the many levels of her own life as a writer and the extraordinary events and experiences...  Read More >>

Moyra Caldecott reveals the many levels of her own life as a writer and the extraordinary events and experiences...  Read More >>

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An accessible and personal “confession” of the creative process of the award-winning Norwegian novelist Karl Ove...  Read More >>

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First published in 1880, this biography explores the flamboyant life and highly influential works of Lord Byron...  Read More >>

A woman, her dogs, and their journey North on the Iditarod trail.  Read More >>

This collection of notes and essays on Kipling's world travels reveals a man bursting with self-deprecating wit,...  Read More >>

In 1754 Henry Fielding, suffering from a serious illness was winched aboard a ship bound for Portugal. This is Fielding's...  Read More >>

Trollope enjoyed considerable acclaim as a novelist during his lifetime, publishing over 40 novels and many short...  Read More >>

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In 1754 Henry Fielding, suffering from a serious illness was winched aboard a ship bound for Portugal. This is Fielding's...  Read More >>

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At the age of six, Tim Guest was taken by his mother to a commune modeled on the teachings of the notorious Indian...  Read More >>

At the age of six, Tim Guest was taken by his mother to a commune modeled on the teachings of the notorious Indian...  Read More >>

I Am Unashamed on a whole represents global healing through the release of anything that may keep us bound. It's...  Read More >>

Recovery, motherhood, queerness-Idiophone is a striking meditation on risk-taking in art, from a distinctively feminist...  Read More >>

In this funny, poignant and unflinchingly honest memoir, one of the world’s best-loved storytellers explains how...  Read More >>

A memoir that follows Claire Tomalin through triumph and tragedy in about equal measure, from the disastrous marriage...  Read More >>

From the bestselling author of Carter Beats the Devil and Sunnyside, a shocking, big-hearted memoir about his bizarre...  Read More >>

Things Near and Far was is the second part of Arthur Machen's autobiography. The first part is contained in Far...  Read More >>