Autobiography: literary books

The true story of an abused spouse and her daughter seeking and finding a new life.  Read More >>

""In Where the Past Begins, bestselling author of The Joy Luck Club and The Valley of Amazement Amy Tan reveals...  Read More >>

The National Book Award–winning author of Year of the Monkey, Just Kids, and M Train offers a rare, intimate account...  Read More >>

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The author of Foreign Gods, Inc. and Arrows of Rain tells his own immigrant's tale, where what is lost in translation...  Read More >>

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

The brilliant family memoir of the much-beloved poet and political campaigner  Read More >>

Numinosity: A Fractured Memoir is a book audaciously modeled on the iconic Life magazine. It consists of six chapters,...  Read More >>

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"""In Where the Past Begins, bestselling author of The Joy Luck Club and The Valley of Amazement Amy Tan reveals...  Read More >>

"""From New York Times bestselling author Amy Tan, a memoir on her life as a writer, her childhood, and the symbiotic...  Read More >>

"""From New York Times bestselling author Amy Tan, a memoir on her life as a writer, her childhood, and the symbiotic...  Read More >>

David Borkowski was nearly shot to death during a botched robbery when he was 15. Soon before turning 40, he obtained...  Read More >>

The book has no illustrations or index. Purchasers are entitled to a free trial membership in the General Books...  Read More >>

“Jeremy Gavron’s quest to find his mother has produced a groundbreaking book and moving portrait of a spirited young...  Read More >>

""Brilliant . . . As the pages fly by, we're right by Vanasco, breathlessly experiencing her grief, mania, revelations,...  Read More >>

From one of Granta's Best of Young British Novelists, Xiaolu Guo's memoir documents her trajectory from a small...  Read More >>

In late 2015, Georgia Blain was diagnosed with a tumour sitting right in the language centre of her brain. Prior...  Read More >>

Caroline Jane Knight shares more than Jane Austen's name and DNA. As a direct descendant of Jane's brother, Edward...  Read More >>

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Except for those who, under compulsion of a sick certificate, are flying Bombaywards, it is good for every man to...  Read More >>

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