Autobiography: literary books

In this treasured modern classic, one of America's most celebrated memoirists and poets, Maya Angelou, shares the...  Read More >>

The fourth title in Maya Angelou's bestselling seven-volume autobiography is reissued in a new look to celebrate...  Read More >>

For Virago's 50th anniversary, we are reissuing the second title in Maya Angelou's bestselling autobiography series...  Read More >>

The sixth volume of Maya Angelou's bestselling autobiography is reissued in a new look to coincide with its induction...  Read More >>

The fifth volume in Maya Angelou's bestselling autobiography is reissued in a new look to mark its induction to...  Read More >>

Included in the BEST OF GRANTA series: the Costa-award winning memoir on what it means to grow old.  Read More >>

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A gripping, funny, joyful account of how the books you read shape your own life in surprising and profound ways....  Read More >>

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A truthful and passionate account of the golden age of literary Vienna; its seeming permanence, its promise, and...  Read More >>

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Towards the end of her life, the writer Storm Jameson began her memoir by asking, 'can I make sense of my life?'...  Read More >>

An autobiography of Edgar Mittelholzer years growing up in colonial British Guiana as a mixed-race boy in a colour-conscious...  Read More >>

An intimate and illuminating account of queer lives and migration, homemaking and community in the Gulf, from a...  Read More >>

In his debut poetry collection, TheNature of Things Fragiledetails while laying them to rest. The Nature of Things...  Read More >>

In 1960 Jack Kerouac was near breaking point. Driven mad by constant press attention in the wake of the publication...  Read More >>

The dismantlement of the British Empire had a profound impact on many celebrated white Anglophone writers of the...  Read More >>

"Mary and Mr. Eliot is a twin portrait of T. S. Eliot and its author, the formidable Mary Trevelyan. In 1938 T....  Read More >>

"A sharp and witty collection of autobiographical essays by the late Elspeth Barker--acclaimed journalist and author...  Read More >>

""Speaking out for the first time, and in unforgettable detail, about the traumatic events of August 12, 2022, Salman...  Read More >>

AN INSTANT NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER ""The most brilliant feline portrait in literary history."" -People Magazine...  Read More >>

From internationally renowned writer and Booker Prize winner Salman Rushdie, a searing, deeply personal account...  Read More >>

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