Autobiography: literary books

A momentous memoir of childhood and adolescence from one of our finest and most beloved writers, as we’ve never...  Read More >>

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

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Herman Wouk, one of America’s most beloved and enduring authors, reflects on his life and times from the remarkable...  Read More >>

In this posthumous collection of essays, Eva Saulitis meditates on mortality, the art of living fully, and her advancing...  Read More >>

Josephine Caplin (Jo) was born into a world marred by maternal abandonment, alcoholism and traumatic epileptic seizures....  Read More >>

""An Experiment in Autobiography"" was first published in 1934. Within it, Wells recounts his childhood, school...  Read More >>

Lowry's writing often transports readers into other worlds. Now, we have the rare opportunity to travel into a real...  Read More >>

A searingly beautiful coming-of-age memoir about a girl who begins to see her parents' ghosts after their tragic...  Read More >>

I lived the same life as everyone else, the life of ordinary people, the masses. Sitting in a prison cell in...  Read More >>

The follow-up to And No Birds Sang, Farley Mowat's memoir My Father's Son charts the course of a family relationship...  Read More >>

Shortly after his mother dies of breast cancer when he is ten years old, Michael Blumenthal discovers that she was...  Read More >>

"New York Times bestselling author, humorist, and newspaper columnist Michael Perry returns with a new collection...  Read More >>

Weiner's hilarious and insightful chronicles of her life cover everything from her bad dates to her mother coming...  Read More >>

Betty Bard MacDonald (1907-1958), the best-selling author of The Egg and I and the classic Mrs. Piggle-Wiggle children's...  Read More >>

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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 >>

In telling the story of his youth through seven computer games, critically acclaimed author Michael W. Clune (White...  Read More >>

Autobiographical novel told by J, a woman who lives in a glass tower on one of Miami Beach's lush Venetian Islands....  Read More >>

A searingly beautiful coming-of-age memoir about a girl who begins to see her parents' ghosts after their tragic...  Read More >>

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A searingly beautiful coming-of-age memoir about a girl who begins to see her parents' ghosts after their tragic...  Read More >>