Asian/Other by Vidyan Ravinthiran
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A memoir by a poetry critic
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Ten Years to Save the West by Liz Truss
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A memoir by the UK’s blink-and-you-miss-her Prime Minister
Read MoreSailing Alone: A History by Richard King
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A history of those unique souls who choose to sail the ocean, in very small boats, alone.
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American Breakdown by Jennifer Lunden
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The author’s struggle with chronic illness prompts her to search for examples buried in history.
Read MoreThe Hero of This Book by Elizabeth McCracken
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A slim, affecting book about the author’s mother
Read MoreFeral City by Jeremiah Moss
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A memoir of being gay in a New York City changed by COVID-19.
Read MoreA Woman's Battles and Transformations by Édouard Louis
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A brief memoir from the author of “The End of Eddy.”
Read MoreMemoirs by Robert Lowell
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A collection of the autobiographical writings of the great poet.
Read MoreI Was Better Last Night by Harvey Fierstein
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The inimitable playwright and actor writes a candid, affecting memoir.
Read MoreSolid Ivory by James Ivory
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A prolific filmmaker recalls a long life of achievement and pleasure.
Read MoreFox & I by Catherine Raven
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The memoir of an unlikely bond that forms between a solitary woman and a wild fox.
Read MoreOn the House by John Boehner
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Former Speaker of the House John Boehner writes a memoir that he intends to be full of cuss words and honesty. He succeeds at about 50% of that.
Read MoreUnfinished Business by Vivian Gornick
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A critic and journalist considers how a lifetime of experience has opened her eyes to new meanings in old books.
Read MoreAusten Years by Rachel Cohen
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A graceful and deeply introspective memoir written by a woman who reads and rereads Jane Austen to help her confront the changes occurring in her own life, and learns that her personal experiences give her a new lens to explore the meaning of Austen’s novels.
Read MoreBecoming Duchess Goldblatt: A Memoir by Anonymous
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The charming memoir of a fictional character and her anonymous creator.
Read MoreMen of Violence Take It By Force: Philippe Lancon’s “Disturbance”
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Journalist Philippe Lançon’s account of putting his life back together from the inside out.
Read MoreSpirit Run by Noé Álvarez
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The author’s memoir about taking part in an epic cross-country run seeks in part to redeem the very act of running in the immigrant experience.
Read MoreIn the Land of Men by Adrienne Miller
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A former Esquire literary editor writes a memoir about working in a male-dominated field - and getting involved with one of that field’s biggest stars, David Foster Wallace.
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