Browsing: Biographies and Memoirs

An all-you-can-eat smorgasbord of laughter! Comedian Jim Gaffigan shares his culinary passions in this hilarious ode to everything edible. A New York Times bestseller with over 5,400 five-star ratings on Goodreads.

This New York Times bestseller and Pulitzer Prize winner from the author of Alexander Hamilton provides a groundbreaking look at the life of George Washington. “Truly magnificent… Well-researched, well-written, and absolutely definitive” (The Washington Post).

A #1 New York Times bestseller that inspired the hit Broadway musical: This “elegantly written, richly detailed account of Hamilton’s tempestuous life” (The Times) delves into the world of one of America’s most fascinating founding fathers. “Nobody has captured Hamilton better” (The New York Times Book Review).

With nearly 1,100 five-star Goodreads ratings: Mary Wollstonecraft and her daughter Mary Shelley both defied tradition and influenced literary and feminist history. Their lives are “explored with remarkable insight… in this exhilarating dual biography” (Publishers Weekly).

A New York Times bestseller from the acclaimed creator of Grey’s Anatomy and Scandal: In this empowering memoir, Shonda Rhimes recounts how a year spent saying yes changed her life. “Sincere and inspiring” (Kirkus Reviews), with over 18,000 five-star ratings on Goodreads!

From one of the world’s most beloved writers and “New York Times” bestselling author of “One Summer,” a vivid, nostalgic,…

From big cities to small towns, this riveting book takes readers inside the everyday lives of American cops. Their stories paint a portrait that is at once funny, heartbreaking, and entirely unforgettable.

How did an obscure science fiction writer become one of the world’s most notorious religious leaders? This authoritative biography of Scientology founder L. Ron Hubbard is “jaw-dropping… Thoroughly researched and simply amazing” (Kirkus Reviews starred review).

The David Chronicles is the story of David as you have never heard it before: from the king himself, telling the…

An astonishing true story from a New York Times bestselling author: After infiltrating a secret North Vietnamese Army base, an outnumbered Special Forces team fought to survive while Green Beret Staff Sergeant Roy Benavidez implemented a daring rescue.