Browsing: Biographies and Memoirs

In the nonfiction tradition of John Berendt and Erik Larson, the author of the #1 NYT bestseller The Lost City…

Winner of the Lincoln Prize Acclaimed historian Doris Kearns Goodwin illuminates Abraham Lincoln’s political genius in this highly original work,…

During World War II, a young Jewish woman named Marthe Cohn became a spy for the French Resistance, participating in life-or-death missions to help take down the Nazis. “This compelling memoir is testament to how extraordinary circumstances can transform a life” (Publishers Weekly).

A New York Times bestseller: When a Michigan hairdresser founded a beauty school in Afghanistan, she became part of a community of women that would change her life… This vivid memoir is “witty and insightful” (Publishers Weekly starred review), with over 3,900 five-star ratings on Goodreads!

This New York Times bestseller details how the leaders of three powerful nations — the United States, Great Britain, and France — reshaped global politics after World War I. “A treasure” (Booklist) with nearly 3,300 five-star Goodreads ratings.

This New York Times bestselling collection compiles six memoirs from author and activist Maya Angelou — including the celebrated work I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings. “Maya Angelou is a natural writer with an inordinate sense of life” (Kirkus Reviews).

After surviving the brutality of life in Auschwitz, this Nobel Peace Prize laureate transformed his personal experience of the Holocaust into one of the great masterpieces of 20th-century literature. “[A] slim volume of terrifying power” (The New York Times) that is “required reading for all of humanity” (Oprah Winfrey).

“An unforgettable and unprecedented view of the war” (San Francisco Chronicle): Based on firsthand accounts, this powerful work of history shares the stories of 20 people who experienced World War I. “In four decades of studying war, I’ve never read such a remarkable book” (The Washington Post).

In this legendary memoir, journalist Hunter S. Thompson reports on the two years he spent living with the notorious Hell’s Angels motorcycle gang. “Thompson has presented us with a close view of a world most of us would never encounter. His language is brilliant, his eye remarkable” (The New York Times Book Review).

From a Pulitzer Prize–winning author: This “thought-provoking and profoundly satisfying” biography (School Library Journal) portrays one dedicated doctor’s commitment to humanitarian service throughout the world. A powerful and inspiring story with over 27,000 five-star ratings on Goodreads.