Browsing: Biographies and Memoirs

This New York Times bestseller offers a rich, revealing portrait of the nation’s 34th president. “Despite competing biographies… this is the best” (Publishers Weekly starred review). With nearly 2,700 five-star ratings on Goodreads.

One of the first women to win the Pulitzer Prize in poetry, Edna St. Vincent Millay was a beloved, transgressive figure. This New York Times bestseller chronicles the turbulent life of a Jazz Age titan. “A haunting drama of artistic fame… Not to be missed” (Publishers Weekly).

Winner of the 2002 Pulitzer Prize for Biography, this is a magisterial portrait of one of America’s Founding Fathers and…

“Nuanced… heartbreaking” (The New Yorker): This fascinating memoir with nearly 1,000 five-star Goodreads ratings follows the author’s life in Zimbabwe under Mugabe’s dictatorship. “Vibrant, tragic, and surprisingly funny” (The New York Times Book Review).

In 2001, Mary Jean Pearle listened over the phone as her abusive ex-husband, John Battaglia, murdered their two young daughters. This gripping read recounts the nightmarish crime that rocked Dallas.

The #1 New York Times bestselling author of The Godfather delivers “a classic” (The New York Times Book Review). In early 1900s Hell’s Kitchen, an Italian immigrant fights to make a better life for her family — despite the violent forces that stand in her way. With nearly 850 five-star ratings on Goodreads.

Immerse yourself in the story of one of Hollywood’s most celebrated actors with this New York Times bestseller! “If the rest of us can’t aspire to having Newman’s life, we can at least take inspiration from the way he lived his” (The Washington Post).

From the New York Times bestselling author whose story inspired the PBS series: Jennifer shares her experiences working as a midwife amid the dire postwar conditions of London’s East End — and delves into the lives of the women she worked with.

“Vivacious” (Publishers Weekly): A New York Times bestselling author uses historical evidence to suggest that Jane Austen lived a worldly and cosmopolitan existence — a far cry from the placid scenes depicted in her books. “A dynamic new biography in which Austen lives and breathes” (NPR).

This “intimate and honest” memoir (Booklist starred review) traces the incredible journey of the US Supreme Court’s first Hispanic justice, from her turbulent childhood to her meteoric legal career. Over 8,200 five-star Goodreads ratings!