Browsing: Biographies and Memoirs

Thirty years after women became 50 percent of the college graduates in the United States, men still hold the vast…

A New York Times bestseller with over 28,000 five-star ratings on Goodreads! This “entertaining and thought-provoking” collection (Time) of razor-sharp essays on modern culture will captivate and inspire. “Required reading” (People).

Top-rated on BookBub: In this #1 New York Times bestseller, the author of The Five People You Meet in Heaven chronicles his former college professor’s last days — and their moving conversations about life and death. “A true story that shines and leaves you forever warmed by its afterglow” (Amy Tan).

This New York Times bestseller follows four nurses as they experience the drama, heroism, and camaraderie of their important profession. “A funny, intimate, and often jaw-dropping account of life behind the scenes” (People).

When Jon Krakauer reached the summit of Mt. Everest in the early afternoon of May 10,1996, he hadn’t slept in…

Jon Krakauer’s literary reputation rests on insightful chronicles of lives conducted at the outer limits. He now shifts his focus…

This “masterpiece” (Life) with over 212,000 five-star Goodreads ratings investigates the shocking murder of the Clutter family in a small Midwestern town. “The best documentary account of an American crime ever written” (The New York Review of Books).

A riveting #1 New York Times bestselling memoir by an iconic rock ‘n’ roll muse: After decades of silence, the former wife of George Harrison and Eric Clapton shares her story — on her own terms. “Will thrill classic rock buffs with a taste for scandal” (Entertainment Weekly).

One of the most notorious Americans of the twentieth century was a failed Broadway actress turned radio announcer named Mildred…

A “brave and candid” memoir (San Francisco Chronicle): When Will uncovers his late father’s secret family, he launches himself into a moving journey to find his half-brothers. “Never has a story of loss been so full of life” (New York Times bestselling author Maggie Shipstead).