Memoir

Born in 1954, Cleve Jones was among the last generation of gay Americans who grew up wondering if there were others out…

Rebecca Solnit's keen eye and lyrical writing, applied to political and cultural critique, never miss their mark. Her…

This graphic memoir of a lifelong love affair with exercise, set against a hilarious chronicle of fitness fads from…

In this timely and powerful account, author Lori Fox examines capitalism and patriarchy through the lens of their own…

Most are familiar with Leonard Cohen because of his music. With hits like 'Hallelujah' and 'Suzanne,' Cohen made a name…

Through his own life story - from childhood to his life as an adult, Toufic El Rassi illustrates the prejudice and…

A first-hand account of the author's experience with loss during the 2017 California wildfires. Brian Fies had whipped…

Kyle's story of fatherhood continues with the fourth volume of diary comics zine Forever and Everything. He recounts…

Murakami's memoir is as good as his novels, maybe even better. Running and writing are his joint passions, and it's a…

Alida Nugent graduated college with a degree in one hand and a drink in the other, eager to trade in parties and…

Roz Chast will make you laugh-cry in Can't We Talk About Something More Pleasant?, her first memoir about living with…

With distinct visual styling, Box Brown depicts the life Andy Kaufman chose to live as an accomplished performer in Is…

SELF-ish is a trans memoir about Chloe's remarkable life, from her childhood in a military family, her architectural…

The laughs (and tears) continue in this eighth installment of Forever and Everything. In comic aphorisms, artist,…

The second in author Karl Ove Knausgaard's quartet of autobiographical volumes, Winter continues Knausgaard's series…

"I'm forever greatful for this book and its author."  —Laura Jane Grace Whipping Girl analyzes the misogyny at the…

Giving shape to the deep depression that pervaded Lincoln's adult life, Joshua Wolf Shenk's Lincoln's Melancholy reveals…

National Book Award winner Jesmyn Ward takes James Baldwin’s 1963 examination of race in America, The Fire Next Time,…

When the Taliban took control of the Swat Valley in Pakistan, one girl spoke out. Malala Yousafzai refused to be…

With an administration that spews "alternative facts" and national anxiety on the rise, George Orwell's work has become…

Did you know that in all of Jane Austen's novels, there are zero kisses between lovers? That she wrote an estimated…

A hypertext memoir, in a series of vignettes, some in the style of a choose-your-own adventure novel that traps you in…

A collection deeply personal essays exploring the physical, emotional, and mental impact on motherhood and identity of…

A memoir of a woman who began fostering dogs as her teenage children were moving away, and ended up fostering fifty dogs…

"What do you want?" is a constant query put to economic and globalization activists. In yet another volume, Albert…

A biography of Chris Cornell that tracks the rise of Soundgarden as they emerged from the 1980s post-punk underground to…

These interviews are collected from throughout Bowie's career, including both the first he ever gave, at age 16, and his…

Every day since 2001, Ben Snakepit has drawn a three-panel comic about the events of the day. Every three years he…

You’ve never read a book like The Reason I Jump. Written by Naoki Higashida, a very smart, very self-aware, and very…

With In-N-Out Burger, BusinessWeek writer Stacy Perman presents a chronicle of how a family-run California hamburger…