Memoir

Job crap, awkward sex and dating, racism, biphobia, changing friendships, a difficult childhood, money problems, reality…

History calls them "internment camps" as if that helps lessen the blow of how we once imprisoned Japanese citizens in…

George Orwell may have been predicting the not-so-distant future when he wrote 1984, but there was more to his life than…

Georgia was a chatty, singing-in-the-shower twentysomething working at a bike shop in Montreal, before losing her voice…

Mental illness isn't funny - except when it is. Jenny Lawson dives into her years struggling with mental illness in this…

"I was a three-year-old arsonist." From the very first words of her memoir, Jenny Lawson sets the tone in this hilarious…

If Rebecca Solnit (Men Explain Things to Me) rewrote the phone book, we'd be hanging on every word, enjoying the whole…

In the Bay Area in the 90s, teenage Ariel knows she has to get out in order to save herself. She buys a one-way ticket…

Part memoir, part practical advice, The Mother Trip looks at what it means to become a mother and how handle that. Ariel…

Using his own experiences in entertainment and miscommunication, actor Alan Alda has created a guide to better…

An immigrant who has found himself homeless and struggling, Jose Antonio Vargas says that "this is not a book about the…

Evocative and emotionally-expressive illustrations, each paired with a caption that show life in a US internment camp…

I mean, I for one could use a break from society now and again, but this book brings it to a whole other level. An…

Kyle Bravo's diary comics describe the ups and downs and joys of everyday life. In this issue, it's 2017, his kid is 2…

Sometimes truth is more twisted than fiction. Lead singer of the eighties band True Sounds of Liberty, Jack…

The "American Dream" can feel like a fantasy sometimes, but it's nice to read the story of someone who was able to work…

This colorful and beautifully illustrated guide chronicles the life of prolific artist Frida Kahlo. With a timeline and…

While there are parts of Amerlia Earhart's life that will probably always be a mystery, this colorfully illustrated book…

In 1964 Nelson Mandela was sentenced to life in prison for treason. In 1994 he was a Nobel Peace Prize recipient and the…

Tal Ben-Shahar is a happiness expert. And he found an unusual source of wisdom and inspiration in his weekly trips to…

This book is for you dog lovers looking to read a touching, poetic memoir about a human and man's best friend. If you've…

In Marbles: Mania, Depression, Michelangelo, and Me: A Graphic Memoir we met cartoonist Ellen Forney as she showed us in…

This beautifully illustrated and emotional story is an evocative memoir about the search for a better future and a…

Both deeply personal and broadly empathizable, people typically can relate to stories of romance, and yet it can be…

A comic about the twists and turns of a complex, lifelong friendship between two women, from childhood to adulthood,…

A laugh-out-loud memoir for people beset by anxiety. Root for this accomplished humorist (McSweeney's!) as Hameister…