Collection: Autobiography & Memoir

INSTANT #1 NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • “Burden’s searing, probing memoir explores . . . what she learned about intimacy and her own spirit.”—People“A beautifully written instant...

  Part autobiography, part reportage, part cultural criticism, a fierce and memorable new book by the Pulitzer Prize–winning writer.The letter was written in his strong...

  A new reissue of the acclaimed collection of essays blurring cultural criticism, memoir, even nonfiction itself, from the beloved Pulitzer Prize winner.White Girls is about,...

The inspiring memoir of a brilliant young man who, sentenced to life in prison, refused to surrender his future--a story so powerful that it transformed...

In this deeply personal book, Elizabeth Alexander gives us profound and galvanizing lessons from culture and life to move through challenging times. In close readings...

Booklist Editor's Choice FRIENDSHIP IS THE GREAT LOVE STORY WE'VE BEEN LOOKING FOR. Friendship is good for your health. Studies show that loneliness is as...

New York Times bestselling author Malcolm Nance tells the swashbuckling story of his life as a modern-day spy. For over thirty-five years, Malcolm Nance served his...

In her first nonfiction book, New York Times bestselling author and Pulitzer Prize finalist Xochitl Gonzalez traces her own history from working class Brooklyn to the corridors...

#1 NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • In this remarkably candid and courageous memoir, the King of Pop tells the story of his life in his...

In this modern-day Pursuit of Happyness, Tiki Davis details his rise from a neglectful childhood in Odessa, Texas, and a derailing imprisonment to becoming a successful...

The little-known heroes behind Motown’s greatest hits are finally heard in this moving memoir filled with the rich historical atmosphere and emotional resonance of Hidden Figures,...

A New York Times Notable BookThe Pulitzer Prize–winning critic investigates the roles of race and sex in his own life and in literary history.Daring and fiercely original, The...

The award-winning, legendary producer, global hype-master, and King of Crunk, Lil Jon, on the story of his life and his transformation into the high-volume showman...

“A deeply felt memoir of race and history that defies social erasures of the diasporic Palestinian experience, They Told Me Back Home Would Be Beautiful boldly explores...

Emmy-winning comedian Katt Williams delivers a raw, unfiltered memoir that takes readers on a wild ride from homelessness to Hollywood, revealing the resilience, faith, and...

In a manifesto for our time, the accomplished CEO, investor, and African queen explores the roots of fearlessness and offers a roadmap from the civil...

"Exquisitely deep in vogue." —Kirkus Reviews (starred review)Kicking off a picture book series of LGBTQ+ biographies is this inspiring story of the incomparable dancer Willi Ninja,...

All-new, mesmerizing true stories from the edge of modern sex and dating, compiled by Alyssa Shelasky, in the style of her wildly popular New York Magazine column,...

A Coretta Scott King 2026 Illustrator Honor Book★ "Fashion king Talley is brought to tender, glorious life by the award-winning team of Weatherford and Sanders"—Booklist, starred...

The soul-stirring intersectional biography of the most famous Islamic woman scholar working today, from the two-time Pulitzer Prize finalist author of If the Oceans Were Ink and Home,...

Pulitzer Prize–winning former Washington Post columnist Eugene Robinson tells our nation’s torturous racial history through his own family’s story, starting with his great-grandfather’s freedom from slavery and...

An urgent and deeply affecting account of America's failure to provide meaningful support to its chronically ill and disabled citizens and our resulting reliance on...

The New York Times bestselling memoir now adapted for young adults! Ketanji Brown Jackson, the first Black woman to ever be appointed to the U.S. Supreme Court,...

Both an epic history and an intimate family story, a startling account of the lives of Black cops in one Midwestern city.In the wake of...