Best Autobiographies/Memoirs Books

JFK Jr.: An Intimate Oral Biography

$16.99

INSTANT NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER

The first oral biography of John F. Kennedy Jr. is an extraordinarily intimate, comprehensive look at the real man behind the myth. Sharing never-before-told stories and insights, his closest friends, confidantes, lovers, classmates, teachers, and colleagues paint a vivid portrait of one of the most beloved figures of the 20th century, revealing how the boy who saluted became the man America came to know and love who still captures public imagination twenty-five years after his tragic death.

Jim Bridger: Trailblazer of the American West

$18.99

Even among iconic frontiersmen like John C. Frémont, Kit Carson, and Jedediah Smith, Jim Bridger stands out. A mountain man of the American West, straddling the fur trade era and the age of exploration, he lived the life legends are made of.

Keeping the Faith: God, Democracy, and the Trial That Riveted a Nation

$13.99

“Brenda Wineapple’s wonderful account of the Scopes trial sheds light not only on the battles of the past but on the struggles of the present.”—Jon Meacham
 
“History at its most delicious.”—The New York Times Book Review (Editors’ Choice)

The dramatic story of the 1925 Scopes trial, which captivated the nation and exposed profound divisions in America that still resonate today—divisions over the meaning of freedom, religion, education, censorship, and civil liberties in a democracy

“Propulsive . . . a terrific story about a pivotal moment in our history.”—Ken Burns

King of the North: Martin Luther King Jr.’s Life of Struggle Outside the South

$17.04

Ms. Magazine Most Anticipated Book

From the New York Times bestselling author, a radical reframing of the life and work of Martin Luther King Jr.

“Theoharis shows us through penetrating research and sensitive, scholarly insight that Dr. King not only was keenly aware of the history of antiblack racism in the North, but battled it from the very beginning of his career.” —Henry Louis Gates Jr.

Kingmaker: Pamela Harriman’s Astonishing Life of Power, Seduction, and Intrigue

$14.99

“A thorough account of Harriman’s rise which also manages to be a brisk, twisty read … riveting and revelatory.” —The New Yorker

“Rigorous but rollicking.” —The New York Times

From the New York Times bestselling and award-winning author of A WOMAN OF NO IMPORTANCE, an electrifying re-examination of one of the 20th century’s greatest unsung power players