Best Autobiographies/Memoirs Books

Boat Baby: A Memoir

$14.99

In a memoir where heroism meets humor, NBC News anchor and correspondent Vicky Nguyen tells the story of her family’s daring escape from communist Vietnam and her unlikely journey from refugee to reporter with laughter and fierce love.

Fahrenheit-182: A Humorous and Inspirational Memoir by Mark Hoppus of Blink-182, Uncover the Life of a Musician Who Never Gave Up

$14.99

A smart, funny, and refreshing memoir from Mark Hoppus, the vocalist, bassist, and founding member of pop-punk band blink-182.

This is the story of an angst-filled kid from the desert, navigating the chaos of his parents’ bitter divorce and searching for his place in the world. Each move across the country was a chance to reinvent himself, switching identities from dork to goth to skate punk, and eventually meeting his best friend who just so happens to be his musical soulmate.

Fight: Inside the Wildest Battle for the White House

$14.99

“Brutal” —Huffington Post

“Scathing” —New York Post

“So many revelations.” —Joe Scarborough, co-host of MSNBC’s Morning Joe

“Bombshell.” —Jesse Watters, host of FOX’s Jesse Watters Primetime

The authors of the #1 New York Times bestseller Shattered provide a revelatory, inside look at the Biden, Harris, and Trump camps during the 2024 battle for the White House, arguably the most consequential contest in American history.

Unshrunk: A Story of Psychiatric Treatment Resistance

$14.99

“Delano’s story is compelling, important and even haunting. . . . Her memoir evokes Girl, Interrupted for the age of the prescription pill. . . . In Unshrunk, she tells her own story, and she tells it powerfully.” —Casey Schwartz, The New York Times Book Review

“A must read for anyone probing the dark side of mental health treatment.” —Anna Lembke, MD, New York Times bestselling author of Dopamine Nation

“A really moving and heart-rending story. Unshrunk will help and empower so many people.” —Johann Hari, New York Times bestselling author of Stolen Focus

The powerful memoir of one woman’s experience with psychiatric diagnoses and medications, and her journey to discover herself outside the mental health industry

Saving Five: A Memoir of Hope

$13.99

An Instant New York Times Bestseller and a New York Times Book Review Editors’ Choice. Natalie Portman’s Book Club Pick for March.

“Amanda’s story—innovatively told by versions of herself at different ages—underscores the lasting power of speaking your truth, building a movement, and never losing sight of your dreams.” —Melinda French Gates

“In Saving Five, Amanda Nguyen shows us how to reclaim the full spectrum of our lives, replete with pain, fury, creativity, and recovered dreams.” —Chanel Miller, author of Know My Name

A brave and imaginative memoir by the Nobel Peace Prize nominee Amanda Nguyen, detailing her healing journey and groundbreaking activism in the aftermath of her rape at Harvard.

This Far: My Story of Love, Loss, and Embracing the Light

$14.99

NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER

“A celebration of the healing power of family and dance, Holker’s memoir shows how to heal from tragedy without wrapping everything up in a neat bow.” – Library Journal

In this candid and emotional memoir, Allison Holker opens up about her incredible dance career, her relationship with Stephen “tWitch” Boss, and the resilience that has carried her forward after his death.

Raising Hare: A Memoir

$14.99

NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • LONGLISTED FOR THE 2025 WOMEN’S PRIZE • A moving and fascinating meditation on freedom, trust, loss, and our relationship with the natural world, explored through the story of one woman’s unlikely friendship with a wild hare.

A MOST ANTICIPATED BOOK: The New York Times, KirkusPaste Magazine, Sunset Magazine

“A philosophical masterpiece ruminating on our place as human beings in nature.”—Matt Haig, author of The Midnight Library

A perfect testimony to the transformative power of love. In learning to love an orphaned hare, Chloe Dalton learned to love the whole wild world. The great gift of this remarkable book is the way it teaches us to do the same.”—Margaret Renkl, author of The Comfort of Crows

Say Everything: A Memoir

$14.99

INSTANT NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER

Gen X icon Ione Skye bares all in an achingly vulnerable coming-of-age memoir about chasing fame, desire, and true love in the shadow of her famous, absent father.

In 1987, sixteen-year-old Ione Skye landed the breakout role of Diane Court, the dream girl who inspires John Cusack’s iconic boombox serenade in the hit Cameron Crowe film, Say Anything. While Skye seemed perfectly typecast as an aloof valedictorian, she was anything but.