Best Biography and Memoir Recommendations

Here's how to choose your next read.

These works deserve a whole lot more attention.

These memoirs and self-help books will help you realize you're not alone.

You're about to become a serial reader.

These unbelievable stories stretch beyond the pages of your average history book.

The revised documentary tells the story of the artist's famous Silver Factory.

Immerse yourself in the culture–and history–of a place.

We're not all living in the same America.

Get inside someone else's head.

The Roaring 20s was a time of true change for a world that had just recovered.

Celebrate the life of one of the most iconic American writers to date.

As if you needed another reason.

“One cannot think well, love well, sleep well, if one has not dined well.”―Virginia Woolf

Find out what happened when a Muslim politician decided to have coffee with the people who sent her hate mail.

Read an excerpt from Cloris Leachman's 2009 autobiography.

These stories will remind yourself that the world changes when one person steps up.

The little-known author and journalist captured England and China like few others have.

A glimpse into the high-stakes strategy game from fantasy to nonfiction.

Dig into 46 top-notch biographies—one for each American president.

These memoirs and novels will help you feel understood and unalone in your sorrow.