Best Biography and Memoir Recommendations

The boxer won the Light Heavyweight gold medal at the 1960 Summer Olympics in Rome when he was just 18 years old.

Orange-faced ogre, or the savior of our country? Opinions vary...vastly.

The author candidly writes about the death of his partner, Roger Horwitz.

You may not make Harry and Meghan Markle's wedding guest list, but these books are your personal invitations to the world of royalty.

The series is based on Gerald Durrell’s Corfu Trilogy, which details his family’s life after moving from England to Greece in the 1930s.

In "Game, Set, and Match," sportswriter Herbert Warren Wind tells the story of how this famous tennis match came to be.

Dysfunctional families and unconventional upbringings were the norm for these authors.

We reflect on the actress' troubled but extraordinary life.

Watch the first trailer for the upcoming adaptation of Madeleine L’Engle’s time travel classic.

Feast on these delicious and inspiring reads.

Charlotte Jones Voiklis and Lena Roy discuss their grandmother's incredible adult novels.

Learn what really goes on behind those closed Palladian doors.

In Haven, the award-winning journalist recounts her incredible—and controversial—involvement in the rescue of thousands of Jews.

Before "Fire and Fury," there was "TrumpNation."

Because everyone needs a good cry.

Dig into the histories of women who shaped the world.

If girl squads were a thing in the past, these gals would put Taylor and her supermodels to shame.

Gilbert haters cite Eat, Pray, Love as proof of her failings, and in the process neglect her fantastic, near-perfect novel.

Writer Kate Christensen shares a traditional Thanksgiving dinner in the Florentine hills—and her recipe for persimmon pudding.

One writer listens to 150 hours of the four-volume LBJ biography so you don't have to.