Collection: Autobiography & Memoir

This searing memoir by a National Geographic scuba diver recounts one woman's epic journey to trace the global slave trade across the Atlantic Ocean--and find...

In this nostalgic and raucous collection of sixteen original essays, Ira Madison III--critic, television writer, and host of the beloved Keep It podcast--combines memoir and criticism to...

The extraordinary memoir of an orphan who danced her way from war-torn Sierra Leone to ballet stardom, most recently appearing in Beyonce's Lemonade and as a principal...

A moving memoir by a survivor of anti-Muslim violence in contemporary India that delicately weaves political and family histories in a tribute to her country's...

From Laura Obuobi, acclaimed author of NAACP Image Award nominee Black Gold and What Love Looks Like, comes a triumphant nonfiction picture book about ballet star Michaela Mabinty...

"For Harlem is where he worked and where he struggled and fought--his home of homes, where his heart was, and where his people are." Nearly...

A NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER The hotly anticipated book from "one of the all-time pop-culture greats" (New York magazine) that chronicles her shocking life and unyielding determination to...

From the creator of the iconic hair product, Afro Sheen, and the first Black company to be traded on Wall Street comes the story of...

Accidentally on Purpose dives into Kristen Kish's childhood as a Korean adoptee in the Midwest, finding purpose in kitchens, and becoming the season 10 winner of--and...

A beautiful reclamation of a pioneering South Asian actress captures her glittering, complicated life and lasting impact on Hollywood. Merle Oberon attained Hollywood immortality with...

Poet, writer, and hip-hop educator Tony Keith Jr. makes his debut with a powerful YA memoir in verse, tracing his journey from being a closeted...

The empowering, inspiring, patriarchy-smashing first book by the TikTok and Spotify star Drew Afualo. Drew Afualo is best known as the internet's "Crusader for Women"...

Jamaica Kincaid invites us into her garden in this "irresistible stream of horticultural consciousness" (Michael Pollan). Jamaica Kincaid's first garden in Vermont was a square...

A captivating ode to the constant work of becoming-and understanding-oneself. — PUBLISHERS WEEKLY PANSY is a non-linear, episodic memoir that combines poetry, cultural criticism, and essays. It follows...

From award-winning novelist and journalist Omar El Akkad comes a powerful reckoning with what it means to live in the heart of an empire that...

  From one of the most outspoken and respected NBA athletes comes a groundbreaking and remarkable memoir chronicling a very public struggle with depression, in...

"A Powerful Memoir and Documentary History" By combining the intimacy of a personal memoir with the rigor of documentary history, Lydia Otero weaves together a...

Grammy-winning singer-songwriter, keyboardist for the mega pop band Maroon 5, and founder of Morton Records, PJ Morton details the inspiring journey that led to his...

The extraordinary life of Cher can be told by only one person . . . Cher herself. After more than seventy years of fighting to...

A darkly comic memoir-in-essays about the scam of the American Dream and doing whatever it takes to survive in the Sunshine State--from the award-winning author...

 A collection of darkly humorous, intensely personal essays by cult fave and multi-hyphenate artist Jean Grae  In My Remaining Years, by creative juggernaut Jean Grae,...

Leslie Odom Jr., burst on the scene in 2015, originating the role of Aaron Burr in the Broadway musical phenomenon Hamilton. Since then, he has...