Memoir

Viktor E. Frankl’s classic account combines his experiences as a prisoner in Nazi concentration camps with his psychological insights into suffering, survival and the search for meaning. As a psychiatrist, Frankl observed how people responded to extreme deprivation and found that those who retained...

Traces of Enayat by Iman Mersal is a genre-defying work of literary biography and investigation. Mersal becomes fascinated by the forgotten Egyptian writer Enayat al-Zayyat, whose only novel was published posthumously after her suicide in 1963. Through archival research, interviews, diaries and visits to...

Mother Mary Comes to Me is Arundhati Roy's first memoir. It explores her complicated relationship with her mother, Mary Roy, an influential women's rights activist and educational reformer. Beginning with the death of her mother, Roy reflects on childhood, family, grief, freedom and the...

Sarah Wynn-Williams, a young diplomat from New Zealand, pitched for her dream job. She saw Facebook’s potential and knew it could change the world for the better. But, when she got there and rose to its top ranks, things turned out a little different....

Strangers by Belle Burden is a memoir about the sudden collapse of a twenty-year marriage. In March 2020, during the early days of the pandemic, Burden's husband unexpectedly announces that he is leaving her, overturning the life she thought they had built together. As...

Long Walk to Freedom is Nelson Mandela’s powerful autobiography, tracing his life from childhood in rural South Africa through his political awakening, decades of resistance to apartheid, imprisonment and eventual emergence as a national leader. Mandela recounts the personal sacrifices, hardships and relationships that...

NO.1 SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLER*'An unforgettable story of greed, financial madness and moral decay' Rory Stewart'Hilarious, shocking and deeply sad ― often in the same sentence' Sunday Times'The Wolf of Wall Street with a moral compass' Irvine WelshAn outrageous, white-knuckle journey to the dark heart of an intoxicating...

Agatha Christie died on 12 January 1976, having become the best-selling novelist in history. Her autobiography, published in 1977 a year after her death, tells of her fascinating private life, from early childhood through two marriages and two World Wars, and her experiences both...

Patti Smith reflects on the people, places and creative experiences that shaped her life. Moving from childhood and artistic beginnings through love, loss, music, travel and resilience, Bread of Angels brings together personal memory and observation. Written in Smith’s distinctive literary voice, this memoir...

Judi Dench looks back on a life in theatre and film with the wit, curiosity and mischief that have marked her career. The memoir moves through performances, friendships, travel, family life and memorable moments on and off stage. Rather than a formal career chronology,...

I Am Malala tells the story of Malala Yousafzai, who grew up in Pakistan’s Swat Valley and became a powerful voice for girls’ education. As the Taliban gained control of her region, Malala continued speaking out for the right to attend school. After being...

'You can live on a shilling a day in Paris if you know how. But it is a complicated business' As a struggling writer in his twenties, Orwell lived as a down-and-out among the poorest members of society. In this, his early memoir, Orwell...

Kids, Wait Till You Hear This! is Liza Minnelli's long-awaited memoir, telling the extraordinary story of one of entertainment's most iconic performers in her own words. Daughter of Hollywood legends Judy Garland and Vincente Minnelli, Liza reflects on her remarkable journey from Broadway and...

Lily's Promise is the powerful memoir of Holocaust survivor Lily Ebert, recounting her childhood in Hungary, deportation to Auschwitz in 1944 and struggle to survive Nazi persecution. After liberation, Lily rebuilt her life first in Israel and later in London, carrying the memories of...

Night is Elie Wiesel’s deeply personal memoir of his experiences as a Jewish teenager during the Holocaust. Born into a Jewish ghetto in Hungary, Wiesel was deported with his family to Auschwitz and later Buchenwald. He recounts the brutal conditions, loss of family, struggle...

Famesick by Lena Dunham is a candid memoir about fame, creativity, illness, relationships and the personal cost of ambition. Dunham reflects on her rise through Girls, the pressures of public life, years of searching for medical answers, addiction and the challenge of reconnecting with...

Feeling Fabulous by Ruth Langsford is an uplifting memoir and practical guide to navigating life's ups and downs with confidence, humour and positivity. Drawing on her experiences growing up, building a successful television career and dealing with life's personal challenges, Ruth Langsford shares the...