Autobiography

Takeaway: Stories from a Childhood Behind the Counter by Angela Hui

Bringing readers along on the journey from Angela's earliest memories in the takeaway to her family closing the shop after 30 years in business, this is a brilliantly warm and immersive memoir from someone on the other side of the counter.

The Autobiography of Martin Luther King, Jr. by Martin Luther King Jr.

The Autobiography of Martin Luther King, Jr. is not only a historical document but also a testament to the enduring power of King’s vision for a more just and equitable society. It’s a must-read for anyone interested in the Civil Rights Movement, American history, or the life of Dr. King.

The Choice: Embrace the Possible by Edith Eva Eger , Esmé Schwall Weigand

 The Choice is a life-changing book that will provide hope and comfort to generations of readers.

The Diary of a Bookseller by Shaun Bythell

In the memoir, Bythell shares anecdotes, observations, and insights from his experiences running a second-hand bookstore in a small town. He discusses the challenges of operating an independent bookstore in the digital age, dealing with quirky customers, managing inventory, and navigating the highs and lows of the book trade.

The Essays of Warren Buffett by Warren Buffett

The definitive work concerning Warren Buffett and intelligent investment philosophy, this is a collection of Buffett's letters to the shareholders of Berkshire Hathaway written over the past few decades that together furnish an enormously valuable informal education. 

The House of Hidden Meanings by RuPaul

From international drag superstar and pop culture icon RuPaul, comes his most revealing and personal work to date—a brutally honest, surprisingly poignant, and deeply intimate memoir of growing up Black, poor, and queer in a broken home to discovering the power of performance, found family, and self-acceptance.  

The Warm Hands of Ghosts by Katherine Arden

During the Great War, a combat nurse searches for her brother, believed dead in the trenches despite eerie signs that suggest otherwise, in this hauntingly beautiful historical novel with a speculative twist from the New York Times bestselling author of The Bear and the Nightingale  

Tough: My Journey to True Power by Terry Crews

With Tough, Crews's journey of transformation offers a model for anyone who considers themselves a “tough guy” but feels unfulfilled; anyone struggling with procrastination or self-sabotage; and anyone ready to achieve true, lasting self-mastery.

Troubled: A Memoir of Foster Care, Family, and Social Class

In this raw coming-of-age memoir, in the vein of The Short and Tragic Life of Robert Peace, The Other Wes Moore, and Someone Has Led This Child to Believe, Rob Henderson vividly recounts growing up in foster care, enlisting in the US Air Force, attending elite universities, and pioneering the concept of “luxury beliefs”—ideas and opinions that confer status on the upper class while inflicting costs on the less fortunate.  

Two Women Walk into a Bar by Cheryl Strayed

Cheryl Strayed, the bestselling author of Wild and Tiny Beautiful Things , finds humor and connection in a poignant short memoir about love, family secrets, and reconciliation. Twenty-one years after Cheryl Strayed set off on the Pacific Crest Trail to heal from the death of her beloved mother, Cheryl’s mother-in-law, Joan, is given weeks to live. 

War by Bob Woodward

Two-time Pulitzer Prize winner Bob Woodward tells the revelatory, behind-the-scenes story of three wars—Ukraine, the Middle East and the struggle for the American Presidency. War is an intimate and sweeping account of one of the most tumultuous periods in presidential politics and American history. We see President Joe Biden and his top advisers in tense conversations with Russian president Vladimir Putin, Israeli prime minister Benjamin Netanyahu and Ukrainian president Volodymyr Zelensky....