Biography & Memoir
Our award-winning Biography and Memoir list profiles remarkable lives across history, science, the arts and politics – from Grace Spence Green’s To Exist As I Am and Raja Shehadeh’s We Could Have Been Friends, My Father and I to acclaimed biographies of John le Carré and Francis Crick. Perfect for readers seeking true stories and narrative non-fiction.
Augustine the African
Catherine Conybeare
A groundbreaking reassessment of one of Christianity's foundational thinkers from award-winning classicist Catherine Conybeare
Larry
Michael Haag
A new biography of Lawrence Durrell by the world's foremost expert, covering his time in London, Paris, Corfu and Alexandria
These Wild English
Nicola Wilding
A raw, unforgettable account of rural, working-class life that will change how you think about Britain and its divisions
Ausländer
Michael Moritz
From one of the best known names in Silicon Valley: a haunting family memoir from the darkest era in Europe's history
World Cup Fever
Simon Kuper
The story of how football transformed the world, told through nine World Cups – by one of our most talented football writers
Fail Smarter
Dougal Shaw
Learn from others' mistakes with this enjoyable, immersive and practical guide
To Exist As I Am
Grace Spence Green
A young doctor's extraordinary story of near-death, recovery and radical acceptance
Ninette's War
John Jay
For readers of House of Glass: the heartwrenching true story of a young Jewish woman coming of age in wartime France
My Head For A Tree
Martin Goodman
Meet the Bishnois, the world's oldest sustainable community – with a foreword from Peter Wohlleben, author of The Hidden Life of Trees
The Curious Columns of Adrian Chiles
Adrian Chiles
A perfect stocking filler from the Guardian's most-read, best-loved cult columnist
Nine Minds
Daniel Tammet
A celebration of neurodiversity – meet nine extraordinary people on the autism spectrum
All That Glitters
Orlando Whitfield
Welcome to the contemporary art world: a ruthless and glamorous arena, where the rewards are limitless – if you can pay the price.
Metamorphoses
Karolina Watroba
An original, inventive new biography of Franz Kafka – and his readers
Impossible City
Simon Kuper
An unsparing memoir of the city in the twenty-first century, from a long-time Parisien d'adoption
The Secret Life of John le Carré
Adam Sisman
The extraordinary secret life of a great novelist, which his biographer could not publish while le Carré was alive
George
Frieda Hughes
'He was a hectic, unprincipled bird, but it was impossible not to love him' … a memoir of love, obsession and feathers
Travellers to Unimaginable Lands
Dasha Kiper
An illuminating, compassionate exploration of the psychology of caregiving – and the mysterious world of the human mind
One Hundred Saturdays
Michael Frank
From the sun-soaked, vibrant Juderia of Rhodes to the horrors of the Nazi camps, Stella Levi's life – told to the author over a series of Saturda…