Biography & Memoir

Anquetil, Alone
Paul Fournel
The legend of Jacques Anquetil, controversial French cycling star of the 60s, told through the eyes of novelist and childhood Anquetil fan Paul Fourne…

India: Superfast, Primetime, Ultimate Nation
Adam Roberts
A compelling portrait of modern India – and where it should go next.

Adventures of a Ballad Hunter
John Lomax
The autobiography of John A. Lomax, the folklorist who travelled around the United States collecting folk music and made recordings of legendary music…

My First Guitar
Julia Crowe
The world's greatest guitarists reveal the stories behind the first six-string that fed their lifelong passion.

Where the Line is Drawn
Raja Shehadeh
'Brilliantly evokes the Palestinian tragedy by way of a complex friendship. This is a fiercely intelligent and honest account.' – Ian McEwan

Sound
Bella Bathurst
An astonishing personal journey from hearing to deafness and back again helps Bella Bathurst explore what sound, listening and silence mean to us

Hinterland
Chris Mullin
A wry and revealing political memoir from the man behind the celebrated diaries: A View from the Foothills, A Walk-On Part and Decline & Fall

American Heiress
Jeffrey Toobin
A thrilling account of a crime that defined a decade from the bestselling author of The Run of His Life (the book behind The People v. O.J. Simpson)

Our Revolution
Bernie Sanders
An inside account of Sanders' extraordinary campaign – and a blueprint for future political action.

The Durrells of Corfu
Michael Haag
The recent TV award winning adaption The Durrells left its 7 million fans with questions: What happened to the family – and what took them to Corfu in…

Superfast, Primetime, Ultimate Nation
Adam Roberts
A compelling portrait of modern India – and where it should go next.

Notes on Blindness
John Hull
A unique and moving account of one man's struggle to come to terms with losing his sight – film adaptation received 3 BAFTA nominations including…

Treasure Palaces
Maggie Fergusson
From Julian Barnes to Ali Smith, great writers give us personal tours of the museums they treasure

A Lucky Child
Thomas Buergenthal
Now with a new postscript by Thomas Buergenthal telling the moving story of his mother's search for him after the war

Billions to Bust and Back
Thor Bjorgolfsson
Part confessional, part masterclass – an exuberant manifesto for entrepreneurship by Iceland's first billionaire Thor Bjorgolfsson, written with…

My Grandfather's Gallery
Anne Sinclair
Anne Sinclair weaves a captivating story of great art, loss, oppression and triumph from her grandfather's life.

Nijinsky
Lucy Moore
The first major biography for forty years tells the tragic story of ballet's great revolutionary, Nijinsky – now in paperback.