History buffs are no doubt familiar with the story of Shadrack Byfield, a rank-and-file British redcoat who fought during the ...

Why are we drawn to the stories authors build from their own lives and experiences? A good memoir might spark your curiosity, offer you much needed insight, or allow you to step into another person’s ...

While we may never meet our favorite celebrities in real life, reading their memoirs can offer a peek into their lives – at least the parts they want to share with us. Here are a baker's dozen of ...

This is read by an automated voice. Please report any issues or inconsistencies here. Celebrities and public figures released 290 new memoirs in 2025, down nearly 160 from 2023’s Peak Celeb Memoir era ...

Two new memoirs, How to Sell Out and Trauma Plot wrestle with the question — is it worth it to mine the worst parts of your life for a book? Authors Chad Sanders and Jamie Hood talk about how they ...

Nicholas Boggs. Farrar, Straus and Giroux, Aug. 19 ($36, ISBN 978-0-374-17871-0) The first major biography of James Baldwin since 1994 weaves new interviews, research, and archival material into an ...

“Typically, when people hear the phrase ‘serial memoirist,'” I said to Harrison recently, “they think of Maya Angelou, who wrote eight memoirs, or Shirley MacLaine, who has written 11. How do you feel ...

A different combination of motives and inclinations prompts every serial memoirist to return repeatedly to the keyboard’s well-worn “I” button. Kathryn Harrison’s recently published book, “On Sunset,” ...