New Excellent Memoirs

by Bill Clegg

A gritty, lyrical and potent portrait of what it really means to be addicted. Full review >

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by Aria Minu-Sepehr

A touching tribute to a former national hero—the author's father—and a homeland riven by contradictions. Full review >

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by Susan Gubar

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by Kelle Hampton

Sunny and inspiring. Full review >

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by Clint Hill with Lisa McCubbin

Of the many words written about Jacqueline Kennedy, these are among the best. Full review >

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by Patricia Ellis Herr

Warmly ruminative and honestly observant. Witty, unforced humor rescues passages that might be boring in another writer’s... Full review >

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by Lamia Ziadé & illustrated by Lamia Ziadé translated by Olivia Snaije

Stunning in both the art and the audacity. Full review >

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by J.B. Walker

A bracing cooperative effort taking readers as close to war as humanly possible. Full review >

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by Alison Bechdel illustrated by Alison Bechdel

Subtitled “A Comic Drama,” the narrative provides even fewer laughs than its predecessor but deeper introspection. Full review >

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by Millie Werber & Eve Keller

A deeply affecting addition to Holocaust literature. Full review >

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by Candia McWilliam

Anyone who enjoys a play of words and appreciates the turn of a phrase in a beautifully constructed sentence will value this... Full review >

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by Cheryl Strayed

A candid, inspiring narrative of the author’s brutal physical and psychological journey through a wilderness of despair to a... Full review >

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by Christopher Norment

A journey through life with a guide who knows the trail and its wonders and who delights in the unexpected vistas that... Full review >

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by Claude Lanzmann & translated by Frank Wynne

“I am neither indifferent to, nor weary of, this world; had I a hundred lives, I know I would not tire of it,” he writes.... Full review >

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by Joe Blair

The author candidly examines his relationships with his wife and family and the changes they went through to stay together. Full review >

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