Best Memoirs of 2025

by Margaret Atwood

Engaging, wise, and marvelously witty—illuminating both the craft of writing and the art of living. Full review >

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by Sasha Bonét

A fresh contribution to Black history, rooted in the author’s past. Full review >

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by Jen Hatmaker

Honest, engaging, and enjoyable as we watch the author stepping out from the shadows and reclaiming her life. Full review >

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by Pico Iyer

Essential reading for anyone interested in the monastic tradition and those who follow it. Full review >

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by Tina Knowles with Kevin Carr O'Leary

A great story of a singular American life. Full review >

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by Rachel Kolb

An exquisite memoir about deafness that brilliantly shatters our ideas about language. Full review >

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by Yiyun Li

As bleak as winter fog at dusk, suggesting that one goes on after tragedy only because there’s nothing else one can do. Full review >

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by Keith McNally

Rueful, self-aware, chatty, entertaining, dazzling, and harrowing: a book that contains multitudes. Full review >

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by Susan Orlean

A spry, entertaining memoir/writing workshop by a nonfiction artist at the top of her game. Full review >

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by Arundhati Roy

An intimate, stirring chronicle. Full review >

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