Memoir

We're pretty much all familiar with Allie Brosh's comics—if not because someone's emailed or texted us a link to one…

When the Taliban took control of the Swat Valley in Pakistan, one girl spoke out. Malala Yousafzai refused to be…

An exceptional scholar, lawyer, athlete, stage and screen actor, linguist, singer, civil rights and political activist,…

Last Things is the true and intensely personal story of how one woman coped with the devastating effects of a…

Over the course of two years, a twenty-something punk rocker eats a cheese slice from every pizzeria in New York City,…

In this universally accessible New York Times bestseller named for her wildly popular web series, Issa Rae waxes…

National Book Award winner Jesmyn Ward takes James Baldwin’s 1963 examination of race in America, The Fire Next Time,…

Through his own life story - from childhood to his life as an adult, Toufic El Rassi illustrates the prejudice and…

Tracing the emergence of Ayn Rand’s philosophy of objectivism in the 1940s to her present-day influence, Darryl…

An entertaining and informative graphic novel about US consumption and waste, from the perspective of a garbage…

Born in 1954, Cleve Jones was among the last generation of gay Americans who grew up wondering if there were others out…

This book is so many things: a grief memoir, a story of a lifelong obsession (and skill) with birds of prey, and the…

Rad Families: A Celebration honors the messy, the painful, the playful, the beautiful, the myriad ways we create…

With In-N-Out Burger, BusinessWeek writer Stacy Perman presents a chronicle of how a family-run California hamburger…

In full color print, Woman Rebel follows Margaret Sanger's story as an activist, mother, nurse, and protofeminist…

Just Add Water is the remarkable story of Marzo’s rise to the top of the pro surfing world—and the personal trials…

Giving shape to the deep depression that pervaded Lincoln's adult life, Joshua Wolf Shenk's Lincoln's Melancholy reveals…

Alan Turing was one of the great minds in modern history. During World War II, he was hired by the British government to…

You’ve never read a book like The Reason I Jump. Written by Naoki Higashida, a very smart, very self-aware, and very…