Memoir

In this excellent memoir full of astute moments of nuanced observation, John Hodgman explores his myriad interests, which inform his unique perspective.

In this excellent memoir full of astute moments of nuanced observation, John Hodgman explores his myriad interests, which inform his unique perspective.

After the 2016 election, Clifford Thompson wanted to break out of his bubble and understand how others understood themselves and the world.

After the 2016 election, Clifford Thompson wanted to break out of his bubble and understand how others understood themselves and the world.

This spellbinding and suspenseful memoir will prompt discussions on history, morality and human rights.

This spellbinding and suspenseful memoir will prompt discussions on history, morality and human rights.

This memoir is a heavy one—but one hopes it will educate people about the terrorism of sexual violence and bring comfort to those still suffering in silence.

This memoir is a heavy one—but one hopes it will educate people about the terrorism of sexual violence and bring comfort to those still suffering in silence.

In The Book of Eating, longtime New York magazine restaurant critic Adam Platt offers a hilarious and delicious peek behind the scenes of a storied career.

In The Book of Eating, longtime New York magazine restaurant critic Adam Platt offers a hilarious and delicious peek behind the scenes of a storied career.

Home Work is a multifaceted and absorbing 20-year tour of Hollywood through the eyes of one of its most beloved players.

Home Work is a multifaceted and absorbing 20-year tour of Hollywood through the eyes of one of its most beloved players.

Wild Game by Adrienne Brodeur is a story of one daughter’s moral contortions to make her mother happy.

Wild Game by Adrienne Brodeur is a story of one daughter’s moral contortions to make her mother happy.

Christopher McDougall concocts the idea of training his newly adopted donkey, Sherman, to run in a world championship burro race in Colorado.

Christopher McDougall concocts the idea of training his newly adopted donkey, Sherman, to run in a world championship burro race in Colorado.

Page after page of flawless, flaying, addictive prose: Carmen Maria Machado’s memoir In the Dream House is astonishingly good.

Page after page of flawless, flaying, addictive prose: Carmen Maria Machado’s memoir In the Dream House is astonishingly good.

Megan Phelps-Roper writes movingly about the searing pain of separation from those she continues to love—the notorious Westboro Baptist Church.

Megan Phelps-Roper writes movingly about the searing pain of separation from those she continues to love—the notorious Westboro Baptist Church.

In Think Black, Clyde W. Ford blends personal experience with technological and racial history to reveal how these things influenced one another.

In Think Black, Clyde W. Ford blends personal experience with technological and racial history to reveal how these things influenced one another.

Nefertiti Austin provides valuable firsthand insight into what it means to be a black single mother and to reject the constraints of societal expectations.

Nefertiti Austin provides valuable firsthand insight into what it means to be a black single mother and to reject the constraints of societal expectations.

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