Biography and Memoir
November 2025
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100 Rules for Living to 100 : An Optimist's Guide to a Happy Life by Dick Van Dyke
100 Rules for Living to 100: An Optimist's Guide to a Happy Life
by Dick Van Dyke

Emmy-, Tony-, and Grammy-winning Van Dyke writes his autobiography on the eve of turning 100. His book offers advice on living well and is full of stories of his own storied life. 
Bread of angels / :  A Memoir by Patti Smith
Bread of Angels: A Memoir
by Patti Smith

Musician Smith, a National Book Award winner for Just Kids, returns with a new memoir of her childhood, coming of age, and adulthood. 
Fire in Every Direction : A Memoir by Tareq Baconi
Fire in Every Direction : A Memoir
by Tareq Baconi

In this poignant autobiography, queer Palestinian writer and activist Baconi tenderly explores identity, nationality, and family history
Golden Years : What I've Learned from Love, Loss, and Reality TV by Gerry Turner
Golden Years: What I've Learned from Love, Loss, and Reality TV
by Gerry Turner

From beloved inaugural Golden Bachelor Gerry Turner, an uplifting memoir about a fresh start after heartbreak and a peek behind the reality TV curtain.
Heart Life Music by Kenny Chesney
Heart Life Music
by Kenny Chesney

Music star Chesney's memoir about his childhood, playing high school football, finding a living in college making music, and superstardom.
Joan Crawford : A Woman's Face by Scott Eyman
Joan Crawford: A Woman's Face
by Scott Eyman

Offers a fresh perspective on one of the greatest stars of the 20th century, Joan Crawford 
Simply More : A Book for Anyone Who Has Been Told They're Too Much by Cynthia Erivo
Simply More: A Book for Anyone Who Has Been Told They're Too Much
by Cynthia Erivo

 It is never too late to build the life you’re seeking. Cynthia Erivo learned the music to Wicked a decade before she needed it, not knowing those same lyrics would change her life. Now she has performed those songs on the world stage, showing us there is always time to keep discovering ourselves. And to illustrate that it’s often the parts of ourselves we are told to bury that make us shine. In a series of powerful, personal vignettes, Cynthia reflects on the ways she has grown as an actor and human and the practices she’s learned over years of performing and reminds us all we are capable of so much more than we think.
Star of the show : my life on stage by Dolly Parton
Star of the Show: My Life on Stage
by Dolly Parton

A stunning celebration of Dolly Parton's iconic career as a performer, featuring entertaining personal stories alongside 350 full-color photographs, including exclusive images and ephemera from her archive, and an 8-page gatefold listing her performances.
Unfettered by John Fetterman
Unfettered
by John Fetterman

In this candid memoir, United States Senator John Fetterman shares the story of his journey in public service (which started by winning his first election by a single vote in 2005), including unvarnished details of his life-threatening stroke and struggles with depression, the truth about what really happens in Washington, and his vision for navigating our divided country's future. 
We Did Ok, Kid : A Memoir by Anthony Hopkins
We Did Ok, Kid: A Memoir
by Anthony Hopkins

Academy Award–winning actor Sir Anthony Hopkins delves into his illustrious film and theater career, difficult childhood, and path to sobriety in his honest, moving, and long-awaited memoir.
Winning the Earthquake : How Jeannette Rankin Defied All Odds to Become the First Woman in Congress by Lorissa Rinehart
Winning the Earthquake: How Jeannette Rankin Defied All Odds to Become the First Woman in Congress
by Lorissa Rinehart

Cultural critic and historian Rinehart offers a biography of Jeannette Rankin, a suffragist and activist who was the first woman in U.S. history to be elected to the House of Representatives and who introduced the women's suffrage legislation that became the 19th Amendment. 
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