Biography & Memoir

Man Enough to Be a Woman
Jayne County
The true story of trans punk performance art sensation Jayne County's wild and daring life

The Disconnect
Roisin Kiberd
A brilliant new voice on tech and life: this debut essay collection announces a startling talent

Essex Girls
Sarah Perry
A defence and celebration of the Essex Girl by the best-selling author of The Essex Serpent

Good Morning, Destroyer of Men's Souls
Nina Renata Aron
A scorching memoir of a love affair with an addict, weaving personal reckoning with psychology and history to understand the nature of addiction, code…

Black Like Me
John Howard Griffin
The classic account of a white reporter's journey across the racial divide in 1950s America, reissued for the 60th anniversary of the events with…

Travel Light, Move Fast
Alexandra Fuller
'You can survive more than you'd believe; Dad had told me that. He'd also told me you can survive more than you want; but it's not alw…

Wayward Lives, Beautiful Experiments
Saidiya Hartman
Revolution in a minor key: how young black women invented freedom

There Will Be No Miracles Here
Casey Gerald
The testament of a life in the shadow of the American Dream

The Moth – All These Wonders
The Moth
Storytelling is the new stand-up. And The Moth are the masters. This is a brand new collection of 49 utterly compelling stories.

Get a Life
Vivienne Westwood
Fashion designer, political activist, national icon: Vivienne Westwood sets down her unique vision of the world in her blog, Get A Life. Here's t…

The Lights of Pointe-Noire
Alain Mabanckou
A moving meditation on home, home-coming and belonging from Francophone Africa's most important writer

Different Every Time
Marcus O’Dair
The first and definitive biography of Robert Wyatt, Britain's greatest cult musician, with an introduction by Jonathan Coe

Live At the Brixton Academy
JS Rafaeli
Sometimes you have to take a chance, and Simon Parkes is nothing if not a risk-taker. The riotous life-story of a music impresario and how he turned a…

The Mistress Contract
She and He
Can a price be put on love? The Mistress Contract is soon to be a Royal Court play, adapted by Abi Morgan and directed by Vicky Featherstone, starting…

The Look of Love
Paul Willetts
Now a major film starring Steve Coogan. Previously published as Members Only.

The Sexual Life of Catherine M.
Catherine Millet
The sensational erotic memoir that shocked the world, now re-issued as a Serpent's Tail Classic.