Biography & Memoir
Prostitute Laundry
Charlotte Shane
A taboo-breaking and radically honest account of love, friendship and sex work
Wish I Was Here
M. John Harrison
One of our greatest and most original living writers sets out the perils of the writing life with joyful provocation
I Came All This Way to Meet You
Jami Attenberg
A fierce, and funny memoir of how the New York Times-bestselling author embraced her creativity – and how it saved her
Seven Cats I Have Loved
Yardenne Greenspan
I wished that in my next lifetime I would be born a cat – on the condition that I would live in a home like mine
Essex Girls
Sarah Perry
A defence and celebration of the Essex Girl by the best-selling author of The Essex Serpent
The Disconnect
Roisin Kiberd
A blazingly smart, mind-bending dive into the internet with an extraordinary writer: a must-read for anyone wanting to understand the way we live toda…
Good Morning, Destroyer of Men's Souls
Nina Renata Aron
A moving memoir of a love affair with an addict, weaving personal reckoning with psychology and history to grapple with addiction, codependency and ou…
Man Enough to Be a Woman
Jayne County
The true story of trans punk performance art sensation Jayne County's wild and daring life
Wayward Lives, Beautiful Experiments
Saidiya Hartman
Revolution in a minor key: how young black women invented freedom
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…
There Will Be No Miracles Here
Casey Gerald
The testament of a life in the shadow of the American Dream – now in paperback
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…
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.
Before Night Falls
Reinaldo Arenas
The heartbreaking memoir of artistic, sexual and political freedom in Castro's Cuba, with a new foreword by Garth Greenwell
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…
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