Biography & Memoir
Essex Girls
Sarah Perry
A defence and celebration of the Essex Girl by the best-selling author of The Essex Serpent
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
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…
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
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 alw…
There Will Be No Miracles Here
Casey Gerald
The testament of a life in the shadow of the American Dream
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
The Lights of Pointe-Noire
Alain Mabanckou
A moving meditation on home, home-coming and belonging from Francophone Africa's most important writer
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.
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…