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- "Surely you're joking, Mr. Feynman!" : adventures of a curious character
- 24 : life stories and lessons from the Say Hey Kid
- 26 marathons : what I learned about faith, identity, running, and life from my marathon career
- 3 mph : the adventures of one woman's walk around the world
- 82 days on Okinawa : one American's unforgettable firsthand account of the Pacific War's greatest battle
- 82 days on Okinawa : one American's unforgettable firsthand account of the Pacific war's greatest battle
- 98 days of wind : the greatest fail of our life
- A Bookshop in Berlin : the rediscovered memoir of one woman's harrowing escape from the Nazis
- A Carlin home companion : growing up with George
- A Paris year : my day-to-day adventures in the most romantic city in the world
- A beautiful, terrible thing : a memoir of marriage and betrayal
- A beautiful, terrible thing : a memoir of marriage and betrayal
- A beer in the Loire
- A bigger picture : my fight to bring a new African voice to the climate crisis
- A billion years : my escape from a life in the highest ranks of scientology
- A body of work : dancing to the edge and back
- A carnival of losses : notes nearing ninety
- A carnival of snackery : diaries (2003-2020)
- A carnival of snackery : diaries 2003-2020
- A carnival of snackery : diaries 2003-2020
- A carnival of snackery : diaries 2003-2020
- A cave in the clouds : a young woman's escape from ISIS
- A childhood, the biography of a place
- A childhood, the biography of a place
- A coastline is an immeasurable thing : a memoir across three continents
- A common struggle : a personal journey through the past and future of mental illness and addiction
- A different kind of daughter : the girl who hid from the Taliban in plain sight
- A different kind of normal : my real-life completely true story about being unique
- A dog called hope : a wounded warrior and the service dog who saved him
- A dream too big : the story of an improbable journey from Compton to Oxford
- A drinking life
- A dutiful boy : a memoir of a gay Muslim's journey to acceptance
- A face for Picasso : coming of age with Crouzon syndrome
- A face for Picasso : coming of age with Crouzon syndrome
- A factotum in the book trade : a memoir
- A front row seat : an intimate look at Broadway, Hollywood, and the age of glamour
- A full life : reflections at ninety
- A full life : reflections at ninety
- A girl from Yamhill
- A girl's guide to missiles : growing up in America's secret desert
- A good life : newspapering and other adventures
- A good wife : escaping the life I never chose : a memoir
- A guest at the feast : essays
- A heart that works
- A higher loyalty : truth, lies, and leadership
- A higher loyalty : truth, lies, and leadership
- A history of my brief body
- A history of scars : a memoir
- A house full of daughters : a memoir of seven generations
- A house of my own : stories from my life
- A house of my own : stories from my life
- A journal for Jordan : a story of love and honor
- A killer by design : murderers, mindhunters, and my quest to decipher the criminal mind
- A lab of one's own : one woman's personal journey through sexism in science
- A life in light : meditations on impermanence
- A life in parts
- A life of my own
- A life well played : my stories
- A line in the river : Khartoum, city of memory
- A line in the world : a year on the North Sea coast
- A little closer to home : how I found the calm after the storm
- A little thing called life : on loving Elvis Presley, Bruce Jenner, and songs in between
- A living remedy : a memoir
- A lot like me : a father and son's journey to reconciliation : a memoir
- A love letter life : pursue creatively, date intentionally, love faithfully
- A love-stretched life : stories on wrangling hope, embracing the unexpected, and discovering the meaning of family
- A lucky life interrupted : a memoir of hope
- A man for all markets : from Las Vegas to Wall Street, how I beat the dealer and the market
- A man of the world : my life at National Geographic
- A matter of death and life
- A midwife in Amish country : celebrating God's gift of life
- A mighty long way : my journey to justice at Little Rock Central High School
- A mind unraveled
- A most beautiful thing : the true story of the first all-black high school rowing team
- A patriot's calling : my life as an F-16 fighter pilot
- A place called home : a memoir
- A place in the world : finding the meaning of home
- A portrait of the scientist as a young woman
- A prayer for Orion : a son's addiction and a mother's love
- A promised land
- A promised land
- A promised land
- A promised land
- A quantum life : my unlikely journey from the street to the stars
- A really good day
- A redemptive path forward : from incarceration to a life of activism
- A reporter's life
- A river in darkness : one man's escape from North Korea
- A round of golf with my father : the new psychology of exploring your past to make peace with your present
- A sacred oath : memoirs of a Secretary of Defense during extraordinary times
- A sacred oath : memoirs of a Secretary of Defense during extraordinary times
- A sea between us : the true story of a man who risked everything for family and freedom
- A serial killer's daughter : my story of faith, love, and overcoming
- A serial killer's daughter : my story of faith, love, and overcoming
- A shape in the dark : living and dying with brown bears
- A song for the river
- A song for you : my life with Whitney Houston
- A stone is most precious where it belongs : a memoir of Uyghur exile, hope, and survival
- A story of Karma : finding love and truth in the lost valley of the Himalaya
- A thousand miles to freedom : my escape from North Korea
- A two-spirit journey : the autobiography of a lesbian Ojibwa-Cree elder
- A very punchable face
- A very punchable face : a memoir
- A visible man : a memoir
- A waiter in Paris : adventures in the dark heart of the city
- A way out of no way : a memoir of truth, transformation, and the new American story
- A woman's battles and transformations
- A year without mom
- Abandon me : memoirs
- About my mother : true stories of a horse-crazy daughter and her baseball-obsessed mother
- About your father and other celebrities I have known : ruminations and revelations from a desperate mom to her dirty son
- About your father and other celebrities I have known : ruminations and revelations from a desperate mother to her dirty son
- Abuela in shadow, abuela in light
- Acceptance : a memoir
- Acid for the children
- Act like you got some sense : and other things my daughter taught me
- Act like you got some sense : and other things my daughters taught me
- Admissions : life as a brain surgeon
- Adorning the dark : thoughts on community, calling, and the mystery of making
- Adrift : a true story of love, loss, and survival at sea
- Adrift : a true story of love, loss, and survival at sea
- Adrift at sea : a Vietnamese boy's story of survival
- Adventures of the horse doctor's husband
- Afropessimism
- After life : my journey from incarceration to freedom
- After the eclipse : a mother's murder, a daughter's search
- Ain't gonna let nobody turn me 'round : my story of the making of Martin Luther King Day
- Ain't that a mother : postpartum, palsy, and everything in between
- Air traffic : a memoir of ambition and manhood in America
- Al Franken, giant of the Senate
- Al Franken, giant of the Senate
- Al Franken, giant of the Senate
- Ali's well that ends well : tales of desperation and a little inspiration
- Alive, alive oh! : and other things that matter
- All about me! : My remarkable life in show business
- All about me! : my remarkable life in show business
- All about me! : my remarkable life in show business
- All boys aren't blue : a memoir-manifesto
- All but my life
- All creatures great and small
- All down darkness wide : a memoir
- All my knotted-up life : a memoir
- All my knotted-up life : a memoir
- All of this : a memoir of death and desire
- All signs point to Paris : a memoir of love, loss, and destiny
- All that is bitter & sweet
- All that remains : a renowned forensic scientist on death, mortality, and solving crimes
- All that you leave behind
- All the beauty in the world : the Metropolitan Museum of Art and me
- All the colors came out : a father, a daughter, and a lifetime of lessons
- All the pretty things : the story of a southern girl who went through fire to find her way home
- All the way : football, fame, and redemption
- All the way : my life in four quarters / Joe Namath with Sean Mortimer and Don Yaeger
- All the women in my brain : and other concerns
- All the wrong moves : a memoir about chess, love, and ruining everything
- All things bright and beautiful
- All you can ever know
- All you can ever know
- All you can ever know
- Almost American girl
- Almost American girl : an illustrated memoir
- Alone : lost overboard in the Indian Ocean
- Also a poet : Frank O'Hara, my father, and me
- Always a soldier : service, sacrifice, and coming out as America's favorite black, gay Republican
- Always look on the bright side of life
- Always look on the bright side of life : a sortabiography
- Always remember your name : a true story of family and survival in Auschwitz
- Am I being too subtle? : straight talk from a business rebel
- Am I there yet? : the loop-de-loop, zigzagging journey to adulthood
- Amazon woman : facing fears, chasing dreams, and a quest to kayak the world's largest river from source to sea
- America made me a Black man : a memoir
- America, a redemption story : choosing hope, creating unity
- American Indian stories
- American Oz : an astonishing year inside traveling carnivals at state fairs & festivals
- American animals
- American daughter : a memoir
- American values : lessons I learned from my family
- American wife : love, war, faith, and renewal
- Amiga, lávate esa cara : deja de creer mentiras sobre quién eres para que te conviertas en quien deberías ser
- Amoralman : a true story and other lies
- An American family : a memoir of hope and sacrifice
- An Indian among los Indígenas : a native travel memoir
- An Oregon schoolma'am, book two : the Depression years
- An abbreviated life : a memoir
- An elephant in my kitchen : what the herd taught me about love, courage and survival
- An exact replica of a figment of my imagination
- An extravagant life : an autobiography incorporating Blue Water, Green Skipper
- An odyssey : a father, a son, and an epic
- An onion in my pocket : my life with vegetables
- An unplanned life : a memoir
- Anchor & flares : a memoir of motherhood, hope, and service
- And a dog called Fig : solitude, connection, the writing life
- And finally : matters of life and death
- And finally : matters of life and death
- And the good news is-- : lessons and advice from the bright side
- And then all hell broke loose : two decades in the Middle East
- Angela Davis : an autobiography
- Angela's ashes
- Another bullshit night in Suck City
- Another gospel? : a lifelong Christian seeks truth in response to progressive Christianity
- Antiman : a hybrid memoir
- Ants among elephants : an untouchable family and the making of modern India
- Any given Tuesday : a political love story
- Anywhere that is wild : John Muir's first walk to Yosemite
- Apocalypse child : a life in end times : a memoir
- Apparently there were complaints
- Apparently there were complaints : a memoir
- Apple : (skin to the core)
- Apple : skin to the core
- Aquanaut : a life beneath the surface : the inside story of the Thai cave rescue
- Assata : an autobiography
- Assume nothing : a memoir of intimate violence
- Assume nothing : a story of intimate violence
- Asunto de familia : memorias
- Asylum : a memoir & manifesto
- At face value : my triumph over a disfiguring cancer
- At home in the world : reflections on belonging while wandering the globe : an adventure across 4 continents with 3 kids, 1 husband, and 5 backpacks
- At home in the world : stories and essential teachings from a monk's life
- Autism in heels : the untold story of a female life on the spectrum
- Autobiography
- Autobiography of a face
- Autoportrait
- B.F.F. : a memoir of friendship lost and found
- Back from the dead
- Back to the prairie : a home remade, a life rediscovered
- Bad fat black girl : notes from a trap feminist
- Bad karma : the true story of a Mexican surf trip from hell
- Bad lawyer : a memoir of law & disorder
- Bad vibes only : (and other things I bring to the table) : essays
- Baggage : tales from a fully packed life
- Balancing heaven and earth
- Bamboozled by Jesus : how God tricked me into the life of my dreams
- Bare bones : I'm not lonely if you're reading this book
- Barely functional adult : it'll all make sense eventually
- Barry Sonnenfeld, call your mother : memoirs of a neurotic filmmaker
- Based on a true story
- Based on a true story
- Based on a true story : a memoir
- Basketball dreams
- Bastards : a memoir
- Battle hardened : an infantry officer's harrowing journey from D-Day to VE Day
- Be fierce : stop harassment and take your power back
- Be my baby : a memoir
- Bears in the streets : three journeys across a changing Russia
- Beautiful country : a memoir
- Beautiful country : a memoir
- Beautiful justice : reclaiming my worth after human trafficking and sexual abuse
- Beautiful on the outside
- Beautiful things
- Beauty in the broken places : a memoir of love, faith, and resilience
- Because our fathers lied : a memoir of truth and family, from Vietnam to today
- Becoming
- Becoming
- Becoming
- Becoming : adapted for young readers
- Becoming : mi historia
- Becoming : mi historia
- Becoming Duchess Goldblatt
- Becoming Kid Quixote : a true story of belonging in America
- Becoming Maria : love and chaos in the South Bronx
- Becoming Ms. Burton : from prison to recovery to leading the fight for incarcerated women
- Becoming Trader Joe : how I did business my way and still beat the big guys
- Becoming free indeed : my story of disentangling faith from fear
- Becoming free indeed : my story of disentangling faith from fear
- Becoming kin : an indigenous call to unforgetting the past and reimagining our future
- Been so long : my life and music
- Before all is said and done : practical advice on living and dying well
- Beginner's luck : dispatches from the Klamath Mountains
- Being Heumann : an unrepentant memoir of a disability rights activist
- Being Jazz : my life as a (transgender) teen
- Being Jazz : my life as a (transgender) teen
- Being Ram Dass
- Being a ballerina : the power and perfection of a dancing life
- Believe it
- Belonging : a daughter's search for identity through love and loss
- Beneath the surface : my story
- Bet my soul on rock n roll : diary of a Black punk icon
- Betsey : a memoir
- Betsey.
- Better than new : lessons I've learned from saving old homes (and how they saved me)
- Better, not bitter : living on purpose in the pursuit of racial justice
- Bettyville : a memoir
- Between breaths : a memoir of panic and addiction
- Between them : remembering my parents
- Between two kingdoms : a memoir of a life interrupted
- Between two worlds : lessons from the other side
- Beyond possible : one man, 14 peaks, and the mountaineering achievement of a lifetime
- Beyond the wand : the magic and mayhem of growing up a wizard
- Beyond the wand : the magic and mayhem of growing up a wizard
- Bibi : my story
- Biblical : Rob Halford's heavy metal scriptures
- Big bosses : a working girl's memoir of Jazz Age America
- Billie Eilish
- Bird brother : a falconer's journey and the healing power of wildlife
- Bird cloud
- Bird uncaged : an abolitionist's freedom song
- Birdgirl : looking to the skies in search of a better future
- Birds, art, life : a year of observation
- Birds, beasts and bedlam : turning my farm into an ark for lost species
- Birth of a dancing star : from cradle Catholic to cyborg Christian
- Biting the hand : growing up Asian in Black and White America
- Black Internet effect
- Black boy out of time : a memoir
- Black dog of fate
- Black is the body : stories from my grandmother's time, my mother's time, and mine
- Black ops : the life of a CIA shadow warrior
- Black ops : the life of a CIA shadow warrior
- Black ops : the life of a CIA shadow warrior
- Black privilege : opportunity comes to those who create it
- Black widow : a sad-funny journey through grief for people who normally avoid books with words like "journey" in the title
- Black, white, and The Grey : the story of an unexpected friendship and a beloved restaurant
- Blackout : remembering the things I drank to forget
- Bless the birds : living with love in a time of dying
- Blind man's bluff : a memoir
- Blindfold : a memoir of capture, torture, and enlightenment
- Blood
- Blood from a stone : a memoir of how wine brought me back from the dead
- Bloom : a tale of courage, surrender, and breaking through upper limits
- Blowing the bloody doors off : and other lessons in life
- Blue sky kingdom : an epic family journey to the heart of the Himalayas
- Boldly go : reflections on a life of awe and wonder
- Bookends : a memoir of love, loss, and literature
- Born a crime : stories from a South African childhood
- Born bright : a young girl's journey from nothing to something in America
- Born to fly : a memoir
- Born to run
- Born to run
- Born to run
- Born with teeth : a memoir
- Both sides of the fire line : memoir of a transgender firefighter
- Both/and : a life in many worlds
- Boy friends
- Boy in a china shop : life, clay and everything
- Boys in the trees
- Boyslut : a memoir and manifesto
- Brat : an '80s story
- Brave
- Brave : cult member, runaway, captive, starlet, victim, sex symbol, justice seeker
- Brave enough
- Brave new medicine : a doctor's unconventional path to healing her autoimmune illness
- Brave surrender : let God's love rewrite your story
- Brazen : my unorthodox journey from long sleeves to lingerie
- Breaking free : how I escaped polygamy, the FLDS cult, and my father, Warren Jeffs
- Breaking history : a White House memoir
- Breaking history : a White House memoir
- Breaking history : a White House memoir
- Breathe : a letter to my sons
- Brief candle in the dark : my life in science
- Bright
- Broken (in the best possible way)
- Brother & sister
- Brother & sister
- Brown boy : a memoir
- Brown, white, black : an American family at the intersection of race, gender, sexuality, and religion
- Building a life worth living
- Bullies : a friendship
- Bully market : my story of money and misogyny at Goldman Sachs
- Burn rate : launching a startup and losing my mind
- Burn the place
- Burn the place : a memoir
- Buses are a comin' : memoir of a freedom rider
- But seriously
- But seriously
- But you seemed so happy : a marriage, in pieces and bits
- Buy yourself the f*cking lilies : and other rituals to fix your life, from someone who's been there
- Cack-handed : a memoir
- Cack-handed : a memoir
- California soul : an American epic of cooking and survival
- Call me American : the extraordinary true story of a young Somali immigrant
- Call me Chef, dammit! : a veteran's journey from the rural South to the White House
- Call me Indian : from the trauma of residential school to becoming the NHL's first treaty Indigenous player
- Call sign chaos : learning to lead
- Call sign chaos : learning to lead
- Camino a las estrellas : mi recorrido de Girl Scout a ingeniera astronáutica
- Camp girls : fireside lessons on friendship, courage, and loyalty
- Can you ever forgive me? : memoirs of a literary forger
- Can't hurt me : master your mind and defy the odds
- Capital Gaines : smart things I learned doing stupid stuff
- Captive : a mother's crusade to save her daughter from a terrifying cult
- Carry : a memoir of survival on stolen land
- Carry on, warrior : thoughts on life unarmed
- Carrying the fire : an astronaut's journeys
- Catch and release : an Oregon life in politics
- Centerstage : my most fascinating interviews--from A-Rod to Jay-Z
- Challenge accepted! : 253 steps to becoming an anti-it girl
- Chance : sscape from the Holocaust
- Chase darkness with me : how one true-crime writer started solving murders
- Chasing history : a kid in the newsroom
- Chasing history : a kid in the newsroom
- Chasing me to my grave : an artist's memoir of the Jim Crow South
- Chasing my cure : a doctor's race to turn hope into action
- Chasing the light : writing, directing, and surviving Platoon, Midnight Express, Scarface, Salvador, and the movie game
- Chasing the light : writing, directing, and surviving Platoon, Midnight express, Scarface, Salvador, and the movie game
- Cheap land Colorado : off-gridders at America's edge
- Cherry
- Children of the land
- Choosing family : a memoir of queer motherhood and Black resistance
- Choosing hope : moving forward from life's darkest hours