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It is human nature to be fascinated by other people and the very best memoirs and biographies draw readers into lives either truly unique or eminently relatable. Classic autobiographies like Cider With Rosie or I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings evoke both their author’s inner lives and a specific time and place, whilst others shed light on complex public figures - or provide plenty of juicy gossip. This is the place to find great books on the good, the bad and the fascinating.

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Abroad in Japan
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Forever Max
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Simon Kuper
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Christian Lewis
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Sociopath: A Memoir
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Patric Gagne
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Tales from the Dancefloor
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Sacha Lord
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Me and Mr Jones
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Suzi Ronson
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Three Dads Walking
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Tim Owen
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The Wide Wide Sea
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Hampton Sides
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Personal Best
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Adele Roberts
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Now That I have Your Attention
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Nicolas Hamilton
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Queen Victoria and her Prime Ministers
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Anne Somerset
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The Chain
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Chimene Suleyman
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Four Stars
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Joel Golby
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Not That I'm Bitter
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Helen Lederer
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A Body Made of Glass
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Caroline Crampton
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Abroad in Japan
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Chris Broad
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Guenther Steiner
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Johnson at 10
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Anthony Seldon
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The Twat Files
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Dawn French
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Poor
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Katriona O'Sullivan
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I’m Not as Well as I Thought I Was
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Ruby Wax
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The Light We Carry
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Michelle Obama
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A Flat Place
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Noreen Masud
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Bringing Down Goliath
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Jolyon Maugham
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Good Girls
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Hadley Freeman
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Just Getting Started
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Lisa Snowdon
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No Comment
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Jess McDonald
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Undercurrent
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Natasha Carthew
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Jonny Steinberg
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Highly Desirable
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Anonymous Anonymous
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The Archaeology of Loss
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Sarah Tarlow
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Top of the World
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Martin Hibbert
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Approach Without Caution
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James Haskell
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Alexei Navalny
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The only meaningful opposition to Putin until his death in a Russian prison in February 2024, Navalny recounts the turbulent events of his life and issues a clarion call to continue the struggle for meaningful change in this landmark memoir begun shortly after his near-fatal poisoning.
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Liz Truss
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Knife
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Finding My Voice
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Rachel Stevens
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My Animals, and Other Animals
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Bill Bailey
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Dan Jones
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Kathleen Hanna
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Will I Ever Have Sex Again?
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Leigh Francis The Autobiography
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Rebel Rising
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You Never Know
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MILF: Motherhood, Identity, Love and F*ckery: Signed Edition (Hardback)
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The iconic singer and actress delivers her own unique take on motherhood and how it correlates to what it means to be a woman in this fierce, funny and passionate volume.
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Ed Gamble
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Paloma Faith
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Finding My Voice
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Rachel Stevens
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Believe
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My Account
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Rebel Girl
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Kathleen Hanna
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Fight For Your Life
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Amir Khan
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Leigh Francis The Autobiography
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Leigh Francis
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Zandra Rhodes
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Nigel Slater
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By My Hands
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Lightning Can Strike Twice
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How To Disappear
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Beyond the Story
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Behind the Seams
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Fry's Ties
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Stephen Fry
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Diary of a Tuscan Bookshop
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Alba Donati
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Why Women Grow
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Alice Vincent
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Life Lessons
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Lunch with the FT
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Lionel Barber
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A Promised Land
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A Promised Land
President Barack Obama
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The Lyrics
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Sir Paul McCartney
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The Beach Boys
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The Beach Boys
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Renegades
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President Barack Obama
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What Was Shakespeare Really Like?
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What Was Shakespeare Really Like?
Stanley Wells
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Amy Winehouse – In Her Words
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Amy Winehouse
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Murakami T
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Haruki Murakami
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A Woman's World, 1850–1960
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Dan Jones
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Charles III
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Alison Smith
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Just Kids
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The Diary of a Young Girl
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Cider With Rosie
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Nick Hornby
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Agatha Christie
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Terry Pratchett: A Life With Footnotes
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The Years
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Ian Fleming
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I Know Why The Caged Bird Sings
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Maya Angelou
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A Bookshop of One’s Own
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Jane Cholmeley
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The Long and Winding Road
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Lesley Pearse
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The Secret Life of John le Carré
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Adam Sisman
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A Fortunate Woman
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Polly Morland
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Stay True
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Hua Hsu
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Down and Out in Paris and London
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George Orwell
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A Private Spy
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John le Carré
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Slouching Towards Bethlehem
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Joan Didion
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The Swimmer
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Patrick Barkham
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A Moveable Feast
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Ernest Hemingway
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Voices For Change - Remarkable Lives

The Audacity of Hope
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President Barack Obama
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Becoming
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Michelle Obama
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The Autobiography of Malcolm X
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Alex Haley
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My Name Is Why
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Lemn Sissay
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The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks
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Rebecca Skloot
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Notes of a Native Son
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James Baldwin
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Long Walk To Freedom
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Nelson Mandela
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The Louder I Will Sing
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Lee Lawrence
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Bessie Smith
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Jackie Kay
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I Heard What You Said
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I Heard What You Said
Jeffrey Boakye
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Maybe I Don't Belong Here
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Maybe I Don't Belong Here
David Harewood
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The Uncomfortable Truth About Racism
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John Barnes
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Wayward Lives, Beautiful Experiments
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Wayward Lives, Beautiful Experiments
Saidiya Hartman
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Rise Up
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Stormzy
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Will
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Will Smith
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His Name Is George Floyd
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His Name Is George Floyd
Robert Samuels
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An Autobiography
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Angela Y. Davis
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