A beautiful celebration of Dolly Parton’s iconic sense of style through entertaining personal stories and 450 full-color photographs, including exclusive images from her private costume archive.
This memoir from a gravel-voiced theater legend is a delight from start to finish. Told in short sharp chapters, it chronicles Fierstein’s Brooklyn roots, his emergence in the downtown theater scene, and his later successes on stage and screen as both a writer and a performer. He’s especially affecting talking about his struggles with addiction and the tremendous losses he endured during the AIDS Era. Alternately heartbreaking and funny, I Was Better Last Night is the work of a major talent who’s taken the time to reflect on his past and how he got to where he is today. (If you’d prefer to hear his unmistakable voice tell you these stories, Fierstein reads the audiobook himself.)
Discover the global phenomenon that tells an unforgettable story of love, loss, and healing. For the first time, Prince Harry tells his own story, chronicling his journey with raw, unflinching honesty. A landmark publication, Spare is full of insight, revelation, self-examination, and hard-won wisdom about the eternal power of love over grief.
Before his untimely death in September 2021, Williams, star of The Wire, Boardwalk Empire, and Lovecraft Country, had almost finished writing his memoir. It’s the last gift he gave his audience, and what a tremendous gift it is. His memoir is a perfect blend of his personal and professional lives, detailing the astounding highs of his career juxtaposed with the lows of his struggles with addiction. Throughout his life, Williams sought to use his fame as a way to uplift others and to be a voice for those who are frequently marginalized. His memoir serves as a fitting tribute to a talent gone far too soon.
Discover the life-changing memoir that has inspired millions of readers through the Academy Award-winning actor’s unflinching honesty, unconventional wisdom, and lessons learned the hard way about living with greater satisfaction.
Jennifer Lopez explores one of her life’s most defining periods — the transformative two-year journey of how, as an artist and a mother, she confronted her greatest challenges, identified her biggest fears, and ultimately emerged a stronger person than she’s ever been. Guided by both intimate and electrifying photographs, True Love is an honest and revealing personal diary with hard-won lessons and heartfelt recollections, and an empowering story of self-reflection, rediscovery, and resilience.
In the late 1980s, Paul Newman and his friend, screenwriter Stewart Stern, began recording an oral history of Newman’s life. They interviewed his friends, family, and colleagues, with only one guideline: be completely honest. Now, over 30 years later, the results of these tapes have been combined to form Paul Newman’s posthumous memoir, a revealing and entertaining portrait of the inner life of a movie star who transfixed audiences for decades. Going beyond his image on the silver screen, this book provides a look at who Paul Newman was when the cameras were off. The interpolation of interviews with family and friends alongside Newman’s own words gives the work a larger scope and vividly enhances the reading experience.
In an inspiring follow-up to her critically acclaimed, #1 bestselling memoir Becoming, former First Lady Michelle Obama shares practical wisdom and powerful strategies for staying hopeful and balanced in today’s highly uncertain world.
Selma Blair isn’t afraid to share the good, bad, and ugly aspects of her life with unflinching honesty. Exploring her childhood as the “mean baby” of the title, her successes as an actress and a model, and her personal struggles with candor and compassion, Mean Baby is particularly refreshing because Blair is so forthcoming. She discusses her battle with addiction, and how her MS diagnosis changed the way she looks at the world, ultimately concluding that what many might consider obstacles are opportunities for growth. It’s a joy to read writing this frank and honest from such a huge star, and Blair pulls it off as no one else can.
The first and only estate-authorized biography of the legendary artist, Tupac Shakur, a moving exploration of his life and powerful legacy, fully illustrated with photos, mementos, handwritten poetry, musings, and more.
Lauren Graham’s hilarious memoir isn’t just for fans of her work as Lorelai Gilmore on Gilmore Girls. Whether you’re her biggest fan or have yet to discover her, you’ll want to read the charming, gut-bustlingly funny essays in this collection. Sharing stories about growing up, trying to “make it” as an actress, and what it was like to experience the fame that came with shows like Gilmore Girls and Parenthood, Graham remains a relatable presence throughout. Reading these essays feels like catching up with an old friend, so get ready to laugh if you need a read to cheer you up.
From the indie rock sensation known as Japanese Breakfast, an unforgettable memoir about family, food, grief, love, and growing up Korean American — “in losing her mother and cooking to bring her back to life, Zauner became herself” (NPR).
Barbra Streisand is by any account a living legend, a woman who in a career spanning six decades has excelled in every area of entertainment. She is among the handful of EGOT winners (Emmy, Grammy, Oscar, and Tony) and has one of the greatest and most recognizable voices in the history of popular music. No entertainer’s memoir has been more anticipated than Barbra Streisand’s, and this engrossing and delightful book will be eagerly welcomed by her millions of fans.
Mindy Kaling’s first book remains a treasure over a decade after its initial publication. Kaling uses her signature wit and trademark self-effacing humor to make the experience of reading her memoir feel like having a conversation with the funniest person you know. It’s easy to tell why Kaling became such a cultural force with projects like The Mindy Project and Never Have I Ever because she brings her uniquely hilarious point of view to everything she does. Do yourself a favor and read this book.
From one of our generation’s most powerful artists and incisive storytellers comes a brilliantly crafted work about the art — and war — of becoming who we are.
This National Book Award-winner by recently deceased legend and patron saint of sad hot girls, Joan Didion, may be the best book ever written on grief. In late 2003, Didion’s daughter became seriously ill and was placed in a medical coma. Several days later, her husband John Gregory Dunne died of a fatal heart attack. The Year of Magical Thinking is Didion’s attempt to process the confusion she felt when it seemed her world was collapsing around her. The language she uses is spare and straight to the point, dissecting the grieving process but never descending into self-pity. It’s a truly unforgettable book.
The iconic singer-songwriter and three-time Grammy winner opens up about her traumatic childhood in the Deep South, her years of being overlooked in the music industry, and the stories that inspired her enduring songs in this “bracingly candid chronicle” (The Wall Street Journal).
With her latest collection of essays, actress and comedian Phoebe Robinson firmly cements her position as one of the funniest writers working today. In covering topics such as the prohibitive cost of mental health treatment and the stigma she faces being a woman who doesn’t want children, Robinson easily navigates the tricky task of being simultaneously brutally honest and laugh-out-loud funny. Her essays cut straight to the heart of delicate matters, exploring flawed societal norms most people accept without question. They’re a welcome distraction in a world that frequently seems to be falling apart.
Bono — artist, activist, and the lead singer of Irish rock band U2 — has written a memoir: honest and irreverent, intimate and profound, Surrender is the story of the remarkable life he’s lived, the challenges he’s faced, and the friends and family who have shaped and sustained him.
If you yearn for gossip in celebrity memoirs, look no further than Patti LuPone’s self-titled memoir. She is unsparing about herself and others, with more than enough backstage stories to go around. Want to know how she really felt about finding out she got fired from Sunset Boulevard by reading a tabloid? (Let’s just say there’s a reason she nicknamed her swimming pool the “Andrew Lloyd Webber Memorial Pool”) This Broadway baby knows how to write a tell-all, and we as readers are lucky to be able to sit back and enjoy the dish she’s ready and willing to provide.
The NFL champion whose life inspired the hit movie The Blind Side is back with an inspiring and motivating book on overcoming any obstacle, no matter how tough the odds.
Described as “the best thing written about Sontag” by author Edmund White, this book occupies a unique position in the genre of memoir, because it was not written by its subject. Rather, Sigrid Nunez uses her experience living with Susan Sontag while she dated her son to give readers a glimpse into who Sontag was as a person. A window into the private life of a legendary artist and meditation on writing as an act of community, this book, while slight, packs a big punch. The writing is fresh, clear, and straightforward, making this memoir singular and unforgettable.
Fans of Mel Brooks’s comedy will not be disappointed by his memoir, which contains as much humor and wit as one would expect from this living legend. It’s amazing to read about his journey from a scrappy Brooklyn kid to comedy king, with behind-the-scenes stories about the making of movies like Blazing Saddles and Young Frankenstein and anecdotes about all the famous personalities he’s worked with. As hilarious as it is, Brooks’s writing is also tender and heartfelt, especially when he covers the subject of his late wife and great love, actress Anne Bancroft. With equal parts humor and heart, this is a perfect gift for any comedy fan or cinephile.
In the Heights: Finding Home reunites Lin-Manuel Miranda with Jeremy McCarter, co-author of Hamilton: The Revolution, and Quiara Alegría Hudes, the Pulitzer Prize-winning librettist of the Broadway musical and screenwriter of the film. They do more than trace the making of an unlikely Broadway smash and a major motion picture: They give readers an intimate look at the decades-long creative life of In the Heights.
Elizabeth Mountbatten never expected her father to die so suddenly, so young, leaving her with a throne to fill and a global institution to govern. Written by the show’s historical consultant, royal biographer Robert Lacey, and filled with beautifully reproduced archival photos and show stills, The Crown: The Official Companion: Volume 1 adds expert and in-depth detail to the events of the series, painting an intimate portrait of life inside Buckingham Palace and 10 Downing Street.
