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The Most Anticipated Biographies & Memoirs of Fall 2025

by Editorial Staff

Walk a mile in someone else’s shoes with this list of captivating biographies and memoirs. Whether you’re looking to learn more about famous figures from history or be inspired by heartwarming personal stories, you’ll love these books that are coming out this fall!

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    All the Way to the River: Oprah’s Book Club

    by Elizabeth Gilbert

    In her first nonfiction book in a decade, the #1 bestselling writer who taught millions of readers to live authentically (Eat Pray Love) and creatively (Big Magic) shows how to break free. All the Way to the River is a landmark memoir that will resonate with anyone who has ever been captive to love — or to any other passion, substance, or craving — and who yearns, at long last, for liberation.
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    Shot Ready

    by Stephen Curry

    Shot Ready is a powerful distillation of Stephen Curry’s transformative philosophy of success — centered on preparation, constant improvement, creativity, connection, mindfulness, and joy — delivered in his incomparable voice and style. Stunningly designed and illustrated with more than 100 gorgeous photographs, Shot Ready is an intimate narrative and a practical blueprint for any reader who wants to unlock their own potential.
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    Star of the Show

    by Dolly Parton

    A stunning celebration of Dolly Parton’s iconic career as a performer, featuring entertaining personal stories alongside more than 500 full-color photographs, including exclusive images and ephemera from her archive, and an eight-page gatefold listing her lifetime of performances. Brimming with Parton’s trademark wit and heartfelt sincerity, Star of the Show: My Life on Stage is not only an homage to one of history’s most cherished artists, but also a must-have collector’s item for — and love letter to — any fan of the one and only Dolly Parton.
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    Book of Lives

    by Margaret Atwood

    How does one of the greatest storytellers of our time write her own life? The long-awaited memoir from the author of The Handmaid’s Tale and The Testaments, one of our most lauded and influential cultural figures. As we travel with her along the course of her life, more and more is revealed about her writing, the connections between real life and art — and the workings of one of our greatest imaginations.
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    It Was the Way She Said It

    by Terry McMillan

    From the #1 New York Times bestselling author of How Stella Got Her Groove Back and Waiting to Exhale comes a remarkable, career-spanning collection of short fiction and essays about love, aging, culture, and all the things in between.
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    Bread of Angels

    by Patti Smith

    A radiant new memoir from artist and writer Patti Smith, author of the National Book Award winner Just Kids.
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    We Survived the Night

    by Julian Brave NoiseCat

    A stunning narrative from one of the most powerful young writers at work today, and the director of the Oscar®-nominated documentary, Sugarcane, We Survived the Night interweaves oral history with hard-hitting journalism and a deeply personal father-son journey into a searing portrait of Indigenous survival, love, and resurgence.
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    The Waterbearers

    by Sasha Bonét

    The Waterbearers is a dazzling and transformative work of American storytelling that reimagines not just how we think of Black women, but how we think of ourselves — as individuals, parents, communities, and a country.
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    Heart of a Stranger

    by Angela Buchdahl

    From the first Asian American to be ordained as a rabbi, a stirring account of one woman’s journey from feeling like an outsider to becoming one of the most admired religious leaders in the world.
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    The Man of Many Fathers

    by Roy Wood Jr.

    From comedian, Emmy-nominated writer and producer, and former Daily Show correspondent Roy Wood Jr., an unforgettable, laugh-out-loud funny memoir revealing that sometimes the best advice comes from the most surprising teachers.
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    Paper Girl

    by Beth Macy

    From one of our most acclaimed chroniclers of the forces eroding America’s social fabric, her most personal and powerful work: A reckoning with the changes that have rocked her own beloved small Ohio hometown. Paper Girl is a gift of courage, empathy, and insight. Beth Macy has turned to face the darkness in her family and community, people she loves wholeheartedly, even the ones she sometimes struggles to like. And in facing the truth — in person, with respect — she has found sparks of human dignity that she has used to light a signal fire of warning but also of hope.
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    Unfettered

    by John Fetterman

    In this candid memoir, United States Senator John Fetterman shares the story of his journey in public service (which started by winning his first election by a single vote in 2005), including unvarnished details of his life-threatening stroke and struggles with depression, the truth about what really happens in Washington, and his vision for navigating our divided country’s future.
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    Next of Kin

    by Gabrielle Hamilton

    An electrifying memoir about the demise of a singular family — a stunning new book by Gabrielle Hamilton, author of the New York Times bestseller and James Beard Award winner Blood, Bones & Butter. A personal account of one family’s disintegration, Next of Kin is also a universal story of the emotional clarity that comes from scrutinizing our family mythologies and seeing through to the other side.
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    Dead and Alive

    by Zadie Smith

    A profound and unparalleled literary voice, Zadie Smith returns with a resounding collection of essays. In this eagerly awaited new collection, Smith brings her unique skills as an essayist to bear on a range of subjects that have captured her attention in recent years. Throughout this thrilling collection, Smith shows us once again her unrivalled ability to think through critically and humanely some of the most urgent preoccupations and tendencies of our troubled times.
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    Nobody’s Girl

    by Virginia Roberts Giuffre

    The unforgettable memoir by the late Virginia Roberts Giuffre, the woman who dared to take on Jeffrey Epstein and Ghislaine Maxwell. Nobody’s Girl is an astonishing affirmation of Giuffre’s unshakable will — first, to claw her way out of victimhood, and then to shine light on wrongdoing and fight for a safer, fairer world. Equal parts intimate and fierce, it is a remarkable narrative of fortitude in the face of depravity and despair.
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    Letter from Japan

    by Marie Kondo

    In her most personal book yet, the iconic star of the hit Netflix series Tidying Up with Marie Kondo and #1 bestselling author of The Life-Changing Magic of Tidying Up opens up about the cultural traditions that have inspired her philosophy — and can make our lives better today.
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    Writing Creativity and Soul

    by Sue Monk Kidd

    From the bestselling author of The Secret Life of Bees and The Book of Longings: An intimate work on the mysteries, frustrations, and triumphs of being a writer, and an instructive guide to awakening the soul.
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    Comedy Nerd

    by Judd Apatow

    An intimate, rollicking, highly-visual memoir of a comedic genius that offers a rare glimpse into the creative life and inner workings of legendary director producer Judd Apatow through never-before-seen photos, letters, and behind-the-scenes stories.
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    Raising Brows

    by Anastasia Soare

    From the founder of Anastasia Beverly Hills — an immigrant who built a global cosmetics brand from nothing — an inspiring memoir about believing in yourself and chasing what brings you joy.
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    Successful Failure

    by Kevin Fredericks

    Being successful is no laughing matter … unless the road there is littered with flops, fool’s errands, fizzles, and straight-up failures — from the New York Times bestselling co-author of Marriage Be Hard. Laugh-out-loud in one moment and perceptive in the next, Successful Failure is a wild ride from one of America’s funniest comics and a sendup of our ideals around hustle culture and success.
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    Listening to the Law

    by Amy Coney Barrett

    From Supreme Court Justice Amy Coney Barrett, a glimpse of her journey to the Court and an account of her approach to the Constitution.
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