Biography
Step into the lives of remarkable people with our collection of biography and memoir books. These books offer insight into real experiences, challenges, and achievements.
At Harry Hartog Bookseller, we’ve curated a diverse range of true stories that inform, inspire, and stay with you long after reading.
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Letters
Oliver Sacks
Oliver Sacks, one of the great humanists of our age - who describes himself in...
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El Generalisimo
Giles Tremlett
*A 2025 BOOK OF THE YEAR FOR: Telegraph, Financial Times, i Paper* 'Making Francisco Franco's...
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Winter
Val McDermid
'McDermid's most personal book to date' THE SCOTSMAN 'A warm hug of a book... like...
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To Exist As I Am
Grace Spence Green
What do you do when the life you planned is dramatically interrupted? What does it...
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Artists, Siblings, Visionaries
Judith Mackrell
'Outstanding' - The Guardian 'Judith Mackrell has done an incredible job in bringing to life...
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The Tower and the Ruin
Michael DC Drout
No writer has surpassed the epic achievement of J.R.R. Tolkien, who spent decades refining his...
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Ruminations
Nicholas Hasluck
A judge, novelist and arts adviser, Nicholas Hasluck's work includes acute appraisals of people he...
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A Life in Letters
John Updike
The arc of literary giant John Updike's life emerges in these luminous daily letters to...
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The Boundless Deep
Richard Holmes
*SHORTLISTED FOR THE BAILLIE GIFFORD PRIZE* *SHORTLISTED FOR THE POL ROGER DUFF COOPER PRIZE* A...
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Why Fish Don't Exist
Lulu Miller
Longlisted for the Women's Prize for Non-Fiction 2025: the profound and life-affirming memoir about finding...
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The Flame Trees Of Thika
Elspeth Huxley
The extraordinary adventures of a childhood in Africa, recalled in rich and loving detail. When...
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Crossing
Sabrin Hasbun
WINNER OF THE FOOTNOTE X COUNTERPOINTS WRITING PRIZE 2023-24 'Vivid, compassionate, captivating' Elif Shafak 'A...
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The Mottled Lizard
Elspeth Huxley
'An accomplished story-teller, she weaves ancdotes, character sketches, political history together without losing her thread...
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A Time of Living Graciously
Brigid Lowry
More than just a book, A Time of Living Graciously is a celebration of life's...
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The Mountbattens
Andrew Lownie
The Top Ten Sunday Times Bestseller 'Richly entertaining... impressively well-researched' - Daily Mail 'Incisive... strongly...
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My Cursed Vagina
Lally Katz
'In this memoir, Lally takes the reader on a drunken, dare-devil ride into the depths...
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How to Dress for Old Age
David Carlin
When adult children take up the labour of care for absent fathers and stoic mothers,...
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Didion & Babitz
Lili Anolik
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The Life of the Author: F. Scott Fitzgerald
Thomas Fahy (Long Island University, NY)
Explores how F. Scott Fitzgerald's short stories reveal the full depth of his life and...
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Sonny Boy
Al Pacino
The long-awaited memoir of the legendary actor, for readers of Keith Richards' LIFE and Bruce...
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Greyhound
Joanna Pocock
In 2006, in the wake of several miscarriages, Joanna Pocock travelled by Greyhound bus across...
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The Flower Bearers
Rachel Eliza Griffiths
'A beautiful and immensely powerful book about love, grief and finding a way to be...
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Roman Year
Andre Aciman
The author of Call Me by Your Name returns with a deeply romantic memoir of...
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Lifeform
Slate Jenny
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David Sedaris Diaries
David Sedaris
A remarkable illustrated volume of artwork and images from the famed diaries of David Sedaris....
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Three Wild Dogs (and the Truth)
Markus Zusak
WINNER OF THE AUSTRALIAN INDIE BOOK AWARD FOR NONFICTION "Playful and poignant . . ....
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Tilda Swinton
Tilda Swinton
The first book by Tilda Swinton highlights her incredible transformations and iconic roles, tracing Swinton's...
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Three Women
Lisa Taddeo
The International No. 1 Bestseller A BBC 2 Between the Covers Book Club Pick 'Cuts...
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