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. Whether you're drawn to history, creativity, or human resilience, biographies and memoirs provide a powerful way to understand the world through lived experience.

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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Ian Fleming by Nicholas Shakespeare - 9781529920604
$27.99
Ian Fleming
Nicholas Shakespeare
A fascinating new biography of the man behind James Bond, by an award-winning biographer and...
The Elements of Marie Curie by Dava Sobel - 9780008536923
$34.99
The Elements of Marie Curie
Dava Sobel
Dava Sobel, acclaimed and bestselling author of Longitude, chronicles the life and work of the...
C. Y. O'Connor by Anthony Evans - 9781876268770
$29.95
C. Y. O'Connor
Anthony Evans
Charles Yelverton O'Connor is a legendary figure in early colonial civil engineering. But the fame...
Memories of Distant Mountains
$39.99
Memories of Distant Mountains
Orhan Pamuk
The journals of the Nobel Prize-winning author, beautifully illustrated with his own paintings For many...
Unleashed
$49.99
Unleashed
Boris Johnson
THE #1 SUNDAY TIMES BESTELLER A BOOK OF THE YEAR IN THE FINANCIAL TIMES, TELEGRAPH,...
Fire Up! by Nedd Brockmann - 9781761427398
$34.99
Fire Up!
Nedd Brockmann
Live large, do tough stuff and give back. FIRE UP! shares some of the lessons...
Dropping the Mask: The long-awaited inspiring new memoir from the legendary Australian screen icon beloved by all by Noni Hazlehurst - 9781460759042
$39.99
Dropping the Mask: The long-awaited inspiring new memoir from the legendary Australian screen icon beloved by all
Noni Hazlehurst
An icon. A household name. One of our best-loved actors. Noni Hazlehurst is finally telling...
Second Hand
The Ballerina of Auschwitz by Edith Eger - 9781846047817
$26.99
The Ballerina of Auschwitz
Edith Eger
The unforgettable account of Edith Eger's extraordinary survival of Auschwitz, with new material from Edith's...
Shakespeare by Judi Dench - 9781405956420
$28.99
Shakespeare
Judi Dench
Discover the real Judi Dench through a series of intimate conversations about the love of...
We Are the Stars by Gina Chick - 9781761630248
$36.99
We Are the Stars
Gina Chick
Shortlisted for the 2025 ABIA Awards, Biography of the Year, The Matt Richell Award for...
Kosciuszko by Anthony Sharwood - 9780733650970
$34.99
Kosciuszko
Anthony Sharwood
Heroes are hard to come by - but there's one man whose legend has stood...
The Shift by Theresa Brown - 9781616206024
$32.99
The Shift
Theresa Brown
An engrossing human drama . . . The Shift is one nurse's story, but it...
Cactus Pear For My Beloved by Samah Sabawi - 9781761344978
$36.99
Cactus Pear For My Beloved
Samah Sabawi
SHORTLISTED, 2025 Stella Prize. Shortlisted for THE AGE Book of the Year. Shortlisted for the...
A Promised Land by Barack Obama - 9781405974042
$39.99
A Promised Land
Barack Obama
A riveting, deeply personal account of history in the making-from the president who inspired us...
Kamala's Way by Dan Morain - 9781398504882
$26.99
Kamala's Way
Dan Morain
A revelatory biography of the first Black woman elected Vice President of the United States-and...
Don't Tell Mum I Work on the Rigs...She Thinks I'm a Piano Player in a Whorehouse by Paul Carter - 9781741146981
$24.99
Don't Tell Mum I Work on the Rigs...She Thinks I'm a Piano Player in a Whorehouse
Paul Carter
'Great two-fisted writing from the far side of hell.' - John Birmingham, bestselling author of...
Cher
$49.99
Cher
Cher
Part One of a Two Part Memoir from the Iconic Artist and Actor 'A rock...
Ootlin by Dr Jenni Fagan - 9781529153088
$36.99
Ootlin
Dr Jenni Fagan
'A phenomenal memoir. I am in awe' AMY LIPTROT WINNER OF THE GORDON BURN PRIZE...
Recollections of My Non-Existence by Rebecca Solnit (Y) - 9781803510484
$24.99
Recollections of My Non-Existence
Rebecca Solnit (Y)
In 1981, Rebecca Solnit rented a studio apartment in San Francisco, her home for the...
Life, Camera, Action by Mitchell Burns - 9781761426452
$34.99
Life, Camera, Action
Mitchell Burns
It took ten years in the coal mines for Mitchell Burns to realise that no...
When Life Gives You Lemurs by Tim Husband - 9781761471520
$34.99
When Life Gives You Lemurs
Tim Husband
'A compelling story, beautifully told, about how animals can show you a way forward.' -...
Second Hand
Townsend of the Ranges by Peter Crowley - 9781922507693
$36.99
Townsend of the Ranges
Peter Crowley
**Highly Commended, NSW History Awards 2025, NSW Community and Regional History Prize** Surveyor Thomas Scott...
Jilya by Tracy Westerman - 9780702268694
$34.99
Jilya
Tracy Westerman
A powerful memoir that explores how one Indigenous woman from the Pilbara transformed psychology From...
Wild by Cheryl Strayed - 9781838959548
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Wild
Cheryl Strayed
At twenty-six, Cheryl Strayed thought she had lost everything. In the wake of her mother's...
When Breath Becomes Air by Paul Kalanithi - 9781784701994
$26.99
When Breath Becomes Air
Paul Kalanithi
For readers of Atul Gawande's Being Mortal and Henry Marsh's Do No Harm, an unforgettably...
Tuesdays with Morrie by Mitch Albom - 9780733609558
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Tuesdays with Morrie
Mitch Albom
Maybe it was a grandparent, or a teacher or a colleague. Someone older, patient and...
No Friend But the Mountains by Behrouz Boochani - 9781760784942
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No Friend But the Mountains
Behrouz Boochani
'Our government jailed his body, but his soul remained that of a free man.' Richard...
Larrimah by Caroline Graham - 9781760877835
$34.99
Larrimah
Caroline Graham
Larrimah: hot, barren, a speck of dust in the centre of the nothingness of outback...