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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Doppelganger by Naomi Klein - 9781802061956
$26.99
Doppelganger
Naomi Klein
A wild ride into the uncanny mirror world of our polarised culture, from the international...
Oh Miriam! by Miriam Margolyes - 9781399803373
$24.99
Oh Miriam!
Miriam Margolyes
'Oh Miriam! risks the curse of the sequel, and pulls it off . . ....
The Occult Sylvia Plath by Julia Gordon-Bramer - 9781644118627
$56.99
The Occult Sylvia Plath
Julia Gordon-Bramer
Explores Sylvia Plath's enduring interest and active practice in mysticism and the occult from childhood...
The Season
$34.99
The Season
Helen Garner
It's footy season in Melbourne, and Helen Garner is following her grandson's under-16s team. She...
Memorial Days by Geraldine Brooks - 9780733651076
$32.99
Memorial Days
Geraldine Brooks
SHORTLISTED FOR THE 2026 STELLA PRIZE SHORTLISTED FOR THE 2026 INDIE BOOK AWARD FOR NON-FICTION...
Second Hand
Burn Book by Kara Swisher - 9780349442136
$34.99
Burn Book
Kara Swisher
From award-winning journalist Kara Swisher comes a witty, scathing, but fair accounting of the tech...
The Secret Life of Flying by Jeremy Burfoot - 9781761269530
$36.99
The Secret Life of Flying
Jeremy Burfoot
How does a plane stay up in the air? Does the Mile-High Club actually exist?...
Friends, Lovers and the Big Terrible Thing by Matthew Perry - 9781472295972
$24.99
Friends, Lovers and the Big Terrible Thing
Matthew Perry
'There's never been a more honest or raw memoir . . . and it may...
After the Worst has Happened by Richard Gosling - 9781923022379
$34.99
After the Worst has Happened
Richard Gosling
When Richard Gosling's young daughter faced emergency surgery, a colleague carelessly asked what would happen...
A Woman's Story by Annie Ernaux - 9781804270943
$24.99
A Woman's Story
Annie Ernaux
On 7 April 1986, Annie Ernaux's mother, after years of suffering from Alzheimer's disease, died...
Dear Mutzi by Tess Scholfield-Peters - 9781922507518
$34.99
Dear Mutzi
Tess Scholfield-Peters
Harry Peters - formerly Hermann Ludwig Pollnow, known to his family as Mutzi - was...
The Bookshop Woman by Nanako Hanada - 9781914240775
$36.99
The Bookshop Woman
Nanako Hanada
I'm the manager of a very unusual bookshop. I have access to over ten thousand...
What I Ate in One Year by Stanley Tucci - 9780241683132
$45.00
What I Ate in One Year
Stanley Tucci
From the beloved, bestselling, Oscar-nominated author of Taste- What I Ate in One Year is...
From Here to the Great Unknown: A Memoir by Lisa Marie Presley - 9781035051052
$36.99
From Here to the Great Unknown: A Memoir
Lisa Marie Presley
In 2022, Lisa Marie Presley asked her daughter to help finally finish her long-gestating memoir....
Slow Noodles by Chantha Nguon - 9781643753492
$49.99
Slow Noodles
Chantha Nguon
Take a well-fed nine-year-old with a big family and a fancy education. Fold in 2...
Safe Space by Alyssa Huynh - 9781761421518
$34.99
Safe Space
Alyssa Huynh
'A searingly honest and impassioned account of being an advocate in the social media era,...
Radical by Maajid Nawaz - 9780753540770
$36.99
Radical
Maajid Nawaz
An insider's story of radical Islamism in Britain Born and raised in Essex, Maajid Nawaz...
The Friday Afternoon Club by Griffin Dunne - 9781804710555
$34.99
The Friday Afternoon Club
Griffin Dunne
At eight, Sean Connery saved him from drowning. At thirteen, desperate to hook up with...
Is That You, Ruthie? by Jackie Huggins - 9780702268540
$19.99
Is That You, Ruthie?
Jackie Huggins
Now included in UQP's First Nations Classics series with an introduction from Jackie Huggins, Is...
I Want to Die but I Still Want to Eat Tteokbokki by Baek Sehee - 9781526667908
$29.99
I Want to Die but I Still Want to Eat Tteokbokki
Baek Sehee
The sequel to the Sunday Times and international-bestselling South Korean therapy memoir, translated by International...
Never Alone by Gil Troy - 9781541742444
$32.99
Never Alone
Gil Troy
A classic account of courage, integrity, and most of all, belonging In 1977, Natan Sharansky,...
The Islander by Halldor Gudmundsson - 9781529433739
$36.99
The Islander
Halldor Gudmundsson
"An enthralling, heartening study of a man of unflagging interest in life" Independent "A thoroughly...
Into Thin Air by Jon Krakauer - 9781035038558
$24.99
Into Thin Air
Jon Krakauer
Jon Krakauer's Into Thin Air is the true story of a 24-hour period on Everest,...
Sir Thomas Browne by Reid Barbour (Professor, Department of English and Comparative Literature, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill) - 9780198778356
$108.95
Sir Thomas Browne
Reid Barbour (Professor, Department of English and Comparative Literature, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill)
Sir Thomas Browne: A Life is the first full-scale biography of the extraordinary prose artist,...
You Never Know by Tom Selleck - 9780008685706
$35.99
You Never Know
Tom Selleck
A Waterstones Best Book of 2024There are many miles from the business school and basketball...
100 Letters that Changed the World by Colin Salter - 9781849948685
$39.99
100 Letters that Changed the World
Colin Salter
A collection of the most inspiring and powerful letters of all time. The written word...
Virginia Woolf by Alexandra Harris - 9780500297834
$29.99
Virginia Woolf
Alexandra Harris
An accessible introduction to a writer whose work is of timeless significance and whose unconventional...
Pageboy by Elliot Page - 9781804991466
$26.99
Pageboy
Elliot Page
The Oscar-nominated star who captivated the world with his performance in Juno finally shares his...