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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The Naked Don't Fear the Water by Matthieu Aikins - 9781913097851
$34.99
The Naked Don't Fear the Water
Matthieu Aikins
In 2016, a young Afghan driver and translator named Omar makes the heart-wrenching choice to...
The Moment of Lift by Melinda French Gates - 9781760783327
$32.99
The Moment of Lift
Melinda French Gates
'When you lift up women, you lift up everybody-families, communities, entire countries... In her book,...
The Life And Times Of The Thunderbolt Kid by Bill Bryson - 9781784161811
$26.99
The Life And Times Of The Thunderbolt Kid
Bill Bryson
Bill Bryson on his most personal journey yet- into his own childhood in America's Mid-West....
The Last Girl by Nadia Murad - 9780349009773
$24.99
The Last Girl
Nadia Murad
JOINT WINNER OF THE NOBEL PEACE PRIZE Nadia Murad is a courageous young Yazidi woman...
The Hare With Amber Eyes by Edmund de Waal - 9780099539551
$26.99
The Hare With Amber Eyes
Edmund de Waal
The history of a family through 264 objects - set against a turbulent century -...
The Happiest Refugee by Anh Do - 9781742372389
$34.99
The Happiest Refugee
Anh Do
WINNER, Indie Awards, Book of the Year WINNER, Australian Book Industry Awards, Book of the...
The Happiest Man on Earth by Eddie Jaku - 9781760980085
$32.99
The Happiest Man on Earth
Eddie Jaku
WINNER OF THE ABIA BIOGRAPHY OF THE YEAR 2021 Life can be beautiful if you...
The Girl Who Fell From the Sky by Emma Carey - 9781761065781
$34.99
The Girl Who Fell From the Sky
Emma Carey
There on that helicopter, somewhere over Switzerland on a Sunday in June, came the first...
The Garden of the Gods by Gerald Durrell - 9780241981672
$26.99
The Garden of the Gods
Gerald Durrell
A new standalone edition of the third book in the trilogy that inspired ITV''sThe Durrells...
The Diary of a Young Girl by Anne Frank - 9780241387481
$26.99
The Diary of a Young Girl
Anne Frank
The definitive edition of Anne Frank's diary, now in Penguin Black Classics. 'June, 1942- I...
The Diary of a Young Girl by Anne Frank - 9780141315188
$19.99
The Diary of a Young Girl
Anne Frank
A deeply moving and unforgettable portrait of an ordinary and yet an extraordinary teenage girl....
The Cost of Living by Deborah Levy - 9780241977569
$26.99
The Cost of Living
Deborah Levy
Dazzling, essential, unlike anything else published today - a memoir on modern womanhood, smashing through...
The Complete Memoirs by Pablo Neruda - 9780374538125
$39.99
The Complete Memoirs
Pablo Neruda
Southern Chile was an open frontier when the beloved poet Pablo Neruda was born there...
The Boy Behind the Curtain
$26.99
The Boy Behind the Curtain
Tim Winton
This highly acclaimed collection of memoirs is Winton's most intimate and revealing work yet. Along...
Talking As Fast As I Can by Lauren Graham - 9780143788966
$26.99
Talking As Fast As I Can
Lauren Graham
In this collection of personal essays, the beloved star of Gilmore Girls and Parenthood reveals...
Stranger Care by Sarah Sentilles - 9781922330956
$34.99
Stranger Care
Sarah Sentilles
May you always feel at home. After deciding not to have a biological child, Sarah...
Steve Jobs by Walter Isaacson - 9780349140438
$24.99
Steve Jobs
Walter Isaacson
Based on more than forty interviews with Steve Jobs conducted over two years - as...
Start Without Me by Gary Janetti - 9781250853455
$29.99
Start Without Me
Gary Janetti
From New York Times bestselling author, Family Guy writer, and HBO star Gary Janetti comes...
Slow Days, Fast Company by Eve Babitz - 9781681370088
$29.99
Slow Days, Fast Company
Eve Babitz
Hollywood's golden girl is back in Slow Days, Fast Company, Eve Babitz's collection of dispatches...
Slouching Towards Bethlehem by Joan Didion - 9780008284640
$24.99
Slouching Towards Bethlehem
Joan Didion
Joan Didion's savage masterpiece, which, since first publication in 1968, has been acknowledged as an...
Shoe Dog by Phil Knight - 9781471146725
$24.99
Shoe Dog
Phil Knight
'A refreshingly honest reminder of what the path to business success really looks like ......
Ruth Bader Ginsburg by Jane Sherron de Hart - 9781922310736
$35.00
Ruth Bader Ginsburg
Jane Sherron de Hart
'A vivid account of a remarkable life' -The Washington Post 'A vivid account of a...
Romulus, My Father by Raimond Gaita - 9781925498691
$14.95
Romulus, My Father
Raimond Gaita
Romulus Gaita fled Yugoslavia aged thirteen, and came to Australia with his wife and their...
Recipe for a Kinder Life by Annie Smithers - 9781760761448
$32.99
Recipe for a Kinder Life
Annie Smithers
'Recipe for a Kinder Life is like getting a big hug from your nanna. It's...
Real Estate by Deborah Levy - 9780241993866
$26.99
Real Estate
Deborah Levy
Fearless and essential - the highly anticipated final instalment in Deborah Levy's critically acclaimed 'Living...
Raised by Wolves by Jess Ho - 9781922806307
$29.99
Raised by Wolves
Jess Ho
Growing up Cantonese in the racist outer suburbs of Melbourne was hard enough for Jess...
Patting the Shark by Tim Baker - 9781760898915
$34.99
Patting the Shark
Tim Baker
A surfer's journey learning to live well with cancer Tim Baker was living the dream....
Not That I'd Kiss a Girl by Lil O'Brien - 9781988547589
$39.99
Not That I'd Kiss a Girl
Lil O'Brien
'Not That I'd Kiss a Girl' is truly, deeply, hilarious. Lil dismisses the one out...