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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When the Going Was Good by Graydon Carter - 9781804711033
$32.99
When the Going Was Good
Graydon Carter
A MOST ANTICIPATED BOOK OF 2025 IN THE INDEPENDENT, GQ, NEW STATESMAN, FINANCIAL TIMES AND...
This Is Me by Hayden Panettiere - 9781035427178
$34.99
This Is Me
Hayden Panettiere
'Hayden Panettiere holds nothing back: From child stardom to crushing loss, this is her truth'...
Rule of Lies by Jamison R. Firestone - 9780008753245
$35.99
Rule of Lies
Jamison R. Firestone
'This book is NUTS! - in the best possible way. A relentless roller coaster ride...
Quartet for the End of Time by Michael Symmons Roberts - 9781529967173
$24.99
Quartet for the End of Time
Michael Symmons Roberts
A personal reckoning with grief, doubt, faith and poetry set to one of the most...
Love Needs No Words by James Hunt - 9781398548589
$37.99
Love Needs No Words
James Hunt
THE INSTANT SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLER 'For families who might sometimes feel that they are drowning...
Kutchinsky's Egg by Serena Kutchinsky - 9781398532854
$36.99
Kutchinsky's Egg
Serena Kutchinsky
'Extraordinary' SOPHIE ELMHIRST, author of Maurice and Maralyn 'Sparkles with passion, greed and mystery' OLIVER...
Dangerous, Dirty, Violent and Young by Zayd Ayers Dohrn - 9781784745790
$39.99
Dangerous, Dirty, Violent and Young
Zayd Ayers Dohrn
The son of the FBI's most wanted woman tells the electrifying story of a childhood...
Becoming George by Fiona Sampson - 9781529924336
$55.00
Becoming George
Fiona Sampson
Cigar smoking, gender-nonconforming, bisexual, polyamorous - and the intellectual equal of any man - George...
Alive by Gabriel Weston - 9781529931716
$26.99
Alive
Gabriel Weston
A profound and provocative journey through the human body, from the Sunday Times bestselling writer,...
A Time of Living Graciously by Brigid Lowry - 9781760996888
$32.99
A Time of Living Graciously
Brigid Lowry
More than just a book, A Time of Living Graciously- Reflections on Growing Older is...
What Did the Deep Sea Say? by Marion Coutts - 9781911717539
$39.99
What Did the Deep Sea Say?
Marion Coutts
In the aftermath of loss, a mother and young son cross the ocean to a...
Jess and Norma by Jessica Asquith - 9781529957273
$26.99
Jess and Norma
Jessica Asquith
Step into the world of Jess and her 90 year old grandmother Norma who, with...
Mother Mary Comes To Me by Arundhati Roy - 9781405978477
$26.99
Mother Mary Comes To Me
Arundhati Roy
The incredible first memoir from the Booker-winning radical icon Arundhati Roy, author of The God...
The Life of the Author: Geoffrey Chaucer by Simone Celine Marshall (University of Otago, New Zealand) - 9781119987291
$47.95
The Life of the Author: Geoffrey Chaucer
Simone Celine Marshall (University of Otago, New Zealand)
Explores how generations of biographers shaped, reinvented, and fabricated the life of Geoffrey Chaucer Very...
Receipts From the Bookshop by Katie Clapham - 9781399629546
$34.99
Receipts From the Bookshop
Katie Clapham
Many of us dream of owning a bookshop but for Katie Clapham it happened by...
Unpolished Gem by Alice Pung - 9781760645762
$32.99
Unpolished Gem
Alice Pung
The twentieth-anniversary edition of a modern Australian classic This story does not begin on a...
This Is the Door by Darcey Steinke - 9781838859435
$42.99
This Is the Door
Darcey Steinke
'This Is the Door is a work of piercing grace, philosophical wisdom and rare emotional...
The Wild Within by Brigit Anna McNeill - 9781914613258
$34.99
The Wild Within
Brigit Anna McNeill
Echoing the journey of a plant itself, this is a personal exploration of rewilding and...
The Missing Piece by James O'Loghlin - 9781786586988
$36.99
The Missing Piece
James O'Loghlin
James O'Loghlin's best friend at university was Jum Wallner, but once careers and kids came...
The Make-Believe by Hannah Murray - 9781529155921
$36.99
The Make-Believe
Hannah Murray
From the actor in Skins and Games of Thrones, a deeply intimate, shockingly honest memoir...
The Hour of the Wolf by Fatima Bhutto - 9781917092319
$24.99
The Hour of the Wolf
Fatima Bhutto
Only a teenager when her beloved father was murdered, shot outside their home by his...
The Girl on the Roof by Valerie A. Brown - 9781761382208
$32.99
The Girl on the Roof
Valerie A. Brown
Nine decades, one life - a remarkable memoir by an Australian living treasure. Valerie Brown...
Stakes by Noelle McCarthy - 9781776951031
$36.99
Stakes
Noelle McCarthy
A darkly funny, sparkling follow-up to the author's bestselling memoir, Grand. You have to invite...
Detention by Ralph Jackman - 9781761471292
$34.99
Detention
Ralph Jackman
'Honest and courageous . . . This book is the report card we've all known...
Entitled by Andrew Lownie - 9780008775490
$27.99
Entitled
Andrew Lownie
THE SUNDAY TIMES #1 BESTSELLER A Book of the Year in The Times and Financial...
The Search Warrant by Patrick Modiano - 9781529944280
$26.99
The Search Warrant
Patrick Modiano
Nobel Prize-winning author Patrick Modiano's masterpiece- a moving memoir, a portrait of war-torn Europe and...
I Feel Bad About My Neck by Nora Ephron - 9781804999998
$26.99
I Feel Bad About My Neck
Nora Ephron
Celebrating the 20th anniversary of this brilliantly clever, funny book of essays about growing older...
What Will the Neighbours Think by Robyn Bishop - 9781923514720
$36.99
What Will the Neighbours Think
Robyn Bishop
From forced adoption to prime-time television - a life lived with grit, grace and a...