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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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...
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...
Raise Your Soul by Yanis Varoufakis - 9781529970210
$26.99
Raise Your Soul
Yanis Varoufakis
A captivating portrait of number-one bestselling author Yanis Varoufakis's political awakening, told through the extraordinary...
Is It Too Early To Bitch? by Grace Rouvray - 9781761566738
$36.99
Is It Too Early To Bitch?
Grace Rouvray
We talk about romance as life's greatest love stories, but sometimes the rarest thing we'll...
I, Vera by Miranda Seymour - 9780008650391
$34.99
I, Vera
Miranda Seymour
'Vera Gedroits was a true medical heroine: outrageous, intrepid and devoted to saving lives. Miranda...
I Wanna Be Loved By You by Andrew Wilson - 9781398513440
$55.00
I Wanna Be Loved By You
Andrew Wilson
Dreamer. Bombshell. Icon. Featuring a wealth of unpublished material, Andrew Wilson's biography of Marilyn Monroe...
Conversations with My Rabbi by Nikki Goldstein - 9781460770146
$39.99
Conversations with My Rabbi
Nikki Goldstein
An unforgettable and profound book of wisdom, offering timeless teachings for living well in an...
The Loves of My Life by Edmund White - 9781526690418
$26.99
The Loves of My Life
Edmund White
***A TIMES/SUNDAY TIMES BOOK OF THE YEAR 2025*** 'All the no-holds-barred candour you'd expect ....
Menachem Mendel Schneerson by Ezra Glinter - 9780300222623
$39.95
Menachem Mendel Schneerson
Ezra Glinter
The life and thought of Menachem Mendel Schneerson, one of the most influential-and controversial-rabbis in...
I Think of You Constantly with Love by Alfred Schmidt - 9781350026469
$50.00
I Think of You Constantly with Love
Alfred Schmidt
Ludwig Wittgenstein and Ben Richards met in the autumn of 1945, when Richards - a...
I Am Dynamite! by Sue Prideaux - 9780571336227
$24.99
I Am Dynamite!
Sue Prideaux
The Times Biography of the Year Longlisted for the Rathbones Folio Prize 2019 'A strikingly...
The Complete Notebooks by Albert Camus - 9780226694818
$74.95
The Complete Notebooks
Albert Camus
The first complete translation of Albert Camus's personal notebooks written between 1933 and 1959, including...
Like a Cat Loves a Bird by James Bailey - 9781399764971
$32.99
Like a Cat Loves a Bird
James Bailey
"This is a deeply stylish, astute and illuminating biography of a fascinating writer" FRANCESCA WADE,...