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 First Fascist by Sergio Luzzatto - 9780241715819
$55.00
The First Fascist
Sergio Luzzatto
The extraordinary story of the nineteenth-century French-Italian aristocrat Marquis de Mor s, the first populist...
Mother Shadow by Cynthia Banham - 9781764239714
$32.99
Mother Shadow
Cynthia Banham
A poignant telling of the legacies of mothering Mother Shadow is a meditation on what...
Ghost Stories by Siri Hustvedt - 9781399753852
$34.99
Ghost Stories
Siri Hustvedt
'A remarkable achievement' LOUISE KENNEDY 'A deeply moving memoir, raw with loss, yet luminous with...
Always Home, Always Homesick by Hannah Kent - 9781761903212
$24.99
Always Home, Always Homesick
Hannah Kent
WINNER 2026 INDIE BOOK AWARDS FOR NON-FICTION 'In my brief breath of life, might I...
Israel by Goeran Rosenberg - 9780241795712
$26.99
Israel
Goeran Rosenberg
A deeply intelligent and moving reckoning with the Zionist project by one of Sweden's most...
When We See You Again by Rachel Goldberg-Polin - 9780349022604
$34.99
When We See You Again
Rachel Goldberg-Polin
Once upon a time, I was meandering down the road of life with my husband,...
From the Mountain's Edge by Ed Jackson - 9780008735357
$36.99
From the Mountain's Edge
Ed Jackson
A True Story Of Risk, Resilience and Survival After a life-changing neck injury left him...
Solo Mum by Choice by Lorena Otes - 9781923105607
$32.99
Solo Mum by Choice
Lorena Otes
When dating failed. Motherhood didn't. Solo Mum by Choice is an intimate, funny, and fiercely...
James Baldwin by Magdalena J. Zaborowska - 9780300288704
$26.95
James Baldwin
Magdalena J. Zaborowska
An intimate portrait of James Baldwin, offering a new understanding of his life and works...
True Crime by Patricia Cornwell - 9781408725054
$34.99
True Crime
Patricia Cornwell
'Let's start, and end, with this: Patricia Cornwell's autobiography, TRUE CRIME, could be the best...
Small Town Girls by Jayne Anne Phillips - 9780349725499
$34.99
Small Town Girls
Jayne Anne Phillips
A luminous memoir by Pulitzer Prize-winning novelist Jayne Anne Phillips 'The painful thing about adolescence...
Rebirth by Antoun Issa - 9780733651885
$34.99
Rebirth
Antoun Issa
Antoun Issa powerfully captures his mother's true experiences of love, heartbreak and new hope during...
$34.99
Inherit the Truth
Anita Lasker-Wallfisch
Although my head was shaved and I had a number on my arm, I had...
Childhood by Brendan James Murray - 9781761268304
$36.99
Childhood
Brendan James Murray
Why do some children grow up into happy lives, and others never make it? Brendan...
Annastacia Palaszczuk: The Politics of Being Me, from the former Premier of Queensland by Annastacia Palaszczuk - 9781460767894
$36.99
Annastacia Palaszczuk: The Politics of Being Me, from the former Premier of Queensland
Annastacia Palaszczuk
A powerful story of resilience, leadership and staying true to yourself. Annastacia Palaszczuk made history...
The Stained Man by Patrick Mullins - 9781761381959
$39.99
The Stained Man
Patrick Mullins
The extraordinary tale - 'A two-volume mystery!' Mark Twain called it - of the solicitor...
Showing Up by Nedd Brockmann - 9781761638442
$34.99
Showing Up
Nedd Brockmann
Get comfortable with being uncomfortable - the bestselling memoir of a then 23-year-old tradie who...
Philip Roth by Steven J. Zipperstein - 9780300251555
$34.95
Philip Roth
Steven J. Zipperstein
A landmark biography of one of our most prominent chroniclers of American life In this...
Auslander by Michael Moritz - 9781805228349
$45.99
Auslander
Michael Moritz
In this poignant and unflinching memoir, Michael Moritz, one of his generation's best-known venture investors,...
Sirens by Martin McKenzie-Murray - 9781760642877
$34.99
Sirens
Martin McKenzie-Murray
'Courageous and deeply moving.' -Sarah Krasnostein, author of The Trauma Cleaner Three first responders -...
Periodic Bitch by Emma Hardy - 9781761473593
$29.99
Periodic Bitch
Emma Hardy
Every twenty-nine days, Emma Hardy becomes angry, monstrous and out of control. Then it passes,...
Hungry by Katriona O'Sullivan - 9781035427734
$34.99
Hungry
Katriona O'Sullivan
Hungry is the powerful new memoir from Number One bestselling author Katriona O'Sullivan - a...
Chanel's War by Richard Wallace - 9781803999791
$54.99
Chanel's War
Richard Wallace
INTERVIEWER: Well, let me make it easier for you. Which side were you on? COCO...
Bush Doctor by Damien Brown - 9781761473630
$34.99
Bush Doctor
Damien Brown
Damien is convinced that this is the best job anywhere: beautiful skies, red earth, dramatic...
The Migrants by Christopher de Hamel - 9780241670125
$55.00
The Migrants
Christopher de Hamel
A brilliant memoir of adolescence in New Zealand and of the migration of European manuscripts...
Leaving Home by Mark Haddon - 9781784746230
$59.99
Leaving Home
Mark Haddon
Viciously funny, and illustrated in full colour- a memoir of 1970s family life by multi-million...
Sink or Swim by Alexa Leary - 9781761354601
$36.99
Sink or Swim
Alexa Leary
In this vulnerably honest memoir, Lex reveals how she cheated death and embraced her second...
Margaret Preston by Lesley Harding - 9780522881851
$45.00
Margaret Preston
Lesley Harding
Celebrated for her vibrant and distinctive images of Australian flowers, artist Margaret Preston was an...