Biography & Memoir Bestsellers

Discover the Top 50 Biography & Memoirs of the Week at Harry Hartog Bookseller, featuring the most inspiring, thought-provoking, and unforgettable life stories. This carefully curated selection includes powerful memoirs, revealing autobiographies, and insightful biographies that capture the lives of extraordinary individuals. From global icons and political leaders to artists, activists, and everyday heroes, these books offer personal accounts that resonate with readers. With bestselling titles from authors like Geraldine Brooks, Richard Flanagan, and Julia Baird, alongside fresh new voices, this collection is perfect for those who love real-life stories. Explore the Top 50 Biography & Memoirs this week at Harry Hartog and be inspired by lives well lived.

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The Titanic Story of Evelyn by Lisa Wilkinson - 9780733653988
$34.99
The Titanic Story of Evelyn
Lisa Wilkinson
The never-before-told true story of a brave young nurse who was the only Australian survivor...
Mother Mary Comes To Me
$36.99
Mother Mary Comes To Me
Arundhati Roy
The incredible first memoir from the Booker-winning radical icon Arundhati Roy, author of The God...
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...
Rasputin by Antony Beevor - 9781399617628
$55.00
Rasputin
Antony Beevor
THE INSTANT SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLER 'THE GOLD STANDARD OF NARRATIVE HISTORY' - DAN SNOW How...
Letter from Provence by Sheryle Bagwell - 9781761473531
$34.99
Letter from Provence
Sheryle Bagwell
'A tale of enduring love replete with hope.' Geraldine Doogue After buying an ancient stone...
A Different Kind of Power by Jacinda Ardern - 9781776951291
$36.99
A Different Kind of Power
Jacinda Ardern
#1 New Zealand bestseller #1 Amazon bestseller #2 Audible bestseller #3 New York Times bestseller...
Strangers by Belle Burden - 9781529936124
$36.99
Strangers
Belle Burden
The must-read memoir of the end of a marriage and the start of a personal...
A Hymn to Life
$36.99
A Hymn to Life
Gisele Pelicot
The sexual assault that stunned the world. A courageous woman's rallying call for 'shame to...
A Waiter in Paris by Edward Chisholm - 9781800960206
$24.99
A Waiter in Paris
Edward Chisholm
SHORT LISTED FOR THE ACKERLEY PRIZE FOR AUTOBIOGRAPHY *** 'This astonishing book describes a cruel,...
We Love
Betrayal by Tom Bower - 9781785126413
$36.99
Betrayal
Tom Bower
'Tom Bower is the Inspector Morse of investigative biographers, a fluent, phlegmatic story-teller and a...
Look After Your Feet by Rosalie Ham - 9781761473647
$34.99
Look After Your Feet
Rosalie Ham
This book is dedicated to feet, much maligned and underappreciated, but without which we would...
Tuesdays with Morrie by Mitch Albom - 9780733609558
From $7.50
Tuesdays with Morrie
Mitch Albom
Maybe it was a grandparent, or a teacher or a colleague. Someone older, patient and...
Memorial Days by Geraldine Brooks - 9780733651083
$24.99
Memorial Days
Geraldine Brooks
A heartrending and beautiful memoir of sudden loss and a journey toward peace, from the...
Everything I Know About Love by Dolly Alderton - 9780241982105
$26.99
Everything I Know About Love
Dolly Alderton
The wildly funny Sunday Times bestseller about growing up and navigating all kinds of love...
Enough Said by Alan Bennett - 9781805228981
$59.99
Enough Said
Alan Bennett
20 September. Have a notion for a radio series - Awkward Conversations. Enough Said is...
Wifedom by Anna Funder - 9780143778080
$26.99
Wifedom
Anna Funder
A blazing, genre-bending masterpiece from one of the most inventive writers of our time. *...
Touching the Sky: The extraordinary story of an Australian trailblazer who became the longest flying female airline pilot in the world by Deborah Lawrie - 9780733343964
$35.99
Touching the Sky: The extraordinary story of an Australian trailblazer who became the longest flying female airline pilot in the world
Deborah Lawrie
Deborah Lawrie didn't just break the glass ceiling - she flew right through it. They...
Ellen Savage and the Heroes of AHS Centaur: from the bestselling author of SISTER VIV and MARY PENFOLD by Grantlee Kieza - 9780733344107
$35.99
Ellen Savage and the Heroes of AHS Centaur: from the bestselling author of SISTER VIV and MARY PENFOLD
Grantlee Kieza
The extraordinary true story of courage under fire and survival during one of the deadliest...
Bread of Angels
$34.99
Bread of Angels
Patti Smith
'Smith's eye for life's everyday transcendence rarely fails her' Sunday Times, 'Books of the Year'...
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 ......
You with the Sad Eyes by Christina Applegate - 9781035440306
$34.99
You with the Sad Eyes
Christina Applegate
Christina Applegate came of age on sets and stages, expected to be on time, with...
Memorial Days by Geraldine Brooks - 9780733651076
$15.00
Memorial Days
Geraldine Brooks
SHORTLISTED FOR THE 2026 STELLA PRIZE SHORTLISTED FOR THE 2026 INDIE BOOK AWARD FOR NON-FICTION...
Second Hand
Nobody's Girl by Virginia Roberts Giuffre - 9781529985252
$36.99
Nobody's Girl
Virginia Roberts Giuffre
The extraordinarily powerful and unforgettable memoir by the woman who stood up and spoke out...
My Cursed Vagina by Lally Katz - 9781760111250
$34.99
My Cursed Vagina
Lally Katz
'In this memoir, Lally takes the reader on a drunken, dare-devil ride into the depths...
Taste by Stanley Tucci - 9780241501009
$26.99
Taste
Stanley Tucci
From award-winning actor and food obsessive Stanley Tucci comes an intimate and irresistible memoir of...
We Love
All the Way to the River
$34.99
All the Way to the River
Elizabeth Gilbert
AN OBSERVER BOOK OF THE YEAR 2025 AN OPRAH WINFREY AND FEARNE COTTON BOOK CLUB...
I Am, I Am, I Am by Maggie O'Farrell - 9780525436058
$14.95
I Am, I Am, I Am
Maggie O'Farrell
In this astonishing memoir, the New York Times bestselling author of The Marriage Portrait and...
Entitled by Andrew Lownie - 9780008775469
$37.99
Entitled
Andrew Lownie
THE SUNDAY TIMES #1 BESTSELLER A Book of the Year for The Times, Financial Times...