Memoir

Discover powerful true stories in our Memoir collection at Harry Hartog. From celebrity revelations and political reflections to personal triumphs and cultural journeys, these first-person narratives offer insight, emotion, and inspiration. Shop online or in-store for bestselling memoirs and hidden gems that speak to life’s truth in every form.

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Transcendent by Laverne Cox - 9781529999778
$39.99
Transcendent
Laverne Cox
Four-time Emmy-nominated actress Laverne Cox shares her journey as a transgender woman in Hollywood, confronting...
The Book of My Lives by Aleksandar Hemon - 9781447210917
$25.99
The Book of My Lives
Aleksandar Hemon
Aleksandar Hemon's lives begin in Sarajevo, a small, blissful city where a young boy's life...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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 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...
Stakes by Noelle McCarthy - 9781776951031
$36.99
Stakes
Noelle McCarthy
A darkly funny, sparkling memoir from the author of bestselling Grand. 'Consider me bitten; another,...
Detention by Ralph Jackman - 9781761471292
$34.99
Detention
Ralph Jackman
What happens when your first teaching job isn't in a classroom - but in juvenile...
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...
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...
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 ....
Surviving White Island by Kelsey Waghorn - 9781775542919
$34.99
Surviving White Island
Kelsey Waghorn
Surviving the unsurvivable. Healing from the unhealable. This is an inspiring memoir of physical and...
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,...
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...