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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A Truce That Is Not Peace by Miriam Toews - 9780008803278
$28.99
A Truce That Is Not Peace
Miriam Toews
THE NUMBER ONE INTERNATIONAL BESTSELLER 'The best memoir you will read all year' NICK HORNBY...
Inside Out by Kathleen Folbigg - 9781761346620
$36.99
Inside Out
Kathleen Folbigg
Twenty years in jail- Kathleen Folbigg's extraordinary story of wrongful conviction, and how science, advocacy...
Fires Which Burned Brightly by Sebastian Faulks - 9781529154658
$45.00
Fires Which Burned Brightly
Sebastian Faulks
A new, wise and warmly funny work of memoir from bestselling novelist Sebastian Faulks 'A...
Better Things Are Possible by Jack Toohey - 9781761471506
$34.99
Better Things Are Possible
Jack Toohey
'Better Things Are Possible is a beacon of light in a dark political landscape. Jack...
The Eye of the Dragonfly by Tracey Lee Holmes - 9781761428685
$36.99
The Eye of the Dragonfly
Tracey Lee Holmes
For celebrated journalist Tracey Lee Holmes, sport has been both a way of life and...
Outback Astronomer: The extraordinary story of how an amateur astronomer's unwavering passion for the cosmos propelled him from the mines of Broken by Trevor Barry - 9781460765449
$35.99
Outback Astronomer: The extraordinary story of how an amateur astronomer's unwavering passion for the cosmos propelled him from the mines of Broken
Trevor Barry
Born and raised in remote Broken Hill, Trevor Barry left school after year ten to...
No Secrets: A classic Aussie pub rock memoir for readers of Jimmy Barnes, Jim Moginie and Rick Rubin by Graham Bidstrup - 9781460768099
$35.99
No Secrets: A classic Aussie pub rock memoir for readers of Jimmy Barnes, Jim Moginie and Rick Rubin
Graham Bidstrup
Imagine stepping into a packed Australian pub in the mid-1970s and the late 1980s -...
No Dancing in the Lift by Mandy Sayer - 9781923023475
$32.99
No Dancing in the Lift
Mandy Sayer
'... the sky detonated into chandeliers of light, and the Harbour Bridge was illuminated with...
Frosty: The autobiography of one of the most beloved drivers in modern Australian motorsport history by Mark Winterbottom - 9781460762264
$45.00
Frosty: The autobiography of one of the most beloved drivers in modern Australian motorsport history
Mark Winterbottom
The incredible true story of the boy from Doonside who became a Bathurst king. Mark...
Murriyang by Stan Grant - 9781761632952
$24.99
Murriyang
Stan Grant
Shortlisted for the 2025 Queensland Literary Awards, The University of Queensland Non-Fiction Book Award Shortlisted...
America Day by Day by Simone de Beauvoir - 9781784879884
$29.99
America Day by Day
Simone de Beauvoir
Intimate, warm, and compulsively readable, this is Simone de Beauvoir's captivating account of her road...
Reacher: The Stories Behind The Stories by Lee Child - 9780857508751
$36.99
Reacher: The Stories Behind The Stories
Lee Child
From global bestseller and creator of Jack Reacher, comes Lee Child's first-ever autobiographical collection. From...
What I Ate in One Year by Stanley Tucci - 9781405963725
$24.99
What I Ate in One Year
Stanley Tucci
From the beloved, bestselling, Oscar-nominated author of Taste- a funny, poignant, heartfelt and deeply satisfying...
Hunger Like a Thirst by Besha Rodell - 9781761452215
$35.00
Hunger Like a Thirst
Besha Rodell
Hunger Like a Thirst is a bold and deeply personal memoir from Besha Rodell; chief...
The Tale of a Wall by Nasser Abu Srour - 9781802066432
$26.99
The Tale of a Wall
Nasser Abu Srour
A Palestinian prisoner's memoir of thirty years' captivity, and a love letter to the wall...
You Went to Emergency for What? by Tim Booth - 9781761566202
$36.99
You Went to Emergency for What?
Tim Booth
Bizarre, bloody and baffling true stories from the hospital ED, told by bestselling author and...
The Absence by Budgie - 9781399621571
$34.99
The Absence
Budgie
As a member of Big in Japan, The Slits and, most famously, Siouxsie and the...
Take My Advice, I'm Not Using It! by Rod Halsted - 9781761472183
$34.99
Take My Advice, I'm Not Using It!
Rod Halsted
'I caught a bus to my first drug deal. At the time, I lived in...
My Father Bryce by Adam Courtenay - 9780733652127
$34.99
My Father Bryce
Adam Courtenay
Dynamic, complex, driven: Bryce Courtenay was all of these as well as one of Australia's...
Bomb Season in Jakarta by Grant Dooley - 9781923293021
$36.99
Bomb Season in Jakarta
Grant Dooley
In the history of Australian diplomacy, the Jakarta post between 2004 and 2007 looms larger...
Alone by Daniel Schreiber - 9781399744096
$22.99
Alone
Daniel Schreiber
'A book to love and cherish' Deborah Levy, author of The Cost of Living 'A...
The Evin Prison Bakers' Club by Sepideh Gholian - 9781836430308
$24.99
The Evin Prison Bakers' Club
Sepideh Gholian
16 recipes testifying to the sisterhood and solidarity forged in the most notorious prisons in...
Dear Writer by Maggie Smith - 9781837260478
$39.99
Dear Writer
Maggie Smith
'How I wish I'd had access to this book when I was first starting out...
Paris France by Gertrude Stein - 9780241746806
$14.99
Paris France
Gertrude Stein
90 classic titles celebrating 90 years of Penguin Books \"All Frenchmen know you have to...
A Moment of War by Laurie Lee - 9780241752043
$14.99
A Moment of War
Laurie Lee
90 classic titles celebrating 90 years of Penguin Books In one of the great English...
Requiem by Antonio Tabucchi - 9780241752234
$14.99
Requiem
Antonio Tabucchi
90 classic titles celebrating 90 years of Penguin Books 'My dear friend, he said, life...
The Place of Tides by James Rebanks - 9780141991924
$26.99
The Place of Tides
James Rebanks
To save the world, we have to start somewhere One afternoon many years ago, James...
Simply More
$32.99
Simply More
Cynthia Erivo
It is never too late to build the life you're seeking. Cynthia Erivo learned the...