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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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...
Quartet for the End of Time by Michael Symmons Roberts - 9781787331853
$45.00
Quartet for the End of Time
Michael Symmons Roberts
A personal reckoning with grief, doubt, faith and poetry set to one of the most...
Breslin by Anthony Breslin - 9781922779496
$49.99
Breslin
Anthony Breslin
Breslin- The Spirit Endures tells the story of an exceptional life, interwoven with tales of...
How Not to Become a Grumpy Old Bugger by Geoff Hutchison - 9781923046757
$36.99
How Not to Become a Grumpy Old Bugger
Geoff Hutchison
They are the unhappy husbands, the disengaged grandfathers and the angry 'letters to the editor'...
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...
On Writing by Stephen King - 9781399741712
$49.99
On Writing
Stephen King
Part memoir, part masterclass by one of the bestselling authors of all time, this superb...
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...
Future Boy by Michael J Fox - 9781035434947
$32.99
Future Boy
Michael J Fox
'Back to the Future super-fans are predictably well served here ... Fox's evocative descriptions of...
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...
I Am, I Am, I Am: Seventeen Brushes With Death by Maggie O'Farrell - 9781035430048
$24.99
I Am, I Am, I Am: Seventeen Brushes With Death
Maggie O'Farrell
The Sunday Times No. 1 bestselling memoir from the author of HAMNET and THE MARRIAGE...
Death of an Ordinary Man
$36.99
Death of an Ordinary Man
Sarah Perry
An unflinching and profoundly moving account of caring until death, from Booker-Prize-longlisted Sarah Perry 'Please...
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...
To Save and to Destroy by Viet Thanh Nguyen - 9780674298170
$47.95
To Save and to Destroy
Viet Thanh Nguyen
From the Pulitzer Prize-winning author of The Sympathizer (now an HBO series) comes a moving...
Precarious Lease by Jacqueline Feldman - 9781804271407
$34.99
Precarious Lease
Jacqueline Feldman
In her extraordinary non-fiction debut, Jacqueline Feldman tells the story of Le Bloc, a legendary...
Overnight by Dan Richards - 9781838857509
$45.00
Overnight
Dan Richards
There is something special about the night. For many, just the idea of it conjures...
PATRIOT by Alexei Navalny - 9781529933659
$26.99
PATRIOT
Alexei Navalny
AN INSTANT INTERNATIONAL BESTSELLER- The powerful and moving memoir of a fearless political opposition leader...
King of the Desert by Nick Arley - 9781761472336
$34.99
King of the Desert
Nick Arley
Nick Arley's motorcycling journey began racing around paddocks on an old Honda. From the moment...