Friends and Enemies: A Life in Vogue, Prison, & Park Avenue
By: Barbara Amiel
3.66
Format: 400 pages, ebook
Shockingly honest, richly detailed, and pulling no punches, Friends and Enemies traverses the highs…
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1. You Don't Look Your Age: And Other Fairy Tales
By: Sheila Nevins
2.00
Format: None pages, ebook
For readers of Nora Ephron, Anna Quindlen, and even Lena Dunham, comes a collection of stories and … read more
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- nonfiction
- memoir
2. The Patrick Melrose Novels (Patrick Melrose #1-4)
By: Edward St. Aubyn
4.16
Format: 144 pages, Paperback
NATIONAL BESTSELLER AnAtlantic MagazineBest Book of the Year A Publishers WeeklyBest Book of the Ye… read more
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3. Vanished Years
By: Rupert Everett
4.20
Format: 445 pages, Hardcover
Reviewers compared Rupert Everett's first memoir, Red Carpets and Other Banana Skins, to Evelyn Wau… read more
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- autobiography
- nonfiction
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4. Based on a True Story
By: Norm Macdonald
4.51
Format: 192 pages, Hardcover
Wild, dangerous, and flat-out unbelievable, here is the incredible memoir of the actor, gambler, ra… read more
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- autobiography
- nonfiction
- biography
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5. Of Human Bondage
By: W. Somerset Maugham , Maeve Binchy , Benjamin DeMott
3.99
Format: 380 pages, Paperback
The first and most autobiographical of Maugham's masterpieces. It is the story of Philip Carey, an … read more
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6. Red Carpets and Other Banana Skins: The Autobiography
By: Rupert Everett
4.00
Format: 224 pages, Hardcover
Revealing himself to be a consummate storyteller, stage and screen star Everett ("My Best Friend's … read more
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7. A Higher Call: An Incredible True Story of Combat and Chivalry in the War-Torn Skies of World War II
By: Larry Alexander , Adam Makos
4.36
Format: 392 pages, Hardcover
Four days before Christmas 1943, a badly damaged American bomber struggled to fly over wartime Germ… read more
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- nonfiction
- biography
"You fight by rules to keep your humanity"-Larry Alexander, A Higher Call: An Incredible True Story of Combat and Chivalry in the War-Torn Skies of World War II
8. The Portrait of a Lady
By: Henry James , Patricia Crick
3.79
Format: 797 pages, Paperback
When Isabel Archer, a beautiful, spirited American, is brought to Europe by her wealthy Aunt Touche… read more
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"She has only one fault; too many ideas."-Henry James, The Portrait of a Lady
"If one is strong, one loves the more strongly."-Henry James, The Portrait of a Lady
"It's not my fate to give up--I know it can't be."-Henry James, The Portrait of a Lady
"The finer natures were those that shone at the larger times."-Henry James, The Portrait of a Lady
9. Lady in Waiting: My Extraordinary Life in the Shadow of the Crown
By: Anne Glenconner
4.06
Format: 326 pages, Hardcover
An extraordinary memoir of drama, tragedy, and royal secrets by Anne Glenconner--a close member of … read more
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- autobiography
- nonfiction
- biography
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"According to Princess Margaret, "You can't possibly have a picnic without your butler."-Anne Glenconner, Lady in Waiting: My Extraordinary Life in the Shadow of the Crown
"One of the protocols of being in the company of a member of the Royal Family is that if they are standing, you have to stand - you can't sit down until they do. They seem to do an awful lot of standi…"-Anne Glenconner, Lady in Waiting: My Extraordinary Life in the Shadow of the Crown
10. Agent Sonya: Moscow's Most Daring Wartime Spy
By: Ben Macintyre
4.16
Format: 377 pages, Hardcover
In 1942, in a quiet village in the leafy English Cotswolds, a thin, elegant woman lived in a small … read more
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- nonfiction
- biography
11. My Name Is Barbra
By: Barbra Streisand
4.20
Format: 1040 pages, Hardcover
The long-awaited memoir by the superstar of stage, screen, recordings, and television. Barbra St… read more
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- nonfiction
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"Fame is a hollow trophy. No matter who you are, you can only eat one pastrami sandwich at a time."-Barbra Streisand, My Name Is Barbra
"Once again I was struck by the power of music. Somehow, it can be the connective tissue between souls."-Barbra Streisand, My Name Is Barbra
"There are some things I hope we can all agree upon: The antidote to lies is truth, the remedy to war is peace, and the solution to hate is love."-Barbra Streisand, My Name Is Barbra
"Language gives us an insight into the way women are viewed in a male-dominated society . . . A man is commanding—a woman is demanding. A man is forceful—a woman is pushy. A man is uncompromising—a wo…"-Barbra Streisand, My Name Is Barbra
12. Morning After the Revolution: Dispatches from the Wrong Side of History
By: Nellie Bowles
4.05
Format: 272 pages, Hardcover
From former New York Times reporter Nellie Bowles, a look at how some of the most educated people i… read more
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- politics
- journalism
- nonfiction
- memoir
13. Very Cold People
By: Sarah Manguso
3.38
Format: 202 pages, Kindle Edition
No-one is watching Ruth. She, however, watches everyone and everything, and waits, growing up on th… read more
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"I like to visit with the exhausted girl who once was me"-Sarah Manguso, Very Cold People
"My life felt unreal and I felt half-invested. I felt indistinct, like someone else's dream."-Sarah Manguso, Very Cold People
"I thought I'd die of it, but I didn't die. You can learn to eat violence. There is pleasure in not resisting. I dedicated myself to teaching my bully just how much a person can consume."-Sarah Manguso, Very Cold People
"In fourth grade we played hard. The fifth-grade girls played four square, too, but they didn't jeer at each other when they played, and they hit the ball gently from square to square. Their slowness …"-Sarah Manguso, Very Cold People
14. Sandwich
By: Catherine Newman
3.75
Format: 229 pages, Hardcover
From the beloved author of We All Want Impossible Things, a moving, hilarious story of a family sum… read more
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"What does loss look like, in your body? Where is it? It feels like an air bubble stuck in your psyche. It feels like peering down into a deep hole. The vertigo of that. The potential for obliteration…"-Catherine Newman, Sandwich
"We're just ruined by sex, women---our bodies, our psyches. We're sexually assaulted every five minutes. We're infected with everything. Traumatized by conceiving, by not conceiving. But let's keep at…"-Catherine Newman, Sandwich
15. Transient Desires (Commissario Brunetti, #30)
By: Donna Leon
4.10
Format: 288 pages, Kindle Edition
* 9 hours, 46 minutes * In 'TRANSIENT DESIRES', the 30th novel in Donna Leon's masterful series,… read more
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"There had been no noise from any other part of the apartment, but that didn’t exclude the possibility of Paolo’s presence, especially if she had given her soul over to reading. He sometimes told her …"-Donna Leon, Transient Desires (Commissario Brunetti, #30)
"The area confirmed his feelings about Giudecca: bleak cement buildings, crudely rectangular, devoid of any attempt at embellishment or adornment: cubes for living in, worsened – at least in his eyes …"-Donna Leon, Transient Desires (Commissario Brunetti, #30)
16. Madonna: A Rebel Life
By: Mary Gabriel
4.03
Format: 1782 pages, Kindle Edition
New York Times Editors’ Choice, One of NPR’s Best Books of the YearIn this “infinitely readable” bi… read more
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- nonfiction
- biography
- memoir
17. White House by the Sea: A Century of the Kennedys at Hyannis Port
By: Kate Storey
4.16
Format: 368 pages, Hardcover
“Impeccably researched…captivating!” —Elin Hilderbrand * “A well-paced history.” — The New York Tim… read more
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- politics
- nonfiction
- biography
- memoir
18. House of Glass: The Story and Secrets of a Twentieth-Century Jewish Family
By: Hadley Freeman
4.41
Format: None pages, Audiobook
A writer investigates her family’s secret history, uncovering a story that spans a century, two Wor… read more
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- nonfiction
- biography
- memoir
19. Once Upon a Time: The Captivating Life of Carolyn Bessette-Kennedy
By: Elizabeth Beller
3.86
Format: 352 pages, Hardcover
The life and legacy of Carolyn Bessette-Kennedy, wife of John F. Kennedy Jr., are reexamined in thi… read more
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- nonfiction
- biography
- memoir
20. The Friday Afternoon Club: A Family Memoir
By: Griffin Dunne
4.19
Format: 400 pages, Hardcover
At nine, Sean Connery saved him from drowning. At thirteen, desperate to hook up with Janis Joplin,… read more
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- nonfiction
- biography
- memoir
"At the moment when Mrs. Griffin had been notified of her husband’s death, she was in bed with her lover at the Hotel del Coronado in California, and took the news that she was a widow rather well. Sh…"-Griffin Dunne, The Friday Afternoon Club: A Family Memoir
21. Entrances and Exits
By: Michael Richards
4.12
Format: 425 pages, Hardcover
The man who brought the kavorka to the Seinfeld show through one of the most remarkable and beloved… read more
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- biography
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22. Sylvia's Second Act
By: Hillary Yablon
4.00
Format: 352 pages, Hardcover
Her husband’s cheating on her. She hates Boca. Sylvia is mad and she isn’t going to take it anymore… read more
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23. The Chiffon Trenches
By: André Leon Talley
3.83
Format: 284 pages, Hardcover
During André Leon Talley's first magazine job, alongside Andy Warhol at Interview, a fateful meeti… read more
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- autobiography
- nonfiction
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"On holidays, I cave in to the memory of love, and associate desserts and eating with the love I experienced at my grandmother's table. She was a great cook, and sweets crowded the side console cabine…"-André Leon Talley, The Chiffon Trenches
24. A Very Private School: A Memoir
By: Charles Spencer
4.09
Format: 304 pages, Hardcover
In this poignant memoir, Charles Spencer recounts the trauma of being sent away from home at age ei… read more
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25. Little Sister: My Investigation into the Mysterious Death of Natalie Wood
By: Lana Wood
3.56
Format: 272 pages, ebook
In this memoir, Lana Wood investigates the mysterious drowning of her sister, the actress Natalie W… read more
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- biography
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26. House of Trelawney
By: Hannah Rothschild
3.58
Format: 370 pages, Hardcover
From the author of The Improbability of Love a dazzling novel both satirical and moving, about an e… read more
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"Maybe I've got to that age when a woman turns to God, gardening or genealogy."-Hannah Rothschild, House of Trelawney
"History is like waves on a seashore: tides come and go but nothing really changes."-Hannah Rothschild, House of Trelawney
"You have an opportunity to help someone, and if there’s one thing I’ve learned in life,"-Hannah Rothschild, House of Trelawney
"What happens between two people is mystifying; the opposite of what you think can be closer to the truth."-Hannah Rothschild, House of Trelawney
27. Confessions: A Life of Failed Promises
By: A.N. Wilson
3.90
Format: 320 pages, Hardcover
Known for his journalism, biographies and novels, A. N. Wilson turns a merciless searchlight on his… read more
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- nonfiction
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28. High Time
By: Hannah Rothschild
3.56
Format: 352 pages, Hardcover
A modern English comedy of morals and manners, about a highborn family of outrageous characters, in… read more
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29. Friends and Enemies: A Life in Vogue, Prison, & Park Avenue
By: Barbara Amiel
3.66
Format: 400 pages, ebook
Shockingly honest, richly detailed, and pulling no punches, Friends and Enemies traverses the highs… read more
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- memoir
- canada
- politics
- autobiography
- nonfiction
- journalism
30. Ask Not: The Kennedys and the Women They Destroyed
By: Maureen Callahan
4.25
Format: 400 pages, Hardcover
From New York Times bestseller Maureen Callahan, a fierce, character-driven exposé of the real Kenn… read more
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- nonfiction
- biography
- memoir
31. All in the Family: The Trumps and How We Got This Way
By: Fred C. Trump
4.07
Format: 351 pages, Kindle Edition
With revealing, never-before-told stories, Fred C. Trump III, nephew of President Donald Trump, bre… read more
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- memoir
- politics
- autobiography
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