8 must-read biography memoir books like Alexander McQueen: Blood Beneath the Skin by Andrew Wilson

Cover of Alexander McQueen: Blood Beneath the Skin by Andrew    Wilson

Alexander McQueen: Blood Beneath the Skin

By: Andrew Wilson

4.10

Format: 367 pages, Hardcover

The first definitive biography of the iconic, notoriously private British fashion designer Alexande…

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Cover of À l'ami qui ne m'a pas sauvé la vie by Hervé Guibert

1. À l'ami qui ne m'a pas sauvé la vie

By: Hervé Guibert

3.98

Format: 282 pages, Mass Market Paperback

«J'ai eu le sida pendant trois mois. Plus exactement, j'ai cru pendant trois mois que j'étais conda… read more

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  • lgbt
"Muzil passa une matinée à l'hôpital pour faire des examens, il me raconta à quel point le corps, il l'avait oublié, lancé dans les circuits médicaux, perd toute identité, ne reste plus qu'un paquet d…"

-Hervé Guibert, À l'ami qui ne m'a pas sauvé la vie

"maintenant qu'il connaissait cette douleur Muzil la craignait par-dessus tout, ça se lisait désormais dans son oeil la panique d'une souffrance qui n'est plus maîtrisée à l'intérieur du corps mais pr…"

-Hervé Guibert, À l'ami qui ne m'a pas sauvé la vie

"Dans la cour de l'hôpital éclairée par ce soleil de juin qui devenait la pire injure au malheur, je compris, pour la première fois car quand Stéphane l'avait dit je n'avais pas voulu le croire, que M…"

-Hervé Guibert, À l'ami qui ne m'a pas sauvé la vie

"Je n'ai jamais si peu souffert que depuis que je sais que j'ai le sida, je suis très attentig aux manifestations de la progression du virus, il me semble connaître la cartographie de ses colonisation…"

-Hervé Guibert, À l'ami qui ne m'a pas sauvé la vie

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2. The Driver's Seat

By: John Lanchester , Muriel Spark

3.61

Format: 103 pages, Paperback

Alternative cover edition of ISBN 0141188340 Lise is thin, neither good-looking nor bad-looking.… read more

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"Sonra bu kumaş leke de tutmaz "diyor tezgahtar kız."

-John Lanchester, The Driver's Seat

"It's a whydunnit in q-sharp major and it has a message: never talk to the sort of girls that you wouldn't leave lying about in your drawing-room for the servants to pick up."

-John Lanchester, The Driver's Seat

Cover of Widow Basquiat: A Love Story by Jennifer Clement

3. Widow Basquiat: A Love Story

By: Jennifer Clement

4.17

Format: None pages, Paperback

The beautifully written, deeply affecting story of Jean-Michel Basquiat's partner, her past, and th… read more

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  • art
  • biography
  • memoir
  • biography memoir
  • nonfiction
Cover of The Swimming-Pool Library by Alan Hollinghurst

4. The Swimming-Pool Library

By: Alan Hollinghurst

3.16

Format: 288 pages, Paperback

A literary sensation and bestseller both in England and America, The Swimming-Pool Library is an en… read more

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  • lgbt
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5. Vivienne Westwood

By: Ian Kelly , Vivienne Westwood

4.00

Format: 162 pages, Hardcover

Vivienne Westwood is one of the icons of our age. Fashion designer, activist, co-creator of punk, g… read more

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  • art
  • biography
  • memoir
  • biography memoir
  • nonfiction
  • fashion
Cover of Gods and Kings: The Rise and Fall of Alexander McQueen and John Galliano by Dana Thomas

6. Gods and Kings: The Rise and Fall of Alexander McQueen and John Galliano

By: Dana Thomas

3.53

Format: 39 pages, Hardcover

More than two decades ago, John Galliano and Alexander McQueen arrived on the fashions scene when t… read more

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  • art
  • biography
  • memoir
  • nonfiction
  • fashion
Cover of Alexander McQueen: Blood Beneath the Skin by Andrew    Wilson

7. Alexander McQueen: Blood Beneath the Skin

By: Andrew Wilson

4.10

Format: 367 pages, Hardcover

The first definitive biography of the iconic, notoriously private British fashion designer Alexande… read more

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  • art
  • biography
  • memoir
  • pop culture
  • lgbt
  • biography memoir
  • nonfiction
  • fashion
Cover of On the Move: A Life by Oliver Sacks

8. On the Move: A Life

By: Oliver Sacks

4.02

Format: 397 pages, Hardcover

When Oliver Sacks was twelve years old, a perceptive schoolmaster wrote in his report: “Sacks will … read more

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  • biography memoir
  • nonfiction
  • biography
  • memoir
"In 1966, after arriving in New York, I read two of Luria's books, Higher Cortical Functions in Man and Human Brain and Psychological Processes. The latter, which contained very full case histories of…"

-Oliver Sacks, On the Move: A Life

"Individuality is deeply imbued in us from the very start, at the neuronal level. Even at a motor level, researchers have shown, an infant does not follow a set pattern of learning to walk or how to r…"

-Oliver Sacks, On the Move: A Life

9. Alexander McQueen: Savage Beauty

By: Harold Koda , Andrew Bolton , Tim Blanks , Susannah Frankel , None

4.22

Format: 224 pages, Hardcover

Arguably the most influential, imaginative, and provocative designer of his generation, Alexander M… read more

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10. The Descent of Man

By: Grayson Perry

4.18

Format: None pages, Hardcover

Grayson Perry has been thinking about masculinity - what it is, how it operates, why little boys ar… read more

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11. Dior by Dior

By: Christian Dior

4.04

Format: 226 pages, Paperback

This autobiography gives a fascinating and detailed insight into the workings of a great fashion ho… read more

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12. Strangeland

By: Tracey Emin

3.98

Format: 304 pages, Paperback

Here I am, a fucked, crazy, anorexic-alcoholic-childless, beautiful woman. I never dreamt it would … read more

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13. House of Versace: The Untold Story of Genius, Murder, and Survival

By: None

3.71

Format: 364 pages,

Versace. The very name conjures up images of outrageous glamour and bold sexuality, opulence and da… read more

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14. Gospel According to Coco Chanel: Life Lessons From The World's Most Elegant Woman

By: Karen Karbo , Chesley McLaren

3.20

Format: 192 pages,

Coco Chanel popularized practical clothes for women that allowed them new, chic freedom, helping br… read more

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15. The House of Gucci: A Sensational Story of Murder, Madness, Glamour, and Greed

By: None

3.22

Format: 111 pages, Paperback

Did Patrizia Reggiani murder her ex-husband, Maurizio Gucci, in 1995 because his spending was wildl… read more

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16. The Woman I Wanted to Be

By: Diane Von Furstenberg

4.34

Format: 413 pages, Hardcover

One of the most influential, admired, and innovative women of our time: fashion designer, philanthr… read more

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17. The Master of Us All

By: None

4.21

Format: 539 pages, Hardcover

A sparkling life of the monumental fashion designer Cristobal Balenciaga When Cristobal Balenciaga … read more

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18. Rebel Girl: My Life as a Feminist Punk

By: Kathleen Hanna

4.46

Format: 336 pages, Hardcover

An electric, searing memoir by the original rebel girl and legendary front woman of Bikini Kill and… read more

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  • biography
  • memoir
  • pop culture
  • biography memoir
  • nonfiction
"She was the only woman on the whole record and hearing her gave me the first thought that someday I could be in a band."

-Kathleen Hanna, Rebel Girl: My Life as a Feminist Punk

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19. The Bookshop From Hell

By: David Haynes

3.81

Format: 227 pages, Kindle Edition

Horror is what Dan Law enjoys. He loves to read horror novels as a way to escape from his teachi… read more

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20. Mijn lieve gunsteling

By: Marieke Lucas Rijneveld

3.87

Format: 368 pages, Hardcover

Mijn lieve gunsteling is de nieuwe roman van Marieke Lucas Rijneveld. Het verhaal van de veearts en… read more

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  • lgbt
"Een dode kan niet kapot zijn, een dode is dood, niet meer dan dat. Diegene die achterblijft is kapot. In wel duizend stukjes."

-Marieke Lucas Rijneveld, Mijn lieve gunsteling

"Sommige mensen staat de eenzaamheid zo goed dat we vergeten dat zij zich eronder lelijk en ongezien voelen, dat ze iedere ochtend een stofroller over hun kleding halen om niet zo grauw voor de dag te…"

-Marieke Lucas Rijneveld, Mijn lieve gunsteling

Cover of Pretending by Holly Bourne

21. Pretending

By: Holly Bourne

3.86

Format: 438 pages, Hardcover

WHY BE YOURSELF WHEN YOU CAN BE PERFECT? 'Perceptive. Hilarious. Reassuring. Brilliant.' Laura Jan… read more

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22. Anna: The Biography

By: Amy Odell

3.78

Format: 464 pages, Hardcover

This definitive biography of Anna Wintour follows the steep climb of an ambitious young woman who w… read more

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  • art
  • biography
  • memoir
  • biography memoir
  • nonfiction
  • fashion
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23. Weirdo

By: Sara Pascoe

3.28

Format: 359 pages, Hardcover

Tonight, Sophie is working at a pub, about to wrap cutlery, when she turns to find Chris ordering t… read more

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Cover of Weird Fucks by Lynne Tillman

24. Weird Fucks

By: Lynne Tillman

3.17

Format: None pages, None

Fiction. Women's Studies. Art by Amy Sillman. The long out-of-print 1978 novella by the brilliant L… read more

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  • art
Cover of The Toll House by Carly Reagon

25. The Toll House

By: Carly Reagon

3.82

Format: 352 pages, Hardcover

The past isn't always dead and buried . . . A house with history. That's how the estate agent de… read more

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26. 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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  • biography
  • memoir
  • lgbt
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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

Cover of Own It: The Secret to Life by Diane Von Furstenberg

27. Own It: The Secret to Life

By: Diane Von Furstenberg

3.16

Format: 168 pages, Paperback

“ Own It is a must-have survival guide that you can come back to time and again for immediate inspi… read more

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  • biography
  • memoir
Cover of Ja i moje przyjaciółki idiotki by Joanna Okuniewska

28. Ja i moje przyjaciółki idiotki

By: Joanna Okuniewska

4.02

Format: 526 pages, Paperback

Ta książka to gotowy plasterek na wszystko: na złamane serce, na jesień, na PMS, na poniedziałek, n… read more

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  • nonfiction
Cover of Why Did You Stay?: A Memoir About Self-Worth by Rebecca Humphries

29. Why Did You Stay?: A Memoir About Self-Worth

By: Rebecca Humphries

4.03

Format: 416 pages, Hardcover

Actor, writer and hopeless romantic Rebecca Humphries had often been called crazy by her boyfriend.… read more

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  • biography
  • memoir
Cover of A Visible Man: A Memoir by Edward Enninful

30. A Visible Man: A Memoir

By: Edward Enninful

4.13

Format: 288 pages, Hardcover

From one of our culture's most important changemakers, a memoir of breaking barriers. When Edwar… read more

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  • memoir
  • lgbt
  • biography memoir
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