Mick Conefrey’s gripping account explores the 1924 expedition and the enigma of the man who nearly made it to the summit
In this memoir, the child of American white nationalists chronicles a remarkable personal journey towards awareness and anti-racism
The American screenwriter’s account of four decades in Hollywood is as gossipy and scandalous as you’d expect
Rachel Cockerell movingly chronicles her ancestors’ migration from Kyiv to America — via a scheme for a homeland in Texas
From Vietnam to Che Guevara: tales of the White House from one of America’s great historians in an unusual and very personal memoir
Newly reissued, Richard Billingham’s pictures of his alcoholic father Ray have lost none of their power to provoke strong emotions
The Pulitzer Prize-winner’s memoir entwines his family’s experience of war and exile with racism, refugeehood and colonisation
In this ode to Miles Davis, John Coltrane, Charles Mingus and more, James Kaplan evokes a pivotal moment in modern music
Two sharp memoirs give a glimpse of the steep rewards — and downsides — of working at the summit of the financial sector
A heartbreaking memoir of a childhood endured at a boarding school ‘without love’, where abuse was shockingly commonplace
In his latest volume of auto-fiction, the French literary sensation narrates a ruthless quest to disown his working-class roots
Sophie Elmhirst retells the surprisingly tender tale of a couple whose escape from 1970s England led to shipwreck on the high seas
A biography of the art historian whose influence is still felt in the digital age is a meticulous marshalling of ideas
Toby Lloyd’s debut novel eschews easy answers as it deploys shifting voices to weave a modern horror story
A new biography gets closer than most to understanding what makes the elusive politician tick
Catherine Coldstream’s intense memoir of a grieving daughter’s journey from agnostic to anchorite reads like a thriller
Julian Borger tells the remarkable story of how his father and seven other Viennese children were adopted via newspaper classifieds
‘The Physics of Sorrow’ and ‘The Story Smuggler’ by the International Booker winner are wistfully revealing about life in post-Communist Bulgaria
How would one of the 20th century’s most important philosophers handle the challenges of today? A new biography offers intriguing answers
A riveting account tracks a snakes-and-ladders path, from tough beginnings in Communist Hungary to paving the way for Covid vaccines
Clair Wills’s story of a family discovery is compelling not just on a personal level but as a vignette of recent Irish history
The anti-colonial militant is a major figure for activists, but controversy over his calls for revolutionary violence remains
Rather than rejecting monogamy outright, this thoughtful foray into free love asks if polyamory can enrich a couple’s relationship
An English eccentric’s account of life as a perennial traveller and perpetual outsider
Scott Eyman’s compelling, empathetic account traces Charlie Chaplin’s fall from grace in postwar America
