Memoirs

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From Breakdown to Breakthrough: 7 Books About Falling Apart and Building Yourself Anew

Some books don’t just tell a story; they hold up a mirror, reminding readers that reinvention is often gritty, uncertain and deeply human. For anyone who’s ever faced a season of unraveling — whether from loss, burnout, addiction or quiet self-doubt — transformational memoirs offer something both intimate and universal.…

Katie BloomerOctober 22, 2025

Hidden Gems Nonfiction Recommended

One Man’s Extraordinary Journey of Survival, Sobriety and Success

Moving and music weave twin threads of hope and self-discovery in John Beyer’s poignant and uplifting memoir of addiction and recovery, Live a Little Better. There’s something deeply courageous about laying bare the pain and trauma of your life’s mistakes, and Beyer doesn’t flinch from describing the fissures in his…

BookTribSeptember 11, 2025

Author Spotlight

“High Flight”: A Life Lived at Altitude, Anchored in Faith

From the roar of an F-15 slicing the sky at supersonic speed to the hushed stillness of a fog-covered runway, few lives have been lived at such altitude and with such depth as the one captured in High Flight In this Q&A, author Richard Hess takes us beyond the cockpit…

BookTribAugust 28, 2025

Nonfiction

Slutty Cheff’s Hilarious and Steamy Memoir of Coming of Age In and Out of the Kitchen

As a reader of TART, you may have come for the promise of unabashed shagging and haute cuisine, but stay for the writing, which is crisp and unapologetic, a hard dive into an excess of just about everything. “I’m a greedy person at my core,” our protagonist writes right up…

Sherri DaleyAugust 8, 2025

Nonfiction

Pulitzer Prize-Winning Dave Barry’s Hilarious New “Memoirs of a Professional Wiseass”

Dave Barry is hilarious … full stop. He promises this is his first and only memoir, but since so much of his writing is personal and/or observational, we needn’t take this as definitive. Class Clown, subtitled: The Memoirs of a Professional Wiseass: How I went 77 Years without Growing Up,…

Linda HitchcockJuly 17, 2025

High Flight A Pilots Journey Through Life by Richard Hess

Nonfiction Recommended

From War Zone to Classroom: Pilot’s Firsthand Account of Life in the Cockpit

Thanks to their miles-high vantage point, aviators develop an outsider’s perspective of life on the ground, like the Apollo 17 astronauts who saw the earth looking like a “blue marble.” In his memoir, former U.S. Air Force and airline pilot Richard Hess takes the broad view. High Flight: A Pilot’s…

Joanna PoncavageJuly 17, 2025

Nonfiction

Jeffrey Seller’s Theater Kid Explores How Art, Identity, and Grit Built a Broadway Icon

Theater Kid: A Broadway Memoir needs to be available in every high school and college library to uplift, give courage and instill hope in each young person, encouraging them to strive for their dreams. At that vulnerable time of life, many struggle with doubt, fear and all too often bullying…

Linda HitchcockJune 30, 2025

Nonfiction

Hilarious Yet Poignant Memoir Navigates Self-Discovery After Late-in-Life Divorce

Virginia DeLuca is a dedicated psychotherapist and writer whose memoir, If You Must Go, I Wish You Triplets, is cathartic and replete with dark humor. The tagline is “Sometimes, we know the least about those we love the most.” Anyone who has gone through a traumatic divorce or relationship break-up…

Linda HitchcockJune 6, 2025

Nonfiction

Bestselling Author Judith Viorst Shares Witty and Poignant Memoir About Life’s Twilight Years

The complete title of prolific author Judith Viorst’s latest captivating book is Making the Best of What’s Left: When You’re Too Old to Get the Chairs Reupholstered. It’s a frank, humorous blend of memoir and astute advice for aging gracefully that is touching and inspiring. The book provides personal observations…

Linda HitchcockMay 23, 2025

Nonfiction

Final Glimpse Into Life of Joan Didion in Posthumous Memoir, “Notes to John”

Joan Didion’s Notes to John is a posthumous gift, both to her readers and to literature itself. Addressed to her late husband, writer John Gregory Dunne, this quietly devastating collection of journal-like reflections was discovered in a file drawer close to her desk after her death in 2021. Composed during…

Kelsey HallMay 7, 2025

Nonfiction Recommended

Rags-to-Riches Memoir Is a Wild Ride that Speaks to Society’s Misfits

READ AN EXCERPT Biographies and memoirs consistently rank as top-selling genres. The usual subjects of these books are the famous or infamous, but everyone has a story to tell. It’s just that some stories are more entertaining than others. Laurence Neal Pokras is a man of strong opinions…

Joanna PoncavageApril 7, 2025

Nonfiction Podcasts

Books & Looks Podcast: Irene Daria: How Schools Fail to Teach Reading (And What Parents Can Do)

Books & Looks: Real Books for Real Readers was started as a literary podcast to supplement Blaine Desantis’ website, ViewsOnBooks.com, and expand into audio and video interviews with authors. With Books & Looks, Blaine’s goal is to focus on real books that real people will read. At least half of the books he…

Blaine DesantisNovember 20, 2024

Nonfiction Recommended

Hollywood Screenwriter Flirts with Fame in Stunning Memoir

Nearly 50,000 people work in the U.S. film and television industry. Almost all of them labor in relative anonymity, performing the tasks—creative, technical, mechanical, supervisory, and financial—that make it possible for the movie industry and movie stars to exist. “I have been one of those people for nearly 50 years.”…

Jim AlkonNovember 12, 2024

Miscellany Nonfiction

Profound and Eloquent Artistic Exploration of Life and Family

Still Life with Remorse, written and illustrated by the renowned, multiple award-winning Maira Kalman, may be summed up in three words: profound, eloquent and gorgeous! This is her most personal, intimate and moving depiction of her own and her family’s collective memories, as well as observations on the complicated relationships…

Linda HitchcockNovember 7, 2024

Author Spotlight

Author and Poet Emphasizes Humor and Tenacity in Eye-Opening Disability Memoir

“Gravity,” Mary Keating writes. “One: a fundamental interaction keeping every body down to earth and drawn to each other, counterbalancing the inclination to float away. Two: the prison guard of my paralysis — escaped by full submersion in water, meditation, poetry, or dreams. Also overcome by a shift in perception.”…

BookTribOctober 21, 2024

Little Boy I Know Your Name by Mitchell Raff

Nonfiction Recommended

Shedding Light on the Unique Trauma of a Holocaust Survivor’s Child

There’s a school of thought that argues how important it is for the remaining Holocaust survivors to discuss their experiences while they still can, so that subsequent generations can learn from the past. Studies have supported this line of thinking. Estimates tag the remaining number of Jewish Holocaust survivors at…

Jim AlkonOctober 24, 2024

From Breakdown to Breakthrough: 7 Books About Falling Apart and Building Yourself Anew

One Man’s Extraordinary Journey of Survival, Sobriety and Success

“High Flight”: A Life Lived at Altitude, Anchored in Faith

From War Zone to Classroom: Pilot’s Firsthand Account of Life in the Cockpit

Rags-to-Riches Memoir Is a Wild Ride that Speaks to Society’s Misfits

Books & Looks Podcast: Irene Daria: How Schools Fail to Teach Reading (And What Parents Can Do)

Hollywood Screenwriter Flirts with Fame in Stunning Memoir

Author and Poet Emphasizes Humor and Tenacity in Eye-Opening Disability Memoir

Shedding Light on the Unique Trauma of a Holocaust Survivor’s Child

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