Best Biography & Memoir Books

Matthew Perry chronicles his rise to fame on Friends and his decades-long battle with alcohol and opioid addiction in a memoir marked by self-lacerating honesty.

A collective autobiography of twentieth-century France, told through the pronoun 'one' rather than 'I,' assembling a life from photographs, memories, and the shared experience of an entire generation.

After the collapse of her marriage and her mother's death, Cheryl Strayed impulsively hiked 1,100 miles of the Pacific Crest Trail alone — unprepared, grieving, and ultimately transformed.

Will Smith's memoir traces his journey from West Philadelphia to global superstardom while exploring the fears, failures, and family dynamics that shaped him.

Prince Harry's account of his life inside the British royal family, his grief at his mother's death, his marriage to Meghan Markle, and the decision to step back from royal duties.

David Chang's memoir and cookbook tells the story of how a Korean-American chef opened a ramen shop with almost no money and built one of the most influential restaurant empires in American culinary history.