My Mother’s Wars

Lillian Faderman

My Mother’s Wars

In this work of creative nonfiction about the life of a Latvian Jewish immigrant and her experiences in early-20th-century New York City, the author turns voluminous research into flowing action and imagery.

My Beloved World

Sonia Sotomayor

My Beloved World

An intimate and affecting memoir that focuses on the justice’s formative years.

Carmeta Albarus and Jonathan Mack

The Making of Lee Boyd Malvo: The D.C. Sniper

Jamaican-born social worker’s fascinating account of Lee Malvo, a victim of abuse, seeks to tell a cautionary tale of how a bright young boy became a killer.

Sam Staggs

Inventing Elsa Maxwell: How an Irrepressible Nobody Conquered High Society, Hollywood, the Press, an

A woman of no importance makes herself important to the movie world and millions all over the globe.

Paul Auster

Winter Journal

In his third memoir, the author recollects his past while examining the approach of old age with a fiercely honest eye.

Gordon Bowker

James Joyce: A New Biography

Eschewing a traditional approach, this biographer brings style and grace to a work that helps us really see the life of a great writer.

Geoffrey Roberts

Stalin’s General: The Life of Georgy Zhukov

A new portrait of the decorated Soviet general.

Marc Dolan

Bruce Springsteen and the Promise of Rock ’n’ Roll

Through constant reinvention, the rocker with a blue-collar sensibility found his way in songs with messages hard for people to ignore.