The best memoirs and biographies blend fascinating anecdotes with deeper meditations that make us reflect on our own lives. From poignant coming-of-age tales to candid confessionals, these are our top ...

This is read by an automated voice. Please report any issues or inconsistencies here. Mark Oppenheimer’s new biography reveals intimate details of Judy Blume’s life, including her marriages, abortions ...

Anthony Hopkins and Kathy Burke on acting, Jacinda Ardern and Nicola Sturgeon on politics, plus Margaret Atwood on a life well lived Not all memoirists are keen to share their life stories. For ...

How does 23-year-old Sachin Sree Sabari, better known as Sachin SSS from Kerala’s Palakkad district, connect to ‘Dernière Danse’ (French for Last Dance), the 2013 French track by Indila that has ...

Oleksandr Usyk, of Ukraine, is the undisputed heavyweight world champion. Usyk is also a former cruiserweight undisputed champion and 2012 Olympics gold medalist. He won the WBA, WBO and IBF ...

The digital demagogue earned billions by anticipating the market’s needs. Now, his philanthropic foundation is helping countless others across the globe. Bill Gates is perhaps the most well-known ...

"Not a whale, nothing," says a cod fisherman in Petty Harbor, Newfoundland, squinting forlornly out into the Atlantic, toward Ireland. And who is to blame for the dearth of cod? By the end of Mark ...

Mike Tyson, of Brooklyn, New York, is a former heavyweight lineal champion known as "The Baddest Man on the Planet." Tyson, the youngest man to ever win a heavyweight title, retired in 2005, but has ...

Every item on this page was chosen by a Town & Country editor. We may earn commission on some of the items you choose to buy. The life of Pamela Harriman (above, with her third husband Averell ...

Adam was a "caring" teenager who loved rock climbing and bouldering. However, at the age of 18 he took his own life and it devastated his family, but in the five years since they've been looking to ...

When the critic Janet Malcolm set aside a biography of Sylvia Plath and began reading a memoir about the author instead, she felt as if she “had been freed from prison.” The writing in the biography, ...