Welcome to the Biographies & Memoirs Books Collection July 13, a powerful selection of real-life stories and personal reflections that bring history, emotion, and human experience to life. This July 13, 2025 edition features compelling biographies and heartfelt memoirs that offer a deeper understanding of the people behind the stories.
From iconic public figures and trailblazers to everyday individuals with extraordinary experiences, this collection sheds light on the challenges, victories, and lessons that shape lives. These books are perfect for readers seeking authenticity, inspiration, and insight into the paths others have walked.
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List of Assorted Biographies & Memoirs Books Collection July 13, 2025
A Clean Mess by Tiffany Jenkins
The bestselling author of High Achiever chronicles life after addiction—the raw, the dark, and the hilarious—from setting out with nothing but a backpack to discovering her marriage was built on a shakier foundation than she’d ever imagined to staying sober when life fell apart.
A Marriage at Sea by Sophie Elmhirst
The electrifying true story of a young couple shipwrecked at sea: a mind-blowing tale of obsession, survival, and partnership stretched to its limits. Maurice and Maralyn make an odd couple. He’s a loner, awkward and obsessive; she’s charismatic and ambitious. But they share a horror of wasting their lives. And they dream – as we all dream – of running away from it all. What if they quit their jobs, sold their house, bought a boat, and sailed away?
Cult Bride by Liz Cameron
How are people like you and me brainwashed into cults? In her gap year after high school, Liz is approached at a shopping centre by a woman who asks her survey questions about her Christian faith. Liz is slowly brought into her small, friendly church community – but little does she know that her new ‘friends’ are members of the South Korean cult Providence, which currently operates in more than 70 countries.
How Not to Be a Political Wife by Sarah Vine
‘You think you’ve married a journalist, then, horrors, he becomes a politician.’ How Not to Be a Political Wife is an unflinching account of life at the heart of politics, and what it’s like to have politics rip the heart out of your life. It’s a story of high hopes and dirty tricks, broken friendships and divided loyalties, laughter and glamour. Recollections, as a great woman once said, may of course vary, but this is my story, the way I remember it, written with no fear, no favour – and no fucks left to give.
Becoming Baba by Aymann Ismail
From Slate staff writer Aymann Ismail comes an exquisite memoir about fatherhood, religion, and the search for identity in an ever-shifting world. The son of Egyptian immigrants, Aymann Ismail came of age in the shadow of 9/11, tracking the barrage of predatory headlines pervading the media and influencing the popular consciousness about Muslims.
How to Lose Your Mother by Molly Jong-Fast
An Oprah Daily Best Summer Read of 2025 From the political writer and podcaster, a ferociously honest and disarmingly funny memoir about her elusive mother’s encroaching dementia and a reckoning with her complicated childhood.
Hunger Like a Thirst by Besha Rodell
A witty and lively memoir from food writer and New York Times contributor Besha Rodell, (formerly) one of the world’s last anonymous restaurant critics When Besha Rodell moved from Australia to the United States with her mother at fourteen, she was a foreigner in a new land, missing her friends, her father, and the food she grew up eating. In the years that followed, Rodell began waitressing and discovered the buzz of the restaurant world, immersing herself in the lifestyle and community while struggling with the industry’s shortcomings.
I Want to Burn This Place Down by Maris Kreizman
A debut essay collection by the inimitable cultural critic Maris Kreizman—an introspective, searing account of the life experiences that have pushed this former “good Democrat” even further to the political left.
The Last Days of Marilyn Monroe by James Patterson
ORN IN THE SHADOWS. LIVED FOR THE SPOTLIGHT. WAS SHE MURDERED? Before Marilyn Monroe, there was Norma Jeane. No one would have thought that the girl who spent her childhood between foster homes and orphanages would one day become a global star. The Last Days of Marilyn Monroe tells the extraordinary story of Marilyn Monroe’s life – and the shocking circumstances of her death. For decades, fans have speculated about the truth of her final days. Was it suicide? A tragic accident? Murder? Drawn from rigorous research, this book seeks answers.
The Wanderers Curse by Jennifer Hope Choi
A Korean mother runs off to Alaska, sparking a greater season of wandering. Could her daughter be destined for the same? When Jennifer Hope Choi first stumbled upon the “curse” known as yeokmasal—an allegedly inheritable affliction causing one to roam farther and farther from home—she immediately consulted her mother. “Oh yeah,” Umma quipped. “I have that.” Technically this wasn’t a revelation. Since 2007, the no-nonsense open-heart surgery nurse had moved suddenly from the Golden State to the Last Frontier, shuttling over the next decade through seven states.
Until I Kill You by Delia Balmer
Soon to be an ITV drama starring Anna Maxwell Martin. Previously published as Living with a Serial Killer. When Delia Balmer entered into a relationship with the attentive John Sweeney, she had no idea he was a serial killer.
We Might Just Make It After All by Elyce Arons
A moving portrait of friendship by Elyce Arons as she reflects on her long relationship with Kate Spade, whom she met in college and with whom she cofounded the multi-billion-dollar fashion company as they came of age in 1990s New York.
Conclusion
That concludes our Biographies & Memoirs Books Collection July 13. These unforgettable titles remind us of the strength of the human spirit and the value of sharing personal stories. Whether you’re looking to be inspired, informed, or simply moved, this collection offers something meaningful for every reader. Check back soon for more curated collections—and let these true stories guide, challenge, and uplift you as only real life can.
