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As trailblazers, the top women athletes spotlighted in these memoirs, biographies, and works of history not only excelled in their chosen sports but also courageously and effectively spoke out for [...]

A legal eagle, a term coined in 1869, refers to a highly skilled and astute lawyer. As we find ourselves in a time of numerous headline court cases, we turn [...]

Trailblazers of all kinds define this list of not-to-be missed fall memoirs, novels, and histories, including a book about librarian spies.--Annie Bostrom The Accomplice. By Curtis "50 Cent" Jackson and […]

The article focuses on the growing and evolving form of graphic memoirs and their ability to capture personal narratives while exploring universal experiences and incorporating intertextuality. Topics include the use of visual metaphors in Art Spiegelman's "Maus," intersectional approach to cultural history in Gene Luen Yang's "Dragon Hoops," exploration of gender identity in Lewis Hancox's "Welcome to St. Hell," and the transformative power of books and media in Maia Kobabe's "Gender Queer."

These famous and magnetic performers candidly and often wittily share stories of their private struggles and celebrity lives, offering advice and hope, along with a poet-critic who blends memoir with [...]

From algebra to the arts, the dirt beneath our feet to the out ermost universe, grief to hard-earned wisdom, these ten outstanding memoirs, reviewed in Booklist from June 1 & [...]

Look for reviews of these high-demand titles in forthcoming issues of Booklist. If you added up the print runs of all these must-preorder titles, you'd have ... TBD (not sure [...]

Like Maggie Smith's memoir about the end of her marriage, You Could Make This Place Beautiful, these books move through love and loss, alchemizing art from pain and offering readers [...]

With a conversational, dishy tone, Heather Gay describes her inability to keep up with the requirements of a good Mormon woman--she's too loud, too driven, too horny--and offers readers the [...]

Look for reviews of these high-demand titles in forthcoming issues of Booklist. It may be the beginning of a new year, but our friends in publishing are already looking toward [...]

Memoirs from those in the entertainment world seem to dominate this month's Hot List, but keep an eye out for the big novels here as well.--Susan Maguire Desert Star. By [...]

While everyone is pulling together their best-of-2021 lists, the High Demand Hot List is here to show you the most holdable books for 2022, including plenty of thrillers, historical fiction, [...]

With the exception of Native American voices, American literature has been written by refugees, colonists, those brought to the United States by force, immigrants, and their descendants. Yet a truly [...]

Memoirs offer intimate glimpses into lives of interest and impact. That intimacy is only increased when authors bring their own voices to the narration, a choice that welcomes listeners into [...]

The most resounding, finely crafted memoirs reviewed in Booklist during the past 12 months attest to diverse individuals facing obstacles ranging from racism to disability to family tragedies. --Donna Seaman [...]

The memoir has evolved from an autobiographical narrative following the chronological path of the life of a prominent individual to a richly varied literary form embodying the complexity of an [...]

This list of sure-to-be-in-demand books has a little bit of everything--fiction, memoir, politics--and a lot of powerful writers.--Annie Bostrom Beautiful Things. By Hunter Biden. Gallery, $28 (9781982151119). Apr. The president's [...]

These books are recommended by BlueInk Review, a fee-based review service devoted exclusively to self-published books. Every month, BlueInk compiles a list of their favorites for Booklist, as a service [...]

A year, Booklist marked books about women's rights and women's lives with the tagline: Women in Focus: The 19th in 2020. In the Adult section, we called out 194 titles [...]