Beautiful on the Outside

by Adam Rippon

Former Olympic skater and self-professed America's Sweetheart Adam Rippon shares his underdog journey from beautiful mess to outrageous success in this hilarious, big-hearted memoir.

What You Have Heard is True

by Carolyn Forche

Written by one of the most powerful poets in her generation, this is the story of a woman's radical act of empathy, and her fateful encounter with a man who changes the course of her life.

Heartland

by Sarah Smarsh

Combining memoir with powerful analysis and cultural commentary, Heartland is an uncompromising look at class, identity, and the particular perils of having less in a county known for its excess.

The Book of My Lives

by Aleksandar Hemon

Not really a memoir, The Book of My Lives defies convention and exception. It is a love song to two different cities. It is a heartbreaking paean to the bonds of family.

Hurry Down Sunshine

by Michael Greenberg

Hurry Down Sunshine is a chronical of a journey, and its effects on Sally and those closest to her -her mother and stepfather, her brother and grandmother, and, not least of all, Sally herself.

Paul Takes the Form of a Mortal Girl

by Andrea Lawlor

A riotous, razor-sharp bildungsroman whose hero/ine wends his way through a world gutted by loss, pulsing with music, and into an array of intimacy and connections.