Biographies & Memoirs for Readers Who Love Untold Histories

19 Sep 2025

Biographies & Memoirs for Readers Who Love Untold Histories

Life isn’t just tragedy; it’s absurd, hilarious, and beautiful too. These memoirs balance heartbreak with humor, proving that even in the darkest times, laughter is survival. Perfect for readers who love stories that feel like a night with a wise, witty friend.

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Silopi: A True Story of Love and Resilience

by Bradford J. Beyer

Release Date: February 25, 2025

When Brad joins the Army, he never imagines he’ll end up rescuing a tiny kitten while deployed in Turkey. Forming an unexpected bond with this little creature, he sneaks her out of Turkey, through Germany, and back to his family in the States. It’s a heartwarming story of service, perseverance, and finding your path—with a little help from an unexpected furry friend.

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A Thousand Ways to Die

by Trymaine Lee

Release Date: September 9, 2025

A few years ago, Trymaine Lee, though fit and only 38, nearly died of a heart attack. When his then five-year-old daughter, Nola, asked her daddy why, he realized that to answer her honestly, he had to confront what almost killed him—the weight of being a Black man in America; of bearing witness, as a journalist, to relentless Black death; and of a family history scarred by enslavement, lynching, the Great Migration, the also insidious racism of the North, and gun violence that stole the lives of two great-uncles, a grandfather, a stepbrother, and two cousins.

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Dark Squares: How Chess Saved My Life

by Danny Rensch

Release Date: September 16, 2025

Born into the Church of Immortal Consciousness, Danny Rensch spent his childhood navigating the isolated confines of a cult. Despite psychological manipulation, physical abuse, and neglect, he persevered. An international chess master and world-class commentator, Rensch’s remarkable journey led him to be the face of Chess.com, one of the largest online gaming platforms in the world.

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I Am Not Your Enemy

by Reality Winner

Release Date: September 16, 2025

Reality Winner was a twenty-five-year-old translator for the NSA when she read a classified document revealing what she assumed would make headlines during a time of unprecedented leaking: After blatant lies by the Trump administration and public silence by the NSA, there had in fact been foreign interference in the 2016 US election.

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No Ordinary Bird

by Artis Henderson

Release Date: September 2, 2025

In the vein of Small Fry or Priestdaddy, No Ordinary Bird is a compelling father-daughter story that reads like true crime, haunted by a question the dashing and mysterious Lamar Chester had always taught his daughter to ask: “How do you tell the good guys from the bad?”

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The Treasury of Michael Saylor

by Anil Patel

Release Date: September 9, 2025

MICHAEL SAYLOR is sitting on $500 million in cash and watching it melt away with each passing second. From pondering a comfortable retirement by his Miami Beach pool to having his core beliefs about money and wealth permanently shattered, this is the story of a billionaire CEO who lit the fuse of a revolution in corporate finance, putting trillions of dollars of capital on notice.

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