The best new autobiography books of 2026 (chosen by autobiography authors)

Loved by 2 people

A World Appears

By Michael Pollan ,

Loved by 1 person

Ootlin

By Jenni Fagan ,

Loved by 1 person

This Incredible Longing

By Blair Glaser ,

Loved by 1 person

I'll Try Anything Twice

By Carly Schwartz ,

Tsunami

By LeeAnn Pickrell ,

Up the Down Escalator

By Lisa Doggett ,

Loved by 1 person

Unsupported

By Bethany Adams ,

Loved by 1 person

You with the Sad Eyes

By Christina Applegate ,

Tsunami

By LeeAnn Pickrell ,

Up the Down Escalator

By Lisa Doggett ,

Judith Resnik

By Marlene Targ Brill ,

Loved by 1 person

Strangers

By Belle Burden ,

Loved by 1 person

Black Dahlia

By William J. Mann ,

Tsunami

By LeeAnn Pickrell ,

Up the Down Escalator

By Lisa Doggett ,

Judith Resnik

By Marlene Targ Brill ,

Louise-Élisabeth Vigée-Lebrun: Portrait of an Artist, 1755-1842

By Judith Lissauer Cromwell ,

Loved by 1 person

This Vast Enterprise

By Craig Fehrman ,

Loved by 1 person

Hubris

By David Stuttard ,

Judith Resnik

By Marlene Targ Brill ,

Louise-Élisabeth Vigée-Lebrun: Portrait of an Artist, 1755-1842

By Judith Lissauer Cromwell ,

Tsunami

By LeeAnn Pickrell ,

Up the Down Escalator

By Lisa Doggett ,

Judith Resnik

By Marlene Targ Brill ,

Louise-Élisabeth Vigée-Lebrun: Portrait of an Artist, 1755-1842

By Judith Lissauer Cromwell ,

A Psychiatrist's Journey

By Brian Barraclough,

Tsunami

By LeeAnn Pickrell ,

Up the Down Escalator

By Lisa Doggett ,

Judith Resnik

By Marlene Targ Brill ,

Louise-Élisabeth Vigée-Lebrun: Portrait of an Artist, 1755-1842

By Judith Lissauer Cromwell ,

A Psychiatrist's Journey

By Brian Barraclough,

The Duty of Memory

By Vicki Olsen ,

Ernő Rubik and His Magic Cube

By Kerry Aradhya , Kara Kramer (illustrator),

Tsunami

By LeeAnn Pickrell ,

Up the Down Escalator

By Lisa Doggett ,

Judith Resnik

By Marlene Targ Brill ,

Louise-Élisabeth Vigée-Lebrun: Portrait of an Artist, 1755-1842

By Judith Lissauer Cromwell ,

A Psychiatrist's Journey

By Brian Barraclough,

The Duty of Memory

By Vicki Olsen ,

Ernő Rubik and His Magic Cube

By Kerry Aradhya , Kara Kramer (illustrator),

Memorial

By Nita Sweeney ,

Snapshots

By Maggie Humm ,

Heidi Across America

By Heidi Beierle ,

Tsunami

By LeeAnn Pickrell ,

Up the Down Escalator

By Lisa Doggett ,

Judith Resnik

By Marlene Targ Brill ,

Louise-Élisabeth Vigée-Lebrun: Portrait of an Artist, 1755-1842

By Judith Lissauer Cromwell ,

A Psychiatrist's Journey

By Brian Barraclough,

The Duty of Memory

By Vicki Olsen ,

Ernő Rubik and His Magic Cube

By Kerry Aradhya , Kara Kramer (illustrator),

Memorial

By Nita Sweeney ,

Snapshots

By Maggie Humm ,

Heidi Across America

By Heidi Beierle ,

I Live You For Ever

By Meredith Rutter Marple,

Swimming with Lord Byron

By William Kuhn ,

Ramón Ramirez's Dog

By David J. Dunford ,

Born to be Brave

By Stephanie Lincoln ,

Mistress of Life and Death

By Susan J. Eischeid ,

The best new autobiography books of 2026

The books our community loved the most.

A World Appears

Ootlin

This Incredible Longing

I'll Try Anything Twice

New books from our members

Tsunami

Up the Down Escalator

Unsupported

You with the Sad Eyes

New books from our members

Tsunami

Up the Down Escalator

Judith Resnik

Strangers

Black Dahlia

New books from our members

Tsunami

Up the Down Escalator

Judith Resnik

Louise-Élisabeth Vigée-Lebrun: Portrait of an Artist, 1755-1842

This Vast Enterprise

Hubris

New books from our members

Judith Resnik

Louise-Élisabeth Vigée-Lebrun: Portrait of an Artist, 1755-1842

New books from our members

Tsunami

Up the Down Escalator

Judith Resnik

Louise-Élisabeth Vigée-Lebrun: Portrait of an Artist, 1755-1842

A Psychiatrist's Journey

New books from our members

Tsunami

Up the Down Escalator

Judith Resnik

Louise-Élisabeth Vigée-Lebrun: Portrait of an Artist, 1755-1842

A Psychiatrist's Journey

The Duty of Memory

Ernő Rubik and His Magic Cube

New books from our members

Tsunami

Up the Down Escalator

Judith Resnik

Louise-Élisabeth Vigée-Lebrun: Portrait of an Artist, 1755-1842

A Psychiatrist's Journey

The Duty of Memory

Ernő Rubik and His Magic Cube

Memorial

Snapshots

Heidi Across America

New books from our members

Tsunami

Up the Down Escalator

Judith Resnik

Louise-Élisabeth Vigée-Lebrun: Portrait of an Artist, 1755-1842

A Psychiatrist's Journey

The Duty of Memory

Ernő Rubik and His Magic Cube

Memorial

Snapshots

Heidi Across America

I Live You For Ever

Swimming with Lord Byron

Ramón Ramirez's Dog

Born to be Brave

Mistress of Life and Death