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- Gone to the woods, surviving a lost childhood, by Gary Paulsen ; pictures by Anna and Varvara Kendel
- War within and without, diaries and letters of Anne Morrow Lindbergh, 1939-1944. --
- The lost landscape, a writer's coming of age, Joyce Carol Oates
- Looking back, a book of memories, Lois Lowry
- Orion on the dunes, a biography of Henry Beston, by Daniel G. Payne
- Lots of candles, plenty of cake, Anna Quindlen
- The discomfort zone, a personal history, Jonathan Franzen
- Wandering through life, a memoir, Donna Leon
- Gone the hard road, a memoir, Lee Martin
- Dorothy Parker, what fresh hell is this?, by Marion Meade
- Under magnolia, a Southern memoir, Frances Mayes
- The breaking point, Hemingway, Dos Passos, and the murder of José Robles, Stephen Koch
- The draw, a memoir, Lee Siegel
- Dust tracks on a road, by Zora Neale Hurston
- I know why the caged bird sings
- Shirley Jackson, a rather haunted life, Ruth Franklin
- Smash cut, a memoir of Howard & art & the '70s & the '80s, Brad Gooch
- Pilgrimage on a steelride, a memoir about men and motorcycles, Gary Paulsen
- The mockingbird next door, life with Harper Lee, Marja Mills
- All God's children need traveling shoes, Maya Angelou. --
- Under Magnolia, a southern memoir, Frances Mayes
- Truman Capote, dear heart, old buddy, John Malcolm Brinnin. --
- Lost in place, growing up absurd in suburbia, Mark Salzman
- The best of us, a memoir, Joyce Maynard
- Portrait of a novel, Henry James and the making of an American masterpiece, Michael Gorra
- Jack London, an American life, Earle Labor
- The chicken chronicles, sitting with the angels who have returned with my memories : Glorious, Rufus, Gertrude Stein, Splendor, Hortensia, Agnes of God, The Gladyses, & Babe : a memoir, Alice Walker
- Mom & me & mom, Maya Angelou
- Ferlinghetti, the artist in his time, Barry Silesky
- You don't have to say you love me, a memoir, Sherman Alexie
- House lessons, renovating a life, Erica Bauermeister
- Marriage and other acts of charity, Kate Braestrup
- Salinger, a biography, Paul Alexander
- I know why the caged bird sings, Maya Angelou
- Sailor and fiddler, reflections of a 100-year-old author, Herman Wouk
- Perfectly miserable, guilt, God and real estate in a small town, Sarah Payne Stuart
- For the duration, written and illustrated by Tomie dePaola
- Between them, remembering my parents, Richard Ford
- An American childhood, Annie Dillard. --
- Maya's song, written by Renée Watson ; illustrated by Bryan Collier
- The talented Miss Highsmith, the secret life and serious art of Patricia Highsmith, Joan Schenkar
- Philip Roth, the biography, Blake Bailey
- A boy, a mouse, and a spider, the story of E.B. White, Barbara Herkert ; illustrated by Lauren Castillo
- Tomie dePaola, his art & his stories, by Barbara Elleman
- The princess diarist, Carrie Fisher
- Bill Peet, an autobiography, Bill Peet
- Here if you need me, a true story, Kate Braestrup
- Bemelmans, the life & art of Madeline's creator, by John Bemelmans Marciano
- I am Scout, the biography of Harper Lee, Charles J. Shields
- The goldfish went on vacation, a memoir of loss (and learning to tell the truth about it), Patty Dann ; afterword by Sallie Sanborn