Biography & Memoir

100 tales of extraordinary women - the most highly supported original book ever in the history of crowdfunding.

The stunning sequel to the worldwide phenomenon Me Before You.

The riveting autobiography from Australia’s inimitable Geoffrey Robertson. Funny, personal, and bringing Robertson's fascinating and colourful career up to date following The Justice Game.

Book 4 in the phenomenally successful Diary of a Wimpy Kid series by Jeff Kinney.

‘I would like to die on Mars, just not on impact.’ – Elon Musk

Spellbinding and heartbreaking, Leila's Secret shows us everyday life for women in a country where it can be a crime to fall in love. But for all its tragedy, this unforgettable book is paradoxically uplifting, told from the heart of Kooshyar's immense sympathy, in the hope that each of us – and the stories we tell – can make a difference.

For readers of Atul Gawande’s Being Mortal and Henry Marsh’s Do No Harm, an unforgettably powerful and heart-breaking book about how to live.

An extraordinary memoir about a woman's discovery of education, its transformative power and the price she has to pay for it.

On a dark, silvery moonlit night, Sophie is snatched from her bed by a giant. Luckily it is the Big Friendly Giant, the BFG, who only eats snozzcumbers and glugs frobscottle. But there are other giants in Giant Country. Fifty foot brutes who gallop far and wide every night to find human beans to eat. Can Sophie and her friend the BFG stop them?

Phiz-whizzing new branding for the brilliant Roald Dahl plays!

In 2011 Turia Pitt made headlines for having barely survived a terrible bushfire in the desert. She is now one of the most inspirational women in Australia.

A moving and inspirational true story of survival and triumph against incredible odds, celebrating the importance of never letting go of what drives the human spirit – hope.

The story of Jelena Dokic, in her words

The rule would be this: Whatever he saw, if it was runny or powdery or gooey, it went in.

To pay Mrs Twit back for the worms in his spaghetti, Mr Twit thought up a really clever nasty trick.

Mindhunter is a real-life, fascinating insight into the life of a FBI Special Agent, and the minds of the psychologically disturbed serial killers he hunts.

Corruption, dirty politics and murder in Russia - told by one of Putin's Most Wanted.

Boggis is an enormously fat chicken farmer who only eats boiled chickens smothered in fat.

A provocative and inspiring work on overcoming the obstacles facing women on the path to leadership

Ever wondered what life is like for our Aussie jailbirds? Is it as bad as Wentworth or Orange is the New Black? No. It’s worse.

The Untold Story of Bon Scott and AC/DC's Back In Black

The extraordinary personal autobiography of the world's most famous scientist, written solely and exclusively by Stephen Hawking.

This highly acclaimed collection of memoirs is Winton’s most intimate and revealing work yet. Along with Island Home and Land’s Edge (both also first published in paperback in 2017), it forms the remarkable culmination of Winton’s autobiographical trilogy, showing our finest novelist also to be one of our finest writers of non-fiction.