20 Best-Selling Biographies & Memoirs | The Most Sought-After Titles by Public Libraries

Prince Harry, Michelle Obama, and Matthew Perry are just some of the names topping the charts.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

BIOGRAPHY & MEMOIR BEST SELLERS MAY 2023

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1

Spare. [HC] Prince Harry. Random House. 2023. ISBN 9780593593806. $36.

2

The Light We Carry: Overcoming in Uncertain Times [HC] Michelle Obama. Crown. 2022. ISBN 9780593237465. $32.50.

3

Friends, Lovers, and the Big Terrible Thing. [HC] Matthew Perry. Flatiron Books. 2022. ISBN 9781250866448. $29.99.

4

The Extraordinary Life of an Ordinary Man. [HC] Paul Newman. Knopf. 2022. ISBN 9780593534502. $32.

5

I’m Glad My Mom Died. [HC] Jennette McCurdy. Simon & Schuster. 2022. ISBN 9781982185824. $27.99.

6

And There Was Light: Abraham Lincoln and the American Struggle. [HC] Jon Meacham. Random House. 2022. ISBN 9780553393965. $40.

7

So Help Me God. [HC] Mike Pence. Simon & Schuster. 2022. ISBN 9781982190330. $35.

8

The Revolutionary Samuel Adams. [HC] Stacy Schiff. Little, Brown. 2022. ISBN 9780316441117. $35.

9

Surrender: 40 Songs, One Story. [HC] Bono. Knopf. 2022. ISBN 9780525521044. $34.

10

Love, Pamela. [HC] Pamela Anderson. Dey Street Books. 2023. ISBN 9780063226562. $30.

11

The Stories We Tell: Every Piece of Your Story Matters. [HC] Joanna Gaines. Harper Select. 2022. ISBN 9781400333875. $31.99.

12

Madly, Deeply: The Diaries of Alan Rickman. [HC] Alan Rickman. Henry Holt. 2022. ISBN 9781250847959. $32.

13

Beyond the Wand: The Magic and Mayhem of Growing Up a Wizard. [HC] Tom Felton. Grand Central. 2022. ISBN 9781538741368. $28.

14

Elizabeth Taylor: The Grit & Glamour of an Icon. [HC] Kate Anderson Brower. Harper. 2022. ISBN 9780063067653. $32.50.

15

Dinners with Ruth: A Memoir on the Power of Friendships. [HC] Nina Totenberg. Simon & Schuster. 2022. ISBN 9781982188085. $27.99.

16

 

My Travels with Mrs. Kennedy. [HC] Clint Hill and Lisa McCubbin Hill. Gallery Books. 2022. ISBN 9781982181116. $35.

17

The Queen: Her Life. [HC] Andrew Morton. Grand Central. 2022. ISBN 9781538700433. $30.

18

Live Wire: Long-Winded Short Stories. [HC] Kelly Ripa. Dey Street Books. 2022. ISBN 9780063073302. $28.99.

19

Have I Told You This Already?: Stories I Don’t Want To Forget To Remember. [HC] Lauren Graham. Ballantine Books. 2022. ISBN 9780593355428. $28.

20

 

Solito. [HC] Javier Zamora. Hogarth. 2022. ISBN 9780593498064. $28.

 

Data from Baker & Taylor based on the most popular biographies & memoirs sold to U.S. public libraries in the six months prior to the week ending March 31, 2023.

 

 

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