The most popular autobiography books of 2023

An autobiography is a life told by the person who lived it, from the beginning. You get the whole arc in their own words: childhood, breaks, failures and what it all looked like from the inside. These are the full stories of public figures and remarkable ordinary people. This list shows the ones first published in 2023.

Cover of Be Useful

Be Useful

Arnold Schwarzenegger

Published 2023

288 pages

Cover of The Longest Race

The Longest Race

Kara Goucher

Published 2023

288 pages

Cover of Every Man for Himself and God Against All A Memoir

Every Man for Himself and God Against All A Memoir

Werner Herzog

Published 2023

352 pages

Cover of While Time Remains

While Time Remains

Yeonmi Park

Published 2023

224 pages

Cover of Gambler

Gambler

Billy Walters

Published 2023

384 pages

Cover of Straight Shooter

Straight Shooter

Stephen A. Smith

2023 · 2024 edition

288 pages

Cover of Activate Your Greatness

Activate Your Greatness

Alex Toussaint

2023 · 2024 edition

256 pages

Cover of George

George

Frieda Hughes

Published 2023

272 pages

Cover of Jojo Finally Home

Jojo Finally Home

Johannes Radebe

Published 2023

272 pages

Cover of My Account

My Account

Coleen Rooney

2023 · 2027 edition

320 pages

Cover of The Race to Be Myself

The Race to Be Myself

Caster Semenya

2023 · 2025 edition

336 pages

Cover of Meet Me Tonight in Atlantic City

Meet Me Tonight in Atlantic City

Jane Wong

2023 · 2024 edition

288 pages

Cover of The Accidental Detectorist Uncovering an Underground Obsession

The Accidental Detectorist Uncovering an Underground Obsession

Nigel Richardson

Published 2023

304 pages

Cover of Depra

Depra

Aleksandar Stanković

Published 2023

165 pages

Cover of How to Be Multiple The Philosophy of Twins

How to Be Multiple The Philosophy of Twins

Helena de Bres

Published 2023

272 pages

Cover of African Memoirs and Cultural Representations Narrating Traditions

African Memoirs and Cultural Representations Narrating Traditions

Toyin Falola

2023 · 2025 edition

220 pages

Cover of Performing Folk Songs Affect, Landscape and Repertoire

Performing Folk Songs Affect, Landscape and Repertoire

Elizabeth Bennett

2023 · 2025 edition

288 pages

Cover of Memories of Africa

Memories of Africa

Toyin Falola

Published 2023

256 pages

Cover of Reading the Contemporary Author

Reading the Contemporary Author

Aliso Gibbons

Published 2023

229 pages

Cover of The Divided States Unraveling National Identities in the Twenty-First Century

The Divided States Unraveling National Identities in the Twenty-First Century

Laura J. Beard, Ricia Anne Chansky

Published 2023

339 pages

Cover of G. Stanley Hall

G. Stanley Hall

Lorine Pruette, Granville Stanley Hall

Published 2023

266 pages

Cover of Reading Contemporary Environmental Justice Narratives from Kerala

Reading Contemporary Environmental Justice Narratives from Kerala

Sreejith Varma

Published 2023

156 pages

Cover of Chinese Autobiographical Writing

Chinese Autobiographical Writing

Patricia Buckley Ebrey, Cong Ellen Zhang, Ping Yao

Published 2023

272 pages

Cover of Literature of Protest Reading Dalit Women's Autobiographies and Fiction

Literature of Protest Reading Dalit Women's Autobiographies and Fiction

Suresh Kumar (Assistant Professor of English)

Published 2023

405 pages