Biography • Memoir
Share in the childhood tales of A Girl Named Zippy. Hear Kenneth Branagh read Samuel Pepys' exuberant 17th-century diary. Be transformed by the extraordinary women of Half the Sky. You'll find these and other remarkable life stories under biography and memoir.
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Feuding Fan Dancers
by Leslie Zemeckis; read by Christa Lewis
Leslie Zemeckis continues to discover the forgotten feminist histories of the golden age of entertainment, turning her sights on the lost stories of Sally Rand and Faith Bacon—icons who each claimed to be the inventor of the notorious fan dance.
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Pessoa
by Richard Zenith; read by Hannibal Hills
Like Richard Ellmann's James Joyce, Richard Zenith's Pessoa immortalizes the life of one of the twentieth century's greatest writers. Learn More
My Baby First Birthday
by Jenny Zhang; read by Jenny Zhang
A New York Public Library Best Book of 2020 A Best Read of 2020 at Ms. Magazine
Radiant and tender, My Baby First Birthday is a collection that examines innocence, asking us who gets to be loved and who has to deplete themselves just to survive. Learn More
Spilt Milk
by Courtney Zoffness; read by Courtney Zoffness
Most Anticipated Book of 2021 by Lit Hub, The Millions, and Refinery29
In her literary debut, internationally award-winning writer Courtney Zoffness considers what we inherit from generations past—biologically, culturally, spiritually—and what we pass on to our children. Learn More
The Statesman and the Storyteller
Mark Zwonitzer; read by Joe Barrett
In the tradition of the bestselling historical works of David McCullough, Doris Kearns Goodwin, Stephen Ambrose, and Walter Isaacson, award-winning documentarian Mark Zwonitzer brings two extraordinary American figures—and friends—into the spotlight at a time when their country was taking center stage in the world. Learn More
The Storm
by Christopher Zyda; read by Paul Boehmer
Christopher Zyda confronts the long-buried and painful memories of his harrowing fifteen-year journey in The Storm: One Voice from the AIDS Generation, a heart-wrenching love story and coming-of-age tale during the early years of the AIDS crisis in Los Angeles. Learn More
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