7 Fresh Celebrity Autobiographies Worth Reading

Once a genre built on gossip and ghostwriters, the memoir has become the place where real conversations finally happen. And 2025 continues the shift, with a wave of iconic performers telling the truth behind the grand, guilty and sometimes gruesome details behind their gilded curtains

- By Sharan Sanil

I've only recently come to appreciate the celebrity memoir. Too many ride on name recognition alone, padded with filler and packaged as revelation. Many dangle scandal like bait, promising access to lives most of us have only observed from a distance. I've always preferred a little separation from the artists I admire...just enough to enjoy the work without drowning in the mythology.

And yet, the genre has come roaring back. Prince Harry's Spare smashed nonfiction sales records on day one, proving there's still an appetite for unfiltered confession. Matthew Perry's memoir became a cultural fault line after his death, a lightning rod for millennials who grew up on Friends and suddenly found themselves grieving a stranger they felt they knew. My personal favourite has been Patrick Stewart's 2023 biography Making It So—which, in my opinion, might be one of the finest actor-authored books ever put to print.

In brief, the memoir isn’t dying. It’s evolving, and the public is treating it as collective therapy. The wave is rolling through India too. Arundhati Roy's Mother Mary Comes to Me sparked fierce debate earlier this year, while more recently, Vir Das’ The Outsider offers an intriguing perspective on 'making it' from India to global stardom. But beyond the headlines, 2025 is shaping up to be a surprisingly strong year for old-school entertainers telling their stories without filters or fan service.

So, here's a look at seven global icons whose upcoming memoirs deserve space on your shelf—for the mess, the clarity, the hindsight, and the parts that aren't trying to win you over:

ANTHONY HOPKINS'S WE DID OK, KID

Anthony Hopkins' memoir tracks a long walk from the steel-smoke grit of coastal Wales to the glitter of Hollywood, collecting bruises and Oscars with the same stubborn resolve, never fully convinced he belongs in either world.