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|December 12, 2025
Margaret Atwood's life stories, Anthony Hopkins on acting and insights into the life of Mark Twain
Not all memoirists are keen to share their life stories. For Margaret Atwood, an author who has sold more than 40m books, the idea of writing about herself seemed "dead boring". Happily, she did it anyway. Book of Lives: A Memoir of Sorts is a 624-page doorstopper chronicling Atwood's life and work, and a tremendous showcase for her wisdom and wit.
Helen Garner's similarly chunky, Baillie Gifford prize-winning How to End a Story is a diary collection spanning 20 years and provides piquant and puckish snapshots of the author's life, work and her unravelling marriages. It is spare in style and utterly moreish.
In the crowded pantheon of celebrity memoirs, Anthony Hop kins' We Did OK, Kid stands out as a thoughtful and unvarnished account of a storied life and career. Vagabond by Tim Curry is brisk and bracingly sweary.
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