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Biography books
August 2024
Observer book of the week
The Island: WH Auden and the Last of Englishness review – a deep dive into the poet’s early years
Earth to Moon by Moon Unit Zappa review – rock and a hard place
Book of the day
Survival Is a Promise by Alexis Pauline Gumbs review – a cosmic perspective on Audre Lorde
Joan Brady obituary
Billionaire, Nerd, Saviour, King by Anupreeta Das review – cancel Bill Gates?
Out of the darkness? Aaron Rodgers’ biographer on a tarnished star
Charles Blackman was devoted to my mother. Their love story needs to be told
Christabel Blackman
Home Is Where We Start by Susanna Crossman review – growing up in a world without rules
Observer book of the week
The Art of Power by Nancy Pelosi review – politics with principles
‘A spy in the land of the privileged’: why Eve Babitz’s cult Hollywood memoir still matters 50 years on
Tchaikovsky was not tragic but had a ‘Monty Python’ sense of humour, says biographer
Audiobook of the week
The Piano Player of Budapest by Roxanne de Bastion audiobook review – music and survival
Britney Spears memoir The Woman in Me headed to the big screen
Let’s Be Honest by Jess Phillips review – the case for democracy
July 2024
All the Worst Humans: How I Made News for Dictators, Tycoons and Politicians by Phil Elwood review – a spin doctor for despots
Melania Trump to tell her story in memoir scheduled for this fall
Thom Gunn by Michael Nott review – sex, drugs and San Francisco
Book of the day
Paul Foot: A Life in Politics by Margaret Renn review – revolutionary intellect or posh trot?
‘A life too immense for only one book’: Cher announces two-part memoir
Book of the day
Thom Gunn: A Cool Queer Life by Michael Nott review – the poet laureate of Haight-Ashbury
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