Often rock memoirs top these lists of titles most in demand (think of books like Just Kids by Patty Smith, Life by Keith Richards, or Girl In A Band by Kim Gordon). With by far the longest waiting list of any of our books, Crying in H Mart by Michelle Zauner is not only a rock music memoir as an Asian-American's poignant tale of coming of age through adversity.
There are a number of other memoirs among current titles including 1000 Years of Joys and Sorrows by artist Ai Weiwei, All About Me! by writer and director Mel Brooks, The Chiffon Trenches by fashion journalist André Leon Talley, Will by actor Will Smith, Putting The Rabbit in the Hat by actor Brian Cox, Enough Already by actress Valerie Bertinelli.
Worn is an wide-ranging socio-cultural history of clothing. The Method traces the history and influence of this school of acting. The mystery behind a posthumously famous photographer is revealed in Vivian Maier Developed. Camera Man focuses on actor and director Buster Keaton to examine societal and technological developments in the early 20th century. Dilla Time provides both a biography and musical analysis of the late hip hop producer J Dilla.
Two sports and recreation books complete the list. Blood In The Garden tells the tale of the NBA's rugged New York Knicks of the early 1990s. Seven Games traces the history of the enduringly popular, but less than rugged, games of checkers, backgammon, chess, go, poker, scrabble, and bridge.
2. 1000 Years of Joys and Sorrows: A Memoir by Ai Weiwei, translated by Allan H. Barr (Crown, 2021).
3. All About Me!: My Remarkable Life in Show Business by Mel Brooks (Ballantine Books, 2021).
4. The Chiffon Trenches: A Memoir by André Leon Talley (Ballantine Books, 2020).
5. Worn: A People's History of Clothing by Sofi Thanhauser (Pantheon Books, 2022).
6. The Method: How The Twentieth Century Learned To Act by Isaac Butler (Bloomsbury Publishing, 2022).
7. Will by Will Smith with Mark Manson (Penguin Press, 2021).
8. Putting The Rabbit In The Hat: A Memoir by Brian Cox (Grand Central Publishing, 2022).
9. Vivian Maier Developed: The Untold Story Of The Photographer Nanny by Ann Marks (Atria Books, 2021).
10. Camera Man: Buster Keaton, The Dawn of Cinema, And The Invention of the Twentieth Century by Dana Stevens. New York : Atria Books, 2022.
11. The Beatles: Get Back by the Beatles featuring photography by Ethan A. Russell and Linda McCartney, edited by John Harris from transcripts of the original sound recordings. (Apple New York, 2021).
12. Enough Already: Learning To Love The Way I Am Today by Valerie Bertinelli (Mariner Books, 2022).
13. Dilla Time: The Life and Afterlife Of J Dilla, The Hip-Hop Producer Who Reinvented Rhythm by Dan Charnas with musical analysis by Jeff Peretz (MCD / Farrar, Straus and Giroux, 2022).
14. Blood In The Garden: The Flagrant History Of The 1990s New York Knicks by Chris Herring (Atria Books, 2022).
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