Memoir and biography

Michelle Obama's memoir of growing up on Chicago's South Side, building a career, marrying Barack Obama and serving as First Lady. For readers who want a candid life story about identity, ambition and growth.

• Memoir and biography

David Goggins's memoir of turning an abusive, poor childhood into a life as a Navy SEAL and ultrarunner, with challenges to build mental toughness. For readers who want blunt, practical coaching on discipline.

• Memoir and biography
• Self-improvement

Tara Westover's memoir of growing up in a survivalist family in rural Idaho with no schooling, then teaching herself enough to reach college and a Cambridge PhD. For readers interested in family, memory and self-invention.

• Memoir and biography

A psychiatrist's account of surviving Nazi concentration camps, followed by an outline of logotherapy, his theory that the search for meaning is the main human drive.

• Memoir and biography
• Philosophy and stoicism
• Psychology