Don’t miss the best new biographies and memoirs from the past month, hand-picked by our editors! We’ve rounded up this month’s biggest and buzziest biographies and memoirs — including a behind-the-scenes look at the making of an iconic Bruce Springsteen album, a fascinating account of Amelia Earhart’s life, and more!

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	Meet the unassuming taxidermist who solved crimes for the FBI WHY IT’S READWORTHY: With a few feathers and a microscope, Roxie Laybourne became the world’s first forensic ornithologist and helped improve aircraft safety, apprehended white supremacists and murderers, and more “Riveting… Read[s] like an avian riff on CSI” (Publishers Weekly) This “unforgettable portrait of a true game changer” (BookPage starred review) is one of Elle’s best books of the summer Learn more... MEDIA MENTIONS: GET EBOOK ON: Amazon Other formats and retailers Explore JFK’s private life in this ‘profoundly humanized portrait’ (Booklist) WHY IT’S READWORTHY: A riveting New York Times bestseller from an expert on the Kennedy family Including details about the betrayal JFK felt by his cabinet during the Bay of Pigs disaster and the surprising truth about his relationship with Marilyn Monroe An “entertaining take on a great American soap opera” (Publishers Weekly) Learn more... MEDIA MENTIONS: GET EBOOK ON: Amazon Other formats and retailers A cancer diagnosis led to a second career as an Appalachian mail carrier WHY IT’S READWORTHY: See why Jonathan Safran Foer is raving about this “journey of personal redemption” that “pulses with humor and the beauty of simple, everyday courage” “A highly personal, utterly charming tribute to this American treasure” (The Washington Post) This heartfelt memoir earned starred reviews from Kirkus Reviews and Booklist Learn more... MEDIA MENTIONS: GET EBOOK ON: Amazon Other formats and retailers An untold story of art and inspiration in Belle Époque Paris WHY IT’S READWORTHY: “Feels like an exclusive invitation to a Parisian enclave” (#1 New York Times bestselling author Michael Finkel) Explore the American Girls’ Club, a unique residence that brought together ambitious women artists at the turn of the 20th century Armchair travelers and art enthusiasts won’t want to miss this “evocative account” that “bring[s] the era to vivid life” (Publishers Weekly) Learn more... MEDIA MENTIONS: GET EBOOK ON: Amazon Other formats and retailers Go behind the scenes as Bruce Springsteen makes his iconic album Born to Run WHY IT’S READWORTHY: “An admirably comprehensive study of a masterpiece” (Kirkus Reviews) that’s out just in time for the record’s 50th anniversary Featuring previously untold stories from Springsteen himself and his inner circle, this is “endlessly entertaining” and “a must for Springsteen fans” (Booklist) Named one of the best books of the summer by The New York Times and The Boston Globe Learn more... MEDIA MENTIONS: GET EBOOK ON: Amazon Other formats and retailers ‘An exhilarating tale of the adventurous life of Amelia Earhart’ (David Grann) WHY IT’S READWORTHY: Learn about the decades-long relationship between the trailblazing pilot and visionary hitmaker George Putnam Named one of July’s best books by The New York Times, Town & Country, and more “This nuanced reprisal of Earhart’s life… makes her saga all the more captivating” (Publishers Weekly starred review) Learn more... MEDIA MENTIONS: GET EBOOK ON: Amazon Other formats and retailers Would you leave technology behind for a life-changing Alaskan adventure? WHY IT’S READWORTHY: From hiking with an ecologist to homesteading with a permafrost expert, Ben Weissenbach sought to fully experience Alaska — without the digital world getting in the way Elizabeth Kolbert, the Pulitzer Prize–winning author of The Sixth Extinction, calls it “beautiful and necessary” “A soulful meditation on the value of getting back to nature” (Publishers Weekly) Learn more... MEDIA MENTIONS: GET EBOOK ON: Amazon Other formats and retailers ‘A searching and timely exploration’ of Indigenous identity (Kirkus Reviews) WHY IT’S READWORTHY: “A deft combination of affective memoir and keen journalism, this profound examination on identity and place impresses” (Publishers Weekly) An award-winning journalist and Aquinnah Wampanoag tribal member delves into what it means to be Indigenous — and the challenges that come with it “Few books manage to feel this intimate and this expansive, this tender and this unflinching” (Morgan Talty, author of Fire Exit) Learn more... MEDIA MENTIONS: GET EBOOK ON: Amazon Other formats and retailers Elvis fans: Meet the manager who helped build a new kind of music superstar WHY IT’S READWORTHY: “In the history of rock ’n’ roll, there may be no behind-the-scenes figure more vilified and less understood than Colonel Tom Parker” (The New York Times) Drawing on a wealth of previously unpublished correspondence, this is “a special treat for Presley fans” (Kirkus Reviews)