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Keith McNally tracks his staggering successes — and failures — in his new memoir, “I Regret Almost Everything.”

He deconstructed what he called “the colonial library”: the accounts of Africa by Europeans whose aim, he said, was to further colonialism.

Though she long felt a calling, Sister Monica Clare tried Hollywood first. Her book, and a visit, confirm the warmth — and fragility — of her new community.

In the unsentimental memoir “The Golden Hour,” Matthew Specktor ponders, among others, the father who succeeded in a punishing business now in its waning glory.

A spare elegy; a weird journey.

The beloved author left Chile at a time of great turmoil and has longed for the nation of her youth ever since.

There’s something on the other side.

The reality TV star and author of the new memoir “Accidentally on Purpose” on airplane snacks, tongue-scraping and the problem with women’s pants pockets.

Our columnist reviews this month’s releases.

Our columnist reviews this month’s releases.