Autobiographies

Me Elton John, Macmillan, £25

The first and only official autobiography of the music legend comes hot on the heels of the smash-hit movie Rocketman. It’s a funny, moving and candid account that will have you laughing and crying in equal measure.

Elton opens his heart about his friendships with John Lennon, Freddie Mercury and George Michael, the launch of his AIDS Foundation, his marriage to David Furnish, and fatherhood.

Tall Tales And Wee Stories Billy Connolly, Two Roads, £20

He is Scotland’s own son, but Billy Connolly’s hilarious storytelling and popular touch have arguably made him the world’s best and best-loved comedian.

This entertaining autobiography takes us through the Big Yin’s extraordinary career and brings us his funniest yarns. It’s foul-mouthed and hilarious. It’s Oor Billy!

Lady In Waiting: My Extraordinary Life In The Shadow Of The Crown Anne Glenconner, Hodder & Stoughton, £20

She was childhood playmate to the Queen, maid of honour at the monarch’s coronation and lady in waiting to Princess Margaret.

But Anne Glenconner’s was a life of glamour that masked tragedy – the deaths of two sons, the near-death of another, and a husband who left his fortune to an employee.

This riveting read will leave you open-mouthed and hungry for more.

Home Work: A Memoir Of My Hollywood Years Julie Andrews, W&N, £20

Raindrops on roses and whiskers on kittens? Not quite. The icon who came to fame as the singing nun Maria in The Sound of Music has already revealed her difficult childhood in her first autobiography Home.

She picks up the story again in a candid, intimate, funny and often heartbreaking memoir about

her Hollywood years.

Face It Debbie Harry, Harper Collins, £20

She’s the punk rock queen who dragged the genre from 1970s New York’s backstreet basements to the world stage. Now aged 74, the Blondie front woman, who describes her band persona as “an inflatable doll but with a dark, provocative, aggressive side”, gives us her hotly-anticipated memoir. It details her rise to stardom, heroin addiction and bankruptcy and lets us in on the world she shared with the likes of Iggy Pop, David Bowie, and Andy Warhol.