| The Book of My Lives | |
| Border: | yes |
| Author: | Aleksandar Hemon |
| Country: | United States |
| Language: | English |
| Genre: | Nonfiction |
| Publisher: | Farrar, Straus and Giroux |
| Release Date: | 19 March 2013 |
| Pages: | 224 pp |
| Media Type: | Print (hardcover) |
| Isbn: | 978-0-374-11573-9 |
The Book of My Lives is the first book of nonfiction by the Bosnian-American novelist Aleksandar Hemon.[1] It's a collection of nonfiction pieces about Hemon's childhood in Sarajevo and his adult life in Chicago. The final essay tells of his young daughter's brain tumor and untimely death; it was first published in The New Yorker under the title "The Aquarium."
Hemon’s The Book of My Lives was shortlisted for the National Book Critics Circle Award in 2013.[2]