7 Top memoir books like North to Paradise by Ousman Umar

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North to Paradise

By: Ousman Umar

4.27

Format: 142 pages, Kindle Edition

The inspiring true story of one man’s treacherous boyhood journey from a rural village in Ghana to …

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1. To the Sky Kingdom

By: None , 唐七公子 , Poppy Toland , Tang Qi Gong Zi

3.84

Format: 460 pages, Kindle Edition

When the immortal Bai Qian finally meets her intended husband, the heir to the Sky Throne, she cons… read more

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"The jet-black sky behind him was reflected in this smile, and under the soft candlelight, it seemed to radiate with the brilliance of the whole universe."

-None, To the Sky Kingdom

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2. The Taste of Ginger

By: Mansi Shah

3.99

Format: 317 pages, Kindle Edition

In Mansi Shah’s stunning debut novel, a family tragedy beckons a first-generation immigrant to the … read more

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"Had I lost my culture? I felt like I was constantly reminded that I was Indian—at work, at a store, when talking to white friends—some part of me was always aware that I wasn’t like the other people …"

-Mansi Shah, The Taste of Ginger

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3. The Easy Life in Kamusari (Forest, #1)

By: Shion Miura

3.97

Format: 205 pages, Kindle Edition

From Shion Miura, the award-winning author of The Great Passage, comes a rapturous novel where the … read more

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4. The Puma Years

By: Laura Coleman

4.34

Format: 321 pages, Kindle Edition

In this rapturous memoir, writer and activist Laura Coleman shares the story of her liberating jour… read more

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  • biography
  • memoir
  • travel
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"The jungle really seems to listen to everything. I've never felt so vulnerable. It won't stop listening, and I don't know how to tell it that I hate it."

-Laura Coleman, The Puma Years

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5. Night Angels

By: Weina Dai Randel

4.22

Format: 375 pages, Kindle Edition

Longlisted for the Mass Book Awards 2024 From the author of The Last Rose of Shanghai comes a pr… read more

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6. An Eye for an Eye (Detective Kate Young, #1)

By: Carol Wyer

4.15

Format: 426 pages, Kindle Edition

A killer running rings around the police. A detective spiralling out of control. DI Kate Young i… read more

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7. Mother Dear

By: Nova Lee Maier

3.89

Format: 443 pages, Kindle Edition

There’s only one thing worse than doing the unthinkable: what you’re willing to do to hide it.Helen… read more

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8. North to Paradise

By: Ousman Umar

4.27

Format: 142 pages, Kindle Edition

The inspiring true story of one man’s treacherous boyhood journey from a rural village in Ghana to … read more

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  • ghana
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9. A Feather on the Water

By: Lindsay Jayne Ashford

4.35

Format: 345 pages, Kindle Edition

For three women in postwar Germany, 1945 is a time of hope—lost and found—in this powerful novel by… read more

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10. Scarlet Carnation

By: Laila Ibrahim

4.14

Format: 314 pages, Kindle Edition

In an early twentieth-century America roiling with racial injustice, class divides, and WWI, two wo… read more

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11. Last Summer Boys

By: Bill Rivers

4.41

Format: 285 pages, Kindle Edition

In this rapturous coming-of-age debut, a naive-yet-determined Appalachian boy will go to any length… read more

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12. The Other Man

By: Farhad J. Dadyburjor

3.66

Format: 299 pages, Kindle Edition

A heartwarming and transporting romantic comedy about finding happy ever after on your own terms. … read more

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13. Say Her Name

By: Dreda Say Mitchell

4.04

Format: 308 pages, Kindle Edition

In this chilling thriller from the bestselling authors of Spare Room, one woman just wants the trut… read more

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14. War and Me

By: Faleeha Hassan

3.87

Format: 351 pages, Kindle Edition

An intimate memoir about coming of age in a tight-knit working-class family during Iraq’s seemingly… read more

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15. The Ardent Swarm

By: Yamen Manai

4.10

Format: 174 pages, Kindle Edition

From an award-winning Tunisian author comes a stirring allegory about a country in the aftermath of… read more

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"A God that could still console him for the cruelty of man through the gentleness of his bees."

-Yamen Manai, The Ardent Swarm

"Most of them hadn’t even chosen their spouses, and now they were meant to choose who would govern them."

-Yamen Manai, The Ardent Swarm

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16. A Train to Moscow

By: Elena Gorokhova

3.99

Format: 316 pages, Kindle Edition

In post–World War II Russia, a girl must reconcile a tragic past with her hope for the future in th… read more

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17. Where the Desert Meets the Sea

By: Werner Sonne

3.77

Format: 258 pages, Kindle Edition

An illuminating and heart-stirring historical novel set in post-WWII Palestine, where the boundarie… read more

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18. They Said They Wanted Revolution: A Memoir of My Parents

By: Neda Toloui-Semnani

3.79

Format: 287 pages, Kindle Edition

In They Said They Wanted Revolution, Neda Semnani tells the story of her parent —their love, the re… read more

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19. The Community

By: N. Jamiyla Chisholm

3.63

Format: 183 pages, Kindle Edition

An arresting and emotional memoir about a family’s indoctrination into a religious cult, a daughter… read more

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20. American Seoul

By: Helena Rho

3.71

Format: 224 pages, Kindle Edition

She was everything everyone else wanted her to be. Until she followed her own path. Helena Rho w… read more

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21. The Fallen Stones: Chasing Butterflies, Discovering Mayan Secrets, and Looking for Hope Along the Way

By: Diana Marcum

4.05

Format: 219 pages, Kindle Edition

On a butterfly farm in the Maya Mountains, a Pulitzer Prize–winning journalist and author of the na… read more

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7 best-selling nonfiction books like North to Paradise by Ousman Umar

Transform Your Habits

The Puma Years

Laura Coleman

4.34

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North to Paradise

Ousman Umar

4.27

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War and Me

Faleeha Hassan

3.87

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They Said They Wanted Revolution: A Memoir of My Parents

Neda Toloui-Semnani

3.79

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Transform Your Habits

The Easy Life in Kamusari (Forest, #1)

Shion Miura

3.97

Transform Your Habits

The Shell House Detectives (Shell House Detectives #1)

Emylia Hall

4.27

Transform Your Habits

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Andy Maslen

4.30

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D.S. Butler

4.33

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