11 Best memoir books like Trash: A Poor White Journey by Cedar Monroe

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Trash: A Poor White Journey

By: Cedar Monroe

3.73

Format: 235 pages, Hardcover

Human beings are not trash, and the system that enables humans to imagine each other as such needs …

If you liked the memoir plot in Trash: A Poor White Journey by Cedar Monroe , here is a list of 11 books like this:

1. So Much Blue

By: Percival Everett

3.62

Format: 320 pages,

A new high point for a master novelist, an emotionally charged reckoning with art, marriage, and th… read more

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2. Rebel Girl: My Life as a Feminist Punk

By: Kathleen Hanna

4.46

Format: 336 pages, Hardcover

An electric, searing memoir by the original rebel girl and legendary front woman of Bikini Kill and… read more

Similar categories in Kathleen Hanna's Rebel Girl: My Life as a Feminist Punk book and Cedar Monroe's Trash: A Poor White Journey

  • nonfiction
  • memoir
  • audiobook
"She was the only woman on the whole record and hearing her gave me the first thought that someday I could be in a band."

-Kathleen Hanna, Rebel Girl: My Life as a Feminist Punk

Cover of Madness: Race and Insanity in a Jim Crow Asylum by Antonia Hylton

3. Madness: Race and Insanity in a Jim Crow Asylum

By: Antonia Hylton

4.27

Format: 368 pages, Hardcover

In the tradition of  The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks, a page-turning 93-year history of Crowns… read more

Similar categories in Antonia Hylton's Madness: Race and Insanity in a Jim Crow Asylum book and Cedar Monroe's Trash: A Poor White Journey

  • nonfiction
  • history
  • social justice
  • audiobook
Cover of Tits Up: What Sex Workers, Milk Bankers, Plastic Surgeons, Bra Designers, and Witches Tell Us about Breasts by Sarah Thornton

4. Tits Up: What Sex Workers, Milk Bankers, Plastic Surgeons, Bra Designers, and Witches Tell Us about Breasts

By: Sarah Thornton

3.77

Format: 336 pages, Hardcover

An innovative investigation of the five strange worlds that worship women’s chests After years o… read more

Similar categories in Sarah Thornton's Tits Up: What Sex Workers, Milk Bankers, Plastic Surgeons, Bra Designers, and Witches Tell Us about Breasts book and Cedar Monroe's Trash: A Poor White Journey

  • nonfiction
  • history
  • audiobook
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5. The Lost Book of Bonn

By: Brianna Labuskes

3.95

Format: 374 pages, Paperback

For fans of The Rose Code and The Librarian Spy comes another literary themed historical novel from… read more

Similar categories in Brianna Labuskes's The Lost Book of Bonn book and Cedar Monroe's Trash: A Poor White Journey

  • audiobook
Cover of Why We Read: On Bookworms, Libraries, and Just One More Page Before Lights Out by Shannon Reed

6. Why We Read: On Bookworms, Libraries, and Just One More Page Before Lights Out

By: Shannon Reed

3.71

Format: 336 pages, Hardcover

A hilarious and incisive exploration of the joys of reading from a teacher, bibliophile and Thurber… read more

Similar categories in Shannon Reed's Why We Read: On Bookworms, Libraries, and Just One More Page Before Lights Out book and Cedar Monroe's Trash: A Poor White Journey

  • nonfiction
  • history
  • memoir
  • audiobook
"I think, therefore, I cry..."

-Shannon Reed, Why We Read: On Bookworms, Libraries, and Just One More Page Before Lights Out

"Life is so much better with books than without."

-Shannon Reed, Why We Read: On Bookworms, Libraries, and Just One More Page Before Lights Out

"But reading! That I could do. When I read, I felt smart."

-Shannon Reed, Why We Read: On Bookworms, Libraries, and Just One More Page Before Lights Out

"The act of reading makes me feel safe. Not the book itself--but the exercise of running my eyes over the words. The translation from symbol into meaning. The direct, pleasant diction of the voice ins…"

-Shannon Reed, Why We Read: On Bookworms, Libraries, and Just One More Page Before Lights Out

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7. Sociopath: A Memoir

By: Patric Gagne

3.84

Format: 368 pages, Hardcover

A fascinating, revelatory memoir revealing the author’s struggle to come to terms with her own soci… read more

Similar categories in Patric Gagne's Sociopath: A Memoir book and Cedar Monroe's Trash: A Poor White Journey

  • nonfiction
  • memoir
  • audiobook
"In a universe where everything seemed to be associated with everything else, jazz was in a world all its own. The untethered notes didn't propel me backward in time or force me into imaginations of t…"

-Patric Gagne, Sociopath: A Memoir

"Regardless of whether they realized it, my parents, my friends, my teachers, my lovers—everyone, on some level—was uncomfortable with my limited emotion. Because it meant something sinister. Because,…"

-Patric Gagne, Sociopath: A Memoir

"I loved people. I truly did. But the way I loved was different than most. And, if I was being honest, not all that compatible. I didn’t need to get love in order to give love. I never had. I preferre…"

-Patric Gagne, Sociopath: A Memoir

"The more I paid attention, the more I noticed just how often 'apathy,' 'lack of feeling,' and the word 'sociopath' were associated with evil. Everywhere. From celebrated books like East of Eden and T…"

-Patric Gagne, Sociopath: A Memoir

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8. Unreliable Narrator: Me, Myself, and Impostor Syndrome

By: Aparna Nancherla

3.60

Format: 304 pages, Hardcover

A hilarious and insightful collection of essays exploring impostor syndrome, from the inside and ou… read more

Similar categories in Aparna Nancherla's Unreliable Narrator: Me, Myself, and Impostor Syndrome book and Cedar Monroe's Trash: A Poor White Journey

  • nonfiction
  • memoir
  • audiobook
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9. Coming Home

By: Brittney Griner

4.43

Format: 320 pages, Hardcover

From the nine-time women’s basketball icon and two-time Olympic gold medalist—a raw, revelatory acc… read more

Similar categories in Brittney Griner's Coming Home book and Cedar Monroe's Trash: A Poor White Journey

  • memoir
  • politics
  • nonfiction
  • social justice
  • audiobook
"When your world is violently upended, you don't just mourn your immediate losses. You also grieve a future that no longer feels possible, the peace that might've been."

-Brittney Griner, Coming Home

Cover of Trash: A Poor White Journey by Cedar Monroe

10. Trash: A Poor White Journey

By: Cedar Monroe

3.73

Format: 235 pages, Hardcover

Human beings are not trash, and the system that enables humans to imagine each other as such needs … read more

Similar categories in Cedar Monroe's Trash: A Poor White Journey book and Cedar Monroe's Trash: A Poor White Journey

  • history
  • memoir
  • politics
  • nonfiction
  • social justice
  • labor
  • audiobook
Cover of Say More: Lessons from Work, the White House, and the World by Jen Psaki

11. Say More: Lessons from Work, the White House, and the World

By: Jen Psaki

3.96

Format: 240 pages, Hardcover

Former White House Press Secretary and current MSNBC host Jen Psaki shares the surprising lessons s… read more

Similar categories in Jen Psaki's Say More: Lessons from Work, the White House, and the World book and Cedar Monroe's Trash: A Poor White Journey

  • history
  • memoir
  • politics
  • nonfiction
  • audiobook
"There was also a large crew of people who tried to nickname the previously mentioned Bipartisan Infrastructure Framework "BIF". If you would like your audience to start making fun of a big, serious, …"

-Jen Psaki, Say More: Lessons from Work, the White House, and the World

"I've spent time with a lot of very busy people - business leaders, prominent journalists, and multiple presidents. Despite the unusually high demands on their schedules, something they all have in co…"

-Jen Psaki, Say More: Lessons from Work, the White House, and the World

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12. Wolf at the Table

By: Adam Rapp

3.98

Format: 480 pages, Hardcover

The Corrections meets We Need to Talk About Kevin in this harrowing multigenerational saga about a … read more

Similar categories in Adam Rapp's Wolf at the Table book and Cedar Monroe's Trash: A Poor White Journey

  • audiobook
Cover of When Crack Was King: A People's History of a Misunderstood Era by Donovan X. Ramsey

13. When Crack Was King: A People's History of a Misunderstood Era

By: Donovan X. Ramsey

4.36

Format: 448 pages, Hardcover

A kaleidoscopic account of the crack cocaine era and a community’s ultimate resilience, told throug… read more

Similar categories in Donovan X. Ramsey's When Crack Was King: A People's History of a Misunderstood Era book and Cedar Monroe's Trash: A Poor White Journey

  • history
  • politics
  • nonfiction
  • social justice
  • audiobook
Cover of White Rural Rage: The Threat to American Democracy by Thomas F. Schaller

14. White Rural Rage: The Threat to American Democracy

By: Thomas F. Schaller

3.82

Format: 320 pages, Hardcover

A searing portrait and damning takedown of America’s proudest citizens — who are also the least lik… read more

Similar categories in Thomas F. Schaller's White Rural Rage: The Threat to American Democracy book and Cedar Monroe's Trash: A Poor White Journey

  • history
  • politics
  • nonfiction
  • social justice
  • audiobook
Cover of Selling the Dream: The Billion-Dollar Industry Bankrupting Americans by Jane Marie

15. Selling the Dream: The Billion-Dollar Industry Bankrupting Americans

By: Jane Marie

3.78

Format: 320 pages, Hardcover

Peabody and Emmy Award–winning journalist Jane Marie expands on her popular podcast The Dream to ex… read more

Similar categories in Jane Marie's Selling the Dream: The Billion-Dollar Industry Bankrupting Americans book and Cedar Monroe's Trash: A Poor White Journey

  • nonfiction
  • history
  • audiobook
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16. The Manicurist's Daughter

By: Susan Lieu

3.96

Format: 320 pages, Hardcover

An emotionally raw memoir about the crumbling of the American Dream and a daughter of refugees who … read more

Similar categories in Susan Lieu's The Manicurist's Daughter book and Cedar Monroe's Trash: A Poor White Journey

  • nonfiction
  • memoir
  • audiobook
Cover of They Came for the Schools: One Town's Fight Over Race and Identity, and the New War for America's Classrooms by Mike Hixenbaugh

17. They Came for the Schools: One Town's Fight Over Race and Identity, and the New War for America's Classrooms

By: Mike Hixenbaugh

4.48

Format: 288 pages, Hardcover

The urgent, revelatory story of how a school board win for the conservative right in one Texas subu… read more

Similar categories in Mike Hixenbaugh's They Came for the Schools: One Town's Fight Over Race and Identity, and the New War for America's Classrooms book and Cedar Monroe's Trash: A Poor White Journey

  • history
  • politics
  • nonfiction
  • social justice
  • audiobook
Cover of Just Add Water: My Swimming Life by Katie Ledecky

18. Just Add Water: My Swimming Life

By: Katie Ledecky

4.25

Format: 256 pages, Hardcover

A candid and inspiring memoir from Olympic gold medalist, world champion, and one of the best swim… read more

Similar categories in Katie Ledecky's Just Add Water: My Swimming Life book and Cedar Monroe's Trash: A Poor White Journey

  • nonfiction
  • memoir
  • audiobook
Cover of The Sky Was Falling: A Young Surgeon's Story of Bravery, Survival, and Hope by Cornelia Griggs

19. The Sky Was Falling: A Young Surgeon's Story of Bravery, Survival, and Hope

By: Cornelia Griggs

4.20

Format: 304 pages, Hardcover

The dramatic, unforgettable, and ultimately cathartic diary of a young pediatric surgeon and mother… read more

Similar categories in Cornelia Griggs's The Sky Was Falling: A Young Surgeon's Story of Bravery, Survival, and Hope book and Cedar Monroe's Trash: A Poor White Journey

  • nonfiction
  • memoir
  • audiobook
Cover of The Talented Mrs. Mandelbaum: The Rise and Fall of an American Organized-Crime Boss by Margalit Fox

20. The Talented Mrs. Mandelbaum: The Rise and Fall of an American Organized-Crime Boss

By: Margalit Fox

3.48

Format: 336 pages, Hardcover

A Jewish mother of four, a gracious society hostess, a beloved member of her community—and the firs… read more

Similar categories in Margalit Fox's The Talented Mrs. Mandelbaum: The Rise and Fall of an American Organized-Crime Boss book and Cedar Monroe's Trash: A Poor White Journey

  • nonfiction
  • history
  • memoir
  • audiobook
Cover of Guilty Creatures: Sex, God, and Murder in Tallahassee, Florida by Mikita Brottman

21. Guilty Creatures: Sex, God, and Murder in Tallahassee, Florida

By: Mikita Brottman

3.54

Format: 288 pages, Hardcover

From the critically acclaimed author of the “enthralling” ( San Francisco Book Review ) An Unexplai… read more

Similar categories in Mikita Brottman's Guilty Creatures: Sex, God, and Murder in Tallahassee, Florida book and Cedar Monroe's Trash: A Poor White Journey

  • nonfiction
  • history
  • audiobook

20 best-selling audiobook books like Trash: A Poor White Journey by Cedar Monroe

Transform Your Habits

Rebel Girl: My Life as a Feminist Punk

Kathleen Hanna

4.46

Transform Your Habits

Madness: Race and Insanity in a Jim Crow Asylum

Antonia Hylton

4.27

Transform Your Habits

Tits Up: What Sex Workers, Milk Bankers, Plastic Surgeons, Bra Designers, and Witches Tell Us about Breasts

Sarah Thornton

3.77

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Brianna Labuskes

3.95

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Long Haul: Hunting the Highway Serial Killers

Frank Figliuzzi

3.64

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The Friday Afternoon Club: A Family Memoir

Griffin Dunne

4.19

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We Burn Daylight

Bret Anthony Johnston

3.95

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Anna Akbari

3.66

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