13 must-read biography memoir books like Take the Lead by Jessica Simpson

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Take the Lead

By: Jessica Simpson

4.02

Format: 22 pages, Kindle Edition

An inspiring and revealing essay about motherhood, self-acceptance, and overcoming the fears that h…

If you liked the biography memoir plot in Take the Lead by Jessica Simpson , here is a list of 13 books like this:

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1. Dear Mom and Dad: A Letter About Family, Memory, and the America We Once Knew

By: Patti Davis

3.61

Format: 192 pages, Hardcover

A remarkably poignant writer for our troubled times, Patti Davis writes about love, loss, and the p… read more

Similar categories in Patti Davis's Dear Mom and Dad: A Letter About Family, Memory, and the America We Once Knew book and Jessica Simpson's Take the Lead

  • biography
  • memoir
  • biography memoir
  • nonfiction
  • audiobook
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2. The Days Before Us

By: Sejal Badani

3.60

Format: 35 pages, Kindle Edition

A woman strives to overcome the traumas of her past to bring a new family together in an uplifting … read more

Similar categories in Sejal Badani's The Days Before Us book and Jessica Simpson's Take the Lead

  • novella
  • short stories
  • audiobook
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3. It's Not About You: A Brief Guide to a Meaningful Life

By: Tom Rath

4.01

Format: 38 pages, Kindle Edition

From the author of the #1 bestseller StrengthsFinder 2.0 comes a moving memoir and inspiring call t… read more

Similar categories in Tom Rath's It's Not About You: A Brief Guide to a Meaningful Life book and Jessica Simpson's Take the Lead

  • self help
  • short stories
  • nonfiction
  • audiobook
"When you move past self, life is simpler and less stressful."

-Tom Rath, It's Not About You: A Brief Guide to a Meaningful Life

"Time is more valuable when you can see your mortality on the horizon."

-Tom Rath, It's Not About You: A Brief Guide to a Meaningful Life

"When you consider how short life can be, you create more meaning in the world."

-Tom Rath, It's Not About You: A Brief Guide to a Meaningful Life

"In my own experience, orienting my efforts to where I could make the greatest contributions, both during and beyond my lifetime, helped me to push through major challenges and made life far more mean…"

-Tom Rath, It's Not About You: A Brief Guide to a Meaningful Life

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4. It Will All Work Out: The Freedom of Letting Go

By: Kevin Hart

3.82

Format: 44 pages, Kindle Edition

From beloved comedian and #1 New York Times bestselling author Kevin Hart comes an irreverent but i… read more

Similar categories in Kevin Hart's It Will All Work Out: The Freedom of Letting Go book and Jessica Simpson's Take the Lead

  • biography
  • memoir
  • short stories
  • nonfiction
  • essays
  • self help
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5. Help Is On the Way

By: Mindy Kaling

4.41

Format: 17 pages, Kindle Edition

After a friend real-talks Mindy into hiring a baby nurse, she finds the help she needs—and so much … read more

Similar categories in Mindy Kaling's Help Is On the Way book and Jessica Simpson's Take the Lead

  • biography
  • memoir
  • autobiography
  • biography memoir
  • short stories
  • nonfiction
  • essays
  • audiobook
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6. Take the Lead

By: Jessica Simpson

4.02

Format: 22 pages, Kindle Edition

An inspiring and revealing essay about motherhood, self-acceptance, and overcoming the fears that h… read more

Similar categories in Jessica Simpson's Take the Lead book and Jessica Simpson's Take the Lead

  • self help
  • biography
  • memoir
  • novella
  • autobiography
  • biography memoir
  • short stories
  • nonfiction
  • essays
  • audiobook
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7. Graceful Burdens

By: Roxane Gay

4.05

Format: 24 pages, Kindle Edition

Audible narration by Samira Wiley (The Handmaid’s Tale) From New York Times bestselling author Rox… read more

Similar categories in Roxane Gay's Graceful Burdens book and Jessica Simpson's Take the Lead

  • novella
  • short stories
  • audiobook
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8. This Telling

By: Cheryl Strayed

3.95

Format: 37 pages, Kindle Edition

Audible narration by Kristen Bell (Veronica Mars) A genealogy test sparks a woman’s reflection on … read more

Similar categories in Cheryl Strayed's This Telling book and Jessica Simpson's Take the Lead

  • novella
  • short stories
  • audiobook
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9. Sophie Dreams Big (Southern Belle Insults, #5)

By: Keke Palmer

4.04

Format: 27 pages, Kindle Edition

Starry-eyed Janet is enchanted by her new wig, but Lady Miss knows her dear friend will soon be cau… read more

Similar categories in Keke Palmer's Sophie Dreams Big (Southern Belle Insults, #5) book and Jessica Simpson's Take the Lead

  • short stories
  • audiobook
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10. Two Henrys (This Can't Be Happening collection)

By: Kevin Allison

3.77

Format: 29 pages, Kindle Edition

Coming out can be awkward enough—let alone coming out in the 1970s, in Ohio, as a Catholic schoolbo… read more

Similar categories in Kevin Allison's Two Henrys (This Can't Be Happening collection) book and Jessica Simpson's Take the Lead

  • biography
  • memoir
  • novella
  • short stories
  • nonfiction
  • audiobook
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11. The Third Man (This Can't Be Happening collection)

By: Mani Sheriar

3.93

Format: 28 pages, Kindle Edition

What would happen if your baby’s birth father represented everything you despised and feared? In th… read more

Similar categories in Mani Sheriar's The Third Man (This Can't Be Happening collection) book and Jessica Simpson's Take the Lead

  • biography
  • memoir
  • novella
  • biography memoir
  • short stories
  • nonfiction
  • audiobook
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12. Identity Thief (This Can't Be Happening collection)

By: Rachel Rosenthal

3.91

Format: 26 pages, Kindle Edition

Who would want to steal the identity of a minimum-wage employee at a children’s museum? In this har… read more

Similar categories in Rachel Rosenthal's Identity Thief (This Can't Be Happening collection) book and Jessica Simpson's Take the Lead

  • biography
  • memoir
  • autobiography
  • biography memoir
  • short stories
  • nonfiction
  • audiobook
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13. Model Home

By: J. Courtney Sullivan

3.19

Format: 39 pages, Kindle Edition

Not happy? No problem. Fake it. From New York Times bestselling author J. Courtney Sullivan comes a… read more

Similar categories in J. Courtney Sullivan's Model Home book and Jessica Simpson's Take the Lead

  • novella
  • short stories
  • audiobook
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14. Big Shot

By: Mindy Kaling

4.28

Format: 35 pages, Kindle Edition

Is almost $2,000 a lot to drop on someone else’s dinner, just to be a big shot? Hell yeah! But what… read more

Similar categories in Mindy Kaling's Big Shot book and Jessica Simpson's Take the Lead

  • biography
  • memoir
  • autobiography
  • biography memoir
  • short stories
  • nonfiction
  • essays
  • audiobook
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15. My Dear Friend Janet (Southern Belle Insults, #1)

By: Keke Palmer

3.74

Format: 25 pages, Kindle Edition

Poor Janet and fifty shades of beige. At least her inner voice, the sensational Lady Miss Jacquelin… read more

Similar categories in Keke Palmer's My Dear Friend Janet (Southern Belle Insults, #1) book and Jessica Simpson's Take the Lead

  • short stories
  • audiobook
"Of course not, Janet had all the charm of a two-day old fish."

-Keke Palmer, My Dear Friend Janet (Southern Belle Insults, #1)

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16. Evidence of the Affair

By: Taylor Jenkins Reid

3.87

Format: 88 pages, Kindle Edition

The repercussions of an illicit affair unfold in this short story by bestselling author Taylor Jenk… read more

Similar categories in Taylor Jenkins Reid's Evidence of the Affair book and Jessica Simpson's Take the Lead

  • novella
  • short stories
  • audiobook
"Protect your happiness at all costs."

-Taylor Jenkins Reid, Evidence of the Affair

Cover of How to Accidentally Settle Down [With Your High School Boyfriend] by Katherine Ryan

17. How to Accidentally Settle Down [With Your High School Boyfriend]

By: Katherine Ryan

3.65

Format: 42 pages, Kindle Edition

From acclaimed stand-up comic Katherine Ryan comes a short, funny, and unpredictable true story abo… read more

Similar categories in Katherine Ryan's How to Accidentally Settle Down [With Your High School Boyfriend] book and Jessica Simpson's Take the Lead

  • biography
  • memoir
  • autobiography
  • biography memoir
  • short stories
  • nonfiction
  • audiobook
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18. This Is How We Do It: A Pep Talk

By: Kevin Hart

4.08

Format: 66 pages, Kindle Edition

Entertainment icon Kevin Hart, the number one New York Times bestselling author of I Can’t Make Thi… read more

Similar categories in Kevin Hart's This Is How We Do It: A Pep Talk book and Jessica Simpson's Take the Lead

  • biography
  • memoir
  • autobiography
  • biography memoir
  • nonfiction
  • self help
Cover of Please Like Me (But Keep Away) by Mindy Kaling

19. Please Like Me (But Keep Away)

By: Mindy Kaling

4.23

Format: 25 pages, Kindle Edition

Freaked out by her fortieth birthday, the creator and executive producer of Never Have I Ever refle… read more

Similar categories in Mindy Kaling's Please Like Me (But Keep Away) book and Jessica Simpson's Take the Lead

  • biography
  • memoir
  • autobiography
  • biography memoir
  • short stories
  • nonfiction
  • essays
  • audiobook
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20. Chelsea's Werk Week (Southern Belle Insults, #3)

By: Keke Palmer

3.72

Format: 27 pages, Kindle Edition

According to Lady Miss Jacqueline, her dear friend Janet is killing it. But appearances deceive in … read more

Similar categories in Keke Palmer's Chelsea's Werk Week (Southern Belle Insults, #3) book and Jessica Simpson's Take the Lead

  • short stories
  • audiobook
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21. Kind of Hindu

By: Mindy Kaling

4.18

Format: 17 pages, Kindle Edition

What if only kind of knowing your family’s heritage is actually kind of lame? For Mindy Kaling, the… read more

Similar categories in Mindy Kaling's Kind of Hindu book and Jessica Simpson's Take the Lead

  • biography
  • memoir
  • biography memoir
  • short stories
  • nonfiction
  • essays
  • audiobook
"Somehow, through this ritual, I had transcended the impossible distance between me and my mom."

-Mindy Kaling, Kind of Hindu

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22. Searching for Coach Taylor

By: Mindy Kaling

4.19

Format: 15 pages, Kindle Edition

A totally relatable essay on showing up to adult life alone, by the singular (and single) writer, p… read more

Similar categories in Mindy Kaling's Searching for Coach Taylor book and Jessica Simpson's Take the Lead

  • biography
  • memoir
  • autobiography
  • short stories
  • nonfiction
  • essays
  • audiobook
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23. Once Upon a Time in Silver Lake

By: Mindy Kaling

4.04

Format: 11 pages, Kindle Edition

All Mindy Kaling wants is a night out…but what does the scary stranger in the driver’s seat of her … read more

Similar categories in Mindy Kaling's Once Upon a Time in Silver Lake book and Jessica Simpson's Take the Lead

  • biography
  • memoir
  • biography memoir
  • short stories
  • nonfiction
  • essays
  • audiobook
Cover of Before Her (The One #1) by Jacqueline Woodson

24. Before Her (The One #1)

By: Jacqueline Woodson

3.60

Format: 19 pages, Kindle Edition

In this transportive memoir, the National Book Award–winning author of Brown Girl Dreaming traces t… read more

Similar categories in Jacqueline Woodson's Before Her (The One #1) book and Jessica Simpson's Take the Lead

  • memoir
  • biography memoir
  • short stories
  • nonfiction
  • audiobook
Cover of Black Cop's Kid: An Essay by Kareem Abdul-Jabbar

25. Black Cop's Kid: An Essay

By: Kareem Abdul-Jabbar

4.44

Format: 37 pages, Kindle Edition

Kareem Abdul-Jabbar’s deeply personal essay explores racial conflict through the prism of his child… read more

Similar categories in Kareem Abdul-Jabbar's Black Cop's Kid: An Essay book and Jessica Simpson's Take the Lead

  • biography
  • memoir
  • short stories
  • nonfiction
  • essays
  • audiobook
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26. Poppy's Story

By: Kristina McMorris

3.82

Format: 44 pages, Kindle Edition

In 1962 Virginia, with the world teetering on the brink, a schoolteacher searches for strength and … read more

Similar categories in Kristina McMorris's Poppy's Story book and Jessica Simpson's Take the Lead

  • novella
  • short stories
  • audiobook
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27. A Planned Occasion

By: Angie Kim

4.28

Format: 27 pages, Kindle Edition

A surprising gift brings closure for an elderly widow in a poignant story about grief, memory, and … read more

Similar categories in Angie Kim's A Planned Occasion book and Jessica Simpson's Take the Lead

  • novella
  • short stories
  • audiobook
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28. Deluge

By: Charmaine Wilkerson

3.82

Format: 37 pages, Kindle Edition

A woman’s impression of her family is dismantled by revelations of the past in a haunting story abo… read more

Similar categories in Charmaine Wilkerson's Deluge book and Jessica Simpson's Take the Lead

  • novella
  • short stories
  • audiobook
Cover of Yes, And (The One, #4) by Kristi Coulter

29. Yes, And (The One, #4)

By: Kristi Coulter

3.36

Format: 31 pages, Kindle Edition

Can I be honest with you? A wife and husband face a defining moment in their relationship in this e… read more

Similar categories in Kristi Coulter's Yes, And (The One, #4) book and Jessica Simpson's Take the Lead

  • biography
  • memoir
  • biography memoir
  • short stories
  • nonfiction
  • audiobook
Cover of From the Desk of Lady Miss (Southern Belle Insults, #2) by Keke Palmer

30. From the Desk of Lady Miss (Southern Belle Insults, #2)

By: Keke Palmer

3.82

Format: 29 pages, Kindle Edition

Hopelessly sad and lightly drab Janet takes a spin with Lady Miss Jacqueline in this hysterically f… read more

Similar categories in Keke Palmer's From the Desk of Lady Miss (Southern Belle Insults, #2) book and Jessica Simpson's Take the Lead

  • short stories
  • audiobook
Cover of Alicia (The Fairer Sex #3) by Michelle    Miller

31. Alicia (The Fairer Sex #3)

By: Michelle Miller

3.24

Format: 22 pages, Kindle Edition

An aspiring artist gets a seven-figure offer that could change her life forever in this provocative… read more

Similar categories in Michelle Miller's Alicia (The Fairer Sex #3) book and Jessica Simpson's Take the Lead

  • novella
  • short stories
  • audiobook

29 Best audiobook books like Take the Lead by Jessica Simpson

Transform Your Habits

Dear Mom and Dad: A Letter About Family, Memory, and the America We Once Knew

Patti Davis

3.61

Transform Your Habits

The Days Before Us

Sejal Badani

3.60

Transform Your Habits

It's Not About You: A Brief Guide to a Meaningful Life

Tom Rath

4.01

Transform Your Habits

Help Is On the Way

Mindy Kaling

4.41

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13 Top fiction books like Alicia (The Fairer Sex #3) by Michelle Miller

Transform Your Habits

Slot Machine Fever Dreams

Chris Bohjalian

3.14

Transform Your Habits

The Cleaners (Faraway Collection)

Ken Liu

3.48

Transform Your Habits

Hazel and Gray (Faraway Collection)

Nic Stone

3.47

Transform Your Habits

Can You Feel This?

Julie Orringer

3.67

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