15 must-read nonfiction books like Still Standing: What I've learnt from a life lived differently by Jessica Quinn

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Still Standing: What I've learnt from a life lived differently

By: Jessica Quinn

4.30

Format: 280 pages, Paperback

Jess Quinn's inspirational memoir tells her story of losing her leg to cancer as a nine-year-old an…

If you liked the nonfiction plot in Still Standing: What I've learnt from a life lived differently by Jessica Quinn , here is a list of 15 books like this:

1. The Goldfish Boy

By: Lisa Thompson

4.03

Format: 606 pages, Kindle Edition

Matthew Corbin suffers from severe obsessive-compulsive disorder. He hasn't been to school in weeks… read more

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2. Before You Knew My Name

By: Jacqueline Bublitz

3.81

Format: 320 pages, Paperback

This is not just another novel about a dead girl. Two women—one alive, one dead—are brought togethe… read more

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"I know what it's like for the horror to follow you home."

-Jacqueline Bublitz, Before You Knew My Name

"What happened to her makes me so mad. The entitlement of these fucking men who destroy lives, just because they can."

-Jacqueline Bublitz, Before You Knew My Name

"The thing is. When the dead speak back, we are seldom loud enough to be heard over the clamour of all that living going on."

-Jacqueline Bublitz, Before You Knew My Name

"For the first time, I understand it's not only the dead who have lives they don't get to live out. The people left behind have as many versions of themselves unexplored, as many possible paths that c…"

-Jacqueline Bublitz, Before You Knew My Name

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3. Remember Me

By: Charity Norman

4.33

Format: 306 pages, Paperback

They never found Leah Parata. Not a boot, not a backpack, not a turquoise beanie. After she left me… read more

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4. The Bookseller at the End of the World

By: Ruth Shaw

4.25

Format: 320 pages, Hardcover

A rich, immersive, funny and heartbreaking memoir of the charming bookseller who runs two tiny book… read more

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  • nonfiction
  • biography
  • memoir
"My mother, more than anyone, knew why I lived such a high-risk life. She gave me the freedom to run."

-Ruth Shaw, The Bookseller at the End of the World

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5. The Girl Who Fell From the Sky

By: Emma Carey

4.38

Format: 322 pages, Paperback

From a terrible accident that left her paraplegic, Emma Carey has become an inspiration for hundred… read more

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  • nonfiction
  • biography
  • memoir
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6. Heartstrong

By: Ellidy Pullin

4.61

Format: 336 pages, Paperback

'If not with you, then for you.' 'It was a perfect Wednesday morning when Alex 'Chumpy' Pullin k… read more

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  • nonfiction
  • biography
  • memoir
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7. Let Go: It's time for us to let go of shame, expectation and our addiction to social media

By: Hugh van Cuylenburg

4.20

Format: 320 pages, Kindle Edition

If ever there was a time for us to be resilient, it was when a deadly virus emerged and engulfed th… read more

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  • nonfiction
  • memoir
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8. Half a World Away

By: Mike Gayle

4.13

Format: 389 pages, Kindle Edition

Strangers living worlds apart. Strangers with nothing in common. But it wasn’t always that way…… read more

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9. Emotional Female

By: Yumiko Kadota

4.27

Format: 400 pages, Paperback

Yumiko Kadota was every Asian parent's dream- model student, top of her class in medical school and… read more

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  • nonfiction
  • biography
  • memoir
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10. Straight Up

By: Ruby Tui

4.38

Format: 365 pages, Kindle Edition

This is Ruby Tui. An open, raw and honest account of her journey from a troubled and unstable child… read more

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  • nonfiction
  • biography
  • memoir
"True leadership is the opposite of individualism, the opposite of one person standing above the rest. It's an encompassing, inclusive thing. I never liked the top-down way of leading. Even if I've be…"

-Ruby Tui, Straight Up

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11. Here For a Good Time: Organised thoughts from a disorganised mind

By: Chris Parker

3.90

Format: None pages, Kindle Edition

Comedian Chris Parker brings his brilliant comic wit to the page. Star of stand-up, winner of Cele… read more

Similar categories in Chris Parker's Here For a Good Time: Organised thoughts from a disorganised mind book and Jessica Quinn's Still Standing: What I've learnt from a life lived differently

  • nonfiction
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12. Everything Is Beautiful and Everything Hurts

By: Josie Shapiro

4.21

Format: 288 pages, Paperback

The stunning debut novel by the winner of the Allen & Unwin Commercial Fiction Prize. If you loved … read more

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13. Second Chances: Facing My Demons and Finding a Better Me

By: Hayley Holt

4.33

Format: 320 pages, Paperback

A raw and honest story of alcoholism, recovery and courage in the face of loss Hayley Holt grew… read more

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  • nonfiction
  • biography
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14. Auē

By: Becky Manawatu

4.50

Format: 328 pages, Paperback

Taukiri was born into sorrow. Auē can be heard in the sound of the sea he loves and hates, and in t… read more

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"I thought how many terrible words there were, and how when they were let loose in the world, they sucked up all the air around them."

-Becky Manawatu, Auē

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15. Still Standing: What I've learnt from a life lived differently

By: Jessica Quinn

4.30

Format: 280 pages, Paperback

Jess Quinn's inspirational memoir tells her story of losing her leg to cancer as a nine-year-old an… read more

Similar categories in Jessica Quinn's Still Standing: What I've learnt from a life lived differently book and Jessica Quinn's Still Standing: What I've learnt from a life lived differently

  • nonfiction
  • biography
  • memoir
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16. Jog On: How Running Saved My Life

By: Bella Mackie

3.66

Format: 288 pages, Hardcover

Divorced and struggling with deep-rooted mental health problems, Bella Mackie ended her twenties in… read more

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  • nonfiction
  • biography
  • memoir
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17. After the Tampa

By: Abbas Nazari

4.69

Format: 364 pages, Kindle Edition

The heart-rending story of a child 'Tampa' refugee who grew up to become a Fulbright scholar, highl… read more

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  • nonfiction
  • biography
  • memoir
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18. Naomi Osaka: Her Journey to Finding Her Power and Her Voice

By: Ben Rothenberg

4.19

Format: 496 pages, Hardcover

A deeply reported, revealing biography of tennis phenomenon and activist Naomi Osaka, telling the u… read more

Similar categories in Ben Rothenberg's Naomi Osaka: Her Journey to Finding Her Power and Her Voice book and Jessica Quinn's Still Standing: What I've learnt from a life lived differently

  • nonfiction
  • biography
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19. Lost and Found: My story of Heartbreak and Hope

By: Toni Street

4.44

Format: 242 pages, Kindle Edition

Toni Street's easy on-air style and warm personality has made her a firm favourite with thousands o… read more

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  • nonfiction
  • biography
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20. Stop Surviving Start Fighting

By: Jazz Thornton

4.33

Format: 272 pages, Paperback

Jazz Thornton first attempted to take her own life at the age of 12. Multiple attempts followed and… read more

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  • nonfiction
  • biography
  • memoir
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21. Tales Of A Vet Nurse

By: Jade Pengelly

4.00

Format: 272 pages, Paperback

The highs and heartbreak of caring for the animals we love You never know who or what is going to … read more

Similar categories in Jade Pengelly's Tales Of A Vet Nurse book and Jessica Quinn's Still Standing: What I've learnt from a life lived differently

  • nonfiction

12 Top biography books like Still Standing: What I've learnt from a life lived differently by Jessica Quinn

Transform Your Habits

The Bookseller at the End of the World

Ruth Shaw

4.25

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The Girl Who Fell From the Sky

Emma Carey

4.38

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Heartstrong

Ellidy Pullin

4.61

Transform Your Habits

Emotional Female

Yumiko Kadota

4.27

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Earth

John Boyne

4.34

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Ruth Shaw

4.25

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Coco Solid

4.23

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Lioness

Emily Perkins

3.43

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