17 Top nonfiction books like The Catch Me if You Can: One Woman's Journey to Every Country in the World by Jessica Nabongo

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The Catch Me if You Can: One Woman's Journey to Every Country in the World

By: Jessica Nabongo

3.86

Format: 418 pages, Hardcover

In this inspiring travelogue, celebrated traveler and photographer Jessica Nabongo—the first Black …

"It's now nearly impossible for me to name a favorite thing. I have nether a favorite country, nor a favorite food. Life is too full of amazingly beautiful things, people, and places to pick just one."

-Jessica Nabongo, The Catch Me if You Can: One Woman's Journey to Every Country in the World

"It's now nearly impossible for me to name a favorite thing. I have nether a favorite country, nor a favorite food. Life is too full of amazingly beautiful things, people, and places to pick just one."

-Jessica Nabongo, The Catch Me if You Can: One Woman's Journey to Every Country in the World

If you liked the nonfiction plot in The Catch Me if You Can: One Woman's Journey to Every Country in the World by Jessica Nabongo , here is a list of 17 books like this:

Cover of All Over the Place: Adventures in Travel, True Love, and Petty Theft by Geraldine DeRuiter

1. All Over the Place: Adventures in Travel, True Love, and Petty Theft

By: Geraldine DeRuiter

4.40

Format: None pages, Hardcover

Some people are meant to travel the globe, to unwrap its secrets and share them with the world. And… read more

Similar categories in Geraldine DeRuiter's All Over the Place: Adventures in Travel, True Love, and Petty Theft book and Jessica Nabongo's The Catch Me if You Can: One Woman's Journey to Every Country in the World

  • biography
  • memoir
  • travel
  • nonfiction
  • audiobook
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2. Biblical Archaeology: A Very Short Introduction

By: Eric H. Cline

3.87

Format: 288 pages, Paperback

Public interest in biblical archaeology is at an all-time high, as television documentaries pull in… read more

Similar categories in Eric H. Cline's Biblical Archaeology: A Very Short Introduction book and Jessica Nabongo's The Catch Me if You Can: One Woman's Journey to Every Country in the World

  • nonfiction

3. Mother Tongue: My Family's Globe-Trotting Quest to Dream in Mandarin, Laugh in Arabic, and Sing in Spanish

By: None

4.48

Format: None pages, Hardcover

One woman's quest to learn Mandarin in Beijing, Arabic in Beirut, and Spanish in Mexico, with her y… read more

Similar categories in None's Mother Tongue: My Family's Globe-Trotting Quest to Dream in Mandarin, Laugh in Arabic, and Sing in Spanish book and Jessica Nabongo's The Catch Me if You Can: One Woman's Journey to Every Country in the World

Cover of Get Good with Money: Ten Simple Steps to Becoming Financially Whole by Tiffany Aliche

4. Get Good with Money: Ten Simple Steps to Becoming Financially Whole

By: Tiffany Aliche

4.37

Format: 368 pages, Hardcover

Tiffany Aliche was a successful pre-school teacher with a healthy nest egg when a recession and adv… read more

Similar categories in Tiffany Aliche's Get Good with Money: Ten Simple Steps to Becoming Financially Whole book and Jessica Nabongo's The Catch Me if You Can: One Woman's Journey to Every Country in the World

  • adult
  • nonfiction
  • audiobook
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5. The Light We Carry: Overcoming in Uncertain Times

By: Michelle Obama

4.27

Format: 319 pages, Hardcover

#1 NEW YORK TIMES AND USA TODAY BESTSELLER - ONE OF TIME'S 100 MUST-READ BOOKS OF 2022 - In an insp… read more

Similar categories in Michelle Obama's The Light We Carry: Overcoming in Uncertain Times book and Jessica Nabongo's The Catch Me if You Can: One Woman's Journey to Every Country in the World

  • biography
  • memoir
  • autobiography
  • biography memoir
  • nonfiction
  • adult
  • audiobook
"Going high is about learning to keep the poison out and the power in."

-Michelle Obama, The Light We Carry: Overcoming in Uncertain Times

"Being different conditions you toward cautiousness, even as it demands being bold."

-Michelle Obama, The Light We Carry: Overcoming in Uncertain Times

"Life has shown me that strong friendships are most often the result of strong intentions. Your table needs to be deliberately built, deliberately populated, and deliberately tended to."

-Michelle Obama, The Light We Carry: Overcoming in Uncertain Times

"Real-world connections most often tend to cut against stereotypes. They can be remarkably calming, in fact—a small but potent way to reset a bad mood or challenge broader feelings of mistrust. The on…"

-Michelle Obama, The Light We Carry: Overcoming in Uncertain Times

Cover of Will to Wild: Adventures Great and Small to Change Your Life by Shelby Stanger

6. Will to Wild: Adventures Great and Small to Change Your Life

By: Shelby Stanger

4.10

Format: 288 pages, Hardcover

Embrace adventures both big and small and pursue your wild ideas with this “profoundly inspiring an… read more

Similar categories in Shelby Stanger's Will to Wild: Adventures Great and Small to Change Your Life book and Jessica Nabongo's The Catch Me if You Can: One Woman's Journey to Every Country in the World

  • memoir
  • adventure
  • travel
  • nonfiction
  • audiobook
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7. America the Beautiful?: One Woman in a Borrowed Prius on the Road Most Traveled

By: Blythe Roberson

3.76

Format: 304 pages, Paperback

For writer and comedian Blythe Roberson, there are only so many Mary Oliver poems you can read abou… read more

Similar categories in Blythe Roberson's America the Beautiful?: One Woman in a Borrowed Prius on the Road Most Traveled book and Jessica Nabongo's The Catch Me if You Can: One Woman's Journey to Every Country in the World

  • memoir
  • adventure
  • travel
  • biography memoir
  • nonfiction
  • audiobook
"It sometimes feels like men feel the need to assert their dominance over nature. Rich white men, who have no problems, climb mountains to see what having problems feels like."

-Blythe Roberson, America the Beautiful?: One Woman in a Borrowed Prius on the Road Most Traveled

Cover of The Catch Me if You Can: One Woman's Journey to Every Country in the World by Jessica Nabongo

8. The Catch Me if You Can: One Woman's Journey to Every Country in the World

By: Jessica Nabongo

3.86

Format: 418 pages, Hardcover

In this inspiring travelogue, celebrated traveler and photographer Jessica Nabongo—the first Black … read more

Similar categories in Jessica Nabongo's The Catch Me if You Can: One Woman's Journey to Every Country in the World book and Jessica Nabongo's The Catch Me if You Can: One Woman's Journey to Every Country in the World

  • africa
  • biography
  • memoir
  • adventure
  • travel
  • autobiography
  • biography memoir
  • nonfiction
  • adult
  • audiobook
"It's now nearly impossible for me to name a favorite thing. I have nether a favorite country, nor a favorite food. Life is too full of amazingly beautiful things, people, and places to pick just one."

-Jessica Nabongo, The Catch Me if You Can: One Woman's Journey to Every Country in the World

9. Wild with Happy

By: Colman Domingo

3.74

Format: None pages, None

Grief is a funny thing. Gil’s boyfriend has left him, his acting career isn’t exactly taking off, a… read more

Similar categories in Colman Domingo's Wild with Happy book and Jessica Nabongo's The Catch Me if You Can: One Woman's Journey to Every Country in the World

  • audiobook
Cover of The Twentysomething Treatment: A Revolutionary Remedy for an Uncertain Age by Meg Jay

10. The Twentysomething Treatment: A Revolutionary Remedy for an Uncertain Age

By: Meg Jay

4.26

Format: 288 pages, Hardcover

The author of The Defining Decade explains why the twenties are the most challenging time of life a… read more

Similar categories in Meg Jay's The Twentysomething Treatment: A Revolutionary Remedy for an Uncertain Age book and Jessica Nabongo's The Catch Me if You Can: One Woman's Journey to Every Country in the World

  • nonfiction
  • audiobook
"We might think we want to banish unknowns, but research shows if life goes as planned, it winds up being only satisfactory. For life to exceed our expectations, we have to venture into the unexpected."

-Meg Jay, The Twentysomething Treatment: A Revolutionary Remedy for an Uncertain Age

Cover of Lessons for Survival: Mothering Against "The Apocalypse" by Emily  Raboteau

11. Lessons for Survival: Mothering Against "The Apocalypse"

By: Emily Raboteau

4.15

Format: 304 pages, Hardcover

Award-winning author and critic Emily Raboteau uses the lens of motherhood to craft a powerfully mo… read more

Similar categories in Emily Raboteau's Lessons for Survival: Mothering Against "The Apocalypse" book and Jessica Nabongo's The Catch Me if You Can: One Woman's Journey to Every Country in the World

  • biography memoir
  • nonfiction
  • memoir
  • audiobook
Cover of Nothing Special, Vol. 1: Through the Elder Woods by Katie Cook

12. Nothing Special, Vol. 1: Through the Elder Woods

By: Katie Cook

4.29

Format: 416 pages, Hardcover

Two not-so-human teenagers and a friendly ghost radish face the fantasy adventure of a lifetime in … read more

Similar categories in Katie Cook's Nothing Special, Vol. 1: Through the Elder Woods book and Jessica Nabongo's The Catch Me if You Can: One Woman's Journey to Every Country in the World

  • adventure
Cover of The Other Princess by Denny S.  Bryce

13. The Other Princess

By: Denny S. Bryce

3.99

Format: 448 pages, Paperback

A stunning portrait of an African princess raised in Queen Victoria’s court and adapting to life in… read more

Similar categories in Denny S. Bryce's The Other Princess book and Jessica Nabongo's The Catch Me if You Can: One Woman's Journey to Every Country in the World

  • africa
  • audiobook
Cover of You Are Only Just Beginning: Lessons for the Journey Ahead (Morgan Harper Nichols Poetry Collection) by Morgan Harper Nichols

14. You Are Only Just Beginning: Lessons for the Journey Ahead (Morgan Harper Nichols Poetry Collection)

By: Morgan Harper Nichols

4.18

Format: 208 pages, Hardcover

Sometimes it's difficult to take that first step into your future and embrace the unknown. This ill… read more

Similar categories in Morgan Harper Nichols's You Are Only Just Beginning: Lessons for the Journey Ahead (Morgan Harper Nichols Poetry Collection) book and Jessica Nabongo's The Catch Me if You Can: One Woman's Journey to Every Country in the World

  • adult
  • nonfiction
  • audiobook
Cover of Sisterhood Heals: The Transformative Power of Healing in Community by Joy Harden Bradford

15. Sisterhood Heals: The Transformative Power of Healing in Community

By: Joy Harden Bradford

4.52

Format: 256 pages, Hardcover

From the licensed clinical psychologist behind the award-winning podcast Therapy for Black Girls co… read more

Similar categories in Joy Harden Bradford's Sisterhood Heals: The Transformative Power of Healing in Community book and Jessica Nabongo's The Catch Me if You Can: One Woman's Journey to Every Country in the World

  • nonfiction
  • audiobook
Cover of The Vagus nerve reset: train your body to heal stress, trauma and anxiety by Anna Ferguson

16. The Vagus nerve reset: train your body to heal stress, trauma and anxiety

By: Anna Ferguson

3.59

Format: 257 pages, Paperback

'Understanding our nervous system and somatic healing hold the key for many of us in overcoming anx… read more

Similar categories in Anna Ferguson's The Vagus nerve reset: train your body to heal stress, trauma and anxiety book and Jessica Nabongo's The Catch Me if You Can: One Woman's Journey to Every Country in the World

  • nonfiction
  • audiobook
Cover of Rediscovering Travel: A Guide for the Globally Curious by Seth Kugel

17. Rediscovering Travel: A Guide for the Globally Curious

By: Seth Kugel

3.72

Format: 320 pages, Hardcover

Having captivated millions during his five-year tenure as the New York Times’s “Frugal Traveler,” S… read more

Similar categories in Seth Kugel's Rediscovering Travel: A Guide for the Globally Curious book and Jessica Nabongo's The Catch Me if You Can: One Woman's Journey to Every Country in the World

  • memoir
  • travel
  • nonfiction
  • adult
  • audiobook
Cover of Living the Vanlife: On the Road Toward Sustainability, Community, and Joy by Noami Grevemberg

18. Living the Vanlife: On the Road Toward Sustainability, Community, and Joy

By: Noami Grevemberg

3.66

Format: 224 pages, ebook

Discover what it’s really like to live and work full-time on the road in a camper van from eco-vanl… read more

Similar categories in Noami Grevemberg's Living the Vanlife: On the Road Toward Sustainability, Community, and Joy book and Jessica Nabongo's The Catch Me if You Can: One Woman's Journey to Every Country in the World

  • travel
  • nonfiction
  • memoir
  • audiobook
Cover of Cream City Chronicles: Stories of Milwaukee’s Past by John Gurda

19. Cream City Chronicles: Stories of Milwaukee’s Past

By: John Gurda

4.16

Format: 320 pages, Paperback

Cream City Chronicles is a collection of lively stories about the people, the events, the landmarks… read more

Similar categories in John Gurda's Cream City Chronicles: Stories of Milwaukee’s Past book and Jessica Nabongo's The Catch Me if You Can: One Woman's Journey to Every Country in the World

  • nonfiction
Cover of Seeing Sideways: A Memoir of Music and Motherhood (American Music Series) by Kristin Hersh

20. Seeing Sideways: A Memoir of Music and Motherhood (American Music Series)

By: Kristin Hersh

4.32

Format: 342 pages, Hardcover

Doony, Ryder, Wyatt, Bodhi. The names of Kristin Hersh’s sons are the only ones included in her new… read more

Similar categories in Kristin Hersh's Seeing Sideways: A Memoir of Music and Motherhood (American Music Series) book and Jessica Nabongo's The Catch Me if You Can: One Woman's Journey to Every Country in the World

  • biography memoir
  • nonfiction
  • biography
  • memoir
Cover of We Refuse: A Forceful History of Black Resistance by Kellie Carter Jackson

21. We Refuse: A Forceful History of Black Resistance

By: Kellie Carter Jackson

4.49

Format: 304 pages, Hardcover

A radical reframing of the past and present of Black resistance—both nonviolent and violent—to whit… read more

Similar categories in Kellie Carter Jackson's We Refuse: A Forceful History of Black Resistance book and Jessica Nabongo's The Catch Me if You Can: One Woman's Journey to Every Country in the World

  • nonfiction
  • audiobook

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