6 best-selling memoir books like Don't Make Me Pull Over!: An Informal History of the Family Road Trip by Richard Ratay

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Don't Make Me Pull Over!: An Informal History of the Family Road Trip

By: Richard Ratay

3.80

Format: 288 pages, Hardcover

Don’t Make Me Pull Over! offers a nostalgic look at the golden age of family road trips—before por…

If you liked the memoir plot in Don't Make Me Pull Over!: An Informal History of the Family Road Trip by Richard Ratay , here is a list of 6 books like this:

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1. Hunting Eichmann

By: Neal Bascomb

4.25

Format: 390 pages, Hardcover

"Hunting Eichmann" is the first complete narrative of a relentless and harrowing international manh… read more

Similar categories in Neal Bascomb's Hunting Eichmann book and Richard Ratay's Don't Make Me Pull Over!: An Informal History of the Family Road Trip

  • nonfiction
  • history
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2. Plucked: A History of Hair Removal

By: Rebecca M. Herzig

3.68

Format: 346 pages, Hardcover

From the clamshell razors and homemade lye depilatories used in colonial America to the diode laser… read more

Similar categories in Rebecca M. Herzig's Plucked: A History of Hair Removal book and Richard Ratay's Don't Make Me Pull Over!: An Informal History of the Family Road Trip

  • nonfiction
  • history
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3. The Secret Lives of Booksellers and Librarians: True Stories of the Magic of Reading

By: James Patterson

3.92

Format: 335 pages, Hardcover

Booksellers and librarians are superheroes, saving lives every single day. Here are their amazing, … read more

Similar categories in James Patterson's The Secret Lives of Booksellers and Librarians: True Stories of the Magic of Reading book and Richard Ratay's Don't Make Me Pull Over!: An Informal History of the Family Road Trip

  • history
  • memoir
  • nonfiction
  • adult
  • audiobook
"Different books speak to us at different times."

-James Patterson, The Secret Lives of Booksellers and Librarians: True Stories of the Magic of Reading

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4. The Age of Magical Overthinking: Notes on Modern Irrationality

By: Amanda Montell

3.54

Format: 272 pages, Hardcover

From the bestselling author of Cultish and host of the podcast Sounds Like a Cult, a delicious blen… read more

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  • adult
  • nonfiction
  • memoir
  • audiobook
"While magical thinking is an age-old quirk, overthinking feels distinct to the modern era—a product of our innate superstitions clashing with information overload, mass loneliness, and a capitalistic…"

-Amanda Montell, The Age of Magical Overthinking: Notes on Modern Irrationality

"Information transmission research suggests that folks with higher anxiety are quicker to engage with, and slower to disengage from, negative information; so "as a trait and state," anxiety itself per…"

-Amanda Montell, The Age of Magical Overthinking: Notes on Modern Irrationality

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5. Airplane Mode: An Irreverent History of Travel

By: Shahnaz Habib

3.89

Format: 288 pages, Hardcover

A playful personal and cultural history of travel from a postcolonial, person-of-color perspective,… read more

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  • history
  • memoir
  • travel
  • nonfiction
  • adult
  • audiobook
"I don't know if this should be considered a hobby or a disorder, but going for a walk is my idea of a marvelous time."

-Shahnaz Habib, Airplane Mode: An Irreverent History of Travel

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6. The Age of Grievance

By: Frank Bruni

4.13

Format: 288 pages, Hardcover

From bestselling author and longtime New York Times columnist Frank Bruni comes a lucid, powerful e… read more

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  • nonfiction
  • history
  • audiobook
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7. Dogland: Passion, Glory, and Lots of Slobber at the Westminster Dog Show

By: Tommy Tomlinson

4.20

Format: 256 pages, Hardcover

From Pulitzer Prize finalist and author of The Elephant in the Room comes the first inside account … read more

Similar categories in Tommy Tomlinson's Dogland: Passion, Glory, and Lots of Slobber at the Westminster Dog Show book and Richard Ratay's Don't Make Me Pull Over!: An Informal History of the Family Road Trip

  • history
  • humor
  • nonfiction
  • adult
  • audiobook
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8. Meet Me by the Fountain: An Inside History of the Mall

By: Alexandra Lange

3.61

Format: 320 pages, Hardcover

Few places have been as nostalgized, or as maligned, as malls. Since their birth in the 1950s, they… read more

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  • american history
  • history
  • pop culture
  • nonfiction
  • audiobook
"These early successes were a boon to developers, who could now confidently double their shopping area and add the final technological breakthrough that made a mall a mall: air-conditioning."

-Alexandra Lange, Meet Me by the Fountain: An Inside History of the Mall

"People often tell me that they get lost in malls. Malls are a habitat. Some of us are natives. If you grew up hiking, you know to look for blazes. If you grew up with malls, you know to look for the …"

-Alexandra Lange, Meet Me by the Fountain: An Inside History of the Mall

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9. The Blues Brothers: An Epic Friendship, the Rise of Improv, and the Making of an American Film Classic

By: Daniel de Visé

4.25

Format: 400 pages, Hardcover

The story of the epic friendship between John Belushi and Dan Aykroyd, the golden era of improv, an… read more

Similar categories in Daniel de Visé's The Blues Brothers: An Epic Friendship, the Rise of Improv, and the Making of an American Film Classic book and Richard Ratay's Don't Make Me Pull Over!: An Informal History of the Family Road Trip

  • history
  • pop culture
  • humor
  • nonfiction
  • audiobook
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10. Unbecoming a Lady: The Forgotten Sluts and Shrews Who Shaped America

By: Therese Oneill

3.72

Format: 256 pages, Hardcover

A quippy and irreverent collection of illustrated profiles of the great American women who weren’t … read more

Similar categories in Therese Oneill's Unbecoming a Lady: The Forgotten Sluts and Shrews Who Shaped America book and Richard Ratay's Don't Make Me Pull Over!: An Informal History of the Family Road Trip

  • history
  • memoir
  • humor
  • nonfiction
  • adult
  • audiobook
"[A woman] takes up just the right amount of space. Small is best. You need to prove yourself worthy of the molecules you displace, madam."

-Therese Oneill, Unbecoming a Lady: The Forgotten Sluts and Shrews Who Shaped America

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11. A History of the World in Twelve Shipwrecks

By: David Gibbins

3.44

Format: 304 pages, Hardcover

From renowned underwater archaeologist David Gibbins comes an exciting and rich narrative of human … read more

Similar categories in David Gibbins's A History of the World in Twelve Shipwrecks book and Richard Ratay's Don't Make Me Pull Over!: An Informal History of the Family Road Trip

  • nonfiction
  • adult
  • history
  • audiobook
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12. All the Summers in Between

By: Brooke Lea Foster

3.27

Format: 320 pages, Hardcover

When wealthy, impulsive summer girl Margot meets hardworking and steady local girl Thea in the summ… read more

Similar categories in Brooke Lea Foster's All the Summers in Between book and Richard Ratay's Don't Make Me Pull Over!: An Informal History of the Family Road Trip

  • audiobook
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13. Don't Make Me Pull Over!: An Informal History of the Family Road Trip

By: Richard Ratay

3.80

Format: 288 pages, Hardcover

Don’t Make Me Pull Over! offers a nostalgic look at the golden age of family road trips—before por… read more

Similar categories in Richard Ratay's Don't Make Me Pull Over!: An Informal History of the Family Road Trip book and Richard Ratay's Don't Make Me Pull Over!: An Informal History of the Family Road Trip

  • american history
  • history
  • memoir
  • pop culture
  • travel
  • humor
  • nonfiction
  • adult
  • road trip
  • audiobook
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14. Cue the Sun!: The Invention of Reality TV

By: Emily Nussbaum

4.02

Format: 464 pages, Hardcover

Who invented reality TV, the world’s most dangerous pop-culture genre, and why can’t we look away f… read more

Similar categories in Emily Nussbaum's Cue the Sun!: The Invention of Reality TV book and Richard Ratay's Don't Make Me Pull Over!: An Informal History of the Family Road Trip

  • history
  • memoir
  • pop culture
  • nonfiction
  • adult
  • audiobook
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15. When Women Ran Fifth Avenue: Glamour and Power at the Dawn of American Fashion

By: Julie Satow

4.06

Format: 295 pages, Hardcover

A glittering, glamorous portrait of the golden age of American department stores and of three visio… read more

Similar categories in Julie Satow's When Women Ran Fifth Avenue: Glamour and Power at the Dawn of American Fashion book and Richard Ratay's Don't Make Me Pull Over!: An Informal History of the Family Road Trip

  • american history
  • history
  • nonfiction
  • audiobook
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16. The Cancer Factory: Industrial Chemicals, Corporate Deception, and the Hidden Deaths of American Workers

By: Jim Morris

3.97

Format: 264 pages, Hardcover

The story of a group of Goodyear Tire and Rubber workers fatally exposed to toxic chemicals, the la… read more

Similar categories in Jim Morris's The Cancer Factory: Industrial Chemicals, Corporate Deception, and the Hidden Deaths of American Workers book and Richard Ratay's Don't Make Me Pull Over!: An Informal History of the Family Road Trip

  • nonfiction
  • history
  • audiobook
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17. Says Who? A Kinder, Funner Usage Guide for Everyone Who Cares About Words

By: Anne Curzan

4.12

Format: 336 pages, Hardcover

A kinder, funner usage guide to the ever-changing English language and a useful tool for both the g… read more

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  • nonfiction
  • humor
  • history
  • audiobook
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18. Chasing the Sun: How the Science of Sunlight Shapes Our Bodies and Minds

By: Linda Geddes

4.00

Format: 256 pages, Hardcover

Our biology is set up to work in partnership with the sun. Little wonder then that humans have long… read more

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  • nonfiction
  • history
  • audiobook
"Today, two thirds of Europeans and 80 percent of Americans are unable to see the Milky Way from their homes."

-Linda Geddes, Chasing the Sun: How the Science of Sunlight Shapes Our Bodies and Minds

"In the 140 years since Edison's invention, electric lighting has spread far and wide, transforming the way we live our lives. And it continues to grow every brighter: a recent study of satellite imag…"

-Linda Geddes, Chasing the Sun: How the Science of Sunlight Shapes Our Bodies and Minds

"When overweight and obese women were put on a weight-loss diet for three months, those who consumed most of their calories at breakfast lost two and a half times more weight than those who had a ligh…"

-Linda Geddes, Chasing the Sun: How the Science of Sunlight Shapes Our Bodies and Minds

"Being out in the sun, we are starting to understand, can lower blood pressure, calm our immune system and even alter our mood. Even without such knowledge, most of us are instinctively drawn to sunli…"

-Linda Geddes, Chasing the Sun: How the Science of Sunlight Shapes Our Bodies and Minds

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19. The Faculty Lounge

By: Jennifer Mathieu

3.97

Format: 304 pages, Hardcover

By the acclaimed author of Moxie, a funny, bighearted adult debut that is at once an ode to educato… read more

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  • humor
  • adult
  • audiobook
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20. Overground Railroad: The Green Book and the Roots of Black Travel in America

By: Candacy A. Taylor

4.23

Format: 360 pages, Hardcover

The first book to explore the historical role and residual impact of the Green Book, a travel guide… read more

Similar categories in Candacy A. Taylor's Overground Railroad: The Green Book and the Roots of Black Travel in America book and Richard Ratay's Don't Make Me Pull Over!: An Informal History of the Family Road Trip

  • travel
  • nonfiction
  • history
  • audiobook
Cover of Summers End (A Shady Hollow Mystery, #5) by Juneau Black

21. Summers End (A Shady Hollow Mystery, #5)

By: Juneau Black

4.20

Format: 288 pages, Paperback

A unique take on dark academia, featuring everyone's favorite vulpine sleuth, Vera Vixen. It's lat… read more

Similar categories in Juneau Black's Summers End (A Shady Hollow Mystery, #5) book and Richard Ratay's Don't Make Me Pull Over!: An Informal History of the Family Road Trip

  • adult
  • audiobook

10 Top adult books like Don't Make Me Pull Over!: An Informal History of the Family Road Trip by Richard Ratay

Transform Your Habits

The Secret Lives of Booksellers and Librarians: True Stories of the Magic of Reading

James Patterson

3.92

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The Age of Magical Overthinking: Notes on Modern Irrationality

Amanda Montell

3.54

Transform Your Habits

Airplane Mode: An Irreverent History of Travel

Shahnaz Habib

3.89

Transform Your Habits

Dogland: Passion, Glory, and Lots of Slobber at the Westminster Dog Show

Tommy Tomlinson

4.20

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13 Top adult books like Dogland: Passion, Glory, and Lots of Slobber at the Westminster Dog Show by Tommy Tomlinson

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The Demon of Unrest: A Saga of Hubris, Heartbreak, and Heroism at the Dawn of the Civil War

Erik Larson

4.24

Transform Your Habits

The Secret Lives of Booksellers and Librarians: True Stories of the Magic of Reading

James Patterson

3.92

Transform Your Habits

The Paris Novel

Ruth Reichl

3.84

Transform Your Habits

Four Thousand Paws: Caring for the Dogs of the Iditarod: A Veterinarian's Story

Lee Morgan

4.41

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