The Writer's Library: The Authors You Love on the Books That Changed Their Lives
By: Nancy Pearl
3.78
Format: 368 pages, Hardcover
Introduction by Susan Orlean Twenty-three of today's living literary legends, including Donna Ta…
Want to Read $ 2.99If you liked the memoir plot in The Writer's Library: The Authors You Love on the Books That Changed Their Lives by Nancy Pearl , here is a list of 12 books like this:
1. A Jest of God
By: Margaret Atwood , Margaret Laurence
3.80
Format: 242 pages, Paperback
In this celebrated novel, Margaret Laurence writes with grace, power, and deep compassion about Rac… read more
Want to ReadSimilar categories in Margaret Atwood's A Jest of God book and Nancy Pearl's The Writer's Library: The Authors You Love on the Books That Changed Their Lives
- literature
2. Books for Living
By: Will Schwalbe
4.15
Format: 32 pages, Hardcover
From the author of the best-selling and beloved The End of Your Life Book Club - a wonderfully enga… read more
Want to ReadSimilar categories in Will Schwalbe's Books for Living book and Nancy Pearl's The Writer's Library: The Authors You Love on the Books That Changed Their Lives
- biography
- memoir
- nonfiction
- essays
- books about books
- audiobook
3. The Great Fire
By: Shirley Hazzard
4.47
Format: None pages,
The year is 1947. The great fire of the Second World War has convulsed Europe and Asia. In its wake… read more
Want to ReadSimilar categories in Shirley Hazzard's The Great Fire book and Nancy Pearl's The Writer's Library: The Authors You Love on the Books That Changed Their Lives
4. Paris in the Present Tense
By: Mark Helprin
3.81
Format: 336 pages, Hardcover
Mark Helprin's powerful, rapturous new novel is set in a present-day Paris caught between violent u… read more
Want to ReadSimilar categories in Mark Helprin's Paris in the Present Tense book and Nancy Pearl's The Writer's Library: The Authors You Love on the Books That Changed Their Lives
- audiobook
5. The Bostonians
By: Henry James
4.32
Format: 318 pages, Paperback
This brilliant satire of the women's rights movement in America is the story of the ravishing inspi… read more
Want to ReadSimilar categories in Henry James's The Bostonians book and Nancy Pearl's The Writer's Library: The Authors You Love on the Books That Changed Their Lives
Similar categories in Alison Lurie's The Nowhere City book and Nancy Pearl's The Writer's Library: The Authors You Love on the Books That Changed Their Lives
7. Mariette in Ecstasy
By: Ron Hansen
3.91
Format: 360 pages, Paperback
The highly acclaimed and provocatively rendered story of a young postulant's claim to divine posses… read more
Want to ReadSimilar categories in Ron Hansen's Mariette in Ecstasy book and Nancy Pearl's The Writer's Library: The Authors You Love on the Books That Changed Their Lives
8. My Life with Bob: Flawed Heroine Keeps Book of Books, Plot Ensues
By: Pamela Paul
3.00
Format: 146 pages,
Imagine keeping a record of every book you've ever read. What would this reading trajectory say abo… read more
Want to ReadSimilar categories in Pamela Paul's My Life with Bob: Flawed Heroine Keeps Book of Books, Plot Ensues book and Nancy Pearl's The Writer's Library: The Authors You Love on the Books That Changed Their Lives
9. Black Widow, Volume 1: S.H.I.E.L.D.'s Most Wanted
By: Matthew Wilson , Joe Caramagna , Mark Waid , Chris Samnee
4.00
Format: 300 pages, Paperback
They wowed you with Daredevil, now the Eisner Award-winning team of Mark Waid and Chris Samnee take… read more
Want to ReadSimilar categories in Matthew Wilson's Black Widow, Volume 1: S.H.I.E.L.D.'s Most Wanted book and Nancy Pearl's The Writer's Library: The Authors You Love on the Books That Changed Their Lives
10. Eight Flavors: The Untold Story of American Cuisine
By: Sarah Lohman
3.00
Format: None pages,
This unique culinary history of America offers a fascinating look at our past and uses long-forgott… read more
Want to ReadSimilar categories in Sarah Lohman's Eight Flavors: The Untold Story of American Cuisine book and Nancy Pearl's The Writer's Library: The Authors You Love on the Books That Changed Their Lives
11. Lots of Candles, Plenty of Cake
By: Anna Quindlen
4.01
Format: 448 pages, Hardcover
In this irresistible memoir, the #1 New York Times bestselling author writes about her life and the… read more
Want to ReadSimilar categories in Anna Quindlen's Lots of Candles, Plenty of Cake book and Nancy Pearl's The Writer's Library: The Authors You Love on the Books That Changed Their Lives
12. Kingpin (Joe DeMarco, #17)
By: Mike Lawson
4.37
Format: 282 pages, Hardcover
The latest pulse-pounding thriller from Edgar and Barry Award finalist Mike Lawson starring his bel… read more
Want to Read $ 12.99Similar categories in Mike Lawson's Kingpin (Joe DeMarco, #17) book and Nancy Pearl's The Writer's Library: The Authors You Love on the Books That Changed Their Lives
- audiobook
13. Somehow: Thoughts on Love
By: Anne Lamott
3.95
Format: 204 pages, Hardcover
From the bestselling author of Dusk, Night, Dawn and Help, Thanks, Wow , a joyful celebration of lo… read more
Want to Read $ 11.99Similar categories in Anne Lamott's Somehow: Thoughts on Love book and Nancy Pearl's The Writer's Library: The Authors You Love on the Books That Changed Their Lives
- nonfiction
- memoir
- essays
- audiobook
"I don’t know"-Anne Lamott, Somehow: Thoughts on Love
"…nobody in isolation becomes who they were designed to be."-Anne Lamott, Somehow: Thoughts on Love
"Sometimes it all just sucks, as Jesus says somewhere in the Gospels (although off the top of my head I can’t recall chapter and verse."-Anne Lamott, Somehow: Thoughts on Love
"When I first got sober, a man told me that upon waking every morning, instead of reciting the standard flowery recovery prayer, he said, “Whatever,“ and at night when he turned off his lights to go t…"-Anne Lamott, Somehow: Thoughts on Love
14. Day
By: Michael Cunningham
3.57
Format: 273 pages, Hardcover
As the world changes around them, a family weathers the storms of growing up, growing older, fallin… read more
Want to Read $ 11.99Similar categories in Michael Cunningham's Day book and Nancy Pearl's The Writer's Library: The Authors You Love on the Books That Changed Their Lives
- adult
- audiobook
"Here, then, is the answer. A degree of cruelty is necessary because Garth, like most men, can only deposit his needs at her feet, can only declare his love—that romantic hallucination, which would be…"-Michael Cunningham, Day
15. 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
Want to Read $ 14.99Similar categories in James Patterson's The Secret Lives of Booksellers and Librarians: True Stories of the Magic of Reading book and Nancy Pearl's The Writer's Library: The Authors You Love on the Books That Changed Their Lives
- biography
- memoir
- nonfiction
- essays
- adult
- books about books
- 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
16. 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
Want to Read $ 14.99Similar categories in Shannon Reed's Why We Read: On Bookworms, Libraries, and Just One More Page Before Lights Out book and Nancy Pearl's The Writer's Library: The Authors You Love on the Books That Changed Their Lives
- memoir
- nonfiction
- essays
- writing
- adult
- books about books
- 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
17. Whiskey Tender: A Memoir
By: Deborah Jackson Taffa
4.14
Format: 304 pages, Hardcover
An Oprah Daily "Best New Book" and "Riveting Nonfiction and Memoir You Need to Read" * A New York T… read more
Want to Read $ 12.99Similar categories in Deborah Jackson Taffa's Whiskey Tender: A Memoir book and Nancy Pearl's The Writer's Library: The Authors You Love on the Books That Changed Their Lives
- nonfiction
- biography
- memoir
- audiobook
"My Laguna grandmother, Esther, is the one who taught me that a deep intimacy with a homeland requires three things: sensory experiences of particular geographies, a storied history of the trails, and…"-Deborah Jackson Taffa, Whiskey Tender: A Memoir
18. 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
Want to Read $ 14.99Similar categories in Tommy Tomlinson's Dogland: Passion, Glory, and Lots of Slobber at the Westminster Dog Show book and Nancy Pearl's The Writer's Library: The Authors You Love on the Books That Changed Their Lives
- adult
- nonfiction
- audiobook
19. Between a Flock and a Hard Place (Meg Langslow, #35)
By: Donna Andrews
4.41
Format: 304 pages, Hardcover
Readers will flock to New York Times bestselling author Donna Andrews's next installment in the awa… read more
Want to Read $ 14.99Similar categories in Donna Andrews's Between a Flock and a Hard Place (Meg Langslow, #35) book and Nancy Pearl's The Writer's Library: The Authors You Love on the Books That Changed Their Lives
- audiobook
20. You Are Here: Poetry in the Natural World
By: Ada Limon
4.11
Format: 176 pages, Hardcover
Published association with the Library of Congress and edited by the twenty-fourth Poet Laureate o… read more
Want to Read $ 9.99Similar categories in Ada Limon's You Are Here: Poetry in the Natural World book and Nancy Pearl's The Writer's Library: The Authors You Love on the Books That Changed Their Lives
- adult
- nonfiction
- anthologies
21. The Writer's Library: The Authors You Love on the Books That Changed Their Lives
By: Nancy Pearl
3.78
Format: 368 pages, Hardcover
Introduction by Susan Orlean Twenty-three of today's living literary legends, including Donna Ta… read more
Want to Read $ 2.99Similar categories in Nancy Pearl's The Writer's Library: The Authors You Love on the Books That Changed Their Lives book and Nancy Pearl's The Writer's Library: The Authors You Love on the Books That Changed Their Lives
- biography
- memoir
- literature
- anthologies
- nonfiction
- essays
- writing
- adult
- books about books
- audiobook
22. Our Lady of Perpetual Hunger: A Memoir
By: Lisa Donovan
3.93
Format: 304 pages, Hardcover
Named a Favorite Book for Southerners in 2020 by Garden & Gun "Donovan is such a vivid writer—sm… read more
Want to Read $ 4.99Similar categories in Lisa Donovan's Our Lady of Perpetual Hunger: A Memoir book and Nancy Pearl's The Writer's Library: The Authors You Love on the Books That Changed Their Lives
- nonfiction
- biography
- memoir
- audiobook
23. Held
By: Anne Michaels
3.66
Format: 240 pages, Hardcover
A breathtaking and mysterious new novel from the beloved Anne Michaels, internationally bestselling… read more
Want to Read $ 13.99Similar categories in Anne Michaels's Held book and Nancy Pearl's The Writer's Library: The Authors You Love on the Books That Changed Their Lives
- literature
- audiobook
"Who can say what happens when we are remembered?"-Anne Michaels, Held
"Do we really need our own misery to teach us to be kind?"-Anne Michaels, Held
"We know life is finite. Why should we believe death lasts forever?"-Anne Michaels, Held
"Would he know the moment of his death or would it be like night falling."-Anne Michaels, Held
24. 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
Want to Read $ 13.99Similar categories in Emily Nussbaum's Cue the Sun!: The Invention of Reality TV book and Nancy Pearl's The Writer's Library: The Authors You Love on the Books That Changed Their Lives
- adult
- nonfiction
- memoir
- audiobook
25. Instructions for Traveling West: Poems
By: Joy Sullivan
4.45
Format: 160 pages, Paperback
A vivid and inspiring poetry collection about what’s possible when we heed our instincts and honor … read more
Want to Read $ 11.99Similar categories in Joy Sullivan's Instructions for Traveling West: Poems book and Nancy Pearl's The Writer's Library: The Authors You Love on the Books That Changed Their Lives
- nonfiction
- memoir
- audiobook
26. Woe: A Housecat's Story of Despair
By: Lucy Knisley
4.43
Format: 208 pages, Library Binding
WOE! SCREAM! MEOW! ...PURR? Join the hilarious and of course dramatic world of Linney the House Cat… read more
Want to Read $ 9.99Similar categories in Lucy Knisley's Woe: A Housecat's Story of Despair book and Nancy Pearl's The Writer's Library: The Authors You Love on the Books That Changed Their Lives
- adult
- nonfiction
- memoir
27. #IMomSoHard
By: Kristin Hensley
4.04
Format: 288 pages, Hardcover
In their highly-anticipated first book, the hilarious mom duo with millions of followers explores a… read more
Want to Read $ 8.83Similar categories in Kristin Hensley's #IMomSoHard book and Nancy Pearl's The Writer's Library: The Authors You Love on the Books That Changed Their Lives
- biography
- memoir
- nonfiction
- adult
- audiobook
"I am always going to look like I like cheese, because I like cheese."-Kristin Hensley, #IMomSoHard
"As long as your kids are fed, safe, and happy sometimes, your winning."-Kristin Hensley, #IMomSoHard
28. Great Short Books: A Year of Reading―Briefly
By: Kenneth C. Davis
3.84
Format: 448 pages, Hardcover
This entertaining guide to some of the best short novels of all time, from a bestselling historian,… read more
Want to Read $ 13.99Similar categories in Kenneth C. Davis's Great Short Books: A Year of Reading―Briefly book and Nancy Pearl's The Writer's Library: The Authors You Love on the Books That Changed Their Lives
- literature
- nonfiction
- writing
- books about books
29. All in the Family: The Trumps and How We Got This Way
By: Fred C. Trump
4.07
Format: 351 pages, Kindle Edition
With revealing, never-before-told stories, Fred C. Trump III, nephew of President Donald Trump, bre… read more
Want to Read $ 14.99Similar categories in Fred C. Trump's All in the Family: The Trumps and How We Got This Way book and Nancy Pearl's The Writer's Library: The Authors You Love on the Books That Changed Their Lives
- nonfiction
- biography
- memoir
- audiobook
30. Brown: Poems
By: Kevin Young
4.07
Format: 161 pages, Hardcover
James Brown. John Brown's raid. Brown v. the Topeka Board of Ed. The prize-winning author of Blue L… read more
Want to Read $ 14.99Similar categories in Kevin Young's Brown: Poems book and Nancy Pearl's The Writer's Library: The Authors You Love on the Books That Changed Their Lives
- adult
- nonfiction
- audiobook
"We were never young."-Kevin Young, Brown: Poems
"Sixth grade you didn't survive just endured."-Kevin Young, Brown: Poems
"Everybody wants to go to heaven but nobody wants to die to get there."-Kevin Young, Brown: Poems
"a calm that would undo most anyone who thought noise worse than its opposite"-Kevin Young, Brown: Poems
31. A Scandalous Deal (The Four Hundred, #2)
By: Joanna Shupe
3.90
Format: 387 pages, Kindle Edition
Joanna Shupe returns with another unforgettable novel set in the glittering world of New York City… read more
Want to Read $ 7.99Similar categories in Joanna Shupe's A Scandalous Deal (The Four Hundred, #2) book and Nancy Pearl's The Writer's Library: The Authors You Love on the Books That Changed Their Lives
- adult
- audiobook
