12 Top memoir books like Leaving Buddha: A Tibetan Monk’s Encounter with the Living God by Tenzin Lahkpa

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Leaving Buddha: A Tibetan Monk’s Encounter with the Living God

By: Tenzin Lahkpa

4.53

Format: 208 pages, Paperback

Where Does the Search for Truth Lead? When Tenzin Lahkpa is fifteen years old, his parents give him…

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1. The Cross and the Switchblade

By: David Wilkerson , John Sherrill , Elizabeth Sherrill

4.26

Format: 176 pages, Mass Market Paperback

A young preacher from the Pennsylvania hills comes to New York City and influences troubled teenage… read more

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  • christian
  • biography
  • memoir
  • christianity
  • faith
  • biography memoir
  • nonfiction
  • christian non fiction
"Drugs, what a devil-inspired poison! It’s death on the installment plan."

-David Wilkerson, The Cross and the Switchblade

"The day you learn to be publically specific in your prayer, that is the day you will discover power."

-David Wilkerson, The Cross and the Switchblade

"We humans can work hard for each other, and we should and we must work. But it is God, and only God, who heals."

-David Wilkerson, The Cross and the Switchblade

"I have questioned God sometimes whether prayers have gone unanswered. But answered prayer is still harder to believe."

-David Wilkerson, The Cross and the Switchblade

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2. Evidence Not Seen: A Woman's Miraculous Faith in the Jungles of World War II

By: Darlene Deibler Rose

4.50

Format: 224 pages, Paperback

This is the true story of a young American missionary woman's courage and triumph of faith in the j… read more

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"What you don't know cannot be beaten out of you."

-Darlene Deibler Rose, Evidence Not Seen: A Woman's Miraculous Faith in the Jungles of World War II

"As we stepped into the large mess hall, a band began to play "The Star Spangled Banner," and Old Glory was unfurled before us. I came undone. I couldn't help it; I began to sob. This was the first Am…"

-Darlene Deibler Rose, Evidence Not Seen: A Woman's Miraculous Faith in the Jungles of World War II

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3. Captive in Iran

By: John R. Perry , Maryam Rostampour , Marziyeh Amirizadeh

4.29

Format: 312 pages, Hardcover

Embark on a chilling journey inside one of the world’s darkest and most dangerous Evin, the notori… read more

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  • christian
  • biography
  • memoir
  • christianity
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  • nonfiction
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4. Hiding in the Light: Why I Risked Everything to Leave Islam and Follow Jesus

By: Rifqa Bary

4.47

Format: 226 pages, Hardcover

Leaving Islam for Christianity cost her more than she imagined, but gave more than she could have d… read more

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  • biography
  • memoir
  • christianity
  • faith
  • biography memoir
  • nonfiction
  • christian non fiction
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5. God's Double Agent: The True Story of a Chinese Christian's Fight for Freedom

By: Bob Fu

4.04

Format: None pages, Hardcover

The former pastor of a Chinese underground church tells the dramatic story of his imprisonment and … read more

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  • nonfiction
  • christian
  • biography
  • memoir
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6. Hearts of Fire: Eight Women in the Underground Church and Their Stories of Costly Faith

By: Gracia Burnham , The Voice of the Martyrs

3.60

Format: 404 pages, Paperback

Eight women from eight very different backgrounds. Yet the struggles they each faced rang with eeri… read more

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  • biography
  • christianity
  • faith
  • nonfiction
  • christian non fiction
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7. Son of Hamas

By: Mosab Hassan Yousef , Ron Brackin , مصعب حسن يوسف

4.11

Format: None pages, Hardcover

Since he was a small boy, Mosab Hassan Yousef has had an inside view of the deadly terrorist group … read more

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  • nonfiction
  • christian
  • biography
  • memoir
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8. A Tale of Three Kings

By: Gene Edwards

3.17

Format: None pages, Paperback

For the many Christians who have experienced pain, loss, and heartache at the hands of other believ… read more

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  • christianity
  • faith
  • christian
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9. The Rare Jewel of Christian Contentment

By: Jeremiah Burroughs

4.33

Format: 232 pages, Paperback

Jeremiah Burroughs is worthily reckoned as belonging to the front rank of English puritan preachers… read more

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"So be satisfied and quiet, be contented with your contentment. I lack certain things that others have, but blessed be God, I have a contented heart which others have not."

-Jeremiah Burroughs, The Rare Jewel of Christian Contentment

"Christian, how did you enjoy comfort before? Was the creature anything to you but a conduit, a pipe, that conveyed God's goodness to you? 'The pipe is cut off,' says God, 'come to me, the fountain, a…"

-Jeremiah Burroughs, The Rare Jewel of Christian Contentment

"In a clock, stop but one wheel and you stop every wheel, because they are dependent upon one other. So when God has ordered a thing for the present to be thus and thus, how do you know how many thing…"

-Jeremiah Burroughs, The Rare Jewel of Christian Contentment

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10. God's Smuggler

By: John Sherrill , Elizabeth Sherrill , Brother Andrew

4.10

Format: None pages, Paperback

As a boy he dreamed of being a spy undercover behind enemy lines. As a man he found himself underco… read more

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  • christian
  • biography
  • memoir
  • christianity
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  • nonfiction
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11. Bruchko: The Astonishing True Story of a 19-Year-Old American, His Capture by the Motilone Indians and His Adventures in Christianizing the Stone Age Tribe

By: Bruce Olson

3.63

Format: 143 pages, Paperback

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  • christian
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  • christianity
  • faith
  • nonfiction

12. Saving My Assassin

By: Virginia Prodan

3.33

Format: 161 pages, Hardcover

"I should be dead. Buried in an unmarked grave in Romania. Obviously, I am not. God had other plans… read more

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13. The Insanity of God: A True Story of Faith Resurrected

By: Gregg Lewis , None

3.75

Format: 288 pages, Paperback

The Insanity of Godis the personal and lifelong journey of an ordinary couple from rural Kentucky w… read more

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14. The Secret Thoughts of an Unlikely Convert: An English Professor's Journey Into Christian Faith

By: Rosaria Champagne Butterfield

4.08

Format: 176 pages, Paperback

Rosaria, by the standards of many, was living a very good life. She had a tenured position at a lar… read more

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15. Seeking Allah, Finding Jesus: A Devout Muslim Encounters Christianity

By: Nabeel Qureshi

4.31

Format: 256 pages, Paperback

An Unexpected Journey from Islam to Christianity In Seeking Allah, Finding Jesus, Nabeel Qureshi de… read more

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16. No Compromise

By: David Hazard , Melody Green

3.29

Format: None pages, Paperback

Longtime fans and new listeners can experience the impact of Keith's character, courage, and commit… read more

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17. Unveiling Grace: The Story of How We Found Our Way out of the Mormon Church

By: None

4.07

Format: 71 pages, Paperback

From a rare insider's point of view, Unveiling Gracelooks at how Latter-day Saints are 'wooing our … read more

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18. Death of a Guru

By: Dave Hunt , None

0.00

Format: 24 pages, Paperback

Rabi R. Maharaj came from a long line of Brahmin priests and gurus and trained as a yogi. He medita… read more

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19. Kisses from Katie: A Story of Relentless Love and Redemption

By: Beth Clark , Katie Davis

3.85

Format: 208 pages, Hardcover

What would cause an eighteen-year-old old senior class president and homecoming queen from Nashvill… read more

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20. I Dared to Call Him Father: The Miraculous Story of a Muslim Woman's Encounter with God

By: Bilquis Sheikh , Richard H. Schneider

3.46

Format: 272 pages,

How do I give myself to God completely? What happens when I do? I Dared to Call Him Fatheris a book… read more

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21. Safe All Along: Trading Our Fears and Anxieties for God's Unshakable Peace

By: Katie Davis Majors

4.44

Format: 272 pages, Hardcover

Leave behind your anxious thoughts and embrace a steady confidence that you are never beyond the re… read more

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Cover of Practicing the Way: Be with Jesus, Become Like Him, Do As He Did by John Mark Comer

22. Practicing the Way: Be with Jesus, Become Like Him, Do As He Did

By: John Mark Comer

4.63

Format: 288 pages, Hardcover

The author of the international bestseller The Ruthless Elimination of Hurry calls us to rediscover… read more

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Cover of Passport to Heaven: The True Story of a Zealous Mormon Missionary Who Discovers the Jesus He Never Knew by Micah Wilder

23. Passport to Heaven: The True Story of a Zealous Mormon Missionary Who Discovers the Jesus He Never Knew

By: Micah Wilder

4.51

Format: 352 pages, Paperback

“You have a call, Elder Wilder.” When missionary Micah Wilder set his sights on bringing a Baptist… read more

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"God’s love for us is Christ; Christ’s love for us is the cross; our love for God is loving others; and loving others is to point them to God’s love in Christ."

-Micah Wilder, Passport to Heaven: The True Story of a Zealous Mormon Missionary Who Discovers the Jesus He Never Knew

"This is what I could see for the first time in my life with astounding and undeniable clarity: The express purpose of each component of the law - priesthood, priests, high priests, offerings, temples…"

-Micah Wilder, Passport to Heaven: The True Story of a Zealous Mormon Missionary Who Discovers the Jesus He Never Knew

Cover of Praying Like Monks, Living Like Fools: An Invitation to the Wonder and Mystery of Prayer by Tyler Staton

24. Praying Like Monks, Living Like Fools: An Invitation to the Wonder and Mystery of Prayer

By: Tyler Staton

4.60

Format: 272 pages, Paperback

Prayer is the source of Jesus's most astonishing miracles and the subject of Jesus's most audacious… read more

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  • faith
  • nonfiction
  • audiobook
Cover of Defying Jihad: The Dramatic True Story of a Woman Who Volunteered to Kill Infidels—and Then Faced Death for Becoming One by Esther Ahmad

25. Defying Jihad: The Dramatic True Story of a Woman Who Volunteered to Kill Infidels—and Then Faced Death for Becoming One

By: Esther Ahmad

4.61

Format: 293 pages, Kindle Edition

If you truly love Allah, you will die for him.Your death will mean much reward for you and your fam… read more

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26. Leaving Buddha: A Tibetan Monk’s Encounter with the Living God

By: Tenzin Lahkpa

4.53

Format: 208 pages, Paperback

Where Does the Search for Truth Lead? When Tenzin Lahkpa is fifteen years old, his parents give him… read more

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  • buddhism
  • christianity
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Cover of Take Back Your Family: From the Tyrants of Burnout, Busyness, Individualism, and the Nuclear Ideal by Jefferson Bethke

27. Take Back Your Family: From the Tyrants of Burnout, Busyness, Individualism, and the Nuclear Ideal

By: Jefferson Bethke

4.35

Format: 256 pages, Hardcover

New York Times bestselling author Jefferson Bethke delivers a powerful critique of the Western noti… read more

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"The family was sacrificed for the "mission" without realizing that the mission, once you are married and have kids, I'd argue, is never solitary. God doesn't give individual missions to teams.... In …"

-Jefferson Bethke, Take Back Your Family: From the Tyrants of Burnout, Busyness, Individualism, and the Nuclear Ideal

"Notice how not even once were we told to just bow down and worship God via song for our entire lives. Yet our churches are nearly addicted to making this the high point of spiritual formation and wor…"

-Jefferson Bethke, Take Back Your Family: From the Tyrants of Burnout, Busyness, Individualism, and the Nuclear Ideal

"If your kids are consumers, which most of us raise our kids to be, because our culture raises us to be, then [passing inherited wealth] is a bad idea. We consume and eat and fill ourselves with every…"

-Jefferson Bethke, Take Back Your Family: From the Tyrants of Burnout, Busyness, Individualism, and the Nuclear Ideal

Cover of Unveiled: The Bible, The Qur'an, and Women by Esther Ahmad

28. Unveiled: The Bible, The Qur'an, and Women

By: Esther Ahmad

4.61

Format: 192 pages, Paperback

To my earthly father, my only worth was through my death. But God saw me so differently that, at fi… read more

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Cover of I Didn't Survive: Emerging Whole After Deception, Persecution, and Hidden Abuse (Persecution of Christians in Iran) by Naghmeh Abedini Panahi

29. I Didn't Survive: Emerging Whole After Deception, Persecution, and Hidden Abuse (Persecution of Christians in Iran)

By: Naghmeh Abedini Panahi

4.67

Format: 394 pages, Kindle Edition

It’s hard enough having a painful secret that you are terrified of sharing.It’s even harder when yo… read more

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Cover of Foreign to Familiar, 2nd Edition. by Sarah Lanier

30. Foreign to Familiar, 2nd Edition.

By: Sarah Lanier

4.19

Format: 128 pages, Paperback

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Cover of Smuggling Light: One Woman’s Victory Over Persecution, Torture, and Imprisonment by Esther Chang

31. Smuggling Light: One Woman’s Victory Over Persecution, Torture, and Imprisonment

By: Esther Chang

4.58

Format: 176 pages, Paperback

North Korea is dark. Literally dark—most of its regions are too poor to afford electricity and othe… read more

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Transform Your Habits

The Rare Jewel of Christian Contentment

Jeremiah Burroughs

4.33

Transform Your Habits

Safe All Along: Trading Our Fears and Anxieties for God's Unshakable Peace

Katie Davis Majors

4.44

Transform Your Habits

Practicing the Way: Be with Jesus, Become Like Him, Do As He Did

John Mark Comer

4.63

Transform Your Habits

Praying Like Monks, Living Like Fools: An Invitation to the Wonder and Mystery of Prayer

Tyler Staton

4.60

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Gentle and Lowly: The Heart of Christ for Sinners and Sufferers

Dane C. Ortlund

4.52

Transform Your Habits

Practicing the Way: Be with Jesus, Become Like Him, Do As He Did

John Mark Comer

4.63

Transform Your Habits

How to Walk into a Room: The Art of Knowing When to Stay and When to Walk Away

Emily P. Freeman

4.01

Transform Your Habits

Untangle Your Emotions: Naming What You Feel and Knowing What to Do About It

Jennie Allen

4.24

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