18 Top memoir books like Life: My Story Through History by Pope Francis

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Life: My Story Through History

By: Pope Francis

4.22

Format: 304 pages, Paperback

For the first time, Pope Francis tells the story of his life as he looks back on the momentous worl…

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Cover of The Hidden Life: Essays, Meditations, Spiritual Texts (The Collected Works of Edith Stein, Vol. 4) by Edith Stein, Lucy Gelber

1. The Hidden Life: Essays, Meditations, Spiritual Texts (The Collected Works of Edith Stein, Vol. 4)

By: Edith Stein , Lucy Gelber

4.58

Format: 153 pages, Paperback

This is an inspiring collection of Edith Stein's shorter spiritual writings, many available for the… read more

Similar categories in Edith Stein's The Hidden Life: Essays, Meditations, Spiritual Texts (The Collected Works of Edith Stein, Vol. 4) book and Pope Francis's Life: My Story Through History

  • christian
  • history
  • religion
  • nonfiction
  • spirituality
  • catholic
Cover of The Return of Great Powers: Russia, China, and the Next World War by Jim Sciutto

2. The Return of Great Powers: Russia, China, and the Next World War

By: Jim Sciutto

4.01

Format: 368 pages, Hardcover

The essential new book by CNN Chief National Security Correspondent Jim Sciutto, reporting from the… read more

Similar categories in Jim Sciutto's The Return of Great Powers: Russia, China, and the Next World War book and Pope Francis's Life: My Story Through History

  • nonfiction
  • history
Cover of An Unfinished Love Story: A Personal History of the 1960s by Doris Kearns Goodwin

3. An Unfinished Love Story: A Personal History of the 1960s

By: Doris Kearns Goodwin

4.71

Format: 480 pages, Hardcover

An Unfinished Love A Personal History of the 1960s by Doris Kearns Goodwin, one of America’s most … read more

Similar categories in Doris Kearns Goodwin's An Unfinished Love Story: A Personal History of the 1960s book and Pope Francis's Life: My Story Through History

  • biography
  • history
  • memoir
  • nonfiction
  • audiobook
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4. The Demon of Unrest: A Saga of Hubris, Heartbreak, and Heroism at the Dawn of the Civil War

By: Erik Larson

4.24

Format: 565 pages, Hardcover

The #1 New York Times bestselling author of The Splendid and the Vile brings to life the pivotal fi… read more

Similar categories in Erik Larson's The Demon of Unrest: A Saga of Hubris, Heartbreak, and Heroism at the Dawn of the Civil War book and Pope Francis's Life: My Story Through History

  • nonfiction
  • history
  • audiobook
"A house divided against itself cannot stand."

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

"Lincoln on a sofa was like a ship's mast on a barstool, poised in an uneasy equilibrium between relaxation and structural collapse."

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

"They were convinced that Britain, once confronted with the loss of Southern cotton, would ally itself with the Confederacy—the “cotton is king"

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

"South Carolina is too small for a Republic, and too big for an insane asylum. [James L. Petigru (1789-1863), following the state's vote to secede from the Union in 1860]"

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

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5. 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 Pope Francis's Life: My Story Through History

  • biography
  • history
  • memoir
  • nonfiction
  • 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

Cover of Charlie Hustle: The Rise and Fall of Pete Rose, and the Last Glory Days of Baseball by Keith O'Brien

6. Charlie Hustle: The Rise and Fall of Pete Rose, and the Last Glory Days of Baseball

By: Keith O'Brien

4.43

Format: 464 pages, Hardcover

A page-turning work of narrative nonfiction chronicling the incredible story of one of America’s mo… read more

Similar categories in Keith O'Brien's Charlie Hustle: The Rise and Fall of Pete Rose, and the Last Glory Days of Baseball book and Pope Francis's Life: My Story Through History

  • history
  • biography
  • nonfiction
  • audiobook
Cover of The Funeral Ladies of Ellerie County by Claire Swinarski

7. The Funeral Ladies of Ellerie County

By: Claire Swinarski

3.74

Format: 272 pages, Paperback

Armed with a Crock-Pot and a pile of recipes, a grandmother, her granddaughter, and a mysterious yo… read more

Similar categories in Claire Swinarski's The Funeral Ladies of Ellerie County book and Pope Francis's Life: My Story Through History

  • audiobook
"All these kids today thought you needed so much time. Time, time, time! As if another year would show you the kind of father a person could be, or how the nightmares about battlefields in Vietnam wou…"

-Claire Swinarski, The Funeral Ladies of Ellerie County

Cover of Mostly What God Does: Reflections on Seeking and Finding His Love Everywhere by Savannah Guthrie

8. Mostly What God Does: Reflections on Seeking and Finding His Love Everywhere

By: Savannah Guthrie

4.36

Format: 302 pages, Hardcover

Mostly what God does is love you. If we could believe this, really believe this, how different w… read more

Similar categories in Savannah Guthrie's Mostly What God Does: Reflections on Seeking and Finding His Love Everywhere book and Pope Francis's Life: My Story Through History

  • christian
  • memoir
  • religion
  • nonfiction
  • spirituality
  • audiobook
"He doesn't even need words from us. Just a sigh, a tear, or a whimper. What an amazing resource we have in a God who already understands our whole history, our intricate emotional fabric, our every i…"

-Savannah Guthrie, Mostly What God Does: Reflections on Seeking and Finding His Love Everywhere

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9. The Situation Room: The Inside Story of Presidents in Crisis

By: George Stephanopoulos

4.45

Format: 368 pages, Hardcover

George Stephanopoulos, former senior advisor to President Clinton and for more than 20 years anchor… read more

Similar categories in George Stephanopoulos's The Situation Room: The Inside Story of Presidents in Crisis book and Pope Francis's Life: My Story Through History

  • nonfiction
  • biography
  • history
  • audiobook
Cover of Devout: A Memoir of Doubt by Anna Gazmarian

10. Devout: A Memoir of Doubt

By: Anna Gazmarian

3.63

Format: 192 pages, Hardcover

An eye-opening memoir that reconciles the author’s bipolar disorder diagnosis and her Evangelical f… read more

Similar categories in Anna Gazmarian's Devout: A Memoir of Doubt book and Pope Francis's Life: My Story Through History

  • christian
  • biography
  • memoir
  • religion
  • nonfiction
  • audiobook
Cover of A View from the Stars: Stories and Essays by Cixin Liu

11. A View from the Stars: Stories and Essays

By: Cixin Liu

3.54

Format: 182 pages, Kindle Edition

"We’re mysterious aliens in the crowd. We jump like fleas from future to past and back again, and f… read more

Similar categories in Cixin Liu's A View from the Stars: Stories and Essays book and Pope Francis's Life: My Story Through History

  • audiobook
Cover of Come Forth: The Promise of Jesus's Greatest Miracle by James     Martin

12. Come Forth: The Promise of Jesus's Greatest Miracle

By: James Martin

4.49

Format: 383 pages, Kindle Edition

One of America's most beloved spiritual leaders and the New York Times bestselling author of The Je… read more

Similar categories in James Martin's Come Forth: The Promise of Jesus's Greatest Miracle book and Pope Francis's Life: My Story Through History

  • christian
  • religion
  • nonfiction
  • spirituality
  • catholic
  • audiobook
Cover of What This Comedian Said Will Shock You by Bill Maher

13. What This Comedian Said Will Shock You

By: Bill Maher

4.27

Format: 400 pages, Hardcover

The hilarious and controversial host of HBO’s Real Time with Bill Maher has written his funniest, m… read more

Similar categories in Bill Maher's What This Comedian Said Will Shock You book and Pope Francis's Life: My Story Through History

  • biography
  • history
  • memoir
  • nonfiction
  • audiobook
Cover of Say More: Lessons from Work, the White House, and the World by Jen Psaki

14. Say More: Lessons from Work, the White House, and the World

By: Jen Psaki

3.96

Format: 240 pages, Hardcover

Former White House Press Secretary and current MSNBC host Jen Psaki shares the surprising lessons s… read more

Similar categories in Jen Psaki's Say More: Lessons from Work, the White House, and the World book and Pope Francis's Life: My Story Through History

  • biography
  • history
  • memoir
  • autobiography
  • nonfiction
  • audiobook
"There was also a large crew of people who tried to nickname the previously mentioned Bipartisan Infrastructure Framework "BIF". If you would like your audience to start making fun of a big, serious, …"

-Jen Psaki, Say More: Lessons from Work, the White House, and the World

"I've spent time with a lot of very busy people - business leaders, prominent journalists, and multiple presidents. Despite the unusually high demands on their schedules, something they all have in co…"

-Jen Psaki, Say More: Lessons from Work, the White House, and the World

Cover of In My Time of Dying: How I Came Face to Face with the Idea of an Afterlife by Sebastian Junger

15. In My Time of Dying: How I Came Face to Face with the Idea of an Afterlife

By: Sebastian Junger

3.92

Format: 176 pages, Hardcover

A near-fatal health emergency leads to this powerful reflection on death—and what might follow—by t… read more

Similar categories in Sebastian Junger's In My Time of Dying: How I Came Face to Face with the Idea of an Afterlife book and Pope Francis's Life: My Story Through History

  • biography
  • memoir
  • religion
  • nonfiction
  • spirituality
  • audiobook
"Everyone has a relationship with death whether they want one or not; refusing to think about death is its own kind of relationship. When we hear about another person's death, we are hearing a version…"

-Sebastian Junger, In My Time of Dying: How I Came Face to Face with the Idea of an Afterlife

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16. Rebel Rising

By: Rebel Wilson

3.91

Format: 335 pages, Kindle Edition

From the scene-stealing star of Pitch Perfect and Bridesmaids comes a refreshingly candid, hilariou… read more

Similar categories in Rebel Wilson's Rebel Rising book and Pope Francis's Life: My Story Through History

  • biography
  • memoir
  • autobiography
  • nonfiction
  • audiobook
"Would this performance feel internally like I was going to die? Yes. But my desire to win, my desire to be somebody, is so strong that it compels me to do the hardest thing possible: to perform in pu…"

-Rebel Wilson, Rebel Rising

"People would come up to me on the street and say, 'I just want to thank you for being so brave!' Why am I so fucking brave? I'm not going off to fight in a war! I'm not running into a burning buildin…"

-Rebel Wilson, Rebel Rising

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17. White Rural Rage: The Threat to American Democracy

By: Thomas F. Schaller

3.82

Format: 320 pages, Hardcover

A searing portrait and damning takedown of America’s proudest citizens — who are also the least lik… read more

Similar categories in Thomas F. Schaller's White Rural Rage: The Threat to American Democracy book and Pope Francis's Life: My Story Through History

  • nonfiction
  • history
  • audiobook
Cover of What Have We Here?: Portraits of a Life by Billy Dee Williams

18. What Have We Here?: Portraits of a Life

By: Billy Dee Williams

4.04

Format: 288 pages, Hardcover

A film legend recalls his remarkable life of nearly eight decades—a heralded actor who's played the… read more

Similar categories in Billy Dee Williams's What Have We Here?: Portraits of a Life book and Pope Francis's Life: My Story Through History

  • biography
  • memoir
  • autobiography
  • nonfiction
  • audiobook
Cover of Once Upon a Time: The Captivating Life of Carolyn Bessette-Kennedy by Elizabeth Beller

19. Once Upon a Time: The Captivating Life of Carolyn Bessette-Kennedy

By: Elizabeth Beller

3.86

Format: 352 pages, Hardcover

The life and legacy of Carolyn Bessette-Kennedy, wife of John F. Kennedy Jr., are reexamined in thi… read more

Similar categories in Elizabeth Beller's Once Upon a Time: The Captivating Life of Carolyn Bessette-Kennedy book and Pope Francis's Life: My Story Through History

  • biography
  • history
  • memoir
  • nonfiction
  • audiobook
Cover of My Mama, Cass: A Memoir by Owen Elliot-Kugell

20. My Mama, Cass: A Memoir

By: Owen Elliot-Kugell

3.96

Format: 262 pages, Hardcover

A long-awaited, myth-busting, and deeply affecting memoir by the daughter of legendary rock star “M… read more

Similar categories in Owen Elliot-Kugell's My Mama, Cass: A Memoir book and Pope Francis's Life: My Story Through History

  • history
  • biography
  • memoir
  • nonfiction
  • audiobook
Cover of Life: My Story Through History by Pope Francis

21. Life: My Story Through History

By: Pope Francis

4.22

Format: 304 pages, Paperback

For the first time, Pope Francis tells the story of his life as he looks back on the momentous worl… read more

Similar categories in Pope Francis's Life: My Story Through History book and Pope Francis's Life: My Story Through History

  • christian
  • biography
  • history
  • memoir
  • autobiography
  • religion
  • nonfiction
  • spirituality
  • catholic
  • audiobook
Cover of Attack from Within: How Disinformation Is Sabotaging America by Barbara McQuade

22. Attack from Within: How Disinformation Is Sabotaging America

By: Barbara McQuade

4.15

Format: 384 pages, Hardcover

An urgent, comprehensive explanation of the ways disinformation is impacting democracy, and practic… read more

Similar categories in Barbara McQuade's Attack from Within: How Disinformation Is Sabotaging America book and Pope Francis's Life: My Story Through History

  • nonfiction
  • history
  • audiobook
Cover of The Showman: Inside the Invasion That Shook the World and Made a Leader of Volodymyr Zelensky by Simon Shuster

23. The Showman: Inside the Invasion That Shook the World and Made a Leader of Volodymyr Zelensky

By: Simon Shuster

4.19

Format: 384 pages, Hardcover

Time  correspondent Simon Shuster delivers the definitive account of the Russian invasion of Ukrain… read more

Similar categories in Simon Shuster's The Showman: Inside the Invasion That Shook the World and Made a Leader of Volodymyr Zelensky book and Pope Francis's Life: My Story Through History

  • biography
  • history
  • memoir
  • nonfiction
  • audiobook
Cover of Elevate and Dominate: 21 Ways to Win On and Off the Field by Deion Sanders

24. Elevate and Dominate: 21 Ways to Win On and Off the Field

By: Deion Sanders

4.18

Format: 288 pages, Hardcover

Coach Prime—famed Pro Football Hall of Famer, two-time Super Bowl–winning NFL player, head football… read more

Similar categories in Deion Sanders's Elevate and Dominate: 21 Ways to Win On and Off the Field book and Pope Francis's Life: My Story Through History

  • nonfiction
  • audiobook
Cover of Chasing Hope: A Reporter's Life by Nicholas D. Kristof

25. Chasing Hope: A Reporter's Life

By: Nicholas D. Kristof

4.55

Format: 480 pages, Hardcover

From New York Times columnist, Pulitzer Prize winner, and best-selling author Nicholas D. Kristof, … read more

Similar categories in Nicholas D. Kristof's Chasing Hope: A Reporter's Life book and Pope Francis's Life: My Story Through History

  • biography
  • history
  • memoir
  • autobiography
  • nonfiction
  • audiobook
Cover of On Call: A Doctor's Journey in Public Service by Anthony Fauci

26. On Call: A Doctor's Journey in Public Service

By: Anthony Fauci

4.59

Format: 464 pages, Hardcover

The memoir by the doctor who became a beacon of hope for millions through the COVID pandemic, and w… read more

Similar categories in Anthony Fauci's On Call: A Doctor's Journey in Public Service book and Pope Francis's Life: My Story Through History

  • biography
  • history
  • memoir
  • nonfiction
  • audiobook
Cover of Interrupting Silence: God's Command to Speak Out by Walter Brueggemann

27. Interrupting Silence: God's Command to Speak Out

By: Walter Brueggemann

4.15

Format: 128 pages, Kindle Edition

Silence is a complex matter. It can refer to awe before unutterable holiness, but it can also refer… read more

Similar categories in Walter Brueggemann's Interrupting Silence: God's Command to Speak Out book and Pope Francis's Life: My Story Through History

  • religion
  • nonfiction
Cover of True Gretch: What I've Learned About Life, Leadership, and Everything in Between by Gretchen Whitmer

28. True Gretch: What I've Learned About Life, Leadership, and Everything in Between

By: Gretchen Whitmer

4.34

Format: 176 pages, Hardcover

From trailblazing Michigan governor and rising Democratic star Gretchen Whitmer comes an unconventi… read more

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  • biography
  • history
  • memoir
  • autobiography
  • nonfiction
  • audiobook
Cover of All in the Family: The Trumps and How We Got This Way by Fred C. Trump

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

Similar categories in Fred C. Trump's All in the Family: The Trumps and How We Got This Way book and Pope Francis's Life: My Story Through History

  • biography
  • memoir
  • autobiography
  • nonfiction
  • audiobook
Cover of The Art of Power: My Story as America's First Woman Speaker of the House by Nancy Pelosi

30. The Art of Power: My Story as America's First Woman Speaker of the House

By: Nancy Pelosi

4.10

Format: 352 pages, Hardcover

The most powerful woman in American political history tells the story of her transformation from ho… read more

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  • biography
  • history
  • memoir
  • autobiography
  • nonfiction
  • audiobook
Cover of Ministry of Truth: Democracy, Reality, and the Republicans' War on the Recent Past by Steve Benen

31. Ministry of Truth: Democracy, Reality, and the Republicans' War on the Recent Past

By: Steve Benen

4.50

Format: 256 pages, Hardcover

None read more

Similar categories in Steve Benen's Ministry of Truth: Democracy, Reality, and the Republicans' War on the Recent Past book and Pope Francis's Life: My Story Through History

  • nonfiction
  • history
  • audiobook

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An Unfinished Love Story: A Personal History of the 1960s

Doris Kearns Goodwin

4.71

Transform Your Habits

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

Charlie Hustle: The Rise and Fall of Pete Rose, and the Last Glory Days of Baseball

Keith O'Brien

4.43

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18 must-read audiobook books like Mostly What God Does: Reflections on Seeking and Finding His Love Everywhere by Savannah Guthrie

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The Women

Kristin Hannah

4.64

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After Annie

Anna Quindlen

4.03

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Somehow: Thoughts on Love

Anne Lamott

3.95

Transform Your Habits

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Emily P. Freeman

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