10 Best history books like The Meth Lunches: Food and Longing in an American City by Kim Foster

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The Meth Lunches: Food and Longing in an American City

By: Kim Foster

4.18

Format: 320 pages, Hardcover

James Beard Award–winning author Kim Foster reveals a new portrait of hunger and humanity in Americ…

If you liked the history plot in The Meth Lunches: Food and Longing in an American City by Kim Foster , here is a list of 10 books like this:

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1. Troubled

By: Rob Henderson

4.26

Format: 336 pages, Hardcover

In this raw coming-of-age memoir, in the vein of The Short and Tragic Life of Robert Peace, The Oth… read more

Similar categories in Rob Henderson's Troubled book and Kim Foster's The Meth Lunches: Food and Longing in an American City

  • audiobook
  • nonfiction
  • memoir
  • sociology
"Successful people tell the world they got lucky, then tell their loved ones about the importance of hard work and sacrifice. Critics of successful people tell the world those successful people got lu…"

-Rob Henderson, Troubled

"People don't need motivation; they need self-discipline. Motivation is just a feeling. Self-discipline is: 'I'm going to do this regardless of how I feel.' Seldom do people relish doing something har…"

-Rob Henderson, Troubled

"Mom's friends were worried that their son isn't talking as much as other six-year-olds. They, like many parents, were concerned with how "smart" their kid is. "Should we be reading to him more?" they…"

-Rob Henderson, Troubled

"You should keep your expectations in line with reality. If you view the military as a job, you will be miserable. It's not a job, it's a lot more than that. As long as you wear that uniform, it is yo…"

-Rob Henderson, Troubled

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2. While You Were Out: An Intimate Family Portrait of Mental Illness in an Era of Silence

By: Meg Kissinger

4.28

Format: 320 pages, Hardcover

From award-winning journalist Meg Kissinger, a searing memoir of a family besieged by mental illnes… read more

Similar categories in Meg Kissinger's While You Were Out: An Intimate Family Portrait of Mental Illness in an Era of Silence book and Kim Foster's The Meth Lunches: Food and Longing in an American City

  • nonfiction
  • memoir
  • audiobook
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3. Class: A Memoir of Motherhood, Hunger, and Higher Education

By: Stephanie Land

3.62

Format: 285 pages, Hardcover

From the New York Times bestselling author who inspired the hit Netflix series about a struggling m… read more

Similar categories in Stephanie Land's Class: A Memoir of Motherhood, Hunger, and Higher Education book and Kim Foster's The Meth Lunches: Food and Longing in an American City

  • memoir
  • nonfiction
  • adult
  • sociology
  • audiobook
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4. We Were Once a Family: A Story of Love, Death, and Child Removal in America

By: Roxanna Asgarian

4.32

Format: 320 pages, Hardcover

The shocking, deeply reported story of a murder-suicide that claimed the lives of six children—and … read more

Similar categories in Roxanna Asgarian's We Were Once a Family: A Story of Love, Death, and Child Removal in America book and Kim Foster's The Meth Lunches: Food and Longing in an American City

  • history
  • nonfiction
  • adult
  • sociology
  • audiobook
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5. Between Two Trailers

By: J. Dana Trent

3.65

Format: 256 pages, Hardcover

An unforgettable memoir about a girl who escapes her childhood as a preschool drug dealer to earn a… read more

Similar categories in J. Dana Trent's Between Two Trailers book and Kim Foster's The Meth Lunches: Food and Longing in an American City

  • adult
  • nonfiction
  • memoir
  • audiobook
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6. A Fatal Inheritance: How a Family Misfortune Revealed a Deadly Medical Mystery

By: Lawrence Ingrassia

4.41

Format: 320 pages, Hardcover

Weaving his own moving family story with a sweeping history of cancer research, Lawrence Ingrassia … read more

Similar categories in Lawrence Ingrassia's A Fatal Inheritance: How a Family Misfortune Revealed a Deadly Medical Mystery book and Kim Foster's The Meth Lunches: Food and Longing in an American City

  • nonfiction
  • memoir
  • audiobook
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7. Sociopath: A Memoir

By: Patric Gagne

3.84

Format: 368 pages, Hardcover

A fascinating, revelatory memoir revealing the author’s struggle to come to terms with her own soci… read more

Similar categories in Patric Gagne's Sociopath: A Memoir book and Kim Foster's The Meth Lunches: Food and Longing in an American City

  • adult
  • nonfiction
  • memoir
  • audiobook
"In a universe where everything seemed to be associated with everything else, jazz was in a world all its own. The untethered notes didn't propel me backward in time or force me into imaginations of t…"

-Patric Gagne, Sociopath: A Memoir

"Regardless of whether they realized it, my parents, my friends, my teachers, my lovers—everyone, on some level—was uncomfortable with my limited emotion. Because it meant something sinister. Because,…"

-Patric Gagne, Sociopath: A Memoir

"I loved people. I truly did. But the way I loved was different than most. And, if I was being honest, not all that compatible. I didn’t need to get love in order to give love. I never had. I preferre…"

-Patric Gagne, Sociopath: A Memoir

"The more I paid attention, the more I noticed just how often 'apathy,' 'lack of feeling,' and the word 'sociopath' were associated with evil. Everywhere. From celebrated books like East of Eden and T…"

-Patric Gagne, Sociopath: A Memoir

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8. American Girls

By: Jessica Roy

4.01

Format: 352 pages, Hardcover

A brilliant, deeply reported narrative about religious extremism, radicalization, and the bonds of … read more

Similar categories in Jessica Roy's American Girls book and Kim Foster's The Meth Lunches: Food and Longing in an American City

  • nonfiction
  • memoir
  • audiobook
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9. My Side of the River

By: Elizabeth Camarillo Gutierrez

3.78

Format: 272 pages, Hardcover

Elizabeth Camarillo Gutierrez reveals her experience as the U.S. born daughter of immigrants and wh… read more

Similar categories in Elizabeth Camarillo Gutierrez's My Side of the River book and Kim Foster's The Meth Lunches: Food and Longing in an American City

  • nonfiction
  • memoir
  • audiobook
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10. When Crack Was King: A People's History of a Misunderstood Era

By: Donovan X. Ramsey

4.36

Format: 448 pages, Hardcover

A kaleidoscopic account of the crack cocaine era and a community’s ultimate resilience, told throug… read more

Similar categories in Donovan X. Ramsey's When Crack Was King: A People's History of a Misunderstood Era book and Kim Foster's The Meth Lunches: Food and Longing in an American City

  • nonfiction
  • history
  • sociology
  • audiobook
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11. The Least of Us: True Tales of America and Hope in the Time of Fentanyl and Meth

By: Sam Quinones

4.36

Format: 432 pages, Hardcover

Apple Best Books of 2021 * Finalist for the National Book Critics Circle Award in Nonfiction * Long… read more

Similar categories in Sam Quinones's The Least of Us: True Tales of America and Hope in the Time of Fentanyl and Meth book and Kim Foster's The Meth Lunches: Food and Longing in an American City

  • nonfiction
  • social issues
  • history
  • sociology
Cover of Selling the Dream: The Billion-Dollar Industry Bankrupting Americans by Jane Marie

12. Selling the Dream: The Billion-Dollar Industry Bankrupting Americans

By: Jane Marie

3.78

Format: 320 pages, Hardcover

Peabody and Emmy Award–winning journalist Jane Marie expands on her popular podcast The Dream to ex… read more

Similar categories in Jane Marie's Selling the Dream: The Billion-Dollar Industry Bankrupting Americans book and Kim Foster's The Meth Lunches: Food and Longing in an American City

  • history
  • nonfiction
  • adult
  • sociology
  • audiobook
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13. Magic Pill: The Extraordinary Benefits and Disturbing Risks of the New Weight-Loss Drugs

By: Johann Hari

4.31

Format: 320 pages, Hardcover

The bestselling author of Lost Connections and Stolen Focus offers a revelatory look at the drugs u… read more

Similar categories in Johann Hari's Magic Pill: The Extraordinary Benefits and Disturbing Risks of the New Weight-Loss Drugs book and Kim Foster's The Meth Lunches: Food and Longing in an American City

  • food
  • nonfiction
  • audiobook
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14. The Manicurist's Daughter

By: Susan Lieu

3.96

Format: 320 pages, Hardcover

An emotionally raw memoir about the crumbling of the American Dream and a daughter of refugees who … read more

Similar categories in Susan Lieu's The Manicurist's Daughter book and Kim Foster's The Meth Lunches: Food and Longing in an American City

  • adult
  • nonfiction
  • memoir
  • audiobook
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15. The Injustice of Place: Uncovering the Legacy of Poverty in America

By: Kathryn J. Edin

4.17

Format: 352 pages, Hardcover

A sweeping and surprising new understanding of extreme poverty in America from the authors of the a… read more

Similar categories in Kathryn J. Edin's The Injustice of Place: Uncovering the Legacy of Poverty in America book and Kim Foster's The Meth Lunches: Food and Longing in an American City

  • nonfiction
  • history
  • sociology
  • audiobook
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16. The Meth Lunches: Food and Longing in an American City

By: Kim Foster

4.18

Format: 320 pages, Hardcover

James Beard Award–winning author Kim Foster reveals a new portrait of hunger and humanity in Americ… read more

Similar categories in Kim Foster's The Meth Lunches: Food and Longing in an American City book and Kim Foster's The Meth Lunches: Food and Longing in an American City

  • history
  • memoir
  • adult
  • food
  • nonfiction
  • essays
  • society
  • social issues
  • sociology
  • audiobook
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17. Consent: A Memoir

By: Jill Ciment

3.96

Format: 145 pages, Hardcover

In this unflinching account of the ardent love affair between the author and her painting teacher, … read more

Similar categories in Jill Ciment's Consent: A Memoir book and Kim Foster's The Meth Lunches: Food and Longing in an American City

  • nonfiction
  • memoir
  • audiobook
Cover of The Cancer Factory: Industrial Chemicals, Corporate Deception, and the Hidden Deaths of American Workers by Jim             Morris

18. 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 Kim Foster's The Meth Lunches: Food and Longing in an American City

  • nonfiction
  • history
  • audiobook
Cover of A Body Made of Glass: A Cultural History of Hypochondria by Caroline Crampton

19. A Body Made of Glass: A Cultural History of Hypochondria

By: Caroline Crampton

3.87

Format: 336 pages, Hardcover

Part cultural history, part literary criticism, and part memoir,  A Body Made of Glass is a definit… read more

Similar categories in Caroline Crampton's A Body Made of Glass: A Cultural History of Hypochondria book and Kim Foster's The Meth Lunches: Food and Longing in an American City

  • nonfiction
  • history
  • memoir
  • audiobook
"If I have to inhabit a fragile meat vessel that could disintegrate at any moment, at least don't make me think about it all the time."

-Caroline Crampton, A Body Made of Glass: A Cultural History of Hypochondria

"I wonder if the hypochondriac him or herself is a metaphor, a condensed node of ideas about illness crushed together into one individual. I am pressed between these layers of meaning like a flower pr…"

-Caroline Crampton, A Body Made of Glass: A Cultural History of Hypochondria

"Fairy tales and folklore are full of this moment: a potion to be swallowed that will transform or destroy a life....When life is especially difficult or hard, the notion that just a single action cou…"

-Caroline Crampton, A Body Made of Glass: A Cultural History of Hypochondria

"Illness is a story we tell about ourselves. The narrative is the connective tissue that joins together the symptoms and perceptions and makes sense of them. It's how impenetrable concepts like death …"

-Caroline Crampton, A Body Made of Glass: A Cultural History of Hypochondria

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20. Data Baby: My Life in a Psychological Experiment

By: Susannah Breslin

2.77

Format: 224 pages, Hardcover

What if your parents turned you into a human lab rat on the day you were born? Would that change th… read more

Similar categories in Susannah Breslin's Data Baby: My Life in a Psychological Experiment book and Kim Foster's The Meth Lunches: Food and Longing in an American City

  • nonfiction
  • history
  • memoir
  • audiobook
Cover of Live to See the Day: Coming of Age in American Poverty by Nikhil Goyal

21. Live to See the Day: Coming of Age in American Poverty

By: Nikhil Goyal

3.90

Format: 352 pages, Hardcover

An indelible portrait of three children struggling to survive in the poorest neighborhood of the po… read more

Similar categories in Nikhil Goyal's Live to See the Day: Coming of Age in American Poverty book and Kim Foster's The Meth Lunches: Food and Longing in an American City

  • history
  • memoir
  • nonfiction
  • society
  • social issues
  • sociology

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Class: A Memoir of Motherhood, Hunger, and Higher Education

Stephanie Land

3.62

Transform Your Habits

We Were Once a Family: A Story of Love, Death, and Child Removal in America

Roxanna Asgarian

4.32

Transform Your Habits

Between Two Trailers

J. Dana Trent

3.65

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Sociopath: A Memoir

Patric Gagne

3.84

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11 Best adult books like Selling the Dream: The Billion-Dollar Industry Bankrupting Americans by Jane Marie

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The Age of Magical Overthinking: Notes on Modern Irrationality

Amanda Montell

3.54

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Sociopath: A Memoir

Patric Gagne

3.84

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Hey, Hun: Sales, Sisterhood, Supremacy, and the Other Lies Behind Multilevel Marketing

Emily Lynn Paulson

3.62

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One in a Millennial: On Friendship, Feelings, Fangirls, and Fitting In

Kate Kennedy

3.78

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