6 best-selling autobiography books like After the Tampa by Abbas Nazari

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After the Tampa

By: Abbas Nazari

4.69

Format: 364 pages, Kindle Edition

The heart-rending story of a child 'Tampa' refugee who grew up to become a Fulbright scholar, highl…

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1. Lola in the Mirror

By: Trent Dalton

4.41

Format: 448 pages, Kindle Edition

Bighearted, gritty, magical and moving, Lola in the Mirror is the irresistible new novel from inter… read more

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  • book club
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2. Pet

By: Catherine Chidgey

4.06

Format: 352 pages, Paperback

Like every other girl in her class, twelve-year-old Justine is drawn to her glamorous, charismatic … read more

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3. Remember Me

By: Charity Norman

4.33

Format: 306 pages, Paperback

They never found Leah Parata. Not a boot, not a backpack, not a turquoise beanie. After she left me… read more

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4. The Bookseller at the End of the World

By: Ruth Shaw

4.25

Format: 320 pages, Hardcover

A rich, immersive, funny and heartbreaking memoir of the charming bookseller who runs two tiny book… read more

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  • biography
  • memoir
  • autobiography
  • nonfiction
  • book club
"My mother, more than anyone, knew why I lived such a high-risk life. She gave me the freedom to run."

-Ruth Shaw, The Bookseller at the End of the World

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5. There’s a Cure for This: A Memoir

By: Emma Espiner

4.31

Format: 202 pages, Kindle Edition

“I don’t know why medicine felt like coming home but, for some reason, it fits. I keep thinking abo… read more

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  • autobiography
  • nonfiction
  • biography
  • memoir
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6. How to Loiter in a Turf War

By: Coco Solid

4.23

Format: 176 pages, Paperback

A genre-bending work of autobiographical fiction from one of Aotearoa’s fiercest and most versatile… read more

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"She gives him a hurled brick wrapped up in a smile"

-Coco Solid, How to Loiter in a Turf War

"Māoridom in Aotearoa dictates that we generate prestige from manaakitanga. It is the connection and hospitality we express for those in our care but also to show all that they are our equal, they too…"

-Coco Solid, How to Loiter in a Turf War

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7. Lioness

By: Emily Perkins

3.43

Format: 352 pages, Hardcover

You know how we say we devoured a story, and also that we were consumed by it? Eating and being eat… read more

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8. Straight Up

By: Ruby Tui

4.38

Format: 365 pages, Kindle Edition

This is Ruby Tui. An open, raw and honest account of her journey from a troubled and unstable child… read more

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  • autobiography
  • nonfiction
  • biography
  • memoir
"True leadership is the opposite of individualism, the opposite of one person standing above the rest. It's an encompassing, inclusive thing. I never liked the top-down way of leading. Even if I've be…"

-Ruby Tui, Straight Up

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9. Everything Is Beautiful and Everything Hurts

By: Josie Shapiro

4.21

Format: 288 pages, Paperback

The stunning debut novel by the winner of the Allen & Unwin Commercial Fiction Prize. If you loved … read more

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  • book club
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10. Greta & Valdin

By: Rebecca K. Reilly

4.05

Format: 352 pages, Hardcover

An irresistible and bighearted international bestseller that follows a brother and sister as they n… read more

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"I wonder what plant I would be, if I were a plant. Maybe something with big leaves that droop sulkily if not provided with the exact right amount of water and light."

-Rebecca K. Reilly, Greta & Valdin

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11. Second Chances: Facing My Demons and Finding a Better Me

By: Hayley Holt

4.33

Format: 320 pages, Paperback

A raw and honest story of alcoholism, recovery and courage in the face of loss Hayley Holt grew… read more

Similar categories in Hayley Holt's Second Chances: Facing My Demons and Finding a Better Me book and Abbas Nazari's After the Tampa

  • nonfiction
  • biography
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12. The Axeman's Carnival

By: Catherine Chidgey

4.37

Format: 350 pages, Paperback

Everywhere, the birds: sparrows and skylarks and thrushes, starlings and bellbirds, fantails and pi… read more

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13. Loop Tracks

By: Sue Orr

4.16

Format: 332 pages, Paperback

It’s 1978: the Auckland abortion clinic has been forced to close and sixteen-year-old Charlie has t… read more

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  • book club
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14. Amma

By: Saraid de Silva

4.45

Format: 282 pages, Paperback

Three generations. Three continents. Three sexualities. 1951. Singapore. Ten-year-old Josep… read more

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15. Auē

By: Becky Manawatu

4.50

Format: 328 pages, Paperback

Taukiri was born into sorrow. Auē can be heard in the sound of the sea he loves and hates, and in t… read more

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  • book club
"I thought how many terrible words there were, and how when they were let loose in the world, they sucked up all the air around them."

-Becky Manawatu, Auē

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16. Grand: Becoming My Mother's Daughter

By: Noelle McCarthy

4.13

Format: 269 pages, Paperback

"I’ll be grand, girl, I’ve great faith." – Mammy, just before she died Funny, charismatic and ge… read more

Similar categories in Noelle McCarthy's Grand: Becoming My Mother's Daughter book and Abbas Nazari's After the Tampa

  • autobiography
  • nonfiction
  • biography
  • memoir
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17. Eddy, Eddy

By: Kate De Goldi

3.96

Format: None pages, Paperback

Eddy, Eddy is a coming of age story, a love story, an earthquake story and a story of finding your … read more

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  • book club
Cover of After the Tampa by Abbas Nazari

18. After the Tampa

By: Abbas Nazari

4.69

Format: 364 pages, Kindle Edition

The heart-rending story of a child 'Tampa' refugee who grew up to become a Fulbright scholar, highl… read more

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  • biography
  • memoir
  • autobiography
  • nonfiction
  • book club
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19. The Boy from Gorge River: From New Zealand's remotest family to the world beyond

By: Chris Long

4.27

Format: 320 pages, Kindle Edition

**The number-one bestseller** The story of how an extraordinary childhood shaped an extraordinary … read more

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  • nonfiction
  • biography
  • memoir
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20. Lost and Found: My story of Heartbreak and Hope

By: Toni Street

4.44

Format: 242 pages, Kindle Edition

Toni Street's easy on-air style and warm personality has made her a firm favourite with thousands o… read more

Similar categories in Toni Street's Lost and Found: My story of Heartbreak and Hope book and Abbas Nazari's After the Tampa

  • nonfiction
  • biography
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21. We Can Make A Life

By: Chessie Henry

4.59

Format: 253 pages, Paperback

Hours after the 2011 Christchurch Earthquake, Kaikōura-based doctor Chris Henry crawled through the… read more

Similar categories in Chessie Henry's We Can Make A Life book and Abbas Nazari's After the Tampa

  • autobiography
  • nonfiction
  • biography
  • memoir

7 Top book club books like After the Tampa by Abbas Nazari

Transform Your Habits

Lola in the Mirror

Trent Dalton

4.41

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The Bookseller at the End of the World

Ruth Shaw

4.25

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Everything Is Beautiful and Everything Hurts

Josie Shapiro

4.21

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Loop Tracks

Sue Orr

4.16

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Trent Dalton

4.41

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Coco Solid

4.23

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Michael Bennett

3.94

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Emily Perkins

3.43

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