20 must-read memoir books like If Only: Living in the Shadows of the Moors Murders by Terry West

Cover of If Only: Living in the Shadows of the Moors Murders by Terry West

If Only: Living in the Shadows of the Moors Murders

By: Terry West

4.23

Format: 272 pages, Kindle Edition

On Boxing Day 1964 10-year-old Lesley Ann Downey left home to go to the fair. Her older brother, Te…

If you liked the memoir plot in If Only: Living in the Shadows of the Moors Murders by Terry West , here is a list of 20 books like this:

Cover of The Evil Within: Murdered by her stepbrother – the crime that shocked a nation. The heartbreaking story of Becky Watts by her father by Darren Galsworthy

1. The Evil Within: Murdered by her stepbrother – the crime that shocked a nation. The heartbreaking story of Becky Watts by her father

By: Darren Galsworthy

4.27

Format: 288 pages, Kindle Edition

Previously published as Becky, this is the heartbreaking story behind the murder of 16-year-old Bri… read more

Similar categories in Darren Galsworthy's The Evil Within: Murdered by her stepbrother – the crime that shocked a nation. The heartbreaking story of Becky Watts by her father book and Terry West's If Only: Living in the Shadows of the Moors Murders

  • nonfiction
  • memoir
  • true crime
Cover of Goodbye, Dearest Holly: Ten Years On by Kevin Wells

2. Goodbye, Dearest Holly: Ten Years On

By: Kevin Wells

4.12

Format: 29 pages,

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  • nonfiction
  • memoir
  • true crime

3. Trafficked: The Diary of a Sex Slave

By: Sibel Hodge

4.21

Format: 256 pages, Kindle Edition

My name is Elena and I used to be a human being. Now I am a sex slave. If you are reading this diar… read more

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4. Dirty Old Man

By: None

4.03

Format: 288 pages,

"Monsters do exist, though many parents can't see them. I knew one called Bernie. He groomed me and… read more

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5. The Abuse of Ashley Collins

By: Jon Athan

2.00

Format: 28 pages,

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Cover of Pearl: Lost Girl of White Oak Mountain by Bill    Yates

6. Pearl: Lost Girl of White Oak Mountain

By: Bill Yates

3.61

Format: 138 pages, Kindle Edition

In the Fall of 1923, three-year-old Pearl Turner disappeared from her home in the mountains of West… read more

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  • nonfiction
  • true crime
Cover of Madness and Me: My Search for Sanity by Lisa Suzanne Nugent

7. Madness and Me: My Search for Sanity

By: Lisa Suzanne Nugent

4.17

Format: 190 pages, Kindle Edition

For many, madness is something read about in books or seen on TV—something scary, foreign, and impo… read more

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  • memoir
Cover of Wildflower: A Tale of Transcendence by Teresa Van Woy

8. Wildflower: A Tale of Transcendence

By: Teresa Van Woy

4.56

Format: 386 pages, Kindle Edition

Abducted by her mentally unstable mother, one girl forages her way to the top. "A gripping account… read more

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  • nonfiction
  • memoir
Cover of LEVI'S EYES: A Son's Deadly Secret and a Father's Cruel Betrayal by Aphrodite Jones

9. LEVI'S EYES: A Son's Deadly Secret and a Father's Cruel Betrayal

By: Aphrodite Jones

4.32

Format: 380 pages, Kindle Edition

LEVI’S EYES delves into the unspeakable murders of Christina and Levi Karlsen, as told by the kille… read more

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  • nonfiction
  • true crime
Cover of Displaced: A Memoir by Esther Wiebe

10. Displaced: A Memoir

By: Esther Wiebe

4.30

Format: 284 pages, Kindle Edition

Displaced is a gripping true story of a young girl and her young siblings’ escape from a conservat… read more

Similar categories in Esther Wiebe's Displaced: A Memoir book and Terry West's If Only: Living in the Shadows of the Moors Murders

  • nonfiction
  • memoir
Cover of Love Lies: A True Story of Marriage and Murder in the Suburbs by Amanda Lamb

11. Love Lies: A True Story of Marriage and Murder in the Suburbs

By: Amanda Lamb

4.01

Format: 454 pages, Kindle Edition

A perfect life. A perfect lie. When Nancy Cooper moved from Canada to Cary, North Carolina with he… read more

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  • nonfiction
  • true crime
Cover of Married to the Man Who Washed Himself Away: A memoir: The true story of how obsession tore a family apart by Joan Leech

12. Married to the Man Who Washed Himself Away: A memoir: The true story of how obsession tore a family apart

By: Joan Leech

4.27

Format: 164 pages, Kindle Edition

This extraordinary true story will move you to tears and inspire you to never give up. Set in No… read more

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Cover of Through A Mother’s Tears by Cathy Broomfield

13. Through A Mother’s Tears

By: Cathy Broomfield

4.16

Format: 100 pages, Kindle Edition

When Cathy Broomfield’s youngest daughter Kirsty disappeared, Cathy hoped she had gone to stay with… read more

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  • nonfiction
  • memoir
  • true crime
Cover of A Little High (Rainey Paxton, #2) by Paige Dearth

14. A Little High (Rainey Paxton, #2)

By: Paige Dearth

4.58

Format: 491 pages, Kindle Edition

A child’s life ruined by her parent’s addiction. A sister’s vow that can’t be broken. First came… read more

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"Ain’t easy for a child to use their free will when adults dance with the devil."

-Paige Dearth, A Little High (Rainey Paxton, #2)

Cover of Broken : The Most Shocking Childhood Story Ever Told by Shy Keenan

15. Broken : The Most Shocking Childhood Story Ever Told

By: Shy Keenan

4.56

Format: 311 pages, Kindle Edition

“I was born and broken in Birkenhead, abused from infancy by a network of every kind of pervert fro… read more

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  • true crime
  • memoir
Cover of After All... by Maria Trautman

16. After All...

By: Maria Trautman

4.20

Format: 310 pages, Kindle Edition

She grew up thinking she deserved neglect. Can a young girl escape a loveless home to seize elusive… read more

Similar categories in Maria Trautman's After All... book and Terry West's If Only: Living in the Shadows of the Moors Murders

  • nonfiction
  • memoir
Cover of My So Called Mum: Child abuse, Love & My Great Britain by Joseph  Kane

17. My So Called Mum: Child abuse, Love & My Great Britain

By: Joseph Kane

4.32

Format: 259 pages, Kindle Edition

Writing this memoir has to be one of the hardest things I have ever achieved. Out of respect for th… read more

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Cover of If Only: Living in the Shadows of the Moors Murders by Terry West

18. If Only: Living in the Shadows of the Moors Murders

By: Terry West

4.23

Format: 272 pages, Kindle Edition

On Boxing Day 1964 10-year-old Lesley Ann Downey left home to go to the fair. Her older brother, Te… read more

Similar categories in Terry West's If Only: Living in the Shadows of the Moors Murders book and Terry West's If Only: Living in the Shadows of the Moors Murders

  • nonfiction
  • memoir
  • true crime
Cover of Midnight Calling: A Memoir of a Drug Smuggler's Daughter by Lynn  Walker

19. Midnight Calling: A Memoir of a Drug Smuggler's Daughter

By: Lynn Walker

4.35

Format: 306 pages, Paperback

Lynn was the carefree daughter of a Miami undercover narcotics agent—until her dad snuck out of the… read more

Similar categories in Lynn Walker's Midnight Calling: A Memoir of a Drug Smuggler's Daughter book and Terry West's If Only: Living in the Shadows of the Moors Murders

  • nonfiction
  • memoir
  • true crime
Cover of Glad Farm by Catherine Marenghi

20. Glad Farm

By: Catherine Marenghi

4.31

Format: 292 pages, Paperback

Raised in a primitive one-room farmhouse with no indoor plumbing, the fourth of five children, Cath… read more

Similar categories in Catherine Marenghi's Glad Farm book and Terry West's If Only: Living in the Shadows of the Moors Murders

  • nonfiction
  • memoir
Cover of Our Georgia: The devastating murder of my daughter by a killer who should have been stopped by Lynnette Williams

21. Our Georgia: The devastating murder of my daughter by a killer who should have been stopped

By: Lynnette Williams

4.50

Format: 252 pages, Kindle Edition

Georgia Williams’ murder at the hands of college pal Jamie Reynolds was a crime that shocked the c… read more

Similar categories in Lynnette Williams's Our Georgia: The devastating murder of my daughter by a killer who should have been stopped book and Terry West's If Only: Living in the Shadows of the Moors Murders

  • nonfiction
  • true crime
Cover of Secrets on Saulter Road: Discovering Hope and Forgiveness in the Wake of My Toxic Upbringing by Joan Kendall

22. Secrets on Saulter Road: Discovering Hope and Forgiveness in the Wake of My Toxic Upbringing

By: Joan Kendall

4.10

Format: 183 pages, Kindle Edition

Nothing is ever as it seems...Secrets on Saulter Road is a story of growth, resilience, and hope. … read more

Similar categories in Joan Kendall's Secrets on Saulter Road: Discovering Hope and Forgiveness in the Wake of My Toxic Upbringing book and Terry West's If Only: Living in the Shadows of the Moors Murders

  • nonfiction
  • memoir
Cover of The Inexplicable Survival of a Happily Fallible Child by Gary C. Mele, Jr.

23. The Inexplicable Survival of a Happily Fallible Child

By: Gary C. Mele, Jr.

4.37

Format: 539 pages, Kindle Edition

After the loss of his father at the age of four, Gary develops a full reliance on his mother. She i… read more

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  • memoir
Cover of My Every Breath: A Memoir of Love, Loss, and Hope by Anna Maynard

24. My Every Breath: A Memoir of Love, Loss, and Hope

By: Anna Maynard

4.50

Format: 449 pages, Kindle Edition

The compelling story of a woman's lifelong battle with Cystic Fibrosis and her astonishing resilien… read more

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  • nonfiction
  • memoir
Cover of The River by Kevin Weadock

25. The River

By: Kevin Weadock

4.31

Format: 268 pages, Kindle Edition

The impact of alcoholism on a New York family is described through the eyes of a young boy. The boy… read more

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  • nonfiction
  • memoir
Cover of BEHIND CLOSED DOORS: A Daughter's Story by Daniella Dechristopher

26. BEHIND CLOSED DOORS: A Daughter's Story

By: Daniella Dechristopher

4.01

Format: 260 pages, Kindle Edition

This story is about an Italian Catholic family that came to America on vacation and never returned … read more

Similar categories in Daniella Dechristopher's BEHIND CLOSED DOORS: A Daughter's Story book and Terry West's If Only: Living in the Shadows of the Moors Murders

  • nonfiction
  • memoir
  • true crime
Cover of Rise: A Memoir by Rise Myers

27. Rise: A Memoir

By: Rise Myers

4.22

Format: 313 pages, Kindle Edition

An Ability to Rise Risé was named after the opera star Risë Stevens. It was as if her mother knew t… read more

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  • memoir
Cover of An Only Child and Her Sister by Casey Maxwell Clair

28. An Only Child and Her Sister

By: Casey Maxwell Clair

4.31

Format: 279 pages, Kindle Edition

AN ONLY CHILD AND HER SISTER is a compelling true life story. Two sisters born to the same parents … read more

Similar categories in Casey Maxwell Clair's An Only Child and Her Sister book and Terry West's If Only: Living in the Shadows of the Moors Murders

  • nonfiction
  • memoir
  • true crime
Cover of Charlie's Secret: Inspired by a True Story (Samantha Mallon, #1) by C.L.  Heckman

29. Charlie's Secret: Inspired by a True Story (Samantha Mallon, #1)

By: C.L. Heckman

4.10

Format: 214 pages, Kindle Edition

After years of torture, a mentally and physically abused daughter finally stands up to her abusers,… read more

Similar categories in C.L. Heckman's Charlie's Secret: Inspired by a True Story (Samantha Mallon, #1) book and Terry West's If Only: Living in the Shadows of the Moors Murders

  • nonfiction
Cover of Who Says You Can't Go Home?: A Memoir by B. Loren

30. Who Says You Can't Go Home?: A Memoir

By: B. Loren

4.16

Format: 365 pages, Kindle Edition

Being an outsider is tough. Being an outsider in your own home and not knowing why is soul-crushin… read more

Similar categories in B. Loren's Who Says You Can't Go Home?: A Memoir book and Terry West's If Only: Living in the Shadows of the Moors Murders

  • memoir
Cover of Illegitimately yours, Michael and Me: A memoir of secrets, adoption and DNA by Catherine   Taylor

31. Illegitimately yours, Michael and Me: A memoir of secrets, adoption and DNA

By: Catherine Taylor

4.08

Format: 180 pages, Kindle Edition

The story of two siblings, two 'illegitimate' children bonded with love, ambiguous origins and a d… read more

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  • nonfiction
  • memoir

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