14 Top biography memoir books like Never Leave the Dogs Behind: A Memoir by Brianna Madia

Cover of Never Leave the Dogs Behind: A Memoir by Brianna Madia

Never Leave the Dogs Behind: A Memoir

By: Brianna Madia

4.22

Format: 208 pages, Hardcover

In this stunning and triumphant memoir, the author of the New York Times bestseller Nowhere for Ver…

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Cover of Temperance Creek: A Memoir by Teresa Jordan, Pamela Royes

1. Temperance Creek: A Memoir

By: Teresa Jordan , Pamela Royes

4.12

Format: None pages, Paperback

In the early seventies, some of us were shot like stars from our parents' homes. This was an act of… read more

Similar categories in Teresa Jordan's Temperance Creek: A Memoir book and Brianna Madia's Never Leave the Dogs Behind: A Memoir

  • biography
  • memoir
  • nonfiction
  • nature
  • audiobook
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2. The Women

By: Kristin Hannah

4.64

Format: 471 pages, Hardcover

Women can be heroes. When twenty-year-old nursing student Frances “Frankie” McGrath hears these wor… read more

Similar categories in Kristin Hannah's The Women book and Brianna Madia's Never Leave the Dogs Behind: A Memoir

  • audiobook
"Words were creators of worlds; you had to be careful with them."

-Kristin Hannah, The Women

"Love mattered in this ruined world, but so did honor. What was one without the other?"

-Kristin Hannah, The Women

"Love. A thing to be shouted from the rooftops, celebrated, not cultivated in secret and clipped into shape in the dark."

-Kristin Hannah, The Women

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3. Trail of the Lost: The Relentless Search to Bring Home the Missing Hikers of the Pacific Crest Trail

By: Andrea Lankford

3.76

Format: 352 pages, Hardcover

From a former law enforcement park ranger and investigator, this female-driven true crime adventure… read more

Similar categories in Andrea Lankford's Trail of the Lost: The Relentless Search to Bring Home the Missing Hikers of the Pacific Crest Trail book and Brianna Madia's Never Leave the Dogs Behind: A Memoir

  • memoir
  • travel
  • nonfiction
  • nature
  • audiobook
"A solo woman is more likely to survive a perilous incident in the outdoors than a solo man. Yet, the average female hiker fears for her safety more than the average guy does. Ironically, this phenome…"

-Andrea Lankford, Trail of the Lost: The Relentless Search to Bring Home the Missing Hikers of the Pacific Crest Trail

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4. Funny Story

By: Emily Henry

4.27

Format: 395 pages, Kindle Edition

A shimmering, joyful new novel about a pair of opposites with the wrong thing in common. Daphne … read more

Similar categories in Emily Henry's Funny Story book and Brianna Madia's Never Leave the Dogs Behind: A Memoir

  • audiobook
"No, no, no,"

-Emily Henry, Funny Story

"For a few seconds, I'm nothing but a body seeking more of his."

-Emily Henry, Funny Story

"He loves me. Present tense. And I love him. He knows me, and I see him."

-Emily Henry, Funny Story

"To him, he's the brother who ran away. To her, he's the one who stays, even when he shouldn't."

-Emily Henry, Funny Story

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5. 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 Brianna Madia's Never Leave the Dogs Behind: A Memoir

  • biography
  • memoir
  • biography memoir
  • nonfiction
  • 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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6. A Light through the Cracks: A Climber's Story

By: Beth Rodden

4.05

Format: 291 pages, Kindle Edition

Renowned rock climber Beth Rodden’s inspiring memoir about overcoming devastating trauma, refusing … read more

Similar categories in Beth Rodden's A Light through the Cracks: A Climber's Story book and Brianna Madia's Never Leave the Dogs Behind: A Memoir

  • biography
  • memoir
  • biography memoir
  • nonfiction
  • audiobook
Cover of To Shake the Sleeping Self: A Journey from Oregon to Patagonia, and a Quest for a Life with No Regret by Jedidiah Jenkins

7. To Shake the Sleeping Self: A Journey from Oregon to Patagonia, and a Quest for a Life with No Regret

By: Jedidiah Jenkins

3.94

Format: 336 pages, Hardcover

NEW YORK TIMES  BESTSELLER • “With winning candor, Jedidiah Jenkins takes us with him as he bicycle… read more

Similar categories in Jedidiah Jenkins's To Shake the Sleeping Self: A Journey from Oregon to Patagonia, and a Quest for a Life with No Regret book and Brianna Madia's Never Leave the Dogs Behind: A Memoir

  • biography
  • memoir
  • travel
  • biography memoir
  • nonfiction
  • nature
  • audiobook
"When the honeymoon phase is over, what's left is the continuous choosing of the other person."

-Jedidiah Jenkins, To Shake the Sleeping Self: A Journey from Oregon to Patagonia, and a Quest for a Life with No Regret

"The life before had happened to me as childhood happens to everyone. The mark of adulthood is when we happen to life."

-Jedidiah Jenkins, To Shake the Sleeping Self: A Journey from Oregon to Patagonia, and a Quest for a Life with No Regret

"I have learned this for certain: if discontent is your disease, travel is medicine. It resensitizes. It opens you up to see outside the patterns you follow. Because new places require new learning. I…"

-Jedidiah Jenkins, To Shake the Sleeping Self: A Journey from Oregon to Patagonia, and a Quest for a Life with No Regret

"I was in the zone, each day biking farther than the last, and becoming ever more accustomed to my solitude. An entire day passed without me speaking to a single human. I did speak though, just to the…"

-Jedidiah Jenkins, To Shake the Sleeping Self: A Journey from Oregon to Patagonia, and a Quest for a Life with No Regret

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8. Coming Home

By: Brittney Griner

4.43

Format: 320 pages, Hardcover

From the nine-time women’s basketball icon and two-time Olympic gold medalist—a raw, revelatory acc… read more

Similar categories in Brittney Griner's Coming Home book and Brianna Madia's Never Leave the Dogs Behind: A Memoir

  • biography
  • memoir
  • biography memoir
  • nonfiction
  • audiobook
"When your world is violently upended, you don't just mourn your immediate losses. You also grieve a future that no longer feels possible, the peace that might've been."

-Brittney Griner, Coming Home

Cover of Fi: A Memoir of My Son by Alexandra Fuller

9. Fi: A Memoir of My Son

By: Alexandra Fuller

4.01

Format: 272 pages, Hardcover

“Fair to say, I was in a ribald state the summer before my fiftieth birthday.” And so begins Alexan… read more

Similar categories in Alexandra Fuller's Fi: A Memoir of My Son book and Brianna Madia's Never Leave the Dogs Behind: A Memoir

  • biography
  • memoir
  • biography memoir
  • nonfiction
  • audiobook
"...time is only as dense as the thoughts that you push through it."

-Alexandra Fuller, Fi: A Memoir of My Son

"You can give your child anything. You can give him his life, even, but not yours. And you can't give him his life back, once lost."

-Alexandra Fuller, Fi: A Memoir of My Son

"The way a pilot sees wind in clouds or a sailor reads currents in water, I look unconsciously for stories to remind me where I am, to remind me that whatever I'm going through, millions have been her…"

-Alexandra Fuller, Fi: A Memoir of My Son

"One of millions of mothers to have lost a child every year, fifteen thousand a day. If none of us suffered, where would we be? Without wise women is where; suffering brings wisdom. So, a gift, this s…"

-Alexandra Fuller, Fi: A Memoir of My Son

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10. The Sun Is a Compass: A 4,000-Mile Journey into the Alaskan Wilds

By: Caroline Van Hemert

4.27

Format: 320 pages, Hardcover

For fans of Cheryl Strayed, the gripping story of a biologist's human-powered journey from the Paci… read more

Similar categories in Caroline Van Hemert's The Sun Is a Compass: A 4,000-Mile Journey into the Alaskan Wilds book and Brianna Madia's Never Leave the Dogs Behind: A Memoir

  • biography
  • memoir
  • travel
  • biography memoir
  • nonfiction
  • nature
  • audiobook
"In life, we're always closer to the edge than we like to admit, never guaranteed our next breath, never sure of what will follow this moment. We're human. We're vulnerable. With love comes the risk o…"

-Caroline Van Hemert, The Sun Is a Compass: A 4,000-Mile Journey into the Alaskan Wilds

"About Northern Wheatears: ...birds from Alaska flew nine thousand miles to Kenya; those from Canada crossed the Atlantic to spend the winter in Mauritania. For young birds, just a few weeks old, this…"

-Caroline Van Hemert, The Sun Is a Compass: A 4,000-Mile Journey into the Alaskan Wilds

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11. A Walk in the Park: The True Story of a Spectacular Misadventure in the Grand Canyon

By: Kevin Fedarko

4.36

Format: 512 pages, Hardcover

A deeply moving account ever of walking the Grand Canyon, a highly dangerous, life-changing 750-mil… read more

Similar categories in Kevin Fedarko's A Walk in the Park: The True Story of a Spectacular Misadventure in the Grand Canyon book and Brianna Madia's Never Leave the Dogs Behind: A Memoir

  • biography
  • memoir
  • travel
  • biography memoir
  • nonfiction
  • nature
  • audiobook
"You were made and set here to give voice to this, your own astonishment. -Annie Dillard"

-Kevin Fedarko, A Walk in the Park: The True Story of a Spectacular Misadventure in the Grand Canyon

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12. So Long as It's Wild

By: Barbara Jenkins

4.11

Format: 304 pages, Hardcover

The story of one author's walk across America. From the untold narrative of her impoverished Ozarks… read more

Similar categories in Barbara Jenkins's So Long as It's Wild book and Brianna Madia's Never Leave the Dogs Behind: A Memoir

  • biography
  • memoir
  • biography memoir
  • nonfiction
  • audiobook
Cover of Never Leave the Dogs Behind: A Memoir by Brianna Madia

13. Never Leave the Dogs Behind: A Memoir

By: Brianna Madia

4.22

Format: 208 pages, Hardcover

In this stunning and triumphant memoir, the author of the New York Times bestseller Nowhere for Ver… read more

Similar categories in Brianna Madia's Never Leave the Dogs Behind: A Memoir book and Brianna Madia's Never Leave the Dogs Behind: A Memoir

  • biography
  • memoir
  • travel
  • animals
  • dogs
  • biography memoir
  • nonfiction
  • womens
  • nature
  • audiobook
Cover of Mother, Nature: A 5,000-Mile Journey to Discover if a Mother and Son Can Survive Their Differences by Jedidiah Jenkins

14. Mother, Nature: A 5,000-Mile Journey to Discover if a Mother and Son Can Survive Their Differences

By: Jedidiah Jenkins

4.03

Format: 221 pages, Hardcover

When his mother, Barbara, turns seventy, Jedidiah Jenkins is reminded of a sobering fact: Our pare… read more

Similar categories in Jedidiah Jenkins's Mother, Nature: A 5,000-Mile Journey to Discover if a Mother and Son Can Survive Their Differences book and Brianna Madia's Never Leave the Dogs Behind: A Memoir

  • biography
  • memoir
  • travel
  • biography memoir
  • nonfiction
  • nature
  • audiobook
"In my midthirties, I realized that my parents would die soon. Not like a terminal illness. I just mean in the flow of time. It hit me hardest when my mother turned seventy. I did a quick bit of math.…"

-Jedidiah Jenkins, Mother, Nature: A 5,000-Mile Journey to Discover if a Mother and Son Can Survive Their Differences

"I wondered about my friendship with my mom. Is it friendship? How can it be? Friendship is chosen. Friendship is discovered. But a mother and a son have a bond that is necessary. If the son exists, t…"

-Jedidiah Jenkins, Mother, Nature: A 5,000-Mile Journey to Discover if a Mother and Son Can Survive Their Differences

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15. Deep Creek: Finding Hope in the High Country

By: Pam Houston

4.33

Format: 320 pages, Paperback

On her 120-acre homestead high in the Colorado Rockies, beloved writer Pam Houston learns what it m… read more

Similar categories in Pam Houston's Deep Creek: Finding Hope in the High Country book and Brianna Madia's Never Leave the Dogs Behind: A Memoir

  • biography
  • memoir
  • travel
  • animals
  • biography memoir
  • nonfiction
  • nature
  • audiobook
"How to hang on to that full-body joy I knew I was capable of and still understand it as elegy."

-Pam Houston, Deep Creek: Finding Hope in the High Country

"I pause over the words "Wilderness Ranch Subdivision." What the fuck, I wonder, what in the fuck is wrong with us anyway."

-Pam Houston, Deep Creek: Finding Hope in the High Country

"We call such a limited number of relationships love in our lives, but there is always love around us—it’s as ubiquitous as oxygen."

-Pam Houston, Deep Creek: Finding Hope in the High Country

"And even if the jig is up, even if it is really game over, what better time to sing about the earth than when it is critically, even fatally, wounded at our hands."

-Pam Houston, Deep Creek: Finding Hope in the High Country

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16. Everything Left to Remember: My Mother, Our Memories, and a Journey Through the Rocky Mountains

By: Steph Jagger

3.97

Format: 272 pages, Hardcover

Between Two Kingdoms meets Wild . In this heart wrenching and inspirational memoir a woman and her … read more

Similar categories in Steph Jagger's Everything Left to Remember: My Mother, Our Memories, and a Journey Through the Rocky Mountains book and Brianna Madia's Never Leave the Dogs Behind: A Memoir

  • biography
  • memoir
  • travel
  • nonfiction
  • audiobook
Cover of Like Streams to the Ocean: Notes on Ego, Love, and the Things That Make Us Who We Are by Jedidiah Jenkins

17. Like Streams to the Ocean: Notes on Ego, Love, and the Things That Make Us Who We Are

By: Jedidiah Jenkins

4.13

Format: 272 pages, Hardcover

A moving meditation on the hidden, sometimes difficult topics we must consider to live an authentic… read more

Similar categories in Jedidiah Jenkins's Like Streams to the Ocean: Notes on Ego, Love, and the Things That Make Us Who We Are book and Brianna Madia's Never Leave the Dogs Behind: A Memoir

  • memoir
  • biography memoir
  • nonfiction
  • nature
  • audiobook
"I WAS ASKED recently, “Who is your best friend?"

-Jedidiah Jenkins, Like Streams to the Ocean: Notes on Ego, Love, and the Things That Make Us Who We Are

"Being labeled is claustrophobic. It locks you into connotations."

-Jedidiah Jenkins, Like Streams to the Ocean: Notes on Ego, Love, and the Things That Make Us Who We Are

"It takes a safe and wide love to teach a man that it's possible to fail and remain."

-Jedidiah Jenkins, Like Streams to the Ocean: Notes on Ego, Love, and the Things That Make Us Who We Are

"As I get older and listen to my life, the truest things seem to live in paradoxical tension. Hope holding hands with understanding. Expectation dancing with the hard lessons of humility. The human he…"

-Jedidiah Jenkins, Like Streams to the Ocean: Notes on Ego, Love, and the Things That Make Us Who We Are

Cover of Instructions for Traveling West: Poems by Joy Sullivan

18. Instructions for Traveling West: Poems

By: Joy Sullivan

4.45

Format: 160 pages, Paperback

A vivid and inspiring poetry collection about what’s possible when we heed our instincts and honor … read more

Similar categories in Joy Sullivan's Instructions for Traveling West: Poems book and Brianna Madia's Never Leave the Dogs Behind: A Memoir

  • nonfiction
  • memoir
  • audiobook
Cover of The God of the Woods by Liz    Moore

19. The God of the Woods

By: Liz Moore

4.27

Format: 490 pages, Kindle Edition

When a teenager vanishes from her Adirondack summer camp, two worlds collide Early morning, Augu… read more

Similar categories in Liz Moore's The God of the Woods book and Brianna Madia's Never Leave the Dogs Behind: A Memoir

  • audiobook
Cover of To the Gorge: Running, Grief, and Resilience & 460 Miles on the Pacific Crest Trail by Emily Halnon

20. To the Gorge: Running, Grief, and Resilience & 460 Miles on the Pacific Crest Trail

By: Emily Halnon

4.59

Format: 224 pages, Hardcover

A riveting narrative of love and loss, grief and joy, as one woman embarks on a quest for a record … read more

Similar categories in Emily Halnon's To the Gorge: Running, Grief, and Resilience & 460 Miles on the Pacific Crest Trail book and Brianna Madia's Never Leave the Dogs Behind: A Memoir

  • biography memoir
  • nonfiction
  • memoir
  • audiobook
Cover of Two O'Clock on a Tuesday at Trevi Fountain: A Search for an Unconventional Life Abroad by Helene  Sula

21. Two O'Clock on a Tuesday at Trevi Fountain: A Search for an Unconventional Life Abroad

By: Helene Sula

4.04

Format: 224 pages, Hardcover

In this inspiring memoir—the antidote to the “just quit your job and ditch all your belongings to b… read more

Similar categories in Helene Sula's Two O'Clock on a Tuesday at Trevi Fountain: A Search for an Unconventional Life Abroad book and Brianna Madia's Never Leave the Dogs Behind: A Memoir

  • travel
  • biography memoir
  • nonfiction
  • memoir

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4.12

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4.64

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Andrea Lankford

3.76

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4.13

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3.97

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4.04

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