6 must-read memoir books like Why: A Memoir of Love and Lymphoma by John Melithoniotes

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Why: A Memoir of Love and Lymphoma

By: John Melithoniotes

4.31

Format: 278 pages, Paperback

There is no test of a couple’s bonds like the revelation that one of them has a life-threatening di…

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Cover of The Foundling: The True Story of a Kidnapping, a Family Secret, and My Search for the Real Me by Alex Tresniowski, Paul Joseph Fronczak

1. The Foundling: The True Story of a Kidnapping, a Family Secret, and My Search for the Real Me

By: Alex Tresniowski , Paul Joseph Fronczak

4.17

Format: 78 pages, Hardcover

"A gripping tale of secrets and self-discovery." --People The Foundlingtells the incredible and ins… read more

Similar categories in Alex Tresniowski's The Foundling: The True Story of a Kidnapping, a Family Secret, and My Search for the Real Me book and John Melithoniotes's Why: A Memoir of Love and Lymphoma

  • nonfiction
  • memoir
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2. Running From The Mirror

By: Howard Shulman

4.45

Format: 248 pages, Paperback

Just three days after he was born, Howard Shulman contracted an infection that devoured his nose, l… read more

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  • nonfiction
  • memoir
"Perhaps my story was never about my face but about the journey to arrive at a place of grace, which was far better than anything I could ever have imagined."

-Howard Shulman, Running From The Mirror

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3. Tent for Seven: A Camping Adventure Gone South Out West

By: Marty Ohlhaut

4.41

Format: 250 pages, Paperback

Riveting true story about the power of family and the majesty of the wilderness Marty Ohlhaut lo… read more

Similar categories in Marty Ohlhaut's Tent for Seven: A Camping Adventure Gone South Out West book and John Melithoniotes's Why: A Memoir of Love and Lymphoma

  • nonfiction
  • memoir
"Had I known just how memorable our trip was about to be, we never would have left the house."

-Marty Ohlhaut, Tent for Seven: A Camping Adventure Gone South Out West

"It was that melancholy time of afternoon, when spirits seem suspended between the day’s activities and the night’s reminiscence."

-Marty Ohlhaut, Tent for Seven: A Camping Adventure Gone South Out West

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4. 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

Similar categories in Aphrodite Jones's LEVI'S EYES: A Son's Deadly Secret and a Father's Cruel Betrayal book and John Melithoniotes's Why: A Memoir of Love and Lymphoma

  • nonfiction
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5. The Next Patient: The Incredible World of Emergency Medicine

By: J. Thomas Grant

4.54

Format: 363 pages, Paperback

Extraordinary encounters. Life-threatening diseases. Heroic actions. Instantaneous decisions. Unima… read more

Similar categories in J. Thomas Grant's The Next Patient: The Incredible World of Emergency Medicine book and John Melithoniotes's Why: A Memoir of Love and Lymphoma

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

6. 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

Similar categories in Amanda Lamb's Love Lies: A True Story of Marriage and Murder in the Suburbs book and John Melithoniotes's Why: A Memoir of Love and Lymphoma

  • nonfiction
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7. Secrets of a Nun: My Own Story

By: Elizabeth Upton

4.18

Format: 259 pages, Kindle Edition

Secrets of a Nun is a revealing, uncompromisingly honest, and deeply moving look into one woman's s… read more

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Cover of Why: A Memoir of Love and Lymphoma by John Melithoniotes

8. Why: A Memoir of Love and Lymphoma

By: John Melithoniotes

4.31

Format: 278 pages, Paperback

There is no test of a couple’s bonds like the revelation that one of them has a life-threatening di… read more

Similar categories in John Melithoniotes's Why: A Memoir of Love and Lymphoma book and John Melithoniotes's Why: A Memoir of Love and Lymphoma

  • nonfiction
  • memoir
  • health
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9. I Almost Lost Her : A memoir of unthinkable tragedy

By: Andre Xavier

4.32

Format: 199 pages, Kindle Edition

André Xavier’s life was forever changed by a single phone call on a sunny September morning. On … read more

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Cover of BUTTER SIDE UP, THANK GOD!: A MEMOIR by Tina Wagner Mattern

10. BUTTER SIDE UP, THANK GOD!: A MEMOIR

By: Tina Wagner Mattern

4.36

Format: 493 pages, Kindle Edition

This memoir is the true, no holds barred story of my incredibly blessed, ridiculously messy life. I… read more

Similar categories in Tina Wagner Mattern's BUTTER SIDE UP, THANK GOD!: A MEMOIR book and John Melithoniotes's Why: A Memoir of Love and Lymphoma

  • nonfiction
  • memoir
Cover of Our Elizabeth: Her Struggle With Opioid Addiction by Larry C. Turner

11. Our Elizabeth: Her Struggle With Opioid Addiction

By: Larry C. Turner

4.17

Format: 81 pages, Kindle Edition

In the late 1990’s pharmaceutical companies reassured the medical community that patients would not… read more

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12. Laugh Cry Rewind: A Memoir

By: Judy Haveson

4.31

Format: 349 pages, Kindle Edition

Growing up in 1970s and 80s suburban Houston, Judy Haveson is funny, sarcastic, and fiercely loyal,… read more

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  • nonfiction
Cover of On Borrowed Breath: A memoir of faith, love and advocating through a health crisis by Karen Campbell Wilkinson

13. On Borrowed Breath: A memoir of faith, love and advocating through a health crisis

By: Karen Campbell Wilkinson

4.39

Format: 306 pages, Kindle Edition

What do you do when the love of your life is hanging by a thread? This is the reality that I found… read more

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14. Stage 5: A Cancer Journey

By: David Chill

4.44

Format: 182 pages, Kindle Edition

Stage 5: A Cancer Journey . This book tells the remarkable story of how David Chill overcame a term… read more

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15. Children of a Bold God (Surgeon's Life #2)

By: Yael Dreznik

4.44

Format: 121 pages, Kindle Edition

As we enter the operating room, the mother embraces me tightly. "I'm entrusting her to you," she sa… read more

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Cover of Oh, Hello Alzheimer's: A Caregiver's Journey of Love by Lisa Marshall

16. Oh, Hello Alzheimer's: A Caregiver's Journey of Love

By: Lisa Marshall

4.62

Format: 391 pages, Kindle Edition

In Oh Hello Alzheimer's, author Lisa Marshall takes us on a journey of diagnosis with her beloved h… read more

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17. Stolen

By: Rebecca Petty

4.48

Format: 357 pages, Kindle Edition

“Andi’s missing,” said the frantic caller. A call that changed the trajectory of many lives.May 15,… read more

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18. Don't Ms With Me: Multiple Sclerosis (When Nothing Goes To Plan)

By: Morgan Mansell

4.66

Format: 112 pages, Kindle Edition

Don’t MS With Me is the captivating and inspirational story of a young woman’s multiple sclerosis j… read more

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19. Braving The Storm: My Battle Against Esophageal Cancer

By: Douglas Rose

4.09

Format: 193 pages, Kindle Edition

Discover the incredible true story of Douglas Rose in "Braving The Storm." Confronting esophageal c… read more

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20. The Painted Pink Dress: A Daughter’s Story of Family, Betrayal, and Her Search for the Truth

By: Minu Cash

4.53

Format: 258 pages, Paperback

A passionate memoir about identity, resilience, and the healing power of forgiveness From her earl… read more

Similar categories in Minu Cash's The Painted Pink Dress: A Daughter’s Story of Family, Betrayal, and Her Search for the Truth book and John Melithoniotes's Why: A Memoir of Love and Lymphoma

  • nonfiction
"What if the real Minu was out there in the world somewhere? And here I was, trapped in this awful life I wasn’t supposed to be living."

-Minu Cash, The Painted Pink Dress: A Daughter’s Story of Family, Betrayal, and Her Search for the Truth

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21. I'm Tough... And I Cry A Lot

By: Jaimie Sherling

4.63

Format: 184 pages, Kindle Edition

Jump on the Trauma Trolley and brace yourself for a bumpy ride. We’ll be making stops atCancer Corn… read more

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