17 Top nonfiction books like Paper Trails: From the Backwoods to the Front Page, a Life in Stories by Roy MacGregor

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Paper Trails: From the Backwoods to the Front Page, a Life in Stories

By: Roy MacGregor

4.25

Format: 426 pages, Kindle Edition

One of Canada's greatest journalists shares a half century of the stories behind the stories.From h…

If you liked the nonfiction plot in Paper Trails: From the Backwoods to the Front Page, a Life in Stories by Roy MacGregor , here is a list of 17 books like this:

1. Mercy Among the Children

By: David Adams Richards

3.56

Format: 256 pages,

When twelve-year-old Sidney Henderson pushes his friend Connie off the roof of a local church in a … read more

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2. My Effin' Life

By: Geddy Lee

4.58

Format: 512 pages, Hardcover

The long-awaited memoir, generously illustrated with never-before-seen photos, from the iconic Rock… read more

Similar categories in Geddy Lee's My Effin' Life book and Roy MacGregor's Paper Trails: From the Backwoods to the Front Page, a Life in Stories

  • nonfiction
  • biography
  • audiobook
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3. The Adversary

By: Michael Crummey

3.85

Format: 336 pages, Hardcover

From the award-winning, critically acclaimed author of The Innocents (“Extraordinary”— Wall Street … read more

Similar categories in Michael Crummey's The Adversary book and Roy MacGregor's Paper Trails: From the Backwoods to the Front Page, a Life in Stories

  • audiobook
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4. Moon of the Turning Leaves (Moon, #2)

By: Waubgeshig Rice

4.28

Format: 320 pages, Hardcover

In this gripping sequel to the award-winning post-apocalyptic novel Moon of the Crusted Snow , a br… read more

Similar categories in Waubgeshig Rice's Moon of the Turning Leaves (Moon, #2) book and Roy MacGregor's Paper Trails: From the Backwoods to the Front Page, a Life in Stories

  • audiobook
Cover of The Wide Wide Sea: Imperial Ambition, First Contact and the Fateful Final Voyage of Captain James Cook by Hampton Sides

5. The Wide Wide Sea: Imperial Ambition, First Contact and the Fateful Final Voyage of Captain James Cook

By: Hampton Sides

4.51

Format: 408 pages, Hardcover

From New York Times bestselling author Hampton Sides, an epic account of the most momentous voyage … read more

Similar categories in Hampton Sides's The Wide Wide Sea: Imperial Ambition, First Contact and the Fateful Final Voyage of Captain James Cook book and Roy MacGregor's Paper Trails: From the Backwoods to the Front Page, a Life in Stories

  • nonfiction
  • biography
  • audiobook
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6. My Name Is Barbra

By: Barbra Streisand

4.20

Format: 1040 pages, Hardcover

The long-awaited memoir by the superstar of stage, screen, recordings, and television. Barbra St… read more

Similar categories in Barbra Streisand's My Name Is Barbra book and Roy MacGregor's Paper Trails: From the Backwoods to the Front Page, a Life in Stories

  • nonfiction
  • biography
  • audiobook
"Fame is a hollow trophy. No matter who you are, you can only eat one pastrami sandwich at a time."

-Barbra Streisand, My Name Is Barbra

"Once again I was struck by the power of music. Somehow, it can be the connective tissue between souls."

-Barbra Streisand, My Name Is Barbra

"There are some things I hope we can all agree upon: The antidote to lies is truth, the remedy to war is peace, and the solution to hate is love."

-Barbra Streisand, My Name Is Barbra

"Language gives us an insight into the way women are viewed in a male-dominated society . . . A man is commanding—a woman is demanding. A man is forceful—a woman is pushy. A man is uncompromising—a wo…"

-Barbra Streisand, My Name Is Barbra

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7. The Defector (Apollo Murders, #2)

By: Chris Hadfield

4.02

Format: 368 pages, Hardcover

From New York Times bestselling author, astronaut, and fighter pilot Chris Hadfield comes a rivetin… read more

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  • audiobook
Cover of Fire Weather: A True Story from a Hotter World by John Vaillant

8. Fire Weather: A True Story from a Hotter World

By: John Vaillant

4.35

Format: 432 pages, Hardcover

A stunning account of a colossal wildfire that collided with a city and a panoramic exploration of … read more

Similar categories in John Vaillant's Fire Weather: A True Story from a Hotter World book and Roy MacGregor's Paper Trails: From the Backwoods to the Front Page, a Life in Stories

  • nonfiction
  • audiobook
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9. The Road Years: A Memoir, Continued . . .

By: Rick Mercer

4.45

Format: 304 pages, Hardcover

Rick Mercer is back—again!—with the eagerly awaited sequel to his bestselling memoir At the end … read more

Similar categories in Rick Mercer's The Road Years: A Memoir, Continued . . . book and Roy MacGregor's Paper Trails: From the Backwoods to the Front Page, a Life in Stories

  • nonfiction
  • biography
  • audiobook
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10. What We Buried

By: Robert Rotenberg

3.85

Format: 320 pages, Paperback

A Toronto homicide detective is attacked at his doorstep when his investigation into possible links… read more

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11. The Air Raid Book Club

By: Annie Lyons

4.06

Format: 336 pages, Hardcover

London, 1938: The bookstore just doesn’t feel the same to Gertie Bingham ever since the death of he… read more

Similar categories in Annie Lyons's The Air Raid Book Club book and Roy MacGregor's Paper Trails: From the Backwoods to the Front Page, a Life in Stories

  • audiobook
"Quite. But Hedy has inherited her mother's skills as a seamstress. Very good. Tell her to come and see me. If you can't sew, can you knit? A little. Although I made my father a pair of socks once and…"

-Annie Lyons, The Air Raid Book Club

Cover of I Only Read Murder (Miranda Abbott, #1) by Ian Ferguson

12. I Only Read Murder (Miranda Abbott, #1)

By: Ian Ferguson

3.28

Format: 304 pages, Paperback

A once-famous TV sleuth An amateur theater production An onstage murder A town full of suspects…… read more

Similar categories in Ian Ferguson's I Only Read Murder (Miranda Abbott, #1) book and Roy MacGregor's Paper Trails: From the Backwoods to the Front Page, a Life in Stories

  • audiobook
Cover of 21 Things You May Not Know About the Indian Act by Bob Joseph

13. 21 Things You May Not Know About the Indian Act

By: Bob Joseph

4.57

Format: 160 pages, Paperback

Based on a viral article, 21 Things You May Not Know About the Indian Act is the essential guide to… read more

Similar categories in Bob Joseph's 21 Things You May Not Know About the Indian Act book and Roy MacGregor's Paper Trails: From the Backwoods to the Front Page, a Life in Stories

  • nonfiction
  • audiobook
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14. Evidence of Things Seen

By: Sarah Weinman

3.65

Format: 304 pages, Paperback

From Sarah Weinman, the award-winning editor of Unspeakable Acts, a groundbreaking new anthology sh… read more

Similar categories in Sarah Weinman's Evidence of Things Seen book and Roy MacGregor's Paper Trails: From the Backwoods to the Front Page, a Life in Stories

  • nonfiction
  • audiobook
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15. All the Colour in the World

By: C.S. Richardson

3.74

Format: 208 pages, Hardcover

The story of the restorative power of art in one man's life, set against the sweep of the twentieth… read more

Similar categories in C.S. Richardson's All the Colour in the World book and Roy MacGregor's Paper Trails: From the Backwoods to the Front Page, a Life in Stories

  • audiobook
Cover of Bury the Lead (Quill & Packet Mystery, #1) by Kate   Hilton

16. Bury the Lead (Quill & Packet Mystery, #1)

By: Kate Hilton

3.71

Format: 352 pages, Paperback

A big-city journalist joins the staff of a small-town paper in cottage country and finds a communit… read more

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17. A New Season

By: Terry Fallis

3.65

Format: 352 pages, Paperback

From beloved and bestselling author Terry Fallis comes a novel unlike any of his others. A thoughtf… read more

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  • audiobook
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18. Becoming a Matriarch: A Memoir

By: Helen Knott

4.31

Format: 214 pages, Hardcover

When matriarchs begin to disappear, there is a choice to either step into the places they left behi… read more

Similar categories in Helen Knott's Becoming a Matriarch: A Memoir book and Roy MacGregor's Paper Trails: From the Backwoods to the Front Page, a Life in Stories

  • nonfiction
  • biography
  • audiobook
"What else have I made my responsibility that no one asked me to take on?"

-Helen Knott, Becoming a Matriarch: A Memoir

"Mama's arms felt like ceremony on nights when the ghosts of my past experiences wouldn't let me sleep."

-Helen Knott, Becoming a Matriarch: A Memoir

"The women in my family are medicine. They are backbones and ribcages and hearts. They are whispers in men's ears. They are the guardians that kept us whole."

-Helen Knott, Becoming a Matriarch: A Memoir

"Teetering on the brink of relapse and the edge of insanity. I can't fuck or fight my way out of these feelings, so that's a bitch, but the weather is nice. More cream for your coffee, Edna?"

-Helen Knott, Becoming a Matriarch: A Memoir

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19. We Meant Well

By: Erum Shazia Hasan

4.05

Format: 280 pages, Paperback

A propulsive debut that grapples with timely questions about what it means to be charitable, who de… read more

Similar categories in Erum Shazia Hasan's We Meant Well book and Roy MacGregor's Paper Trails: From the Backwoods to the Front Page, a Life in Stories

  • audiobook
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20. The Spoon Stealer

By: Lesley Crewe

4.40

Format: 360 pages, Paperback

Born into a basket of clean sheets—ruining a perfectly good load of laundry—Emmeline never quite fi… read more

Similar categories in Lesley Crewe's The Spoon Stealer book and Roy MacGregor's Paper Trails: From the Backwoods to the Front Page, a Life in Stories

"So much of our lives depend on just one move, one way or the other. If I'd turned left instead of right that day..."

-Lesley Crewe, The Spoon Stealer

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21. Dominion: The Railway and the Rise of Canada

By: Stephen R. Bown

4.20

Format: 416 pages, Hardcover

Stephen R. Bown continues to revitalize Canadian history with this thrilling account of the enginee… read more

Similar categories in Stephen R. Bown's Dominion: The Railway and the Rise of Canada book and Roy MacGregor's Paper Trails: From the Backwoods to the Front Page, a Life in Stories

  • nonfiction
  • audiobook
Cover of Outsider: An Old Man, a Mountain and the Search for a Hidden Past by Brett Popplewell

22. Outsider: An Old Man, a Mountain and the Search for a Hidden Past

By: Brett Popplewell

4.31

Format: 382 pages, Kindle Edition

Into the Wild  meets  Born to Run  meets  The Stranger in the Woods  in a fascinating true story of… read more

Similar categories in Brett Popplewell's Outsider: An Old Man, a Mountain and the Search for a Hidden Past book and Roy MacGregor's Paper Trails: From the Backwoods to the Front Page, a Life in Stories

  • nonfiction
  • biography
  • audiobook
Cover of Where the Falcon Flies: A 3,400 Kilometre Odyssey From My Doorstep to the Arctic by Adam Shoalts

23. Where the Falcon Flies: A 3,400 Kilometre Odyssey From My Doorstep to the Arctic

By: Adam Shoalts

4.32

Format: 362 pages, Kindle Edition

From Canada’s most accomplished adventurer and storyteller comes a gripping journey into the vastne… read more

Similar categories in Adam Shoalts's Where the Falcon Flies: A 3,400 Kilometre Odyssey From My Doorstep to the Arctic book and Roy MacGregor's Paper Trails: From the Backwoods to the Front Page, a Life in Stories

  • nonfiction
  • audiobook
Cover of Dog Is Love: Why and How Your Dog Loves You by Clive D.L. Wynne

24. Dog Is Love: Why and How Your Dog Loves You

By: Clive D.L. Wynne

3.99

Format: 272 pages, Hardcover

“Lively and fascinating... The reader comes away cheered, better informed, and with a new and deepe… read more

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  • nonfiction
  • audiobook
"Puppies are born with the genes for love, but it still takes a village to raise a loving dog."

-Clive D.L. Wynne, Dog Is Love: Why and How Your Dog Loves You

"There is a movement in our culture today that equates strength, especially but not only manly strength, with exploiting whatever power one has over others - be it physical strength, elite social stan…"

-Clive D.L. Wynne, Dog Is Love: Why and How Your Dog Loves You

Cover of Paper Trails: From the Backwoods to the Front Page, a Life in Stories by Roy MacGregor

25. Paper Trails: From the Backwoods to the Front Page, a Life in Stories

By: Roy MacGregor

4.25

Format: 426 pages, Kindle Edition

One of Canada's greatest journalists shares a half century of the stories behind the stories.From h… read more

Similar categories in Roy MacGregor's Paper Trails: From the Backwoods to the Front Page, a Life in Stories book and Roy MacGregor's Paper Trails: From the Backwoods to the Front Page, a Life in Stories

  • nonfiction
  • biography
  • audiobook
Cover of The Last Island: Discovery, Defiance, and the Most Elusive Tribe on Earth by Adam Goodheart

26. The Last Island: Discovery, Defiance, and the Most Elusive Tribe on Earth

By: Adam Goodheart

3.84

Format: 272 pages, Hardcover

A journey to the coast of North Sentinel Island, home to a tribe believed to be the most isolated h… read more

Similar categories in Adam Goodheart's The Last Island: Discovery, Defiance, and the Most Elusive Tribe on Earth book and Roy MacGregor's Paper Trails: From the Backwoods to the Front Page, a Life in Stories

  • nonfiction
  • audiobook
Cover of The Secret History of Audrey James by Heather     Marshall

27. The Secret History of Audrey James

By: Heather Marshall

4.46

Format: 432 pages, Paperback

The #1 bestselling author of Looking for Jane returns with a poignant, gripping novel about a piani… read more

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  • audiobook
Cover of A History of Women in 101 Objects by Annabelle Hirsch

28. A History of Women in 101 Objects

By: Annabelle Hirsch

4.21

Format: 432 pages, Hardcover

Discover the hidden history of women—and the world—through this visual exploration of intimate obje… read more

Similar categories in Annabelle Hirsch's A History of Women in 101 Objects book and Roy MacGregor's Paper Trails: From the Backwoods to the Front Page, a Life in Stories

  • nonfiction
  • audiobook
"Pans and other such objects are the very opposite of monuments. They don't commemorate revolutions or victories on the battlefield; don't allude to great contracts or those moments of upheaval that h…"

-Annabelle Hirsch, A History of Women in 101 Objects

Cover of Mystery in the Title (Miranda Abbott Mystery, #2) by Ian Ferguson

29. Mystery in the Title (Miranda Abbott Mystery, #2)

By: Ian Ferguson

3.39

Format: 320 pages, Paperback

From the bestselling authors of I Only Read Murder comes a sidesplitting mystery of epic movie-of-t… read more

Similar categories in Ian Ferguson's Mystery in the Title (Miranda Abbott Mystery, #2) book and Roy MacGregor's Paper Trails: From the Backwoods to the Front Page, a Life in Stories

  • audiobook
Cover of Life in Two Worlds: A Coach's Journey from the Reserve to the NHL and Back by Ted Nolan

30. Life in Two Worlds: A Coach's Journey from the Reserve to the NHL and Back

By: Ted Nolan

4.28

Format: 332 pages, Kindle Edition

#1 BESTSELLER In 1997 Ted Nolan won the Jack Adams Award for best coach in the NHL. But he would… read more

Similar categories in Ted Nolan's Life in Two Worlds: A Coach's Journey from the Reserve to the NHL and Back book and Roy MacGregor's Paper Trails: From the Backwoods to the Front Page, a Life in Stories

  • nonfiction
  • audiobook
Cover of How to Examine a Wolverine: More Tales from the Accidental Veterinarian by Philipp Schott

31. How to Examine a Wolverine: More Tales from the Accidental Veterinarian

By: Philipp Schott

4.09

Format: 288 pages, Paperback

Crammed with useful info, funny recollections, heartfelt anecdotes, and lots of cute furry creature… read more

Similar categories in Philipp Schott's How to Examine a Wolverine: More Tales from the Accidental Veterinarian book and Roy MacGregor's Paper Trails: From the Backwoods to the Front Page, a Life in Stories

  • nonfiction
  • audiobook

27 Best audiobook books like Paper Trails: From the Backwoods to the Front Page, a Life in Stories by Roy MacGregor

Transform Your Habits

My Effin' Life

Geddy Lee

4.58

Transform Your Habits

The Adversary

Michael Crummey

3.85

Transform Your Habits

Moon of the Turning Leaves (Moon, #2)

Waubgeshig Rice

4.28

Transform Your Habits

The Wide Wide Sea: Imperial Ambition, First Contact and the Fateful Final Voyage of Captain James Cook

Hampton Sides

4.51

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21 must-read fiction books like The Adversary by Michael Crummey

Transform Your Habits

The Adversary

Michael Crummey

3.85

Transform Your Habits

Moon of the Turning Leaves (Moon, #2)

Waubgeshig Rice

4.28

Transform Your Habits

The Librarianist

Patrick deWitt

3.41

Transform Your Habits

Rage the Night

Donna Morrissey

3.97

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