8 best-selling biography books like The Master Plan: My Journey from Life in Prison to a Life of Purpose by Chris Wilson

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The Master Plan: My Journey from Life in Prison to a Life of Purpose

By: Chris Wilson

4.62

Format: 424 pages, Kindle Edition

The inspiring, instructive, and ultimately triumphant memoir of a man who used hard work and a Mast…

If you liked the biography plot in The Master Plan: My Journey from Life in Prison to a Life of Purpose by Chris Wilson , here is a list of 8 books like this:

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1. In My Hands: Memories of a Holocaust Rescuer

By: Jennifer Armstrong , Irene Gut Opdyke

4.25

Format: 304 pages, Paperback

"You must understand that I did not become a resistance fighter, a smuggler of Jews, a defier of th… read more

Similar categories in Jennifer Armstrong's In My Hands: Memories of a Holocaust Rescuer book and Chris Wilson's The Master Plan: My Journey from Life in Prison to a Life of Purpose

  • biography
  • memoir
  • autobiography
  • biography memoir
  • nonfiction
"In my heart, I was seeing them dead. But on my face, I was an open invitation. If you are only a girl, this is how you destroy your enemies."

-Jennifer Armstrong, In My Hands: Memories of a Holocaust Rescuer

"In my fantasies, I was always caught up in heroic struggles, and I saw myself saving lives, sacrificing myself for others. I had far loftier ambitions than mere romance."

-Jennifer Armstrong, In My Hands: Memories of a Holocaust Rescuer

"If we were stopped and questioned, I always smiled at the officers, and they always smiled back. In my heart, I was seeing them dead. But on my face, I was an open invitation. If you are only a girl,…"

-Jennifer Armstrong, In My Hands: Memories of a Holocaust Rescuer

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2. Evicted: Poverty and Profit in the American City

By: Matthew Desmond

3.37

Format: 320 pages, Hardcover

From Harvard sociologist and MacArthur "Genius" Matthew Desmond, a landmark work of scholarship and… read more

Similar categories in Matthew Desmond's Evicted: Poverty and Profit in the American City book and Chris Wilson's The Master Plan: My Journey from Life in Prison to a Life of Purpose

  • nonfiction
  • social justice
  • audiobook
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3. Last Chance in Texas: The Redemption of Criminal Youth

By: John Hubner

3.66

Format: 296 pages, Hardcover

A powerful, bracing and deeply spiritual look at intensely, troubled youth, Last Chance in Texas gi… read more

Similar categories in John Hubner's Last Chance in Texas: The Redemption of Criminal Youth book and Chris Wilson's The Master Plan: My Journey from Life in Prison to a Life of Purpose

  • nonfiction
  • social justice
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4. Human Universe

By: Brian Cox , Andrew Cohen

3.63

Format: None pages, Hardcover

Human life is a staggeringly strange thing. On the surface of a ball of rock falling around a nucle… read more

Similar categories in Brian Cox's Human Universe book and Chris Wilson's The Master Plan: My Journey from Life in Prison to a Life of Purpose

  • nonfiction
  • audiobook
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5. Writing My Wrongs

By: Shaka Senghor

3.86

Format: 302 pages, Paperback

In 1991, at the age of nineteen, Shaka Senghor shot and killed a man. He was a young drug dealer wi… read more

Similar categories in Shaka Senghor's Writing My Wrongs book and Chris Wilson's The Master Plan: My Journey from Life in Prison to a Life of Purpose

  • biography
  • memoir
  • autobiography
  • nonfiction
  • audiobook

6. The Other Wes Moore: One Name, Two Fates

By: Tavis Smiley , Wes Moore

4.26

Format: 91 pages, Hardcover

Two kids with the same name lived in the same decaying city. One went on to be a Rhodes Scholar, de… read more

Similar categories in Tavis Smiley's The Other Wes Moore: One Name, Two Fates book and Chris Wilson's The Master Plan: My Journey from Life in Prison to a Life of Purpose

7. The Slave Across the Street: The True Story of How an American Teen Survived the World of Human Trafficking

By: None

3.88

Format: 383 pages, Paperback

The memoir of a woman, tricked and trapped into sexual slavery as a young teenager. read more

Similar categories in None's The Slave Across the Street: The True Story of How an American Teen Survived the World of Human Trafficking book and Chris Wilson's The Master Plan: My Journey from Life in Prison to a Life of Purpose

8. Hidden America: From Coal Miners to Cowboys, an Extraordinary Exploration of the Unseen People Who Make This Country Work

By: Jeanne Marie Laskas

3.33

Format: 300 pages, Hardcover

Five hundred feet underground, Jeanne Marie Laskas asked a coal miner named Smitty, "Do you think i… read more

Similar categories in Jeanne Marie Laskas's Hidden America: From Coal Miners to Cowboys, an Extraordinary Exploration of the Unseen People Who Make This Country Work book and Chris Wilson's The Master Plan: My Journey from Life in Prison to a Life of Purpose

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9. Democracy Awakening: Notes on the State of America

By: Heather Cox Richardson

4.42

Format: 286 pages, Hardcover

“Engaging and highly accessible.” —Boston Globe “A vibrant, and essential history of America's u… read more

Similar categories in Heather Cox Richardson's Democracy Awakening: Notes on the State of America book and Chris Wilson's The Master Plan: My Journey from Life in Prison to a Life of Purpose

  • nonfiction
  • social justice
  • audiobook
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10. Until I Find You

By: Rea Frey

3.98

Format: 320 pages, Paperback

"In Until I Find You, celebrated author Rea Frey brings you her most explosive, emotional, taut dom… read more

Similar categories in Rea Frey's Until I Find You book and Chris Wilson's The Master Plan: My Journey from Life in Prison to a Life of Purpose

  • audiobook
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11. The Founders: The Story of Paypal and the Entrepreneurs Who Shaped Silicon Valley

By: Jimmy Soni

4.23

Format: 496 pages, Hardcover

NAMED A BEST BOOK OF 2022 BY THE NEW YORKER National Bestseller * New York Times Editors’ Choice * … read more

Similar categories in Jimmy Soni's The Founders: The Story of Paypal and the Entrepreneurs Who Shaped Silicon Valley book and Chris Wilson's The Master Plan: My Journey from Life in Prison to a Life of Purpose

  • biography memoir
  • biography
  • nonfiction
  • audiobook
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12. Daughters of the Deer

By: Danielle Daniel

4.40

Format: 327 pages, Paperback

In this haunting, groundbreaking, historical novel, Danielle Daniel imagines the lives of her ances… read more

Similar categories in Danielle Daniel's Daughters of the Deer book and Chris Wilson's The Master Plan: My Journey from Life in Prison to a Life of Purpose

  • audiobook
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13. 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 Chris Wilson's The Master Plan: My Journey from Life in Prison to a Life of Purpose

"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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14. My Time Will Come: A Memoir of Crime, Punishment, Hope, and Redemption

By: Ian Manuel

4.20

Format: 224 pages, Hardcover

My story has been told many times and by highly regarded experts in their fields [judges, prosecuto… read more

Similar categories in Ian Manuel's My Time Will Come: A Memoir of Crime, Punishment, Hope, and Redemption book and Chris Wilson's The Master Plan: My Journey from Life in Prison to a Life of Purpose

  • biography
  • memoir
  • autobiography
  • nonfiction
  • social justice
  • audiobook
Cover of Life's Too Short: A Memoir by Darius Rucker

15. Life's Too Short: A Memoir

By: Darius Rucker

4.18

Format: 256 pages, Hardcover

A raw, heartfelt memoir from Darius Rucker, the three-time Grammy Award–winning, Diamond-selling le… read more

Similar categories in Darius Rucker's Life's Too Short: A Memoir book and Chris Wilson's The Master Plan: My Journey from Life in Prison to a Life of Purpose

  • biography
  • memoir
  • autobiography
  • biography memoir
  • nonfiction
  • audiobook
Cover of A Knock at Midnight: A Story of Hope, Justice, and Freedom by Brittany K. Barnett

16. A Knock at Midnight: A Story of Hope, Justice, and Freedom

By: Brittany K. Barnett

4.59

Format: 321 pages, Hardcover

An urgent call to free those buried alive by America's legal system, and an inspiring true story ab… read more

Similar categories in Brittany K. Barnett's A Knock at Midnight: A Story of Hope, Justice, and Freedom book and Chris Wilson's The Master Plan: My Journey from Life in Prison to a Life of Purpose

  • biography
  • memoir
  • biography memoir
  • nonfiction
  • social justice
  • audiobook
"Teachers, lawyers, social workers, activists-anyone who works with the directly impacted, anyone who confronts the system day in and day out-will tell you that residual trauma is real."

-Brittany K. Barnett, A Knock at Midnight: A Story of Hope, Justice, and Freedom

"No matter how many times my dad urged me to reach for the stars, my understanding of the universe was still confined by the world' limited notion of what a Black country girl from the South could do …"

-Brittany K. Barnett, A Knock at Midnight: A Story of Hope, Justice, and Freedom

"A statue of a lone Confederate general towers over the Clarksville town center. To hear my grandpa tell it the general was built looking sternly over the Black side of town as a warning regarding whe…"

-Brittany K. Barnett, A Knock at Midnight: A Story of Hope, Justice, and Freedom

"But it was 1996, and America's War on Drugs was in full throttle. Resources for drug treatment were scant, while money was being poured into law enforcement and prisons. People with addiction like Ma…"

-Brittany K. Barnett, A Knock at Midnight: A Story of Hope, Justice, and Freedom

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17. The Master Plan: My Journey from Life in Prison to a Life of Purpose

By: Chris Wilson

4.62

Format: 424 pages, Kindle Edition

The inspiring, instructive, and ultimately triumphant memoir of a man who used hard work and a Mast… read more

Similar categories in Chris Wilson's The Master Plan: My Journey from Life in Prison to a Life of Purpose book and Chris Wilson's The Master Plan: My Journey from Life in Prison to a Life of Purpose

  • personal development
  • biography
  • memoir
  • inspirational
  • autobiography
  • biography memoir
  • nonfiction
  • social justice
  • african american
  • audiobook
Cover of Solitary: Unbroken by Four Decades in Solitary Confinement by Albert Woodfox

18. Solitary: Unbroken by Four Decades in Solitary Confinement

By: Albert Woodfox

4.42

Format: 433 pages, Hardcover

Solitary is the unforgettable life story of a man who served more than four decades in solitary con… read more

Similar categories in Albert Woodfox's Solitary: Unbroken by Four Decades in Solitary Confinement book and Chris Wilson's The Master Plan: My Journey from Life in Prison to a Life of Purpose

  • biography
  • memoir
  • autobiography
  • biography memoir
  • nonfiction
  • social justice
  • african american
"Instead of showing you how to build courage," I wrote in response to someone asking me how to be brave, "I write to you to pay tribute to and salute your courage. I embrace your courage. I lie down e…"

-Albert Woodfox, Solitary: Unbroken by Four Decades in Solitary Confinement

"Instead of showing you how to build courage," I wrote in response to someone asking me how to be brave, "I write to you to pay tribute to and salute your courage. I embrace your courage. I lie down e…"

-Albert Woodfox, Solitary: Unbroken by Four Decades in Solitary Confinement

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19. No Crumbs Left: Whole30 Endorsed, Recipes for Everyday Food Made Marvelous

By: Teri Turner

4.35

Format: 304 pages, Hardcover

The best-selling cookbook with delicious and healthful recipes from the beloved blog NoCrumbsLeft.c… read more

Similar categories in Teri Turner's No Crumbs Left: Whole30 Endorsed, Recipes for Everyday Food Made Marvelous book and Chris Wilson's The Master Plan: My Journey from Life in Prison to a Life of Purpose

  • nonfiction
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 Chris Wilson's The Master Plan: My Journey from Life in Prison to a Life of Purpose

  • biography memoir
  • nonfiction
  • memoir
  • audiobook
Cover of The Second Chance Club: Hardship and Hope After Prison by Jason Hardy

21. The Second Chance Club: Hardship and Hope After Prison

By: Jason Hardy

4.04

Format: 288 pages, Hardcover

A former parole officer shines a bright light on a huge yet hidden part of our justice system throu… read more

Similar categories in Jason Hardy's The Second Chance Club: Hardship and Hope After Prison book and Chris Wilson's The Master Plan: My Journey from Life in Prison to a Life of Purpose

  • nonfiction
  • memoir
  • audiobook
"People who got the least respect in this world felt the greatest need to demand it of bosses, friends, even strangers on the street. They felt slights more acutely than the rest of us. And the impuls…"

-Jason Hardy, The Second Chance Club: Hardship and Hope After Prison

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Transform Your Habits

Evicted: Poverty and Profit in the American City

Matthew Desmond

3.37

Transform Your Habits

Human Universe

Brian Cox , Andrew Cohen

3.63

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Writing My Wrongs

Shaka Senghor

3.86

Transform Your Habits

Democracy Awakening: Notes on the State of America

Heather Cox Richardson

4.42

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The System: The Glory and Scandal of Big-Time College Football

Jeff Benedict , Armen Keteyian

4.04

Transform Your Habits

The Line Becomes A River

Francisco Cantú

3.87

Transform Your Habits

Madness: Race and Insanity in a Jim Crow Asylum

Antonia Hylton

4.27

Transform Your Habits

Big Black: Stand at Attica

Frank "Big Black" Smith

4.23

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