15 best-selling memoir books like Stray: Memoir of a Runaway by Tanya Marquardt

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Stray: Memoir of a Runaway

By: Tanya Marquardt

3.43

Format: 256 pages, Kindle Edition

Brutal and beautiful, Stray is the true story of a girl who runs away and finds herself. After gro…

"When I left, I took everything with me...I reached under my bed where there were two leather-bound journals that had gold lettering on the front covers and that fastened with a flimsy lock. I read the lettering out loud to myself and gingerly placed the books into my backpack. Diary."

-Tanya Marquardt, Stray: Memoir of a Runaway

"We were magical and alive - we cared about music and conversation, sex and spit and blood, holding on tight to the space between youth and adulthood. When I look back at that time, my nostalgia can be blinding. Because we weren’t night dwellers, vampires who would live forever. We were a bunch of kids playing at being Lost Boys, looking for our version of Neverland."

-Tanya Marquardt, Stray: Memoir of a Runaway

If you liked the memoir plot in Stray: Memoir of a Runaway by Tanya Marquardt , here is a list of 15 books like this:

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1. Coming Clean

By: Kimberly Rae Miller

3.96

Format: 272 pages, Hardcover

A stunning memoir about a childhood spent growing up in a family of extreme hoarders and hiding squ… read more

Similar categories in Kimberly Rae Miller's Coming Clean book and Tanya Marquardt's Stray: Memoir of a Runaway

  • biography
  • memoir
  • autobiography
  • biography memoir
  • nonfiction
  • audiobook
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2. American Drug Addict: a memoir

By: Brett Douglas

4.11

Format: 176 pages,

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Similar categories in Brett Douglas's American Drug Addict: a memoir book and Tanya Marquardt's Stray: Memoir of a Runaway

  • nonfiction
  • biography
  • memoir
  • audiobook

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. Don't Call Me Jupiter: Memoir of a Reluctant Hippie Kid (Jupiter, #2)

By: Tom J. Bross

4.52

Format: 311 pages, ebook

Don’t Call Me Jupiter is a true coming-of-age memoir of psychedelic adventure about growing up in a… read more

Similar categories in Tom J. Bross's Don't Call Me Jupiter: Memoir of a Reluctant Hippie Kid (Jupiter, #2) book and Tanya Marquardt's Stray: Memoir of a Runaway

  • memoir
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5. Whisper Me This

By: Kerry Anne King

4.00

Format: 351 pages, Kindle Edition

In this Amazon Charts and Washington Post bestseller, a devastating secret is revealed, and a famil… read more

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  • audiobook
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6. Hell's Princess: The Mystery of Belle Gunness, Butcher of Men

By: Harold Schechter

3.46

Format: 334 pages, Kindle Edition

In the pantheon of serial killers, Belle Gunness stands alone. She was the rarest of female psychop… read more

Similar categories in Harold Schechter's Hell's Princess: The Mystery of Belle Gunness, Butcher of Men book and Tanya Marquardt's Stray: Memoir of a Runaway

  • nonfiction
  • biography
  • audiobook
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7. The Broken Circle: A Memoir of Escaping Afghanistan

By: Enjeela Ahmadi-Miller

4.06

Format: 282 pages, Kindle Edition

An emotional and sweeping memoir of love and survival—and of a committed and desperate family uproo… read more

Similar categories in Enjeela Ahmadi-Miller's The Broken Circle: A Memoir of Escaping Afghanistan book and Tanya Marquardt's Stray: Memoir of a Runaway

  • biography
  • memoir
  • autobiography
  • biography memoir
  • nonfiction
  • audiobook
"Hate is not from God. People who use religion to hate can't love God. It is impossible."

-Enjeela Ahmadi-Miller, The Broken Circle: A Memoir of Escaping Afghanistan

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8. In the Shadow of the Valley: A Memoir

By: Bobi Conn

3.79

Format: 296 pages, Library Binding

A clear-eyed and compassionate memoir of the Appalachian experience by a woman who embraced its ast… read more

Similar categories in Bobi Conn's In the Shadow of the Valley: A Memoir book and Tanya Marquardt's Stray: Memoir of a Runaway

  • biography
  • memoir
  • autobiography
  • biography memoir
  • nonfiction
  • abuse
  • audiobook
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9. Neighborly

By: Ellie Monago

3.57

Format: 312 pages, Kindle Edition

A not-to-be-missed novel of suspense about the secrets hidden in a young couple’s new neighborhood.… read more

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  • audiobook
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10. 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

Similar categories in Shy Keenan's Broken : The Most Shocking Childhood Story Ever Told book and Tanya Marquardt's Stray: Memoir of a Runaway

  • memoir
  • audiobook
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11. The Bigamist: The True Story of a Husband's Ultimate Betrayal

By: Mary Turner Thomson

3.94

Format: 242 pages, Kindle Edition

In April 2006, Mary Turner Thomson received a call that blew her life apart. The woman on the other… read more

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  • biography
  • memoir
  • autobiography
  • biography memoir
  • nonfiction
  • audiobook
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12. To the Bridge

By: Nancy Rommelmann

3.38

Format: 303 pages, Kindle Edition

The case was closed, but for journalist Nancy Rommelmann, the mystery remained: What made a mother … read more

Similar categories in Nancy Rommelmann's To the Bridge book and Tanya Marquardt's Stray: Memoir of a Runaway

  • nonfiction
  • biography
  • memoir
  • audiobook
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13. The Psychopath: A True Story

By: Mary Turner Thomson

3.54

Format: 239 pages, Kindle Edition

In 2006, Mary Turner Thomson’s world shattered when she discovered her husband Will was a bigamist,… read more

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  • biography
  • memoir
  • biography memoir
  • nonfiction
  • audiobook
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14. Wholly Unraveled: A Memoir

By: Keele Burgin

3.99

Format: 287 pages, Kindle Edition

Sometimes all that it takes to start over is the courage to say you will. In Kathleen’s home, red … read more

Similar categories in Keele Burgin's Wholly Unraveled: A Memoir book and Tanya Marquardt's Stray: Memoir of a Runaway

  • biography
  • memoir
  • autobiography
  • biography memoir
  • nonfiction
  • abuse
  • audiobook
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15. Stray: Memoir of a Runaway

By: Tanya Marquardt

3.43

Format: 256 pages, Kindle Edition

Brutal and beautiful, Stray is the true story of a girl who runs away and finds herself. After gro… read more

Similar categories in Tanya Marquardt's Stray: Memoir of a Runaway book and Tanya Marquardt's Stray: Memoir of a Runaway

  • biography
  • memoir
  • canada
  • coming of age
  • autobiography
  • biography memoir
  • nonfiction
  • abuse
  • book club
  • audiobook
"When I left, I took everything with me...I reached under my bed where there were two leather-bound journals that had gold lettering on the front covers and that fastened with a flimsy lock. I read th…"

-Tanya Marquardt, Stray: Memoir of a Runaway

"We were magical and alive - we cared about music and conversation, sex and spit and blood, holding on tight to the space between youth and adulthood. When I look back at that time, my nostalgia can b…"

-Tanya Marquardt, Stray: Memoir of a Runaway

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16. Anger Is My Middle Name: A Memoir

By: Lisbeth Zornig Andersen

4.12

Format: 231 pages, Kindle Edition

An empowering memoir of resilience and redemption, and the rage that helped a girl escape the darkn… read more

Similar categories in Lisbeth Zornig Andersen's Anger Is My Middle Name: A Memoir book and Tanya Marquardt's Stray: Memoir of a Runaway

  • biography
  • memoir
  • biography memoir
  • nonfiction
  • abuse
  • audiobook
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17. Your Blue Is Not My Blue: A Missing Person Memoir

By: Aspen Matis

3.57

Format: 305 pages, Kindle Edition

From Aspen Matis, author of the acclaimed true story Girl in the Woods, comes a bold and atmospheri… read more

Similar categories in Aspen Matis's Your Blue Is Not My Blue: A Missing Person Memoir book and Tanya Marquardt's Stray: Memoir of a Runaway

  • biography
  • memoir
  • autobiography
  • biography memoir
  • nonfiction
  • audiobook
"He spoke as if the plan had already been written."

-Aspen Matis, Your Blue Is Not My Blue: A Missing Person Memoir

"He kissed my mitten. “Then we’ll get you to New York,"

-Aspen Matis, Your Blue Is Not My Blue: A Missing Person Memoir

"The only comfort I found was in planning to disappear."

-Aspen Matis, Your Blue Is Not My Blue: A Missing Person Memoir

"He opened his laptop and showed me a picture of a “cozy"

-Aspen Matis, Your Blue Is Not My Blue: A Missing Person Memoir

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18. Flying on the Inside: A Memoir of Trauma and Recovery

By: Rachel Gotto

3.89

Format: 248 pages, Kindle Edition

The remarkable true story of one woman’s journey back from the brink. Newly widowed and faced with … read more

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  • biography memoir
  • nonfiction
  • biography
  • memoir
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19. The Lie: A Memoir of Two Marriages, Catfishing & Coming Out

By: William Dameron

3.94

Format: 266 pages, Kindle Edition

A candid memoir of denial, stolen identities, betrayal, faking it, and coming out. Do you know me?… read more

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  • biography
  • memoir
  • autobiography
  • biography memoir
  • nonfiction
  • audiobook
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20. Evergreen Lodge: A Memoir

By: Tom J. Bross

4.48

Format: 315 pages, Kindle Edition

From the #1 Bestselling Author of Don't Call Me Jupiter comes Evergreen A Memoir, a hilarious and … read more

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21. 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 Tanya Marquardt's Stray: Memoir of a Runaway

  • nonfiction
  • biography
"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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4.00

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