21 best-selling nonfiction books like The River by Kevin Weadock

Cover of The River by Kevin Weadock

The River

By: Kevin Weadock

4.31

Format: 268 pages, Kindle Edition

The impact of alcoholism on a New York family is described through the eyes of a young boy. The boy…

If you liked the nonfiction plot in The River by Kevin Weadock , here is a list of 21 books like this:

Cover of The Evil Within: Murdered by her stepbrother – the crime that shocked a nation. The heartbreaking story of Becky Watts by her father by Darren Galsworthy

1. The Evil Within: Murdered by her stepbrother – the crime that shocked a nation. The heartbreaking story of Becky Watts by her father

By: Darren Galsworthy

4.27

Format: 288 pages, Kindle Edition

Previously published as Becky, this is the heartbreaking story behind the murder of 16-year-old Bri… read more

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  • nonfiction
  • memoir

2. 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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3. Call Me Cockroach

By: Leigh Byrne

2.00

Format: 28 pages, Kindle Edition

Our prisons, mental hospitals and streets are filled with tragic stories like Tuesday Storm's. Her … read more

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Cover of Pearl: Lost Girl of White Oak Mountain by Bill    Yates

4. Pearl: Lost Girl of White Oak Mountain

By: Bill Yates

3.61

Format: 138 pages, Kindle Edition

In the Fall of 1923, three-year-old Pearl Turner disappeared from her home in the mountains of West… read more

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  • nonfiction
Cover of Madness and Me: My Search for Sanity by Lisa Suzanne Nugent

5. Madness and Me: My Search for Sanity

By: Lisa Suzanne Nugent

4.17

Format: 190 pages, Kindle Edition

For many, madness is something read about in books or seen on TV—something scary, foreign, and impo… read more

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  • memoir
Cover of Running From The Mirror by Howard Shulman

6. 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

Cover of Wildflower: A Tale of Transcendence by Teresa Van Woy

7. Wildflower: A Tale of Transcendence

By: Teresa Van Woy

4.56

Format: 386 pages, Kindle Edition

Abducted by her mentally unstable mother, one girl forages her way to the top. "A gripping account… read more

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  • nonfiction
  • memoir
Cover of LEVI'S EYES: A Son's Deadly Secret and a Father's Cruel Betrayal by Aphrodite Jones

8. 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

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  • nonfiction
Cover of Displaced: A Memoir by Esther Wiebe

9. Displaced: A Memoir

By: Esther Wiebe

4.30

Format: 284 pages, Kindle Edition

Displaced is a gripping true story of a young girl and her young siblings’ escape from a conservat… read more

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  • nonfiction
  • memoir
Cover of The Pale-Faced Lie by David   Crow

10. The Pale-Faced Lie

By: David Crow

4.28

Format: 352 pages, Hardcover

A violent ex-con forces his son to commit crimes in this unforgettable memoir about family and surv… read more

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  • nonfiction
  • memoir
"Her definition of love was obligation and guilt."

-David Crow, The Pale-Faced Lie

"No tie is as strong as family, making it the hardest one to break."

-David Crow, The Pale-Faced Lie

"For the first time, I saw my behavior from someone else’s point of view."

-David Crow, The Pale-Faced Lie

"Doubt kills more dreams than failure ever will. Believe in yourself. Never quit."

-David Crow, The Pale-Faced Lie

Cover of Can I Come HOME Now?: A True Story of Childhood Trauma by Barbara Godin

11. Can I Come HOME Now?: A True Story of Childhood Trauma

By: Barbara Godin

4.36

Format: 296 pages, Kindle Edition

True Story of Childhood Trauma Can I Come Home Now? In this moving and painful memoir of grow… read more

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  • nonfiction
  • memoir
Cover of Irreparable: Three Lives. Two Deaths. One Story that Has to be Told. by Mark Gerardot

12. Irreparable: Three Lives. Two Deaths. One Story that Has to be Told.

By: Mark Gerardot

4.03

Format: 296 pages, Kindle Edition

Mark and Jennair Gerardot had been married nearly 25 years when Mark met someone who changed everyt… read more

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  • nonfiction
  • memoir
Cover of Broken : The Most Shocking Childhood Story Ever Told by Shy Keenan

13. 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

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  • memoir
Cover of Cora Jean by Lawrence Gulley

14. Cora Jean

By: Lawrence Gulley

4.51

Format: 332 pages, Kindle Edition

Cora Jean is the story of a young girl from the American South, the daughter of a prostitute who is… read more

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Cover of After All... by Maria Trautman

15. After All...

By: Maria Trautman

4.20

Format: 310 pages, Kindle Edition

She grew up thinking she deserved neglect. Can a young girl escape a loveless home to seize elusive… read more

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  • nonfiction
  • memoir
Cover of Fireball: The true story of a Tennessee plow girl who survived poverty, abuse, and eleven husbands with wit, wisdom, and tenacity. by Julia Walker

16. Fireball: The true story of a Tennessee plow girl who survived poverty, abuse, and eleven husbands with wit, wisdom, and tenacity.

By: Julia Walker

4.35

Format: 245 pages, Kindle Edition

My name is Hazel Lamb…Lindsey, but my momma called me Fireball. I am 84 years old. I only had one y… read more

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  • memoir
Cover of Uphill All the Way: A Memoir of a Depression Era Family, their trials, tribulations and triumphs. by James Sloter

17. Uphill All the Way: A Memoir of a Depression Era Family, their trials, tribulations and triumphs.

By: James Sloter

4.30

Format: 240 pages, Kindle Edition

“It was near the end of February 1944. A light snow was falling as our family of six and a dog star… read more

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  • nonfiction
  • memoir
Cover of Glad Farm by Catherine Marenghi

18. Glad Farm

By: Catherine Marenghi

4.31

Format: 292 pages, Paperback

Raised in a primitive one-room farmhouse with no indoor plumbing, the fourth of five children, Cath… read more

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  • nonfiction
  • memoir
Cover of Secrets on Saulter Road: Discovering Hope and Forgiveness in the Wake of My Toxic Upbringing by Joan Kendall

19. Secrets on Saulter Road: Discovering Hope and Forgiveness in the Wake of My Toxic Upbringing

By: Joan Kendall

4.10

Format: 183 pages, Kindle Edition

Nothing is ever as it seems...Secrets on Saulter Road is a story of growth, resilience, and hope. … read more

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  • nonfiction
  • memoir
Cover of Anger Is My Middle Name: A Memoir by Lisbeth Zornig Andersen

20. 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

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  • nonfiction
  • memoir
Cover of The Inexplicable Survival of a Happily Fallible Child by Gary C. Mele, Jr.

21. The Inexplicable Survival of a Happily Fallible Child

By: Gary C. Mele, Jr.

4.37

Format: 539 pages, Kindle Edition

After the loss of his father at the age of four, Gary develops a full reliance on his mother. She i… read more

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  • memoir
Cover of My Every Breath: A Memoir of Love, Loss, and Hope by Anna Maynard

22. My Every Breath: A Memoir of Love, Loss, and Hope

By: Anna Maynard

4.50

Format: 449 pages, Kindle Edition

The compelling story of a woman's lifelong battle with Cystic Fibrosis and her astonishing resilien… read more

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  • nonfiction
  • memoir
Cover of The River by Kevin Weadock

23. The River

By: Kevin Weadock

4.31

Format: 268 pages, Kindle Edition

The impact of alcoholism on a New York family is described through the eyes of a young boy. The boy… read more

Similar categories in Kevin Weadock's The River book and Kevin Weadock's The River

  • nonfiction
  • memoir
Cover of BEHIND CLOSED DOORS: A Daughter's Story by Daniella Dechristopher

24. BEHIND CLOSED DOORS: A Daughter's Story

By: Daniella Dechristopher

4.01

Format: 260 pages, Kindle Edition

This story is about an Italian Catholic family that came to America on vacation and never returned … read more

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  • nonfiction
  • memoir
Cover of Rise: A Memoir by Rise Myers

25. Rise: A Memoir

By: Rise Myers

4.22

Format: 313 pages, Kindle Edition

An Ability to Rise Risé was named after the opera star Risë Stevens. It was as if her mother knew t… read more

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  • memoir
Cover of An Only Child and Her Sister by Casey Maxwell Clair

26. An Only Child and Her Sister

By: Casey Maxwell Clair

4.31

Format: 279 pages, Kindle Edition

AN ONLY CHILD AND HER SISTER is a compelling true life story. Two sisters born to the same parents … read more

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  • nonfiction
  • memoir
Cover of Sam's Truth (Samantha Mallon, #2) by C.L.  Heckman

27. Sam's Truth (Samantha Mallon, #2)

By: C.L. Heckman

4.20

Format: 236 pages, Kindle Edition

The sequel to Charlie’s Secret: Inspired by a true story After the death of her abusive mother, … read more

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Cover of Wrong Family: For Every Secret, There Is A Family by Charisse Dahlke

28. Wrong Family: For Every Secret, There Is A Family

By: Charisse Dahlke

3.61

Format: 210 pages, Kindle Edition

Charisse always felt like she was born into the wrong family and at fourteen finds out that she has… read more

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  • nonfiction
  • memoir
Cover of Charlie's Secret: Inspired by a True Story (Samantha Mallon, #1) by C.L.  Heckman

29. Charlie's Secret: Inspired by a True Story (Samantha Mallon, #1)

By: C.L. Heckman

4.10

Format: 214 pages, Kindle Edition

After years of torture, a mentally and physically abused daughter finally stands up to her abusers,… read more

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  • nonfiction
Cover of Boy on a Shelf by J.T. Daniels

30. Boy on a Shelf

By: J.T. Daniels

4.49

Format: 317 pages, Kindle Edition

Inspired by a true story, J T Daniels exposes the horrific life of Peter. His family lived a normal… read more

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

31. 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 Kevin Weadock's The River

  • 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

21 Top nonfiction books like The River by Kevin Weadock

Transform Your Habits

The Evil Within: Murdered by her stepbrother – the crime that shocked a nation. The heartbreaking story of Becky Watts by her father

Darren Galsworthy

4.27

Transform Your Habits

Pearl: Lost Girl of White Oak Mountain

Bill Yates

3.61

Transform Your Habits

Running From The Mirror

Howard Shulman

4.45

Transform Your Habits

Wildflower: A Tale of Transcendence

Teresa Van Woy

4.56

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21 Top memoir books like Madness and Me: My Search for Sanity by Lisa Suzanne Nugent

Transform Your Habits

Madness and Me: My Search for Sanity

Lisa Suzanne Nugent

4.17

Transform Your Habits

Running From The Mirror

Howard Shulman

4.45

Transform Your Habits

Wildflower: A Tale of Transcendence

Teresa Van Woy

4.56

Transform Your Habits

Displaced: A Memoir

Esther Wiebe

4.30

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