14 must-read memoir books like Losing Music by John Cotter

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Losing Music

By: John Cotter

3.83

Format: 320 pages, Hardcover

“I was in the car the first time music seemed strange: the instruments less distinct, the vocals le…

If you liked the memoir plot in Losing Music by John Cotter , here is a list of 14 books like this:

1. The Autobiography of an Ex-Colored Man

By: Arna Bontemps , James Weldon Johnson

4.27

Format: 127 pages,

James Weldon Johnson's emotionally gripping novel is a landmark in black literary history and, more… read more

Similar categories in Arna Bontemps's The Autobiography of an Ex-Colored Man book and John Cotter's Losing Music

2. Moonlight on Linoleum: A Daughter's Memoir

By: None

4.00

Format: 224 pages, Hardcover

"I invited the child I was once to have her say in these pages. I am the one who came out on the ot… read more

Similar categories in None's Moonlight on Linoleum: A Daughter's Memoir book and John Cotter's Losing Music

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3. Grief Is for People

By: Sloane Crosley

3.91

Format: 208 pages, Hardcover

Following the death of her closest friend, Sloane Crosley explores multiple kinds of loss in this d… read more

Similar categories in Sloane Crosley's Grief Is for People book and John Cotter's Losing Music

  • biography
  • memoir
  • biography memoir
  • nonfiction
  • audiobook
"Grief is for people, not things."

-Sloane Crosley, Grief Is for People

"Suicide is a tax on human consciousness."

-Sloane Crosley, Grief Is for People

"How will he know you loved him," she asks, "unless you try to destroy yourself?"

-Sloane Crosley, Grief Is for People

"Pictures should be of what you see, not of what the world sees when it sees you."

-Sloane Crosley, Grief Is for People

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4. Smile: The Story of a Face

By: Sarah Ruhl

4.09

Format: 256 pages, Hardcover

A People Best Book of the Year. Time and The Washington Post's Most Anticipated List. Longliste… read more

Similar categories in Sarah Ruhl's Smile: The Story of a Face book and John Cotter's Losing Music

  • biography
  • memoir
  • autobiography
  • biography memoir
  • nonfiction
  • disability
  • audiobook
"When diseases and stories are chronic, doctors and writers often both run for the hills"

-Sarah Ruhl, Smile: The Story of a Face

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5. The Best Minds: A Story of Friendship, Madness, and the Tragedy of Good Intentions

By: Jonathan Rosen

4.07

Format: 576 pages, Hardcover

“Brave and nuanced…an act of tremendous compassion and a literary triumph.” — The New York Times … read more

Similar categories in Jonathan Rosen's The Best Minds: A Story of Friendship, Madness, and the Tragedy of Good Intentions book and John Cotter's Losing Music

  • biography
  • memoir
  • biography memoir
  • nonfiction
  • audiobook
"It's true I didn't love the job, but I did want the money. If I was too incompetent for ordinary work, I would have to do something extraordinary or face destruction."

-Jonathan Rosen, The Best Minds: A Story of Friendship, Madness, and the Tragedy of Good Intentions

"Money had replaced community mental healthcare the way medication had replaced state hospitals. Medication did not go looking for those who resisted taking it, and money could not administer itself. …"

-Jonathan Rosen, The Best Minds: A Story of Friendship, Madness, and the Tragedy of Good Intentions

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6. Sonic Life: A Memoir

By: Thurston Moore

3.81

Format: 496 pages, Hardcover

From the founding member of Sonic Youth, a passionate memoir tracing the author's life and art—from… read more

Similar categories in Thurston Moore's Sonic Life: A Memoir book and John Cotter's Losing Music

  • music
  • biography
  • memoir
  • nonfiction
  • audiobook
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7. Unreliable Narrator: Me, Myself, and Impostor Syndrome

By: Aparna Nancherla

3.60

Format: 304 pages, Hardcover

A hilarious and insightful collection of essays exploring impostor syndrome, from the inside and ou… read more

Similar categories in Aparna Nancherla's Unreliable Narrator: Me, Myself, and Impostor Syndrome book and John Cotter's Losing Music

  • biography
  • memoir
  • biography memoir
  • nonfiction
  • audiobook
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8. The Neuroscientist Who Lost Her Mind: My Tale of Madness and Recovery

By: Barbara K. Lipska

3.88

Format: 208 pages, Hardcover

Neuroscientist Lipska was diagnosed early in 2015 with metastatic melanoma in her brain's frontal l… read more

Similar categories in Barbara K. Lipska's The Neuroscientist Who Lost Her Mind: My Tale of Madness and Recovery book and John Cotter's Losing Music

  • audiobook
  • biography
  • memoir
  • nonfiction
  • science
"Ich hoffe, dass meine persönliche Erfahrung wenigstens Zu der Erkenntnis beiträgt, dass psychisch kranke Menschen ebenso wenig für ihre Krankheit verantwortlich sind wie Krebskranke und dass die best…"

-Barbara K. Lipska, The Neuroscientist Who Lost Her Mind: My Tale of Madness and Recovery

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9. Dear Sister: A Memoir of Secrets, Survival, and Unbreakable Bonds

By: Michelle Horton

4.52

Format: 352 pages, Hardcover

A breathtaking memoir about two sisters and a high-profile Nikki Addimando, incarcerated for killi… read more

Similar categories in Michelle Horton's Dear Sister: A Memoir of Secrets, Survival, and Unbreakable Bonds book and John Cotter's Losing Music

  • biography
  • memoir
  • biography memoir
  • nonfiction
  • audiobook
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10. Did I Ever Tell You?

By: Genevieve Kingston

4.34

Format: 288 pages, Hardcover

Based on her "Modern Love" piece ("She Put Her Unspent Love in a Cardboard Box"), this extraordinar… read more

Similar categories in Genevieve Kingston's Did I Ever Tell You? book and John Cotter's Losing Music

  • biography
  • memoir
  • autobiography
  • biography memoir
  • nonfiction
  • audiobook
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11. Say More: Lessons from Work, the White House, and the World

By: Jen Psaki

3.96

Format: 240 pages, Hardcover

Former White House Press Secretary and current MSNBC host Jen Psaki shares the surprising lessons s… read more

Similar categories in Jen Psaki's Say More: Lessons from Work, the White House, and the World book and John Cotter's Losing Music

  • biography
  • memoir
  • autobiography
  • biography memoir
  • nonfiction
  • audiobook
"There was also a large crew of people who tried to nickname the previously mentioned Bipartisan Infrastructure Framework "BIF". If you would like your audience to start making fun of a big, serious, …"

-Jen Psaki, Say More: Lessons from Work, the White House, and the World

"I've spent time with a lot of very busy people - business leaders, prominent journalists, and multiple presidents. Despite the unusually high demands on their schedules, something they all have in co…"

-Jen Psaki, Say More: Lessons from Work, the White House, and the World

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12. The Safekeep

By: Yael van der Wouden

4.08

Format: 272 pages, Hardcover

An exhilarating, twisted tale of desire, suspicion, and obsession between two women staying in the … read more

Similar categories in Yael van der Wouden's The Safekeep book and John Cotter's Losing Music

  • audiobook
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13. Honey

By: Victor Lodato

4.02

Format: 400 pages, Hardcover

Meet a woman as tenacious as Elizabeth Strout’s Olive Kitteridge and as irresistible as Andrew Sean… read more

Similar categories in Victor Lodato's Honey book and John Cotter's Losing Music

  • american
  • audiobook
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14. The Showman: Inside the Invasion That Shook the World and Made a Leader of Volodymyr Zelensky

By: Simon Shuster

4.19

Format: 384 pages, Hardcover

Time  correspondent Simon Shuster delivers the definitive account of the Russian invasion of Ukrain… read more

Similar categories in Simon Shuster's The Showman: Inside the Invasion That Shook the World and Made a Leader of Volodymyr Zelensky book and John Cotter's Losing Music

  • biography
  • memoir
  • biography memoir
  • nonfiction
  • audiobook
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15. The Loneliness Files: A Memoir in Essays

By: Athena Dixon

3.55

Format: 192 pages, Paperback

I am overwhelmingly lonely. And I cannot believe that doesn’t matter and I will not believe there a… read more

Similar categories in Athena Dixon's The Loneliness Files: A Memoir in Essays book and John Cotter's Losing Music

  • biography memoir
  • nonfiction
  • memoir
  • audiobook
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16. Here After

By: Amy Lin

4.25

Format: 272 pages, Hardcover

Here After is an intimate story of deep love followed by dizzying loss; a stunning, taut memoir fro… read more

Similar categories in Amy Lin's Here After book and John Cotter's Losing Music

  • biography
  • memoir
  • biography memoir
  • nonfiction
  • audiobook
Cover of Any Person Is the Only Self: Essays by Elisa Gabbert

17. Any Person Is the Only Self: Essays

By: Elisa Gabbert

3.97

Format: 240 pages, Paperback

Contagiously curious essays on reading, art, and the life of the mind, from the acclaimed author of… read more

Similar categories in Elisa Gabbert's Any Person Is the Only Self: Essays book and John Cotter's Losing Music

  • nonfiction
  • audiobook
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18. Losing Music

By: John Cotter

3.83

Format: 320 pages, Hardcover

“I was in the car the first time music seemed strange: the instruments less distinct, the vocals le… read more

Similar categories in John Cotter's Losing Music book and John Cotter's Losing Music

  • music
  • science
  • american
  • biography
  • memoir
  • autobiography
  • biography memoir
  • nonfiction
  • disability
  • audiobook
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19. Pulling the Chariot of the Sun: A Memoir of a Kidnapping

By: Shane McCrae

3.29

Format: 272 pages, Hardcover

An unforgettable memoir by an award-winning poet about being kidnapped from his Black father and ra… read more

Similar categories in Shane McCrae's Pulling the Chariot of the Sun: A Memoir of a Kidnapping book and John Cotter's Losing Music

  • biography
  • memoir
  • biography memoir
  • nonfiction
  • audiobook
"When she told me why she was divorcing my grandfather, I was surprised - all my life, I had thought he could do anything he wanted. But after a few long moments of silence, I realized: he had only ev…"

-Shane McCrae, Pulling the Chariot of the Sun: A Memoir of a Kidnapping

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20. Liars

By: Sarah Manguso

3.89

Format: 272 pages, Hardcover

A searing novel about being a wife, a mother, and an artist, and how marriage makes liars out of us… read more

Similar categories in Sarah Manguso's Liars book and John Cotter's Losing Music

  • audiobook
"I was in charge of everything and in control of nothing."

-Sarah Manguso, Liars

"I needed my suffering to be acknowledged. After that, maybe I’d think about getting through it."

-Sarah Manguso, Liars

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21. What Napoleon Could Not Do

By: D.K. Nnuro

3.43

Format: 368 pages, Hardcover

America is seen through the eyes and ambitions of three characters with ties to Africa in this grip… read more

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3.91

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4.09

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4.07

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Sonic Life: A Memoir

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3.81

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Miranda July

3.81

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4.46

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3.38

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