11 best-selling biography memoir books like I Cannot Control Everything Forever: A Memoir of Motherhood, Science, and Art by Emily C. Bloom

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I Cannot Control Everything Forever: A Memoir of Motherhood, Science, and Art

By: Emily C. Bloom

4.27

Format: 352 pages, Hardcover

An eloquent and intimate debut memoir about navigating the gap between expectation and reality in m…

If you liked the biography memoir plot in I Cannot Control Everything Forever: A Memoir of Motherhood, Science, and Art by Emily C. Bloom , here is a list of 11 books like this:

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1. 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 Emily C. Bloom's I Cannot Control Everything Forever: A Memoir of Motherhood, Science, and Art

  • biography memoir
  • nonfiction
  • biography
  • memoir
"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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2. This American Ex-Wife: How I Ended My Marriage and Started My Life

By: Lyz Lenz

3.99

Format: 288 pages, Hardcover

A manifesto on the gender politics of marriage (bad) and divorce (actually pretty good!) in America… read more

Similar categories in Lyz Lenz's This American Ex-Wife: How I Ended My Marriage and Started My Life book and Emily C. Bloom's I Cannot Control Everything Forever: A Memoir of Motherhood, Science, and Art

  • biography
  • memoir
  • biography memoir
  • nonfiction
  • womens
"So much of our culture depicts young girls dreaming about their weddings. But every middle-aged woman I know dreams about living alone in the woods, maybe with a dog."

-Lyz Lenz, This American Ex-Wife: How I Ended My Marriage and Started My Life

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3. Matrescence: On the Metamorphosis of Pregnancy, Childbirth, and Motherhood

By: Lucy Jones

4.54

Format: 310 pages, Hardcover

A radical new examination of the transition into motherhood and how it affects the mind, brain and … read more

Similar categories in Lucy Jones's Matrescence: On the Metamorphosis of Pregnancy, Childbirth, and Motherhood book and Emily C. Bloom's I Cannot Control Everything Forever: A Memoir of Motherhood, Science, and Art

  • nonfiction
  • parenting
  • memoir
  • science
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4. Tits Up: What Sex Workers, Milk Bankers, Plastic Surgeons, Bra Designers, and Witches Tell Us about Breasts

By: Sarah Thornton

3.77

Format: 336 pages, Hardcover

An innovative investigation of the five strange worlds that worship women’s chests After years o… read more

Similar categories in Sarah Thornton's Tits Up: What Sex Workers, Milk Bankers, Plastic Surgeons, Bra Designers, and Witches Tell Us about Breasts book and Emily C. Bloom's I Cannot Control Everything Forever: A Memoir of Motherhood, Science, and Art

  • womens
  • adult
  • nonfiction
  • science
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5. Everyone But Myself

By: Julie Chavez

3.89

Format: 240 pages, Paperback

Like so many mothers, Julie Chavez ran herself ragged trying to meet the needs of everyone else, un… read more

Similar categories in Julie Chavez's Everyone But Myself book and Emily C. Bloom's I Cannot Control Everything Forever: A Memoir of Motherhood, Science, and Art

  • parenting
  • biography
  • memoir
  • biography memoir
  • nonfiction
  • adult
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6. I'll Just Be Five More Minutes: And Other Tales from My ADHD Brain

By: Emily Farris

3.67

Format: 304 pages, Paperback

A hilariously honest, heartwarming essay collection about life, love, and discovering you have ADHD… read more

Similar categories in Emily Farris's I'll Just Be Five More Minutes: And Other Tales from My ADHD Brain book and Emily C. Bloom's I Cannot Control Everything Forever: A Memoir of Motherhood, Science, and Art

  • biography memoir
  • nonfiction
  • memoir
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7. The Winner

By: Teddy Wayne

3.37

Format: 320 pages, Hardcover

“Be prepared to fully lose yourself in The Winner—a book I started and then simply couldn’t stop re… read more

Similar categories in Teddy Wayne's The Winner book and Emily C. Bloom's I Cannot Control Everything Forever: A Memoir of Motherhood, Science, and Art

  • adult
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8. You Are Here: Poetry in the Natural World

By: Ada Limon

4.11

Format: 176 pages, Hardcover

Published association  with the Library of Congress and edited by the twenty-fourth Poet Laureate o… read more

Similar categories in Ada Limon's You Are Here: Poetry in the Natural World book and Emily C. Bloom's I Cannot Control Everything Forever: A Memoir of Motherhood, Science, and Art

  • adult
  • nonfiction
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9. There Is No Ethan: How Three Women Caught America's Biggest Catfish

By: Anna Akbari

3.66

Format: 304 pages, Hardcover

Part memoir, part explosive window into the mind of a catfisher, a thrilling personal account of th… read more

Similar categories in Anna Akbari's There Is No Ethan: How Three Women Caught America's Biggest Catfish book and Emily C. Bloom's I Cannot Control Everything Forever: A Memoir of Motherhood, Science, and Art

  • biography
  • memoir
  • biography memoir
  • nonfiction
  • adult
Cover of Men Have Called Her Crazy: A Memoir by Anna Marie Tendler

10. Men Have Called Her Crazy: A Memoir

By: Anna Marie Tendler

3.65

Format: 304 pages, Hardcover

A powerful memoir that reckons with mental health as well as the insidious ways men impact the live… read more

Similar categories in Anna Marie Tendler's Men Have Called Her Crazy: A Memoir book and Emily C. Bloom's I Cannot Control Everything Forever: A Memoir of Motherhood, Science, and Art

  • biography
  • memoir
  • biography memoir
  • nonfiction
  • adult
Cover of It's Not Hysteria: Everything You Need to Know About Your Reproductive Health (But Were Never Told) by Karen Tang

11. It's Not Hysteria: Everything You Need to Know About Your Reproductive Health (But Were Never Told)

By: Karen Tang

4.34

Format: 384 pages, Hardcover

An inclusive and essential guide to reproductive health—including period problems, pelvic pain, men… read more

Similar categories in Karen Tang's It's Not Hysteria: Everything You Need to Know About Your Reproductive Health (But Were Never Told) book and Emily C. Bloom's I Cannot Control Everything Forever: A Memoir of Motherhood, Science, and Art

  • medicine
  • adult
  • nonfiction
  • science
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12. Consent: A Memoir

By: Jill Ciment

3.96

Format: 145 pages, Hardcover

In this unflinching account of the ardent love affair between the author and her painting teacher, … read more

Similar categories in Jill Ciment's Consent: A Memoir book and Emily C. Bloom's I Cannot Control Everything Forever: A Memoir of Motherhood, Science, and Art

  • art
  • biography
  • memoir
  • biography memoir
  • nonfiction
  • womens
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13. I Cannot Control Everything Forever: A Memoir of Motherhood, Science, and Art

By: Emily C. Bloom

4.27

Format: 352 pages, Hardcover

An eloquent and intimate debut memoir about navigating the gap between expectation and reality in m… read more

Similar categories in Emily C. Bloom's I Cannot Control Everything Forever: A Memoir of Motherhood, Science, and Art book and Emily C. Bloom's I Cannot Control Everything Forever: A Memoir of Motherhood, Science, and Art

  • art
  • parenting
  • biography
  • memoir
  • medicine
  • biography memoir
  • nonfiction
  • womens
  • adult
  • science
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14. 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 Emily C. Bloom's I Cannot Control Everything Forever: A Memoir of Motherhood, Science, and Art

  • adult
"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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15. Hum

By: Helen Phillips

3.58

Format: 272 pages, Hardcover

From the National Book Award–longlisted author of The Need comes an extraordinary novel about a wif… read more

Similar categories in Helen Phillips's Hum book and Emily C. Bloom's I Cannot Control Everything Forever: A Memoir of Motherhood, Science, and Art

  • adult
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16. Scaffolding

By: Lauren Elkin

3.86

Format: 388 pages, Kindle Edition

The story of two couples who live in the same apartment in north-east Paris almost fifty years apar… read more

Similar categories in Lauren Elkin's Scaffolding book and Emily C. Bloom's I Cannot Control Everything Forever: A Memoir of Motherhood, Science, and Art

  • adult
Cover of The Genius of Judy: How Judy Blume Rewrote Childhood for All of Us by Rachelle Bergstein

17. The Genius of Judy: How Judy Blume Rewrote Childhood for All of Us

By: Rachelle Bergstein

3.92

Format: 288 pages, Hardcover

An intimate and expansive look at Judy Blume’s life, work, and cultural impact, focusing on her mos… read more

Similar categories in Rachelle Bergstein's The Genius of Judy: How Judy Blume Rewrote Childhood for All of Us book and Emily C. Bloom's I Cannot Control Everything Forever: A Memoir of Motherhood, Science, and Art

  • biography
  • memoir
  • biography memoir
  • nonfiction
  • adult
Cover of Invisible Labor: The Untold Story of the Cesarean Section by Rachel Somerstein

18. Invisible Labor: The Untold Story of the Cesarean Section

By: Rachel Somerstein

4.17

Format: 336 pages, Hardcover

An incisive yet personal look at the science and history of the most common surgery performed in Am… read more

Similar categories in Rachel Somerstein's Invisible Labor: The Untold Story of the Cesarean Section book and Emily C. Bloom's I Cannot Control Everything Forever: A Memoir of Motherhood, Science, and Art

  • parenting
  • medicine
  • nonfiction
  • adult
  • science
Cover of Wanted: Toddler's Personal Assistant by Stephanie Kiser

19. Wanted: Toddler's Personal Assistant

By: Stephanie Kiser

3.95

Format: 336 pages, Paperback

What are the lives of America's richest families really like? Their nannies see it all… When S… read more

Similar categories in Stephanie Kiser's Wanted: Toddler's Personal Assistant book and Emily C. Bloom's I Cannot Control Everything Forever: A Memoir of Motherhood, Science, and Art

  • parenting
  • biography
  • memoir
  • biography memoir
  • nonfiction
  • adult
Cover of Nexus: A Brief History of Information Networks from the Stone Age to AI by Yuval Noah Harari

20. Nexus: A Brief History of Information Networks from the Stone Age to AI

By: Yuval Noah Harari

4.11

Format: 528 pages, Hardcover

For the last 100,000 years, we Sapiens have accumulated enormous power. But despite all our discove… read more

Similar categories in Yuval Noah Harari's Nexus: A Brief History of Information Networks from the Stone Age to AI book and Emily C. Bloom's I Cannot Control Everything Forever: A Memoir of Motherhood, Science, and Art

  • nonfiction
  • science

5 Best womens books like I Cannot Control Everything Forever: A Memoir of Motherhood, Science, and Art by Emily C. Bloom

Transform Your Habits

This American Ex-Wife: How I Ended My Marriage and Started My Life

Lyz Lenz

3.99

Transform Your Habits

Tits Up: What Sex Workers, Milk Bankers, Plastic Surgeons, Bra Designers, and Witches Tell Us about Breasts

Sarah Thornton

3.77

Transform Your Habits

Consent: A Memoir

Jill Ciment

3.96

Transform Your Habits

I Cannot Control Everything Forever: A Memoir of Motherhood, Science, and Art

Emily C. Bloom

4.27

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11 Best adult books like The Genius of Judy: How Judy Blume Rewrote Childhood for All of Us by Rachelle Bergstein

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Why We Read: On Bookworms, Libraries, and Just One More Page Before Lights Out

Shannon Reed

3.71

Transform Your Habits

Sandwich

Catherine Newman

3.75

Transform Your Habits

That Librarian: The Fight Against Book Banning in America

Amanda Jones

4.14

Transform Your Habits

Lula Dean's Little Library of Banned Books

Kirsten Miller

4.19

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