18 must-read memoir books like I Have Something to Tell You by Chasten Glezman Buttigieg

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I Have Something to Tell You

By: Chasten Glezman Buttigieg

4.23

Format: 256 pages, Hardcover

A moving, hopeful, and refreshingly candid memoir by the husband of former Democratic presidential …

"That gay expereince in Tulsa is just as gay and valid as other, more visible experience in the media, and attempting to police anyone’s gayness sets a dangerous precedent. It equates identity with presentation and prioritizes lifestyle of the conditions of someone’s life. It places even more needless pressure on a population that is already struggling."

-Chasten Glezman Buttigieg, I Have Something to Tell You

"That gay expereince in Tulsa is just as gay and valid as other, more visible experience in the media, and attempting to police anyone’s gayness sets a dangerous precedent. It equates identity with presentation and prioritizes lifestyle of the conditions of someone’s life. It places even more needless pressure on a population that is already struggling."

-Chasten Glezman Buttigieg, I Have Something to Tell You

"I was reaching my hand over the person in front of me to shake hands with Obama when a random guy barreled into me from behind. I turned to look at what had happened, and in the meantime, I felt a hand on my hand. I turned back around, saw Barack Obama was holding my hand, and immediately recoiled. About halfway into this maneuver, I realized what I was doing so I tried to recover by grabbing his pointer finger and shaking it. Like an infant. But not in a cute way! ‘Merry Christmas, Mr. President!’ I exclaimed, red-faced. ‘Yes,’ he replied, staring at my hand shaking his finger."

-Chasten Glezman Buttigieg, I Have Something to Tell You

"I was reaching my hand over the person in front of me to shake hands with Obama when a random guy barreled into me from behind. I turned to look at what had happened, and in the meantime, I felt a hand on my hand. I turned back around, saw Barack Obama was holding my hand, and immediately recoiled. About halfway into this maneuver, I realized what I was doing so I tried to recover by grabbing his pointer finger and shaking it. Like an infant. But not in a cute way! ‘Merry Christmas, Mr. President!’ I exclaimed, red-faced. ‘Yes,’ he replied, staring at my hand shaking his finger."

-Chasten Glezman Buttigieg, I Have Something to Tell You

If you liked the memoir plot in I Have Something to Tell You by Chasten Glezman Buttigieg , here is a list of 18 books like this:

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1. 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

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  • politics
  • nonfiction
  • audiobook
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2. Coming Up for Air

By: Tom Daley

4.06

Format: 298 pages, Kindle Edition

A deeply personal and inspiring memoir from one of the most celebrated and influential names in Bri… read more

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  • audiobook
  • biography
  • memoir
  • lgbt
  • autobiography
  • biography memoir
  • nonfiction
  • queer
"We are often told to just be ourselves but what does that really mean?...There is no 'just' in any of these statements, because it is hard. I think we are often told how to be; how to behave, how to …"

-Tom Daley, Coming Up for Air

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3. Enough

By: Cassidy Hutchinson

4.31

Format: 379 pages, Kindle Edition

Cassidy Hutchinson’s desk was mere steps from the most controversial president in recent American h… read more

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  • biography
  • memoir
  • politics
  • autobiography
  • biography memoir
  • nonfiction
  • audiobook
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4. The House of Hidden Meanings

By: RuPaul

3.84

Format: 256 pages, Hardcover

From international drag superstar and pop culture icon RuPaul, comes his most revealing and persona… read more

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  • audiobook
  • biography
  • memoir
  • lgbt
  • autobiography
  • biography memoir
  • nonfiction
  • adult
  • queer
"We all have that magic within us - But it's the faculty to harness it - to turn something seemingly meaningless into something special, to be loose and spontaneous with it - that makes life most wort…"

-RuPaul, The House of Hidden Meanings

"But in that time the RuPaul idea was born, and people outside of my world were inspired to talk about me and androgyny and drag in a way that was unprecedented. Not long after that, the questions cam…"

-RuPaul, The House of Hidden Meanings

"Life is full of dualities: night and day, black and white, yin and yang, good and evil, birth and death, love and fear. You can't have one without the other. It takes two to create the magnetic pull …"

-RuPaul, The House of Hidden Meanings

"There are ideological precepts that people will fight or even kill for. But those things are never really what they seem to be. As much as people will claim a hard moral line, that line becomes very …"

-RuPaul, The House of Hidden Meanings

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5. One Way Back: A Memoir

By: Christine Blasey Ford

4.30

Format: 298 pages, Hardcover

On September 27, 2018, Christine Blasey Ford testified before the Senate Judiciary Committee which … read more

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  • biography
  • memoir
  • politics
  • autobiography
  • biography memoir
  • nonfiction
  • audiobook
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6. Talking to My Angels

By: Melissa Etheridge

3.95

Format: 224 pages, Hardcover

Twenty years after the success of her first memoir, the New York Times bestseller The Truth Is . . … read more

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  • audiobook
  • biography
  • memoir
  • lgbt
  • biography memoir
  • nonfiction
  • adult
  • queer
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7. Coming Home

By: Brittney Griner

4.43

Format: 320 pages, Hardcover

From the nine-time women’s basketball icon and two-time Olympic gold medalist—a raw, revelatory acc… read more

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  • audiobook
  • biography
  • memoir
  • lgbt
  • politics
  • biography memoir
  • nonfiction
  • queer
"When your world is violently upended, you don't just mourn your immediate losses. You also grieve a future that no longer feels possible, the peace that might've been."

-Brittney Griner, Coming Home

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8. The Rebels: Elizabeth Warren, Bernie Sanders, Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, and the Struggle for a New American Politics

By: Joshua Green

4.16

Format: 352 pages, Hardcover

From the author of the #1 New York Times bestseller Devil’s Bargain comes the revelatory inside sto… read more

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  • politics
  • nonfiction
  • audiobook
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9. 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

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  • biography
  • memoir
  • politics
  • 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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10. The Truths We Hold: An American Journey

By: Kamala Harris

4.01

Format: 336 pages, Kindle Edition

From one of America's most inspiring political leaders, a book about the core truths that unite us,… read more

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  • biography
  • memoir
  • politics
  • autobiography
  • biography memoir
  • nonfiction
  • audiobook
"When you break through a glass ceiling, you're going to get cut, and it's going to hurt."

-Kamala Harris, The Truths We Hold: An American Journey

"One of my mother’s favorite sayings was “Don’t let anybody tell you who you are. You tell them who you are."

-Kamala Harris, The Truths We Hold: An American Journey

"Politics is a realm where the grand pronouncement often takes the place of the painstaking and detail-oriented work of getting meaningful things done."

-Kamala Harris, The Truths We Hold: An American Journey

". . . Being a good person meant standing for something larger than yourself; that success is measured in part by what you help others achieve and accomplish."

-Kamala Harris, The Truths We Hold: An American Journey

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11. Shortest Way Home: One Mayor's Challenge and a Model for America's Future

By: Pete Buttigieg

4.20

Format: 352 pages, Hardcover

Once described by the Washington Post as “the most interesting mayor you’ve never heard of,” Pete B… read more

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  • biography
  • memoir
  • lgbt
  • politics
  • autobiography
  • biography memoir
  • nonfiction
  • adult
  • audiobook
"As I raised the glass and said, "South Bend is back," the roar of the crowd at once reflected, certified, and caused it to be so."

-Pete Buttigieg, Shortest Way Home: One Mayor's Challenge and a Model for America's Future

"Yet even now he looked on his days as mayor -- not governor or lieutenant governor or baseball team owner or naval aviator -- as the best job he'd ever had."

-Pete Buttigieg, Shortest Way Home: One Mayor's Challenge and a Model for America's Future

"At one point I learned that when I'd told them my college coursework in Arabic might make me a good intelligence officer, they had recorded that my minor at Harvard had been in aerobics."

-Pete Buttigieg, Shortest Way Home: One Mayor's Challenge and a Model for America's Future

"I had a professional background in economic development and was fluent in the language of business - even while having fought and bled politically for organized labor in the auto industry."

-Pete Buttigieg, Shortest Way Home: One Mayor's Challenge and a Model for America's Future

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12. Everything I Learned About Racism I Learned in School

By: Tiffany Jewell

4.24

Format: 272 pages, Hardcover

From the #1 New York Times bestselling author of This Book Is Anti-Racist and The Antiracist Kid , … read more

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  • nonfiction
  • memoir
  • audiobook
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13. That Librarian: The Fight Against Book Banning in America

By: Amanda Jones

4.14

Format: 288 pages, Hardcover

Part memoir, part manifesto, the inspiring story of a Louisiana librarian advocating for inclusivit… read more

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  • biography
  • memoir
  • politics
  • biography memoir
  • nonfiction
  • adult
  • audiobook
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14. Trust: America's Best Chance

By: Pete Buttigieg

4.14

Format: None pages, Audio CD

Pete Buttigieg demonstrates how a breakdown of trust is central to our nation’s current predicament… read more

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  • biography
  • memoir
  • lgbt
  • politics
  • autobiography
  • biography memoir
  • nonfiction
  • adult
  • audiobook
"The truth is our election system is flawed. But it will only be improved if we trust it enough to use it to elect people committed to fixing it."

-Pete Buttigieg, Trust: America's Best Chance

"To love a country, as to love a person, is to love a flawed and exquisite creation, to see what is best in it, to be angry when it is not what it could be, precisely because you have seen glimmers of…"

-Pete Buttigieg, Trust: America's Best Chance

"When no one’s word is authoritative, any crank is as credible as the next person. It is the irony at the heart of conspiracy thinking: You can’t trust anyone these days, so you may as well place some…"

-Pete Buttigieg, Trust: America's Best Chance

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15. Standing My Ground: A Capitol Police Officer's Fight for Accountability and Good Trouble After January 6th

By: Harry Dunn

4.31

Format: 256 pages, Hardcover

The stirring memoir of Harry Dunn, a Capitol Police Officer on duty January 6th, who has become one… read more

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  • biography
  • memoir
  • politics
  • autobiography
  • biography memoir
  • nonfiction
  • audiobook
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16. I Have Something to Tell You

By: Chasten Glezman Buttigieg

4.23

Format: 256 pages, Hardcover

A moving, hopeful, and refreshingly candid memoir by the husband of former Democratic presidential … read more

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  • audiobook
  • biography
  • memoir
  • lgbt
  • politics
  • autobiography
  • biography memoir
  • nonfiction
  • adult
  • queer
"That gay expereince in Tulsa is just as gay and valid as other, more visible experience in the media, and attempting to police anyone’s gayness sets a dangerous precedent. It equates identity with pr…"

-Chasten Glezman Buttigieg, I Have Something to Tell You

"I was reaching my hand over the person in front of me to shake hands with Obama when a random guy barreled into me from behind. I turned to look at what had happened, and in the meantime, I felt a ha…"

-Chasten Glezman Buttigieg, I Have Something to Tell You

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17. Just Add Water: My Swimming Life

By: Katie Ledecky

4.25

Format: 256 pages, Hardcover

A candid and inspiring memoir from Olympic gold medalist, world champion, and one of the best swim… read more

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  • biography
  • memoir
  • autobiography
  • biography memoir
  • nonfiction
  • adult
  • audiobook
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18. Another First Chance

By: Robbie Couch

4.28

Format: 368 pages, Hardcover

They Both Die at the End meets You’ve Reached Sam, in this heart-stopping speculative young adult n… read more

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  • audiobook
  • lgbt
  • queer
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19. True Gretch: What I've Learned About Life, Leadership, and Everything in Between

By: Gretchen Whitmer

4.34

Format: 176 pages, Hardcover

From trailblazing Michigan governor and rising Democratic star Gretchen Whitmer comes an unconventi… read more

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  • biography
  • memoir
  • politics
  • autobiography
  • biography memoir
  • nonfiction
  • adult
  • audiobook
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20. The Art of Power: My Story as America's First Woman Speaker of the House

By: Nancy Pelosi

4.10

Format: 352 pages, Hardcover

The most powerful woman in American political history tells the story of her transformation from ho… read more

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  • biography
  • memoir
  • politics
  • autobiography
  • biography memoir
  • nonfiction
  • audiobook
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21. Lovely One: A Memoir

By: Ketanji Brown Jackson

4.64

Format: 432 pages, Hardcover

#1 NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • In her inspiring, intimate memoir, the first Black woman to ever be … read more

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  • biography
  • memoir
  • politics
  • autobiography
  • biography memoir
  • nonfiction
  • audiobook

8 Top adult books like I Have Something to Tell You by Chasten Glezman Buttigieg

Transform Your Habits

The House of Hidden Meanings

RuPaul

3.84

Transform Your Habits

Talking to My Angels

Melissa Etheridge

3.95

Transform Your Habits

Shortest Way Home: One Mayor's Challenge and a Model for America's Future

Pete Buttigieg

4.20

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That Librarian: The Fight Against Book Banning in America

Amanda Jones

4.14

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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

Transform Your Habits

A Well-Trained Wife: My Escape from Christian Patriarchy

Tia Levings

4.48

Transform Your Habits

Maria: A Novel of Maria von Trapp

Michelle Moran

4.30

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