Waiting for the Monsoon
By: Rod Nordland
4.09
Format: 272 pages, Hardcover
In the tradition of When Breath Becomes Air, the New York Times's legendary war correspondent deli…
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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
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- 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
2. Somehow: Thoughts on Love
By: Anne Lamott
3.95
Format: 204 pages, Hardcover
From the bestselling author of Dusk, Night, Dawn and Help, Thanks, Wow , a joyful celebration of lo… read more
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- nonfiction
- memoir
"I don’t know"-Anne Lamott, Somehow: Thoughts on Love
"…nobody in isolation becomes who they were designed to be."-Anne Lamott, Somehow: Thoughts on Love
"Sometimes it all just sucks, as Jesus says somewhere in the Gospels (although off the top of my head I can’t recall chapter and verse."-Anne Lamott, Somehow: Thoughts on Love
"When I first got sober, a man told me that upon waking every morning, instead of reciting the standard flowery recovery prayer, he said, “Whatever,“ and at night when he turned off his lights to go t…"-Anne Lamott, Somehow: Thoughts on Love
3. Knife: Meditations After an Attempted Murder
By: Salman Rushdie
4.10
Format: 209 pages, Hardcover
From internationally renowned writer and Booker Prize winner Salman Rushdie, a searing, deeply pers… read more
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- biography
- memoir
- autobiography
- biography memoir
- nonfiction
"Waiting is thinking, and to think deeply is, very often, to change one’s mind."-Salman Rushdie, Knife: Meditations After an Attempted Murder
"I don’t usually think of my books as prophecies. I’ve had some trouble with prophets in my life, and I’m not applying for the job."-Salman Rushdie, Knife: Meditations After an Attempted Murder
"To have a room of one’s own, one must have money. (I don’t think Virginia Woolf ever went to India, but her dictum stands, even there, even for men.)"-Salman Rushdie, Knife: Meditations After an Attempted Murder
"An intimacy of strangers. That's a phrase I've sometimes used to express the joyful thing that happens in the act of reading, that happy union of the interior lives of author and reader."-Salman Rushdie, Knife: Meditations After an Attempted Murder
4. Dear Mom and Dad: A Letter About Family, Memory, and the America We Once Knew
By: Patti Davis
3.61
Format: 192 pages, Hardcover
A remarkably poignant writer for our troubled times, Patti Davis writes about love, loss, and the p… read more
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- history
- biography
- memoir
- biography memoir
- nonfiction
5. The Cave: A Secret Underground Hospital and One Woman's Story of Survival in Syria
By: Amani Ballour
4.59
Format: 256 pages, Hardcover
This searing memoir tells the story of a young doctor and activist who ran an underground hospital … read more
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- nonfiction
- war
- memoir
6. A Fatal Inheritance: How a Family Misfortune Revealed a Deadly Medical Mystery
By: Lawrence Ingrassia
4.41
Format: 320 pages, Hardcover
Weaving his own moving family story with a sweeping history of cancer research, Lawrence Ingrassia … read more
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- biography
- memoir
- medicine
- biography memoir
- nonfiction
7. The Exvangelicals: Loving, Living, and Leaving the White Evangelical Church
By: Sarah McCammon
4.21
Format: 310 pages, Hardcover
The first definitive book that names the massive social movement of people leaving the white evange… read more
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- history
- memoir
- politics
- biography memoir
- nonfiction
8. The Age of Grievance
By: Frank Bruni
4.13
Format: 288 pages, Hardcover
From bestselling author and longtime New York Times columnist Frank Bruni comes a lucid, powerful e… read more
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- politics
- history
- nonfiction
9. Whiskey Tender: A Memoir
By: Deborah Jackson Taffa
4.14
Format: 304 pages, Hardcover
An Oprah Daily "Best New Book" and "Riveting Nonfiction and Memoir You Need to Read" * A New York T… read more
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- history
- biography
- memoir
- biography memoir
- nonfiction
"My Laguna grandmother, Esther, is the one who taught me that a deep intimacy with a homeland requires three things: sensory experiences of particular geographies, a storied history of the trails, and…"-Deborah Jackson Taffa, Whiskey Tender: A Memoir
10. The Rulebreaker: The Life and Times of Barbara Walters
By: Susan Page
3.90
Format: 464 pages, Hardcover
The definitive biography of the most successful female broadcaster of all time—Barbara Walters—a wo… read more
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- history
- biography
- memoir
- biography memoir
- nonfiction
- journalism
11. The Unit: My Life Fighting Terrorists as One of America's Most Secret Military Operatives
By: Adam Gamal
3.90
Format: 304 pages, Hardcover
The first and only book to ever be written by a member of America's most secret military unit―an ex… read more
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- history
- biography
- memoir
- war
- autobiography
- biography memoir
- nonfiction
12. Dogland: Passion, Glory, and Lots of Slobber at the Westminster Dog Show
By: Tommy Tomlinson
4.20
Format: 256 pages, Hardcover
From Pulitzer Prize finalist and author of The Elephant in the Room comes the first inside account … read more
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- nonfiction
- history
13. Medgar & Myrlie: Medgar Evers and the Love Story that Awakened America
By: Joy-Ann Reid
4.57
Format: 352 pages, Hardcover
The host of MSNBC’s The ReidOut and New York Times bestselling author of The Man Who Sold Amer… read more
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- politics
- history
- biography
- nonfiction
14. In My Time of Dying: How I Came Face to Face with the Idea of an Afterlife
By: Sebastian Junger
3.92
Format: 176 pages, Hardcover
A near-fatal health emergency leads to this powerful reflection on death—and what might follow—by t… read more
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- nonfiction
- biography
- memoir
"Everyone has a relationship with death whether they want one or not; refusing to think about death is its own kind of relationship. When we hear about another person's death, we are hearing a version…"-Sebastian Junger, In My Time of Dying: How I Came Face to Face with the Idea of an Afterlife
15. A Very Private School: A Memoir
By: Charles Spencer
4.09
Format: 304 pages, Hardcover
In this poignant memoir, Charles Spencer recounts the trauma of being sent away from home at age ei… read more
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- history
- biography
- memoir
- autobiography
- biography memoir
- nonfiction
16. Cloistered: My Years as a Nun
By: Catherine Coldstream
3.71
Format: 328 pages, Hardcover
An astonishing memoir of twelve years as a contemplative nun in a silent monastery. Cloistered t… read more
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- history
- biography
- memoir
- autobiography
- biography memoir
- nonfiction
17. A Walk in the Park: The True Story of a Spectacular Misadventure in the Grand Canyon
By: Kevin Fedarko
4.36
Format: 512 pages, Hardcover
A deeply moving account ever of walking the Grand Canyon, a highly dangerous, life-changing 750-mil… read more
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- history
- biography
- memoir
- biography memoir
- nonfiction
"You were made and set here to give voice to this, your own astonishment. -Annie Dillard"-Kevin Fedarko, A Walk in the Park: The True Story of a Spectacular Misadventure in the Grand Canyon
18. My Beloved Monster: Masha, the Half-wild Rescue Cat Who Rescued Me
By: Caleb Carr
4.33
Format: 352 pages, Hardcover
The #1 bestselling author of The Alienist, Caleb Carr , tells the extraordinary story of Masha, … read more
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- biography memoir
- nonfiction
- biography
- memoir
19. Waiting for the Monsoon
By: Rod Nordland
4.09
Format: 272 pages, Hardcover
In the tradition of When Breath Becomes Air, the New York Times's legendary war correspondent deli… read more
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- history
- biography
- memoir
- politics
- medicine
- war
- autobiography
- biography memoir
- nonfiction
- journalism
20. On Call: A Doctor's Journey in Public Service
By: Anthony Fauci
4.59
Format: 464 pages, Hardcover
The memoir by the doctor who became a beacon of hope for millions through the COVID pandemic, and w… read more
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- history
- biography
- memoir
- politics
- medicine
- nonfiction
21. American Mother: A Life Reclaimed
By: Colum McCann
4.19
Format: 240 pages, Paperback
In late 2021 Diane Foley sat at a table across from Alexanda Kotey. A member of the ISIS group know… read more
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- history
- biography
- memoir
- politics
- war
- nonfiction
- journalism
"Listening is the quiet soul of storytelling"-Colum McCann, American Mother: A Life Reclaimed
"Even the worst of humans demand a portion of love."-Colum McCann, American Mother: A Life Reclaimed
"Turning your back will not change the direction of the knife."-Colum McCann, American Mother: A Life Reclaimed
"He didn’t just want to be at the edge, he wanted to become the edge."-Colum McCann, American Mother: A Life Reclaimed
