9 must-read memoir books like Lessons for Survival: Mothering Against "The Apocalypse" by Emily Raboteau

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Lessons for Survival: Mothering Against "The Apocalypse"

By: Emily Raboteau

4.15

Format: 304 pages, Hardcover

Award-winning author and critic Emily Raboteau uses the lens of motherhood to craft a powerfully mo…

If you liked the memoir plot in Lessons for Survival: Mothering Against "The Apocalypse" by Emily Raboteau , here is a list of 9 books like this:

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1. Splinters

By: Leslie Jamison

3.86

Format: 272 pages, Hardcover

From the New York Times bestselling author of The Recovering and The Empathy Exams comes the riveti… read more

Similar categories in Leslie Jamison's Splinters book and Emily Raboteau's Lessons for Survival: Mothering Against "The Apocalypse"

  • parenting
  • memoir
  • biography memoir
  • nonfiction
  • essays
  • audiobook
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2. Exhibit

By: R.O. Kwon

3.24

Format: 224 pages, Hardcover

From bestselling author R. O. Kwon, an exhilarating, blazing-hot novel about a woman caught between… read more

Similar categories in R.O. Kwon's Exhibit book and Emily Raboteau's Lessons for Survival: Mothering Against "The Apocalypse"

  • audiobook
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3. Memory Piece

By: Lisa Ko

3.22

Format: 304 pages, Hardcover

In the early 1980s, Giselle Chin, Jackie Ong, and Ellen Ng are three teenagers drawn together by th… read more

Similar categories in Lisa Ko's Memory Piece book and Emily Raboteau's Lessons for Survival: Mothering Against "The Apocalypse"

  • audiobook
"The physicality of making things, the performance, temporarily displaced how stuck she felt, in this particular body, family, town, time."

-Lisa Ko, Memory Piece

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4. Wandering Stars

By: Tommy Orange

3.89

Format: 315 pages, Hardcover

The eagerly awaited follow-up to Pulitzer Prize-finalist Tommy Orange’s breakout best seller There … read more

Similar categories in Tommy Orange's Wandering Stars book and Emily Raboteau's Lessons for Survival: Mothering Against "The Apocalypse"

  • audiobook
"And in the year 1924 Indian citizenship will have been granted, even though they will mean to dissolve tribes by giving citizenship, dissolve being another word for disappearance, a kind of chemical …"

-Tommy Orange, Wandering Stars

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5. Real Americans

By: Rachel Khong

4.04

Format: 416 pages, Hardcover

From the award-winning author of Goodbye, Vitamin: How far would you go to shape your own destiny?… read more

Similar categories in Rachel Khong's Real Americans book and Emily Raboteau's Lessons for Survival: Mothering Against "The Apocalypse"

  • audiobook
"She wasn't normal and so I wasn't either. I resented that part the most."

-Rachel Khong, Real Americans

"It was a habit, with my parents: omitting information, not wanting to worry them unnecessarily. Though they’d raised me so American, I could never manage the sorts of American relationships my friend…"

-Rachel Khong, Real Americans

"With each other they spoke loudly: Their voices periodically rose to excited shouts, and they laughed raucously. In English they were milder mannered, polite. My mother had always spoken English to m…"

-Rachel Khong, Real Americans

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6. Martyr!

By: Kaveh Akbar

4.24

Format: 352 pages, Hardcover

Kaveh Akbar’s Martyr! is a paean to how we spend our lives seeking meaning—in faith, art, ourselves… read more

Similar categories in Kaveh Akbar's Martyr! book and Emily Raboteau's Lessons for Survival: Mothering Against "The Apocalypse"

  • audiobook
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7. There's Always This Year: On Basketball and Ascension

By: Hanif Abdurraqib

4.40

Format: 352 pages, Hardcover

A poignant, personal reflection on basketball, talent and allegiance, and of course, LeBron James—f… read more

Similar categories in Hanif Abdurraqib's There's Always This Year: On Basketball and Ascension book and Emily Raboteau's Lessons for Survival: Mothering Against "The Apocalypse"

  • race
  • memoir
  • biography memoir
  • nonfiction
  • essays
  • audiobook
"Heartbreak itself is a primary color. Stagnant without a series of secondary colors to activate it. Longing is an activator."

-Hanif Abdurraqib, There's Always This Year: On Basketball and Ascension

"With enough repetition, anything can become a religion. It doesn’t matter if it works or not, it simply matters if a person returns."

-Hanif Abdurraqib, There's Always This Year: On Basketball and Ascension

"It is a strange miracle to be able to trace your own aging, your own mortality through someone who's living alongside you, someone who has survived eras at the same time as you have in some of the sa…"

-Hanif Abdurraqib, There's Always This Year: On Basketball and Ascension

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8. 1000 Words: A Writer's Guide to Staying Creative, Focused, and Productive All Year Round

By: Jami Attenberg

4.22

Format: 272 pages, Hardcover

Inspired by Jami Attenberg’s wildly popular literary movement #1000WordsofSummer, this writer’s gui… read more

Similar categories in Jami Attenberg's 1000 Words: A Writer's Guide to Staying Creative, Focused, and Productive All Year Round book and Emily Raboteau's Lessons for Survival: Mothering Against "The Apocalypse"

  • nonfiction
  • essays
  • audiobook
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9. We Loved It All: A Memory of Life

By: Lydia Millet

3.85

Format: 272 pages, Hardcover

A personal evocation of the glory of nature, our vexed position in the animal kingdom, and the diff… read more

Similar categories in Lydia Millet's We Loved It All: A Memory of Life book and Emily Raboteau's Lessons for Survival: Mothering Against "The Apocalypse"

  • memoir
  • nonfiction
  • essays
  • climate change
  • audiobook
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10. Bite by Bite: Nourishments and Jamborees

By: Aimee Nezhukumatathil

4.12

Format: 224 pages, Hardcover

From the New York Times bestselling author of World of Wonders, a lyrical book of short essays abou… read more

Similar categories in Aimee Nezhukumatathil's Bite by Bite: Nourishments and Jamborees book and Emily Raboteau's Lessons for Survival: Mothering Against "The Apocalypse"

  • nonfiction
  • memoir
  • essays
  • audiobook
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11. You Get What You Pay For: Essays

By: Morgan Parker

4.18

Format: 224 pages, Hardcover

The award-winning author of Magical Negro traces the trauma and beauty of existing as a Black woman… read more

Similar categories in Morgan Parker's You Get What You Pay For: Essays book and Emily Raboteau's Lessons for Survival: Mothering Against "The Apocalypse"

  • race
  • memoir
  • politics
  • biography memoir
  • nonfiction
  • essays
  • audiobook
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12. Another Word for Love: A Memoir

By: Carvell Wallace

4.35

Format: 272 pages, Hardcover

A transformative memoir that reimagines the conventions of love and posits a radical vision for hea… read more

Similar categories in Carvell Wallace's Another Word for Love: A Memoir book and Emily Raboteau's Lessons for Survival: Mothering Against "The Apocalypse"

  • race
  • memoir
  • biography memoir
  • nonfiction
  • social justice
  • audiobook
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13. Lessons for Survival: Mothering Against "The Apocalypse"

By: Emily Raboteau

4.15

Format: 304 pages, Hardcover

Award-winning author and critic Emily Raboteau uses the lens of motherhood to craft a powerfully mo… read more

Similar categories in Emily Raboteau's Lessons for Survival: Mothering Against "The Apocalypse" book and Emily Raboteau's Lessons for Survival: Mothering Against "The Apocalypse"

  • race
  • parenting
  • memoir
  • politics
  • biography memoir
  • nonfiction
  • social justice
  • essays
  • climate change
  • audiobook
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14. With My Back to the World: Poems

By: Victoria Chang

4.08

Format: 112 pages, Hardcover

*A Today Show Pick *Roxane Gay Audacious Book Club Selection *Publisher's Weekly Starred Review a… read more

Similar categories in Victoria Chang's With My Back to the World: Poems book and Emily Raboteau's Lessons for Survival: Mothering Against "The Apocalypse"

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15. The Last Fire Season: A Personal and Pyronatural History

By: Manjula Martin

3.69

Format: 352 pages, Hardcover

H Is for Hawk meets Joan Didion in the Pyrocene in this arresting combination of memoir, natural hi… read more

Similar categories in Manjula Martin's The Last Fire Season: A Personal and Pyronatural History book and Emily Raboteau's Lessons for Survival: Mothering Against "The Apocalypse"

  • memoir
  • biography memoir
  • nonfiction
  • climate change
  • audiobook
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16. The Sons of El Rey

By: Alex Espinoza

3.90

Format: 384 pages, Hardcover

From the American Book Award­–winning author comes a multi-generational epic spanning 1960s Mexico … read more

Similar categories in Alex Espinoza's The Sons of El Rey book and Emily Raboteau's Lessons for Survival: Mothering Against "The Apocalypse"

  • audiobook
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17. Cuckoo

By: Gretchen Felker-Martin

3.65

Format: 352 pages, Paperback

Cuckoo is a searing new novel from Manhunt author Gretchen Felker-Martin, where a motley crew of ki… read more

Similar categories in Gretchen Felker-Martin's Cuckoo book and Emily Raboteau's Lessons for Survival: Mothering Against "The Apocalypse"

  • audiobook
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18. Catalina

By: Karla Cornejo Villavicencio

3.65

Format: 224 pages, Hardcover

A year in the life of the unforgettable Catalina Ituralde, a wickedly wry and heartbreakingly vulne… read more

Similar categories in Karla Cornejo Villavicencio's Catalina book and Emily Raboteau's Lessons for Survival: Mothering Against "The Apocalypse"

  • audiobook
Cover of Bird Milk & Mosquito Bones: A Memoir by Priyanka Mattoo

19. Bird Milk & Mosquito Bones: A Memoir

By: Priyanka Mattoo

4.02

Format: 304 pages, Hardcover

From a wry, insightful, and very funny new voice, here is one woman's peripatetic search for home, … read more

Similar categories in Priyanka Mattoo's Bird Milk & Mosquito Bones: A Memoir book and Emily Raboteau's Lessons for Survival: Mothering Against "The Apocalypse"

  • memoir
  • biography memoir
  • nonfiction
  • essays
  • audiobook
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20. Colored Television

By: Danzy Senna

3.83

Format: 288 pages, Hardcover

A dark comedy about second acts, creative appropriation, and the racial identity–industrial complex… read more

Similar categories in Danzy Senna's Colored Television book and Emily Raboteau's Lessons for Survival: Mothering Against "The Apocalypse"

  • race
  • audiobook
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21. The Rich People Have Gone Away

By: Regina Porter

3.57

Format: 352 pages, Hardcover

Brooklyn, 2020. Theo Harper and his pregnant wife Darla head upstate to their summer cottage to wai… read more

Similar categories in Regina Porter's The Rich People Have Gone Away book and Emily Raboteau's Lessons for Survival: Mothering Against "The Apocalypse"

  • audiobook

20 Top audiobook books like Lessons for Survival: Mothering Against "The Apocalypse" by Emily Raboteau

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Leslie Jamison

3.86

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3.24

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3.22

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Tommy Orange

3.89

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4.54

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Daniel Mason

4.15

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