13 best-selling biography memoir books like Heretic: A Memoir by Jeanna Kadlec

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Heretic: A Memoir

By: Jeanna Kadlec

3.95

Format: 272 pages, Hardcover

A memoir of leaving the Evangelical church, reckoning with religious trauma while also interrogatin…

"...Mary Lambert is singing "Love is patient, love is kind" from 1 Corinthians 13 over and over, repeating "Not crying on Sundays," and I am gone, head fully turned and staring out the car window, trying to hide the tears that are streaming down my face."

-Jeanna Kadlec, Heretic: A Memoir

"...Mary Lambert is singing "Love is patient, love is kind" from 1 Corinthians 13 over and over, repeating "Not crying on Sundays," and I am gone, head fully turned and staring out the car window, trying to hide the tears that are streaming down my face."

-Jeanna Kadlec, Heretic: A Memoir

If you liked the biography memoir plot in Heretic: A Memoir by Jeanna Kadlec , here is a list of 13 books like this:

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1. Thin Skin: Essays

By: Jenn Shapland

4.02

Format: 289 pages, Kindle Edition

From a National Book Award finalist and a powerful literary mind, an incisive new work examining ca… read more

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  • audiobook
  • memoir
  • lgbt
  • biography memoir
  • nonfiction
  • queer
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2. White Evangelical Racism: The Politics of Morality in America

By: Anthea Butler

4.27

Format: 176 pages, Kindle Edition

The American political scene today is poisonously divided, and the vast majority of white evangelic… read more

Similar categories in Anthea Butler's White Evangelical Racism: The Politics of Morality in America book and Jeanna Kadlec's Heretic: A Memoir

  • religion
  • nonfiction
  • audiobook
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3. “You Just Need to Lose Weight”: And 19 Other Myths About Fat People

By: Aubrey Gordon

4.33

Format: 205 pages, Paperback

The co-host of the Maintenance Phase podcast and creator of Your Fat Friend equips you with the fac… read more

Similar categories in Aubrey Gordon's “You Just Need to Lose Weight”: And 19 Other Myths About Fat People book and Jeanna Kadlec's Heretic: A Memoir

  • adult
  • nonfiction
  • audiobook
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4. 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 Jeanna Kadlec's Heretic: A Memoir

  • biography
  • memoir
  • biography memoir
  • nonfiction
  • audiobook
"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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5. Hijab Butch Blues

By: Lamya H.

4.48

Format: 284 pages, Hardcover

A queer hijabi Muslim immigrant survives her coming-of-age by drawing strength and hope from storie… read more

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  • audiobook
  • biography
  • memoir
  • lgbt
  • biography memoir
  • religion
  • nonfiction
  • queer
"Sort of?"

-Lamya H., Hijab Butch Blues

"Queer indispensability?"

-Lamya H., Hijab Butch Blues

"I feel tired. Or reckless. Or maybe brave."

-Lamya H., Hijab Butch Blues

"I want to figure her out, this girl, and I want to know everything about her."

-Lamya H., Hijab Butch Blues

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6. Burning Butch

By: R/B Mertz

4.39

Format: 392 pages, Paperback

Burning Butch is the courageous story of a trans / non-binary butch on a quest to survive conservat… read more

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  • audiobook
  • biography
  • memoir
  • lgbt
  • religion
  • nonfiction
  • queer
"Kissing Brad had felt good, but it was like the drip coffee back in America versus the espresso made in Europe."

-R/B Mertz, Burning Butch

"How could Hell be any worse than trying to live with all these secrets? At least in Hell, if you were on fire, you didn’t have to pretend you weren’t."

-R/B Mertz, Burning Butch

"Well, another thing we know is that a lot of people who are gay don’t have the ability to admit it even to themselves. But if she were straight, if she were a straight teacher and a male student had …"

-R/B Mertz, Burning Butch

"Real God and Love, too, I knew, must be more like the mother who stretches her mind around queerness and polyamory and all the limits of gender, and keeps inviting the children back who’ve hurt her o…"

-R/B Mertz, Burning Butch

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7. Airplane Mode: An Irreverent History of Travel

By: Shahnaz Habib

3.89

Format: 288 pages, Hardcover

A playful personal and cultural history of travel from a postcolonial, person-of-color perspective,… read more

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  • memoir
  • biography memoir
  • nonfiction
  • adult
  • audiobook
"I don't know if this should be considered a hobby or a disorder, but going for a walk is my idea of a marvelous time."

-Shahnaz Habib, Airplane Mode: An Irreverent History of Travel

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8. Hey, Hun: Sales, Sisterhood, Supremacy, and the Other Lies Behind Multilevel Marketing

By: Emily Lynn Paulson

3.62

Format: 384 pages, Hardcover

She signed up for the sisterhood, free cars, and the promise of a successful business of her own. I… read more

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  • biography
  • memoir
  • biography memoir
  • nonfiction
  • adult
  • audiobook
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9. Uncultured: A Memoir

By: Daniella Mestyanek Young

4.08

Format: 339 pages, Hardcover

In the vein of Educated and The Glass Castle, Daniella Mestyanek Young's Uncultured is more than a … read more

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  • biography
  • memoir
  • biography memoir
  • religion
  • nonfiction
  • audiobook
"Daniella,"

-Daniella Mestyanek Young, Uncultured: A Memoir

"The body keeps the score."

-Daniella Mestyanek Young, Uncultured: A Memoir

"I can run and run, but I’m always still here."

-Daniella Mestyanek Young, Uncultured: A Memoir

"...the only real friend I had, and would ever have, was myself."

-Daniella Mestyanek Young, Uncultured: A Memoir

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10. 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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  • memoir
  • biography memoir
  • religion
  • nonfiction
  • audiobook
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11. A Good Happy Girl

By: Marissa Higgins

3.01

Format: 256 pages, Hardcover

A poignant, surprising, and immersive read about a young professional woman pursuing an emotionally… read more

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  • audiobook
  • adult
  • lgbt
  • queer
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12. When Religion Hurts You: Healing from Religious Trauma and the Impact of High-Control Religion

By: Laura E. Anderson

4.38

Format: 240 pages, Paperback

"Anderson strikes a smart, balanced tone. . . . An exemplary guide to an understudied issue."--Publ… read more

Similar categories in Laura E. Anderson's When Religion Hurts You: Healing from Religious Trauma and the Impact of High-Control Religion book and Jeanna Kadlec's Heretic: A Memoir

  • religion
  • nonfiction
  • spirituality
  • audiobook
"Rebuilding a worldview and identity likely needs to include space for uncertainty."

-Laura E. Anderson, When Religion Hurts You: Healing from Religious Trauma and the Impact of High-Control Religion

"I have lived far too much of my life with the end goal of eternal life in heaven, and so I missed a lot of life on earth."

-Laura E. Anderson, When Religion Hurts You: Healing from Religious Trauma and the Impact of High-Control Religion

"A marker of healing from religious trauma is not simply the process of deconstructing one’s worldview and identity and rebuilding a new one; it is also the willingness to remain open to shifting and …"

-Laura E. Anderson, When Religion Hurts You: Healing from Religious Trauma and the Impact of High-Control Religion

"Religious trauma resides in our bodies and nervous systems in the same way that trauma from war, developmental trauma, or sexualized trauma live inside us. Though the triggers and environment of the …"

-Laura E. Anderson, When Religion Hurts You: Healing from Religious Trauma and the Impact of High-Control Religion

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13. Forager: Field Notes for Surviving a Family Cult

By: Michelle Dowd

3.70

Format: 288 pages, Hardcover

A moving, heartbreaking, and inspiring true story of the author’s escape from an apocalyptic cult—a… read more

Similar categories in Michelle Dowd's Forager: Field Notes for Surviving a Family Cult book and Jeanna Kadlec's Heretic: A Memoir

  • biography
  • memoir
  • biography memoir
  • religion
  • nonfiction
  • adult
  • audiobook
Cover of To Name the Bigger Lie: A Memoir in Two Stories by Sarah Viren

14. To Name the Bigger Lie: A Memoir in Two Stories

By: Sarah Viren

3.52

Format: 304 pages, Hardcover

Part coming-of-age story, part psychological thriller, part philosophical investigation, this unfor… read more

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  • audiobook
  • biography
  • memoir
  • lgbt
  • biography memoir
  • nonfiction
  • adult
  • queer
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15. Moby Dyke: An Obsessive Quest to Track Down the Last Remaining Lesbian Bars in America

By: Krista Burton

3.86

Format: 320 pages, ebook

A former Rookie contributor and creator of the popular blog Effing Dykes investigates the disappear… read more

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  • audiobook
  • memoir
  • lgbt
  • nonfiction
  • adult
  • queer
"While I appreciate the freedom to live anywhere we want, and I love visiting those places, I do feel a sharp sense of loss knowing I can't see the people I consider my queer family on a daily basis. …"

-Krista Burton, Moby Dyke: An Obsessive Quest to Track Down the Last Remaining Lesbian Bars in America

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16. Negative Space (SFWP Literary Awards)

By: Lilly Dancyger

4.23

Format: 296 pages, Paperback

"Dancyger crafts a striking composition out of found objects, a poignant portrait of the identities… read more

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  • biography
  • memoir
  • biography memoir
  • nonfiction
  • audiobook
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17. Heretic: A Memoir

By: Jeanna Kadlec

3.95

Format: 272 pages, Hardcover

A memoir of leaving the Evangelical church, reckoning with religious trauma while also interrogatin… read more

Similar categories in Jeanna Kadlec's Heretic: A Memoir book and Jeanna Kadlec's Heretic: A Memoir

  • audiobook
  • biography
  • memoir
  • lgbt
  • biography memoir
  • religion
  • nonfiction
  • spirituality
  • adult
  • queer
"...Mary Lambert is singing "Love is patient, love is kind" from 1 Corinthians 13 over and over, repeating "Not crying on Sundays," and I am gone, head fully turned and staring out the car window, try…"

-Jeanna Kadlec, Heretic: A Memoir

Cover of Outlove: A Queer Christian Survival Story by Julie Rodgers

18. Outlove: A Queer Christian Survival Story

By: Julie Rodgers

4.55

Format: 241 pages, Kindle Edition

After decades of bouncing between hope and despair, Evangelical, Baptist-raised Julie Rodgers found… read more

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  • biography
  • memoir
  • lgbt
  • biography memoir
  • religion
  • nonfiction
  • queer
"You can't be loved when you aren't known."

-Julie Rodgers, Outlove: A Queer Christian Survival Story

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19. A Well-Trained Wife: My Escape from Christian Patriarchy

By: Tia Levings

4.48

Format: 304 pages, Hardcover

“Today it hit me when he hit me, blood shaking in my brain. Maybe there wasn’t a savior coming. May… read more

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  • biography
  • memoir
  • biography memoir
  • religion
  • nonfiction
  • adult
  • audiobook
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20. God Land: A Story of Faith, Loss, and Renewal in Middle America

By: Lyz Lenz

3.85

Format: 168 pages, Hardcover

In the wake of the 2016 election, Lyz Lenz watched as her country and her marriage were torn apart … read more

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  • memoir
  • religion
  • nonfiction
  • spirituality
  • adult
"Sometimes your biggest freedom is found in your greatest fear: letting go."

-Lyz Lenz, God Land: A Story of Faith, Loss, and Renewal in Middle America

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21. The Quiet Damage: QAnon and the Destruction of the American Family

By: Jesselyn Cook

4.45

Format: 272 pages, Hardcover

The riveting story of five families shattered by pernicious, pervasive conspiracy theories, and how… read more

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  • nonfiction
  • audiobook

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