6 Best crime books like Free Cyntoia: My Search for Redemption in the American Prison System by Cyntoia Brown-Long

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Free Cyntoia: My Search for Redemption in the American Prison System

By: Cyntoia Brown-Long

4.34

Format: 320 pages, Hardcover

NAACP Image Award nominee for Outstanding Biography/Autobiography In her own words, Cyntoia Brow…

"..forgiveness doesn't mean someone needs to be part of your life. Forgiveness doesn't mean welcoming someone in with open arms, regardless of the fact that they continue to hurt you."

-Cyntoia Brown-Long, Free Cyntoia: My Search for Redemption in the American Prison System

"..forgiveness doesn't mean someone needs to be part of your life. Forgiveness doesn't mean welcoming someone in with open arms, regardless of the fact that they continue to hurt you."

-Cyntoia Brown-Long, Free Cyntoia: My Search for Redemption in the American Prison System

If you liked the crime plot in Free Cyntoia: My Search for Redemption in the American Prison System by Cyntoia Brown-Long , here is a list of 6 books like this:

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1. Rabbit: The Autobiography of Ms. Pat

By: Patricia Williams , Jeannine Amber

4.43

Format: 240 pages, Hardcover

You want to know about the struggle of growing up poor, black and female? Ask any girl from any hoo… read more

Similar categories in Patricia Williams's Rabbit: The Autobiography of Ms. Pat book and Cyntoia Brown-Long's Free Cyntoia: My Search for Redemption in the American Prison System

  • biography
  • memoir
  • autobiography
  • biography memoir
  • nonfiction
  • audiobook
"Is this for someone special?" asked the saleslady as she folded my purchase in layers of tissue paper. "For my mama," I said proudly. "She dead."

-Patricia Williams, Rabbit: The Autobiography of Ms. Pat

"Mama didn’t trust a doctor, so whenever something was wrong with one of her kids, she liked to do the diagnosing herself by asking a million questions and then taking a wild guess."

-Patricia Williams, Rabbit: The Autobiography of Ms. Pat

"When most folks think about the problems of growing up in the hood, they think about what it must feel like to be poor, or hungry, or to have your lights cut off. The struggle nobody talk about is wh…"

-Patricia Williams, Rabbit: The Autobiography of Ms. Pat

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2. Hiding in the Light: Why I Risked Everything to Leave Islam and Follow Jesus

By: Rifqa Bary

4.47

Format: 226 pages, Hardcover

Leaving Islam for Christianity cost her more than she imagined, but gave more than she could have d… read more

Similar categories in Rifqa Bary's Hiding in the Light: Why I Risked Everything to Leave Islam and Follow Jesus book and Cyntoia Brown-Long's Free Cyntoia: My Search for Redemption in the American Prison System

  • biography
  • memoir
  • autobiography
  • biography memoir
  • nonfiction
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3. Turning the Tables: From Housewife to Inmate and Back Again

By: Teresa Giudice , K.C. Baker

5.00

Format: 398 pages, Hardcover

The star of The Real Housewives of New Jersey and three-time New York Times bestselling author offe… read more

Similar categories in Teresa Giudice's Turning the Tables: From Housewife to Inmate and Back Again book and Cyntoia Brown-Long's Free Cyntoia: My Search for Redemption in the American Prison System

  • biography
  • memoir
  • autobiography
  • biography memoir
  • nonfiction
  • audiobook
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4. My Voice

By: Angie Martinez

4.00

Format: 371 pages, ebook

"Radio icon Angie Martinez is "The Voice of New York." Now that voice speaks out about her experien… read more

Similar categories in Angie Martinez's My Voice book and Cyntoia Brown-Long's Free Cyntoia: My Search for Redemption in the American Prison System

  • biography
  • memoir
  • autobiography
  • nonfiction
  • audiobook
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5. It's Not Okay: Turning Heartbreak Into Happily Never After

By: Andi Dorfman

3.15

Format: None pages,

Andi Dorfman, the beloved finalist of season eighteen of The Bachelorwho infamously rejected Juan P… read more

Similar categories in Andi Dorfman's It's Not Okay: Turning Heartbreak Into Happily Never After book and Cyntoia Brown-Long's Free Cyntoia: My Search for Redemption in the American Prison System

  • biography
  • memoir
  • biography memoir
  • nonfiction
  • adult
  • audiobook
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6. Single Black Female

By: Tracy Brown

4.10

Format: 368 pages, Paperback

Tracy Brown's Single Black Female is a taut, edgy, deftly spun novel about four friends grappling w… read more

Similar categories in Tracy Brown's Single Black Female book and Cyntoia Brown-Long's Free Cyntoia: My Search for Redemption in the American Prison System

  • adult
  • audiobook
"This is dedicated to Black women. The world wants our rhythm, but not our blues. May we continue to wear our crowns with grace, ever mindful that we are royalty."

-Tracy Brown, Single Black Female

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7. Brooklyn

By: Tracy Brown

4.07

Format: 320 pages, Paperback

Tracy Brown crafts a tale about a master manipulator and serial survivor, who will scorch earth to … read more

Similar categories in Tracy Brown's Brooklyn book and Cyntoia Brown-Long's Free Cyntoia: My Search for Redemption in the American Prison System

  • adult
  • audiobook
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8. The Mother of Black Hollywood: A Memoir

By: Jenifer Lewis

4.35

Format: 336 pages, Hardcover

The "Mega Diva" and legendary star of Black-ish looks back on her memorable journey to fame and the… read more

Similar categories in Jenifer Lewis's The Mother of Black Hollywood: A Memoir book and Cyntoia Brown-Long's Free Cyntoia: My Search for Redemption in the American Prison System

  • biography
  • memoir
  • autobiography
  • biography memoir
  • nonfiction
  • audiobook
"There’s no greater journey than the journey within."

-Jenifer Lewis, The Mother of Black Hollywood: A Memoir

"... my love life in college had a lot of moving parts."

-Jenifer Lewis, The Mother of Black Hollywood: A Memoir

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9. Walking in My Joy: In These Streets

By: Jenifer Lewis

4.25

Format: 256 pages, Hardcover

A new offering from the author of the hugely successful Mother of Black Hollywood. Walking in My Jo… read more

Similar categories in Jenifer Lewis's Walking in My Joy: In These Streets book and Cyntoia Brown-Long's Free Cyntoia: My Search for Redemption in the American Prison System

  • biography
  • memoir
  • autobiography
  • biography memoir
  • nonfiction
  • audiobook
"Ain't no shame in my game. This is what too much stress looks like. Y'all come on and take this ride with me."

-Jenifer Lewis, Walking in My Joy: In These Streets

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10. 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

Similar categories in Brittney Griner's Coming Home book and Cyntoia Brown-Long's Free Cyntoia: My Search for Redemption in the American Prison System

  • biography
  • memoir
  • biography memoir
  • nonfiction
  • social justice
  • audiobook
"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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11. Don't Call Me Crazy

By: Octavia Grant

4.29

Format: 78 pages, Kindle Edition

Award winning Investigative Reporter Ivory Addison has been on the scene of every Local, National, … read more

Similar categories in Octavia Grant's Don't Call Me Crazy book and Cyntoia Brown-Long's Free Cyntoia: My Search for Redemption in the American Prison System

  • crime
Cover of Victim F: From Crime Victims to Suspects to Survivors by Denise Huskins

12. Victim F: From Crime Victims to Suspects to Survivors

By: Denise Huskins

4.18

Format: 400 pages, Hardcover

The shocking true story of a bizarre kidnapping and the victims' re-victimization by the justice sy… read more

Similar categories in Denise Huskins's Victim F: From Crime Victims to Suspects to Survivors book and Cyntoia Brown-Long's Free Cyntoia: My Search for Redemption in the American Prison System

  • biography
  • memoir
  • true crime
  • adult
  • nonfiction
  • crime
  • audiobook
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13. Released: Conversations on the Eve of Freedom

By: Gypsy-Rose Blanchard

3.54

Format: 200 pages, Kindle Edition

Gypsy-Rose Blanchard discovered that her whole life was a lie. After eight-and-a-half years of inca… read more

Similar categories in Gypsy-Rose Blanchard's Released: Conversations on the Eve of Freedom book and Cyntoia Brown-Long's Free Cyntoia: My Search for Redemption in the American Prison System

  • biography
  • memoir
  • true crime
  • autobiography
  • biography memoir
  • nonfiction
  • crime
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14. Hurricanes: A Memoir

By: Rick Ross

4.02

Format: 272 pages, Kindle Edition

*NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER**AN XXL BEST RAPPER-PENNED BIOGRAPHY*“A gripping journey.”—PeopleThe hig… read more

Similar categories in Rick Ross's Hurricanes: A Memoir book and Cyntoia Brown-Long's Free Cyntoia: My Search for Redemption in the American Prison System

  • biography
  • memoir
  • autobiography
  • biography memoir
  • nonfiction
  • audiobook
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15. In Pursuit of Love: One Woman’s Journey from Trafficked to Triumphant

By: Rebecca Bender

4.45

Format: 288 pages, Paperback

Through her own gripping story of escape from human trafficking, Rebecca Bender teaches us what tra… read more

Similar categories in Rebecca Bender's In Pursuit of Love: One Woman’s Journey from Trafficked to Triumphant book and Cyntoia Brown-Long's Free Cyntoia: My Search for Redemption in the American Prison System

  • biography
  • memoir
  • true crime
  • biography memoir
  • nonfiction
  • social justice
  • audiobook
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16. Free Cyntoia: My Search for Redemption in the American Prison System

By: Cyntoia Brown-Long

4.34

Format: 320 pages, Hardcover

NAACP Image Award nominee for Outstanding Biography/Autobiography In her own words, Cyntoia Brow… read more

Similar categories in Cyntoia Brown-Long's Free Cyntoia: My Search for Redemption in the American Prison System book and Cyntoia Brown-Long's Free Cyntoia: My Search for Redemption in the American Prison System

  • biography
  • memoir
  • true crime
  • adult
  • autobiography
  • biography memoir
  • nonfiction
  • social justice
  • crime
  • audiobook
"..forgiveness doesn't mean someone needs to be part of your life. Forgiveness doesn't mean welcoming someone in with open arms, regardless of the fact that they continue to hurt you."

-Cyntoia Brown-Long, Free Cyntoia: My Search for Redemption in the American Prison System

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17. Changes: An Oral History of Tupac Shakur

By: Sheldon Pearce

4.03

Format: 288 pages, Hardcover

A New Yorker writer’s intimate, revealing account of Tupac Shakur’s life and legacy, timed to the f… read more

Similar categories in Sheldon Pearce's Changes: An Oral History of Tupac Shakur book and Cyntoia Brown-Long's Free Cyntoia: My Search for Redemption in the American Prison System

  • nonfiction
  • biography
  • social justice
  • audiobook
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18. After Life: My Journey from Incarceration to Freedom

By: Alice Marie Johnson

4.26

Format: None pages, Audio CD

The true-life story of the woman whose life sentence for non-violent drug trafficking was commuted … read more

Similar categories in Alice Marie Johnson's After Life: My Journey from Incarceration to Freedom book and Cyntoia Brown-Long's Free Cyntoia: My Search for Redemption in the American Prison System

  • biography
  • memoir
  • true crime
  • nonfiction
  • social justice
  • crime
  • audiobook
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19. I Can't Date Jesus: Love, Sex, Family, Race, and Other Reasons I've Put My Faith in Beyoncé

By: Michael Arceneaux

3.77

Format: 258 pages, Kindle Edition

Featured as one of Summer 2018’s most anticipated reads by the Los Angeles Times, Vogue, Vulture, E… read more

Similar categories in Michael Arceneaux's I Can't Date Jesus: Love, Sex, Family, Race, and Other Reasons I've Put My Faith in Beyoncé book and Cyntoia Brown-Long's Free Cyntoia: My Search for Redemption in the American Prison System

  • nonfiction
  • biography
  • memoir
  • audiobook
"She didn't want me to go to hell, but couldn't see that to not be wholly human might fit my own version of hell on earth."

-Michael Arceneaux, I Can't Date Jesus: Love, Sex, Family, Race, and Other Reasons I've Put My Faith in Beyoncé

"Religion can make you suspend your better sensibilities. Its success in making the faithful fall in line, no matter how foolhearty a position appeared, was rooted in how great a role faith played in …"

-Michael Arceneaux, I Can't Date Jesus: Love, Sex, Family, Race, and Other Reasons I've Put My Faith in Beyoncé

"The only insight I could get from the Vatican at this point included shoe recommendations and where to buy one of those bad bitch dresses priests were required to wear while performing mass, if I eve…"

-Michael Arceneaux, I Can't Date Jesus: Love, Sex, Family, Race, and Other Reasons I've Put My Faith in Beyoncé

"I couldn't make someone love me. I couldn't make myself desirable to someone who didn't want me. I couldn't compel someone to see me in the same way in which I wanted to be seen. All I could do was b…"

-Michael Arceneaux, I Can't Date Jesus: Love, Sex, Family, Race, and Other Reasons I've Put My Faith in Beyoncé

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20. The Accomplice

By: Curtis "50 Cent" Jackson

3.75

Format: 272 pages, Hardcover

The New York Times bestselling multitalented artist delivers an electrifying novel—The Accomplice—t… read more

Similar categories in Curtis "50 Cent" Jackson's The Accomplice book and Cyntoia Brown-Long's Free Cyntoia: My Search for Redemption in the American Prison System

  • crime
  • audiobook
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21. Da Baddest

By: Trina

3.60

Format: 256 pages, Hardcover

The award-winning, platinum selling rapper, songwriter, and television personality shares her unfor… read more

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4.07

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4.26

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