6 must-read biography books like Seventeen by Joe Gibson

Cover of Seventeen by Joe Gibson

Seventeen

By: Joe Gibson

4.13

Format: 352 pages, ebook

'Engaging and engrossing, frank and frankly troubling, Seventeen is a book not easily forgotten' - …

If you liked the biography plot in Seventeen by Joe Gibson , here is a list of 6 books like this:

Cover of The List of Suspicious Things by Jennie Godfrey

1. The List of Suspicious Things

By: Jennie Godfrey

4.29

Format: 464 pages, Hardcover

'What if we decided to try and find him?' 'What on earth are you on about?' she said. 'How are w… read more

Similar categories in Jennie Godfrey's The List of Suspicious Things book and Joe Gibson's Seventeen

  • coming of age
  • audiobook
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2. Penance

By: Eliza Clark

3.90

Format: 336 pages, ebook

Do you know what happened already? Did you know her? Did you see it on the internet? Did you li… read more

Similar categories in Eliza Clark's Penance book and Joe Gibson's Seventeen

  • audiobook
"Do you know what happened to her already? Did you catch it in the papers? Are you local? Did you know her? Did you see it on the internet? Did some website the trawls local news for the worst details…"

-Eliza Clark, Penance

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3. Ordinary Human Failings

By: Megan Nolan

3.78

Format: 224 pages, Hardcover

When a 10-year-old child is suspected of a violent crime, her family must face the truth about thei… read more

Similar categories in Megan Nolan's Ordinary Human Failings book and Joe Gibson's Seventeen

  • audiobook
"She loved the feeling of doing something on her own, and doing it in a routine. It felt thrillingly adult and affirmed her most cherished hope, the hope that she might have an actual inner life of su…"

-Megan Nolan, Ordinary Human Failings

"He had the sort of bland, agreeable, rosy face which could disappear into whatever context he wished it to. He was blond but not provocatively so. The naturally dull Kent accent could be clipped and …"

-Megan Nolan, Ordinary Human Failings

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4. O Brother

By: John Niven

4.64

Format: 385 pages, Kindle Edition

John Niven’s little brother Gary was fearless, popular, stubborn, handsome, hilarious and sometimes… read more

Similar categories in John Niven's O Brother book and Joe Gibson's Seventeen

  • biography
  • memoir
  • autobiography
  • biography memoir
  • nonfiction
  • audiobook
"My mother can hold her own where foreign words are involved. The simple duo-syllable 'croissant' comes out variously as 'craw-sank', 'crass-ant', or 'crah-sint', the word seeming to have no business …"

-John Niven, O Brother

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5. Green Dot

By: Madeleine Gray

3.71

Format: 320 pages, Hardcover

An irresistible and messy love story about the terrible allure of wanting something that promises n… read more

Similar categories in Madeleine Gray's Green Dot book and Joe Gibson's Seventeen

  • audiobook
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6. Hey, Zoey

By: Sarah Crossan

3.39

Format: 320 pages, Hardcover

Dolores O'Shea’s marriage collapses when she discovers her husband’s AI sex doll in the garage. Whe… read more

Similar categories in Sarah Crossan's Hey, Zoey book and Joe Gibson's Seventeen

  • audiobook
"But I wished I wasn’t strong. Because when you are, no one thinks to take care of you."

-Sarah Crossan, Hey, Zoey

"We were too alike. We loved one another in the wrong way, but that doesn't mean it wasn't love."

-Sarah Crossan, Hey, Zoey

"How could we possibly tell another person everything about ourselves? It would take a lifetime. It would be incredibly boring."

-Sarah Crossan, Hey, Zoey

"As a young teacher I would raise my voice to get a group’s attention. Now I know better. To make yourself heard, you get very quiet. It instils fear."

-Sarah Crossan, Hey, Zoey

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7. As Young as This

By: Roxy Dunn

4.08

Format: 288 pages, Paperback

Elliot. Joe. Tommy. Nathanael. Wren. Oliver. Malik. Zach. Frank. Patrick. Noah. These are the men M… read more

Similar categories in Roxy Dunn's As Young as This book and Joe Gibson's Seventeen

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8. The List

By: Yomi Adegoke

3.05

Format: 336 pages, Hardcover

Ola Olajide, a celebrated journalist at Womxxxn magazine, is set to marry the love of her life in o… read more

Similar categories in Yomi Adegoke's The List book and Joe Gibson's Seventeen

  • audiobook
"...but she refused for love to be something that she endured. Something that took from her and made her smaller."

-Yomi Adegoke, The List

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9. Bellies

By: Nicola Dinan

4.07

Format: 368 pages, Hardcover

I wore a dress on the night I first met Ming.It begins as your typical boy meets boy. While out wit… read more

Similar categories in Nicola Dinan's Bellies book and Joe Gibson's Seventeen

  • audiobook
Cover of Clickbait by L.C. North

10. Clickbait

By: L.C. North

4.01

Format: None pages, Paperback

'We're not famous anymore. We're notorious.'For over a decade, the Lancasters were celebrity royalt… read more

Similar categories in L.C. North's Clickbait book and Joe Gibson's Seventeen

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11. Learning to Think: A Memoir of Faith, Superstition, and the Courage to Ask Questions

By: Tracy King

4.03

Format: 336 pages, Hardcover

Set in 1980s Birmingham, England, a piercing memoir about the liberating power of a scientific view… read more

Similar categories in Tracy King's Learning to Think: A Memoir of Faith, Superstition, and the Courage to Ask Questions book and Joe Gibson's Seventeen

  • biography
  • memoir
  • autobiography
  • biography memoir
  • nonfiction
Cover of One Boy, Two Bills and a Fry Up: A Memoir of Growing Up and Getting On by Wes Streeting

12. One Boy, Two Bills and a Fry Up: A Memoir of Growing Up and Getting On

By: Wes Streeting

4.30

Format: 284 pages, Kindle Edition

Wes Streeting might have ended up in prison rather than in parliament. His maternal grandfather Bil… read more

Similar categories in Wes Streeting's One Boy, Two Bills and a Fry Up: A Memoir of Growing Up and Getting On book and Joe Gibson's Seventeen

  • autobiography
  • nonfiction
  • biography
  • memoir
Cover of Seventeen by Joe Gibson

13. Seventeen

By: Joe Gibson

4.13

Format: 352 pages, ebook

'Engaging and engrossing, frank and frankly troubling, Seventeen is a book not easily forgotten' - … read more

Similar categories in Joe Gibson's Seventeen book and Joe Gibson's Seventeen

  • biography
  • memoir
  • coming of age
  • autobiography
  • biography memoir
  • nonfiction
  • book club
  • audiobook
Cover of Bodies by Christine Anne Foley

14. Bodies

By: Christine Anne Foley

3.81

Format: 195 pages, Kindle Edition

You were everything I ever wanted. Johnny was my first. I was seventeen and I was only brave enough… read more

Similar categories in Christine Anne Foley's Bodies book and Joe Gibson's Seventeen

Cover of How Was It for You?: Stories from a Sex Worker by Eve  Smith

15. How Was It for You?: Stories from a Sex Worker

By: Eve Smith

3.66

Format: 310 pages, Kindle Edition

The author of How Was It for You? is a sex worker. Let’s call her ‘Eve’. Eve is someone’s partner. … read more

Similar categories in Eve Smith's How Was It for You?: Stories from a Sex Worker book and Joe Gibson's Seventeen

  • nonfiction
  • biography
  • memoir
  • audiobook
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16. Second Self

By: Chloë Ashby

3.81

Format: 302 pages, Hardcover

When Cathy and Noah first got together neither saw children in their future. Eight years later, the… read more

Similar categories in Chloë Ashby's Second Self book and Joe Gibson's Seventeen

Cover of Ten Men: A Year of Casual Sex by Kitty Ruskin

17. Ten Men: A Year of Casual Sex

By: Kitty Ruskin

3.99

Format: 223 pages, Kindle Edition

TEN MEN, MANY STORIES. At the beginning of the year, Kitty Ruskin decided it was time to embrace… read more

Similar categories in Kitty Ruskin's Ten Men: A Year of Casual Sex book and Joe Gibson's Seventeen

  • nonfiction
Cover of My Family: The Memoir by David Baddiel

18. My Family: The Memoir

By: David Baddiel

4.41

Format: 427 pages, Kindle Edition

A searingly honest, funny and moving family memoir in which David Baddiel exposes his mother’s idio… read more

Similar categories in David Baddiel's My Family: The Memoir book and Joe Gibson's Seventeen

  • nonfiction
  • biography
  • memoir
  • audiobook
Cover of Gold Rush by Olivia Petter

19. Gold Rush

By: Olivia Petter

3.61

Format: 385 pages, Kindle Edition

We give celebrities a power they don’t deserve. Power they haven’t earned. What happens when they e… read more

Similar categories in Olivia Petter's Gold Rush book and Joe Gibson's Seventeen

  • audiobook
Cover of The Lasting Harm: Witnessing the trial of Ghislaine Maxwell by Lucia Osborne-Crowley

20. The Lasting Harm: Witnessing the trial of Ghislaine Maxwell

By: Lucia Osborne-Crowley

4.49

Format: None pages, Kindle Edition

The explosive, behind-the-scenes account of the criminal trial of Ghislaine Maxwell.'Lucia Osborne-… read more

Similar categories in Lucia Osborne-Crowley's The Lasting Harm: Witnessing the trial of Ghislaine Maxwell book and Joe Gibson's Seventeen

  • nonfiction
  • audiobook
Cover of Married to the Black Widow: A chilling true story of lies and deception by Rob Parkes

21. Married to the Black Widow: A chilling true story of lies and deception

By: Rob Parkes

4.44

Format: 316 pages, Kindle Edition

*AS FEATURED IN CHANNEL 4's 24 HOURS IN POLICE CUSTODY*'Not many people know how much their life is… read more

Similar categories in Rob Parkes's Married to the Black Widow: A chilling true story of lies and deception book and Joe Gibson's Seventeen

  • nonfiction

13 Best audiobook books like Seventeen by Joe Gibson

Transform Your Habits

The List of Suspicious Things

Jennie Godfrey

4.29

Transform Your Habits

Penance

Eliza Clark

3.90

Transform Your Habits

Ordinary Human Failings

Megan Nolan

3.78

Transform Your Habits

O Brother

John Niven

4.64

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Molly Roden Winter

3.53

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MILF: Motherhood, Identity, Love and F*ckery

Paloma Faith

4.06

Transform Your Habits

My Thoughts Exactly

Lily Allen

3.97

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The Bookshop Woman

Nanako Hanada

3.60

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