9 best-selling biography memoir books like I Have Been Buried Under Years of Dust: A Memoir of Autism and Hope by Valerie Gilpeer

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I Have Been Buried Under Years of Dust: A Memoir of Autism and Hope

By: Valerie Gilpeer

3.91

Format: 272 pages, Hardcover

A remarkable memoir by a mother and her autistic daughter who’d long been unable to communicate—unt…

If you liked the biography memoir plot in I Have Been Buried Under Years of Dust: A Memoir of Autism and Hope by Valerie Gilpeer , here is a list of 9 books like this:

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1. The Art of Memoir

By: Mary Karr

4.56

Format: 200 pages, Hardcover

Credited with sparking the current memoir explosion, Mary Karr's The Liars' Clubspent more than a y… read more

Similar categories in Mary Karr's The Art of Memoir book and Valerie Gilpeer's I Have Been Buried Under Years of Dust: A Memoir of Autism and Hope

  • biography
  • memoir
  • biography memoir
  • nonfiction
  • audiobook
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2. Fall Down 7 Times Get Up 8: A Young Man's Voice from the Silence of Autism

By: David Mitchell , Naoki Higashida , K.A. Yoshida

3.76

Format: None pages, Hardcover

From the author of the bestselling The Reason I Jump, an extraordinary self-portrait of life as a y… read more

Similar categories in David Mitchell's Fall Down 7 Times Get Up 8: A Young Man's Voice from the Silence of Autism book and Valerie Gilpeer's I Have Been Buried Under Years of Dust: A Memoir of Autism and Hope

  • biography
  • memoir
  • autistic spectrum disorder
  • biography memoir
  • nonfiction
  • disability

3. The Reason I Jump: The Inner Voice of a Thirteen-Year-Old Boy with Autism

By: David Mitchell , Naoki Higashida , K.A. Yoshida

5.00

Format: 36 pages, Hardcover

Written by Naoki Higashida, a very smart, very self-aware, and very charming thirteen-year-old boy … read more

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4. The Bedwetter: Stories of Courage, Redemption, and Pee

By: Sarah Silverman

4.50

Format: 158 pages, Hardcover

From the outrageously filthy and oddly innocent comedienne Sarah Silverman comes a memoir--her firs… read more

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5. To Siri With Love: A Mother, Her Autistic Son, and the Kindness of a Machine

By: Judith Newman

3.90

Format: 15 pages,

Writer Judith Newman never had any illusions that her family was 'normal'. She and her husband keep… read more

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6. NeuroTribes: The Legacy of Autism and the Future of Neurodiversity

By: Steve Silberman

3.99

Format: 244 pages, Hardcover

A New York Timesbestseller Winner of the 2015 Samuel Johnson Prize for non-fiction A groundbreaking… read more

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7. Jewish Space Lasers: The Rothschilds and 200 Years of Conspiracy Theories

By: Mike Rothschild

3.84

Format: 336 pages, Hardcover

With the current rise of antisemitism, this important book looks at how one Jewish family —the Roth… read more

Similar categories in Mike Rothschild's Jewish Space Lasers: The Rothschilds and 200 Years of Conspiracy Theories book and Valerie Gilpeer's I Have Been Buried Under Years of Dust: A Memoir of Autism and Hope

  • nonfiction
  • audiobook
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8. The Shifting Current (Coastal Guardians #3.5)

By: Dani Pettrey

4.41

Format: 208 pages, Paperback

An elusive killer. A false identity. A deadly maze of lies. When Coast Guard Investigative Servi… read more

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9. Carry: A Memoir of Survival on Stolen Land

By: Toni Jensen

4.25

Format: 294 pages, Hardcover

A powerful, poetic memoir about what it means to exist as an indigenous woman in America, told in s… read more

Similar categories in Toni Jensen's Carry: A Memoir of Survival on Stolen Land book and Valerie Gilpeer's I Have Been Buried Under Years of Dust: A Memoir of Autism and Hope

  • biography memoir
  • nonfiction
  • biography
  • memoir
"When we police a woman's affect, when we privilege it or equate it with her actions, with what she actually does, we're engaging in our most pervasive and yet our most quiet form of sexism, our most …"

-Toni Jensen, Carry: A Memoir of Survival on Stolen Land

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10. We're Not Broken: Changing the Autism Conversation

By: Eric Garcia

4.14

Format: 309 pages, Kindle Edition

“This book is a message from autistic people to their parents, friends, teachers, coworkers and doc… read more

Similar categories in Eric Garcia's We're Not Broken: Changing the Autism Conversation book and Valerie Gilpeer's I Have Been Buried Under Years of Dust: A Memoir of Autism and Hope

  • memoir
  • autistic spectrum disorder
  • mental health
  • nonfiction
  • disability
  • audiobook
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11. Autism in Heels: The Untold Story of a Female Life on the Spectrum

By: Jennifer O'Toole

3.87

Format: 248 pages, Hardcover

The face of autism is changing. And more often than we realize, that face is wearing lipstick. A… read more

Similar categories in Jennifer O'Toole's Autism in Heels: The Untold Story of a Female Life on the Spectrum book and Valerie Gilpeer's I Have Been Buried Under Years of Dust: A Memoir of Autism and Hope

  • biography
  • memoir
  • autistic spectrum disorder
  • mental health
  • biography memoir
  • nonfiction
  • audiobook
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12. Sincerely, Your Autistic Child

By: Sharon daVanport

4.30

Format: 224 pages, Paperback

A rare and diverse collection of autistic voices that highlights to parents the unique needs of gir… read more

Similar categories in Sharon daVanport's Sincerely, Your Autistic Child book and Valerie Gilpeer's I Have Been Buried Under Years of Dust: A Memoir of Autism and Hope

  • memoir
  • autistic spectrum disorder
  • mental health
  • nonfiction
  • disability
  • audiobook
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13. The Pattern Seekers: How Autism Drives Human Invention

By: Simon Baron-Cohen

3.51

Format: 272 pages, Hardcover

In The Pattern Seekers, Cambridge University psychologist Simon Baron-Cohen makes a case that autis… read more

Similar categories in Simon Baron-Cohen's The Pattern Seekers: How Autism Drives Human Invention book and Valerie Gilpeer's I Have Been Buried Under Years of Dust: A Memoir of Autism and Hope

  • autistic spectrum disorder
  • mental health
  • nonfiction
  • disability
  • audiobook
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14. Forever Boy: A Mother's Memoir of Autism and Finding Joy

By: Kate Swenson

4.62

Format: 288 pages, Hardcover

With her popular blog, Finding Cooper's Voice, Kate Swenson has provided hope and comfort for hundr… read more

Similar categories in Kate Swenson's Forever Boy: A Mother's Memoir of Autism and Finding Joy book and Valerie Gilpeer's I Have Been Buried Under Years of Dust: A Memoir of Autism and Hope

  • biography
  • memoir
  • autistic spectrum disorder
  • biography memoir
  • nonfiction
  • disability
  • audiobook
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15. But Everyone Feels This Way: How an Autism Diagnosis Saved My Life

By: Paige Layle

4.28

Format: 288 pages, Hardcover

Autism acceptance activist and TikTok influencer Paige Layle shares her deeply personal journey to … read more

Similar categories in Paige Layle's But Everyone Feels This Way: How an Autism Diagnosis Saved My Life book and Valerie Gilpeer's I Have Been Buried Under Years of Dust: A Memoir of Autism and Hope

  • memoir
  • autistic spectrum disorder
  • mental health
  • biography memoir
  • nonfiction
  • adult
  • disability
  • audiobook
"We remain hidden, tucked away behind corporations aiming to change us, pushing supplements and instant cures into the hands of desperate parents looking to make our lives better. We're hidden behind …"

-Paige Layle, But Everyone Feels This Way: How an Autism Diagnosis Saved My Life

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16. He/She/They: How We Talk About Gender and Why It Matters

By: Schuyler Bailar

4.62

Format: 384 pages, Hardcover

Go‑to expert on gender identity, Schuyler Bailar, offers an essential, urgent guide that changes th… read more

Similar categories in Schuyler Bailar's He/She/They: How We Talk About Gender and Why It Matters book and Valerie Gilpeer's I Have Been Buried Under Years of Dust: A Memoir of Autism and Hope

  • biography
  • memoir
  • nonfiction
  • adult
  • audiobook
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17. The Last Verse

By: Caroline Frost

3.80

Format: 368 pages, Hardcover

Nashville, 1977: A broken heart. A terrible crime. A song the world would sing. When aspiring music… read more

Similar categories in Caroline Frost's The Last Verse book and Valerie Gilpeer's I Have Been Buried Under Years of Dust: A Memoir of Autism and Hope

  • adult
Cover of Animals I Want To See: A Memoir of Growing Up in the Projects and Defying the Odds by Tom Seeman

18. Animals I Want To See: A Memoir of Growing Up in the Projects and Defying the Odds

By: Tom Seeman

4.31

Format: 288 pages, Hardcover

A lyrical coming-of-age story set in the projects of Toledo, Ohio, Animals I Want To See explores t… read more

Similar categories in Tom Seeman's Animals I Want To See: A Memoir of Growing Up in the Projects and Defying the Odds book and Valerie Gilpeer's I Have Been Buried Under Years of Dust: A Memoir of Autism and Hope

  • nonfiction
  • biography
  • memoir
  • audiobook
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19. Under Red Skies: Three Generations of Life, Loss, and Hope in China

By: Karoline Kan

4.06

Format: 320 pages, Hardcover

A deeply personal and shocking look at how China is coming to terms with its conflicted past as it … read more

Similar categories in Karoline Kan's Under Red Skies: Three Generations of Life, Loss, and Hope in China book and Valerie Gilpeer's I Have Been Buried Under Years of Dust: A Memoir of Autism and Hope

  • biography
  • memoir
  • biography memoir
  • nonfiction
  • audiobook
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20. I Have Been Buried Under Years of Dust: A Memoir of Autism and Hope

By: Valerie Gilpeer

3.91

Format: 272 pages, Hardcover

A remarkable memoir by a mother and her autistic daughter who’d long been unable to communicate—unt… read more

Similar categories in Valerie Gilpeer's I Have Been Buried Under Years of Dust: A Memoir of Autism and Hope book and Valerie Gilpeer's I Have Been Buried Under Years of Dust: A Memoir of Autism and Hope

  • biography
  • memoir
  • autistic spectrum disorder
  • mental health
  • autobiography
  • biography memoir
  • nonfiction
  • adult
  • disability
  • audiobook
Cover of Raising a Rare Girl: A Memoir by Heather Lanier

21. Raising a Rare Girl: A Memoir

By: Heather Lanier

4.51

Format: 320 pages, Hardcover

A  New York Times  Book Review Editors' Choice  Kate Bowler's The Everything Happens Book Club Pic… read more

Similar categories in Heather Lanier's Raising a Rare Girl: A Memoir book and Valerie Gilpeer's I Have Been Buried Under Years of Dust: A Memoir of Autism and Hope

  • biography
  • memoir
  • biography memoir
  • nonfiction
  • adult
  • disability
  • audiobook

5 must-read adult books like I Have Been Buried Under Years of Dust: A Memoir of Autism and Hope by Valerie Gilpeer

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Paige Layle

4.28

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He/She/They: How We Talk About Gender and Why It Matters

Schuyler Bailar

4.62

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The Last Verse

Caroline Frost

3.80

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I Have Been Buried Under Years of Dust: A Memoir of Autism and Hope

Valerie Gilpeer

3.91

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8 must-read adult books like He/She/They: How We Talk About Gender and Why It Matters by Schuyler Bailar

Transform Your Habits

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Laura Kate Dale

4.11

Transform Your Habits

Falling Back in Love with Being Human: Letters to Lost Souls

Kai Cheng Thom

4.18

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Elliot Page

3.75

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Everything I Learned, I Learned in a Chinese Restaurant

Curtis Chin

3.80

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