9 best-selling biography books like The Zookeeper's Daughter by Lori Space Day

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The Zookeeper's Daughter

By: Lori Space Day

3.95

Format: 302 pages, Paperback

The Zookeeperas Daughter is the journal of Lori Space Day, a third generation zoologist. Growing up…

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Cover of Keith, A: Three Came Home by Agnes Newton Keith

1. Keith, A: Three Came Home

By: Agnes Newton Keith

4.16

Format: 304 pages, Paperback

When the Japanese take Borneo in 1942, Agnes Keith is captured and imprisoned with her two-year-old… read more

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  • nonfiction
  • biography
"We are not pleasant people here, for the story of war is always the story of hate; it makes no difference with whom one fights. The hate destroys you."

-Agnes Newton Keith, Keith, A: Three Came Home

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2. How I Stayed Alive When My Brain Was Trying to Kill Me: One Person's Guide to Suicide Prevention

By: Susan Rose Blauner

3.85

Format: 352 pages, Paperback

An international epidemic, suicide has touched the lives of nearly half of all Americans, yet is ra… read more

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  • nonfiction
  • biography
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3. The Zookeeper's Daughter

By: Lori Space Day

3.95

Format: 302 pages, Paperback

The Zookeeperas Daughter is the journal of Lori Space Day, a third generation zoologist. Growing up… read more

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  • nonfiction
  • biography
  • animals
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4. Naked in the Promised Land: A Memoir

By: Lillian Faderman

4.10

Format: 368 pages, Hardcover

Born in 1940, Lillian Faderman was the only child of an uneducated and unmarried immigrant Jewish w… read more

Similar categories in Lillian Faderman's Naked in the Promised Land: A Memoir book and Lori Space Day's The Zookeeper's Daughter

  • nonfiction
  • biography
Cover of Lazy B: Growing Up on a Cattle Ranch in the American Southwest by Sandra Day O'Connor, H. Alan Day

5. Lazy B: Growing Up on a Cattle Ranch in the American Southwest

By: Sandra Day O'Connor , H. Alan Day

3.33

Format: 288 pages, Hardcover

Now, for the first time in paperback, here is the remarkable story of Sandra Day O'Connor's family … read more

Similar categories in Sandra Day O'Connor's Lazy B: Growing Up on a Cattle Ranch in the American Southwest book and Lori Space Day's The Zookeeper's Daughter

  • nonfiction
  • biography
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6. Veronica's Grave: A Daughter's Memoir

By: Barbara Donsky

3.65

Format: None pages, Paperback

From beyond the grave came a cry for help she could not ignore. When Barbara Bracht's mother vanish… read more

Similar categories in Barbara Donsky's Veronica's Grave: A Daughter's Memoir book and Lori Space Day's The Zookeeper's Daughter

  • nonfiction
  • biography

7. Born Free: A Lioness of Two Worlds (Story of Elsa, #1)

By: Joy Adamson

3.37

Format: 200 pages,

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8. A Song Flung Up To Heaven

By: Maya Angelou

4.50

Format: 142 pages,

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9. Go West, Young Woman!: From Military Wife to Country Life

By: None

3.72

Format: 224 pages,

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10. Speaking Truth to Power

By: Anita Hill

4.75

Format: 2112 pages, Paperback

After her astonishing testimony in the Clarence Thomas hearings, Anita Hill ceased to be a private … read more

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11. Dare to Disappoint: Growing Up in Turkey

By: Ozge Samanci

3.20

Format: None pages, Paperback

Growing up on the Aegean Coast, Ozge loved the sea and imagined a life of adventure while her paren… read more

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12. The Three Witches and The Master

By: Max Nowaz

4.30

Format: 352 pages, Kindle Edition

When a beautiful naked woman Eve, unexpectedly turns up at his back door, Adam, an amateur wizard, … read more

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"Where’s my uncle?"

-Max Nowaz, The Three Witches and The Master

"You can’t escape me, I’m coming for you soon,"

-Max Nowaz, The Three Witches and The Master

"I haven’t got a clue why his bones disintegrated, but look at the bright side,"

-Max Nowaz, The Three Witches and The Master

"He desperately tried to think of a story to explain his involvement in her sudden appearance, without mentioning the book of magic in his possession. "

-Max Nowaz, The Three Witches and The Master

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13. Taming Flame

By: Therisa Peimer

4.30

Format: 312 pages, Paperback

Flaminius's days of bouncing between beds are snatched away the instant he sets eyes on his perfect… read more

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"Tightening his embrace around his wife and little Theo, he vowed, "I will do everything in my power to continue being worthy of the faith you have in me."

-Therisa Peimer, Taming Flame

"Why do you have such faith in me, Aurelia?" "I've told you a million times that I love you, you make me feel safe and cherished, and you care deeply for our people. Why wouldn't I have faith in you?"

-Therisa Peimer, Taming Flame

"I'm so proud of you I could burst, but in the interest of saving the poor cleaning staff the hassle, I would, instead, like to take you to our room and lick you from stem to stern until you beg me to…"

-Therisa Peimer, Taming Flame

"A virgin," Flaminius smiled deviously. "I'll take her." Instantly, surprised chatter erupted. Mother Guardian held up her hand for silence. "You cannot be serious, Sire." "Oh, but I am," he replied w…"

-Therisa Peimer, Taming Flame

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14. Pericles and Aspasia: A Story of Ancient Greece

By: Yvonne Korshak

4.29

Format: 557 pages, Kindle Edition

STEP ASIDE, ANTONY AND PERICLES AND ASPASIA —THE LOVE STORY THAT SHAPED HISTORY Two lovers cres… read more

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"Temples are for the gods,"

-Yvonne Korshak, Pericles and Aspasia: A Story of Ancient Greece

"Do you know the song Violet Crowned Athens?"

-Yvonne Korshak, Pericles and Aspasia: A Story of Ancient Greece

"The softness, warmth and weight of her breast filled his palm. “I’ve imagined this for weeks,"

-Yvonne Korshak, Pericles and Aspasia: A Story of Ancient Greece

"But  Phidias was better than most men since he made beautiful sculptures. He was even making one of her—well, he called it “Athena,"

-Yvonne Korshak, Pericles and Aspasia: A Story of Ancient Greece

Cover of Move to Millions: The Proven Framework to Become a Million Dollar CEO with Grace & Ease Instead of Hustle & Grind by Darnyelle Jervey Harmon

15. Move to Millions: The Proven Framework to Become a Million Dollar CEO with Grace & Ease Instead of Hustle & Grind

By: Darnyelle Jervey Harmon

4.29

Format: 310 pages, Paperback

Ready to break through the six-figure plateau? Discover an actionable strategy to cross over the mi… read more

Similar categories in Darnyelle Jervey Harmon's Move to Millions: The Proven Framework to Become a Million Dollar CEO with Grace & Ease Instead of Hustle & Grind book and Lori Space Day's The Zookeeper's Daughter

  • nonfiction
Cover of Why They Stay: Sex Scandals, Deals, and Hidden Agendas of Eight Political Wives by Anne  Michaud

16. Why They Stay: Sex Scandals, Deals, and Hidden Agendas of Eight Political Wives

By: Anne Michaud

4.29

Format: 199 pages, Kindle Edition

Why do good women stay with bad men? What if political wives are just as calculating as their in… read more

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  • nonfiction
  • biography
"The political wife came forward and publicly vouched for her straying man. If she could continue to trust and believe in him, the public could too – or so the script went."

-Anne Michaud, Why They Stay: Sex Scandals, Deals, and Hidden Agendas of Eight Political Wives

"For each of these women, the fear of the unknown — of leaving a marriage and casting off alone — may have bound them to a marriage where there is insensitivity, neglect, or even outright abuse. Peopl…"

-Anne Michaud, Why They Stay: Sex Scandals, Deals, and Hidden Agendas of Eight Political Wives

"What we witness playing out in the relationships of our public figures we risk finding acceptable in our private lives. Feminists have connected women’s sexual subordination to their unequal status i…"

-Anne Michaud, Why They Stay: Sex Scandals, Deals, and Hidden Agendas of Eight Political Wives

"To leave the marriage behind is to step out of the spotlight. It means fading into normalcy, returning to ordinary life, perhaps an impossible admission for women who have built their egos on being o…"

-Anne Michaud, Why They Stay: Sex Scandals, Deals, and Hidden Agendas of Eight Political Wives

Cover of Love is the Answer, God is the Cure: A True Story of Abuse, Betrayal and Unconditional Love by Aimee Cabo Nikolov

17. Love is the Answer, God is the Cure: A True Story of Abuse, Betrayal and Unconditional Love

By: Aimee Cabo Nikolov

4.30

Format: 150 pages, Paperback

Her family secrets burst in the spotlight when Aimee and her sister went to the authorities. In thi… read more

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  • nonfiction
  • biography
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-Aimee Cabo Nikolov, Love is the Answer, God is the Cure: A True Story of Abuse, Betrayal and Unconditional Love

"We can be beacons of light"

-Aimee Cabo Nikolov, Love is the Answer, God is the Cure: A True Story of Abuse, Betrayal and Unconditional Love

"Unconditional Love conquers all!"

-Aimee Cabo Nikolov, Love is the Answer, God is the Cure: A True Story of Abuse, Betrayal and Unconditional Love

"God is the Cure, Love is the Answer"

-Aimee Cabo Nikolov, Love is the Answer, God is the Cure: A True Story of Abuse, Betrayal and Unconditional Love

Cover of Don't Shoot! . . . I Have Another Story To Tell You by Elen Ghulam

18. Don't Shoot! . . . I Have Another Story To Tell You

By: Elen Ghulam

4.08

Format: 296 pages, Paperback

Four languages, an assortment of passports and no where to call home. Don't Shoot! ... I have a… read more

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Cover of Love Connection: Romance in the Land of the Rising Sun by John Rachel

19. Love Connection: Romance in the Land of the Rising Sun

By: John Rachel

4.37

Format: 268 pages, Paperback

This novel is unlike any love story you've ever read. Set in Japan and East Africa, it is based on … read more

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"Hungry stomachs growl the same tune."

-John Rachel, Love Connection: Romance in the Land of the Rising Sun

"Violence was a slippery slope, lubricated by a lot of blood, if history had any lessons to teach."

-John Rachel, Love Connection: Romance in the Land of the Rising Sun

"The spring breeze felt like the warm breath of a child on Kumiko’s face. It played delicately with her hair like tiny fingers, and made the trees whisper a breathless song."

-John Rachel, Love Connection: Romance in the Land of the Rising Sun

"The optimism was like the sun after a long spell of clouds and rain, a euphoric rush which produced both envy and awe in anyone who had become jaded, resigned, who had given up on their dreams."

-John Rachel, Love Connection: Romance in the Land of the Rising Sun

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20. Cult Girls

By: Natalie Grand

4.34

Format: 98 pages, Kindle Edition

Cult Girls based on a true story, tells the story of Talia and her friends as they struggle with gr… read more

Similar categories in Natalie Grand's Cult Girls book and Lori Space Day's The Zookeeper's Daughter

  • nonfiction
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21. An American Childhood

By: Annie Dillard

3.91

Format: 255 pages, Kindle Edition

Annie Dillard remembers. She remembers the exhilaration of whipping a snowball at a car and having… read more

Similar categories in Annie Dillard's An American Childhood book and Lori Space Day's The Zookeeper's Daughter

  • nonfiction
  • biography
"I myself was both observer and observable, and so a possible object of my own humming awareness."

-Annie Dillard, An American Childhood

"Private life, book life, took place where words met imagination without passing through the world."

-Annie Dillard, An American Childhood

"Knowing you are alive is watching on every side your generation's short time falling away as fast as rivers drop through air, and feeling it hit."

-Annie Dillard, An American Childhood

"Those of us who read carried around with us like martyrs a secret knowledge, a secret joy and a secret hope: There is a life worth living where history is still taking place; there are ideas worth dy…"

-Annie Dillard, An American Childhood

11 must-read nonfiction books like The Zookeeper's Daughter by Lori Space Day

Transform Your Habits

Keith, A: Three Came Home

Agnes Newton Keith

4.16

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How I Stayed Alive When My Brain Was Trying to Kill Me: One Person's Guide to Suicide Prevention

Susan Rose Blauner

3.85

Transform Your Habits

The Zookeeper's Daughter

Lori Space Day

3.95

Transform Your Habits

Naked in the Promised Land: A Memoir

Lillian Faderman

4.10

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6 Best history books like Naked in the Promised Land: A Memoir by Lillian Faderman

Transform Your Habits

Ecology of a Cracker Childhood

Janisse Ray

4.02

Transform Your Habits

Mayada, Daughter of Iraq: One Woman's Survival Under Saddam Hussein

Jean Sasson

3.00

Transform Your Habits

Naked in the Promised Land: A Memoir

Lillian Faderman

4.10

Transform Your Habits

The Country Under My Skin: A Memoir of Love and War

Gioconda Belli , Kristina Cordero

4.00

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