11 Best biography books like Gorillas in the Mist by Dian Fossey

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Gorillas in the Mist

By: Dian Fossey

4.22

Format: None pages, Paperback

One of the most important books ever written about our connection to the natural world, Gorillas in…

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Cover of And So It Goes: Adventures in Television by Linda Ellerbee

1. And So It Goes: Adventures in Television

By: Linda Ellerbee

3.74

Format: 306 pages, Mass Market Paperback

Examines the internal operations of television news and answers many basic journalistic questions b… read more

Similar categories in Linda Ellerbee's And So It Goes: Adventures in Television book and Dian Fossey's Gorillas in the Mist

  • nonfiction
  • biography
  • memoir
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2. Reversible Skirt

By: Laura McHale Holland

4.03

Format: 264 pages, Paperback

Laura McHale Holland's world turns upside down when her mother committs suicide, leaving three daug… read more

Similar categories in Laura McHale Holland's Reversible Skirt book and Dian Fossey's Gorillas in the Mist

  • nonfiction
  • biography
  • memoir
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3. Gorillas in the Mist

By: Dian Fossey

4.22

Format: None pages, Paperback

One of the most important books ever written about our connection to the natural world, Gorillas in… read more

Similar categories in Dian Fossey's Gorillas in the Mist book and Dian Fossey's Gorillas in the Mist

  • biography
  • memoir
  • biology
  • animals
  • nonfiction
  • nature
  • science
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4. Through a Window: My Thirty Years with the Chimpanzees of Gombe

By: Jane Goodall

1.00

Format: 168 pages,

THROUGH A WINDOW is the dramatic saga of thirty years in the life of a community, of birth and deat… read more

Similar categories in Jane Goodall's Through a Window: My Thirty Years with the Chimpanzees of Gombe book and Dian Fossey's Gorillas in the Mist

  • biography
  • memoir
  • animals
  • nonfiction
  • nature
  • science
Cover of In Search Of My Sexy Old Self: Re-discovering sex after sixty and beyond by Cathy   Thomas

5. In Search Of My Sexy Old Self: Re-discovering sex after sixty and beyond

By: Cathy Thomas

4.10

Format: 206 pages, Paperback

Why has sex just stopped? That's the question Cathy asks herself when sexual intimacy dwindles and … read more

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6. Shanghai Diary

By: Ursula Bacon

4.40

Format: 436 pages, Hardcover

By the late 1930s, Europe sat on the brink of a world war. As the holocaust approached, many Jewish… read more

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  • nonfiction
  • biography
  • memoir
Cover of Graduates in Wonderland: The International Misadventures of Two (Almost) Adults by Jessica Pan, Rachel Kapelke-Dale

7. Graduates in Wonderland: The International Misadventures of Two (Almost) Adults

By: Jessica Pan , Rachel Kapelke-Dale

4.38

Format: None pages, Paperback

Two best friends document their post-college lives in a hilarious, relatable, and powerfully honest… read more

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  • nonfiction
  • biography
  • memoir
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8. Will Love For Crumbs

By: Jonna Ivin

3.62

Format: 314 pages, Paperback

Raised by an alcoholic mother and without a father, Jonna learned at a young age to put her needs o… read more

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  • nonfiction
  • biography
  • memoir
"There is absolutely no reason to be a dick, just because you have one."

-Jonna Ivin, Will Love For Crumbs

"Quietly trying to manifest what you want doesn’t work, being a bitch does."

-Jonna Ivin, Will Love For Crumbs

"Funny how a wink from a city guy can come across as cheesy or condescending, but a wink from a southern boy will send shivers up a girl’s spine."

-Jonna Ivin, Will Love For Crumbs

"I didn’t make choices based on what I liked or didn’t like. I simply accepted what they chose for me. My role had always been to react and adapt to what was decided by other people, by outside circum…"

-Jonna Ivin, Will Love For Crumbs

9. Swanson on Swanson

By: Gloria Swanson

4.75

Format: None pages,

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10. The Book of Margery Kempe

By: Margery Kempe , Lynn Staley

2.75

Format: None pages, Paperback

"Contexts" collects primary readings that illuminateThe Book of Margery Kempe. Included are excerpt… read more

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11. In the Shadow of Man

By: Jane Goodall , Hugo van Lawick , None

4.36

Format: 297 pages, Paperback

This best-selling classic tells the story of one of world's greatest scientific adventuresses. Jane… read more

Similar categories in Jane Goodall's In the Shadow of Man book and Dian Fossey's Gorillas in the Mist

  • biography
  • memoir
  • biology
  • animals
  • nonfiction
  • nature
  • science
"At that moment there was no need of any scientific knowledge to understand his communication of reassurance. The soft pressure of his fingers spoke to me not through my intellect but through a more p…"

-Jane Goodall, In the Shadow of Man

12. Appetites: Why Women Want

By: Caroline Knapp

4.41

Format: None pages,

"Where are the lines between satisfaction and excess, between restraint and indulgence, between ple… read more

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13. The Third Sunrise: A Memoir of Madness

By: Natalie Jeanne Champagne

3.97

Format: 241 pages, Kindle Edition

“Psychiatrists and I; we do not get on well. They have failed to cure me; I am still damaged and it… read more

Similar categories in Natalie Jeanne Champagne's The Third Sunrise: A Memoir of Madness book and Dian Fossey's Gorillas in the Mist

  • nonfiction
  • memoir

14. A Kick-Ass Fairy

By: None

4.25

Format: 328 pages, Paperback

What does it mean to be a Kick-Ass Fairy? Looking for a fairy tale to make into a musical? Look som… read more

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15. The Woman Who Fell from the Sky

By: Jennifer Steil

4.03

Format: 325 pages, ebook

"I had no idea how to find my way around this medieval city. It was getting dark. I was tired. I di… read more

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16. I'll Cry Tomorrow

By: Gerold Frank , None , None

3.53

Format: 349 pages, Paperback

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17. The Customer Is Always Wrong

By: Mimi Pond

4.04

Format: 538 pages, Hardcover

A young woman's art career begins to lift off as those around her succumb to addiction and alcoholi… read more

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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

18. 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

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

19. 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

20. 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
"#metooasachild"

-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 The Bookmaker's Daughter: A Memory Unbound by Shirley Abbott

21. The Bookmaker's Daughter: A Memory Unbound

By: Shirley Abbott

3.86

Format: 312 pages, Paperback

This deeply felt memoir is a journey through family history, feminist insight, and southern mytholo… read more

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  • nonfiction
  • biography
  • memoir

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And So It Goes: Adventures in Television

Linda Ellerbee

3.74

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Reversible Skirt

Laura McHale Holland

4.03

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Dian Fossey

4.22

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Through a Window: My Thirty Years with the Chimpanzees of Gombe

Jane Goodall

1.00

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Golda Meir

4.04

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Shattered Dreams: My Life as a Polygamist's Wife

Irene Spencer

4.33

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The Scent of God: A Memoir

Beryl Singleton Bissell

4.20

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Abigail Thomas

3.68

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