25 Best memoir books like Life, Death and Biscuits by Anthea Allen

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Life, Death and Biscuits

By: Anthea Allen

3.83

Format: 320 pages, Hardcover

THE SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLER ‘A heart-breaking story of courage and compassion from the front line o…

If you liked the memoir plot in Life, Death and Biscuits by Anthea Allen , here is a list of 25 books like this:

1. Your Life in My Hands

By: Rachel Clarke

3.85

Format: 144 pages, Hardcover

'I am a junior doctor. It is 4 a.m. I have run arrest calls, treated life-threatening bleeding, hel… read more

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2. Ready For Absolutely Nothing

By: Susannah Constantine

3.91

Format: 348 pages, Kindle Edition

'A rollicking ride . . . What a life' SUNDAY TIMESEssential reading for anyone who secretly just wa… read more

Similar categories in Susannah Constantine's Ready For Absolutely Nothing book and Anthea Allen's Life, Death and Biscuits

  • nonfiction
  • memoir
  • audiobook
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3. Too Many Reasons to Live

By: Rob Burrow

4.53

Format: 304 pages, Hardcover

‘Occasionally in life you come across a person who is talented yet humble, brave but not foolish, i… read more

Similar categories in Rob Burrow's Too Many Reasons to Live book and Anthea Allen's Life, Death and Biscuits

  • nonfiction
  • memoir
  • audiobook
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4. Undoctored: The Story of a Medic Who Ran Out of Patients

By: Adam Kay

3.91

Format: 274 pages, Hardcover

Adam Kay's secret diary from his time as a junior doctor This is Going to Hurt was the publishing p… read more

Similar categories in Adam Kay's Undoctored: The Story of a Medic Who Ran Out of Patients book and Anthea Allen's Life, Death and Biscuits

  • memoir
  • medical
  • medicine
  • nonfiction
  • audiobook
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5. Are You Really OK?: Understanding Britain’s Mental Health Emergency

By: Stacey Dooley

4.06

Format: 304 pages, Hardcover

We are not OK...I've been fortunate enough to meet many remarkable people over the last decade of m… read more

Similar categories in Stacey Dooley's Are You Really OK?: Understanding Britain’s Mental Health Emergency book and Anthea Allen's Life, Death and Biscuits

  • nonfiction
  • audiobook
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6. Catch Your Breath: The Secret Life of a Sleepless Anaesthetist

By: Ed Patrick

4.26

Format: 256 pages, Kindle Edition

'Brilliantly funny.' - Matt Lucas'You have to read this book.' - Tim Harford'It's funny, touching a… read more

Similar categories in Ed Patrick's Catch Your Breath: The Secret Life of a Sleepless Anaesthetist book and Anthea Allen's Life, Death and Biscuits

  • medical
  • medicine
  • nonfiction
  • memoir
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7. The Language of Kindness: A Nurse's Story

By: Christie Watson

4.12

Format: 336 pages, Hardcover

Christie Watson spent twenty years as a nurse, and in this intimate, poignant, and remarkably power… read more

Similar categories in Christie Watson's The Language of Kindness: A Nurse's Story book and Anthea Allen's Life, Death and Biscuits

  • memoir
  • medical
  • medicine
  • nonfiction
  • audiobook
"We will meet people on the way: patients, relatives and staff - people you may recognize already. Because we are all nursed at some point in our lives. We are all nurses."

-Christie Watson, The Language of Kindness: A Nurse's Story

"It is impossible to describe exactly what I learn, though I know it lies somewhere between science and art. It is all about the smallest details and understanding how they make the biggest difference."

-Christie Watson, The Language of Kindness: A Nurse's Story

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8. A Fortunate Woman: A Country Doctor's Story

By: Polly Morland

4.25

Format: None pages, Hardcover

A Fortunate Woman is a compelling, thoughtful and insightful look at the life and work of a country… read more

Similar categories in Polly Morland's A Fortunate Woman: A Country Doctor's Story book and Anthea Allen's Life, Death and Biscuits

  • memoir
  • medical
  • medicine
  • nonfiction
  • audiobook
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9. Why Mummy’s Sloshed (Why Mummy, #4)

By: Gill Sims

4.17

Format: 334 pages, Kindle Edition

Number One bestselling author Gill Sims is back with her eagerly awaited fourth and final Why Mummy… read more

Similar categories in Gill Sims's Why Mummy’s Sloshed (Why Mummy, #4) book and Anthea Allen's Life, Death and Biscuits

  • audiobook
Cover of Neglected: Scared, hungry and alone, Jamey craves affection by Cathy Glass

10. Neglected: Scared, hungry and alone, Jamey craves affection

By: Cathy Glass

4.54

Format: 310 pages, Kindle Edition

Little Jamey, 2½ years old, is placed with experienced foster carer, Cathy Glass, as an emergency. … read more

Similar categories in Cathy Glass's Neglected: Scared, hungry and alone, Jamey craves affection book and Anthea Allen's Life, Death and Biscuits

  • nonfiction
  • memoir
  • audiobook
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11. Loosely Based On A Made-Up Story: A Non-Memoir

By: James Blunt

4.16

Format: 303 pages, Kindle Edition

This book is inspired by true events but is not a biography.The truth is My Truth is not The Truth,… read more

Similar categories in James Blunt's Loosely Based On A Made-Up Story: A Non-Memoir book and Anthea Allen's Life, Death and Biscuits

  • nonfiction
  • memoir
  • audiobook
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12. brother. do. you. love. me.

By: Manni Coe

4.39

Format: 322 pages, Hardcover

brother. do. you. love. me. is the story of two brothers and their extraordinary journey of resilie… read more

Similar categories in Manni Coe's brother. do. you. love. me. book and Anthea Allen's Life, Death and Biscuits

  • nonfiction
  • memoir
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13. Bad Apple

By: Alice Hunter

3.48

Format: 384 pages, Paperback

How can you live with yourself when you find out the man you love is rotten to the core? Prepare to… read more

Similar categories in Alice Hunter's Bad Apple book and Anthea Allen's Life, Death and Biscuits

  • audiobook
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14. Gas Man

By: Colin Black

3.85

Format: 304 pages, Paperback

10… 9… 8… 7… 6… That’s about as far as you get, counting backwards, as you wait for surgery to begi… read more

Similar categories in Colin Black's Gas Man book and Anthea Allen's Life, Death and Biscuits

  • memoir
  • medical
  • medicine
  • nonfiction
  • audiobook
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15. Duty of Care: One NHS Doctor's Story of the COVID-19 Crisis

By: Dominic Pimenta

4.10

Format: 320 pages, Kindle Edition

The first book to tell the full story of the COVID-19 pandemic, from an NHS doctor working inside h… read more

Similar categories in Dominic Pimenta's Duty of Care: One NHS Doctor's Story of the COVID-19 Crisis book and Anthea Allen's Life, Death and Biscuits

  • memoir
  • medical
  • medicine
  • nonfiction
  • audiobook
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16. Seven Signs of Life: Stories from an Intensive Care Doctor

By: Aoife Abbey

3.91

Format: 274 pages, Hardcover

Grief. Anger. Joy. Fear. Distraction. Disgust. Hope. All emotions we expect to encounter over ou… read more

Similar categories in Aoife Abbey's Seven Signs of Life: Stories from an Intensive Care Doctor book and Anthea Allen's Life, Death and Biscuits

  • medical
  • medicine
  • nonfiction
  • memoir
"When relatives and friends grieve for their loved ones, they grieve for that patient: who they were and what they meant to their lives. When doctors find themselves unexpectedly ambushed by grief ove…"

-Aoife Abbey, Seven Signs of Life: Stories from an Intensive Care Doctor

"I don't believe the sickest people that I meet throughout my day at work are in the business of having outlandish desires, either. I don't think they are staring at the square-tiled ceiling of the in…"

-Aoife Abbey, Seven Signs of Life: Stories from an Intensive Care Doctor

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17. The Prison Doctor: Foreign Bodies

By: Amanda Brown

3.93

Format: 240 pages, Paperback

From the Sunday Times Bestselling author Dr Amanda Brown Revisit the wold of The Prison Doctor… read more

Similar categories in Amanda Brown's The Prison Doctor: Foreign Bodies book and Anthea Allen's Life, Death and Biscuits

  • medical
  • medicine
  • nonfiction
  • audiobook
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18. The Reluctant Carer: Dispatches from the Edge of Life

By: The Reluctant Carer

3.95

Format: 312 pages, Kindle Edition

An irresistibly moving, funny and urgent memoir about the reality of caring for your parents, when … read more

Similar categories in The Reluctant Carer's The Reluctant Carer: Dispatches from the Edge of Life book and Anthea Allen's Life, Death and Biscuits

  • nonfiction
  • memoir
  • audiobook
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19. Put A Wet Paper Towel on It: The Weird and Wonderful World of Primary Schools

By: Lee Parkinson

3.88

Format: 304 pages, ebook

A heart-warming and hilarious look at life in the classroom from the teachers who host the most pop… read more

Similar categories in Lee Parkinson's Put A Wet Paper Towel on It: The Weird and Wonderful World of Primary Schools book and Anthea Allen's Life, Death and Biscuits

  • nonfiction
  • memoir
  • audiobook
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20. Scoops: Behind the Scenes of the BBC's Most Shocking Interviews

By: Sam McAlister

4.14

Format: 288 pages, Hardcover

The secrets of a former Newsnight producer who found her way to Buckingham Palace 'A cracking re… read more

Similar categories in Sam McAlister's Scoops: Behind the Scenes of the BBC's Most Shocking Interviews book and Anthea Allen's Life, Death and Biscuits

  • nonfiction
  • memoir
  • audiobook
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21. The Courage to Care: A Call for Compassion

By: Christie Watson

4.30

Format: 272 pages, Hardcover

A vital and timely book about inspirational nurses, and the bravery of patients and families, from … read more

Similar categories in Christie Watson's The Courage to Care: A Call for Compassion book and Anthea Allen's Life, Death and Biscuits

  • memoir
  • medical
  • medicine
  • nonfiction
  • audiobook
Cover of Tired and Tested: The Wild Ride into Parenthood by Sophie McCartney

22. Tired and Tested: The Wild Ride into Parenthood

By: Sophie McCartney

4.09

Format: None pages, None

What happens when you realise adult life isn’t all it’s cracked up to be? When you’ve grown … read more

Similar categories in Sophie McCartney's Tired and Tested: The Wild Ride into Parenthood book and Anthea Allen's Life, Death and Biscuits

  • nonfiction
  • memoir
  • audiobook
Cover of Ashes To Admin: Tales from the Caseload of a Council Funeral Officer by Evie King

23. Ashes To Admin: Tales from the Caseload of a Council Funeral Officer

By: Evie King

4.37

Format: 288 pages, Paperback

‘I’ve a body out the back for you...' Imagine having that sentence said to you. And then imagine… read more

Similar categories in Evie King's Ashes To Admin: Tales from the Caseload of a Council Funeral Officer book and Anthea Allen's Life, Death and Biscuits

  • nonfiction
  • memoir
  • audiobook
Cover of Inside Job: Treating Murderers and Sex Offenders. The Life of a Prison Psychologist. by Rebecca Myers

24. Inside Job: Treating Murderers and Sex Offenders. The Life of a Prison Psychologist.

By: Rebecca Myers

3.97

Format: 313 pages, Kindle Edition

And here I am. Totally alone in a cell with a convicted sex offender who is free to do what he want… read more

Similar categories in Rebecca Myers's Inside Job: Treating Murderers and Sex Offenders. The Life of a Prison Psychologist. book and Anthea Allen's Life, Death and Biscuits

  • nonfiction
  • memoir
  • audiobook
Cover of Life, Death and Biscuits by Anthea Allen

25. Life, Death and Biscuits

By: Anthea Allen

3.83

Format: 320 pages, Hardcover

THE SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLER ‘A heart-breaking story of courage and compassion from the front line o… read more

Similar categories in Anthea Allen's Life, Death and Biscuits book and Anthea Allen's Life, Death and Biscuits

  • memoir
  • medical
  • medicine
  • nonfiction
  • audiobook
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26. The Real Happy Valley

By: Alice Vinten

4.17

Format: 277 pages, Paperback

A collection of real-life cases showing the bravery of female police officers.Former Police Constab… read more

Similar categories in Alice Vinten's The Real Happy Valley book and Anthea Allen's Life, Death and Biscuits

  • nonfiction
Cover of 34 Patients: The profound and uplifting memoir about the patients who changed one doctor’s life by Tom Templeton

27. 34 Patients: The profound and uplifting memoir about the patients who changed one doctor’s life

By: Tom Templeton

4.14

Format: 368 pages, Paperback

We ask so much of our doctors. To heal. To trust. To care. To listen. To tell a man he'll die tomor… read more

Similar categories in Tom Templeton's 34 Patients: The profound and uplifting memoir about the patients who changed one doctor’s life book and Anthea Allen's Life, Death and Biscuits

  • medical
  • medicine
  • nonfiction
  • memoir
Cover of The Marmalade Diaries: The True Story of an Odd Couple by Ben Aitken

28. The Marmalade Diaries: The True Story of an Odd Couple

By: Ben Aitken

4.03

Format: None pages, Hardcover

"Charming, touching and very very funny" — Jenny Colgan, New York Times bestselling authorONE HOUSE… read more

Similar categories in Ben Aitken's The Marmalade Diaries: The True Story of an Odd Couple book and Anthea Allen's Life, Death and Biscuits

  • nonfiction
  • memoir
  • audiobook
"I ask what inscription she'd have on her headstone. She gives it some thought, then says, 'Was meant to be enjoying herself but polished the doorknob instead."

-Ben Aitken, The Marmalade Diaries: The True Story of an Odd Couple

"She says there's been a few drops of snow in Yorkshire so the BBC are calling it a White Christmas. I say that's like calling me a vegetarian because I eat peas twice a week."

-Ben Aitken, The Marmalade Diaries: The True Story of an Odd Couple

"Over dinner, we mostly talk about Henry being gone a year. I tell her what someone told me in Italy: that grief is fruitful because it gives perspective and a sense of scale. Winnie says that's bollo…"

-Ben Aitken, The Marmalade Diaries: The True Story of an Odd Couple

"She takes a cautious approach to toasting bread. She does it by degrees, nervous of burning it. But the trouble is, by popping it up and down five times to check on its progress, she provides herself…"

-Ben Aitken, The Marmalade Diaries: The True Story of an Odd Couple

Cover of What Seems To Be The Problem? by Laura Marshall-Andrews

29. What Seems To Be The Problem?

By: Laura Marshall-Andrews

4.27

Format: 272 pages, Hardcover

In this powerful and deeply personal memoir, award-winning GP Dr Laura Marshall-Andrews introduces … read more

Similar categories in Laura Marshall-Andrews's What Seems To Be The Problem? book and Anthea Allen's Life, Death and Biscuits

  • medical
  • medicine
  • nonfiction
  • memoir
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30. Diary of an MP's Wife: Inside and Outside Power

By: Sasha Swire

3.47

Format: 591 pages, Kindle Edition

What is it like to be a wife of a politician in modern-day Britain? Sasha Swire finally lifts the l… read more

Similar categories in Sasha Swire's Diary of an MP's Wife: Inside and Outside Power book and Anthea Allen's Life, Death and Biscuits

  • nonfiction
  • memoir
Cover of The Ministry of Bodies by Seamus O'Mahony

31. The Ministry of Bodies

By: Seamus O'Mahony

3.64

Format: 320 pages, Hardcover

In The Ministry of Bodies, Seamus O'Mahony charts the realities of life in a modern hospital over t… read more

Similar categories in Seamus O'Mahony's The Ministry of Bodies book and Anthea Allen's Life, Death and Biscuits

  • medical
  • medicine
  • nonfiction
  • memoir

22 Best audiobook books like Life, Death and Biscuits by Anthea Allen

Transform Your Habits

Ready For Absolutely Nothing

Susannah Constantine

3.91

Transform Your Habits

Too Many Reasons to Live

Rob Burrow

4.53

Transform Your Habits

Undoctored: The Story of a Medic Who Ran Out of Patients

Adam Kay

3.91

Transform Your Habits

Are You Really OK?: Understanding Britain’s Mental Health Emergency

Stacey Dooley

4.06

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18 Best audiobook books like Loosely Based On A Made-Up Story: A Non-Memoir by James Blunt

Transform Your Habits

The List of Suspicious Things

Jennie Godfrey

4.29

Transform Your Habits

Politics On the Edge: A Memoir From Within

Rory Stewart

4.36

Transform Your Habits

Unruly: The Ridiculous History of England's Kings and Queens

David Mitchell

4.16

Transform Your Habits

Rambling Man: My Life on the Road

Billy Connolly

4.16

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