9 Best biography memoir books like For the Love of Europe: My Favorite Places, People, and Stories (Rick Steves) by Rick Steves

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For the Love of Europe: My Favorite Places, People, and Stories (Rick Steves)

By: Rick Steves

4.12

Format: 408 pages, Paperback

After 40+ years of writing about Europe, Rick Steves has gathered 100 of his favorite memories toge…

"Travel can—and should—change our perspectives and broaden our worldviews."

-Rick Steves, For the Love of Europe: My Favorite Places, People, and Stories (Rick Steves)

". . . I'm reminded that I simply inherited freedom. For man, freedom has to be earned."

-Rick Steves, For the Love of Europe: My Favorite Places, People, and Stories (Rick Steves)

". . . I'm reminded that I simply inherited freedom. For many, freedom has to be earned."

-Rick Steves, For the Love of Europe: My Favorite Places, People, and Stories (Rick Steves)

"While traveling, I'm often struck by how people give meaning to their lives by contributing what they can."

-Rick Steves, For the Love of Europe: My Favorite Places, People, and Stories (Rick Steves)

If you liked the biography memoir plot in For the Love of Europe: My Favorite Places, People, and Stories (Rick Steves) by Rick Steves , here is a list of 9 books like this:

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1. Pacific: The Ocean of the Future

By: Simon Winchester

4.04

Format: 512 pages, Hardcover

Bestselling author Simon Winchester offers an enthralling biography of the Pacific Ocean and its ro… read more

Similar categories in Simon Winchester's Pacific: The Ocean of the Future book and Rick Steves's For the Love of Europe: My Favorite Places, People, and Stories (Rick Steves)

  • travel
  • nonfiction
  • history
  • audiobook
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2. An Atlas of Countries That Don't Exist: A Compendium of Fifty Unrecognized and Largely Unnoticed States

By: Nick Middleton

4.27

Format: 24 pages, Hardcover

Acclaimed travel writer and Oxford geography don Nick Middleton takes us on a magical tour of count… read more

Similar categories in Nick Middleton's An Atlas of Countries That Don't Exist: A Compendium of Fifty Unrecognized and Largely Unnoticed States book and Rick Steves's For the Love of Europe: My Favorite Places, People, and Stories (Rick Steves)

  • travel
  • nonfiction
  • history

3. Arctic Dreams

By: Barry Lopez

4.13

Format: 334 pages, Paperback

Barry Lopez's National Book Award-winning classic study of the Far North is widely considered his m… read more

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4. Picnic in Provence: A Memoir with Recipes

By: Elizabeth Bard

3.50

Format: 24 pages, Hardcover

The bestselling author of Lunch in Paris takes us on another delicious journey, this time to the he… read more

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5. Paris Letters

By: Janice MacLeod

3.95

Format: 145 pages, Paperback

"How much money does it take to change your life?" Unfulfilled at her job and unsuccessful in the d… read more

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6. South Sea Tales

By: Jack London , Tony Horwitz

3.86

Format: None pages, Paperback

Like the celebrated Klondike Tales, the stories that comprise South Sea Talesderive their intensity… read more

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7. Birding Without Borders: An Obsession, a Quest, and the Biggest Year in the World

By: Noah Strycker

4.00

Format: 131 pages, Hardcover

Traveling to 41 countries in 2015 with a backpack and binoculars, Noah Strycker became the first pe… read more

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8. Under the Streets of Nice

By: Ken Follett , Rene L. Maurice

3.93

Format: None pages, Paperback

In 1976, Albert Spaggiari stole a fortune in jewels from an "impregnable" bank vault. The jewels an… read more

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9. Crossings: How Road Ecology Is Shaping the Future of Our Planet

By: Ben Goldfarb

4.45

Format: 384 pages, Hardcover

A New York Times Notable Book of 2023 and Editors' Choice • A Science News Favorite Book of 2023 • … read more

Similar categories in Ben Goldfarb's Crossings: How Road Ecology Is Shaping the Future of Our Planet book and Rick Steves's For the Love of Europe: My Favorite Places, People, and Stories (Rick Steves)

  • nonfiction
  • history
  • audiobook
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10. Call You When I Land

By: Nikki Vargas

3.23

Format: 288 pages, Paperback

Call You When I Land is a soul-stirring memoir from Colombian immigrant and Fodor’s Travel Senior E… read more

Similar categories in Nikki Vargas's Call You When I Land book and Rick Steves's For the Love of Europe: My Favorite Places, People, and Stories (Rick Steves)

  • biography
  • memoir
  • travel
  • biography memoir
  • nonfiction
  • audiobook
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11. A Fatal Inheritance: How a Family Misfortune Revealed a Deadly Medical Mystery

By: Lawrence Ingrassia

4.41

Format: 320 pages, Hardcover

Weaving his own moving family story with a sweeping history of cancer research, Lawrence Ingrassia … read more

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  • biography
  • memoir
  • biography memoir
  • nonfiction
  • audiobook
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12. Ringmaster: Vince McMahon and the Unmaking of America

By: Abraham Riesman

3.75

Format: 464 pages, ebook

INSTANT NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER “Riveting, essential reading.” —Rick Perlstein, author of Reaganl… read more

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  • biography
  • history
  • biography memoir
  • nonfiction
  • audiobook
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13. I Am C-3PO: The Inside Story

By: Anthony Daniels

3.89

Format: 271 pages, Hardcover

"Gloriously witty, keen and spirited" J.J. Abrams, Director of Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker … read more

Similar categories in Anthony Daniels's I Am C-3PO: The Inside Story book and Rick Steves's For the Love of Europe: My Favorite Places, People, and Stories (Rick Steves)

  • biography
  • history
  • memoir
  • biography memoir
  • nonfiction
  • audiobook
"George and I talked. An hour passed. Surely we both had things to do. There was a silence. Nervously. 'Please, may I play the part?' George paused. Then quietly, 'Shurr.' Not even a word. Hardly a sy…"

-Anthony Daniels, I Am C-3PO: The Inside Story

"They can see the character, standing before them. The voice became iconic in its own right. Parents often ask me to do it for their children, who don't quite believe them. After all, any old man can …"

-Anthony Daniels, I Am C-3PO: The Inside Story

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14. The Temporary European: Lessons and Confessions of a Professional Traveler

By: Cameron Hewitt

4.40

Format: 386 pages, Kindle Edition

Write guidebooks, make travel TV, lead bus tours? Cameron Hewitt has been Rick Steves’ right hand f… read more

Similar categories in Cameron Hewitt's The Temporary European: Lessons and Confessions of a Professional Traveler book and Rick Steves's For the Love of Europe: My Favorite Places, People, and Stories (Rick Steves)

  • travel
  • history
  • nonfiction
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15. Edison's Ghosts: The Untold Weirdness of History’s Greatest Geniuses

By: Katie Spalding

3.81

Format: 352 pages, Hardcover

Overturn everything you knew about history’s greatest minds in this raucous and hilarious book, whe… read more

Similar categories in Katie Spalding's Edison's Ghosts: The Untold Weirdness of History’s Greatest Geniuses book and Rick Steves's For the Love of Europe: My Favorite Places, People, and Stories (Rick Steves)

  • biography
  • history
  • biography memoir
  • nonfiction
  • audiobook
Cover of When the Sea Came Alive: An Oral History of D-Day by Garrett M. Graff

16. When the Sea Came Alive: An Oral History of D-Day

By: Garrett M. Graff

4.59

Format: 608 pages, Hardcover

From the New York Times bestselling author of The Only Plane in the Sky and Pulitzer Prize finalist… read more

Similar categories in Garrett M. Graff's When the Sea Came Alive: An Oral History of D-Day book and Rick Steves's For the Love of Europe: My Favorite Places, People, and Stories (Rick Steves)

  • nonfiction
  • history
  • audiobook
Cover of Fear Is Just a Word: A Missing Daughter, a Violent Cartel, and a Mother's Quest for Vengeance by Azam Ahmed

17. Fear Is Just a Word: A Missing Daughter, a Violent Cartel, and a Mother's Quest for Vengeance

By: Azam Ahmed

3.95

Format: 384 pages, Hardcover

A riveting true story of a mother who fought back against the drug cartels in Mexico, pursuing her … read more

Similar categories in Azam Ahmed's Fear Is Just a Word: A Missing Daughter, a Violent Cartel, and a Mother's Quest for Vengeance book and Rick Steves's For the Love of Europe: My Favorite Places, People, and Stories (Rick Steves)

  • biography
  • history
  • memoir
  • biography memoir
  • nonfiction
  • audiobook
Cover of For the Love of Europe: My Favorite Places, People, and Stories (Rick Steves) by Rick Steves

18. For the Love of Europe: My Favorite Places, People, and Stories (Rick Steves)

By: Rick Steves

4.12

Format: 408 pages, Paperback

After 40+ years of writing about Europe, Rick Steves has gathered 100 of his favorite memories toge… read more

Similar categories in Rick Steves's For the Love of Europe: My Favorite Places, People, and Stories (Rick Steves) book and Rick Steves's For the Love of Europe: My Favorite Places, People, and Stories (Rick Steves)

  • art
  • biography
  • history
  • memoir
  • travel
  • biography memoir
  • nonfiction
  • essays
  • book club
  • audiobook
"Travel can—and should—change our perspectives and broaden our worldviews."

-Rick Steves, For the Love of Europe: My Favorite Places, People, and Stories (Rick Steves)

". . . I'm reminded that I simply inherited freedom. For man, freedom has to be earned."

-Rick Steves, For the Love of Europe: My Favorite Places, People, and Stories (Rick Steves)

". . . I'm reminded that I simply inherited freedom. For many, freedom has to be earned."

-Rick Steves, For the Love of Europe: My Favorite Places, People, and Stories (Rick Steves)

"While traveling, I'm often struck by how people give meaning to their lives by contributing what they can."

-Rick Steves, For the Love of Europe: My Favorite Places, People, and Stories (Rick Steves)

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19. Fodor'sTravel Boston

By: Fodor's Travel Publications Inc.

3.84

Format: 376 pages, Paperback

There's history and culture around every bend in Boston—skyscrapers nestle next to historic hotels … read more

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  • travel
  • nonfiction
Cover of The Widow's Guide to Dead Bastards by Jessica Waite

20. The Widow's Guide to Dead Bastards

By: Jessica Waite

3.65

Format: 320 pages, Hardcover

A widow’s life is turned upside when she uncovers the truth about her late husband in this lyrical,… read more

Similar categories in Jessica Waite's The Widow's Guide to Dead Bastards book and Rick Steves's For the Love of Europe: My Favorite Places, People, and Stories (Rick Steves)

  • biography
  • memoir
  • biography memoir
  • nonfiction
  • audiobook
Cover of Lovely One: A Memoir by Ketanji Brown Jackson

21. Lovely One: A Memoir

By: Ketanji Brown Jackson

4.64

Format: 432 pages, Hardcover

#1 NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • In her inspiring, intimate memoir, the first Black woman to ever be … read more

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  • biography
  • history
  • memoir
  • biography memoir
  • nonfiction
  • audiobook

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