10 must-read memoir books like Mind Over Matter: Hard-Won Battles on the Road to Hope by Jordin Tootoo

Cover of Mind Over Matter: Hard-Won Battles on the Road to Hope by Jordin Tootoo

Mind Over Matter: Hard-Won Battles on the Road to Hope

By: Jordin Tootoo

3.83

Format: 208 pages, Hardcover

Following the bestselling success of the inspiring All the Way , pioneering Inuit NHLer Jordin Toot…

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Cover of 99: Stories of the Game by Wayne Gretzky, Kirstie McLellan Day

1. 99: Stories of the Game

By: Wayne Gretzky , Kirstie McLellan Day

4.10

Format: None pages, Hardcover

First he rewrote the record book. Now, to mark the NHL's 99th anniversary, Wayne Gretzky has writte… read more

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  • sports
  • nonfiction
  • memoir
  • hockey
Cover of Seven Fallen Feathers: Racism, Death, and Hard Truths in a Northern City by Tanya Talaga

2. Seven Fallen Feathers: Racism, Death, and Hard Truths in a Northern City

By: Tanya Talaga

4.52

Format: 384 pages, Paperback

In 1966, twelve-year-old Chanie Wenjack froze to death on the railway tracks after running away fro… read more

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  • nonfiction
  • canada
"Rebuilding an inequitable and harmful relationship is not easy. But for the good of all our children – Indigenous and not – the hard work must begin."

-Tanya Talaga, Seven Fallen Feathers: Racism, Death, and Hard Truths in a Northern City

3. The Reason You Walk

By: Wab Kinew

4.30

Format: 503 pages, Hardcover

A moving story of father-son reconciliation told by a charismatic Aboriginal star. When his father … read more

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Cover of Moon of the Turning Leaves (Moon, #2) by Waubgeshig Rice

4. Moon of the Turning Leaves (Moon, #2)

By: Waubgeshig Rice

4.28

Format: 320 pages, Hardcover

In this gripping sequel to the award-winning post-apocalyptic novel Moon of the Crusted Snow , a br… read more

Similar categories in Waubgeshig Rice's Moon of the Turning Leaves (Moon, #2) book and Jordin Tootoo's Mind Over Matter: Hard-Won Battles on the Road to Hope

  • canada
Cover of Highway of Tears: A True Story of Racism, Indifference and the Pursuit of Justice for Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women and Girls by Jessica McDiarmid

5. Highway of Tears: A True Story of Racism, Indifference and the Pursuit of Justice for Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women and Girls

By: Jessica McDiarmid

4.30

Format: 332 pages, Hardcover

A searing account of the missing, and murdered, Indigenous women of Highway 16, and an indictment o… read more

Similar categories in Jessica McDiarmid's Highway of Tears: A True Story of Racism, Indifference and the Pursuit of Justice for Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women and Girls book and Jordin Tootoo's Mind Over Matter: Hard-Won Battles on the Road to Hope

  • nonfiction
  • canada
Cover of The Road Years: A Memoir, Continued . . . by Rick      Mercer

6. The Road Years: A Memoir, Continued . . .

By: Rick Mercer

4.45

Format: 304 pages, Hardcover

Rick Mercer is back—again!—with the eagerly awaited sequel to his bestselling memoir At the end … read more

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  • nonfiction
  • memoir
  • canada
Cover of The Bittlemores by Jann Arden

7. The Bittlemores

By: Jann Arden

3.87

Format: 384 pages, Hardcover

A heartfelt, comic, and deeply satisfying debut novel from the #1 bestselling author, singer-songwr… read more

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  • canada
Cover of Burke's Law: A Life in Hockey by Brian Burke

8. Burke's Law: A Life in Hockey

By: Brian Burke

4.35

Format: 320 pages, Hardcover

#1 NATIONAL BESTSELLER The gruffest man in hockey opens up about the challenges, the feuds, and th… read more

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  • memoir
  • canada
  • hockey
  • nonfiction
  • sports
Cover of Draft Day: How Hockey Teams Pick Winners or Get Left Behind by Doug MacLean

9. Draft Day: How Hockey Teams Pick Winners or Get Left Behind

By: Doug MacLean

3.57

Format: 303 pages, Kindle Edition

Doug MacLean, former NHL coach, general manager, team president, and one of the game’s biggest pers… read more

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  • sports
  • nonfiction
  • hockey
Cover of Rebel Rising by Rebel Wilson

10. Rebel Rising

By: Rebel Wilson

3.91

Format: 335 pages, Kindle Edition

From the scene-stealing star of Pitch Perfect and Bridesmaids comes a refreshingly candid, hilariou… read more

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  • nonfiction
  • memoir
"Would this performance feel internally like I was going to die? Yes. But my desire to win, my desire to be somebody, is so strong that it compels me to do the hardest thing possible: to perform in pu…"

-Rebel Wilson, Rebel Rising

"People would come up to me on the street and say, 'I just want to thank you for being so brave!' Why am I so fucking brave? I'm not going off to fight in a war! I'm not running into a burning buildin…"

-Rebel Wilson, Rebel Rising

Cover of Becoming a Matriarch: A Memoir by Helen Knott

11. Becoming a Matriarch: A Memoir

By: Helen Knott

4.31

Format: 214 pages, Hardcover

When matriarchs begin to disappear, there is a choice to either step into the places they left behi… read more

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  • nonfiction
  • memoir
  • canada
"What else have I made my responsibility that no one asked me to take on?"

-Helen Knott, Becoming a Matriarch: A Memoir

"Mama's arms felt like ceremony on nights when the ghosts of my past experiences wouldn't let me sleep."

-Helen Knott, Becoming a Matriarch: A Memoir

"The women in my family are medicine. They are backbones and ribcages and hearts. They are whispers in men's ears. They are the guardians that kept us whole."

-Helen Knott, Becoming a Matriarch: A Memoir

"Teetering on the brink of relapse and the edge of insanity. I can't fuck or fight my way out of these feelings, so that's a bitch, but the weather is nice. More cream for your coffee, Edna?"

-Helen Knott, Becoming a Matriarch: A Memoir

Cover of The Circle by Katherena Vermette

12. The Circle

By: Katherena Vermette

4.05

Format: 272 pages, Hardcover

From the award-winning and #1 bestselling author of The Break and The Strangers comes a poignant an… read more

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  • canada
Cover of Outsider: An Old Man, a Mountain and the Search for a Hidden Past by Brett Popplewell

13. Outsider: An Old Man, a Mountain and the Search for a Hidden Past

By: Brett Popplewell

4.31

Format: 382 pages, Kindle Edition

Into the Wild  meets  Born to Run  meets  The Stranger in the Woods  in a fascinating true story of… read more

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  • sports
  • nonfiction
  • memoir
  • canada
Cover of Where the Falcon Flies: A 3,400 Kilometre Odyssey From My Doorstep to the Arctic by Adam Shoalts

14. Where the Falcon Flies: A 3,400 Kilometre Odyssey From My Doorstep to the Arctic

By: Adam Shoalts

4.32

Format: 362 pages, Kindle Edition

From Canada’s most accomplished adventurer and storyteller comes a gripping journey into the vastne… read more

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  • nonfiction
  • memoir
  • canada
Cover of Drunk-ish: A Memoir of Loving and Leaving Alcohol by Stefanie Wilder-Taylor

15. Drunk-ish: A Memoir of Loving and Leaving Alcohol

By: Stefanie Wilder-Taylor

4.04

Format: 288 pages, Hardcover

From the author of Sippy Cups Are Not for Chardonnay , a hilariously candid and refreshingly honest… read more

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  • nonfiction
  • memoir
Cover of The Secret History of Audrey James by Heather     Marshall

16. The Secret History of Audrey James

By: Heather Marshall

4.46

Format: 432 pages, Paperback

The #1 bestselling author of Looking for Jane returns with a poignant, gripping novel about a piani… read more

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  • canada
Cover of Cracking the Nazi Code: The Untold Story of Canada's Greatest Spy by Jason Bell

17. Cracking the Nazi Code: The Untold Story of Canada's Greatest Spy

By: Jason Bell

3.94

Format: 352 pages, Hardcover

The thrilling true story of Agent A12, the earliest enemy of the Nazis In public life, Dr. Winth… read more

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  • nonfiction
  • canada
Cover of Life in Two Worlds: A Coach's Journey from the Reserve to the NHL and Back by Ted Nolan

18. Life in Two Worlds: A Coach's Journey from the Reserve to the NHL and Back

By: Ted Nolan

4.28

Format: 332 pages, Kindle Edition

#1 BESTSELLER In 1997 Ted Nolan won the Jack Adams Award for best coach in the NHL. But he would… read more

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  • sports
  • nonfiction
  • memoir
  • hockey
Cover of Mind Over Matter: Hard-Won Battles on the Road to Hope by Jordin Tootoo

19. Mind Over Matter: Hard-Won Battles on the Road to Hope

By: Jordin Tootoo

3.83

Format: 208 pages, Hardcover

Following the bestselling success of the inspiring All the Way , pioneering Inuit NHLer Jordin Toot… read more

Similar categories in Jordin Tootoo's Mind Over Matter: Hard-Won Battles on the Road to Hope book and Jordin Tootoo's Mind Over Matter: Hard-Won Battles on the Road to Hope

  • memoir
  • canada
  • hockey
  • nonfiction
  • sports
Cover of Funny You Should Say That by Gerry Dee

20. Funny You Should Say That

By: Gerry Dee

3.36

Format: 304 pages, Kindle Edition

One of Canada’s top comedians shares the funniest stories from his life and career in this collecti… read more

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  • nonfiction
  • canada
Cover of My Day with the Cup: NHL Players Tell Their Stories about Hometown Celebrations with Hockey's Greatest Trophy by Jim Lang

21. My Day with the Cup: NHL Players Tell Their Stories about Hometown Celebrations with Hockey's Greatest Trophy

By: Jim Lang

3.54

Format: 272 pages, Paperback

Never-before-told stories of wild celebrations and heartfelt moments with the Stanley Cup, in the w… read more

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  • sports
  • nonfiction
  • hockey

16 Best nonfiction books like Mind Over Matter: Hard-Won Battles on the Road to Hope by Jordin Tootoo

Transform Your Habits

99: Stories of the Game

Wayne Gretzky , Kirstie McLellan Day

4.10

Transform Your Habits

Seven Fallen Feathers: Racism, Death, and Hard Truths in a Northern City

Tanya Talaga

4.52

Transform Your Habits

Highway of Tears: A True Story of Racism, Indifference and the Pursuit of Justice for Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women and Girls

Jessica McDiarmid

4.30

Transform Your Habits

The Road Years: A Memoir, Continued . . .

Rick Mercer

4.45

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16 Top audiobook books like The Road Years: A Memoir, Continued . . . by Rick Mercer

Transform Your Habits

My Effin' Life

Geddy Lee

4.58

Transform Your Habits

Moon of the Turning Leaves (Moon, #2)

Waubgeshig Rice

4.28

Transform Your Habits

The Defector (Apollo Murders, #2)

Chris Hadfield

4.02

Transform Your Habits

Shut Up You're Pretty

Téa Mutonji

3.57

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