7 best-selling health books like A Life Impossible: Living with ALS: Finding Peace and Wisdom Within a Fragile Existence by Steve Gleason

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A Life Impossible: Living with ALS: Finding Peace and Wisdom Within a Fragile Existence

By: Steve Gleason

4.71

Format: 304 pages, Hardcover

From NFL player Steve Gleason, a powerful, inspiring memoir of love, heartbreak, resilience, family…

If you liked the health plot in A Life Impossible: Living with ALS: Finding Peace and Wisdom Within a Fragile Existence by Steve Gleason , here is a list of 7 books like this:

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1. The Deerfield Massacre: A Surprise Attack, a Forced March, and the Fight for Survival in Early America

By: James L. Swanson

3.44

Format: 336 pages, Hardcover

In the tradition of the New York Times bestseller Empire of the Summer Moon comes a spellbinding ac… read more

Similar categories in James L. Swanson's The Deerfield Massacre: A Surprise Attack, a Forced March, and the Fight for Survival in Early America book and Steve Gleason's A Life Impossible: Living with ALS: Finding Peace and Wisdom Within a Fragile Existence

  • nonfiction
  • audiobook
Cover of One Way Back: A Memoir by Christine Blasey Ford

2. One Way Back: A Memoir

By: Christine Blasey Ford

4.30

Format: 298 pages, Hardcover

On September 27, 2018, Christine Blasey Ford testified before the Senate Judiciary Committee which … read more

Similar categories in Christine Blasey Ford's One Way Back: A Memoir book and Steve Gleason's A Life Impossible: Living with ALS: Finding Peace and Wisdom Within a Fragile Existence

  • biography
  • memoir
  • autobiography
  • nonfiction
  • audiobook
Cover of My Father's Brain: Life in the Shadow of Alzheimer's by Sandeep Jauhar

3. My Father's Brain: Life in the Shadow of Alzheimer's

By: Sandeep Jauhar

4.14

Format: 256 pages, Hardcover

“Blending the humor, compassion, and absorbing family drama of first-rate memoir with expert scienc… read more

Similar categories in Sandeep Jauhar's My Father's Brain: Life in the Shadow of Alzheimer's book and Steve Gleason's A Life Impossible: Living with ALS: Finding Peace and Wisdom Within a Fragile Existence

  • biography
  • memoir
  • health
  • nonfiction
  • audiobook
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4. Challenger: A True Story of Heroism and Disaster on the Edge of Space

By: Adam Higginbotham

4.60

Format: 576 pages, Hardcover

The definitive, dramatic, minute-by-minute story of the Challenger disaster based on new archival r… read more

Similar categories in Adam Higginbotham's Challenger: A True Story of Heroism and Disaster on the Edge of Space book and Steve Gleason's A Life Impossible: Living with ALS: Finding Peace and Wisdom Within a Fragile Existence

  • nonfiction
  • biography
  • audiobook
"When asked what he was thinking about when preparing for launch abroad his Mercury-Redstone rocket, Alan Shepard, the first American in space, had infamously replied, "The fact that every part of thi…"

-Adam Higginbotham, Challenger: A True Story of Heroism and Disaster on the Edge of Space

"At the foot of the ladder, he [Gene Cernan Apollo 17] delivered the short speech he had memorized for the occasion. "Is like to just say what I believe history will record: That America's challenge o…"

-Adam Higginbotham, Challenger: A True Story of Heroism and Disaster on the Edge of Space

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5. Coming Home

By: Brittney Griner

4.43

Format: 320 pages, Hardcover

From the nine-time women’s basketball icon and two-time Olympic gold medalist—a raw, revelatory acc… read more

Similar categories in Brittney Griner's Coming Home book and Steve Gleason's A Life Impossible: Living with ALS: Finding Peace and Wisdom Within a Fragile Existence

  • biography
  • memoir
  • nonfiction
  • sports
  • audiobook
"When your world is violently upended, you don't just mourn your immediate losses. You also grieve a future that no longer feels possible, the peace that might've been."

-Brittney Griner, Coming Home

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6. In My Time of Dying: How I Came Face to Face with the Idea of an Afterlife

By: Sebastian Junger

3.92

Format: 176 pages, Hardcover

A near-fatal health emergency leads to this powerful reflection on death—and what might follow—by t… read more

Similar categories in Sebastian Junger's In My Time of Dying: How I Came Face to Face with the Idea of an Afterlife book and Steve Gleason's A Life Impossible: Living with ALS: Finding Peace and Wisdom Within a Fragile Existence

  • biography
  • memoir
  • health
  • nonfiction
  • audiobook
"Everyone has a relationship with death whether they want one or not; refusing to think about death is its own kind of relationship. When we hear about another person's death, we are hearing a version…"

-Sebastian Junger, In My Time of Dying: How I Came Face to Face with the Idea of an Afterlife

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7. That Librarian: The Fight Against Book Banning in America

By: Amanda Jones

4.14

Format: 288 pages, Hardcover

Part memoir, part manifesto, the inspiring story of a Louisiana librarian advocating for inclusivit… read more

Similar categories in Amanda Jones's That Librarian: The Fight Against Book Banning in America book and Steve Gleason's A Life Impossible: Living with ALS: Finding Peace and Wisdom Within a Fragile Existence

  • nonfiction
  • biography
  • memoir
  • audiobook
Cover of A Walk in the Park: The True Story of a Spectacular Misadventure in the Grand Canyon by Kevin Fedarko

8. A Walk in the Park: The True Story of a Spectacular Misadventure in the Grand Canyon

By: Kevin Fedarko

4.36

Format: 512 pages, Hardcover

A deeply moving account ever of walking the Grand Canyon, a highly dangerous, life-changing 750-mil… read more

Similar categories in Kevin Fedarko's A Walk in the Park: The True Story of a Spectacular Misadventure in the Grand Canyon book and Steve Gleason's A Life Impossible: Living with ALS: Finding Peace and Wisdom Within a Fragile Existence

  • nonfiction
  • biography
  • memoir
  • audiobook
"You were made and set here to give voice to this, your own astonishment. -Annie Dillard"

-Kevin Fedarko, A Walk in the Park: The True Story of a Spectacular Misadventure in the Grand Canyon

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9. Little Earthquakes: A Memoir

By: Sarah Mandel

4.21

Format: 288 pages, Hardcover

“Sarah Mandel has done something remarkable here. I found myself weeping, laughing with delight and… read more

Similar categories in Sarah Mandel's Little Earthquakes: A Memoir book and Steve Gleason's A Life Impossible: Living with ALS: Finding Peace and Wisdom Within a Fragile Existence

  • biography
  • memoir
  • health
  • nonfiction
  • audiobook
Cover of Just Add Water: My Swimming Life by Katie Ledecky

10. Just Add Water: My Swimming Life

By: Katie Ledecky

4.25

Format: 256 pages, Hardcover

A candid and inspiring memoir from Olympic gold medalist, world champion, and one of the best swim… read more

Similar categories in Katie Ledecky's Just Add Water: My Swimming Life book and Steve Gleason's A Life Impossible: Living with ALS: Finding Peace and Wisdom Within a Fragile Existence

  • biography
  • memoir
  • health
  • autobiography
  • nonfiction
  • sports
  • audiobook
Cover of Fat Leonard: How One Man Bribed, Bilked, and Seduced the U.S. Navy by Craig Whitlock

11. Fat Leonard: How One Man Bribed, Bilked, and Seduced the U.S. Navy

By: Craig Whitlock

4.39

Format: 480 pages, Hardcover

#1 New York Times bestselling author Craig Whitlock’s masterful account of one of the biggest publi… read more

Similar categories in Craig Whitlock's Fat Leonard: How One Man Bribed, Bilked, and Seduced the U.S. Navy book and Steve Gleason's A Life Impossible: Living with ALS: Finding Peace and Wisdom Within a Fragile Existence

  • nonfiction
  • biography
  • audiobook
"After a decade of U.S. wars and surging defense budgets, an expectation of special treatment had taken root in the Navy. Many officers felt they were owed something extra for enduring long deployment…"

-Craig Whitlock, Fat Leonard: How One Man Bribed, Bilked, and Seduced the U.S. Navy

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12. On Call: A Doctor's Journey in Public Service

By: Anthony Fauci

4.59

Format: 464 pages, Hardcover

The memoir by the doctor who became a beacon of hope for millions through the COVID pandemic, and w… read more

Similar categories in Anthony Fauci's On Call: A Doctor's Journey in Public Service book and Steve Gleason's A Life Impossible: Living with ALS: Finding Peace and Wisdom Within a Fragile Existence

  • biography
  • memoir
  • health
  • nonfiction
  • audiobook
Cover of Roctogenarians: Late in Life Debuts, Comebacks, and Triumphs by Mo Rocca

13. Roctogenarians: Late in Life Debuts, Comebacks, and Triumphs

By: Mo Rocca

4.04

Format: 384 pages, Hardcover

From beloved CBS Sunday Morning correspondent Mo Rocca, author of New York Times bestseller Mobitua… read more

Similar categories in Mo Rocca's Roctogenarians: Late in Life Debuts, Comebacks, and Triumphs book and Steve Gleason's A Life Impossible: Living with ALS: Finding Peace and Wisdom Within a Fragile Existence

  • nonfiction
  • biography
  • memoir
  • audiobook
Cover of A Life Impossible: Living with ALS: Finding Peace and Wisdom Within a Fragile Existence by Steve Gleason

14. A Life Impossible: Living with ALS: Finding Peace and Wisdom Within a Fragile Existence

By: Steve Gleason

4.71

Format: 304 pages, Hardcover

From NFL player Steve Gleason, a powerful, inspiring memoir of love, heartbreak, resilience, family… read more

Similar categories in Steve Gleason's A Life Impossible: Living with ALS: Finding Peace and Wisdom Within a Fragile Existence book and Steve Gleason's A Life Impossible: Living with ALS: Finding Peace and Wisdom Within a Fragile Existence

  • biography
  • memoir
  • health
  • autobiography
  • nonfiction
  • football
  • sports
  • audiobook
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15. Vision: A Memoir of Blindness and Justice

By: David S. Tatel

4.48

Format: 325 pages, Kindle Edition

A memoir by one of America’s most accomplished public servants and legal thinkers—who spent years d… read more

Similar categories in David S. Tatel's Vision: A Memoir of Blindness and Justice book and Steve Gleason's A Life Impossible: Living with ALS: Finding Peace and Wisdom Within a Fragile Existence

  • biography
  • memoir
  • autobiography
  • nonfiction
  • audiobook
Cover of This Ordinary Stardust: A Scientist's Path from Grief to Wonder by Alan Townsend

16. This Ordinary Stardust: A Scientist's Path from Grief to Wonder

By: Alan Townsend

4.22

Format: 272 pages, Hardcover

A compassionate, vulnerable, and transformative exploration of the nurturing and spiritual power of… read more

Similar categories in Alan Townsend's This Ordinary Stardust: A Scientist's Path from Grief to Wonder book and Steve Gleason's A Life Impossible: Living with ALS: Finding Peace and Wisdom Within a Fragile Existence

  • biography
  • memoir
  • health
  • nonfiction
  • audiobook
Cover of All in the Family: The Trumps and How We Got This Way by Fred C. Trump

17. All in the Family: The Trumps and How We Got This Way

By: Fred C. Trump

4.07

Format: 351 pages, Kindle Edition

With revealing, never-before-told stories, Fred C. Trump III, nephew of President Donald Trump, bre… read more

Similar categories in Fred C. Trump's All in the Family: The Trumps and How We Got This Way book and Steve Gleason's A Life Impossible: Living with ALS: Finding Peace and Wisdom Within a Fragile Existence

  • biography
  • memoir
  • autobiography
  • nonfiction
  • audiobook
Cover of Us, After: A Memoir of Love and Suicide by Rachel Zimmerman

18. Us, After: A Memoir of Love and Suicide

By: Rachel Zimmerman

4.41

Format: 256 pages, Paperback

"This poignant, soul-baring memoir is truly one of the most moving accounts of grief, loss and resi… read more

Similar categories in Rachel Zimmerman's Us, After: A Memoir of Love and Suicide book and Steve Gleason's A Life Impossible: Living with ALS: Finding Peace and Wisdom Within a Fragile Existence

  • nonfiction
  • memoir
Cover of Mississippi Swindle: Brett Favre and the Welfare Scandal that Shocked America by Shad White

19. Mississippi Swindle: Brett Favre and the Welfare Scandal that Shocked America

By: Shad White

4.10

Format: 278 pages, Kindle Edition

How America’s youngest state auditor uncovered the largest public corruption scandal in the history… read more

Similar categories in Shad White's Mississippi Swindle: Brett Favre and the Welfare Scandal that Shocked America book and Steve Gleason's A Life Impossible: Living with ALS: Finding Peace and Wisdom Within a Fragile Existence

  • nonfiction
  • audiobook
Cover of How to Leave the House by Nathan  Newman

20. How to Leave the House

By: Nathan Newman

3.28

Format: 320 pages, Hardcover

It's Natwest's last day before he leaves for university, and there's only one thing on his mind: th… read more

Similar categories in Nathan Newman's How to Leave the House book and Steve Gleason's A Life Impossible: Living with ALS: Finding Peace and Wisdom Within a Fragile Existence

  • audiobook
Cover of Revenge of the Tipping Point: Overstories, Superspreaders, and the Rise of Social Engineering by Malcolm Gladwell

21. Revenge of the Tipping Point: Overstories, Superspreaders, and the Rise of Social Engineering

By: Malcolm Gladwell

4.16

Format: 368 pages, Hardcover

Twenty-five years after the publication of his groundbreaking first book, Malcolm Gladwell returns … read more

Similar categories in Malcolm Gladwell's Revenge of the Tipping Point: Overstories, Superspreaders, and the Rise of Social Engineering book and Steve Gleason's A Life Impossible: Living with ALS: Finding Peace and Wisdom Within a Fragile Existence

  • nonfiction
  • audiobook

20 Top audiobook books like A Life Impossible: Living with ALS: Finding Peace and Wisdom Within a Fragile Existence by Steve Gleason

Transform Your Habits

The Deerfield Massacre: A Surprise Attack, a Forced March, and the Fight for Survival in Early America

James L. Swanson

3.44

Transform Your Habits

One Way Back: A Memoir

Christine Blasey Ford

4.30

Transform Your Habits

My Father's Brain: Life in the Shadow of Alzheimer's

Sandeep Jauhar

4.14

Transform Your Habits

Challenger: A True Story of Heroism and Disaster on the Edge of Space

Adam Higginbotham

4.60

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9 Top adult books like That Librarian: The Fight Against Book Banning in America by Amanda Jones

Transform Your Habits

That Librarian: The Fight Against Book Banning in America

Amanda Jones

4.14

Transform Your Habits

Lula Dean's Little Library of Banned Books

Kirsten Miller

4.19

Transform Your Habits

A Well-Trained Wife: My Escape from Christian Patriarchy

Tia Levings

4.48

Transform Your Habits

Maria: A Novel of Maria von Trapp

Michelle Moran

4.30

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