24 Best nonfiction books like Swimming with the Blowfish: Hootie, Healing, and One Hell of a Ride: A Story of Redemption by Jim Sonefeld

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Swimming with the Blowfish: Hootie, Healing, and One Hell of a Ride: A Story of Redemption

By: Jim Sonefeld

4.18

Format: 341 pages, Kindle Edition

Hootie & the Blowfish’s drummer chronicles the band’s rise, fall, and rebirth, as well as his path …

If you liked the nonfiction plot in Swimming with the Blowfish: Hootie, Healing, and One Hell of a Ride: A Story of Redemption by Jim Sonefeld , here is a list of 24 books like this:

Cover of Father and I Were Ranchers (Little Britches, #1) by Ralph Moody

1. Father and I Were Ranchers (Little Britches, #1)

By: Ralph Moody

4.27

Format: 260 pages, Paperback

Ralph was eight years old in 1906 when his family moved from New Hampshire to a Colorado ranch. Thr… read more

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  • nonfiction
  • biography
"There are only two kinds of men in this world: Honest men and dishonest men. There are black men and white men and yellow men and red men, but nothing counts except whether they're honest men or dish…"

-Ralph Moody, Father and I Were Ranchers (Little Britches, #1)

"You know, Son, sometimes a fellow has to take a licking for doing the right thing. A licking only lasts a short while, even if it's a hard one, but failing to do the right thing will often make a mar…"

-Ralph Moody, Father and I Were Ranchers (Little Britches, #1)

Cover of You Couldn't Ignore Me If You Tried: The Brat Pack, John Hughes, and Their Impact on a Generation by Susannah Gora

2. You Couldn't Ignore Me If You Tried: The Brat Pack, John Hughes, and Their Impact on a Generation

By: Susannah Gora

3.87

Format: 337 pages, Hardcover

You can quote lines from Sixteen Candles (“Last night at the dance, my little brother paid a buck t… read more

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  • nonfiction
  • biography
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3. Kick Kennedy: The Charmed Life and Tragic Death of the Favorite Kennedy Daughter

By: Barbara Leaming

4.33

Format: 260 pages, Hardcover

Kathleen "Kick" Kennedy was the incandescent life-force of the fabled Kennedy family, her father's … read more

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  • nonfiction
  • biography
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4. Melissa Explains It All: Tales from My Abnormally Normal Life

By: Melissa Joan Hart

3.43

Format: 276 pages, Hardcover

Melissa Joan Hart explained it all-from dating to bullies-in her groundbreaking role as Clarissa Da… read more

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  • nonfiction
  • biography
"I remember asking my friend. . .for tips and her best one was: When watching football with your man, just look up once in awhile and ask, Now who did he used to play for?' He'll talk for at least fif…"

-Melissa Joan Hart, Melissa Explains It All: Tales from My Abnormally Normal Life

"Senses impaired, I knew I was there for a cover shoot but felt unfazed when I saw the wardrobe rack full of bras, panties, and nothing else... after having just come from a party full of naked people…"

-Melissa Joan Hart, Melissa Explains It All: Tales from My Abnormally Normal Life

5. Mary and Lou and Rhoda and Ted: And All the Brilliant Minds Who Made The Mary Tyler Moore Show a Classic

By: Jennifer Keishin Armstrong

3.70

Format: 32 pages, Hardcover

The story of the making of a classic and groundbreaking TV show, as experienced by its producers, w… read more

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6. My Name Is Venus Black

By: None

3.92

Format: 358 pages, Hardcover

In this stirring, life-affirming debut novel, a young woman must reconcile her past with its far-re… read more

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7. Never Broken: Songs Are Only Half the Story

By: Jewel

4.10

Format: None pages, Hardcover

New York Times best-selling poet and multiplatinum singer-songwriter Jewel explores her unconventio… read more

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8. Love, Loss, and What We Ate: A Memoir

By: Padma Lakshmi

3.55

Format: 112 pages, Hardcover

A vivid memoir of food and family, survival and triumph, Love, Loss, and What We Atetraces the arc … read more

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9. On Folly Beach

By: Karen White

4.25

Format: 512 pages, Paperback

Folly Beach, South Carolina, has survived despite hurricanes and war. But it's the personal battles… read more

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10. Being Henry: The Fonz . . . and Beyond

By: Henry Winkler

4.14

Format: 246 pages, Hardcover

From Emmy-award winning actor, author, comedian, producer, and director Henry Winkler, a deeply tho… read more

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  • nonfiction
  • biography
"It’s so funny about time - you get into these nice little grooves with people you love, and you think it’ll go on forever. But time goes so fast, and nothing goes on forever."

-Henry Winkler, Being Henry: The Fonz . . . and Beyond

"If you don't nail your feet to the ground, you can just believe - and you want to believe. It's so enticing. It felt so good. You could just become a gigantic balloon in the Thanksgiving Day parade a…"

-Henry Winkler, Being Henry: The Fonz . . . and Beyond

Cover of Charlie Hustle: The Rise and Fall of Pete Rose, and the Last Glory Days of Baseball by Keith O'Brien

11. Charlie Hustle: The Rise and Fall of Pete Rose, and the Last Glory Days of Baseball

By: Keith O'Brien

4.43

Format: 464 pages, Hardcover

A page-turning work of narrative nonfiction chronicling the incredible story of one of America’s mo… read more

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  • nonfiction
  • biography
Cover of The Worry-Free Parent: Living in Confidence So Your Kids Can Too by Sissy Goff

12. The Worry-Free Parent: Living in Confidence So Your Kids Can Too

By: Sissy Goff

4.55

Format: 256 pages, Paperback

Anxiety is not just an epidemic among our kids, but it's an epidemic among parents as well: One doe… read more

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  • nonfiction
Cover of Talking to My Angels by Melissa Etheridge

13. Talking to My Angels

By: Melissa Etheridge

3.95

Format: 224 pages, Hardcover

Twenty years after the success of her first memoir, the New York Times bestseller The Truth Is . . … read more

Similar categories in Melissa Etheridge's Talking to My Angels book and Jim Sonefeld's Swimming with the Blowfish: Hootie, Healing, and One Hell of a Ride: A Story of Redemption

  • music
  • nonfiction
  • biography
Cover of Bits and Pieces: My Mother, My Brother, and Me by Whoopi Goldberg

14. Bits and Pieces: My Mother, My Brother, and Me

By: Whoopi Goldberg

4.33

Format: 256 pages, Hardcover

From multi-award winner Whoopi Goldberg comes a new and unique memoir of her family and their influ… read more

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  • nonfiction
  • biography
"Listen. The confines of this neighbourhood do not represent the confines of your life. You can go and do and be whatever you want. But, whatever you choose, be yourself."

-Whoopi Goldberg, Bits and Pieces: My Mother, My Brother, and Me

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15. Say More: Lessons from Work, the White House, and the World

By: Jen Psaki

3.96

Format: 240 pages, Hardcover

Former White House Press Secretary and current MSNBC host Jen Psaki shares the surprising lessons s… read more

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  • nonfiction
  • biography
"There was also a large crew of people who tried to nickname the previously mentioned Bipartisan Infrastructure Framework "BIF". If you would like your audience to start making fun of a big, serious, …"

-Jen Psaki, Say More: Lessons from Work, the White House, and the World

"I've spent time with a lot of very busy people - business leaders, prominent journalists, and multiple presidents. Despite the unusually high demands on their schedules, something they all have in co…"

-Jen Psaki, Say More: Lessons from Work, the White House, and the World

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16. What a Fool Believes: A Memoir

By: Michael McDonald

4.09

Format: 336 pages, Hardcover

A sweeping and evocative memoir from the Rock & Roll Hall of Famer, Grammy Award–winning, platinum … read more

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  • music
  • nonfiction
  • biography
Cover of Entrances and Exits by Michael    Richards

17. Entrances and Exits

By: Michael Richards

4.12

Format: 425 pages, Hardcover

The man who brought the kavorka to the Seinfeld show through one of the most remarkable and beloved… read more

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  • nonfiction
  • biography
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18. My Magnolia Summer

By: Victoria Benton Frank

3.78

Format: 352 pages, Hardcover

Escape to the South Carolina Lowcountry, where family bonds and hidden secrets run deep. In thi… read more

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"Omitting the truth is also lying."

-Victoria Benton Frank, My Magnolia Summer

"Are you planning on kissing me behind a haystack or something?" "Oh, I plan on a lot worse, Maggie."

-Victoria Benton Frank, My Magnolia Summer

"Maybe violets don't have thorns like roses, or heavy fragrances like lilies or magnolias, but they are just as strong."

-Victoria Benton Frank, My Magnolia Summer

"I unrolled my knife bag and saw all my old friends staring back at me. Some girls liked diamonds, some liked pearls, but just give me a good knife. Knives are sexy, that's all there is to it."

-Victoria Benton Frank, My Magnolia Summer

Cover of Life's Too Short: A Memoir by Darius Rucker

19. Life's Too Short: A Memoir

By: Darius Rucker

4.18

Format: 256 pages, Hardcover

A raw, heartfelt memoir from Darius Rucker, the three-time Grammy Award–winning, Diamond-selling le… read more

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  • music
  • nonfiction
  • biography
Cover of The Uncharted Flight of Olivia West by Sara  Ackerman

20. The Uncharted Flight of Olivia West

By: Sara Ackerman

4.17

Format: 384 pages, Paperback

An extraordinary story, inspired by real events, of a female aviator who defies the odds to embark … read more

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21. Unguarded

By: Scottie Pippen

3.54

Format: 320 pages, Hardcover

An unflinching memoir from the six-time NBA Champion, two-time Olympic gold medalist, and Hall of F… read more

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  • nonfiction
  • biography
Cover of I Curse You With Joy by Tiffany Haddish

22. I Curse You With Joy

By: Tiffany Haddish

3.95

Format: 269 pages, Kindle Edition

Tiffany Haddish is back with her highly anticipated new essay collection, I Curse You With Joy … read more

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  • nonfiction
  • biography
"Representation isn’t just checking off boxes, it’s validating experience."

-Tiffany Haddish, I Curse You With Joy

"What I was learning was, in its own fucked up way, no feelings was as bad as too many."

-Tiffany Haddish, I Curse You With Joy

"I wish that men got endometriosis. If it was painful when they ejaculated, you know they would find a cure immediately and every doctor would know what to do to make it less painful, even a foot doct…"

-Tiffany Haddish, I Curse You With Joy

"Going through all that, taught me that you get to choose your response when you are afraid. You might not be able to control everything that happens to you but you do get to control how you respond t…"

-Tiffany Haddish, I Curse You With Joy

Cover of Holy Unhappiness: God, Goodness, and the Myth of the Blessed Life by Amanda Held Opelt

23. Holy Unhappiness: God, Goodness, and the Myth of the Blessed Life

By: Amanda Held Opelt

4.27

Format: 272 pages, Hardcover

Discover what it means to be blessed and challenge the false beliefs many in the church hold about … read more

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  • nonfiction
"Logic doesn't always hold up against the complexity of real life. Our equations fail us. Our formulas break down and reasons escape us. We carry blessing, and we carry curse. Life is paradox. It cann…"

-Amanda Held Opelt, Holy Unhappiness: God, Goodness, and the Myth of the Blessed Life

Cover of Only Wanna Be with You: The Inside Story of Hootie & the Blowfish by Tim Sommer

24. Only Wanna Be with You: The Inside Story of Hootie & the Blowfish

By: Tim Sommer

4.19

Format: 296 pages, Hardcover

In 1985, Mark Bryan heard Darius Rucker singing in a dorm shower at the University of South Carolin… read more

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  • music
  • nonfiction
Cover of Swimming with the Blowfish: Hootie, Healing, and One Hell of a Ride: A Story of Redemption by Jim Sonefeld

25. Swimming with the Blowfish: Hootie, Healing, and One Hell of a Ride: A Story of Redemption

By: Jim Sonefeld

4.18

Format: 341 pages, Kindle Edition

Hootie & the Blowfish’s drummer chronicles the band’s rise, fall, and rebirth, as well as his path … read more

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  • music
  • nonfiction
  • biography
Cover of Guilty Creatures: Sex, God, and Murder in Tallahassee, Florida by Mikita Brottman

26. Guilty Creatures: Sex, God, and Murder in Tallahassee, Florida

By: Mikita Brottman

3.54

Format: 288 pages, Hardcover

From the critically acclaimed author of the “enthralling” ( San Francisco Book Review ) An Unexplai… read more

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  • nonfiction
Cover of We Are Experiencing a Slight Delay: Tips, Tales, Travels by Gary Janetti

27. We Are Experiencing a Slight Delay: Tips, Tales, Travels

By: Gary Janetti

4.20

Format: 224 pages, Hardcover

In this hilarious and often touching collection, the New York Times bestselling author, television … read more

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  • nonfiction
  • biography
Cover of Wanted: Toddler's Personal Assistant by Stephanie Kiser

28. Wanted: Toddler's Personal Assistant

By: Stephanie Kiser

3.95

Format: 336 pages, Paperback

What are the lives of America's richest families really like? Their nannies see it all… When S… read more

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  • nonfiction
  • biography
Cover of Out of the Darkness: The Mystery of Aaron Rodgers by Ian O'Connor

29. Out of the Darkness: The Mystery of Aaron Rodgers

By: Ian O'Connor

3.85

Format: 368 pages, Hardcover

Aaron Rodgers is regarded by some as the most talented player to ever hold the most important job i… read more

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  • nonfiction
  • biography
Cover of The Devil at His Elbow: Alex Murdaugh and the Fall of a Southern Dynasty by Valerie Bauerlein

30. The Devil at His Elbow: Alex Murdaugh and the Fall of a Southern Dynasty

By: Valerie Bauerlein

4.56

Format: 480 pages, Hardcover

Power, privilege, and blood—this is the definitive and thrilling true story of Alex Murdaugh’s viol… read more

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

31. 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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  • nonfiction
  • biography

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4.27

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3.87

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4.33

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4.19

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3.95

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