19 Top nonfiction books like My Name Was Mushroom: My Life as a Teenage Runaway in The Source Family Commune by Wendy Baker

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My Name Was Mushroom: My Life as a Teenage Runaway in The Source Family Commune

By: Wendy Baker

4.10

Format: 224 pages, Kindle Edition

At age 14, Wendy Gossard was drawn by the tranquil blue eyes and personal magnetism of a man known …

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1. Anne Perry and the Murder of the Century

By: Peter Graham

4.09

Format: 116 pages, Hardcover

On June 22, 1954, teenage friends Juliet Hulme--better known as bestselling mystery writer Anne Per… read more

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Cover of The Foundling: The True Story of a Kidnapping, a Family Secret, and My Search for the Real Me by Alex Tresniowski, Paul Joseph Fronczak

2. The Foundling: The True Story of a Kidnapping, a Family Secret, and My Search for the Real Me

By: Alex Tresniowski , Paul Joseph Fronczak

4.17

Format: 78 pages, Hardcover

"A gripping tale of secrets and self-discovery." --People The Foundlingtells the incredible and ins… read more

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  • nonfiction
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3. Just After Sunset

By: Stephen King

4.00

Format: 256 pages,

Internationally bestselling author Stephen King delivers an astonishing collection of short stories… read more

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4. Fast Girl: A Life Spent Running from Madness

By: Suzy Favor Hamilton , Sarah Tomlinson

3.63

Format: 143 pages, Hardcover

The former middle distance Olympic runner and high-end escort speaks out for the first time about h… read more

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5. Gold Dust Woman: A Biography of Stevie Nicks

By: Stephen Davis

2.65

Format: 34 pages, Hardcover

Stevie Nicks is a legend of rock, but her energy and magnetism sparked new interest in this icon. A… read more

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6. Some Girls: My Life in a Harem

By: Jillian Lauren

3.50

Format: 448 pages,

A jaw-dropping story of how a girl from the suburbs ends up in a prince's harem, and emerges from t… read more

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7. Your Table Is Ready: Tales of a New York City Maître D'

By: Michael Cecchi-Azzolina

3.67

Format: 304 pages, Hardcover

A front-of-the-house Kitchen Confidential from a career maître d’hotel who manned the front of the … read more

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"It never fails, the most awful human beings, the power hungry, those with the least personality, kindness, and humanity, are general managers in restaurants."

-Michael Cecchi-Azzolina, Your Table Is Ready: Tales of a New York City Maître D'

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8. Don't Call Me Jupiter: Memoir of a Reluctant Hippie Kid (Jupiter, #1)

By: Tom J. Bross

4.25

Format: 294 pages, Kindle Edition

Don’t Call Me Jupiter is a true coming-of-age memoir of psychedelic adventure about growing up in a… read more

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"One of my nipples is noticeably larger than the other two."

-Tom J. Bross, Don't Call Me Jupiter: Memoir of a Reluctant Hippie Kid (Jupiter, #1)

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9. Tent for Seven: A Camping Adventure Gone South Out West

By: Marty Ohlhaut

4.41

Format: 250 pages, Paperback

Riveting true story about the power of family and the majesty of the wilderness Marty Ohlhaut lo… read more

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  • nonfiction
"Had I known just how memorable our trip was about to be, we never would have left the house."

-Marty Ohlhaut, Tent for Seven: A Camping Adventure Gone South Out West

"It was that melancholy time of afternoon, when spirits seem suspended between the day’s activities and the night’s reminiscence."

-Marty Ohlhaut, Tent for Seven: A Camping Adventure Gone South Out West

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10. Managed Care

By: Joe Barrett

4.26

Format: 309 pages, Paperback

"Funniest book I've ever read." –Tom McCaffrey, bestselling author of The Wise Ass Is it too much t… read more

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11. Among the Bros: A Fraternity Crime Story

By: Max Marshall

3.50

Format: 289 pages, Kindle Edition

A brilliant young investigative journalist traces a murder and a multi-million-dollar drug ring, le… read more

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  • nonfiction
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12. Blood on Their Hands: Murder, Corruption, and the Fall of the Murdaugh Dynasty

By: Mandy Matney

3.78

Format: 272 pages, Hardcover

Years before the name Alex Murdaugh was splashed across every major media outlet in America, local … read more

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13. Ohio

By: Stephen Markley

3.87

Format: 484 pages, Hardcover

One sweltering night in 2013, four former high school classmates converge on their hometown in nort… read more

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"New Canaan had this look, like a magazine after it’s tossed on the fire, the way the pages blacken and curl as they begin to burn, but just before the flames take over."

-Stephen Markley, Ohio

"You make someone your devil for long enough, and you want to hold onto that. There's something rapturous about hating another person, especially if you have a goddamned good reason."

-Stephen Markley, Ohio

"What an important lesson for every young person to learn: If you defy the collective psychosis of nationalism, of imperial war, you will pay for it. And the people in your community, your home, who y…"

-Stephen Markley, Ohio

"Like MacMillan and the clique of teachers and the coaches who all went to the same church and barbecued at one another's houses, much of the country's small-bore civil servants were itching to do som…"

-Stephen Markley, Ohio

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14. The Extraordinary Life of an Ordinary Man: A Memoir

By: Paul Newman

3.89

Format: 297 pages, Hardcover

NEW YORK TIMES BEST SELLER - The raw, candid, unvarnished memoir of an American icon. The greatest … read more

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  • nonfiction
Cover of Don't Tell Anybody the Secrets I Told You: A Memoir by Lucinda Williams

15. Don't Tell Anybody the Secrets I Told You: A Memoir

By: Lucinda Williams

3.96

Format: 272 pages, Hardcover

The iconic singer-songwriter and three-time Grammy winner opens up about her traumatic childhood in… read more

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  • nonfiction
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16. Wavewalker: Breaking Free

By: Suzanne Heywood

4.27

Format: 416 pages, Hardcover

‘A seven-year old girl on a seventy-foot yacht, for ten years, over fifty thousand miles of sailing… read more

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  • nonfiction
"Do you want to hear a secret?' I asked him, leaning closer. 'I don't want to be different — I want to be normal. I don't want to be stuck out at sea away from my friends. I know Mum and Dad would lau…"

-Suzanne Heywood, Wavewalker: Breaking Free

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17. The Fifth Avenue Apartment

By: Pamela M. Kelley

4.21

Format: 320 pages, Kindle Edition

A fabulous Fifth Avenue apartment. The world of luxury real estate sales. A charismatic boss and an… read more

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18. Good Girls Stay Quiet

By: Jo Cassidy

4.06

Format: 338 pages, Paperback

There's safety in silence... Fifteen-year-old Cora Snow has a secret only her "Daddy" and her jo… read more

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19. Freckled: A Memoir of Growing Up Wild in Hawaii

By: T.W. Neal

4.36

Format: 406 pages, Kindle Edition

Für Fans vom Schloss aus Glas und Wie Bildung mir die Welt erschloss kommt Krimi- Autorin Toby Nea… read more

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  • nonfiction
Cover of Astor: The Rise and Fall of an American Fortune by Anderson Cooper

20. Astor: The Rise and Fall of an American Fortune

By: Anderson Cooper

3.77

Format: 322 pages, Hardcover

The number one New York Times bestselling authors of Vanderbilt return with another riveting histor… read more

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Cover of His Secret Daughter by Melissa Wiesner

21. His Secret Daughter

By: Melissa Wiesner

4.22

Format: 284 pages, Kindle Edition

Not Noah. Not my husband. But there he is, unconscious in the hospital bed. Our daughter sobs into … read more

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22. A Very Private School: A Memoir

By: Charles Spencer

4.09

Format: 304 pages, Hardcover

In this poignant memoir, Charles Spencer recounts the trauma of being sent away from home at age ei… read more

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23. Playing with Myself

By: Randy Rainbow

4.32

Format: 256 pages, Hardcover

Instant New York Times , USA Today , and Wall Street Journal Bestseller! An intimate and light-hea… read more

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  • nonfiction
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24. The Silver Ladies of Penny Lane

By: Dee MacDonald

3.76

Format: 314 pages, Kindle Edition

‘Dee MacDonald’s books are so heart-warming. They make you laugh-out-loud one minute, and then have… read more

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25. Don't Call Me Jupiter: Memoir of a Reluctant Hippie Kid (Jupiter, #3)

By: Tom J. Bross

4.62

Format: 387 pages, ebook

Don’t Call Me Jupiter is a true coming-of-age memoir of psychedelic adventure about growing up in a… read more

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26. The Difficult Girl: a memoir

By: Helen Morse

3.77

Format: 396 pages, Kindle Edition

THE AUTHOR’S father was the editor-in-chief of Funk & Wagnalls Encyclopedia when he met her mother … read more

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  • nonfiction
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27. The Faculty Lounge

By: Jennifer Mathieu

3.97

Format: 304 pages, Hardcover

By the acclaimed author of Moxie, a funny, bighearted adult debut that is at once an ode to educato… read more

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28. My Name Was Mushroom: My Life as a Teenage Runaway in The Source Family Commune

By: Wendy Baker

4.10

Format: 224 pages, Kindle Edition

At age 14, Wendy Gossard was drawn by the tranquil blue eyes and personal magnetism of a man known … read more

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Cover of Out of the Night that Covers Me: A Family Memoir by Kandace DeLain Davis

29. Out of the Night that Covers Me: A Family Memoir

By: Kandace DeLain Davis

4.20

Format: 347 pages, Kindle Edition

A mother’s violent death. A daughter’s search for answers in small town America.Left an orphan at s… read more

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30. The Painted Pink Dress: A Daughter’s Story of Family, Betrayal, and Her Search for the Truth

By: Minu Cash

4.53

Format: 258 pages, Paperback

A passionate memoir about identity, resilience, and the healing power of forgiveness From her earl… read more

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"What if the real Minu was out there in the world somewhere? And here I was, trapped in this awful life I wasn’t supposed to be living."

-Minu Cash, The Painted Pink Dress: A Daughter’s Story of Family, Betrayal, and Her Search for the Truth

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31. JFK Jr.: An Intimate Oral Biography

By: RoseMarie Terenzio

4.43

Format: 432 pages, Hardcover

The first oral biography of John F. Kennedy Jr. is an extraordinarily intimate, comprehensive look … read more

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The Making of Another Major Motion Picture Masterpiece

Tom Hanks

3.70

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Barbra Streisand

4.20

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4.14

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