12 best-selling memoir books like The Truth at the Heart of the Lie: How the Catholic Church Lost Its Soul by James Carroll

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The Truth at the Heart of the Lie: How the Catholic Church Lost Its Soul

By: James Carroll

4.19

Format: 370 pages, Hardcover

“Courageous and inspiring.”—Karen Armstrong, author of The Case for God “James Carroll takes us to…

If you liked the memoir plot in The Truth at the Heart of the Lie: How the Catholic Church Lost Its Soul by James Carroll , here is a list of 12 books like this:

Cover of American Prometheus: The Triumph and Tragedy of J. Robert Oppenheimer by Kai Bird, Martin J. Sherwin

1. American Prometheus: The Triumph and Tragedy of J. Robert Oppenheimer

By: Kai Bird , Martin J. Sherwin

4.00

Format: None pages, Paperback

"American Prometheus is the first full-scale biography of J. Robert Oppenheimer, "father of the ato… read more

Similar categories in Kai Bird's American Prometheus: The Triumph and Tragedy of J. Robert Oppenheimer book and James Carroll's The Truth at the Heart of the Lie: How the Catholic Church Lost Its Soul

  • history
  • biography
  • politics
  • biography memoir
  • nonfiction
Cover of The Jesus Dynasty: The Hidden History of Jesus, His Royal Family and the Birth of Christianity by James D. Tabor

2. The Jesus Dynasty: The Hidden History of Jesus, His Royal Family and the Birth of Christianity

By: James D. Tabor

4.38

Format: None pages,

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Similar categories in James D. Tabor's The Jesus Dynasty: The Hidden History of Jesus, His Royal Family and the Birth of Christianity book and James Carroll's The Truth at the Heart of the Lie: How the Catholic Church Lost Its Soul

  • history
  • theology
  • religion
  • nonfiction
  • spirituality

3. god

By: Reza Aslan

3.71

Format: 412 pages,

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Similar categories in Reza Aslan's god book and James Carroll's The Truth at the Heart of the Lie: How the Catholic Church Lost Its Soul

  • history
  • theology
  • religion
  • nonfiction
  • spirituality

4. When Bad Things Happen to Good People

By: Harold S. Kushner

4.26

Format: None pages, Paperback

When Harold Kushner's three-year-old son was diagnosed with a degenerative disease and that he woul… read more

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5. Betrayal: The Crisis in the Catholic Church

By: The Boston Globe

3.12

Format: None pages, Paperback

Winner of the Pulitzer Prize for Public Service The story behind this groundbreaking book--one of t… read more

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6. My Week With Marilyn

By: Colin Clark

3.80

Format: 220 pages, Paperback

Imagine sneaking away to spend seven days with the most famous woman in the world... In 1956, fresh… read more

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7. Zealot: The Life and Times of Jesus of Nazareth

By: Reza Aslan

3.96

Format: 236 pages, Hardcover

From the internationally bestselling author of No god but Godcomes a fascinating, provocative, and … read more

Similar categories in Reza Aslan's Zealot: The Life and Times of Jesus of Nazareth book and James Carroll's The Truth at the Heart of the Lie: How the Catholic Church Lost Its Soul

8. A Heartbreaking Work of Staggering Genius

By: Dave Eggers

4.04

Format: 538 pages,

'When you read his extraordinary memoir you don't laugh, then cry, then laugh again; you somehow ex… read more

Similar categories in Dave Eggers's A Heartbreaking Work of Staggering Genius book and James Carroll's The Truth at the Heart of the Lie: How the Catholic Church Lost Its Soul

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9. Nobody Will Tell You This But Me: A True (as Told to Me) Story

By: Bess Kalb

4.23

Format: 224 pages, Hardcover

Bess Kalb, Emmy-nominated TV writer and New Yorker contributor, saved every voicemail her grandmoth… read more

Similar categories in Bess Kalb's Nobody Will Tell You This But Me: A True (as Told to Me) Story book and James Carroll's The Truth at the Heart of the Lie: How the Catholic Church Lost Its Soul

  • biography memoir
  • nonfiction
  • biography
  • memoir
"If the earth is cracking behind you right up to your heels, put one foot in front of the other. You keep going. Nothing's as important as moving forward."

-Bess Kalb, Nobody Will Tell You This But Me: A True (as Told to Me) Story

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10. Somehow: Thoughts on Love

By: Anne Lamott

3.95

Format: 204 pages, Hardcover

From the bestselling author of Dusk, Night, Dawn and Help, Thanks, Wow , a joyful celebration of lo… read more

Similar categories in Anne Lamott's Somehow: Thoughts on Love book and James Carroll's The Truth at the Heart of the Lie: How the Catholic Church Lost Its Soul

  • nonfiction
  • memoir
  • spirituality
"I don’t know"

-Anne Lamott, Somehow: Thoughts on Love

"…nobody in isolation becomes who they were designed to be."

-Anne Lamott, Somehow: Thoughts on Love

"Sometimes it all just sucks, as Jesus says somewhere in the Gospels (although off the top of my head I can’t recall chapter and verse."

-Anne Lamott, Somehow: Thoughts on Love

"When I first got sober, a man told me that upon waking every morning, instead of reciting the standard flowery recovery prayer, he said, “Whatever,“ and at night when he turned off his lights to go t…"

-Anne Lamott, Somehow: Thoughts on Love

Cover of On Our Best Behavior: The Seven Deadly Sins and the Price Women Pay to Be Good by Elise Loehnen

11. On Our Best Behavior: The Seven Deadly Sins and the Price Women Pay to Be Good

By: Elise Loehnen

3.80

Format: 384 pages, Hardcover

A groundbreaking exploration of the ancient rules women unwittingly follow in order to be considere… read more

Similar categories in Elise Loehnen's On Our Best Behavior: The Seven Deadly Sins and the Price Women Pay to Be Good book and James Carroll's The Truth at the Heart of the Lie: How the Catholic Church Lost Its Soul

  • nonfiction
  • history
"When you don't stop, you don't have to feel."

-Elise Loehnen, On Our Best Behavior: The Seven Deadly Sins and the Price Women Pay to Be Good

Cover of Sure, I'll Join Your Cult: A Memoir of Mental Illness and the Quest to Belong Anywhere by Maria Bamford

12. Sure, I'll Join Your Cult: A Memoir of Mental Illness and the Quest to Belong Anywhere

By: Maria Bamford

3.77

Format: 287 pages, Hardcover

A brutally honest and hilariously frenetic memoir about show business, mental health, and the comfo… read more

Similar categories in Maria Bamford's Sure, I'll Join Your Cult: A Memoir of Mental Illness and the Quest to Belong Anywhere book and James Carroll's The Truth at the Heart of the Lie: How the Catholic Church Lost Its Soul

  • biography memoir
  • nonfiction
  • biography
  • memoir
Cover of We Were Once a Family: A Story of Love, Death, and Child Removal in America by Roxanna Asgarian

13. We Were Once a Family: A Story of Love, Death, and Child Removal in America

By: Roxanna Asgarian

4.32

Format: 320 pages, Hardcover

The shocking, deeply reported story of a murder-suicide that claimed the lives of six children—and … read more

Similar categories in Roxanna Asgarian's We Were Once a Family: A Story of Love, Death, and Child Removal in America book and James Carroll's The Truth at the Heart of the Lie: How the Catholic Church Lost Its Soul

  • nonfiction
  • history
Cover of Soul Boom: Why We Need a Spiritual Revolution by Rainn Wilson

14. Soul Boom: Why We Need a Spiritual Revolution

By: Rainn Wilson

3.83

Format: 304 pages, Hardcover

**New York Times  Bestseller** Comedic actor, producer, and writer Rainn Wilson, cofounder of th… read more

Similar categories in Rainn Wilson's Soul Boom: Why We Need a Spiritual Revolution book and James Carroll's The Truth at the Heart of the Lie: How the Catholic Church Lost Its Soul

  • religion
  • nonfiction
  • memoir
  • spirituality
Cover of The Kingdom, the Power, and the Glory: American Evangelicals in an Age of Extremism by Tim Alberta

15. The Kingdom, the Power, and the Glory: American Evangelicals in an Age of Extremism

By: Tim Alberta

4.45

Format: 506 pages, Kindle Edition

Evangelical Christians are perhaps the most polarizing—and least understood—people living in Americ… read more

Similar categories in Tim Alberta's The Kingdom, the Power, and the Glory: American Evangelicals in an Age of Extremism book and James Carroll's The Truth at the Heart of the Lie: How the Catholic Church Lost Its Soul

  • history
  • theology
  • politics
  • religion
  • nonfiction
Cover of The Pope at War: The Secret History of Pius XII, Mussolini, and Hitler by David I. Kertzer

16. The Pope at War: The Secret History of Pius XII, Mussolini, and Hitler

By: David I. Kertzer

4.28

Format: 623 pages, Hardcover

INSTANT NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER - "The most important book ever written about the Catholic Church… read more

Similar categories in David I. Kertzer's The Pope at War: The Secret History of Pius XII, Mussolini, and Hitler book and James Carroll's The Truth at the Heart of the Lie: How the Catholic Church Lost Its Soul

  • biography
  • history
  • politics
  • religion
  • nonfiction
Cover of Broken Faith: Inside the Word of Faith Fellowship, One of America's Most Dangerous Cults by Mitch  Weiss

17. Broken Faith: Inside the Word of Faith Fellowship, One of America's Most Dangerous Cults

By: Mitch Weiss

4.15

Format: 416 pages, Hardcover

In 1979, Jane Whaley, a fiery preacher with a thick Southern drawl, attracted a small group of foll… read more

Similar categories in Mitch Weiss's Broken Faith: Inside the Word of Faith Fellowship, One of America's Most Dangerous Cults book and James Carroll's The Truth at the Heart of the Lie: How the Catholic Church Lost Its Soul

  • nonfiction
  • biography
  • history
  • religion
Cover of The Swedish Art of Aging Exuberantly: Life Wisdom from Someone Who Will (Probably) Die Before You by Margareta Magnusson

18. The Swedish Art of Aging Exuberantly: Life Wisdom from Someone Who Will (Probably) Die Before You

By: Margareta Magnusson

3.58

Format: 160 pages, Hardcover

From New York Times bestselling author of The Gentle Art of Swedish Death Cleaning— now a TV series… read more

Similar categories in Margareta Magnusson's The Swedish Art of Aging Exuberantly: Life Wisdom from Someone Who Will (Probably) Die Before You book and James Carroll's The Truth at the Heart of the Lie: How the Catholic Church Lost Its Soul

  • nonfiction
  • biography
  • memoir
"...unless you depend on your looks for your career or your joy, hinging your life on looking young is such a bad idea."

-Margareta Magnusson, The Swedish Art of Aging Exuberantly: Life Wisdom from Someone Who Will (Probably) Die Before You

"The world is always ending, and yet it continues to survive. We must always hope for a sustainable future, but hope is not enough."

-Margareta Magnusson, The Swedish Art of Aging Exuberantly: Life Wisdom from Someone Who Will (Probably) Die Before You

"It is never too late to do anything, unless it is really too late and you are. dead. The moment you start thinking it is too late, then you begin to die. I will keep going and do all I want to do."

-Margareta Magnusson, The Swedish Art of Aging Exuberantly: Life Wisdom from Someone Who Will (Probably) Die Before You

"The older I get, the more I find that I remember clearly all the things I said yes to, just when I was about to say no. I must admit I have not been open-minded all the time. I just wish I had been."

-Margareta Magnusson, The Swedish Art of Aging Exuberantly: Life Wisdom from Someone Who Will (Probably) Die Before You

Cover of Girls and Their Monsters: The Genain Quadruplets and the Making of Madness in America by Audrey Clare Farley

19. Girls and Their Monsters: The Genain Quadruplets and the Making of Madness in America

By: Audrey Clare Farley

3.53

Format: 304 pages, Hardcover

For readers of Hidden Valley Road and Patient H.M., an "intimate and compassionate portrait" (Grace… read more

Similar categories in Audrey Clare Farley's Girls and Their Monsters: The Genain Quadruplets and the Making of Madness in America book and James Carroll's The Truth at the Heart of the Lie: How the Catholic Church Lost Its Soul

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

20. 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 James Carroll's The Truth at the Heart of the Lie: How the Catholic Church Lost Its Soul

  • biography
  • history
  • memoir
  • politics
  • biography memoir
  • nonfiction
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21. Punto de cruz

By: Jazmina Barrera

3.92

Format: 240 pages, Paperback

«Uno de los recuerdos más luminosos de mi infancia es aquel en el que mi madre, con su voz cálida y… read more

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Cover of Say More: Lessons from Work, the White House, and the World by Jen Psaki

22. 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

Similar categories in Jen Psaki's Say More: Lessons from Work, the White House, and the World book and James Carroll's The Truth at the Heart of the Lie: How the Catholic Church Lost Its Soul

  • biography
  • history
  • memoir
  • politics
  • biography memoir
  • nonfiction
"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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23. Small Mercies

By: Dennis Lehane

4.29

Format: 303 pages, Hardcover

The acclaimed New York Times bestselling writer returns with a masterpiece to rival Mystic River —a… read more

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24. Wolf at the Table

By: Adam Rapp

3.98

Format: 480 pages, Hardcover

The Corrections meets We Need to Talk About Kevin in this harrowing multigenerational saga about a … read more

Similar categories in Adam Rapp's Wolf at the Table book and James Carroll's The Truth at the Heart of the Lie: How the Catholic Church Lost Its Soul

Cover of How Y'all Doing?: Misadventures and Mischief from a Life Well Lived by Leslie Jordan

25. How Y'all Doing?: Misadventures and Mischief from a Life Well Lived

By: Leslie Jordan

4.13

Format: 272 pages, Hardcover

Viral sensation and Emmy Award-winner Leslie Jordan regales fans with entertaining stories about th… read more

Similar categories in Leslie Jordan's How Y'all Doing?: Misadventures and Mischief from a Life Well Lived book and James Carroll's The Truth at the Heart of the Lie: How the Catholic Church Lost Its Soul

  • biography memoir
  • nonfiction
  • biography
  • memoir
"True happiness can only come from being of loving service to others, especially those in the last throes of life's journey."

-Leslie Jordan, How Y'all Doing?: Misadventures and Mischief from a Life Well Lived

"I suppose someone had tossed the puppy out of the car, since we were in the middle of nowhere, too far out for a puppy to get to on her own. Who on Earth would do such a thing?! People like that need…"

-Leslie Jordan, How Y'all Doing?: Misadventures and Mischief from a Life Well Lived

"When our country was erupting in protests and marches, asking for the end of injustice against African American men and women, I was somewhat chastised by many of my followers for not speaking out ag…"

-Leslie Jordan, How Y'all Doing?: Misadventures and Mischief from a Life Well Lived

Cover of Age of Revolutions: Progress and Backlash from 1600 to the Present by Fareed Zakaria

26. Age of Revolutions: Progress and Backlash from 1600 to the Present

By: Fareed Zakaria

4.23

Format: 400 pages, Hardcover

The CNN host and best-selling author explores the revolutions—past and present—that define the pola… read more

Similar categories in Fareed Zakaria's Age of Revolutions: Progress and Backlash from 1600 to the Present book and James Carroll's The Truth at the Heart of the Lie: How the Catholic Church Lost Its Soul

  • politics
  • history
  • nonfiction
Cover of Dear Life: A Doctor's Story of Love and Loss by Rachel    Clarke

27. Dear Life: A Doctor's Story of Love and Loss

By: Rachel Clarke

4.47

Format: 336 pages, Hardcover

As a specialist in palliative medicine, Dr Rachel Clarke chooses to inhabit a place many people wou… read more

Similar categories in Rachel Clarke's Dear Life: A Doctor's Story of Love and Loss book and James Carroll's The Truth at the Heart of the Lie: How the Catholic Church Lost Its Soul

  • nonfiction
  • biography
  • memoir
Cover of Bobby Kennedy: A Raging Spirit by Chris Matthews

28. Bobby Kennedy: A Raging Spirit

By: Chris Matthews

4.07

Format: 416 pages, Hardcover

A revealing new portrait of Robert F. Kennedy that gets closer to the man than any book before, by … read more

Similar categories in Chris Matthews's Bobby Kennedy: A Raging Spirit book and James Carroll's The Truth at the Heart of the Lie: How the Catholic Church Lost Its Soul

  • biography
  • history
  • politics
  • biography memoir
  • nonfiction
Cover of Ask Not: The Kennedys and the Women They Destroyed by Maureen Callahan

29. Ask Not: The Kennedys and the Women They Destroyed

By: Maureen Callahan

4.25

Format: 400 pages, Hardcover

From New York Times bestseller Maureen Callahan, a fierce, character-driven exposé of the real Kenn… read more

Similar categories in Maureen Callahan's Ask Not: The Kennedys and the Women They Destroyed book and James Carroll's The Truth at the Heart of the Lie: How the Catholic Church Lost Its Soul

  • biography
  • history
  • memoir
  • politics
  • nonfiction
Cover of The Truth at the Heart of the Lie: How the Catholic Church Lost Its Soul by James Carroll

30. The Truth at the Heart of the Lie: How the Catholic Church Lost Its Soul

By: James Carroll

4.19

Format: 370 pages, Hardcover

“Courageous and inspiring.”—Karen Armstrong, author of The Case for God “James Carroll takes us to… read more

Similar categories in James Carroll's The Truth at the Heart of the Lie: How the Catholic Church Lost Its Soul book and James Carroll's The Truth at the Heart of the Lie: How the Catholic Church Lost Its Soul

  • biography
  • history
  • memoir
  • theology
  • politics
  • church
  • biography memoir
  • religion
  • nonfiction
  • spirituality
Cover of My Body and Other Crumbling Empires by Lyndsey Medford

31. My Body and Other Crumbling Empires

By: Lyndsey Medford

4.12

Format: 240 pages, Hardcover

We are living in a world that is sick. Both literally sick, with 60 percent of adults in the US liv… read more

Similar categories in Lyndsey Medford's My Body and Other Crumbling Empires book and James Carroll's The Truth at the Heart of the Lie: How the Catholic Church Lost Its Soul

  • biography memoir
  • nonfiction
  • memoir

15 Best history books like The Truth at the Heart of the Lie: How the Catholic Church Lost Its Soul by James Carroll

Transform Your Habits

American Prometheus: The Triumph and Tragedy of J. Robert Oppenheimer

Kai Bird , Martin J. Sherwin

4.00

Transform Your Habits

The Jesus Dynasty: The Hidden History of Jesus, His Royal Family and the Birth of Christianity

James D. Tabor

4.38

god

Reza Aslan

3.71

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On Our Best Behavior: The Seven Deadly Sins and the Price Women Pay to Be Good

Elise Loehnen

3.80

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Bright Young Women

Jessica Knoll

4.02

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Rebel Girl: My Life as a Feminist Punk

Kathleen Hanna

4.46

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While You Were Out: An Intimate Family Portrait of Mental Illness in an Era of Silence

Meg Kissinger

4.28

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Sloane Crosley

3.91

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