17 must-read biography books like 30 Years Behind Bars: Trials of a Prison Doctor by Karen Gedney

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30 Years Behind Bars: Trials of a Prison Doctor

By: Karen Gedney

4.26

Format: 360 pages, Kindle Edition

Have you ever wondered what really goes on in US prisons? Karen Gedney, the first female prison doc…

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1. I Am Number Four (Lorien Legacies, #1)

By: Pittacus Lore

3.94

Format: 440 pages, Hardcover

Nine of us came here. We look like you. We talk like you. We live among you. But we are not you. We… read more

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"Hope?"

-Pittacus Lore, I Am Number Four (Lorien Legacies, #1)

"A place is only as good as the people in it."

-Pittacus Lore, I Am Number Four (Lorien Legacies, #1)

"Best way to deal with fear is to confront it."

-Pittacus Lore, I Am Number Four (Lorien Legacies, #1)

"He who doesn't understand history is doomed to repeat it."

-Pittacus Lore, I Am Number Four (Lorien Legacies, #1)

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2. The Night Shift: Real Life in the Heart of the E.R.

By: Brian Goldman

4.53

Format: 302 pages,

Dr. Brian Goldman is both an emergency room physician at Mount Sinai and a prominent medical journa… read more

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3. What Made Maddy Run: The Secret Struggles and Tragic Death of an All-American Teen

By: Kate Fagan

3.61

Format: 192 pages, Hardcover

*InstantNew York TimesBestseller* The #1 New York Times Monthly Sports and Fitness bestseller From … read more

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4. The Short and Tragic Life of Robert Peace: A Brilliant Young Man Who Left Newark for the Ivy League

By: Jeff Hobbs

4.39

Format: 280 pages, Hardcover

What does the untimely death of one man mean? Robert Peace was born outside Newark in a ghetto know… read more

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5. In the Water They Can't See You Cry: A Memoir

By: Rebecca Paley , Amanda Beard

4.04

Format: 288 pages,

In this candid and ultimately uplifting memoir, Olympic medalist Amanda Beard reveals the truth abo… read more

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  • biography
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6. Trauma Room Two

By: Philip Allen Green

4.33

Format: None pages,

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7. I'll Push You: A Journey of 500 Miles, Two Best Friends, and One Wheelchair

By: Patrick Gray , Justin Skeesuck

3.79

Format: None pages, Hardcover

Two best friends, 500 miles, one wheelchair, and the challenge of a lifetime. Friendship takes on n… read more

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8. Dude, Where's My Stethoscope?

By: None

3.00

Format: 285 pages,

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9. A Thousand Naked Strangers: A Paramedic’s Wild Ride to the Edge and Back

By: Kevin Hazzard

4.04

Format: 156 pages, Hardcover

A former paramedic's visceral, poignant, and mordantly funny account of a decade spent on Atlanta's… read more

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10. The Brain That Changes Itself: Stories of Personal Triumph from the Frontiers of Brain Science

By: Norman Doidge

4.22

Format: 129 pages,

An astonishing new science called neuroplasticity is overthrowing the centuries-old notion that the… read more

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11. Abandoned Prayers: The Incredible True Story of Murder, Obsession and Amish Secrets

By: Gregg Olsen

4.33

Format: 57 pages, Paperback

On Christmas Eve in 1985, a hunter found a young boy's body along an icy corn field in Nebraska. Th… read more

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12. Escape

By: Carolyn Jessop , Laura Palmer

5.00

Format: None pages,

The dramatic first-person account of life inside an ultra-fundamentalist American religious sect, a… read more

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13. North of Normal: A Memoir of My Wilderness Childhood, My Unusual Family, and How I Survived Both

By: Cea Sunrise Person

3.62

Format: None pages, Hardcover

Sex, drugs, and . . . bug stew? In the vein of The Glass Castleand Wild,Cea Sunrise Person's compel… read more

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14. Trail of the Lost: The Relentless Search to Bring Home the Missing Hikers of the Pacific Crest Trail

By: Andrea Lankford

3.76

Format: 352 pages, Hardcover

From a former law enforcement park ranger and investigator, this female-driven true crime adventure… read more

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"A solo woman is more likely to survive a perilous incident in the outdoors than a solo man. Yet, the average female hiker fears for her safety more than the average guy does. Ironically, this phenome…"

-Andrea Lankford, Trail of the Lost: The Relentless Search to Bring Home the Missing Hikers of the Pacific Crest Trail

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15. The Amish Wife

By: Gregg Olsen

3.49

Format: 387 pages, Kindle Edition

The #1 New York Times and Amazon Charts bestselling author Gregg Olsen solves a murder among the Am… read more

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16. The Answer Is…: Reflections on My Life

By: Alex Trebek

4.20

Format: 304 pages, Hardcover

An alternate cover edition of this book, with ISBN 978198215799, can be found here. Longtime Jeo… read more

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  • biography
"Keep your head up. Move forward. Keep going."

-Alex Trebek, The Answer Is…: Reflections on My Life

"Courage is a conscious decision. You do it in a dangerous situation, when you have a choice."

-Alex Trebek, The Answer Is…: Reflections on My Life

"There is nothing worse than deluding yourself and trying to make yourself out to be somebody you're not--somebody you're not comfortable being."

-Alex Trebek, The Answer Is…: Reflections on My Life

"I just enjoy the moment I’m in. For me, life is a whole experience, not just a series of isolated moments. It’s like submerging yourself into a warm bath rather than sticking your toe under the fauce…"

-Alex Trebek, The Answer Is…: Reflections on My Life

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17. E.R. Nurses

By: James Patterson

4.19

Format: 304 pages, Hardcover

James Patterson and Matt Eversmann present the medical frontline heroes who work to save our lives … read more

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"My job isn't just taking care of patients. I take care of families too. It is the greatest gift."

-James Patterson, E.R. Nurses

"Nursing, I realize, isn't just about medicine. It's also about making---and preserving--- that human connection."

-James Patterson, E.R. Nurses

"I don't think people realize the fight that goes on in nurses' hearts--- sticking to a hospital's legal policy versus acting on humanitarian impulses."

-James Patterson, E.R. Nurses

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18. 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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  • biography
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19. The Prison Doctor

By: Amanda Brown

4.01

Format: 224 pages, Kindle Edition

Dr Amanda Brown has treated inmates in the UK’s most infamous prisons – first in young offenders’ i… read more

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20. The Last Girl: My Story of Captivity, and My Fight Against the Islamic State

By: Nadia Murad

4.47

Format: 13 pages, Audio CD

WINNER OF THE NOBEL PEACE PRIZE In this intimate memoir of survival, a former captive of the Is… read more

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"I want to be the last girl in the world with a story like mine."

-Nadia Murad, The Last Girl: My Story of Captivity, and My Fight Against the Islamic State

"Every time I tell my story, I feel that I am taking some power away from the terrorists."

-Nadia Murad, The Last Girl: My Story of Captivity, and My Fight Against the Islamic State

"How is everything, Nadia," he said. "It's hot." I replied, smiling a little bit. "Never forget," Nasser said, teasing me. "It's very hot, Nasser, it's very hot."

-Nadia Murad, The Last Girl: My Story of Captivity, and My Fight Against the Islamic State

"Since leaving Kocho, I had begged for death, I had willed Salman to kill me or asked God to let me die or refused to eat or drink in the hopes I would fade away. I had thought many times that the man…"

-Nadia Murad, The Last Girl: My Story of Captivity, and My Fight Against the Islamic State

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21. Over My Dead Body: Unearthing the Hidden History of America’s Cemeteries

By: Greg Melville

4.00

Format: 272 pages, Hardcover

A lively tour through the history of US cemeteries that explores how, where, and why we bury our de… read more

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"Every life holds an epic tale, even if no one alive remembers it."

-Greg Melville, Over My Dead Body: Unearthing the Hidden History of America’s Cemeteries

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22. What the Dead Know: Learning About Life as a New York City Death Investigator

By: Barbara Butcher

4.15

Format: 288 pages, Hardcover

Barbara Butcher was early in her recovery from alcoholism when she found an unexpected a job at th… read more

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"People can handle the truth, but not uncertainty. The things they imagine are almost always more painful than the facts."

-Barbara Butcher, What the Dead Know: Learning About Life as a New York City Death Investigator

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23. From the Ashes: My Story of Being Métis, Homeless, and Finding My Way

By: Jesse Thistle

4.50

Format: 368 pages, Paperback

In this extraordinary and inspiring debut memoir, Jesse Thistle—once a high school dropout and now … read more

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24. Scoundrel: How a Convicted Murderer Persuaded the Women Who Loved Him, the Conservative Establishment, and the Courts to Set Him Free

By: Sarah Weinman

3.55

Format: 464 pages, Hardcover

From the author of The Real Lolita and editor of Unspeakable Acts, the astonishing story of a murde… read more

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25. Death by Beach Read (Lighthouse Library Mystery, #9)

By: Eva Gates

4.06

Format: 288 pages, Hardcover

Librarian Lucy’s new historic house comes with a lot of baggage and family secrets. Can she put the… read more

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26. Love at First Book

By: Jenn McKinlay

4.03

Format: 330 pages, Paperback

When a librarian moves to a quaint Irish village where her favorite novelist lives, the last thing … read more

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27. Nowhere Girl: A Memoir of a Fugitive Childhood

By: Cheryl Diamond

4.05

Format: 320 pages, Hardcover

The incredible true story of a family built on lies.  What if the people you love most are not who … read more

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  • biography
"I've noticed people often complain about the monotony of life. How sometimes very day is just like the last and they all blend together. Do they know how lucky they are? But maybe that's the problem …"

-Cheryl Diamond, Nowhere Girl: A Memoir of a Fugitive Childhood

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28. Wild Rescues: A Paramedic's Extreme Adventures in Yosemite, Yellowstone, and Grand Teton

By: Kevin Grange

4.20

Format: 304 pages, Paperback

Wild Rescues is a fast-paced, firsthand glimpse into the exciting lives of paramedics who work with… read more

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29. Honey

By: Isabel Banta

3.48

Format: 336 pages, Hardcover

A coming-of-age story that follows the meteoric rise of singer Amber Young as she navigates fame in… read more

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"The truth is my dad was always singing […]"

-Isabel Banta, Honey

"I wasn’t good enough—what a mortifying thing to discover about yourself."

-Isabel Banta, Honey

"[…] she remains enigmatic, unbreachable; she unlocks herself only for certain people."

-Isabel Banta, Honey

"Mike wants me to say I’m a normal girl. But I’m not, I never was. I always felt I had to prove I was better."

-Isabel Banta, Honey

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30. 30 Years Behind Bars: Trials of a Prison Doctor

By: Karen Gedney

4.26

Format: 360 pages, Kindle Edition

Have you ever wondered what really goes on in US prisons? Karen Gedney, the first female prison doc… read more

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Cover of Signs of Life: To the Ends of the Earth with a Doctor by Stephen Fabes

31. Signs of Life: To the Ends of the Earth with a Doctor

By: Stephen Fabes

4.19

Format: 397 pages, Hardcover

They say that being a good doctor boils down to just four things: Shut up, listen, know somethin… read more

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5 Best adult books like E.R. Nurses by James Patterson

Transform Your Habits

Code Gray: Death, Life, and Uncertainty in the ER

Farzon A. Nahvi

3.92

Transform Your Habits

E.R. Nurses

James Patterson

4.19

Transform Your Habits

Run, Rose, Run

Dolly Parton

3.80

Transform Your Habits

Healing: When a Nurse Becomes a Patient

Theresa Brown

3.61

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