9 Top memoir books like Faking It: My Life in Transition by Kyle Mewburn

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Faking It: My Life in Transition

By: Kyle Mewburn

4.17

Format: 288 pages, Kindle Edition

Kyle Mewburn grew up in the sunburnt, unsophisticated Brisbane suburbs of the 1960s and '70s in a h…

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1. The Pearl Sister (The Seven Sisters #4)

By: Lucinda Riley

3.77

Format: 52 pages,

CeCe D'Apliese has never felt she fitted in anywhere. Following the death of her father, the elusiv… read more

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2. After the Fall

By: Charity Norman

4.00

Format: 10 pages,

What do you do when your family's dream becomes a nightmare? Combining the skill of Jodi Picoult wi… read more

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3. Where the Rekohu Bone Sings

By: Tina Makereti

3.82

Format: None pages, Paperback

From the Chatham Islands/Rekohu to London, the 21st century to 1835, this novel confronts the compl… read more

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4. The Little House

By: Philippa Gregory

4.20

Format: 251 pages, Paperback

A contemporary psychological thriller in the style of Ruth Rendell, from one of today's most versat… read more

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5. Pet

By: Catherine Chidgey

4.06

Format: 352 pages, Paperback

Like every other girl in her class, twelve-year-old Justine is drawn to her glamorous, charismatic … read more

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6. The Bookseller at the End of the World

By: Ruth Shaw

4.25

Format: 320 pages, Hardcover

A rich, immersive, funny and heartbreaking memoir of the charming bookseller who runs two tiny book… read more

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  • nonfiction
  • memoir
"My mother, more than anyone, knew why I lived such a high-risk life. She gave me the freedom to run."

-Ruth Shaw, The Bookseller at the End of the World

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7. 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
  • memoir
"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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8. Return to Blood (Hana Westerman Thriller, #2)

By: Michael Bennett

3.94

Format: 325 pages, Hardcover

From the author of Better the Blood, the gripping second novel in a crime series starring Māori det… read more

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9. Dark Tides (The Fairmile, #2)

By: Philippa Gregory

3.85

Format: 464 pages, Hardcover

Midsummer Eve 1670. Two unexpected visitors arrive at a shabby warehouse on the south side of the R… read more

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10. Lioness

By: Emily Perkins

3.43

Format: 352 pages, Hardcover

You know how we say we devoured a story, and also that we were consumed by it? Eating and being eat… read more

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  • lgbt
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11. Did I Ever Tell You This?

By: Sam Neill

4.06

Format: 398 pages, Hardcover

In this unexpected memoir, written in a creative burst of just a few months in 2022, Sam Neill tell… read more

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  • nonfiction
  • memoir
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12. Straight Up

By: Ruby Tui

4.38

Format: 365 pages, Kindle Edition

This is Ruby Tui. An open, raw and honest account of her journey from a troubled and unstable child… read more

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  • nonfiction
  • memoir
  • lgbt
"True leadership is the opposite of individualism, the opposite of one person standing above the rest. It's an encompassing, inclusive thing. I never liked the top-down way of leading. Even if I've be…"

-Ruby Tui, Straight Up

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13. Everything Is Beautiful and Everything Hurts

By: Josie Shapiro

4.21

Format: 288 pages, Paperback

The stunning debut novel by the winner of the Allen & Unwin Commercial Fiction Prize. If you loved … read more

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14. Greta & Valdin

By: Rebecca K. Reilly

4.05

Format: 352 pages, Hardcover

An irresistible and bighearted international bestseller that follows a brother and sister as they n… read more

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  • lgbt
"I wonder what plant I would be, if I were a plant. Maybe something with big leaves that droop sulkily if not provided with the exact right amount of water and light."

-Rebecca K. Reilly, Greta & Valdin

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15. One of Those Mothers

By: Megan Nicol Reed

3.66

Format: 296 pages, Kindle Edition

The residents of Point Heed keep nice houses and sign up as parent help at the local school. Occasi… read more

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16. The Axeman's Carnival

By: Catherine Chidgey

4.37

Format: 350 pages, Paperback

Everywhere, the birds: sparrows and skylarks and thrushes, starlings and bellbirds, fantails and pi… read more

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17. Loop Tracks

By: Sue Orr

4.16

Format: 332 pages, Paperback

It’s 1978: the Auckland abortion clinic has been forced to close and sixteen-year-old Charlie has t… read more

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18. Love Marriage

By: Monica Ali

3.90

Format: 432 pages, Hardcover

In present-day London, Yasmin Ghorami is twenty-six, in training to be a doctor (like her Indian-bo… read more

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19. Grand: Becoming My Mother's Daughter

By: Noelle McCarthy

4.13

Format: 269 pages, Paperback

"I’ll be grand, girl, I’ve great faith." – Mammy, just before she died Funny, charismatic and ge… read more

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  • nonfiction
  • memoir
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20. The Herd

By: Emily Edwards

4.04

Format: 352 pages, Paperback

You should never judge how someone chooses to raise their child. Elizabeth and Bryony are polar … read more

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21. After the Tampa

By: Abbas Nazari

4.60

Format: 352 pages, Paperback

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22. This Mortal Boy

By: Fiona Kidman

4.12

Format: 295 pages, Paperback

An utterly compelling recreation of the events that led to one of the last executions in New Zealan… read more

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23. The Call

By: Gavin Strawhan

3.84

Format: None pages, Kindle Edition

Winner of the Allen & Unwin Fiction Prize 2023A brilliant debut crime novel centred on a 501 deport… read more

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24. Dice

By: Claire Baylis

3.86

Format: 375 pages, Paperback

A compelling courtroom drama, Dice is an incredibly timely exploration of how sexual violence is vi… read more

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25. A High Country Life

By: Philippa Cameron

4.28

Format: 288 pages, Paperback

A High Country memoir of life through the seasons on a large sheep station, with delicious recipes.… read more

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  • nonfiction
  • memoir
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26. Bookshop Dogs

By: Ruth Shaw

4.03

Format: 272 pages, Hardcover

Heartwarming and charming stories of dogs and books from the bestselling author of The Bookseller a… read more

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  • nonfiction
  • memoir
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27. A Million Things

By: Emily Spurr

4.22

Format: 304 pages, Paperback

A tender, funny, and heartbreaking story of how we cope with grief. For as long as Rae can reme… read more

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"Memories are a bit like houses, don’t you think? They scaffold all this stuff. Curate it; give things a place so you feel safe and secure. And you step through the rooms and remember what was. But it…"

-Emily Spurr, A Million Things

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28. On the Subject of Unmentionable Things

By: Julia Walton

4.02

Format: 320 pages, Hardcover

A girl rewrites sex education, one viral post at a time, in this fiercely honest and delightfully a… read more

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29. Faking It: My Life in Transition

By: Kyle Mewburn

4.17

Format: 288 pages, Kindle Edition

Kyle Mewburn grew up in the sunburnt, unsophisticated Brisbane suburbs of the 1960s and '70s in a h… read more

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  • nonfiction
  • memoir
  • lgbt
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30. On Call: Stories from my life as a surgeon, a daughter and a mother

By: Ineke Meredith

4.23

Format: 304 pages, Paperback

Stories of life, death and bravery by a Kiwi female general surgeon. The world of surgery is str… read more

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  • nonfiction
  • memoir
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31. Ash

By: Louise Wallace

4.35

Format: 160 pages, Paperback

Thea lives under a mountain – one that’s ready to blow. A vet at a mid-sized rural practice, she… read more

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9 Top nonfiction books like Faking It: My Life in Transition by Kyle Mewburn

Transform Your Habits

The Bookseller at the End of the World

Ruth Shaw

4.25

Transform Your Habits

Wavewalker: Breaking Free

Suzanne Heywood

4.27

Transform Your Habits

Did I Ever Tell You This?

Sam Neill

4.06

Transform Your Habits

Straight Up

Ruby Tui

4.38

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Lola in the Mirror

Trent Dalton

4.41

Transform Your Habits

How to Loiter in a Turf War

Coco Solid

4.23

Transform Your Habits

Return to Blood (Hana Westerman Thriller, #2)

Michael Bennett

3.94

Transform Your Habits

Lioness

Emily Perkins

3.43

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