5 Best biography books like Ninety-Nine Fire Hoops: A Memoir by Allison Hong Merrill

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Ninety-Nine Fire Hoops: A Memoir

By: Allison Hong Merrill

4.39

Format: 349 pages, Paperback

Nineteen-year-old Taiwanese Mormon girl, ALLISON HONG, meets twenty-year-old rebellious American Mo…

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1. Home of the Brave

By: Katherine Applegate

4.28

Format: 364 pages,

Kek comes from Africa. In America he sees snow for the first time, and feels its sting. He's never … read more

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2. The Wild Girls

By: Pat Murphy

4.15

Format: 32 pages,

It is the early 1970s. Twelve-year-old Joan is sure that she is going to be miserable when her fami… read more

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3. The Unexpected Mrs. Pollifax (Mrs. Pollifax, #1)

By: Dorothy Gilman

4.16

Format: 204 pages, Paperback

Mrs. Virgil (Emily) Pollifax of New Brunswick, New Jersey, was a widow with grown children. She was… read more

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"there was no safety anywhere in life, except as illusion"

-Dorothy Gilman, The Unexpected Mrs. Pollifax (Mrs. Pollifax, #1)

"But that is precisely what life is, wouldn’t you agree? Everything is a matter of choice, and when we choose are we not gambling on the unknown and its being a wise choice? And isn’t it free choice t…"

-Dorothy Gilman, The Unexpected Mrs. Pollifax (Mrs. Pollifax, #1)

4. Mrs. Drew Plays Her Hand

By: Carla Kelly

3.00

Format: 81 pages, Paperback

Playing with Fire -- Young widow Roxanna Drew was fair game in the sport of cads. Her suddenly impo… read more

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5. Bargain Bride

By: Evelyn Sibley Lampman

3.59

Format: None pages, Hardcover

Because married settlers could claim twice the land of a bachelor, orphaned Ginny was married when … read more

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6. Heart of the Matter: What 100 Years of Living Have Taught Me

By: Russell M. Nelson

4.87

Format: 240 pages, Hardcover

“The laws or truths I will share in this book are not merely ideas I have studied and examined; the… read more

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  • nonfiction
  • biography
  • memoir
"Jesus Christ frequently expressed gratitude. Before raising Lazarus from the dead, before miraculously multiplying loaves and fishes, and before passing the cup to His disciples at the Last Supper, t…"

-Russell M. Nelson, Heart of the Matter: What 100 Years of Living Have Taught Me

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7. The Sweetness at the Bottom of the Pie (Flavia de Luce, #1)

By: Alan Bradley

3.82

Format: 386 pages, Kindle Edition

It is the summer of 1950–and at the once-grand mansion of Buckshaw, young Flavia de Luce, an aspiri… read more

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"Simple pleasures are best."

-Alan Bradley, The Sweetness at the Bottom of the Pie (Flavia de Luce, #1)

"It was as black in the closet as old blood."

-Alan Bradley, The Sweetness at the Bottom of the Pie (Flavia de Luce, #1)

"...silence is sometimes the most costly of commodities."

-Alan Bradley, The Sweetness at the Bottom of the Pie (Flavia de Luce, #1)

"Anyone who knew the word slattern was worth cultivating as a friend."

-Alan Bradley, The Sweetness at the Bottom of the Pie (Flavia de Luce, #1)

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8. Romney: A Reckoning

By: McKay Coppins

4.36

Format: 416 pages, ebook

A remarkably illuminating biography of the political maverick, filled with revelations and written … read more

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  • biography memoir
  • nonfiction
  • biography
  • memoir
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9. Crocodile on the Sandbank (Amelia Peabody, #1)

By: Elizabeth Peters

4.00

Format: 262 pages, Kindle Edition

Amelia Peabody, that indomitable product of the Victorian age, embarks on her debut Egyptian advent… read more

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"God help the poor mummy who encounters you, Peabody,"

-Elizabeth Peters, Crocodile on the Sandbank (Amelia Peabody, #1)

"...Peabody had better retire to her bed; she is clearly in need of recuperative sleep, she has not made a sarcastic remark for fully ten minutes."

-Elizabeth Peters, Crocodile on the Sandbank (Amelia Peabody, #1)

"I don't know why I should have been so pleased to see Lucas behaving like a gentleman for a change. I never liked the man... But of course I know why. I would have defended Satan himself if he had be…"

-Elizabeth Peters, Crocodile on the Sandbank (Amelia Peabody, #1)

"I disapprove of matrimony as a matter of principle.... Why should any independent, intelligent female choose to subject herself to the whims and tyrannies of a husband? I assure you, I have yet to me…"

-Elizabeth Peters, Crocodile on the Sandbank (Amelia Peabody, #1)

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10. Under the Tulip Tree

By: Michelle Shocklee

4.33

Format: 400 pages, Paperback

Sixteen-year-old Lorena Leland’s dreams of a rich and fulfilling life as a writer are dashed when t… read more

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11. Love Practically (The Penn-Leiths of Thistle Muir, #1)

By: Nichole Van

4.35

Format: 346 pages, Kindle Edition

As a young woman, Leah Penn-Leith fell hopelessly in love with Captain Fox Carnegie—the only irrati… read more

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"Happiness is what we make of our situation, not what the situation intrinsically is,"

-Nichole Van, Love Practically (The Penn-Leiths of Thistle Muir, #1)

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12. Adjacent But Only Just (The Penn-Leiths of Thistle Muir, #2)

By: Nichole Van

4.40

Format: 290 pages, Kindle Edition

Viola Brodure, gentlewoman and celebrated authoress, faces a personal dilemma suited for a novel—ev… read more

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13. The Call of the Wild and Free: Reclaiming Wonder in Your Child's Education

By: Ainsley Arment

4.32

Format: 336 pages, ebook

Allow your children to experience the adventure, freedom, and wonder of childhood with this practic… read more

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  • nonfiction
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14. The Unselected Journals of Emma M. Lion: Vol. 7

By: Beth Brower

4.77

Format: 313 pages, Paperback

"The image of Pandora’s Box being opened by my own hand flashed across my mind. A sobering and some… read more

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15. The Unselected Journals of Emma M. Lion, Vol. 1

By: Beth Brower

4.31

Format: 121 pages, Paperback

“I’ve arrived in London without incident. There are few triumphs in my recent life, but I count thi… read more

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16. The Unselected Journals of Emma M. Lion: Vol. 3

By: Beth Brower

4.67

Format: 229 pages, Kindle Edition

"It has been a day ordained by the fates, for how else could one explain the wholly cursed chain of… read more

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17. The Unselected Journals of Emma M. Lion, Volume 2

By: Beth Brower

4.63

Format: 162 pages, Kindle Edition

“I was sitting at my desk reading, with a cup of tea, my windows flung open, when I heard The Tenan… read more

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18. The Unselected Journals of Emma M. Lion: Vol. 5

By: Beth Brower

4.79

Format: 247 pages, Paperback

I took Treasure Island to church with me as a talisman. “What a lovely bible,” Mrs. Tribly said. … read more

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19. The Unselected Journals of Emma M. Lion: Vol. 4

By: Beth Brower

4.75

Format: 208 pages, Kindle Edition

"It all began very innocently. Truly." The Year is 1883 and Emma M. Lion has returned to her Lon… read more

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20. A Brilliant Night of Stars and Ice

By: Rebecca Connolly

4.08

Format: 320 pages, Hardcover

Based on the remarkable true story of the Carpathia—the one ship and her legendary captain who answ… read more

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21. Under the Java Moon

By: Heather B. Moore

4.38

Format: 384 pages, Hardcover

Based on a true story, this gripping WWII novel captures the resilience, hope, and courage of a Dut… read more

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22. There Goes the Groom (A Romance of Rank, #3)

By: Esther Hatch

4.24

Format: 234 pages, Kindle Edition

Catching a husband has never been so complicated. Matthew Harrison has only one task in life, t… read more

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23. A Night Divided

By: Jennifer A. Nielsen

4.34

Format: 357 pages, Kindle Edition

With the rise of the Berlin Wall, twelve-year-old Gerta finds her family suddenly divided. She, her… read more

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"Truly, it is in the darkness that one finds the light"

-Jennifer A. Nielsen, A Night Divided

"If I don't stand for freedom, then I must sit in chains."

-Jennifer A. Nielsen, A Night Divided

"If I cannot speak what I think, then it's a crime just to be me."

-Jennifer A. Nielsen, A Night Divided

"Courage isn't knowing you can do something; it's only being willing to try . . ."

-Jennifer A. Nielsen, A Night Divided

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24. The Outlaw Noble Salt

By: Amy Harmon

4.46

Format: 364 pages, Kindle Edition

From New York Times bestselling author Amy Harmon comes a sweepingly romantic tale of risk, redempt… read more

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25. The Unselected Journals of Emma M. Lion: Vol. 6 (The Unselected Journals, #6)

By: Beth Brower

4.79

Format: 249 pages, Kindle Edition

There is bedlam, and there is delightful bedlam.This afternoon touched on the second, much to my pl… read more

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26. A Heart Sufficient (The Penn-Leiths of Thistle Muir #4)

By: Nichole Van

4.68

Format: 386 pages, Kindle Edition

Tristan Gilbert, the autocratic Duke of Kendall, has a clear plan for his future—destroy his father… read more

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27. The Paper Daughters of Chinatown

By: Heather B. Moore

4.15

Format: 384 pages, Hardcover

Based on true events, The Paper Daughters of Chinatown in a powerful story about a largely unknown … read more

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  • asian literature
"Sometimes the most joyful moments for one person brought on deep pain for another."

-Heather B. Moore, The Paper Daughters of Chinatown

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28. One Kiss Alone (The Penn-Leiths of Thistle Muir, #3)

By: Nichole Van

4.38

Format: 409 pages, Kindle Edition

Ethan Penn-Leith is the most renowned poet of his day—his likeness so widely recognized, he is regu… read more

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29. The Burning Book: A Jewish-Mormon Memoir

By: James Goldberg

4.29

Format: 262 pages, Paperback

Jason Olson felt God’s presence in the Jewish tradition he was raised in. So what was he supposed t… read more

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  • nonfiction
  • biography
  • memoir
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30. The Impossible First: From Fire to Ice—Crossing Antarctica Alone

By: Colin O'Brady

4.21

Format: 304 pages, Hardcover

Colin O’Brady’s awe-inspiring memoir spans his recovery from a tragic accident to his 932-mile solo… read more

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  • nonfiction
  • biography
  • memoir
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31. Ninety-Nine Fire Hoops: A Memoir

By: Allison Hong Merrill

4.39

Format: 349 pages, Paperback

Nineteen-year-old Taiwanese Mormon girl, ALLISON HONG, meets twenty-year-old rebellious American Mo… read more

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  • asian literature

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