From Junkie to Judge: One Woman's Triumph Over Trauma and Addiction
By: Mary Beth O'Connor
4.39
Format: 336 pages, Paperback
From a junkie addicted to methamphetamines to a federal judge, Mary Beth O’Connor’s memoir shares h…
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1. Recovery: Freedom from Our Addictions
By: Russell Brand
3.95
Format: 288 pages, Hardcover
A guide to all kinds of addiction from a star who has struggled with heroin, alcohol, sex, fame, fo… read more
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- nonfiction
- memoir
"The condition in extreme is identifiable but the less obvious version of addiction is still painful and arguably worse because we simply adapt to living in pain."-Russell Brand, Recovery: Freedom from Our Addictions
"The reason I continue to is because they have awakened me to the impossibility of happiness based on my previous world view: that I am the centre of the world and that what I want is important."-Russell Brand, Recovery: Freedom from Our Addictions
"The feeling you have that 'there's something else' is real. What happens when you don't follow the compulsion? What is on the other side of my need [...]? The only way to find out is to not do it, an…"-Russell Brand, Recovery: Freedom from Our Addictions
"The instinct that drives compulsion is universal. It is an attempt to solve the problem of disconnection, alienation, tepid despair... the problem is ultimately 'being human' in an environment that i…"-Russell Brand, Recovery: Freedom from Our Addictions
2. The Evil Within: Murdered by her stepbrother – the crime that shocked a nation. The heartbreaking story of Becky Watts by her father
By: Darren Galsworthy
4.27
Format: 288 pages, Kindle Edition
Previously published as Becky, this is the heartbreaking story behind the murder of 16-year-old Bri… read more
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- nonfiction
- memoir
3. Perfect Match
By: Jodi Picoult
3.97
Format: 368 pages, Paperback
Picoult brings to life a female prosecutor whose cherished family is shattered when she learns that… read more
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"Envy, after all, comes from wanting something that isn't yours. But grief comes from losing something you've already had."-Jodi Picoult, Perfect Match
"You saved me," I said. Nathaniel put his hands on either side of my face. "I had to," he said. "So you could save me back."-Jodi Picoult, Perfect Match
"If I have gained anything over these months, it is the knowledge there is no starting over- only living with the mistakes you've made."-Jodi Picoult, Perfect Match
"Having to face him at a competency hearing is like getting to hell and finding out that the only food available is raw liver-insult added to injury."-Jodi Picoult, Perfect Match
4. Broken: My Story of Addiction and Redemption
By: Katherine Ketcham , William Cope Moyers
4.12
Format: None pages, Hardcover
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- biography memoir
- nonfiction
- memoir
5. Dreamseller
By: Brandon Novak , Joseph Frantz
4.04
Format: 417 pages, Hardcover
Skateboarding used to be my life. When I was fourteen years old, I was discovered by Bucky Lasek an… read more
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- nonfiction
- memoir
6. The Bitter Taste of Dying: A Memoir
By: Jason Smith
3.96
Format: 425 pages,
In his first book, author Jason Smith explores the depravity and desperation required to maintain a… read more
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- nonfiction
- memoir
7. Girl Walks Out of a Bar: A Memoir
By: Lisa F. Smith
4.15
Format: 288 pages, Paperback
Lisa Smith was a bright young lawyer at a prestigious law firm in NYC when alcoholism and drug addi… read more
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- biography memoir
- nonfiction
- memoir
8. Cruel Sacrifice
By: Aphrodite Jones
3.85
Format: 238 pages, Kindle Edition
On a freezing January in 1992, five teenage girls crowded into a car. By the end of the night, only… read more
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9. Troubled
By: Rob Henderson
4.26
Format: 336 pages, Hardcover
In this raw coming-of-age memoir, in the vein of The Short and Tragic Life of Robert Peace, The Oth… read more
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- biography memoir
- nonfiction
- memoir
"Successful people tell the world they got lucky, then tell their loved ones about the importance of hard work and sacrifice. Critics of successful people tell the world those successful people got lu…"-Rob Henderson, Troubled
"People don't need motivation; they need self-discipline. Motivation is just a feeling. Self-discipline is: 'I'm going to do this regardless of how I feel.' Seldom do people relish doing something har…"-Rob Henderson, Troubled
"Mom's friends were worried that their son isn't talking as much as other six-year-olds. They, like many parents, were concerned with how "smart" their kid is. "Should we be reading to him more?" they…"-Rob Henderson, Troubled
"You should keep your expectations in line with reality. If you view the military as a job, you will be miserable. It's not a job, it's a lot more than that. As long as you wear that uniform, it is yo…"-Rob Henderson, Troubled
10. Stash: My Life in Hiding
By: Laura Cathcart Robbins
3.92
Format: 288 pages, Hardcover
A propulsive and vivid memoir—in the vein of Drinking: A Love Story and Somebody’s Daughter—about t… read more
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- biography memoir
- nonfiction
- memoir
11. LEVI'S EYES: A Son's Deadly Secret and a Father's Cruel Betrayal
By: Aphrodite Jones
4.32
Format: 380 pages, Kindle Edition
LEVI’S EYES delves into the unspeakable murders of Christina and Levi Karlsen, as told by the kille… read more
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- nonfiction
12. Love Lies: A True Story of Marriage and Murder in the Suburbs
By: Amanda Lamb
4.01
Format: 454 pages, Kindle Edition
A perfect life. A perfect lie. When Nancy Cooper moved from Canada to Cary, North Carolina with he… read more
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- nonfiction
13. The Weight of Air: A Story of the Lies about Addiction and the Truth about Recovery
By: David Poses
4.23
Format: 250 pages, Hardcover
While his wife and two-year-old daughter watched TV in the living room, David Poses was in the kitc… read more
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- biography memoir
- nonfiction
- memoir
"From the beginning of high school, all other substances were readily available and liberally consumed by my friends, who used weed and booze like an essential garnish for activities. Peer pressure wa…"-David Poses, The Weight of Air: A Story of the Lies about Addiction and the Truth about Recovery
"I didn’t want to be sad, but I didn’t know why I was sad or how not to be sad or how to talk about it. I was broken. I felt broken. My body ached. My stomach hurt. I couldn’t sleep. Nothing was pleas…"-David Poses, The Weight of Air: A Story of the Lies about Addiction and the Truth about Recovery
14. Kantika
By: Elizabeth Graver
4.08
Format: 304 pages, Hardcover
A dazzling Sephardic multigenerational saga that moves from Istanbul to Barcelona, Havana, and New … read more
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"Ken sos tu? I am Rebecca (Rivka, Rebekah) from my mother’s mother and the wife of Isaac in the Bible. The name means “to tie firmly"-Elizabeth Graver, Kantika
"Where are you going, where have you been? Do you have children? How was the voyage? What is the news of the world? What can I do for you? Please, sit. Eat. She’ll give them the name of Villa Erna, th…"-Elizabeth Graver, Kantika
15. The Perfect Father: The True Story of Chris Watts, His All-American Family, and a Shocking Murder
By: John Glatt
3.91
Format: 304 pages, Hardcover
In The Perfect Father, New York Times bestselling author John Glatt reveals the true story of a Col… read more
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- nonfiction
16. Strung Out: One Last Hit and Other Lies That Nearly Killed Me
By: Erin Khar
3.96
Format: 304 pages, Hardcover
“This is a story she needed to tell; and the rest of the country needs to listen.” — New York Times… read more
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- biography memoir
- nonfiction
- memoir
17. When the World Didn't End: A Memoir
By: Guinevere Turner
3.74
Format: 336 pages, Hardcover
In this immersive, spell-binding memoir, an acclaimed screenwriter tells the story of her childhood… read more
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- biography memoir
- nonfiction
- memoir
18. We Are the Luckiest: The Surprising Magic of a Sober Life
By: Laura McKowen
4.33
Format: 248 pages, Hardcover
"A masterpiece. The truest, most generous, honest, and helpful sobriety memoir I’ve read. It’s goin… read more
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- biography memoir
- nonfiction
- memoir
"Maybe it’s helpful to linger there for a minute, in the terrible and the necessary. To start to see them as the same. Maybe in this way, pain is not such a problem"-Laura McKowen, We Are the Luckiest: The Surprising Magic of a Sober Life
"The typical question is, Is this bad enough for me to have to change? The question we should be asking is, Is this good enough for me to stay the same? And the real question underneath it all is, Am …"-Laura McKowen, We Are the Luckiest: The Surprising Magic of a Sober Life
"The truest story - the one that will always be truest - is that I am a human being, being human. Sometimes, I am my best self. Sometimes, not so much. But goddamn, I am trying to do better. I am alwa…"-Laura McKowen, We Are the Luckiest: The Surprising Magic of a Sober Life
"Lying and withholding is the cheapest, easiest way to control others. You control their perception, control their response to you, control who you need them to be, In telling the truth, I was surrend…"-Laura McKowen, We Are the Luckiest: The Surprising Magic of a Sober Life
19. High Achiever: The Incredible True Story of One Addict's Double Life
By: Tiffany Jenkins
4.20
Format: 384 pages, Paperback
A few years ago, Tiffany Jenkins was detoxing behind bars at a Florida prison, incarcerated on 20 f… read more
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- biography memoir
- nonfiction
- memoir
"A flicker of hope in one’s heart, is capable of lighting the path to a new destiny…"-Tiffany Jenkins, High Achiever: The Incredible True Story of One Addict's Double Life
20. Irreparable: Three Lives. Two Deaths. One Story that Has to be Told.
By: Mark Gerardot
4.03
Format: 296 pages, Kindle Edition
Mark and Jennair Gerardot had been married nearly 25 years when Mark met someone who changed everyt… read more
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- nonfiction
- memoir
21. Murder on Birchleaf Drive: The True Story of the Michelle Young Murder Case
By: Steven B. Epstein
4.05
Format: 272 pages, Kindle Edition
Was Jason the monster who bludgeoned his beautiful wife to death, leaving his toddler alone for hou… read more
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- nonfiction
22. Forager: Field Notes for Surviving a Family Cult
By: Michelle Dowd
3.70
Format: 288 pages, Hardcover
A moving, heartbreaking, and inspiring true story of the author’s escape from an apocalyptic cult—a… read more
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- biography memoir
- nonfiction
- memoir
23. Here After
By: Amy Lin
4.25
Format: 272 pages, Hardcover
Here After is an intimate story of deep love followed by dizzying loss; a stunning, taut memoir fro… read more
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- nonfiction
- memoir
24. Hit So Hard: A Memoir
By: Patty Schemel
4.19
Format: 272 pages, Hardcover
A stunningly candid and inspiring memoir of recovery from addiction and the '90s, by Hole drummer P… read more
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- nonfiction
- memoir
25. Everyday Trauma: Remapping the Brain's Response to Stress, Anxiety, and Painful Memories for a Better Life
By: Tracey Shors
3.47
Format: 208 pages, Hardcover
In Tracey Shors' Everyday Traumas, a neuroscientist explores how trauma impacts the brain, especial… read more
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- nonfiction
"The past does not really exist -- except in the brain."-Tracey Shors, Everyday Trauma: Remapping the Brain's Response to Stress, Anxiety, and Painful Memories for a Better Life
26. The Taste of Cigarettes: A Memoir of a Heroin Addict
By: Jon Vreeland
4.25
Format: 113 pages, Kindle Edition
The true story of one man’s struggle to escape himself. After three decades of living in the sandy … read more
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27. 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
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- nonfiction
- memoir
28. Heroin is the Answer: A Memoir of What I Can Remember
By: Russell Holbrook
3.92
Format: 166 pages, Kindle Edition
DISCOVER A POWERFUL STORY OF DRUGS, BREAK-UPS, ADDICTION, AND THE STRUGGLE TO LEARN TO LIVE AGAINRu… read more
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29. From Junkie to Judge: One Woman's Triumph Over Trauma and Addiction
By: Mary Beth O'Connor
4.39
Format: 336 pages, Paperback
From a junkie addicted to methamphetamines to a federal judge, Mary Beth O’Connor’s memoir shares h… read more
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- nonfiction
- memoir
30. When Your Family Says No
By: Laya Martin
4.45
Format: 271 pages, Kindle Edition
When Your Family Says No is an inside look at the Orthodox Jewish Community, told by a girl who fle… read more
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- nonfiction
- memoir
"Do it to perfection, or not at all."-Laya Martin, When Your Family Says No
31. Carrie Carolyn Coco: My Friend, Her Murder, and an Obsession with the Unthinkable
By: Sarah Gerard
3.44
Format: 368 pages, Hardcover
Acclaimed author Sarah Gerard turns her keen observational eye and cutting yet compassionate prose … read more
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- nonfiction
- memoir
