9 must-read memoir books like Up with the Lark: My Life on the Land by Joan Bomford

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Up with the Lark: My Life on the Land

By: Joan Bomford

4.35

Format: 225 pages, Kindle Edition

'An evocative portrait of a forgotten period of Britain's farming history... is an ode both to the …

If you liked the memoir plot in Up with the Lark: My Life on the Land by Joan Bomford , here is a list of 9 books like this:

1. One Girl And Her Dogs: Life, Love and Lambing in the Middle of Nowhere

By: Emma Gray

3.91

Format: 144 pages, Kindle Edition

What happens when you swap 'I do' for pastures new? When twenty-three-year-old shepherdess Emma Gra… read more

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2. Travels With My Aunt

By: Graham Greene

4.07

Format: 189 pages, Paperback

"I met Aunt Augusta for the first time at my mother's funeral..." Described by Graham Greene as "th… read more

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3. The Yorkshire Shepherdess

By: Amanda Owen

4.34

Format: None pages,

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4. The Cove (Summer Suspense Mysteries, #1)

By: L.J. Ross

4.05

Format: 197 pages, Kindle Edition

THE PERFECT ESCAPE... Gabrielle Adams has it all – brains, beauty, a handsome fiancé, and a drea… read more

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5. The Keeper of Stories

By: Sally Page

4.08

Format: 386 pages, Kindle Edition

She can’t recall what started her collection. Maybe it was in a fragment of conversation overheard … read more

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"Perhaps guilt is like a disease. You can have it without knowing you do."

-Sally Page, The Keeper of Stories

"I think it's in people stories that you discover the best of what we can be."

-Sally Page, The Keeper of Stories

"I don't think guilt asks for permission to come in. I don't think it knocks and waits politely on the mat."

-Sally Page, The Keeper of Stories

"I figured out long ago that if I listen to the few people who shout at me, I'm making them more important than they are. What they say will stay with me, upset me, and those loud voices would go on a…"

-Sally Page, The Keeper of Stories

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6. Picking up the Pieces

By: Amanda Prowse

4.34

Format: 343 pages, Kindle Edition

In this heart-warming story from million copy bestselling author Amanda Prowse, Nora has given up o… read more

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7. The Bridge (Detective Louise Blackwell #6)

By: Matt Brolly

4.39

Format: 295 pages, Kindle Edition

Accident? Dangerous game gone wrong? Or murder? DI Blackwell faces her toughest case yet. When the… read more

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8. Seasons of My Life

By: Hannah Hauxwell

4.13

Format: 203 pages, Paperback

The autobiography of Hannah Hauxwell, who lived alone in a remote Yorkshire farmhouse, with neither… read more

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  • nonfiction
  • biography
  • memoir
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9. A Short History of the World According to Sheep

By: Sally Coulthard

4.01

Format: 304 pages, Hardcover

An addictively free-ranging survey of the huge impact that sheep have had on human history. From… read more

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  • nonfiction
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10. Missing Pieces of Mum

By: Sally Herbert

4.34

Format: 336 pages, Paperback

A stolen past, a search for the truth, two lives changed forever. Born out of wedlock in Dublin … read more

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  • nonfiction
  • memoir
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11. A Year at the French Farmhouse

By: Gillian Harvey

3.88

Format: 374 pages, Kindle Edition

Escape to France with this warm, witty romantic read. After ten years of loyal service Lily Butt… read more

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12. Do Let's Have Another Drink!: The Dry Wit and Fizzy Life of Queen Elizabeth the Queen Mother

By: Gareth Russell

4.09

Format: 240 pages, Hardcover

For fans of The Crown and Ninety-Nine Glimpses of Princess Margaret , a deliciously entertaining co… read more

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  • memoir
  • biography memoir
  • biography
  • nonfiction
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13. THE SEEDERS: The Return Of The Gods

By: Elena Danaan

4.60

Format: None pages, Kindle Edition

The Seeders is a must-read book that is full of shock and awe moments that awakens the reader to th… read more

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  • nonfiction
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14. Homesick: Why I Live in a Shed

By: Catrina Davies

4.23

Format: 269 pages, Kindle Edition

Aged thirty-one, Catrina Davies was renting a box-room in a house in Bristol, which she shared with… read more

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  • memoir
  • biography memoir
  • biography
  • nonfiction
"The house in Bristol belonged to a family who were traveling the world on our combined rent."

-Catrina Davies, Homesick: Why I Live in a Shed

"People I know with houses squeeze every drop of capital out of them, because, even when it's hard, squeezing capital out of a house is a hell of a lot easier than squeezing it out of work."

-Catrina Davies, Homesick: Why I Live in a Shed

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15. Celebrating the Seasons with the Yorkshire Shepherdess: Farming, Family and Delicious Recipes to Share

By: Amanda Owen

4.26

Format: 311 pages, Kindle Edition

A stunning book from Amanda Owen – shepherdess, wife, mother of nine children, bestselling author a… read more

Similar categories in Amanda Owen's Celebrating the Seasons with the Yorkshire Shepherdess: Farming, Family and Delicious Recipes to Share book and Joan Bomford's Up with the Lark: My Life on the Land

  • nonfiction
  • memoir
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16. Skeoch - Our new life on a Scottish hill farm

By: Jennie Phillips

4.06

Format: 170 pages, Kindle Edition

"An amazing tale of 70's life on a remote Scottish farm" Southall Film Studios“I have to state righ… read more

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  • nonfiction
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17. My Farming Life: Tales from a shepherdess on a remote Northumberland farm

By: Emma Gray

4.46

Format: 229 pages, Kindle Edition

AS SEEN ON BBC TWO'S HIT TV-SHOW 'THIS FARMING LIFE''A heartwarming tale of life on the land' Alan … read more

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  • nonfiction
  • memoir
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18. You've Done What, My Lord?: Hilarious tales from a country estate

By: Rory Clark

3.88

Format: 259 pages, Kindle Edition

Rumshott is one of the finest landed estates in England. However, when James Aden takes up the posi… read more

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  • nonfiction
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19. Close Encounters of the Rustic Kind: Retrospective Rural Recollections

By: Will Evans

4.31

Format: 268 pages, Kindle Edition

'Close Encounters of the Rustic Kind' - 'Retrospective Rural Recollections' begins its story in the… read more

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20. Farm Boy Tales: My exploits before, during and after WW11

By: Maurice Goss

4.09

Format: 136 pages, Kindle Edition

Mr.Cheeseman, my teacher, said that I had no aptitude for school. I agreed with him. An unintended … read more

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21. Up with the Lark: My Life on the Land

By: Joan Bomford

4.35

Format: 225 pages, Kindle Edition

'An evocative portrait of a forgotten period of Britain's farming history... is an ode both to the … read more

Similar categories in Joan Bomford's Up with the Lark: My Life on the Land book and Joan Bomford's Up with the Lark: My Life on the Land

  • memoir
  • biography memoir
  • biography
  • nonfiction
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22. A Farmer's Diary: A Year at High House Farm

By: Sally Urwin

4.32

Format: 269 pages, Kindle Edition

Sally Urwin and her husband Steve own High House Farm in Northumberland, which they share with two … read more

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  • nonfiction
  • biography
  • memoir
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23. Harry, me and bottled tea: A farmer's boy in the 1960s

By: Andy Collings

4.41

Format: 366 pages, Kindle Edition

If you've enjoyed reading HARRY, ME AND BOILED BACON, you're going to love HARRY, ME AND BOTTLED TE… read more

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24. The Funny Farm: The Laughter and Tears of One Woman's Farm in Cumbria

By: Jackie Ellis

3.88

Format: 297 pages, Kindle Edition

How often have you thought you might like to chuck it all in, leave the steaming metropolis and its… read more

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  • memoir
Cover of They Never Told Me That at Vet School: Life as seen by Vets and what they don’t tell you happens in the real world by G. Inskip

25. They Never Told Me That at Vet School: Life as seen by Vets and what they don’t tell you happens in the real world

By: G. Inskip

4.52

Format: 203 pages, Kindle Edition

Newly graduated veterinary surgeon, Gwen Inskip, is searching for the perfect first practice to kic… read more

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26. Jumping Over Clouds (If Clouds Were Sheep Book 2)

By: Sue Andrews

4.38

Format: 316 pages, Kindle Edition

From the author of If Clouds Were Sheep comes a new tale of family and the call of the farming life… read more

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27. Going to Blazes: Further Tales of a Country Fireman

By: Malcolm Castle

4.54

Format: 265 pages, Kindle Edition

It's 1987 and 26-year-old Malcolm Castle is going up in the world. He's made it through eight long … read more

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Cover of Up sticks: Dillon. Book four. Ride along with our intrepid travelers as they have some hair raising moments in their new home. by Tim Thomas

28. Up sticks: Dillon. Book four. Ride along with our intrepid travelers as they have some hair raising moments in their new home.

By: Tim Thomas

4.22

Format: 121 pages, Kindle Edition

Book four in the series follows Suzi, Tim, Nelson and Caine as they go in search of a bigger home. … read more

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29. Great Bales of Fire: More Tales of a Country Fireman

By: Malcolm Castle

4.38

Format: 252 pages, Kindle Edition

More tales of a country fireman, from the author of ALL FIRED UP. Perfect for fans of Heartbeat or … read more

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  • nonfiction
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30. Sheepwrecked

By: Jackie Ellis

3.96

Format: 354 pages, Kindle Edition

This journey through the changing seasons at Rowfoot Farm - tupping time in the autumn, winters as … read more

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Cover of Poison Garden (DCI Ryan Mysteries, #22) by L.J. Ross

31. Poison Garden (DCI Ryan Mysteries, #22)

By: L.J. Ross

4.73

Format: 311 pages, Kindle Edition

FROM THE #1 BESTSELLING AUTHOR OF HOLY ISLAND AND THE COVEThe clock is ticking…For Detective Chief … read more

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13 best-selling nonfiction books like Up with the Lark: My Life on the Land by Joan Bomford

Transform Your Habits

Seasons of My Life

Hannah Hauxwell

4.13

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A Short History of the World According to Sheep

Sally Coulthard

4.01

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Missing Pieces of Mum

Sally Herbert

4.34

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Do Let's Have Another Drink!: The Dry Wit and Fizzy Life of Queen Elizabeth the Queen Mother

Gareth Russell

4.09

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22 Best nonfiction books like My Farming Life: Tales from a shepherdess on a remote Northumberland farm by Emma Gray

Transform Your Habits

Diddly Squat: A Year on the Farm (Diddly Squat, #1)

Jeremy Clarkson

4.15

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Diddly Squat: ‘Til The Cows Come Home

Jeremy Clarkson

4.15

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Diddly Squat: Pigs Might Fly

Jeremy Clarkson

4.14

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Shallow Graves: My life as a Forensic Scientist on Britain's Biggest Cases

Ray Fysh

4.34

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