14 Top memoir books like Whole Heart: One Woman's Incredible and Heartbreaking Journey from Africa to America by Michelle Felix

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Whole Heart: One Woman's Incredible and Heartbreaking Journey from Africa to America

By: Michelle Felix

4.13

Format: 125 pages, Kindle Edition

Readers' Favorite is proud to announce that "Whole Heart" by Michelle Felix won the Gold Medal in t…

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1. Coming Clean

By: Kimberly Rae Miller

3.96

Format: 272 pages, Hardcover

A stunning memoir about a childhood spent growing up in a family of extreme hoarders and hiding squ… read more

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2. Finding Me: A Decade of Darkness, a Life Reclaimed - A Memoir of the Cleveland Kidnappings

By: Michelle Knight , Michelle Burford

4.17

Format: 252 pages, Hardcover

The #1 New York Times Bestseller and inspirational memoir by Michelle Knight, whose survival story … read more

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"Every time i see a butterfly, it reminds me of how precious life can truly be. To be able to turn from a caterpillar into a beautiful butterfly and fly away so freely and gracefully wherever she may …"

-Michelle Knight, Finding Me: A Decade of Darkness, a Life Reclaimed - A Memoir of the Cleveland Kidnappings

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3. The Murder of Sheree

By: Wayne Miller , Wayne B. Miller

5.00

Format: None pages,

The Murder of Sheree is much more than simply a true crime book. At its heart, it's a powerful and … read more

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4. You'll Never Find My Body

By: Don Lasseter , Ronald E. Bowers

3.33

Format: 140 pages,

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5. Give Me Courage

By: None

4.06

Format: 244 pages, Paperback

'Here in Africa, two wives is nothing. You white people just have affairs. You lie and cheat. At le… read more

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6. The Girl Who Escaped ISIS: This Is My Story

By: Farida Khalaf

4.45

Format: 864 pages, Paperback

"A rare and riveting first-hand account of the terror and torture inflicted by ISIS on young Iraqi … read more

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7. Madness and Me: My Search for Sanity

By: Lisa Suzanne Nugent

4.17

Format: 190 pages, Kindle Edition

For many, madness is something read about in books or seen on TV—something scary, foreign, and impo… read more

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8. Wildflower: A Tale of Transcendence

By: Teresa Van Woy

4.56

Format: 386 pages, Kindle Edition

Abducted by her mentally unstable mother, one girl forages her way to the top. "A gripping account… read more

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Cover of Displaced: A Memoir by Esther Wiebe

9. Displaced: A Memoir

By: Esther Wiebe

4.30

Format: 284 pages, Kindle Edition

Displaced is a gripping true story of a young girl and her young siblings’ escape from a conservat… read more

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10. Coconut

By: Florence Olajide

4.36

Format: 389 pages, Kindle Edition

A generation of Nigerian children were born in Britain in the '50s and '60s, privately fostered by … read more

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Cover of Here One Moment by Liane Moriarty

11. Here One Moment

By: Liane Moriarty

4.15

Format: 512 pages, Hardcover

If you knew your future, would you try to fight fate? Aside from a delay, there will be no probl… read more

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12. The Coach Trip

By: Izzy Bromley

4.17

Format: 316 pages, Kindle Edition

In this heartwarming story of hope and second chances, Emma and Mel are about to discover that some… read more

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13. The Girl Who Fell From the Sky

By: Emma Carey

4.38

Format: 322 pages, Paperback

From a terrible accident that left her paraplegic, Emma Carey has become an inspiration for hundred… read more

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14. Doctor Ice Pick

By: Claire Prentice

3.77

Format: 85 pages, Kindle Edition

A haunting and true short story of the lobotomist who cut a brutal swathe through the lives of thou… read more

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15. My Little Brother

By: Diane Saxon

4.22

Format: 420 pages, Kindle Edition

Two siblings, both missing for 20 years turn up within one day of each other. One dead. One alive. … read more

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16. A Vintage Vacation

By: Maddie Please

4.40

Format: 306 pages, Kindle Edition

Clover Harrington might be sixty-one, but she’s still bossing it in the corporate world and can sti… read more

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17. Sister Viv

By: Grantlee Kieza

4.65

Format: None pages, Kindle Edition

The inspiring story of the nursing hero who survived a wartime massacre and dedicated her life to s… read more

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18. Worn Out Wife Seeks New Life

By: Carmen Reid

4.27

Format: 276 pages, Kindle Edition

Tess Simpson needs a break! No one appreciates her at home. No one appreciates her at work. And … read more

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19. Shackled to my Family

By: Samina Younis

3.94

Format: 202 pages, Kindle Edition

10th ANNIVERSARY The improved 2022 edition includes a short interview with the author bringing her… read more

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20. Wedlocked: A Story of Forced Marriage

By: Hannah Rubenstein

4.14

Format: 242 pages, Kindle Edition

When the plainclothes police officers appeared with a warrant for her arrest, Mayah assumed that he… read more

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21. The Golden Maze

By: Richard Fidler

4.21

Format: 580 pages, Hardcover

Beloved ABC broadcaster and bestselling author of Ghost Empire and Saga Land, Richard Fidler is bac… read more

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22. To the Bridge

By: Nancy Rommelmann

3.38

Format: 303 pages, Kindle Edition

The case was closed, but for journalist Nancy Rommelmann, the mystery remained: What made a mother … read more

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Cover of Behind Blue Curtains: A True Crime Memoir of an Amish Woman's Survival, Escape, and Pursuit of Justice by Lizzy Hershberger

23. Behind Blue Curtains: A True Crime Memoir of an Amish Woman's Survival, Escape, and Pursuit of Justice

By: Lizzy Hershberger

4.27

Format: 174 pages, Kindle Edition

When Lizzy Hershberger turns fourteen, her schooling ends at eighth grade, and she has no choice bu… read more

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24. Fireball: The true story of a Tennessee plow girl who survived poverty, abuse, and eleven husbands with wit, wisdom, and tenacity.

By: Julia Walker

4.35

Format: 245 pages, Kindle Edition

My name is Hazel Lamb…Lindsey, but my momma called me Fireball. I am 84 years old. I only had one y… read more

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25. Glad Farm

By: Catherine Marenghi

4.31

Format: 292 pages, Paperback

Raised in a primitive one-room farmhouse with no indoor plumbing, the fourth of five children, Cath… read more

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Cover of Damaged: After the coma, after the headlines, the story of a family by Janet Smuga

26. Damaged: After the coma, after the headlines, the story of a family

By: Janet Smuga

4.12

Format: 291 pages, Kindle Edition

Damaged is a story of survivor's guilt coupled with resentment tempered by love. It reveals the cha… read more

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27. The River

By: Kevin Weadock

4.31

Format: 268 pages, Kindle Edition

The impact of alcoholism on a New York family is described through the eyes of a young boy. The boy… read more

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Cover of Pieces of Me: Rescuing My Kidnapped Daughters by Lizbeth Meredith

28. Pieces of Me: Rescuing My Kidnapped Daughters

By: Lizbeth Meredith

4.36

Format: 314 pages, Kindle Edition

In 1994, Lizbeth Meredith said good-bye to her four- and six year-old daughters for a visit with th… read more

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  • memoir
"I want my girls to know who they are and have strong family connections. I want them to be educated. I want them to travel the world. I want them to be able to support themselves, and if they choose …"

-Lizbeth Meredith, Pieces of Me: Rescuing My Kidnapped Daughters

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29. No Second Chance: One Woman's True Story of Prison Life in Australia

By: Maree French

4.46

Format: 417 pages, Kindle Edition

No Second Chance is Maree French’s firsthand account of life as a female prisoner in the Queensland… read more

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Cover of Whole Heart: One Woman's Incredible and Heartbreaking Journey from Africa to America by Michelle Felix

30. Whole Heart: One Woman's Incredible and Heartbreaking Journey from Africa to America

By: Michelle Felix

4.13

Format: 125 pages, Kindle Edition

Readers' Favorite is proud to announce that "Whole Heart" by Michelle Felix won the Gold Medal in t… read more

Similar categories in Michelle Felix's Whole Heart: One Woman's Incredible and Heartbreaking Journey from Africa to America book and Michelle Felix's Whole Heart: One Woman's Incredible and Heartbreaking Journey from Africa to America

  • memoir
Cover of My Secret: The true story of one woman's adoption discovery and search by Joanne Sayre

31. My Secret: The true story of one woman's adoption discovery and search

By: Joanne Sayre

4.04

Format: 136 pages, Kindle Edition

What if you found out that you were adopted and everything you thought you knew about your family, … read more

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21 Top memoir books like Madness and Me: My Search for Sanity by Lisa Suzanne Nugent

Transform Your Habits

Madness and Me: My Search for Sanity

Lisa Suzanne Nugent

4.17

Transform Your Habits

Running From The Mirror

Howard Shulman

4.45

Transform Your Habits

Wildflower: A Tale of Transcendence

Teresa Van Woy

4.56

Transform Your Habits

Displaced: A Memoir

Esther Wiebe

4.30

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