7 best-selling memoir books like Poor Little Sick Girls by Ione Gamble

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Poor Little Sick Girls

By: Ione Gamble

3.66

Format: 352 pages, Hardcover

Wellness is oppressive, self-love is a trap, hustling is a health risk, and it's all the patriarchy…

If you liked the memoir plot in Poor Little Sick Girls by Ione Gamble , here is a list of 7 books like this:

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1. None of the Above: Reflections on Life Beyond the Binary

By: Travis Alabanza

4.38

Format: None pages, Audible Audio

‘When you are someone that falls outside of categories in so many ways, a lot of things are said to… read more

Similar categories in Travis Alabanza's None of the Above: Reflections on Life Beyond the Binary book and Ione Gamble's Poor Little Sick Girls

  • feminism
  • nonfiction
  • memoir
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2. Penance

By: Eliza Clark

3.90

Format: 336 pages, ebook

Do you know what happened already? Did you know her? Did you see it on the internet? Did you li… read more

Similar categories in Eliza Clark's Penance book and Ione Gamble's Poor Little Sick Girls

  • contemporary
"Do you know what happened to her already? Did you catch it in the papers? Are you local? Did you know her? Did you see it on the internet? Did some website the trawls local news for the worst details…"

-Eliza Clark, Penance

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3. Watching Women & Girls

By: Danielle Pender

3.69

Format: 272 pages, Hardcover

“Every aspect of her body or personality was up for inspection: too big, too small, too available, … read more

Similar categories in Danielle Pender's Watching Women & Girls book and Ione Gamble's Poor Little Sick Girls

  • feminism
  • womens
  • contemporary
"It's very boring to call people crazy because they don't do what you tell them to"

-Danielle Pender, Watching Women & Girls

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4. I'm a Fan

By: Sheena Patel

3.32

Format: 207 pages, None

In I'm A Fan, a single speaker uses the story of their experience in a seemingly unequal, unfaithfu… read more

Similar categories in Sheena Patel's I'm a Fan book and Ione Gamble's Poor Little Sick Girls

  • feminism
  • contemporary
"It is toxic. I am familiar"

-Sheena Patel, I'm a Fan

"Happiness or safety. Or isn't that the same thing?"

-Sheena Patel, I'm a Fan

"I never came with him. I never felt safe enough to."

-Sheena Patel, I'm a Fan

"The world is made for couples. Even the unhappy ones."

-Sheena Patel, I'm a Fan

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5. Strong Female Character

By: Fern Brady

4.48

Format: 288 pages, Hardcover

A summary of my 1. I'm diagnosed with autism 20 years after telling a doctor I had it. 2. My… read more

Similar categories in Fern Brady's Strong Female Character book and Ione Gamble's Poor Little Sick Girls

  • memoir
  • feminism
  • mental health
  • biography memoir
  • nonfiction
"I was continually over-identifying with fiction to try and find a template for myself and my story (143)"

-Fern Brady, Strong Female Character

"For all her flaws, my mum never raised me with dysfunctional attitudes to food or made me think I was greedy or not thin enough. She was always clear she disliked me for me."

-Fern Brady, Strong Female Character

"It's 2022 as I write this and I'm still waiting to find someone I respect to speak openly and in detail about meltdowns. I'm really annoyed that I have to be the one to do this."

-Fern Brady, Strong Female Character

"It made perfect sense to me that my skin was bursting open in disgusting weeping pustules. The emotions felt volcanic and I'd never been good at communicating that to people in words so now my body w…"

-Fern Brady, Strong Female Character

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6. Evenings and Weekends

By: Oisín McKenna

3.96

Format: 352 pages, Hardcover

For fans of Sally Rooney and Torrey Peters, a taut and profoundly moving debut that follows a cast … read more

Similar categories in Oisín McKenna's Evenings and Weekends book and Ione Gamble's Poor Little Sick Girls

  • contemporary
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7. Rosewater

By: Liv Little

3.67

Format: 320 pages, Hardcover

For fans of Queenie and Such a Fun Age comes a deliciously gritty and strikingly bold debut novel a… read more

Similar categories in Liv Little's Rosewater book and Ione Gamble's Poor Little Sick Girls

  • contemporary
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8. What a Shame

By: Abigail Bergstrom

3.49

Format: 272 pages, Hardcover

The idea of a curse was divisive, but the assertion that I had, for some time now, been 'laden with… read more

Similar categories in Abigail Bergstrom's What a Shame book and Ione Gamble's Poor Little Sick Girls

  • contemporary
  • feminism
  • mental health
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9. Green Dot

By: Madeleine Gray

3.71

Format: 320 pages, Hardcover

An irresistible and messy love story about the terrible allure of wanting something that promises n… read more

Similar categories in Madeleine Gray's Green Dot book and Ione Gamble's Poor Little Sick Girls

  • contemporary
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10. The List

By: Yomi Adegoke

3.05

Format: 336 pages, Hardcover

Ola Olajide, a celebrated journalist at Womxxxn magazine, is set to marry the love of her life in o… read more

Similar categories in Yomi Adegoke's The List book and Ione Gamble's Poor Little Sick Girls

  • feminism
  • contemporary
"...but she refused for love to be something that she endured. Something that took from her and made her smaller."

-Yomi Adegoke, The List

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11. Mongrel

By: Hanako Footman

4.38

Format: 352 pages, Hardcover

Mei loses her Japanese mother at age six. Growing up in suburban Surrey, she yearns to fit in, supp… read more

Similar categories in Hanako Footman's Mongrel book and Ione Gamble's Poor Little Sick Girls

  • feminism
  • contemporary
"Hold onto the things that you have forgotten. Let go of the things that you remember."

-Hanako Footman, Mongrel

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12. Disobedient Bodies: Reclaim Your Unruly Beauty

By: Emma Dabiri

4.06

Format: 94 pages, Kindle Edition

An unmissable essay from Emma Dabiri, Sunday Times bestselling author of Don't Touch My Hair and Wh… read more

Similar categories in Emma Dabiri's Disobedient Bodies: Reclaim Your Unruly Beauty book and Ione Gamble's Poor Little Sick Girls

  • health
  • feminism
  • nonfiction
  • essays
  • womens
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13. Tell Me Everything

By: Laura Kay

3.84

Format: 400 pages, Paperback

Would you entrust your life choices to someone hell-bent on avoiding theirs? Natasha has everyth… read more

Similar categories in Laura Kay's Tell Me Everything book and Ione Gamble's Poor Little Sick Girls

  • contemporary
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14. Arrangements in Blue

By: Amy Key

3.84

Format: 223 pages, Hardcover

Arrangements in Blue elegantly honors the life lived completely by—and for—oneself. Inspired by Jon… read more

Similar categories in Amy Key's Arrangements in Blue book and Ione Gamble's Poor Little Sick Girls

  • memoir
  • biography memoir
  • nonfiction
  • essays
  • contemporary
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15. Radical Intimacy

By: Sophie K. Rosa

4.23

Format: 208 pages, Paperback

An impassioned discussion about the alternative ways to form relationships and resist capitalism. … read more

Similar categories in Sophie K. Rosa's Radical Intimacy book and Ione Gamble's Poor Little Sick Girls

  • feminism
  • nonfiction
  • essays
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16. Life of the Party

By: Olivia Gatwood

4.19

Format: 176 pages, Paperback

A dazzling debut collection of raw and explosive poems about growing up in a sexist, sensationalize… read more

Similar categories in Olivia Gatwood's Life of the Party book and Ione Gamble's Poor Little Sick Girls

  • memoir
  • feminism
  • nonfiction
  • contemporary
  • womens
"Some things are more a feeling than they are a memory."

-Olivia Gatwood, Life of the Party

"The truth is: It is a privilege to have your body looked for."

-Olivia Gatwood, Life of the Party

"You must know the width of the knife and how it ruined you, name the organs it kissed."

-Olivia Gatwood, Life of the Party

"I want to know what it means to survive something. does it just mean I get to keep my body?"

-Olivia Gatwood, Life of the Party

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17. Notes on Heartbreak

By: Annie Lord

4.16

Format: 400 pages, Hardcover

Fierce, funny and raw, this unflinchingly honest exploration of heartbreak is so much more than a b… read more

Similar categories in Annie Lord's Notes on Heartbreak book and Ione Gamble's Poor Little Sick Girls

  • contemporary
  • nonfiction
  • memoir
  • mental health
"Why suffer for something ordinary?"

-Annie Lord, Notes on Heartbreak

"That's the thing about pain: we forget it."

-Annie Lord, Notes on Heartbreak

"I'll try my best to forget, but I think I'll love you for all my life."

-Annie Lord, Notes on Heartbreak

"Knowing Mary has gone through the same thing makes me feel less alone with my pain."

-Annie Lord, Notes on Heartbreak

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18. Sad Girl Novel

By: Pip Finkemeyer

3.09

Format: 292 pages, Kindle Edition

'Brimful of humorous one-liners and subverted meme references ' ArtHub ' Stays one step ahead of… read more

Similar categories in Pip Finkemeyer's Sad Girl Novel book and Ione Gamble's Poor Little Sick Girls

  • contemporary
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19. The One Thing We've Never Spoken About

By: Elfy Scott

4.29

Format: 324 pages, Paperback

An investigation into the failings of Australia’s mental healthcare system, grounded in a personal … read more

Similar categories in Elfy Scott's The One Thing We've Never Spoken About book and Ione Gamble's Poor Little Sick Girls

  • memoir
  • disability
  • mental health
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20. Poor Little Sick Girls

By: Ione Gamble

3.66

Format: 352 pages, Hardcover

Wellness is oppressive, self-love is a trap, hustling is a health risk, and it's all the patriarchy… read more

Similar categories in Ione Gamble's Poor Little Sick Girls book and Ione Gamble's Poor Little Sick Girls

  • memoir
  • health
  • feminism
  • mental health
  • biography memoir
  • nonfiction
  • essays
  • contemporary
  • womens
  • disability
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21. Gender Theory

By: Madeline Docherty

4.27

Format: 186 pages, Kindle Edition

You lose your virginity to a boy from your gender theory seminar, and the first person you tell is … read more

Similar categories in Madeline Docherty's Gender Theory book and Ione Gamble's Poor Little Sick Girls

  • contemporary

16 best-selling contemporary books like Poor Little Sick Girls by Ione Gamble

Transform Your Habits

Penance

Eliza Clark

3.90

Transform Your Habits

Watching Women & Girls

Danielle Pender

3.69

Transform Your Habits

I'm a Fan

Sheena Patel

3.32

Transform Your Habits

Evenings and Weekends

Oisín McKenna

3.96

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18 Top contemporary books like Arrangements in Blue by Amy Key

Transform Your Habits

Penance

Eliza Clark

3.90

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All Fours

Miranda July

3.81

Transform Your Habits

August Blue

Deborah Levy

3.68

Transform Your Habits

Blue Sisters

Coco Mellors

4.21

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