7 Top memoir books like Memoirs of a Monticello Slave: As Dictated to Charles Campbell in the 1840’s by Isaac, One of Thomas Jefferson’s Slaves by Isaac Jefferson

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Memoirs of a Monticello Slave: As Dictated to Charles Campbell in the 1840’s by Isaac, One of Thomas Jefferson’s Slaves

By: Isaac Jefferson

4.21

Format: 46 pages, Kindle Edition

This book, first published in its present form 1951, is a collection of reminiscences by Isaac Jeff…

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Cover of Never Caught: The Washingtons' Relentless Pursuit of Their Runaway Slave, Ona Judge by Erica Armstrong Dunbar

1. Never Caught: The Washingtons' Relentless Pursuit of Their Runaway Slave, Ona Judge

By: Erica Armstrong Dunbar

3.33

Format: None pages, Hardcover

A startling and eye-opening look into America's First Family, Never Caughtis the powerful narrative… read more

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  • history
  • biography
  • nonfiction
Cover of Jefferson's Daughters: Three Sisters, White and Black, in a Young America by Catherine Kerrison

2. Jefferson's Daughters: Three Sisters, White and Black, in a Young America

By: Catherine Kerrison

3.96

Format: None pages, Hardcover

Thomas Jefferson fathered three girls: two white and free, one black and a slave. This book about M… read more

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  • history
  • biography
  • nonfiction
Cover of The Foundling: The True Story of a Kidnapping, a Family Secret, and My Search for the Real Me by Alex Tresniowski, Paul Joseph Fronczak

3. The Foundling: The True Story of a Kidnapping, a Family Secret, and My Search for the Real Me

By: Alex Tresniowski , Paul Joseph Fronczak

4.17

Format: 78 pages, Hardcover

"A gripping tale of secrets and self-discovery." --People The Foundlingtells the incredible and ins… read more

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  • biography
  • nonfiction
  • memoir
Cover of When Hitler Stole Pink Rabbit (Out of the Hitler Time, #1) by Judith Kerr

4. When Hitler Stole Pink Rabbit (Out of the Hitler Time, #1)

By: Judith Kerr

3.81

Format: 320 pages,

Anna is not sure who Hitler is, but she sees his face on posters all over Berlin. Then one morning,… read more

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5. The Hemingses of Monticello

By: Annette Gordon-Reed

3.77

Format: 342 pages,

This epic work tells the story of the Hemingses, whose close blood ties to our third president had … read more

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  • history
  • biography
  • nonfiction

6. Molly's Game: From Hollywood's Elite to Wall Street's Billionaire Boys Club, My High-Stakes Adventure in the World of Underground Poker

By: Molly Bloom

0.00

Format: None pages, Hardcover

When Molly Bloom was a little girl growing up in a small Colorado town, she watched her brothers wi… read more

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7. The Lady in the Lake (Philip Marlowe, #4)

By: Raymond Chandler

3.36

Format: None pages, Paperback

A couple of missing wives--one a rich man's and one a poor man's--become the objects of Marlowe's i… read more

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8. America's First Daughter

By: Stephanie Dray , Laura Kamoie

3.68

Format: 113 pages, Paperback

In a compelling, richly researched novel that draws from thousands of letters and original sources,… read more

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9. Incidents in the Life of a Slave Girl

By: Harriet Ann Jacobs

3.85

Format: 144 pages, Paperback

The true story of an individual's struggle for self-identity, self-preservation, and freedom, Incid… read more

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10. Behind the Scenes: Or, Thirty Years a Slave, and Four Years in the White House

By: Elizabeth Keckley

4.45

Format: 864 pages, Paperback

Part slave narrative, part memoir, and part sentimental fiction Behind the Scenes depicts Elizabeth… read more

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Cover of Thomas Jefferson: The Art of Power by Jon Meacham

11. Thomas Jefferson: The Art of Power

By: Jon Meacham

4.04

Format: 802 pages, Kindle Edition

In this magnificent biography, the Pulitzer Prize–winning author of American Lion and Franklin and … read more

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"No government can be maintained without the principle of fear as well as duty."

-Jon Meacham, Thomas Jefferson: The Art of Power

"Jefferson was the rare leader who stood out from the crowd without intimidating it."

-Jon Meacham, Thomas Jefferson: The Art of Power

"Jefferson was ambivalent about executive power – until he bore executive responsibility."

-Jon Meacham, Thomas Jefferson: The Art of Power

"Sometimes paranoids have enemies, and conspiracies are only laughable when they fail to materialize."

-Jon Meacham, Thomas Jefferson: The Art of Power

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12. James Patterson by James Patterson: The Stories of My Life

By: James Patterson

4.19

Format: 368 pages, Hardcover

How did a boy from small-town New York become one of the world's most successful writers? · On t… read more

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"Here’s the best I’ve come up with about recovering from the death of somebody we love. It goes like this. When we were little, maybe one or so, we learn how to walk. Somehow we figure out how to get …"

-James Patterson, James Patterson by James Patterson: The Stories of My Life

"When she was free, the whale didn’t rush out to sea. Instead, she swam around and around her rescuers in joyous circles. The whale came up to each and every diver one at a time. She nudged them, push…"

-James Patterson, James Patterson by James Patterson: The Stories of My Life

"Okay, now. In the spirit of open minds — try to walk in somebody else's shoes at least once a day. Maybe even twice a day. What's it like for your poor teachers to have to put up with you rowdy, ill-…"

-James Patterson, James Patterson by James Patterson: The Stories of My Life

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13. The Orphan Collector

By: Ellen Marie Wiseman

4.24

Format: 390 pages, Paperback

In the fall of 1918, thirteen-year-old German immigrant Pia Lange longs to be far from Philadelphia… read more

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"May God forgive you for what you’ve done."

-Ellen Marie Wiseman, The Orphan Collector

"Obey the laws and wear the gauze, protect your jaws from septic paws."

-Ellen Marie Wiseman, The Orphan Collector

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14. The Promise ("The Promise" Saga Book 2)

By: Jean Hackensmith

4.46

Format: 346 pages, Kindle Edition

“If you ever need anything, Rebecca, you just let me know and I'll be there." Those were the words … read more

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Cover of Cold, Cold Bones (Temperance Brennan, #21) by Kathy Reichs

15. Cold, Cold Bones (Temperance Brennan, #21)

By: Kathy Reichs

4.03

Format: 352 pages, Hardcover

“Reichs has written her masterpiece—smart, scary, complicated, and engrossing.” —Michael Connelly “… read more

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16. The Thirteenth Child: A World War 2 historical novel based upon an enthralling and heart-wrenching true story

By: Mark deMeza

4.26

Format: 403 pages, Kindle Edition

Inspired by the true story of the author’s ancestors, this enthralling WWII novel tells of the Kisc… read more

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17. An Evil Heart (Kate Burkholder, #15)

By: Linda Castillo

4.24

Format: 320 pages, Hardcover

Chief of Police Kate Burkholder investigates the brutal death of a young Amish man in An Evil Heart… read more

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Cover of How the Word Is Passed: A Reckoning with the History of Slavery Across America by Clint   Smith

18. How the Word Is Passed: A Reckoning with the History of Slavery Across America

By: Clint Smith

4.71

Format: 336 pages, Hardcover

Poet and contributor to The Atlantic Clint Smith’s revealing, contemporary portrait of America as a… read more

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  • history
  • nonfiction
"How do you tell a story that has been told the wrong way for so long?"

-Clint Smith, How the Word Is Passed: A Reckoning with the History of Slavery Across America

"Just as he did during the Slavery at Monticello tour, David did not mince words. "There’s a chapter in Notes on the State of Virginia ,"

-Clint Smith, How the Word Is Passed: A Reckoning with the History of Slavery Across America

"Jefferson believed himself to be a benevolent slave owner, but his moral ideals came second to, and were always entangled with, his own economic interests and the interests of his family."

-Clint Smith, How the Word Is Passed: A Reckoning with the History of Slavery Across America

"But not enough people spoke about the reasons so many black children grow up communities saturated with poverty and violence. Not enough people spoke about how these realities were the result of deci…"

-Clint Smith, How the Word Is Passed: A Reckoning with the History of Slavery Across America

Cover of The American Countess (An American Heiress Book 2) by Linda Bennett Pennell

19. The American Countess (An American Heiress Book 2)

By: Linda Bennett Pennell

4.40

Format: 322 pages, Kindle Edition

Yorkshire Dales, August 1913 American heiress India, Lady Kilnsey, enjoys the very comfortable l… read more

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20. Where Waters Meet

By: Zhang Ling

3.86

Format: 281 pages, Kindle Edition

A daughter discovers the dramatic history that shaped her mother’s secret life in an emotional and … read more

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21. The Boy From Block 66: A WW2 Jewish Holocaust Survival True Story (Heroic Children of World War II Book 1)

By: Limor Regev

4.46

Format: 243 pages, Kindle Edition

He has endured more than any child ever should, but now he must survive Block 66. January, 1945 . … read more

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  • history
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Cover of Nine Years Among the Indians, 1870-1879: The Story of the Captivity and Life of a Texan Among the Indians by Herman Lehmann

22. Nine Years Among the Indians, 1870-1879: The Story of the Captivity and Life of a Texan Among the Indians

By: Herman Lehmann

4.17

Format: 115 pages, Kindle Edition

"Lehmann's memoir is quite fantastic-sounding at times, but is regarded as one of the best of that … read more

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Cover of By Ox Team to California: Crossing the Plains in 1860 by Lavinia Honeyman Porter

23. By Ox Team to California: Crossing the Plains in 1860

By: Lavinia Honeyman Porter

4.21

Format: 107 pages, Kindle Edition

“We then determined to use the small remnant of our fortune to provide a suitable outfit for a leng… read more

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Cover of Reclamation: Sally Hemings, Thomas Jefferson, and a Descendant's Search for Her Family's Lasting Legacy by Gayle Jessup White

24. Reclamation: Sally Hemings, Thomas Jefferson, and a Descendant's Search for Her Family's Lasting Legacy

By: Gayle Jessup White

4.02

Format: 288 pages, Hardcover

A Black descendant of Thomas Jefferson and Sally Hemings’ family explores America’s racial reckonin… read more

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Cover of First Girl in the West by Eliza Spalding Warren

25. First Girl in the West

By: Eliza Spalding Warren

3.92

Format: 32 pages, Kindle Edition

Eliza Spalding Warren was the very first pioneer girl to grow up in the mountain west. Her story is… read more

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Cover of Luke: Jesus and the Outsiders, Outcasts, and Outlaws by Adam Hamilton

26. Luke: Jesus and the Outsiders, Outcasts, and Outlaws

By: Adam Hamilton

4.44

Format: 169 pages, Kindle Edition

From Birth to Resurrection in the Gospel of LukeJesus came to lift up the lowly. Throughout his min… read more

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27. Miss Etta

By: Deanna Lynn Sletten

4.48

Format: 352 pages, Kindle Edition

She rode with the most famous outlaws of her time. Then she vanished. In the fall of 1895, Etta … read more

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28. Memoirs of a Monticello Slave: As Dictated to Charles Campbell in the 1840’s by Isaac, One of Thomas Jefferson’s Slaves

By: Isaac Jefferson

4.21

Format: 46 pages, Kindle Edition

This book, first published in its present form 1951, is a collection of reminiscences by Isaac Jeff… read more

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Cover of Rage (The Dogwood Plantation #3) by Clare Dundas

29. Rage (The Dogwood Plantation #3)

By: Clare Dundas

4.49

Format: 300 pages, Kindle Edition

Part Three of the Dogwood Plantation four-part series confronts the issues that have been mentioned… read more

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Cover of Sally of Monticello Founding Mother by N.M. Ledgin

30. Sally of Monticello Founding Mother

By: N.M. Ledgin

4.06

Format: 389 pages, Kindle Edition

Teenaged Sally Hemings, mixed-race slave and sister-in-law to widower Thomas Jefferson, captured hi… read more

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31. The Secret Sexual Sins of the Founding Fathers and America: The Tragedy of Abused Slave Women

By: Phillip Thomas Tucker

3.57

Format: 259 pages, Kindle Edition

For the first time, Dr. Phillip Thomas Tucker's two groundbreaking volumes entitled The Secret Sexu… read more

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11 Best history books like Memoirs of a Monticello Slave: As Dictated to Charles Campbell in the 1840’s by Isaac, One of Thomas Jefferson’s Slaves by Isaac Jefferson

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Erica Armstrong Dunbar

3.33

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Catherine Kerrison

3.96

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Annette Gordon-Reed

3.77

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Ron Chernow

4.16

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Richard Brookhiser

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