9 Top biography books like Let Her Fly: A Father's Journey by Ziauddin Yousafzai

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Let Her Fly: A Father's Journey

By: Ziauddin Yousafzai

4.29

Format: 176 pages, Hardcover

For over twenty years, Ziauddin Yousafsai has been fighting for equality – first for Malala, his da…

"Man proposes, God disposes."

-Ziauddin Yousafzai, Let Her Fly: A Father's Journey

"Man proposes, God disposes."

-Ziauddin Yousafzai, Let Her Fly: A Father's Journey

"I began to see that he was flawed. We are all flawed, but it is a powerful moment when you realize that about your parents. Still, I loved him no less for it. I know I have flaws, and my children are free to realize this and make their own corrections."

-Ziauddin Yousafzai, Let Her Fly: A Father's Journey

"I began to see that he was flawed. We are all flawed, but it is a powerful moment when you realize that about your parents. Still, I loved him no less for it. I know I have flaws, and my children are free to realize this and make their own corrections."

-Ziauddin Yousafzai, Let Her Fly: A Father's Journey

If you liked the biography plot in Let Her Fly: A Father's Journey by Ziauddin Yousafzai , here is a list of 9 books like this:

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1. The Finest Hours: The True Story of the U.S. Coast Guard's Most Daring Sea Rescue

By: Casey Sherman , Michael J. Tougias

3.85

Format: 197 pages, Hardcover

In the winter of 1952, New England was battered by the most brutal nor'easter in years. As the weat… read more

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  • nonfiction
  • biography
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2. The Slap

By: Christos Tsiolkas

3.86

Format: 298 pages, Hardcover

At a suburban barbecue, a man slaps a child who is not his own. This event has a shocking ricochet … read more

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3. The Good People

By: Hannah Kent

3.57

Format: None pages, Paperback

From the author of Burial Rites, "a literary novel with the pace and tension of a thriller [that] t… read more

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4. The Penguin Lessons

By: Tom Michell

3.51

Format: 235 pages, Hardcover

"I was hoping against hope that the penguin would survive because as of that instant he had a name,… read more

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5. Daring to Drive: A Saudi Woman’s Awakening

By: Manal Al-Sharif

4.00

Format: 16 pages, Hardcover

A ferociously intimate memoir by a devout woman from a modest family in Saudi Arabia who became the… read more

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6. Escape From Warsaw

By: Ian Serraillier , None

3.81

Format: 263 pages,

WARSAW 1942 On a cold, dark night in Warsaw in 1942, the Balicki children watch in horror as Nazi S… read more

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7. Stone Mattress: Nine Tales

By: Margaret Atwood

2.35

Format: 62 pages, Hardcover

A collection of highly imaginative short pieces that speak to our times with deadly accuracy. Vinta… read more

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8. The Heart of a Woman

By: Maya Angelou

3.25

Format: None pages, Hardcover

Maya Angelou has fascinated, moved, and inspired countless readers with the first three volumes of … read more

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9. Gather Together in My Name

By: Maya Angelou

3.15

Format: 252 pages, Paperback

This is a continuation of Maya Angelou's personal story, begun so unforgettably in her bestselling … read more

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10. I Am Malala: The Story of the Girl Who Stood Up for Education and Was Shot by the Taliban

By: Malala Yousafzai , Christina Lamb

3.37

Format: None pages, Hardcover

I come from a country that was created at midnight. When I almost died it was just after midday. Wh… read more

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11. We Are Displaced

By: Malala Yousafzai

4.41

Format: 224 pages, Hardcover

After her father was murdered, María escaped in the middle of the night with her mother. Zaynab… read more

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  • biography
  • memoir
  • feminism
  • nonfiction
  • social justice
  • womens
"I think it’s time that people update themselves, educate themselves, and inform themselves."

-Malala Yousafzai, We Are Displaced

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12. The Bookbinder

By: Pip Williams

4.07

Format: 437 pages, Hardcover

A young British woman working in a book bindery gets a chance to pursue knowledge and love when Wor… read more

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"Your stitching is what will hold the story together."

-Pip Williams, The Bookbinder

"Love Eternal, in Baskerville typeface. He'd chosen it for its clarity and beauty."

-Pip Williams, The Bookbinder

"The myriad ways our words had failed to be bound, and here they were, finally, and there was only one bloody copy."

-Pip Williams, The Bookbinder

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13. Tomb of Sand

By: Geetanjali Shree

3.70

Format: 739 pages, Paperback

An eighty-year-old woman slips into a deep depression at the death of her husband, then resurfaces … read more

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"Anything worth doing transcends borders."

-Geetanjali Shree, Tomb of Sand

"लगा मैं गयी तो लगा कि जा रही हूँ तो रोते हुए क्यों जाऊँ, हँसते हुए जाऊँगी ।"

-Geetanjali Shree, Tomb of Sand

"Daughter. You love her. You fear her. Now you see her. Now you don't. All women, don't forget, are daughters."

-Geetanjali Shree, Tomb of Sand

"That which is torn develops an increased capacity for insight and forbearance. A capacity to experience sensations that escape the notice of others."

-Geetanjali Shree, Tomb of Sand

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14. The Holiday Escape

By: Heidi Swain

4.08

Format: 414 pages, Kindle Edition

Her dream holiday is his everyday life. His dream holiday is her normal life. What happens when the… read more

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15. Sea Prayer

By: Khaled Hosseini

4.10

Format: 48 pages, Kindle Edition

A short, powerful, illustrated book written by Khaled Hosseini in response to the current refugee c… read more

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"I pray the sea knows this. Inshallah."

-Khaled Hosseini, Sea Prayer

"I wish you remembered Homs as I do, Marwan."

-Khaled Hosseini, Sea Prayer

"All of us inpatient for the sunrise, all of us in dread of it. All of us in search of home."

-Khaled Hosseini, Sea Prayer

"You know a bomb crater can be made into a swimming hole. You have learned dark blood is better news than bright."

-Khaled Hosseini, Sea Prayer

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16. Fostered: One Woman’s Powerful Story of Finding Faith and Family through Foster Care

By: Tori Hope Petersen

4.43

Format: 176 pages, Paperback

If you’re wondering if God can truly move in the life of someone with all the odds stacked against … read more

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  • biography memoir
  • nonfiction
  • biography
  • memoir
"The foster care system should not be used solely to house children but should be used to help them heal."

-Tori Hope Petersen, Fostered: One Woman’s Powerful Story of Finding Faith and Family through Foster Care

"Too many people throw money and goods at vulnerable youth when they need time, basic skills, and long-term relationships."

-Tori Hope Petersen, Fostered: One Woman’s Powerful Story of Finding Faith and Family through Foster Care

"Being a safe person is something I've strived for. When all is said and done, I don't care to be remembered as a powerhouse. I hope to be remembered as a safe house."

-Tori Hope Petersen, Fostered: One Woman’s Powerful Story of Finding Faith and Family through Foster Care

"When we place children to fill beds, we are creating a system of temporary housing rather than a long-term solution of finding children their forever, safe, and loving families."

-Tori Hope Petersen, Fostered: One Woman’s Powerful Story of Finding Faith and Family through Foster Care

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17. The Red Monarch (Brontë Sisters Mystery, #3)

By: Bella Ellis

4.01

Format: 352 pages, Hardcover

The Brontë sisters' first poetry collection has just been published, potentially marking an end to … read more

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18. What You Need to Be Warm

By: Neil Gaiman

4.20

Format: 32 pages, Hardcover

During the coldest season, when the world feels scary—what do you remember about being warm? Baked … read more

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  • nonfiction
  • family
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19. The Last Queen

By: Chitra Banerjee Divakaruni

4.09

Format: 384 pages, Paperback

WINNER of the 2022 INTERNATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF WORKING WOMEN AWARD for BEST FICTION OF THE YEAR! … read more

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  • feminism
"Adoration is a powerful intoxicant."

-Chitra Banerjee Divakaruni, The Last Queen

"Fame: it’s a drug more potent than opium"

-Chitra Banerjee Divakaruni, The Last Queen

"People revered his father as the Lion of Punjab, but his mother is the one they should have called Lioness."

-Chitra Banerjee Divakaruni, The Last Queen

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20. The Daughter of Auschwitz: A Memoir

By: Tova Friedman

4.53

Format: 320 pages, Paperback

A powerful memoir by one of the youngest ever survivors of Auschwitz, Tova Friedman, following her … read more

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  • biography memoir
  • nonfiction
  • biography
  • memoir
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21. Date With Death (The Dales Detective Series, 1)

By: Julia Chapman

3.91

Format: 400 pages, Paperback

Meet two sleuths from a sleepy Yorkshire village as they investigate murders and discover the secre… read more

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22. A Bigger Picture: My Fight to Bring a New African Voice to the Climate Crisis

By: Vanessa Nakate

4.15

Format: 240 pages, Hardcover

A manifesto and memoir about climate justice and how we can—and must—build a livable future for all… read more

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  • feminism
  • social justice
  • nonfiction
  • memoir
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23. The Truths We Hold: An American Journey

By: Kamala Harris

4.01

Format: 336 pages, Kindle Edition

From one of America's most inspiring political leaders, a book about the core truths that unite us,… read more

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  • biography
  • memoir
  • feminism
  • biography memoir
  • nonfiction
  • womens
"When you break through a glass ceiling, you're going to get cut, and it's going to hurt."

-Kamala Harris, The Truths We Hold: An American Journey

"One of my mother’s favorite sayings was “Don’t let anybody tell you who you are. You tell them who you are."

-Kamala Harris, The Truths We Hold: An American Journey

"Politics is a realm where the grand pronouncement often takes the place of the painstaking and detail-oriented work of getting meaningful things done."

-Kamala Harris, The Truths We Hold: An American Journey

". . . Being a good person meant standing for something larger than yourself; that success is measured in part by what you help others achieve and accomplish."

-Kamala Harris, The Truths We Hold: An American Journey

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24. Necessary Trouble: Growing Up at Midcentury

By: Drew Gilpin Faust

3.99

Format: 320 pages, Hardcover

A memoir of coming of age in a conservative Southern family in postwar America. To grow up in th… read more

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  • biography
  • memoir
  • feminism
  • biography memoir
  • nonfiction
  • womens
"I knew I had had no choice. I had had to fight with my mother in order to survive."

-Drew Gilpin Faust, Necessary Trouble: Growing Up at Midcentury

"In an increasingly serious world, these young women had never been asked or expected to be serious. (p. 13)"

-Drew Gilpin Faust, Necessary Trouble: Growing Up at Midcentury

"There is a clarity about how children see the world that the complexities of adult life often muddy. And there is a fervor children feel when they believe adults have misled them or disguised or hidd…"

-Drew Gilpin Faust, Necessary Trouble: Growing Up at Midcentury

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25. Wow, No Thank You.: Essays

By: Samantha Irby

3.82

Format: 319 pages, Paperback

A new essay collection from Samantha Irby about aging, marriage, settling down with step-children i… read more

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  • nonfiction
  • biography
  • memoir
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26. Beyond the Wand: The Magic & Mayhem of Growing Up a Wizard

By: Tom Felton

4.29

Format: 288 pages, Hardcover

From the magical moments on set as Draco Malfoy to the challenges of growing up in the spotlight, g… read more

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  • biography memoir
  • nonfiction
  • biography
  • memoir
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27. What White People Can Do Next: From Allyship to Coalition

By: Emma Dabiri

4.41

Format: 176 pages, Paperback

INTERNATIONAL BESTSELLER In the spirit of We Should All Be Feminists and How to Be an Antiracist, a… read more

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  • feminism
  • nonfiction
  • social justice
"This racialized ordering of the world is endemic to a system that has inculcated us all with a scarcity mindset, which is a great deal at odds with the abundance that truly exists in the world."

-Emma Dabiri, What White People Can Do Next: From Allyship to Coalition

"Racial categories were invented to enshrine the idea of white supremacy. They are the product of Eurocentrism and colonialism. To act in ways that reinforce their fixedness rather than undermine them…"

-Emma Dabiri, What White People Can Do Next: From Allyship to Coalition

"Universal healthcare, free education, access to decent and affordable housing, safe working conditions, and occupations that provide a sense of fulfillment and meaning are all pretty basic and fundam…"

-Emma Dabiri, What White People Can Do Next: From Allyship to Coalition

"Investment in the absoluteness of racial categories is in fact a conservative, fearful choice. What would be truly radical would be to sound the death knoll for the fiction that white people constitu…"

-Emma Dabiri, What White People Can Do Next: From Allyship to Coalition

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28. The Prison Doctor: Foreign Bodies

By: Amanda Brown

3.93

Format: 240 pages, Paperback

From the Sunday Times Bestselling author Dr Amanda Brown Revisit the wold of The Prison Doctor… read more

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  • nonfiction
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29. It's Not That Radical

By: Mikaela Loach

4.47

Format: 240 pages, Hardcover

For too long, representations of climate action in the mainstream media have been white-washed, gre… read more

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  • nonfiction
  • social justice
  • education
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30. Let Her Fly: A Father's Journey

By: Ziauddin Yousafzai

4.29

Format: 176 pages, Hardcover

For over twenty years, Ziauddin Yousafsai has been fighting for equality – first for Malala, his da… read more

Similar categories in Ziauddin Yousafzai's Let Her Fly: A Father's Journey book and Ziauddin Yousafzai's Let Her Fly: A Father's Journey

  • biography
  • memoir
  • feminism
  • pakistan
  • biography memoir
  • nonfiction
  • social justice
  • family
  • womens
  • education
"Man proposes, God disposes."

-Ziauddin Yousafzai, Let Her Fly: A Father's Journey

"I began to see that he was flawed. We are all flawed, but it is a powerful moment when you realize that about your parents. Still, I loved him no less for it. I know I have flaws, and my children are…"

-Ziauddin Yousafzai, Let Her Fly: A Father's Journey

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31. A Hare-Marked Moon: From Bhutan to Yorkshire: The Story of an English Stupa

By: David Lascelles

4.00

Format: 313 pages, Kindle Edition

In the spring of 2004, David Lascelles invited a group of monks from Bhutan to build a stupa in the… read more

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14 Top nonfiction books like Let Her Fly: A Father's Journey by Ziauddin Yousafzai

Transform Your Habits

The Finest Hours: The True Story of the U.S. Coast Guard's Most Daring Sea Rescue

Casey Sherman , Michael J. Tougias

3.85

Transform Your Habits

We Are Displaced

Malala Yousafzai

4.41

Transform Your Habits

Fostered: One Woman’s Powerful Story of Finding Faith and Family through Foster Care

Tori Hope Petersen

4.43

Transform Your Habits

What You Need to Be Warm

Neil Gaiman

4.20

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6 Best audiobook books like Date With Death (The Dales Detective Series, 1) by Julia Chapman

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Frälsarkransen (Strindberg, #4)

Kristina Ohlsson

3.91

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Date With Death (The Dales Detective Series, 1)

Julia Chapman

3.91

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Ett delikat mörker (Morden längs kartan, #2)

Christoffer Holst

3.31

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Frida Skybäck

3.67

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