15 must-read nonfiction books like Soar, Adam, Soar by Rick Prashaw

Cover of Soar, Adam, Soar by Rick Prashaw

Soar, Adam, Soar

By: Rick Prashaw

4.05

Format: 256 pages, Paperback

“Coming out. Coming in. Coming home.” Adam Prashaw’s life was full of surprises from the moment …

If you liked the nonfiction plot in Soar, Adam, Soar by Rick Prashaw , here is a list of 15 books like this:

Cover of Suicide Notes by Michael Thomas Ford

1. Suicide Notes

By: Michael Thomas Ford

3.81

Format: 295 pages, Paperback

I'm not crazy. I don't see what the big deal is about what happened. But apparently someone does th… read more

Similar categories in Michael Thomas Ford's Suicide Notes book and Rick Prashaw's Soar, Adam, Soar

  • mental health
  • queer
  • lgbt
"I didn't ask to be saved"

-Michael Thomas Ford, Suicide Notes

"you either are or aren't"

-Michael Thomas Ford, Suicide Notes

"Why is it okay to put someone to death, but it’s not okay for those people to do it themselves?"

-Michael Thomas Ford, Suicide Notes

"I didn't do it; I can just imagine doing it. Maybe that's the difference between crazy and not crazy."

-Michael Thomas Ford, Suicide Notes

Cover of Sing You Home by Jodi Picoult

2. Sing You Home

By: Jodi Picoult

3.82

Format: 466 pages, Hardcover

After Zoe Baxter loses her baby, the only way she can find of coping is to try again. But her husb… read more

Similar categories in Jodi Picoult's Sing You Home book and Rick Prashaw's Soar, Adam, Soar

  • queer
  • lgbt
"Better safe than sorry!"

-Jodi Picoult, Sing You Home

"Music is the language of memory"

-Jodi Picoult, Sing You Home

"We Pisces, we're a special breed."

-Jodi Picoult, Sing You Home

"We isolated ourselves, because it hurt less."

-Jodi Picoult, Sing You Home

Cover of A Mother's Reckoning: Living in the Aftermath of Tragedy by Sue Klebold

3. A Mother's Reckoning: Living in the Aftermath of Tragedy

By: Sue Klebold

4.14

Format: 336 pages, ebook

On April 20, 1999, Eric Harris and Dylan Klebold walked into Columbine High School in Littleton, Co… read more

Similar categories in Sue Klebold's A Mother's Reckoning: Living in the Aftermath of Tragedy book and Rick Prashaw's Soar, Adam, Soar

  • nonfiction
  • memoir
  • mental health
"A faraway look—I have heard suicidologist Thomas Joiner refer to it as “the thousand-yard stare"

-Sue Klebold, A Mother's Reckoning: Living in the Aftermath of Tragedy

"Asking 'why' only makes us feel hopeless. Asking 'how' points the way forward, and shows us what we must do"

-Sue Klebold, A Mother's Reckoning: Living in the Aftermath of Tragedy

"Indeed, I would not achieve the integration I sought until I found two nutrients essential to so many survivors. First, I found community and then I found a way to contribute."

-Sue Klebold, A Mother's Reckoning: Living in the Aftermath of Tragedy

"People refer to the fog of war, and I am sure something similar applies to my situation. If I hadn't kept a running record of the days, weeks, and years, the fog would have swallowed too much of the …"

-Sue Klebold, A Mother's Reckoning: Living in the Aftermath of Tragedy

Cover of Prince Across the Water (Stuart Quartet, #3) by Jane Yolen, Robert J. Harris

4. Prince Across the Water (Stuart Quartet, #3)

By: Jane Yolen , Robert J. Harris

3.85

Format: None pages, Paperback

From the award-winning author of Queen's Own Fool and Girl in a Cage comes the third installment of… read more

Similar categories in Jane Yolen's Prince Across the Water (Stuart Quartet, #3) book and Rick Prashaw's Soar, Adam, Soar

Cover of Alaska by Anna Woltz

5. Alaska

By: Anna Woltz

4.15

Format: 399 pages, Hardcover

OP de eerste dag van het schooljaar weet Sven het zeker: hij moet een briljante stunt uithalen. And… read more

Similar categories in Anna Woltz's Alaska book and Rick Prashaw's Soar, Adam, Soar

6. The Question, Vol. 1: Zen and Violence

By: Denys Cowan , Dennis O'Neil , Rick Magyar

3.37

Format: 120 pages, Paperback

Created by comics legend Steve Ditko, the faceless avenger known as The Question is one of comics' … read more

Similar categories in Denys Cowan's The Question, Vol. 1: Zen and Violence book and Rick Prashaw's Soar, Adam, Soar

Cover of Batman: Dark Victory by Jeph Loeb, Tim Sale

7. Batman: Dark Victory

By: Jeph Loeb , Tim Sale

3.51

Format: None pages, Paperback

The sequel to the critically acclaimed BATMAN: THE LONG HALLOWEEN, DARK VICTORY continues the story… read more

Similar categories in Jeph Loeb's Batman: Dark Victory book and Rick Prashaw's Soar, Adam, Soar

8. House Rules

By: Jodi Picoult

4.04

Format: 323 pages, Hardcover

When your son can't look you in the eye...does that mean he's guilty? Jacob Hunt is a teen with Asp… read more

Similar categories in Jodi Picoult's House Rules book and Rick Prashaw's Soar, Adam, Soar

9. Bud & Lou: The Abbott & Costello Story

By: Bob Thomas

4.30

Format: 503 pages, Hardcover

read more

Similar categories in Bob Thomas's Bud & Lou: The Abbott & Costello Story book and Rick Prashaw's Soar, Adam, Soar

10. Batman: The Long Halloween

By: Jeph Loeb , Tim Sale , Richard Starkings , Gregory Wright

4.50

Format: 282 pages,

Taking place during Batman's early days of crime fighting, this new edition of the classic mystery … read more

Similar categories in Jeph Loeb's Batman: The Long Halloween book and Rick Prashaw's Soar, Adam, Soar

11. Zane's Trace

By: Allan Wolf

4.15

Format: None pages,

A coming-of-age road story with a supernatural twist -- and a compulsively readable poetic novel ab… read more

Similar categories in Allan Wolf's Zane's Trace book and Rick Prashaw's Soar, Adam, Soar

Cover of Le Consentement by Vanessa Springora

12. Le Consentement

By: Vanessa Springora

4.30

Format: 216 pages, Paperback

Au milieu des années 1980, élevée par une mère divorcée, V. comble par la lecture le vide laissé pa… read more

Similar categories in Vanessa Springora's Le Consentement book and Rick Prashaw's Soar, Adam, Soar

  • nonfiction
  • memoir
"Si las relaciones sexuales entre un adulto y un menor de quince años son ilegales, ¿por qué esa tolerancia cuando son obra del representante de una élite, un fotógrafo, un escritor, un cineasta o un …"

-Vanessa Springora, Le Consentement

"No, ese hombre no albergaba los mejores sentimientos. Ese hombre no era bueno. Era lo que aprendemos a temer desde niños: un ogro. Nuestro amor era un sueño tan potente que nada, ni una sola de las p…"

-Vanessa Springora, Le Consentement

"I would recall my mission in life - pleasuring men. That was my condition, my status. And so I would offer my services anew, with renewed zeal, and with a simulated conviction that I even managed to …"

-Vanessa Springora, Le Consentement

"What he loved more than anything was making love. Who could blame him? When it came to sex, I oscillated between feeling all-powerful and completely apathetic. Sometimes I was filled with a feeling o…"

-Vanessa Springora, Le Consentement

Cover of How to Be Perfect: The Correct Answer to Every Moral Question by Michael Schur

13. How to Be Perfect: The Correct Answer to Every Moral Question

By: Michael Schur

4.14

Format: 304 pages, Hardcover

From the creator of The Good Place and the cocreator of Parks and Recreation, a hilarious, thought-… read more

Similar categories in Michael Schur's How to Be Perfect: The Correct Answer to Every Moral Question book and Rick Prashaw's Soar, Adam, Soar

  • nonfiction
"Do the best you can until you know better. Then when you know better, do better. —MAYA ANGELOU"

-Michael Schur, How to Be Perfect: The Correct Answer to Every Moral Question

"Part of the wonder of being human is that we get to learn about the extraordinary levels of virtue of which other humans are capable."

-Michael Schur, How to Be Perfect: The Correct Answer to Every Moral Question

"Our behaviors create deep grooves in our personalities, like a heavy chair forming impressions in a shaggy rug, and it becomes harder and harder to escape them."

-Michael Schur, How to Be Perfect: The Correct Answer to Every Moral Question

"... There is no way to achieve a higher-level enjoyment from running, because there's no way to achieve any enjoyment from running, because there is nothing enjoyable about running. Running is awful,…"

-Michael Schur, How to Be Perfect: The Correct Answer to Every Moral Question

Cover of The Grimrose Girls (Grimrose Girls, #1) by Laura Pohl

14. The Grimrose Girls (Grimrose Girls, #1)

By: Laura Pohl

3.56

Format: 400 pages, Paperback

Four friends, one murder, and a dark fate that may leave them all doomed ... After the mysteriou… read more

Similar categories in Laura Pohl's The Grimrose Girls (Grimrose Girls, #1) book and Rick Prashaw's Soar, Adam, Soar

  • queer
  • lgbt
"sometimes people are evil or French and can't be redeemed"

-Laura Pohl, The Grimrose Girls (Grimrose Girls, #1)

"yuki laughed, because it was the natural response. everyone assumed it was easier, that she wouldn't have to navigate the difficulties of love. even her friends thought that, but it only came back to…"

-Laura Pohl, The Grimrose Girls (Grimrose Girls, #1)

Cover of If You Would Have Told Me by John Stamos

15. If You Would Have Told Me

By: John Stamos

3.81

Format: 333 pages, Hardcover

If you would have told a young John Stamos flipping burgers at his dad’s fast-food joint that one d… read more

Similar categories in John Stamos's If You Would Have Told Me book and Rick Prashaw's Soar, Adam, Soar

  • nonfiction
  • memoir
Cover of The Boys: A Memoir of Hollywood and Family by Ron Howard

16. The Boys: A Memoir of Hollywood and Family

By: Ron Howard

4.27

Format: 393 pages, Hardcover

Happy Days, The Andy Griffith Show, Gentle Ben—these shows captivated millions of TV viewers in the… read more

Similar categories in Ron Howard's The Boys: A Memoir of Hollywood and Family book and Rick Prashaw's Soar, Adam, Soar

  • nonfiction
  • memoir
Cover of How the Penguins Saved Veronica (Veronica McCreedy, #1) by Hazel Prior

17. How the Penguins Saved Veronica (Veronica McCreedy, #1)

By: Hazel Prior

4.10

Format: 355 pages, Paperback

A curmudgeonly but charming old woman, her estranged grandson, and a colony of penguins proves it's… read more

Similar categories in Hazel Prior's How the Penguins Saved Veronica (Veronica McCreedy, #1) book and Rick Prashaw's Soar, Adam, Soar

"It's been a very long time since I've had an adventure."

-Hazel Prior, How the Penguins Saved Veronica (Veronica McCreedy, #1)

"I have no wish to talk about the manifold tragedies of my life."

-Hazel Prior, How the Penguins Saved Veronica (Veronica McCreedy, #1)

"Like her harshness was a kind of coat she wrapped tightly round herself so nobody could see what was underneath."

-Hazel Prior, How the Penguins Saved Veronica (Veronica McCreedy, #1)

"Because at this moment there is pain, intense and merciless. It seeps in and out of my body’s pores, claws at my lungs and sears into every pocket of my heart like burning acid."

-Hazel Prior, How the Penguins Saved Veronica (Veronica McCreedy, #1)

Cover of Demystifying Disability: What to Know, What to Say, and How to Be an Ally by Emily Ladau

18. Demystifying Disability: What to Know, What to Say, and How to Be an Ally

By: Emily Ladau

4.41

Format: 176 pages, Paperback

An approachable guide to being a thoughtful, informed ally to disabled people, with actionable step… read more

Similar categories in Emily Ladau's Demystifying Disability: What to Know, What to Say, and How to Be an Ally book and Rick Prashaw's Soar, Adam, Soar

  • nonfiction
Cover of Jennie's Boy: A Newfoundland Childhood by Wayne Johnston

19. Jennie's Boy: A Newfoundland Childhood

By: Wayne Johnston

3.93

Format: 320 pages, Hardcover

NATIONAL BESTSELLERNAMED A BEST BOOK OF THE YEAR BY THE CBCConsummate storyteller and bestselling n… read more

Similar categories in Wayne Johnston's Jennie's Boy: A Newfoundland Childhood book and Rick Prashaw's Soar, Adam, Soar

  • nonfiction
  • memoir
Cover of The Sporty One: My Life as a Spice Girl by Melanie Chisholm

20. The Sporty One: My Life as a Spice Girl

By: Melanie Chisholm

3.92

Format: 432 pages, Hardcover

An intimate memoir from international pop star Melanie Chisholm--better known as Mel C. or Sporty S… read more

Similar categories in Melanie Chisholm's The Sporty One: My Life as a Spice Girl book and Rick Prashaw's Soar, Adam, Soar

  • nonfiction
  • memoir
  • mental health
"Why would we want to date stupid controlling men when we could be having a far better time with our mates?"

-Melanie Chisholm, The Sporty One: My Life as a Spice Girl

"You’re not stupid if you don’t know something; you’re stupid if you don’t find out what it means, because you’ve missed an opportunity to learn something."

-Melanie Chisholm, The Sporty One: My Life as a Spice Girl

Cover of We Have Always Been Here: A Queer Muslim Memoir by Samra Habib

21. We Have Always Been Here: A Queer Muslim Memoir

By: Samra Habib

4.16

Format: 220 pages, Kindle Edition

CANADA READS 2020 WINNER SHORTLISTED FOR THE 2020 EDNA STAEBLER AWARD FOR CREATIVE NON-FICTION NA… read more

Similar categories in Samra Habib's We Have Always Been Here: A Queer Muslim Memoir book and Rick Prashaw's Soar, Adam, Soar

  • queer
  • nonfiction
  • memoir
  • lgbt
"Being surrounded by people who fuel you is intentional."

-Samra Habib, We Have Always Been Here: A Queer Muslim Memoir

"For me, a wedding was an act of necessity, not a fairy tale."

-Samra Habib, We Have Always Been Here: A Queer Muslim Memoir

"The joy of discovery is one of the biggest pleasures you'll ever know."

-Samra Habib, We Have Always Been Here: A Queer Muslim Memoir

"Closure, for me, would mean accepting my circumstances rather than trying to alter them to serve me best."

-Samra Habib, We Have Always Been Here: A Queer Muslim Memoir

Cover of The Sleeping Car Porter by Suzette Mayr

22. The Sleeping Car Porter

By: Suzette Mayr

3.46

Format: 216 pages, Paperback

When a mudslide strands a train, Baxter, a queer Black sleeping car porter, must contend with the p… read more

Similar categories in Suzette Mayr's The Sleeping Car Porter book and Rick Prashaw's Soar, Adam, Soar

  • queer
  • lgbt
"Desperate feelings can swivel into loathing."

-Suzette Mayr, The Sleeping Car Porter

Cover of From the Ashes: My Story of Being Métis, Homeless, and Finding My Way by Jesse Thistle

23. From the Ashes: My Story of Being Métis, Homeless, and Finding My Way

By: Jesse Thistle

4.50

Format: 368 pages, Paperback

In this extraordinary and inspiring debut memoir, Jesse Thistle—once a high school dropout and now … read more

Similar categories in Jesse Thistle's From the Ashes: My Story of Being Métis, Homeless, and Finding My Way book and Rick Prashaw's Soar, Adam, Soar

  • nonfiction
  • memoir
  • mental health
Cover of A New Season by Terry Fallis

24. A New Season

By: Terry Fallis

3.65

Format: 352 pages, Paperback

From beloved and bestselling author Terry Fallis comes a novel unlike any of his others. A thoughtf… read more

Similar categories in Terry Fallis's A New Season book and Rick Prashaw's Soar, Adam, Soar

Cover of Rick by Alex  Gino

25. Rick

By: Alex Gino

4.07

Format: 240 pages, Hardcover

From the award-winning author of George, the story of a boy named Rick who needs to explore his own… read more

Similar categories in Alex Gino's Rick book and Rick Prashaw's Soar, Adam, Soar

  • queer
  • lgbt
"Dad says I’m a late bloomer.' 'Maybe. Or maybe you’re blooming now, and you’re just not the kind of flower he was expecting."

-Alex Gino, Rick

Cover of The Last Stand by Mickey Spillane

26. The Last Stand

By: Mickey Spillane

3.62

Format: 247 pages, Kindle Edition

When legendary mystery writer Mickey Spillane died in 2006, he left behind the manuscript of one la… read more

Similar categories in Mickey Spillane's The Last Stand book and Rick Prashaw's Soar, Adam, Soar

Cover of Queer as All Get Out: 10 People Who've Inspired Me by Shelby Criswell

27. Queer as All Get Out: 10 People Who've Inspired Me

By: Shelby Criswell

4.37

Format: 192 pages, Paperback

This graphic novel paints a picture of the lives of 10 specific LGBTQIA people from history, framed… read more

Similar categories in Shelby Criswell's Queer as All Get Out: 10 People Who've Inspired Me book and Rick Prashaw's Soar, Adam, Soar

  • nonfiction
  • queer
  • lgbt
Cover of Our Work Is Everywhere: An Illustrated Oral History of Queer and Trans Resistance by Syan Rose

28. Our Work Is Everywhere: An Illustrated Oral History of Queer and Trans Resistance

By: Syan Rose

4.20

Format: 91 pages, Paperback

Over the past ten years, we have witnessed the rise of queer and trans communities that have defied… read more

Similar categories in Syan Rose's Our Work Is Everywhere: An Illustrated Oral History of Queer and Trans Resistance book and Rick Prashaw's Soar, Adam, Soar

  • nonfiction
  • queer
  • transgender
  • lgbt
Cover of A Traitor to His Species: Henry Bergh and the Birth of the Animal Rights Movement by Ernest Freeberg

29. A Traitor to His Species: Henry Bergh and the Birth of the Animal Rights Movement

By: Ernest Freeberg

4.14

Format: 336 pages, Hardcover

From an award-winning historian, the outlandish story of the man who gave rights to animals. In Gil… read more

Similar categories in Ernest Freeberg's A Traitor to His Species: Henry Bergh and the Birth of the Animal Rights Movement book and Rick Prashaw's Soar, Adam, Soar

  • nonfiction
Cover of Committed: Remembering Native Kinship in and beyond Institutions by Susan Burch

30. Committed: Remembering Native Kinship in and beyond Institutions

By: Susan Burch

4.30

Format: 233 pages, Kindle Edition

Between 1902 and 1934, the United States confined hundreds of adults and children from dozens of Na… read more

Similar categories in Susan Burch's Committed: Remembering Native Kinship in and beyond Institutions book and Rick Prashaw's Soar, Adam, Soar

  • nonfiction
Cover of Soar, Adam, Soar by Rick Prashaw

31. Soar, Adam, Soar

By: Rick Prashaw

4.05

Format: 256 pages, Paperback

“Coming out. Coming in. Coming home.” Adam Prashaw’s life was full of surprises from the moment … read more

Similar categories in Rick Prashaw's Soar, Adam, Soar book and Rick Prashaw's Soar, Adam, Soar

  • memoir
  • transgender
  • lgbt
  • mental health
  • nonfiction
  • queer

9 best-selling memoir books like Soar, Adam, Soar by Rick Prashaw

Transform Your Habits

A Mother's Reckoning: Living in the Aftermath of Tragedy

Sue Klebold

4.14

Transform Your Habits

Le Consentement

Vanessa Springora

4.30

Transform Your Habits

If You Would Have Told Me

John Stamos

3.81

Transform Your Habits

The Boys: A Memoir of Hollywood and Family

Ron Howard

4.27

View all the books

21 must-read fiction books like How the Penguins Saved Veronica (Veronica McCreedy, #1) by Hazel Prior

Transform Your Habits

The Women

Kristin Hannah

4.64

Transform Your Habits

After Annie

Anna Quindlen

4.03

Transform Your Habits

The Berry Pickers

Amanda Peters

4.14

Transform Your Habits

The Frozen River

Ariel Lawhon

4.43

View all the books

Never miss a story from us, get weekly updates in your inbox.