6 Top autobiography books like Elsewhere: One Woman, One Rucksack, One Lifetime of Travel by Rosita Boland

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Elsewhere: One Woman, One Rucksack, One Lifetime of Travel

By: Rosita Boland

4.15

Format: 288 pages, Paperback

____________________ From her first life-changing solo trip to Australia as a young graduate, Ro…

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1. The Little Coffee Shop of Kabul

By: Deborah Rodriguez

3.67

Format: 317 pages, Paperback

From the author of the memoir Kabul Beauty School comes a fiction debut as compelling as real life:… read more

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"Miluješ, zemřeš a mezitím se snažíš žít, jak nejlíp dokážeš."

-Deborah Rodriguez, The Little Coffee Shop of Kabul

"Remember that life is short and full of surprises. If you wait too long, opportunities fade like setting sun."

-Deborah Rodriguez, The Little Coffee Shop of Kabul

"The moon is made round by the right hand of God. The moon is made crescent by His left. But it is God’s heart that makes my love for you forever."

-Deborah Rodriguez, The Little Coffee Shop of Kabul

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2. Backpack

By: Emily Barr

3.62

Format: 32 pages, Paperback

From the publishers of Thirtynothing comes a sparkling comic debut that asks: Can a twenty-somethin… read more

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  • travel

3. Ghachar Ghochar

By: Vivek Shanbhag , Srinath Perur

3.91

Format: 144 pages, Paperback

For readers of Akhil Sharma, Mohsin Hamid, and Teju Cole, a haunting, masterly novel about a family… read more

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4. Long Way Round: Chasing Shadows Across the World

By: Ewan McGregor , Charley Boorman , None

3.53

Format: None pages, Hardcover

It started as a daydream. Poring over a map of the world at home one quiet Saturday afternoon, Ewan… read more

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5. Into the Heart of Borneo

By: Redmond O'Hanlon

4.00

Format: 279 pages, Paperback

The story of a 1983 journey to the center of Borneo, which no expedition had attempted since 1926. … read more

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6. Confessions of a Bookseller (Diary of a Bookseller, #2)

By: Shaun Bythell

4.01

Format: 328 pages, Hardcover

"Do you have a list of your books, or do I just have to stare at them?" Shaun Bythell is the own… read more

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  • biography
  • memoir
  • autobiography
  • biography memoir
  • nonfiction
"Money can't buy happiness, BUT it can buy books (which is basically the same thing)."

-Shaun Bythell, Confessions of a Bookseller (Diary of a Bookseller, #2)

"There's a difference between a book being too expensive and a customer being too cheap."

-Shaun Bythell, Confessions of a Bookseller (Diary of a Bookseller, #2)

"On the news this morning was a story about four men who have been abducted from a bookshop in Hong Kong for disseminating literature critical of the Chinese regime. Bookselling can be a perilous busi…"

-Shaun Bythell, Confessions of a Bookseller (Diary of a Bookseller, #2)

"Коли я виставляв ціни на видання, до мене підійшов старший чоловік і попросив: - Не допоможете мені знайти книжки із самодопомоги? Певний, що він не помітив у цій фразі суперечності, я спитав, яка са…"

-Shaun Bythell, Confessions of a Bookseller (Diary of a Bookseller, #2)

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7. Old God's Time

By: Sebastian Barry

3.85

Format: 261 pages, Hardcover

From the two-time Booker Prize finalist author, a dazzlingly written novel exploring love, memory, … read more

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  • irish literature
"Per ell aquest era el sentit de la jubilació, de l'existència: estar-de immòbil, feliç i inútil"

-Sebastian Barry, Old God's Time

"Per ell aquest era el sentit de la jubilació, de l'existència: estar-se immòbil, feliç i inútil"

-Sebastian Barry, Old God's Time

"No one minds life as long as they are not trying to leave it. Nor death, as long as they are not dying."

-Sebastian Barry, Old God's Time

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8. Diddly Squat: A Year on the Farm (Diddly Squat, #1)

By: Jeremy Clarkson

4.15

Format: 208 pages, Hardcover

Welcome to Jeremy's farm. It's an idyllic spot, offering picturesque views across the Cotswolds, bu… read more

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  • autobiography
  • nonfiction
  • biography
  • memoir
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9. Oh Miriam!: Stories from an Extraordinary Life

By: Miriam Margolyes

4.08

Format: 321 pages, Hardcover

'Oh Miriam! risks the curse of the sequel, and pulls it off . . . A force of nature, a tour de farc… read more

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  • biography
  • memoir
  • autobiography
  • biography memoir
  • nonfiction
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10. Welcome to the Hyunam-dong Bookshop

By: Hwang Bo-Reum

4.02

Format: 307 pages, Hardcover

Yeongju is burned out. With her high-­flying career, demanding marriage, and busy life in Seoul, sh… read more

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"Why? Because we only get one shot in life, and we're living it now."

-Hwang Bo-Reum, Welcome to the Hyunam-dong Bookshop

"A life surrounded by good people is a successful life. It might not be success as defined by society, but thanks to the people around you, each day is a successful day."

-Hwang Bo-Reum, Welcome to the Hyunam-dong Bookshop

"A life surrounded by good people is a successful life. It might not be success as defined by society, but thanks to the people around you, each day is a successful day'."

-Hwang Bo-Reum, Welcome to the Hyunam-dong Bookshop

"A life surrounded by good people is a successful life. It might not be a success as defined by society, but thanks to the people around you, each day is a successful day."

-Hwang Bo-Reum, Welcome to the Hyunam-dong Bookshop

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11. 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

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12. The Salt Path

By: Raynor Winn

4.02

Format: 288 pages, Hardcover

Just days after Raynor learns that Moth, her husband of 32 years, is terminally ill, their home and… read more

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  • biography
  • memoir
  • travel
  • autobiography
  • biography memoir
  • nonfiction
"It’s six hundred and thirty miles and we’ll have to camp all the way."

-Raynor Winn, The Salt Path

"Give time for what you know you must do and you will have what you desire the most."

-Raynor Winn, The Salt Path

"Refugees from western civilisation, cut adrift from life in a boat that rarely finds a harbour."

-Raynor Winn, The Salt Path

"We had lost everything except our children and each other, but we had the wet grass and the rhythm of the sea on the rocks."

-Raynor Winn, The Salt Path

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13. Poor: Grit, courage, and the life-changing value of self-belief

By: Katriona O'Sullivan

4.61

Format: 320 pages, Paperback

As the middle of five kids growing up in dire poverty, the odds were low on Katriona O'Sullivan mak… read more

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  • biography
  • memoir
  • autobiography
  • nonfiction
  • irish literature
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14. Service

By: Sarah Gilmartin

4.24

Format: 256 pages, Hardcover

The waitress. The chef. The chef’s wife. Three different stories, but which one contains the truth?… read more

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  • irish literature
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15. Leonard and Hungry Paul

By: Ronan Hession

4.15

Format: 252 pages, Kindle Edition

In this startling debut, Ronan Hession tells the story of two thirty-something men who take care of… read more

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  • irish literature
"You may wish to note the above"

-Ronan Hession, Leonard and Hungry Paul

"It was strange that after all the years of getting the kids to be independent, she would feel so daunted at having her life back. But it was the nature of being a parent. The kids' lives are their ow…"

-Ronan Hession, Leonard and Hungry Paul

"Leonard wore a new feeling of peace. He had always associated peace with the idea of happiness, as if it were some sort of steady state that happiness turned into when it was for real. But now he rea…"

-Ronan Hession, Leonard and Hungry Paul

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16. Around the World in 80 Trains: A 45,000-Mile Adventure

By: Monisha Rajesh

3.79

Format: 336 pages, Hardcover

When Monisha Rajesh announced plans to circumnavigate the globe in eighty train journeys, she was m… read more

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  • biography
  • memoir
  • adventure
  • travel
  • biography memoir
  • nonfiction
Cover of Hope – How Street Dogs Taught Me the Meaning of Life: Featuring Rodney, McMuffin and King Whacker by Niall Harbison

17. Hope – How Street Dogs Taught Me the Meaning of Life: Featuring Rodney, McMuffin and King Whacker

By: Niall Harbison

4.67

Format: 280 pages, Hardcover

Most people think I save dogs, but really they saved me. Niall Harbison is a dog hero based in Thai… read more

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  • nonfiction
  • biography
  • memoir
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18. Tough Women Adventure Stories: Stories of Grit, Courage and Determination

By: Jenny Tough

4.04

Format: 303 pages, Paperback

It s time we celebrated women in adventure What does "toughness" mean to you? Perhaps it's being… read more

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  • biography
  • memoir
  • adventure
  • travel
  • nonfiction
"I have always felt that adventures are about connection and daring, albeit my traditional view was that it was a solitary quest and one where fears were stuffed down to be tamed alone. I would say th…"

-Jenny Tough, Tough Women Adventure Stories: Stories of Grit, Courage and Determination

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19. The Quiet Whispers Never Stop

By: Olivia Fitzsimons

3.98

Format: 320 pages, Hardcover

In 1982, Nuala Malin struggles to stay connected, to her husband, to motherhood, to the smallness o… read more

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  • irish literature
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20. Diving for Pearls

By: Jamie O’Connell

3.30

Format: 336 pages, Hardcover

A young woman's body floats in the Dubai marina. Her death alters the fates of six people, each one… read more

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  • irish literature
Cover of Elsewhere: One Woman, One Rucksack, One Lifetime of Travel by Rosita Boland

21. Elsewhere: One Woman, One Rucksack, One Lifetime of Travel

By: Rosita Boland

4.15

Format: 288 pages, Paperback

____________________ From her first life-changing solo trip to Australia as a young graduate, Ro… read more

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  • biography
  • memoir
  • adventure
  • travel
  • autobiography
  • biography memoir
  • nonfiction
  • irish literature

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