23 must-read nonfiction books like Unknown: A Refugee’s Story by Akuch Kuol Anyieth

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Unknown: A Refugee’s Story

By: Akuch Kuol Anyieth

4.25

Format: 320 pages, Paperback

A moving, confronting and ultimately uplifting story about a young girl’s escape, with her family, …

If you liked the nonfiction plot in Unknown: A Refugee’s Story by Akuch Kuol Anyieth , here is a list of 23 books like this:

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1. Fight Like a Girl

By: Clementine Ford

3.98

Format: 294 pages, Paperback

Personal and fearless - a call to arms for feminists new, old and as yet unrealised by one of our m… read more

Similar categories in Clementine Ford's Fight Like a Girl book and Akuch Kuol Anyieth's Unknown: A Refugee’s Story

  • nonfiction
  • biography
  • memoir
  • audiobook
"A friend of mine once said to me that feminism helped to figure out a way of being a girl that doesn't hurt."

-Clementine Ford, Fight Like a Girl

"Boys are given the universe in which to carve out their identities, the promise of infinite space for them to expand into and contract upon. Girls are allowed only enough room to be stars, and they m…"

-Clementine Ford, Fight Like a Girl

"-no matter what we do, we'll never succeed in attaining the 'perfect' body or the 'perfect' face. This isn't just because perfection is an unattainable goal; it's because capitalism relies on people …"

-Clementine Ford, Fight Like a Girl

"We know how unsafe the world is for us. We are like cliffs staring down at a raging sea, battered by winds and salt and spray and unable to wrench ourselves away from the supposed inevitability of it…"

-Clementine Ford, Fight Like a Girl

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2. Chai Time at Cinnamon Gardens

By: Shankari Chandran

4.21

Format: 384 pages, Paperback

Welcome to Cinnamon Gardens, a home for those who are lost and the stories they treasure. Cinnam… read more

Similar categories in Shankari Chandran's Chai Time at Cinnamon Gardens book and Akuch Kuol Anyieth's Unknown: A Refugee’s Story

  • audiobook
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3. Safe Haven

By: Shankari Chandran

4.18

Format: None pages, Kindle Edition

The new novel from the Miles Franklin award-winning author of Chai Time at Cinnamon Gardens. It was… read more

Similar categories in Shankari Chandran's Safe Haven book and Akuch Kuol Anyieth's Unknown: A Refugee’s Story

  • audiobook
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4. Sanctuary

By: Garry Disher

3.99

Format: 384 pages, Paperback

A thrilling new standalone set in regional SA, from one of Australia's most esteemed crime authors.… read more

Similar categories in Garry Disher's Sanctuary book and Akuch Kuol Anyieth's Unknown: A Refugee’s Story

  • audiobook
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5. Boys Will Be Boys: Power, Patriarchy and the Toxic Bonds of Mateship

By: Clementine Ford

4.19

Format: 384 pages, Kindle Edition

'Everyone's afraid that their daughters might be hurt. No one seems to be scared that their sons mi… read more

Similar categories in Clementine Ford's Boys Will Be Boys: Power, Patriarchy and the Toxic Bonds of Mateship book and Akuch Kuol Anyieth's Unknown: A Refugee’s Story

  • nonfiction
  • audiobook
"Not all men!" isn't just a mating call for the lazy and aggrieved, it's also a diversionary tactic used to shift attention away from the substantial issues of discrimination and oppression that impac…"

-Clementine Ford, Boys Will Be Boys: Power, Patriarchy and the Toxic Bonds of Mateship

"Ah yes, the meritocracy. Isn't it amazing how so many of the 'best people for the job' always happen to be white, cis-het, middle-class men? It couldn't be that structural inequality and hierarchal p…"

-Clementine Ford, Boys Will Be Boys: Power, Patriarchy and the Toxic Bonds of Mateship

"What I'm suggesting is that your impulse to assign meaning to something as arbitrary and functional as genitalia is born out of a cultural imperative to affix labels where none are necessary, and tha…"

-Clementine Ford, Boys Will Be Boys: Power, Patriarchy and the Toxic Bonds of Mateship

"It doesn't matter how politically progressive your household is when it comes to aspirations outside the home and the limitless capabilites of women; if it's made clear within those four walls that i…"

-Clementine Ford, Boys Will Be Boys: Power, Patriarchy and the Toxic Bonds of Mateship

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6. How We Love: Notes on a Life

By: Clementine Ford

4.09

Format: 320 pages, Paperback

A deeply personal exploration of love in all its forms from a feminist icon and bestselling author … read more

Similar categories in Clementine Ford's How We Love: Notes on a Life book and Akuch Kuol Anyieth's Unknown: A Refugee’s Story

  • nonfiction
  • biography
  • memoir
  • audiobook
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7. The Space Between

By: Michelle Andrews

3.82

Format: 288 pages, Paperback

From the creators of the hit podcast Shameless: relatable ruminations on the mess, the madness and … read more

Similar categories in Michelle Andrews's The Space Between book and Akuch Kuol Anyieth's Unknown: A Refugee’s Story

  • nonfiction
  • memoir
  • audiobook
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8. My Dream Time: A Memoir of Tennis & Teamwork

By: Ash Barty

4.23

Format: 353 pages, Paperback

I'm only in my mid-twenties, and some might think that's young to write a memoir. Who does that, ri… read more

Similar categories in Ash Barty's My Dream Time: A Memoir of Tennis & Teamwork book and Akuch Kuol Anyieth's Unknown: A Refugee’s Story

  • biography
  • memoir
  • biography memoir
  • nonfiction
  • audiobook
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9. The Space Between the Stars

By: Indira Naidoo

4.06

Format: 208 pages, Hardcover

"A tender, touching and at times bloody funny meditation on life. And death. And how to live."  - D… read more

Similar categories in Indira Naidoo's The Space Between the Stars book and Akuch Kuol Anyieth's Unknown: A Refugee’s Story

  • biography
  • memoir
  • biography memoir
  • nonfiction
  • audiobook
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10. The Angry Women's Choir

By: Meg Bignell

4.07

Format: 403 pages, Paperback

By the acclaimed author of Welcome To Nowhere River comes a heart-warming and uplifting story about… read more

Similar categories in Meg Bignell's The Angry Women's Choir book and Akuch Kuol Anyieth's Unknown: A Refugee’s Story

  • audiobook
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11. The Ninth Life of a Diamond Miner

By: Grace Tame

3.98

Format: 320 pages, Hardcover

Grace Tame has never walked on middle ground. From a young age, her life was defined by uncertai… read more

Similar categories in Grace Tame's The Ninth Life of a Diamond Miner book and Akuch Kuol Anyieth's Unknown: A Refugee’s Story

  • biography
  • memoir
  • biography memoir
  • nonfiction
  • audiobook
"I learned something about the commodification of trauma that day [Tame's appearance on the ABC's Q&A programme], which is that you have to take things into your own hands. If you don't speak, people …"

-Grace Tame, The Ninth Life of a Diamond Miner

"I survived being Australian of the Year because I knew already that it wouldn't be a true reflection of my worth. I knew it would be ugly, at least in part. I came equipped with a glimpse of fame tha…"

-Grace Tame, The Ninth Life of a Diamond Miner

"I frowned at Scott Morrison deliberately because, in my opinion, he has done and assisted in objectively terrible things. No matter what your politics are, the harm that was caused under his governme…"

-Grace Tame, The Ninth Life of a Diamond Miner

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12. The Hummingbird Effect

By: Kate Mildenhall

3.60

Format: 320 pages, Paperback

An epic, kaleidoscopic story of four women connected across time and place by an invisible thread a… read more

Similar categories in Kate Mildenhall's The Hummingbird Effect book and Akuch Kuol Anyieth's Unknown: A Refugee’s Story

  • audiobook
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13. Emotional Female

By: Yumiko Kadota

4.27

Format: 400 pages, Paperback

Yumiko Kadota was every Asian parent's dream- model student, top of her class in medical school and… read more

Similar categories in Yumiko Kadota's Emotional Female book and Akuch Kuol Anyieth's Unknown: A Refugee’s Story

  • biography
  • memoir
  • biography memoir
  • nonfiction
  • audiobook
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14. Runt

By: Craig Silvey

4.46

Format: 352 pages, Kindle Edition

A heart-warming, funny, beautifully told story for readers of all ages from the bestselling author … read more

Similar categories in Craig Silvey's Runt book and Akuch Kuol Anyieth's Unknown: A Refugee’s Story

  • audiobook
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15. Karma: My Autobiography

By: Boy George

3.62

Format: 296 pages, Kindle Edition

THE OFFICIAL STORY OF A MUSICAL ICON - TOLD IN FULL FOR THE FIRST TIME IN HIS OWN WORDS'In what mig… read more

Similar categories in Boy George's Karma: My Autobiography book and Akuch Kuol Anyieth's Unknown: A Refugee’s Story

  • biography
  • memoir
  • biography memoir
  • nonfiction
  • audiobook
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16. Any Ordinary Day

By: Leigh Sales

4.13

Format: 244 pages, Kindle Edition

The day that turns a life upside down usually starts like any other, but what happens the day after… read more

Similar categories in Leigh Sales's Any Ordinary Day book and Akuch Kuol Anyieth's Unknown: A Refugee’s Story

  • nonfiction
  • biography
  • memoir
  • audiobook
"The question of life being fair or unfair is one of the first things to drop away once you truly understand that you're as vulnerable as the next person to life's vagaries."

-Leigh Sales, Any Ordinary Day

"I felt this lightness settling on me, which was new. It's not closure, because I will live with Matt's death and the pain of it every day and the grief will stay with me. I just felt that I was carry…"

-Leigh Sales, Any Ordinary Day

"Stuart Diver has had years of extensive professional counselling to retrain his brain so that he can replace the thought of how helpless he was when Sally dies with the truth that he tried everything…"

-Leigh Sales, Any Ordinary Day

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17. I Don't: The Case Against Marriage

By: Clementine Ford

4.13

Format: None pages, Kindle Edition

Incendiary feminist and bestselling author Clementine Ford presents the inarguable case against mar… read more

Similar categories in Clementine Ford's I Don't: The Case Against Marriage book and Akuch Kuol Anyieth's Unknown: A Refugee’s Story

  • nonfiction
  • audiobook
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18. The Registrar

By: Neela Janakiramanan

4.05

Format: 368 pages, Paperback

Sometimes in hospital people die - but not all of them should. A moving, addictive debut novel for … read more

Similar categories in Neela Janakiramanan's The Registrar book and Akuch Kuol Anyieth's Unknown: A Refugee’s Story

  • audiobook
Cover of You Called an Ambulance for What? by Tim Booth

19. You Called an Ambulance for What?

By: Tim Booth

3.98

Format: 258 pages, Kindle Edition

Tim Booth is shocked when his first emergency callout for someone short of breath turns out to be a… read more

Similar categories in Tim Booth's You Called an Ambulance for What? book and Akuch Kuol Anyieth's Unknown: A Refugee’s Story

  • nonfiction
  • memoir
  • audiobook
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20. Not Now, Not Ever: Ten years on from the misogyny speech

By: Julia Gillard

4.28

Format: 260 pages, Kindle Edition

Then it was done. After staying silent, I’d had my say. At no time did I feel worked up or hotly an… read more

Similar categories in Julia Gillard's Not Now, Not Ever: Ten years on from the misogyny speech book and Akuch Kuol Anyieth's Unknown: A Refugee’s Story

  • nonfiction
  • biography
  • memoir
  • audiobook
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21. The Mother Wound

By: Amani Haydar

4.48

Format: 356 pages, Kindle Edition

'A magnificent and devastating work of art. There is a raging anger here, and a deep sorrow, but at… read more

Similar categories in Amani Haydar's The Mother Wound book and Akuch Kuol Anyieth's Unknown: A Refugee’s Story

  • biography
  • memoir
  • biography memoir
  • nonfiction
  • audiobook
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22. Tell Me Again

By: Amy Thunig

4.41

Format: 184 pages, Kindle Edition

For years, Amy Thunig thought she knew all the details about the day she was born, often demanding … read more

Similar categories in Amy Thunig's Tell Me Again book and Akuch Kuol Anyieth's Unknown: A Refugee’s Story

  • biography
  • memoir
  • biography memoir
  • nonfiction
  • audiobook
"Chapter 20-Part 2 "The hardest part of childhood with parents with these and are criminalised, isn’t necessarily life inside your home, it's how you are treated and mistreated by those outside your h…"

-Amy Thunig, Tell Me Again

"I have been reading Amy Thunigs book. And this quote stood out to me. I really think this explains a lot about how AOD stigma and harmful prohibition drug policies that disproportionately criminalize…"

-Amy Thunig, Tell Me Again

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23. Turns Out, I'm Fine: How Not To Fall Apart

By: Judith Lucy

3.88

Format: 272 pages, Trade Paperback

Judith Lucy was just Great! Sure, the last remaining member of her immediate family had died, sh… read more

Similar categories in Judith Lucy's Turns Out, I'm Fine: How Not To Fall Apart book and Akuch Kuol Anyieth's Unknown: A Refugee’s Story

  • nonfiction
  • biography
  • memoir
  • audiobook
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24. Rebel

By: Rahaf Mohammed

4.21

Format: 241 pages, Hardcover

A gripping memoir of bravery and sacrifice by a young woman whose escape from her abusive family an… read more

Similar categories in Rahaf Mohammed's Rebel book and Akuch Kuol Anyieth's Unknown: A Refugee’s Story

  • biography
  • memoir
  • biography memoir
  • nonfiction
  • audiobook
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25. Put your Feet in the Dirt, Girl

By: Sonia Henry

4.29

Format: 368 pages, Paperback

A memoir The bestselling author of Going Under recounts her real-life journey from hard-partying… read more

Similar categories in Sonia Henry's Put your Feet in the Dirt, Girl book and Akuch Kuol Anyieth's Unknown: A Refugee’s Story

  • biography
  • memoir
  • biography memoir
  • nonfiction
  • audiobook
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26. Damascus

By: Christos Tsiolkas

3.54

Format: 323 pages, Kindle Edition

WINNER - Best Fiction, Victorian Premier's Literary Awards'They kill us, they crucify us, they thro… read more

Similar categories in Christos Tsiolkas's Damascus book and Akuch Kuol Anyieth's Unknown: A Refugee’s Story

  • audiobook
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27. The Last Daughter

By: Brenda Matthews

4.32

Format: 246 pages, Paperback

An unmissable First Nations memoir that tells of the shattering experience of being stolen, The Las… read more

Similar categories in Brenda Matthews's The Last Daughter book and Akuch Kuol Anyieth's Unknown: A Refugee’s Story

  • biography memoir
  • nonfiction
  • memoir
  • audiobook
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28. Black and Blue: A Memoir of Racism and Resilience

By: Veronica Gorrie

4.28

Format: 240 pages, Paperback

The story of an Aboriginal woman who worked as a police officer and fought for justice both within … read more

Similar categories in Veronica Gorrie's Black and Blue: A Memoir of Racism and Resilience book and Akuch Kuol Anyieth's Unknown: A Refugee’s Story

  • biography
  • memoir
  • biography memoir
  • nonfiction
  • audiobook
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29. Love & Autism

By: Kay Kerr

4.29

Format: 235 pages, Kindle Edition

'Love has always intrigued me, in part because I have carried for a long time a feeling that I am d… read more

Similar categories in Kay Kerr's Love & Autism book and Akuch Kuol Anyieth's Unknown: A Refugee’s Story

  • nonfiction
  • audiobook
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30. Unknown: A Refugee’s Story

By: Akuch Kuol Anyieth

4.25

Format: 320 pages, Paperback

A moving, confronting and ultimately uplifting story about a young girl’s escape, with her family, … read more

Similar categories in Akuch Kuol Anyieth's Unknown: A Refugee’s Story book and Akuch Kuol Anyieth's Unknown: A Refugee’s Story

  • africa
  • biography
  • memoir
  • biography memoir
  • nonfiction
  • audiobook
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31. The Women of Little Lon: Sex Workers in Nineteenth-Century Melbourne

By: Barbara Minchinton

3.79

Format: 304 pages, Paperback

A vivid account of a remarkable but little-known chapter in Melbourne's history Sex workers in nine… read more

Similar categories in Barbara Minchinton's The Women of Little Lon: Sex Workers in Nineteenth-Century Melbourne book and Akuch Kuol Anyieth's Unknown: A Refugee’s Story

  • nonfiction

30 best-selling audiobook books like Unknown: A Refugee’s Story by Akuch Kuol Anyieth

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Fight Like a Girl

Clementine Ford

3.98

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Chai Time at Cinnamon Gardens

Shankari Chandran

4.21

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Safe Haven

Shankari Chandran

4.18

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Sanctuary

Garry Disher

3.99

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9 Best music books like Karma: My Autobiography by Boy George

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Scattershot: Life, Music, Elton, and Me

Bernie Taupin

3.58

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My Name Is Barbra

Barbra Streisand

4.20

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Karma: My Autobiography

Boy George

3.62

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Mary Gabriel

4.03

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