12 Top memoir books like A Belfast Child by John Chambers

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A Belfast Child

By: John Chambers

4.12

Format: 265 pages, Kindle Edition

John Chambers was brought up on Belfast's notorious Loyalist Glencairn estate, during the height of…

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1. Do the Birds Still Sing in Hell?

By: Horace Greasley , Ken Scott

3.73

Format: 256 pages, ebook

An incredible true tale of one man's courage and defiance of the German nation in the name of love … read more

Similar categories in Horace Greasley's Do the Birds Still Sing in Hell? book and John Chambers's A Belfast Child

  • history
  • biography
  • nonfiction
Cover of The Skeleton Road (Inspector Karen Pirie, #3) by Val McDermid

2. The Skeleton Road (Inspector Karen Pirie, #3)

By: Val McDermid

3.99

Format: 320 pages, Hardcover

A thrilling new novel from one of the world's most celebrated crime writers proves that the past ca… read more

Similar categories in Val McDermid's The Skeleton Road (Inspector Karen Pirie, #3) book and John Chambers's A Belfast Child

  • audiobook
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3. I Came to Say Goodbye

By: Caroline Overington

3.57

Format: None pages, Paperback

It was four o'clock in the morning. A young woman pushed through the hospital doors. Staff would la… read more

Similar categories in Caroline Overington's I Came to Say Goodbye book and John Chambers's A Belfast Child

  • audiobook

4. How Not To Be a Boy

By: Robert Webb

2.76

Format: 320 pages,

RULES FOR BEING A MAN Don't Cry; Love Sport; Play Rough; Drink Beer; Don't Talk About Feelings But … read more

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5. Bloodstream

By: Tess Gerritsen

3.68

Format: None pages,

Het rustige gelegen stadje Tranquility lijkt de perfecte woonplaats voor dokter Claire Elliot, die … read more

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6. Gypsy Boy

By: Mikey Walsh

4.19

Format: 45 pages, Paperback

Mikey was born into a Romany Gypsy family. They live in a closeted community, and little is known a… read more

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7. A Night to Remember

By: Walter Lord , Nathaniel Philbrick

3.67

Format: 208 pages,

The classic minute-by-minute account of the sinking of the Titanic, in a 50th anniversary edition w… read more

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8. The Troubles with Us

By: Alix O’Neill

4.10

Format: 288 pages, Kindle Edition

The troubles with us is a hilarious and moving memoir of the madness and mundanities of life in Nor… read more

Similar categories in Alix O’Neill's The Troubles with Us book and John Chambers's A Belfast Child

  • history
  • memoir
  • nonfiction
  • ireland
  • audiobook
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9. Say Nothing: A True Story of Murder and Memory in Northern Ireland

By: Patrick Radden Keefe

4.46

Format: 441 pages, Hardcover

In December 1972, Jean McConville, a thirty-eight-year-old mother of ten, was dragged from her Belf… read more

Similar categories in Patrick Radden Keefe's Say Nothing: A True Story of Murder and Memory in Northern Ireland book and John Chambers's A Belfast Child

  • nonfiction
  • history
  • ireland
  • audiobook
"Like the revolution's going to wait until I finish my education."

-Patrick Radden Keefe, Say Nothing: A True Story of Murder and Memory in Northern Ireland

"Who should be held accountable for a shared history of violence? It was a question that was dogging Northern Ireland as a whole."

-Patrick Radden Keefe, Say Nothing: A True Story of Murder and Memory in Northern Ireland

"There was a discomfiting sense in Belfast that there was no place where you were truly secure: you would run inside to get away from a gun battle, only to run outside again for fear of a bomb."

-Patrick Radden Keefe, Say Nothing: A True Story of Murder and Memory in Northern Ireland

"His job, he felt, was to speak for the victims - to represent the next person who might be killed in the conflict. He had no particular party; his only allegiance was to those who had been (and would…"

-Patrick Radden Keefe, Say Nothing: A True Story of Murder and Memory in Northern Ireland

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10. Corrupt Bodies: Death and Dirty Dealing in a London Morgue

By: Peter Everett

4.05

Format: 288 pages, Hardcover

Must-read memoir of managing a morgue, dealing with death and murder to chaos, corruption and organ… read more

Similar categories in Peter Everett's Corrupt Bodies: Death and Dirty Dealing in a London Morgue book and John Chambers's A Belfast Child

  • nonfiction
  • biography
  • memoir
  • audiobook
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11. The Twat Files: a Life of Mistakes - No Regrets

By: Dawn French

3.87

Format: 363 pages, Kindle Edition

Discover the truth behind the many, many times Dawn French has been a complete twat over the last s… read more

Similar categories in Dawn French's The Twat Files: a Life of Mistakes - No Regrets book and John Chambers's A Belfast Child

  • nonfiction
  • biography
  • memoir
  • audiobook
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12. The Keeper of Stories

By: Sally Page

4.08

Format: 386 pages, Kindle Edition

She can’t recall what started her collection. Maybe it was in a fragment of conversation overheard … read more

Similar categories in Sally Page's The Keeper of Stories book and John Chambers's A Belfast Child

  • audiobook
"Perhaps guilt is like a disease. You can have it without knowing you do."

-Sally Page, The Keeper of Stories

"I think it's in people stories that you discover the best of what we can be."

-Sally Page, The Keeper of Stories

"I don't think guilt asks for permission to come in. I don't think it knocks and waits politely on the mat."

-Sally Page, The Keeper of Stories

"I figured out long ago that if I listen to the few people who shout at me, I'm making them more important than they are. What they say will stay with me, upset me, and those loud voices would go on a…"

-Sally Page, The Keeper of Stories

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13. Under the Rainbow

By: Celia Laskey

3.73

Format: 286 pages, Kindle Edition

When a group of social activists arrive in a small town, the lives and beliefs of residents and out… read more

Similar categories in Celia Laskey's Under the Rainbow book and John Chambers's A Belfast Child

  • audiobook
"It was a soft kiss that only lasted for about two seconds, but I felt something in my stomach rev, like an old car trying to start. I wanted to see what it would feel like for the engine to turn over."

-Celia Laskey, Under the Rainbow

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14. You’ve Got To Laugh

By: Alison Hammond

4.27

Format: 320 pages, Paperback

Alison Hammond loves to laugh. And the nation laughs with her. Her sunny personality and zest for l… read more

Similar categories in Alison Hammond's You’ve Got To Laugh book and John Chambers's A Belfast Child

  • nonfiction
  • biography
  • memoir
  • audiobook
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15. The Telephone Box Library (Little Maudley, #1)

By: Rachael Lucas

4.14

Format: 401 pages, Kindle Edition

Books. Wine. Secrets. You'll find them all at The Telephone Box Library, an uplifting story about f… read more

Similar categories in Rachael Lucas's The Telephone Box Library (Little Maudley, #1) book and John Chambers's A Belfast Child

  • audiobook
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16. T.V.: Big Adventures on the Small Screen

By: Peter Kay

4.23

Format: 302 pages, Kindle Edition

*The long-awaited return of the comedy national treasure*Blockbusters, Baywatch … Mastermind, Moonl… read more

Similar categories in Peter Kay's T.V.: Big Adventures on the Small Screen book and John Chambers's A Belfast Child

  • nonfiction
  • biography
  • memoir
  • audiobook
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17. Snowflake

By: Louise Nealon

3.86

Format: 336 pages, Hardcover

An exquisitely talented young Irish writer makes her literary debut with this powerful and haunting… read more

Similar categories in Louise Nealon's Snowflake book and John Chambers's A Belfast Child

  • ireland
  • audiobook
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18. The Outrun: A Memoir

By: Amy Liptrot

4.01

Format: 312 pages, Paperback

THE SUNDAY TIMES TOP TEN BESTSELLERWINNER OF THE 2016 WAINWRIGHT PRIZESHORTLISTED FOR THE 2017 ONDA… read more

Similar categories in Amy Liptrot's The Outrun: A Memoir book and John Chambers's A Belfast Child

  • nonfiction
  • biography
  • memoir
  • audiobook
"I'm filling the void with new knowledge and moments of beauty. The dangerous thoughts will happen - and while I'm experiencing them I feel like that's the way I will feel for ever - but I just have t…"

-Amy Liptrot, The Outrun: A Memoir

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19. Top Girl

By: Danielle Marin

4.22

Format: 320 pages, Paperback

Top Girl is the tell-all, true story of a grammar school girl turned drug dealer. Danielle has a s… read more

Similar categories in Danielle Marin's Top Girl book and John Chambers's A Belfast Child

  • nonfiction
  • biography
  • memoir
  • audiobook
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20. Double Agent: My Secret Life Undercover in the IRA

By: Kevin Fulton

4.08

Format: 233 pages, Kindle Edition

'"I am a British soldier," I told my reflection. "I am a British soldier and I'm saving lives. I'm … read more

Similar categories in Kevin Fulton's Double Agent: My Secret Life Undercover in the IRA book and John Chambers's A Belfast Child

  • history
  • biography
  • nonfiction
  • ireland
  • audiobook
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21. Fishers of Men - The Gripping True Story of a British Undercover Agent in Northern Ireland

By: Rob Lewis

3.66

Format: 278 pages, Kindle Edition

Fishers of Men is the true account of secret operations in Northern Ireland carried out by the Brit… read more

Similar categories in Rob Lewis's Fishers of Men - The Gripping True Story of a British Undercover Agent in Northern Ireland book and John Chambers's A Belfast Child

  • history
  • biography
  • memoir
  • nonfiction
  • ireland
  • audiobook
Cover of On Bloody Sunday: A New History Of The Day And Its Aftermath – By The People Who Were There by Julieann Campbell

22. On Bloody Sunday: A New History Of The Day And Its Aftermath – By The People Who Were There

By: Julieann Campbell

4.54

Format: 384 pages, Hardcover

The first ever complete oral history of one of the darkest episodes in modern Irish history *** I… read more

Similar categories in Julieann Campbell's On Bloody Sunday: A New History Of The Day And Its Aftermath – By The People Who Were There book and John Chambers's A Belfast Child

  • history
  • memoir
  • nonfiction
  • ireland
  • audiobook
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23. Animal House

By: James Brown

3.93

Format: 433 pages, Kindle Edition

Music, Magazines & MayhemBetween 1994 and 1997, James Brown's loaded magazine became the the must-b… read more

Similar categories in James Brown's Animal House book and John Chambers's A Belfast Child

  • nonfiction
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24. Operation Chiffon: The Secret Story of MI5 and MI6 and the Road to Peace in Ireland

By: Peter Taylor

4.40

Format: 487 pages, Kindle Edition

On the 25th anniversary of the Good Friday Agreement, Peter Taylor tells for the first time the gri… read more

Similar categories in Peter Taylor's Operation Chiffon: The Secret Story of MI5 and MI6 and the Road to Peace in Ireland book and John Chambers's A Belfast Child

  • nonfiction
  • history
  • ireland
Cover of Obsession: A journalist and victim-survivor’s investigation into stalking by Nicole Madigan

25. Obsession: A journalist and victim-survivor’s investigation into stalking

By: Nicole Madigan

4.08

Format: 288 pages, Paperback

A gripping blend of memoir, investigation and expert analysis, Obsession takes a deep dive into the… read more

Similar categories in Nicole Madigan's Obsession: A journalist and victim-survivor’s investigation into stalking book and John Chambers's A Belfast Child

  • nonfiction
  • memoir
  • audiobook
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26. A Belfast Child

By: John Chambers

4.12

Format: 265 pages, Kindle Edition

John Chambers was brought up on Belfast's notorious Loyalist Glencairn estate, during the height of… read more

Similar categories in John Chambers's A Belfast Child book and John Chambers's A Belfast Child

  • history
  • biography
  • memoir
  • nonfiction
  • ireland
  • audiobook
Cover of A Force Like No Other: The Last Shift: The final selection of real stories from the RUC men and women who policed the Troubles by Colin Breen

27. A Force Like No Other: The Last Shift: The final selection of real stories from the RUC men and women who policed the Troubles

By: Colin Breen

4.77

Format: 308 pages, Kindle Edition

In this final part to his bestselling A Force Like No Other series, Colin Breen brings together mor… read more

Similar categories in Colin Breen's A Force Like No Other: The Last Shift: The final selection of real stories from the RUC men and women who policed the Troubles book and John Chambers's A Belfast Child

  • nonfiction
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28. A Force Like No Other : The real stories of the RUC men and women who policed the Troubles, Book 1

By: Colin Breen

4.33

Format: 165 pages, Kindle Edition

In 1983, Interpol named Northern Ireland the most dangerous place in the world to be a police offic… read more

Similar categories in Colin Breen's A Force Like No Other : The real stories of the RUC men and women who policed the Troubles, Book 1 book and John Chambers's A Belfast Child

  • history
  • nonfiction
  • ireland
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29. A Force Like No Other: The Next Shift

By: Colin Breen

4.71

Format: 208 pages, Kindle Edition

In this follow-up to his bestselling "A Force Like No Other", Colin Breen brings together more comp… read more

Similar categories in Colin Breen's A Force Like No Other: The Next Shift book and John Chambers's A Belfast Child

  • nonfiction
  • ireland
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30. The Consequences of Love

By: Gavanndra Hodge

4.31

Format: 320 pages, Hardcover

When Gavanndra Hodge was seven years old her world was a precarious place. Her father was a hairdre… read more

Similar categories in Gavanndra Hodge's The Consequences of Love book and John Chambers's A Belfast Child

  • nonfiction
  • biography
  • memoir
  • audiobook
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31. Rave New World: Confessions of a Raving Reporter

By: Kirk Field

4.25

Format: 298 pages, Kindle Edition

*NEW EXTENDED MIX EDITION FEATURING EXTRA CHAPTERS*Nominated for Audiobook of the Year at the 2024 … read more

Similar categories in Kirk Field's Rave New World: Confessions of a Raving Reporter book and John Chambers's A Belfast Child

  • history
  • nonfiction

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4.10

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