15 best-selling memoir books like Three Minutes for a Dog: My Life in an Iron Lung by Paul R. Alexander

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Three Minutes for a Dog: My Life in an Iron Lung

By: Paul R. Alexander

3.94

Format: 156 pages, Paperback

Contrary to popular belief Polio is not extinct. This is the true story of an indomitable spirit af…

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1. Hostage

By: Guy Delisle

4.09

Format: 432 pages, Kindle Edition

How does one survive when all hope is lost? In the middle of the night in 1997, Doctors Without … read more

Similar categories in Guy Delisle's Hostage book and Paul R. Alexander's Three Minutes for a Dog: My Life in an Iron Lung

  • history
  • nonfiction
  • biography
  • memoir
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2. Lady Whistledown Strikes Back (Lady Whistledown, #2)

By: Karen Hawkins , Julia Quinn , Suzanne Enoch , Mia Ryan

3.80

Format: None pages, Paperback

Who Stole Lady Neeley's Bracelet? Was it the fortune hunter, the gambler, the servant, or the rogue… read more

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3. The Witness Wore Red: The 19th Wife Who Brought Polygamous Cult Leaders to Justice

By: Rebecca Musser , M. Bridget Cook

3.97

Format: 434 pages, Hardcover

Rebecca Musser grew up in fear, concealing her family's polygamous lifestyle from the "dangerous" o… read more

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4. My Lobotomy

By: Charles Fleming , Howard Dully

4.20

Format: None pages, Hardcover

At twelve, Howard Dully was guilty of the same crimes as other boys his age: he was moody and messy… read more

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5. Between the Lines (Between the Lines, #1)

By: Jodi Picoult , Samantha van Leer

4.15

Format: None pages, Hardcover

Delilah is a bit of a loner who prefers spending her time in the school library with her head in a … read more

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6. The World According to Bob: The Further Adventures of One Man and His Street-wise Cat

By: James Bowen

3.79

Format: 477 pages, Paperback

'Since Bob has appeared, I've made huge strides in my life. For more than a decade I was a homeless… read more

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7. The Story of Jane: The Legendary Underground Feminist Abortion Service

By: Laura Kaplan

4.14

Format: 438 pages, Paperback

"In the four years before the Supreme Court's 1973 Roe vs. Wade decision, most women determined to … read more

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8. All the Dead Shall Weep (Gunnie Rose, #5)

By: Charlaine Harris

4.08

Format: 256 pages, Hardcover

Sisters Lizbeth Rose and Felicia as well as brother Eli and Peter, are reunited in Texoma only to b… read more

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9. Legacy: A Black Physician Reckons with Racism in Medicine

By: Uché Blackstock

4.46

Format: 304 pages, Kindle Edition

“Legacy is an illuminating and stirring journey of a book.” —Ibram X. Kendi, #1 New York Times- bes… read more

Similar categories in Uché Blackstock's Legacy: A Black Physician Reckons with Racism in Medicine book and Paul R. Alexander's Three Minutes for a Dog: My Life in an Iron Lung

  • history
  • biography
  • memoir
  • medical
  • nonfiction
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10. Nothing to Fear: Demystifying Death to Live More Fully

By: Julie McFadden

4.50

Format: 240 pages, Hardcover

What if we didn’t consider death the worst possible outcome? What if we discussed it honestly, embr… read more

Similar categories in Julie McFadden's Nothing to Fear: Demystifying Death to Live More Fully book and Paul R. Alexander's Three Minutes for a Dog: My Life in an Iron Lung

  • medical
  • nonfiction
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11. Waiting to Be Arrested at Night: A Uyghur Poet's Memoir of China's Genocide

By: Tahir Hamut Izgil

4.31

Format: 272 pages, Hardcover

A poet's account of one of the world's most urgent humanitarian crises, and a harrowing tale of a f… read more

Similar categories in Tahir Hamut Izgil's Waiting to Be Arrested at Night: A Uyghur Poet's Memoir of China's Genocide book and Paul R. Alexander's Three Minutes for a Dog: My Life in an Iron Lung

  • history
  • biography
  • memoir
  • biography memoir
  • nonfiction
"The Uyghur region was now a gigantic prison, blanketed with security forces and a biometric surveillance system unique in human history."

-Tahir Hamut Izgil, Waiting to Be Arrested at Night: A Uyghur Poet's Memoir of China's Genocide

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12. The Exvangelicals: Loving, Living, and Leaving the White Evangelical Church

By: Sarah McCammon

4.21

Format: 310 pages, Hardcover

The first definitive book that names the massive social movement of people leaving the white evange… read more

Similar categories in Sarah McCammon's The Exvangelicals: Loving, Living, and Leaving the White Evangelical Church book and Paul R. Alexander's Three Minutes for a Dog: My Life in an Iron Lung

  • biography memoir
  • nonfiction
  • history
  • memoir
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13. Diary of a Misfit: A Memoir and a Mystery

By: Casey Parks

4.10

Format: 368 pages, Hardcover

Part memoir, part sweeping journalistic saga: As Casey Parks follows the mystery of a stranger's pa… read more

Similar categories in Casey Parks's Diary of a Misfit: A Memoir and a Mystery book and Paul R. Alexander's Three Minutes for a Dog: My Life in an Iron Lung

  • biography memoir
  • nonfiction
  • biography
  • memoir
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14. The Language of Kindness: A Nurse's Story

By: Christie Watson

4.12

Format: 336 pages, Hardcover

Christie Watson spent twenty years as a nurse, and in this intimate, poignant, and remarkably power… read more

Similar categories in Christie Watson's The Language of Kindness: A Nurse's Story book and Paul R. Alexander's Three Minutes for a Dog: My Life in an Iron Lung

  • biography
  • memoir
  • medical
  • biography memoir
  • nonfiction
"We will meet people on the way: patients, relatives and staff - people you may recognize already. Because we are all nursed at some point in our lives. We are all nurses."

-Christie Watson, The Language of Kindness: A Nurse's Story

"It is impossible to describe exactly what I learn, though I know it lies somewhere between science and art. It is all about the smallest details and understanding how they make the biggest difference."

-Christie Watson, The Language of Kindness: A Nurse's Story

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15. The Boy From Block 66: A WW2 Jewish Holocaust Survival True Story (Heroic Children of World War II Book 1)

By: Limor Regev

4.46

Format: 243 pages, Kindle Edition

He has endured more than any child ever should, but now he must survive Block 66. January, 1945 . … read more

Similar categories in Limor Regev's The Boy From Block 66: A WW2 Jewish Holocaust Survival True Story (Heroic Children of World War II Book 1) book and Paul R. Alexander's Three Minutes for a Dog: My Life in an Iron Lung

  • history
  • nonfiction
  • biography
  • memoir
Cover of Beyond Order: 12 More Rules For Life by Jordan B. Peterson

16. Beyond Order: 12 More Rules For Life

By: Jordan B. Peterson

4.17

Format: 382 pages, Hardcover

The sequel to 12 Rules for Life offers further guidance on the periolus path of modern life. I… read more

Similar categories in Jordan B. Peterson's Beyond Order: 12 More Rules For Life book and Paul R. Alexander's Three Minutes for a Dog: My Life in an Iron Lung

  • philosophy
  • nonfiction
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17. NSFW

By: Isabel Kaplan

3.48

Format: 272 pages, Hardcover

Blisteringly sharp, hypersmart, and compulsively readable―meet Isabel Kaplan’s searing debut novel … read more

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18. Admissions: A Memoir of Surviving Boarding School

By: Kendra James

3.64

Format: 304 pages, Hardcover

Early on in Kendra James’ professional life, she began to feel like she was selling a lie. As an ad… read more

Similar categories in Kendra James's Admissions: A Memoir of Surviving Boarding School book and Paul R. Alexander's Three Minutes for a Dog: My Life in an Iron Lung

  • biography memoir
  • nonfiction
  • biography
  • memoir
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19. The Manicurist's Daughter

By: Susan Lieu

3.96

Format: 320 pages, Hardcover

An emotionally raw memoir about the crumbling of the American Dream and a daughter of refugees who … read more

Similar categories in Susan Lieu's The Manicurist's Daughter book and Paul R. Alexander's Three Minutes for a Dog: My Life in an Iron Lung

  • biography
  • memoir
  • autobiography
  • biography memoir
  • nonfiction
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20. Released: Conversations on the Eve of Freedom

By: Gypsy-Rose Blanchard

3.54

Format: 200 pages, Kindle Edition

Gypsy-Rose Blanchard discovered that her whole life was a lie. After eight-and-a-half years of inca… read more

Similar categories in Gypsy-Rose Blanchard's Released: Conversations on the Eve of Freedom book and Paul R. Alexander's Three Minutes for a Dog: My Life in an Iron Lung

  • biography
  • memoir
  • autobiography
  • biography memoir
  • nonfiction
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21. Hot and Bothered: What No One Tells You About Menopause and How to Feel Like Yourself Again

By: Jancee Dunn

4.16

Format: 304 pages, Hardcover

“Hot and Bothered removes the shame, disdain, and mystery that’s surrounded menopause….An informati… read more

Similar categories in Jancee Dunn's Hot and Bothered: What No One Tells You About Menopause and How to Feel Like Yourself Again book and Paul R. Alexander's Three Minutes for a Dog: My Life in an Iron Lung

  • medical
  • nonfiction
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22. Rabbit Heart: A Mother's Murder, a Daughter's Story

By: Kristine S. Ervin

4.02

Format: 304 pages, Hardcover

For readers of My Dark Places and I'll Be Gone in the Dark , a beautiful, brutal memoir documenting… read more

Similar categories in Kristine S. Ervin's Rabbit Heart: A Mother's Murder, a Daughter's Story book and Paul R. Alexander's Three Minutes for a Dog: My Life in an Iron Lung

  • history
  • biography
  • memoir
  • biography memoir
  • nonfiction
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23. Boy Underground

By: Catherine Ryan Hyde

4.47

Format: 353 pages, Kindle Edition

During WWII, a teenage boy finds his voice, the courage of his convictions, and friends for life in… read more

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24. Behind the Door: The Dark Truths and Untold Stories of the Cecil Hotel

By: Amy Price

3.47

Format: 240 pages, Hardcover

The disturbing true story of the notorious Cecil Hotel in downtown LA, by its general manager for a… read more

Similar categories in Amy Price's Behind the Door: The Dark Truths and Untold Stories of the Cecil Hotel book and Paul R. Alexander's Three Minutes for a Dog: My Life in an Iron Lung

  • biography memoir
  • nonfiction
  • history
  • memoir
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25. My Beloved Monster: Masha, the Half-wild Rescue Cat Who Rescued Me

By: Caleb Carr

4.33

Format: 352 pages, Hardcover

The #1 bestselling author of  The Alienist,  Caleb  Carr , tells the extraordinary story of Masha, … read more

Similar categories in Caleb Carr's My Beloved Monster: Masha, the Half-wild Rescue Cat Who Rescued Me book and Paul R. Alexander's Three Minutes for a Dog: My Life in an Iron Lung

  • biography
  • memoir
  • biography memoir
  • nonfiction
  • disability
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26. I Almost Lost Her : A memoir of unthinkable tragedy

By: Andre Xavier

4.32

Format: 199 pages, Kindle Edition

André Xavier’s life was forever changed by a single phone call on a sunny September morning. On … read more

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27. The Wild Road Home

By: Melissa Payne

4.52

Format: 294 pages, Kindle Edition

A beautiful and enriching novel about unforgettable love and the power of friends and family by Mel… read more

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28. The Burger Chef Murders in Indiana (True Crime)

By: Julie Young

3.68

Format: 144 pages, Paperback

The evening of November 17, 1978, should have been like any other for the four young crewmembers cl… read more

Similar categories in Julie Young's The Burger Chef Murders in Indiana (True Crime) book and Paul R. Alexander's Three Minutes for a Dog: My Life in an Iron Lung

  • nonfiction
  • history
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29. Three Minutes for a Dog: My Life in an Iron Lung

By: Paul R. Alexander

3.94

Format: 156 pages, Paperback

Contrary to popular belief Polio is not extinct. This is the true story of an indomitable spirit af… read more

Similar categories in Paul R. Alexander's Three Minutes for a Dog: My Life in an Iron Lung book and Paul R. Alexander's Three Minutes for a Dog: My Life in an Iron Lung

  • history
  • biography
  • memoir
  • medical
  • philosophy
  • autobiography
  • biography memoir
  • nonfiction
  • disability
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30. Twelve Hours in Manhattan

By: Maan Gabriel

3.28

Format: 312 pages, Paperback

Two worlds. One heart. Twelve hours. Bianca Maria Curtis is at the brink of losing it all when she… read more

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31. From Here to the Great Unknown: A Memoir

By: Lisa Marie Presley

4.48

Format: 304 pages, Hardcover

Born to an American myth and raised in the wilds of Graceland, Lisa Marie Presley tells her whole s… read more

Similar categories in Lisa Marie Presley's From Here to the Great Unknown: A Memoir book and Paul R. Alexander's Three Minutes for a Dog: My Life in an Iron Lung

  • biography
  • memoir
  • autobiography
  • biography memoir
  • nonfiction

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4.31

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4.24

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4.54

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4.14

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