6 must-read nonfiction books like From Farmworker to Astronaut / De Campesino a Astronauta: My Path to the Stars / Mi viaje a las estrellas (English and Spanish Edition) by José M. Hernández

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From Farmworker to Astronaut / De Campesino a Astronauta: My Path to the Stars / Mi viaje a las estrellas (English and Spanish Edition)

By: José M. Hernández

4.21

Format: 384 pages, Paperback

Ten-year-old Jose M. Hernandez watched the Apollo 17 moonwalks on his family s black and white tele…

If you liked the nonfiction plot in From Farmworker to Astronaut / De Campesino a Astronauta: My Path to the Stars / Mi viaje a las estrellas (English and Spanish Edition) by José M. Hernández , here is a list of 6 books like this:

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1. Lunch Money

By: Brian Selznick , Andrew Clements

3.92

Format: 224 pages, Paperback

Greg Kenton has always had a natural talent for making money -- despite the annoying rivalry of his… read more

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2. Las batallas en el desierto

By: José Emilio Pacheco

4.13

Format: 72 pages, Paperback

A novella depicts the harsh reality of life in urban Mexico and the tragedy of childhood innocence … read more

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"Enamorarse sabiendo que todo está perdido y no hay ninguna esperanza."

-José Emilio Pacheco, Las batallas en el desierto

"Querer a alguien no es pecado, el amor está bien, lo único demoníaco es el odio."

-José Emilio Pacheco, Las batallas en el desierto

"We are all hypocrites. We cannot see ourselves or judge ourselves the way we see and judge others."

-José Emilio Pacheco, Las batallas en el desierto

"Qué estupidez meterme en un lío que pude haber evitado con sólo resistirme a mi imbécil declaración de amor.Todo pasó como pasan los discos en la sinfonola."

-José Emilio Pacheco, Las batallas en el desierto

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3. Dead Man's Folly (Hercule Poirot, #35)

By: Agatha Christie , David Suchet

3.82

Format: 6 pages, Audio CD

Whilst organising a mock murder hunt for the village fete hosted by Sir George and Lady Stubbs, a f… read more

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"I have always noticed that these artists and writers are very unbalanced"

-Agatha Christie, Dead Man's Folly (Hercule Poirot, #35)

"I mean, what can you say about how you write your books? What I mean is, first you've got to think of something, and then when you've thought of it you've got to force yourself to sit down and write …"

-Agatha Christie, Dead Man's Folly (Hercule Poirot, #35)

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4. Bless Me, Ultima

By: Rudolfo Anaya

4.08

Format: 88 pages, Paperback

Antonio Marez is six years old when Ultima enters his life. She is a curandera, one who heals with … read more

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5. The Last Castle: The Epic Story of Love, Loss, and American Royalty in the Nation’s Largest Home

By: Denise Kiernan

2.00

Format: 144 pages, Hardcover

New York TimesBestseller "A soaring and gorgeous American story" (Karen Abbott) from the author of … read more

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  • nonfiction
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6. A Field of Red (Frank Harper Mysteries, #1)

By: Greg Enslen

3.69

Format: 98 pages,

Ex-cop Frank Harper doesn't want to get involved. Harper is visiting the small Ohio town of Cooper'… read more

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7. The Three Weissmanns of Westport

By: Cathleen Schine

4.04

Format: None pages,

Betty Weissmann has just been dumped by her husband of forty-eight years. Exiled from her elegant N… read more

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8. A Painted House

By: John Grisham

4.07

Format: 71 pages, Paperback

Until that September of 1952, Luke Chandler had never kept a secret or told a single lie. But in th… read more

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9. Lillian Boxfish Takes a Walk

By: Kathleen Rooney

4.14

Format: None pages, Hardcover

It's the last day of 1984, and 85-year-old Lillian Boxfish is about to take a walk. As she traverse… read more

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10. El brillo de las luciérnagas

By: Paul Pen

3.95

Format: None pages, Paperback

Tengo diez anos y llevo toda mi vida dentro de este sotano. Vivo en la oscuridad con mis padres, mi… read more

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11. A Shepherd Looks at Psalm 23

By: W. Phillip Keller

3.00

Format: None pages, Paperback

"The Lord is my shepherd, I shall not be in want..." Travel the shepherd's path to the green pastur… read more

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12. Blood and Treasure: Daniel Boone and the Fight for America's First Frontier

By: Bob Drury

4.06

Format: 383 pages, Hardcover

The Instant New York Times BestellerNational Bestseller"[The] authors’ finest work to date." —Wall … read more

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  • nonfiction
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13. A Wish for Winter

By: Viola Shipman

3.78

Format: 416 pages, Paperback

Despite losing her parents in a tragic accident just before her fourteenth Christmas, Susan Norcros… read more

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14. Family Lore

By: Elizabeth Acevedo

3.53

Format: 371 pages, Hardcover

From bestselling, National Book Award-winning author Elizabeth Acevedo comes her first novel for ad… read more

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15. Only Say Good Things: Surviving Playboy and Finding Myself

By: Crystal Hefner

3.73

Format: 240 pages, Hardcover

A raw and unflinching look at the objectification and misogyny of the Playboy mansion, a woman’s st… read more

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  • autobiography
  • nonfiction
  • memoir
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16. A Question of Holmes (Charlotte Holmes, #4)

By: Brittany Cavallaro

3.97

Format: 320 pages, ebook

The fourth book in the New York Times bestselling Charlotte Holmes series! Charlotte Holmes and … read more

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"Life is emphatically disappointing to those who expect it to be otherwise."

-Brittany Cavallaro, A Question of Holmes (Charlotte Holmes, #4)

"I was excited, I supposed. In a way in which I wanted to throw up from nerves."

-Brittany Cavallaro, A Question of Holmes (Charlotte Holmes, #4)

"And then that smile Leander had, something like a wolf after eating a fat peasant child."

-Brittany Cavallaro, A Question of Holmes (Charlotte Holmes, #4)

"Did you know that only older forests grow the sort of fungi that feeds the variety of orchid called Goodyera pubescens —"

-Brittany Cavallaro, A Question of Holmes (Charlotte Holmes, #4)

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17. The Boy Who Cried Bear (Haven's Rock, #2)

By: Kelley Armstrong

4.14

Format: 339 pages, Hardcover

In The Boy Who Cried Bear, New York Times bestselling author Kelley Armstrong keeps readers on the … read more

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"They are works in progress, just like everything else in life, and we're put here to put in the work and focus on progress, however it turns out."

-Kelley Armstrong, The Boy Who Cried Bear (Haven's Rock, #2)

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18. Hana Khan Carries On

By: Uzma Jalaluddin

3.95

Format: 368 pages, ebook

From the author of Ayesha at Last comes a sparkling new rom-com for fans of “You’ve Got Mail”. H… read more

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"Books are like people, you have to give them room to breathe."

-Uzma Jalaluddin, Hana Khan Carries On

"Everything is better told as a story, and mine is still unfolding."

-Uzma Jalaluddin, Hana Khan Carries On

"I had filled my heart and hands with everyone else’s burdens, had accepted their worries as if they had been my own, assuming they were all doing the same for me—but they weren’t."

-Uzma Jalaluddin, Hana Khan Carries On

"Then you tell me your favourite colour so I can send you flowers, your favourite place so I can take you there, your favourite book so I can read it just so we can argue about it. I know you want to …"

-Uzma Jalaluddin, Hana Khan Carries On

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19. Elatsoe (Elatsoe, #1)

By: Darcie Little Badger

4.00

Format: 362 pages, Hardcover

Imagine an America very similar to our own. It's got homework, best friends, and pistachio ice crea… read more

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"Everyone loves pill-bugs. They're the insect version of hedgehogs."

-Darcie Little Badger, Elatsoe (Elatsoe, #1)

"It's hard to know that you're flying too high until the feathers start dropping."

-Darcie Little Badger, Elatsoe (Elatsoe, #1)

"She's say his name and tell his story. Maybe, someday, he'd follow the words home."

-Darcie Little Badger, Elatsoe (Elatsoe, #1)

"She'd say his name and tell his story. Maybe, someday, he'd follow the words home."

-Darcie Little Badger, Elatsoe (Elatsoe, #1)

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20. Jackal

By: Erin E. Adams

3.65

Format: 336 pages, Hardcover

A young Black girl goes missing in the woods outside her white Rust Belt town. But she’s not the fi… read more

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"When your name is in other people's mouths, they twist it up. They make you into something you are not. When people take you outside yourself, that is when trouble comes."

-Erin E. Adams, Jackal

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21. One's Company

By: Ashley Hutson

3.78

Format: 272 pages, Paperback

One of the New Yorker 's Best Books of 2022 So Far and BuzzFeed 's Must-Read Summer Books For read… read more

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"People who research anything, who deep-dive anything, understand that solitude is never loneliness when you have your subject. The subject looms before you like a bright city on the horizon, beckonin…"

-Ashley Hutson, One's Company

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22. The Antidote For Everything

By: Kimmery Martin

3.58

Format: 384 pages, Hardcover

In this whip-smart and timely novel from acclaimed author Kimmery Martin, two doctors travel a surp… read more

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"Most women did not begin their days by stabbing a man in the scrotum, but Georgia Brown was not most women."

-Kimmery Martin, The Antidote For Everything

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23. Swipe Up for More!: Inside the Unfiltered Lives of Influencers

By: Stephanie McNeal

3.20

Format: 272 pages, Hardcover

An unfiltered, colorful romp through the IRL world of influencers that spills the tea on the multib… read more

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  • nonfiction
  • memoir
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24. Valencia and Valentine

By: Suzy Krause

3.49

Format: 251 pages, Kindle Edition

For readers of Eleanor Oliphant Is Completely Fine, debut author Suzy Krause delivers a quirky, col… read more

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"Do you know how much of my life I spent waiting for something terrible to happen? I was obsessed with it, consumed by it I spent every moment dreading it--and all of a sudden, here it was, and it was…"

-Suzy Krause, Valencia and Valentine

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25. Summer of '69

By: Todd Strasser

3.91

Format: 384 pages, Hardcover

Drawing from his teenage years, Todd Strasser's novel revisits a tumultuous era and takes readers o… read more

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26. Reaching for the Stars: The Inspiring Story of a Migrant Farmworker Turned Astronaut

By: José Moreno Hernández

4.14

Format: 272 pages, Hardcover

The book that inspired the new film  A Million Miles Away. Born into a family of migrant workers, … read more

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  • nonfiction
  • memoir
  • science
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27. From Farmworker to Astronaut / De Campesino a Astronauta: My Path to the Stars / Mi viaje a las estrellas (English and Spanish Edition)

By: José M. Hernández

4.21

Format: 384 pages, Paperback

Ten-year-old Jose M. Hernandez watched the Apollo 17 moonwalks on his family s black and white tele… read more

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  • autobiography
  • nonfiction
  • memoir
  • science
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28. Una vida de creativo (Spanish Edition)

By: Daniel Granatta

4.73

Format: 213 pages, Kindle Edition

¿Qué hace un publicista cuando gana uno de los premios más importantes en el festival de publicidad… read more

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29. We'll Prescribe You a Cat

By: Syou Ishida

3.95

Format: 304 pages, Hardcover

A cat a day keeps the doctor away… Discover the award-winning, bestselling Japanese novel that has… read more

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30. Haz lo que importa: El método para diseñar y vivir una vida de CRACKS

By: Oso Trava

4.12

Format: None pages, Kindle Edition

Turbocarga tu vida de propósito y enfoque para alcanzar tus más grandes objetivos.   Todo en la vid… read more

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31. A Grim Reaper's Guide to Catching a Killer (S.C.Y.T.H.E. Mystery, #1)

By: Maxie Dara

4.06

Format: 352 pages, Paperback

Sometimes it takes working with the dead to start living. Kathy Valence is forty-two, mid-divo… read more

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Michael Punke

2.90

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