12 Top biography books like A Broken Tree: How DNA Exposed a Family's Secrets by Stephen F. Anderson

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A Broken Tree: How DNA Exposed a Family's Secrets

By: Stephen F. Anderson

3.71

Format: 168 pages, Hardcover

All families have stories and all families have secrets. Some stories can be hidden forever. Others…

If you liked the biography plot in A Broken Tree: How DNA Exposed a Family's Secrets by Stephen F. Anderson , here is a list of 12 books like this:

Cover of Some Writer!: The Story of E. B. White by Melissa Sweet

1. Some Writer!: The Story of E. B. White

By: Melissa Sweet

4.15

Format: 176 pages, Hardcover

“SOME PIG,” Charlotte the spider’s praise for Wilbur, is just one fondly remembered snippet from E.… read more

Similar categories in Melissa Sweet's Some Writer!: The Story of E. B. White book and Stephen F. Anderson's A Broken Tree: How DNA Exposed a Family's Secrets

  • nonfiction
  • biography
Cover of Going Clear: Scientology, Hollywood, and the Prison of Belief by Lawrence Wright

2. Going Clear: Scientology, Hollywood, and the Prison of Belief

By: Lawrence Wright

3.31

Format: 267 pages, Hardcover

A clear-sighted revelation, a deep penetration into the world of Scientology by the Pulitzer Prize-… read more

Similar categories in Lawrence Wright's Going Clear: Scientology, Hollywood, and the Prison of Belief book and Stephen F. Anderson's A Broken Tree: How DNA Exposed a Family's Secrets

  • nonfiction
  • biography
  • audiobook
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3. The Wife

By: Meg Wolitzer

3.52

Format: 352 pages, Paperback

"The moment I decided to leave him, the moment I thought, enough, we were thirty-five thousand feet… read more

Similar categories in Meg Wolitzer's The Wife book and Stephen F. Anderson's A Broken Tree: How DNA Exposed a Family's Secrets

  • audiobook
Cover of Wonderstruck by Brian Selznick

4. Wonderstruck

By: Brian Selznick

3.50

Format: None pages, Hardcover

Ben and Rose secretly wish for better lives. Ben longs for his unknown father. Rose scrapbooks a fa… read more

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Cover of The Foundling: The True Story of a Kidnapping, a Family Secret, and My Search for the Real Me by Alex Tresniowski, Paul Joseph Fronczak

5. The Foundling: The True Story of a Kidnapping, a Family Secret, and My Search for the Real Me

By: Alex Tresniowski , Paul Joseph Fronczak

4.17

Format: 78 pages, Hardcover

"A gripping tale of secrets and self-discovery." --People The Foundlingtells the incredible and ins… read more

Similar categories in Alex Tresniowski's The Foundling: The True Story of a Kidnapping, a Family Secret, and My Search for the Real Me book and Stephen F. Anderson's A Broken Tree: How DNA Exposed a Family's Secrets

  • nonfiction
  • biography
  • memoir
  • audiobook
Cover of The Stranger in My Genes: A Memoir by Bill Griffeth

6. The Stranger in My Genes: A Memoir

By: Bill Griffeth

3.95

Format: 288 pages, Hardcover

Bill Griffeth, longtime genealogy buff, takes a DNA test that has an unexpected outcome: "If the re… read more

Similar categories in Bill Griffeth's The Stranger in My Genes: A Memoir book and Stephen F. Anderson's A Broken Tree: How DNA Exposed a Family's Secrets

  • nonfiction
  • biography
  • memoir

7. The Magician's Assistant

By: Ann Patchett

4.10

Format: None pages, Paperback

Sabine-- twenty years a magician's assistant to her handsome, charming husband-- is suddenly a wido… read more

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8. Finding Family: My Search for Roots and the Secrets in My DNA

By: None

3.26

Format: None pages, Kindle Edition

Finding Family: My Search for Roots and the Secrets in My DNA is Richard Hill's true and intensely … read more

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9. The Debutante

By: Jon Ronson

3.41

Format: 4 pages, Audible Audio

This is the story of a Tulsa debutante who, as a result of a series of unlikely and often very bad … read more

Similar categories in Jon Ronson's The Debutante book and Stephen F. Anderson's A Broken Tree: How DNA Exposed a Family's Secrets

  • nonfiction
  • biography
  • audiobook
Cover of Rough Sleepers by Tracy Kidder

10. Rough Sleepers

By: Tracy Kidder

4.35

Format: 320 pages, Hardcover

In Rough Sleepers, Tracy Kidder shows how one person can make a difference, as he tells the story o… read more

Similar categories in Tracy Kidder's Rough Sleepers book and Stephen F. Anderson's A Broken Tree: How DNA Exposed a Family's Secrets

  • nonfiction
  • biography
  • memoir
  • audiobook
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11. Killing the Witches: The Horror of Salem, Massachusetts

By: Bill O'Reilly

3.67

Format: 291 pages, Hardcover

With over 19 million copies in print and a remarkable record of #1 New York Times, Wall Street Jour… read more

Similar categories in Bill O'Reilly's Killing the Witches: The Horror of Salem, Massachusetts book and Stephen F. Anderson's A Broken Tree: How DNA Exposed a Family's Secrets

  • nonfiction
  • biography
  • audiobook
Cover of Over My Dead Body: Unearthing the Hidden History of America’s Cemeteries by Greg Melville

12. Over My Dead Body: Unearthing the Hidden History of America’s Cemeteries

By: Greg Melville

4.00

Format: 272 pages, Hardcover

A lively tour through the history of US cemeteries that explores how, where, and why we bury our de… read more

Similar categories in Greg Melville's Over My Dead Body: Unearthing the Hidden History of America’s Cemeteries book and Stephen F. Anderson's A Broken Tree: How DNA Exposed a Family's Secrets

  • nonfiction
  • audiobook
"Every life holds an epic tale, even if no one alive remembers it."

-Greg Melville, Over My Dead Body: Unearthing the Hidden History of America’s Cemeteries

Cover of Dear Sister: A Memoir of Secrets, Survival, and Unbreakable Bonds by Michelle Horton

13. Dear Sister: A Memoir of Secrets, Survival, and Unbreakable Bonds

By: Michelle Horton

4.52

Format: 352 pages, Hardcover

A breathtaking memoir about two sisters and a high-profile Nikki Addimando, incarcerated for killi… read more

Similar categories in Michelle Horton's Dear Sister: A Memoir of Secrets, Survival, and Unbreakable Bonds book and Stephen F. Anderson's A Broken Tree: How DNA Exposed a Family's Secrets

  • nonfiction
  • biography
  • memoir
  • audiobook
Cover of I Know Who You Are: How an Amateur DNA Sleuth Unmasked the Golden State Killer and Changed Crime Fighting Forever by Barbara Rae-Venter

14. I Know Who You Are: How an Amateur DNA Sleuth Unmasked the Golden State Killer and Changed Crime Fighting Forever

By: Barbara Rae-Venter

3.99

Format: 288 pages, Hardcover

For twelve years the Golden State Killer terrorized California, stalking victims and killing withou… read more

Similar categories in Barbara Rae-Venter's I Know Who You Are: How an Amateur DNA Sleuth Unmasked the Golden State Killer and Changed Crime Fighting Forever book and Stephen F. Anderson's A Broken Tree: How DNA Exposed a Family's Secrets

  • nonfiction
  • biography
  • memoir
  • audiobook
"The cost in time, personnel, and money for trying to identify the Golden State Killer prior to the use of IGG was significant,"

-Barbara Rae-Venter, I Know Who You Are: How an Amateur DNA Sleuth Unmasked the Golden State Killer and Changed Crime Fighting Forever

Cover of The Lost Family: How DNA Testing Is Uncovering Secrets, Reuniting Relatives, and Upending Who We Are by Libby Copeland

15. The Lost Family: How DNA Testing Is Uncovering Secrets, Reuniting Relatives, and Upending Who We Are

By: Libby Copeland

4.02

Format: 294 pages, Hardcover

In The Lost Family, journalist Libby Copeland investigates what happens when we embark on a vast so… read more

Similar categories in Libby Copeland's The Lost Family: How DNA Testing Is Uncovering Secrets, Reuniting Relatives, and Upending Who We Are book and Stephen F. Anderson's A Broken Tree: How DNA Exposed a Family's Secrets

  • nonfiction
  • family
  • audiobook
"Time is the enemy of secret-keepers, because with time comes the inevitable revelation, one way or another."

-Libby Copeland, The Lost Family: How DNA Testing Is Uncovering Secrets, Reuniting Relatives, and Upending Who We Are

"Linda would say that she was so excited to have half-sisters that she didn't fully appreciate how her story posted a fundamental threat to their story."

-Libby Copeland, The Lost Family: How DNA Testing Is Uncovering Secrets, Reuniting Relatives, and Upending Who We Are

"Seeking out genetic information... may allow adult adoptees, who had no choice in whether to be adopted, or by whom, to exercise their autonomy in making meaning out of it."

-Libby Copeland, The Lost Family: How DNA Testing Is Uncovering Secrets, Reuniting Relatives, and Upending Who We Are

"People thought they could get away with everything, she says– and indeed, they did until genetic genealogy came along. In Moore's view, DNA is an equalizer, a revelatory force with the power to right…"

-Libby Copeland, The Lost Family: How DNA Testing Is Uncovering Secrets, Reuniting Relatives, and Upending Who We Are

Cover of DNA Never Lies: You kept a secret for sixty years. It won't be secret much longer by Sue   George

16. DNA Never Lies: You kept a secret for sixty years. It won't be secret much longer

By: Sue George

4.17

Format: 340 pages, Kindle Edition

You paid the price for wanting what you couldn't have. Now DNA tests threaten to expose what you sp… read more

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Cover of The Milkman's Son: A Memoir of Family History, a DNA Mystery, and a Story of Paternal Love by Randy Lindsay

17. The Milkman's Son: A Memoir of Family History, a DNA Mystery, and a Story of Paternal Love

By: Randy Lindsay

3.57

Format: 250 pages, Hardcover

Raised in a family he bore little resemblance to, Randy was jokingly referred to as "the milkman’s … read more

Similar categories in Randy Lindsay's The Milkman's Son: A Memoir of Family History, a DNA Mystery, and a Story of Paternal Love book and Stephen F. Anderson's A Broken Tree: How DNA Exposed a Family's Secrets

  • biography
  • memoir
  • nonfiction
  • family
  • audiobook
Cover of True Identity: Cracking the Oldest Kidnapping Cold Case and Finding My Missing Twin by Paul Joseph Fronczak

18. True Identity: Cracking the Oldest Kidnapping Cold Case and Finding My Missing Twin

By: Paul Joseph Fronczak

4.07

Format: 272 pages, Hardcover

A man desperate to know his true identity struggles to solve the infamous kidnapping that nearly de… read more

Similar categories in Paul Joseph Fronczak's True Identity: Cracking the Oldest Kidnapping Cold Case and Finding My Missing Twin book and Stephen F. Anderson's A Broken Tree: How DNA Exposed a Family's Secrets

  • nonfiction
  • biography
  • memoir
  • audiobook
Cover of A Broken Tree: How DNA Exposed a Family's Secrets by Stephen F.  Anderson

19. A Broken Tree: How DNA Exposed a Family's Secrets

By: Stephen F. Anderson

3.71

Format: 168 pages, Hardcover

All families have stories and all families have secrets. Some stories can be hidden forever. Others… read more

Similar categories in Stephen F. Anderson's A Broken Tree: How DNA Exposed a Family's Secrets book and Stephen F. Anderson's A Broken Tree: How DNA Exposed a Family's Secrets

  • biography
  • memoir
  • nonfiction
  • family
  • audiobook
Cover of Ancestry Discoveries: What Happens Under the Sheets Doesn't Stay There by Annette Becklund

20. Ancestry Discoveries: What Happens Under the Sheets Doesn't Stay There

By: Annette Becklund

3.98

Format: 192 pages, Kindle Edition

Ancestry What Happens Under the Sheets Doesn't Stay There -This is a story of how I, at age fifty-… read more

Similar categories in Annette Becklund's Ancestry Discoveries: What Happens Under the Sheets Doesn't Stay There book and Stephen F. Anderson's A Broken Tree: How DNA Exposed a Family's Secrets

  • nonfiction
Cover of Uprooted: Family Trauma, Unknown Origins, and the Secretive History of Artificial Insemination by Peter J. Boni

21. Uprooted: Family Trauma, Unknown Origins, and the Secretive History of Artificial Insemination

By: Peter J. Boni

4.08

Format: 270 pages, Kindle Edition

2023 National Indie Excellence Awards Winner 2023 IPPY Gold Medalist in Nonfiction Audiobooks 2… read more

Similar categories in Peter J. Boni's Uprooted: Family Trauma, Unknown Origins, and the Secretive History of Artificial Insemination book and Stephen F. Anderson's A Broken Tree: How DNA Exposed a Family's Secrets

  • nonfiction
  • memoir
  • family
  • audiobook

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