15 must-read biography books like Pat Conroy: Our Lifelong Friendship by Bernie Schein

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Pat Conroy: Our Lifelong Friendship

By: Bernie Schein

4.02

Format: 335 pages, Hardcover

“Bernie Schein is the funniest man alive, or so he has dogmatically maintained during the burdensom…

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1. The Pat Conroy Cookbook: Recipes of My Life

By: Pat Conroy , Suzanne Williamson Pollak

4.16

Format: 304 pages, Hardcover

America's favorite storyteller, Pat Conroy, is back with a unique cookbook that only he could conce… read more

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  • nonfiction
  • biography
  • memoir
"But, until that day, I had no idea I was being raised by one of the goddamnest fighter pilots in the history of the Marine Corps. My father and I looked at each other, and I believe we both realized …"

-Pat Conroy, The Pat Conroy Cookbook: Recipes of My Life

"But sometimes stories hide themselves from writers like trolls under bridges. Then the writers of the world must keep their bodies attuned for the sudden appearance of the story that is powerful enou…"

-Pat Conroy, The Pat Conroy Cookbook: Recipes of My Life

"Home is a damaged word, bruisable as fruit, in the cruel glossaries of the language I choose to describe the long, fearful march of my childhood. Home was a word that caught in my throat, stung like …"

-Pat Conroy, The Pat Conroy Cookbook: Recipes of My Life

"Alertness is a requirement of the writing life, staying nimble on your feet, open to the stories that will rise up and flower around you while you are walking your dog on the beach or taking the kids…"

-Pat Conroy, The Pat Conroy Cookbook: Recipes of My Life

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2. A Lowcountry Heart: Reflections on a Writing Life

By: Pat Conroy

4.36

Format: 11 pages, Audio CD

Final words and heartfelt remembrances from bestselling author Pat Conroy take center stage in this… read more

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  • nonfiction
  • biography
  • memoir
"Generosity is the rarest of qualities in American writers."

-Pat Conroy, A Lowcountry Heart: Reflections on a Writing Life

"The choices I didn’t make are almost as ruinous as the ones I did."

-Pat Conroy, A Lowcountry Heart: Reflections on a Writing Life

"I have yet to meet an English teacher who assigned a book to damage a kid."

-Pat Conroy, A Lowcountry Heart: Reflections on a Writing Life

"A nation of unhappy teachers makes for a sadder and more endangered America."

-Pat Conroy, A Lowcountry Heart: Reflections on a Writing Life

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3. South of Broad

By: Pat Conroy

3.55

Format: 199 pages, Hardcover

The one and only Pat Conroy returns, with a big, sprawling novel that is at once a love letter to C… read more

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4. The Death of Santini: The Story of a Father and His Son

By: Pat Conroy

3.98

Format: None pages, Hardcover

In this powerful and intimate memoir, the beloved bestselling author of The Prince of Tides and his… read more

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  • nonfiction
  • biography
  • memoir
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5. All the Single Ladies (Lowcountry Tales, #10)

By: Dorothea Benton Frank

3.66

Format: 357 pages, Hardcover

The perennial New York Times bestselling author returns with an emotionally resonant novel that ill… read more

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"Words matter . . . They really do."

-Dorothea Benton Frank, All the Single Ladies (Lowcountry Tales, #10)

6. The Water is Wide

By: Pat Conroy

4.95

Format: 224 pages, Paperback

The island is nearly deserted, haunting, beautiful. Across a slip of ocean lies South Carolina. But… read more

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7. The Summer Book Club

By: Susan Mallery

3.84

Format: 416 pages, Hardcover

The rules of summer book club are simple: •  No sad books •  No pressure •  Yessssss, wine! … read more

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8. The Wishing Bridge

By: Viola Shipman

4.02

Format: 368 pages, Paperback

Once the hottest mergers and acquisitions executive in the company, Henrietta Wegner can see the am… read more

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"It's about history ... We're all shaped by it. Most run from it. But it's still in there ... How you come to terms with it is what matters."

-Viola Shipman, The Wishing Bridge

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9. An Unfinished Love Story: A Personal History of the 1960s

By: Doris Kearns Goodwin

4.71

Format: 480 pages, Hardcover

An Unfinished Love A Personal History of the 1960s by Doris Kearns Goodwin, one of America’s most … read more

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  • nonfiction
  • biography
  • memoir
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10. The Summer We Started Over

By: Nancy Thayer

4.00

Format: 320 pages, Hardcover

Two sisters reconnect and pursue their dreams on the beautiful island of Nantucket, overcoming life… read more

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11. The Amish Wife

By: Gregg Olsen

3.49

Format: 387 pages, Kindle Edition

The #1 New York Times and Amazon Charts bestselling author Gregg Olsen solves a murder among the Am… read more

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  • nonfiction
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12. The Caretaker

By: Ron Rash

4.20

Format: 252 pages, Hardcover

Told against the backdrop of the Korean War as a small Appalachian town sends its sons to battle, T… read more

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13. My Name Is Barbra

By: Barbra Streisand

4.20

Format: 1040 pages, Hardcover

The long-awaited memoir by the superstar of stage, screen, recordings, and television. Barbra St… read more

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  • nonfiction
  • biography
  • memoir
"Fame is a hollow trophy. No matter who you are, you can only eat one pastrami sandwich at a time."

-Barbra Streisand, My Name Is Barbra

"Once again I was struck by the power of music. Somehow, it can be the connective tissue between souls."

-Barbra Streisand, My Name Is Barbra

"There are some things I hope we can all agree upon: The antidote to lies is truth, the remedy to war is peace, and the solution to hate is love."

-Barbra Streisand, My Name Is Barbra

"Language gives us an insight into the way women are viewed in a male-dominated society . . . A man is commanding—a woman is demanding. A man is forceful—a woman is pushy. A man is uncompromising—a wo…"

-Barbra Streisand, My Name Is Barbra

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14. Being Henry: The Fonz . . . and Beyond

By: Henry Winkler

4.14

Format: 246 pages, Hardcover

From Emmy-award winning actor, author, comedian, producer, and director Henry Winkler, a deeply tho… read more

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  • nonfiction
  • biography
  • memoir
"It’s so funny about time - you get into these nice little grooves with people you love, and you think it’ll go on forever. But time goes so fast, and nothing goes on forever."

-Henry Winkler, Being Henry: The Fonz . . . and Beyond

"If you don't nail your feet to the ground, you can just believe - and you want to believe. It's so enticing. It felt so good. You could just become a gigantic balloon in the Thanksgiving Day parade a…"

-Henry Winkler, Being Henry: The Fonz . . . and Beyond

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15. Camino Ghosts (Camino Island #3)

By: John Grisham

4.26

Format: 292 pages, Hardcover

In this new thriller on Camino Island, popular bookseller Bruce Cable tells Mercer Mann an irresist… read more

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16. You Never Know: A Memoir

By: Tom Selleck

4.05

Format: 352 pages, Hardcover

There are many miles from the business school and basketball court at the University of Southern Ca… read more

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  • nonfiction
  • biography
  • memoir
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17. Long Island (Eilis Lacey, #2)

By: Colm Tóibín

3.82

Format: 294 pages, Hardcover

From the beloved, critically acclaimed New York Times bestselling author comes a spectacularly movi… read more

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18. The Extraordinary Life of an Ordinary Man: A Memoir

By: Paul Newman

3.89

Format: 297 pages, Hardcover

NEW YORK TIMES BEST SELLER - The raw, candid, unvarnished memoir of an American icon. The greatest … read more

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  • nonfiction
  • biography
  • memoir
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19. Bright Lights, Big Christmas

By: Mary Kay Andrews

3.88

Format: 288 pages, Hardcover

From Mary Kay Andrews, New York Times bestselling author of The Homewreckers and The Santa Suit, co… read more

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20. Bits and Pieces: My Mother, My Brother, and Me

By: Whoopi Goldberg

4.33

Format: 256 pages, Hardcover

From multi-award winner Whoopi Goldberg comes a new and unique memoir of her family and their influ… read more

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  • nonfiction
  • biography
  • memoir
"Listen. The confines of this neighbourhood do not represent the confines of your life. You can go and do and be whatever you want. But, whatever you choose, be yourself."

-Whoopi Goldberg, Bits and Pieces: My Mother, My Brother, and Me

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21. White House by the Sea: A Century of the Kennedys at Hyannis Port

By: Kate Storey

4.16

Format: 368 pages, Hardcover

“Impeccably researched…captivating!” —Elin Hilderbrand * “A well-paced history.” — The New York Tim… read more

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  • nonfiction
  • biography
  • memoir
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22. Two Women Walk into a Bar

By: Cheryl Strayed

4.06

Format: 31 pages, Kindle Edition

Cheryl Strayed, the bestselling author of Wild and Tiny Beautiful Things , finds humor and connecti… read more

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  • nonfiction
  • biography
  • memoir
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23. Tell Me A Story: My Life with Pat Conroy

By: Cassandra King Conroy

4.35

Format: 400 pages, ebook

“Tell Me A Story is breathtakingly tender, heartbreakingly true...The best memoir I’ve read.”   — M… read more

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  • nonfiction
  • biography
  • memoir
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24. My Exaggerated Life: Pat Conroy

By: Katherine Clark

4.42

Format: 346 pages, Kindle Edition

An oral biography that reveals the Southern author's true voice Pat Conroy's memoirs and autobiogr… read more

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  • nonfiction
  • biography
  • memoir
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25. A Happier Life

By: Kristy Woodson Harvey

4.32

Format: 384 pages, Hardcover

Present Day: Keaton Smith is desperate for a fresh start. So when her mother needs someone to put h… read more

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"Trends come and go; the simplicity of timeless meals with the ones you love is forever."

-Kristy Woodson Harvey, A Happier Life

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26. Lula Dean's Little Library of Banned Books

By: Kirsten Miller

4.19

Format: 298 pages, Hardcover

The provocative and hilarious summer read that will have book lovers cheering and everyone talking!… read more

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27. The Dark Wives (Vera Stanhope, #11)

By: Ann Cleeves

4.47

Format: 384 pages, Hardcover

As New York Times bestseller Ann Cleeves's beloved Vera series explodes in popularity in print and … read more

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28. The Lost Prince: A Search for Pat Conroy

By: Michael Mewshaw

3.82

Format: 286 pages, Kindle Edition

Pat Conroy was America’s poet laureate of family dysfunction. A larger-than-life character and the … read more

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  • nonfiction
  • biography
  • memoir
"I was a distant father. I'd just go off and write. I did the thing that screws up kids more than anything else in America. I went and got myself a little bit famous."

-Michael Mewshaw, The Lost Prince: A Search for Pat Conroy

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29. Three Keys

By: Laura Pritchett

3.83

Format: 336 pages, Paperback

Newly widowed and unemployed, a woman in her mid-fifties sets off on a journey of trespassing and a… read more

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30. Pat Conroy: Our Lifelong Friendship

By: Bernie Schein

4.02

Format: 335 pages, Hardcover

“Bernie Schein is the funniest man alive, or so he has dogmatically maintained during the burdensom… read more

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  • nonfiction
  • biography
  • memoir
Cover of What Does It Feel Like? by Sophie Kinsella

31. What Does It Feel Like?

By: Sophie Kinsella

4.66

Format: 144 pages, Hardcover

From #1 bestselling author Sophie Kinsella, an unforgettable story—by turns heartbreaking and life-… read more

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16 best-selling nonfiction books like Pat Conroy: Our Lifelong Friendship by Bernie Schein

Transform Your Habits

The Pat Conroy Cookbook: Recipes of My Life

Pat Conroy , Suzanne Williamson Pollak

4.16

Transform Your Habits

A Lowcountry Heart: Reflections on a Writing Life

Pat Conroy

4.36

Transform Your Habits

The Death of Santini: The Story of a Father and His Son

Pat Conroy

3.98

Transform Your Habits

An Unfinished Love Story: A Personal History of the 1960s

Doris Kearns Goodwin

4.71

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21 best-selling fiction books like Bright Lights, Big Christmas by Mary Kay Andrews

Transform Your Habits

The Summer Book Club

Susan Mallery

3.84

Transform Your Habits

The Friendship Club

Robyn Carr

3.82

Transform Your Habits

Midnight at the Christmas Bookshop (The Christmas Bookshop, #2)

Jenny Colgan

3.60

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Viola Shipman

4.02

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