12 Top nonfiction books like Trouble: A memoir by Marise Gaughan

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Trouble: A memoir

By: Marise Gaughan

4.35

Format: 288 pages, Hardcover

A stunning literary memoir from an exceptional Irish writer and comedian Marise was nine when she …

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1. You Be Mother

By: Meg Mason

4.31

Format: 66 pages, ebook

What do you do, when you find the perfect family, and it's not yours? A charming, funny and irresis… read more

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2. Earth

By: John Boyne

4.34

Format: 168 pages, Kindle Edition

From million-copy-bestselling author John Boyne, an inescapably gritty story about one young man wh… read more

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3. Ordinary Human Failings

By: Megan Nolan

3.78

Format: 224 pages, Hardcover

When a 10-year-old child is suspected of a violent crime, her family must face the truth about thei… read more

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"She loved the feeling of doing something on her own, and doing it in a routine. It felt thrillingly adult and affirmed her most cherished hope, the hope that she might have an actual inner life of su…"

-Megan Nolan, Ordinary Human Failings

"He had the sort of bland, agreeable, rosy face which could disappear into whatever context he wished it to. He was blond but not provocatively so. The naturally dull Kent accent could be clipped and …"

-Megan Nolan, Ordinary Human Failings

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4. Strong Female Character

By: Fern Brady

4.48

Format: 288 pages, Hardcover

A summary of my 1. I'm diagnosed with autism 20 years after telling a doctor I had it. 2. My… read more

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  • autobiography
  • nonfiction
  • biography
  • memoir
"I was continually over-identifying with fiction to try and find a template for myself and my story (143)"

-Fern Brady, Strong Female Character

"For all her flaws, my mum never raised me with dysfunctional attitudes to food or made me think I was greedy or not thin enough. She was always clear she disliked me for me."

-Fern Brady, Strong Female Character

"It's 2022 as I write this and I'm still waiting to find someone I respect to speak openly and in detail about meltdowns. I'm really annoyed that I have to be the one to do this."

-Fern Brady, Strong Female Character

"It made perfect sense to me that my skin was bursting open in disgusting weeping pustules. The emotions felt volcanic and I'd never been good at communicating that to people in words so now my body w…"

-Fern Brady, Strong Female Character

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5. Rosewater

By: Liv Little

3.67

Format: 320 pages, Hardcover

For fans of Queenie and Such a Fun Age comes a deliciously gritty and strikingly bold debut novel a… read more

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6. The List

By: Yomi Adegoke

3.05

Format: 336 pages, Hardcover

Ola Olajide, a celebrated journalist at Womxxxn magazine, is set to marry the love of her life in o… read more

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"...but she refused for love to be something that she endured. Something that took from her and made her smaller."

-Yomi Adegoke, The List

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7. Poor: Grit, courage, and the life-changing value of self-belief

By: Katriona O'Sullivan

4.61

Format: 320 pages, Paperback

As the middle of five kids growing up in dire poverty, the odds were low on Katriona O'Sullivan mak… read more

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  • autobiography
  • nonfiction
  • biography
  • memoir
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8. The Mess We’re In

By: Annie Macmanus

3.40

Format: 376 pages, Hardcover

I’m a Londoner now. I’m a voice in the noise. I’m ready. It’s the turn of the millennium and, la… read more

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9. Arrangements in Blue

By: Amy Key

3.84

Format: 223 pages, Hardcover

Arrangements in Blue elegantly honors the life lived completely by—and for—oneself. Inspired by Jon… read more

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  • nonfiction
  • biography
  • memoir
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10. Common Decency

By: Susannah Dickey

3.28

Format: 320 pages, Hardcover

In an apartment building in Belfast, two women wrestle with the sorrows and spectres of love and lo… read more

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11. Rising: Dispatches from the New American Shore

By: Elizabeth Rush

4.18

Format: 299 pages, Hardcover

WINNER OF THE NATIONAL OUTDOOR BOOK AWARD A CHICAGO TRIBUNE TOP TEN BOOK OF 2018 A GUARDIAN, NPR's … read more

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  • nonfiction
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12. Why Did You Stay?: A Memoir About Self-Worth

By: Rebecca Humphries

4.03

Format: 416 pages, Hardcover

Actor, writer and hopeless romantic Rebecca Humphries had often been called crazy by her boyfriend.… read more

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  • autobiography
  • nonfiction
  • biography
  • memoir
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13. Hagstone

By: Sinéad Gleeson

3.63

Format: 307 pages, Kindle Edition

The sea is steady for now. The land readies itself. What can be done with the woman on the cliff? … read more

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14. Notes on Heartbreak

By: Annie Lord

4.16

Format: 400 pages, Hardcover

Fierce, funny and raw, this unflinchingly honest exploration of heartbreak is so much more than a b… read more

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  • nonfiction
  • memoir
"Why suffer for something ordinary?"

-Annie Lord, Notes on Heartbreak

"That's the thing about pain: we forget it."

-Annie Lord, Notes on Heartbreak

"I'll try my best to forget, but I think I'll love you for all my life."

-Annie Lord, Notes on Heartbreak

"Knowing Mary has gone through the same thing makes me feel less alone with my pain."

-Annie Lord, Notes on Heartbreak

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15. Girl Unmasked: The Sunday Times Bestseller: How Uncovering My Autism Saved My Life

By: Emily Katy

4.72

Format: 279 pages, Kindle Edition

'Emily's moving book is a powerful testimony that shines a light on the continued failure of health… read more

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  • autobiography
  • nonfiction
  • biography
  • memoir
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16. Lucky: Learning to live again

By: Louise Thompson

4.39

Format: 281 pages, Kindle Edition

How do you learn to live again when you've danced with death?Louise’s road to having a baby was far… read more

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  • nonfiction
  • biography
  • memoir
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17. Nightwalking: Four Journeys Into Britain After Dark

By: John Lewis-Stempel

4.02

Format: 104 pages, Hardcover

At night, the normal rules of Nature do not apply. In the night-wood I have met a badger coming the… read more

Similar categories in John Lewis-Stempel's Nightwalking: Four Journeys Into Britain After Dark book and Marise Gaughan's Trouble: A memoir

  • nonfiction
"You look at the dark and the dark looks at you."

-John Lewis-Stempel, Nightwalking: Four Journeys Into Britain After Dark

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18. Trouble: A memoir

By: Marise Gaughan

4.35

Format: 288 pages, Hardcover

A stunning literary memoir from an exceptional Irish writer and comedian Marise was nine when she … read more

Similar categories in Marise Gaughan's Trouble: A memoir book and Marise Gaughan's Trouble: A memoir

  • autobiography
  • nonfiction
  • biography
  • memoir
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19. Everyone I Know is Dying

By: Emily Slapper

3.62

Format: 352 pages, Kindle Edition

A razor-sharp, bleakly funny exploration of mental health crises, the societal pressures on young w… read more

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20. Why Can't I Just Enjoy Things?

By: Pierre Novellie

4.56

Format: 325 pages, Hardcover

Why were the other kids at school obsessed with Britney Spears instead of The Goon Show? Why don't … read more

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  • nonfiction
"Often when people react to new information about autism they end up accidentally correctly pointing out evidence of autism as opposed to evidence of its absence. They end up like someone throwing up …"

-Pierre Novellie, Why Can't I Just Enjoy Things?

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21. No Worries If Not: A Funny(ish) Story of Growing Up Working Class and Queer

By: Soph Galustian

4.25

Format: 256 pages, Kindle Edition

No Worries If Not is a funny, relatable coming-of-age story, that explores Soph Galustian's experie… read more

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  • nonfiction
  • memoir

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