7 must-read nonfiction books like Redbirds: Memories from the South by Rick Bragg

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Redbirds: Memories from the South

By: Rick Bragg

4.40

Format: 352 pages, Paperback

This autobiography recounts how Bragg, brought up in poverty in the deep South, ended up a Pulitzer…

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1. Isaac's Storm: A Man, a Time, and the Deadliest Hurricane in History

By: Erik Larson

4.05

Format: 323 pages, Paperback

September 8, 1900, began innocently in the seaside town of Galveston, Texas. Even Isaac Cline, resi… read more

Similar categories in Erik Larson's Isaac's Storm: A Man, a Time, and the Deadliest Hurricane in History book and Rick Bragg's Redbirds: Memories from the South

  • history
  • biography
  • nonfiction
"Time lost can never be recovered...and this should be written in flaming letters everywhere."

-Erik Larson, Isaac's Storm: A Man, a Time, and the Deadliest Hurricane in History

"People seemed to believe that technology had stripped hurricanes of their power to kill. No hurricane expert endorsed this view."

-Erik Larson, Isaac's Storm: A Man, a Time, and the Deadliest Hurricane in History

"This is the story of Isaac and his time in America, the last turning of the centuries, when the hubris of men led them to believe they could disregard even nature itself."

-Erik Larson, Isaac's Storm: A Man, a Time, and the Deadliest Hurricane in History

"No one ever remembered a nice day. But no one ever forget the feel of paralyzed fish, the thud of walnut-sized hail against a horse's flank, or the way a superheated wind could turn your eyes to burl…"

-Erik Larson, Isaac's Storm: A Man, a Time, and the Deadliest Hurricane in History

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2. As Husbands Go

By: Susan Isaacs

3.99

Format: 320 pages, Hardcover

Call her superficial, but Susie B. Anthony Rabinowitz Gersten assumed her marriage was great--and w… read more

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3. The Blue Castle

By: L.M. Montgomery

3.94

Format: 255 pages,

Valancy lives a drab life with her overbearing mother and prying aunt. Then a shocking diagnosis fr… read more

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4. The Spy Who Came In from the Cold

By: John Le Carré

3.94

Format: 322 pages, Paperback

In this classic, John le Carre's third novel and the first to earn him international acclaim, he cr… read more

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5. My Invented Country : A Nostalgic Journey Through Chile

By: Isabel Allende

4.13

Format: None pages,

Isabel Allende's first memory of Chile is of a house she never knew. The "large old house" on the C… read more

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6. A Long Petal of the Sea

By: Isabel Allende

4.06

Format: 325 pages, Kindle Edition

From the author of The House of the Spirits, this epic novel spanning decades and crossing continen… read more

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"Despite being English, they served an edible meal."

-Isabel Allende, A Long Petal of the Sea

"She embellished the facts, because she was aware that life is"

-Isabel Allende, A Long Petal of the Sea

"Victor's nephew was plump and bald: all babies that age looked like Winston Churchill to him."

-Isabel Allende, A Long Petal of the Sea

"Nothing can grow in the shade of secrets, she would say, love needs light and space to flourish."

-Isabel Allende, A Long Petal of the Sea

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7. Happy-Go-Lucky

By: David Sedaris

4.17

Format: 272 pages, Hardcover

David Sedaris, the “champion storyteller,” ( Los Angeles Times ) returns with his first new collect… read more

Similar categories in David Sedaris's Happy-Go-Lucky book and Rick Bragg's Redbirds: Memories from the South

  • biography
  • nonfiction
Cover of Rogues: True Stories of Grifters, Killers, Rebels and Crooks by Patrick Radden Keefe

8. Rogues: True Stories of Grifters, Killers, Rebels and Crooks

By: Patrick Radden Keefe

4.01

Format: 368 pages, Hardcover

From the prize-winning, New York Times bestselling author of Say Nothing and Empire of Pain, twelv… read more

Similar categories in Patrick Radden Keefe's Rogues: True Stories of Grifters, Killers, Rebels and Crooks book and Rick Bragg's Redbirds: Memories from the South

  • history
  • biography
  • nonfiction
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9. Hello, Molly!: A Memoir

By: Molly Shannon

4.13

Format: 291 pages, Hardcover

A candid, compulsively readable, hilarious, and heartbreaking memoir of resilience and redemption b… read more

Similar categories in Molly Shannon's Hello, Molly!: A Memoir book and Rick Bragg's Redbirds: Memories from the South

  • biography
  • nonfiction
"But I thought, I can do whatever I want. I can be friends with whoever I want. I'm going to be friends with the freaks and the geeks and I don't have to fit into any clique. And I'm Free! And I like …"

-Molly Shannon, Hello, Molly!: A Memoir

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10. Vanderbilt: The Rise and Fall of an American Dynasty

By: Anderson Cooper

3.82

Format: 317 pages, Hardcover

New York Times bestselling author and journalist Anderson Cooper teams with New York Times bestsell… read more

Similar categories in Anderson Cooper's Vanderbilt: The Rise and Fall of an American Dynasty book and Rick Bragg's Redbirds: Memories from the South

  • history
  • biography
  • nonfiction
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11. A Book of Days

By: Patti Smith

4.26

Format: 400 pages, Hardcover

A deeply moving and brilliantly idiosyncratic visual book of days by the National Book Award–winnin… read more

Similar categories in Patti Smith's A Book of Days book and Rick Bragg's Redbirds: Memories from the South

  • biography
  • nonfiction
Cover of Redbirds: Memories from the South by Rick Bragg

12. Redbirds: Memories from the South

By: Rick Bragg

4.40

Format: 352 pages, Paperback

This autobiography recounts how Bragg, brought up in poverty in the deep South, ended up a Pulitzer… read more

Similar categories in Rick Bragg's Redbirds: Memories from the South book and Rick Bragg's Redbirds: Memories from the South

  • history
  • biography
  • nonfiction

7 must-read biography books like Redbirds: Memories from the South by Rick Bragg

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