6 Top biography books like After the Tampa: From Afghanistan to New Zealand by Abbas Nazari

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After the Tampa: From Afghanistan to New Zealand

By: Abbas Nazari

4.53

Format: 368 pages, Paperback

The heart-rending story of a child 'Tampa' refugee who grew up to become a Fulbright scholar, highl…

If you liked the biography plot in After the Tampa: From Afghanistan to New Zealand by Abbas Nazari , here is a list of 6 books like this:

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1. Lola in the Mirror

By: Trent Dalton

4.41

Format: 448 pages, Kindle Edition

Bighearted, gritty, magical and moving, Lola in the Mirror is the irresistible new novel from inter… read more

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2. The Year of the Locust

By: Terry Hayes

3.57

Format: 652 pages, Kindle Edition

‘Utterly gripping, elegantly written... most definitely worth the wait’ Observer'Ticks all the boxe… read more

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3. Pet

By: Catherine Chidgey

4.06

Format: 352 pages, Paperback

Like every other girl in her class, twelve-year-old Justine is drawn to her glamorous, charismatic … read more

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4. Before You Knew My Name

By: Jacqueline Bublitz

3.81

Format: 320 pages, Paperback

This is not just another novel about a dead girl. Two women—one alive, one dead—are brought togethe… read more

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"I know what it's like for the horror to follow you home."

-Jacqueline Bublitz, Before You Knew My Name

"What happened to her makes me so mad. The entitlement of these fucking men who destroy lives, just because they can."

-Jacqueline Bublitz, Before You Knew My Name

"The thing is. When the dead speak back, we are seldom loud enough to be heard over the clamour of all that living going on."

-Jacqueline Bublitz, Before You Knew My Name

"For the first time, I understand it's not only the dead who have lives they don't get to live out. The people left behind have as many versions of themselves unexplored, as many possible paths that c…"

-Jacqueline Bublitz, Before You Knew My Name

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5. The Seventh Son

By: Sebastian Faulks

3.60

Format: 353 pages, Kindle Edition

A CHILD WILL BE BORN WHO WILL CHANGE EVERYTHING When a young woman named Talissa answers an adve… read more

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6. The Bookseller at the End of the World

By: Ruth Shaw

4.25

Format: 320 pages, Hardcover

A rich, immersive, funny and heartbreaking memoir of the charming bookseller who runs two tiny book… read more

Similar categories in Ruth Shaw's The Bookseller at the End of the World book and Abbas Nazari's After the Tampa: From Afghanistan to New Zealand

  • nonfiction
  • biography
"My mother, more than anyone, knew why I lived such a high-risk life. She gave me the freedom to run."

-Ruth Shaw, The Bookseller at the End of the World

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7. The Things That Matter Most

By: Gabbie Stroud

4.44

Format: 358 pages, Paperback

A powerful and moving debut novel about a school community in crisis from the bestselling author of… read more

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8. How to Loiter in a Turf War

By: Coco Solid

4.23

Format: 176 pages, Paperback

A genre-bending work of autobiographical fiction from one of Aotearoa’s fiercest and most versatile… read more

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"She gives him a hurled brick wrapped up in a smile"

-Coco Solid, How to Loiter in a Turf War

"Māoridom in Aotearoa dictates that we generate prestige from manaakitanga. It is the connection and hospitality we express for those in our care but also to show all that they are our equal, they too…"

-Coco Solid, How to Loiter in a Turf War

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9. The Dressmaker and the Hidden Soldier

By: Doug Gold

4.03

Format: None pages, Kindle Edition

A prisoner of war's daring escape from a speeding train . . . a Greek resistance heroine's fateful … read more

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10. Lioness

By: Emily Perkins

3.43

Format: 352 pages, Hardcover

You know how we say we devoured a story, and also that we were consumed by it? Eating and being eat… read more

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11. A Fortunate Woman: A Country Doctor's Story

By: Polly Morland

4.25

Format: None pages, Hardcover

A Fortunate Woman is a compelling, thoughtful and insightful look at the life and work of a country… read more

Similar categories in Polly Morland's A Fortunate Woman: A Country Doctor's Story book and Abbas Nazari's After the Tampa: From Afghanistan to New Zealand

  • nonfiction
  • biography
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12. Did I Ever Tell You This?

By: Sam Neill

4.06

Format: 398 pages, Hardcover

In this unexpected memoir, written in a creative burst of just a few months in 2022, Sam Neill tell… read more

Similar categories in Sam Neill's Did I Ever Tell You This? book and Abbas Nazari's After the Tampa: From Afghanistan to New Zealand

  • nonfiction
  • biography
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13. Straight Up

By: Ruby Tui

4.38

Format: 365 pages, Kindle Edition

This is Ruby Tui. An open, raw and honest account of her journey from a troubled and unstable child… read more

Similar categories in Ruby Tui's Straight Up book and Abbas Nazari's After the Tampa: From Afghanistan to New Zealand

  • nonfiction
  • biography
"True leadership is the opposite of individualism, the opposite of one person standing above the rest. It's an encompassing, inclusive thing. I never liked the top-down way of leading. Even if I've be…"

-Ruby Tui, Straight Up

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14. Everything Is Beautiful and Everything Hurts

By: Josie Shapiro

4.21

Format: 288 pages, Paperback

The stunning debut novel by the winner of the Allen & Unwin Commercial Fiction Prize. If you loved … read more

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15. The Axeman's Carnival

By: Catherine Chidgey

4.37

Format: 350 pages, Paperback

Everywhere, the birds: sparrows and skylarks and thrushes, starlings and bellbirds, fantails and pi… read more

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16. Loop Tracks

By: Sue Orr

4.16

Format: 332 pages, Paperback

It’s 1978: the Auckland abortion clinic has been forced to close and sixteen-year-old Charlie has t… read more

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17. Auē

By: Becky Manawatu

4.50

Format: 328 pages, Paperback

Taukiri was born into sorrow. Auē can be heard in the sound of the sea he loves and hates, and in t… read more

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"I thought how many terrible words there were, and how when they were let loose in the world, they sucked up all the air around them."

-Becky Manawatu, Auē

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18. Grand: Becoming My Mother's Daughter

By: Noelle McCarthy

4.13

Format: 269 pages, Paperback

"I’ll be grand, girl, I’ve great faith." – Mammy, just before she died Funny, charismatic and ge… read more

Similar categories in Noelle McCarthy's Grand: Becoming My Mother's Daughter book and Abbas Nazari's After the Tampa: From Afghanistan to New Zealand

  • nonfiction
  • biography
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19. Better the Blood

By: Michael Bennett

4.01

Format: 329 pages, Hardcover

A DETECTIVE IN SEARCH OF THE TRUTH Hana Westerman is a tenacious Māori detective juggling single… read more

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20. Evolving: The new book by beloved broadcaster Judy Bailey on finding health and happiness as we age

By: Judy Bailey

3.77

Format: None pages, Kindle Edition

An inspiring and personal guide to ageing well and with happiness, by national treasure Judy Bailey… read more

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21. After the Tampa: From Afghanistan to New Zealand

By: Abbas Nazari

4.53

Format: 368 pages, Paperback

The heart-rending story of a child 'Tampa' refugee who grew up to become a Fulbright scholar, highl… read more

Similar categories in Abbas Nazari's After the Tampa: From Afghanistan to New Zealand book and Abbas Nazari's After the Tampa: From Afghanistan to New Zealand

  • nonfiction
  • biography

6 Best nonfiction books like After the Tampa: From Afghanistan to New Zealand by Abbas Nazari

Transform Your Habits

The Bookseller at the End of the World

Ruth Shaw

4.25

Transform Your Habits

A Fortunate Woman: A Country Doctor's Story

Polly Morland

4.25

Transform Your Habits

Did I Ever Tell You This?

Sam Neill

4.06

Transform Your Habits

Straight Up

Ruby Tui

4.38

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Lola in the Mirror

Trent Dalton

4.41

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How to Loiter in a Turf War

Coco Solid

4.23

Transform Your Habits

Return to Blood (Hana Westerman Thriller, #2)

Michael Bennett

3.94

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Lioness

Emily Perkins

3.43

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