5 Top biography memoir books like Driven: A White-Knuckled Ride to Heartbreak and Back by Melissa Stephenson

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Driven: A White-Knuckled Ride to Heartbreak and Back

By: Melissa Stephenson

4.09

Format: 274 pages, Kindle Edition

For fans of Wild, a searing memoir about one woman’s road to hope following the death of her troubl…

If you liked the biography memoir plot in Driven: A White-Knuckled Ride to Heartbreak and Back by Melissa Stephenson , here is a list of 5 books like this:

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1. Victoria

By: Daisy Goodwin

3.93

Format: 404 pages, Hardcover

“They think I am still a little girl who is not capable of being a Queen.”Lord Melbourne turned to … read more

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"To be a queen, you have to be more than a little girl with a crown."

-Daisy Goodwin, Victoria

"Emma shook her head. “There are some things that a woman always keeps to herself."

-Daisy Goodwin, Victoria

"In the end to add to the sum of human knowledge is the only thing a man can be truly proud of."

-Daisy Goodwin, Victoria

"I was so happy … before.’ ‘I find that happiness can always be recollected in tranquillity, Ma’am,’ said Melbourne. Victoria put her hands down and looked up at him, her pale blue eyes searching his …"

-Daisy Goodwin, Victoria

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2. The Cellist of Sarajevo

By: Steven Galloway

4.00

Format: 235 pages, Hardcover

This brilliant novel with universal resonance, set during the 1990s Siege of Sarajevo, tells the st… read more

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"A bullet leaves evidence that a mortar doesn't."

-Steven Galloway, The Cellist of Sarajevo

"... life is a series of tiny, unavoidable decisions."

-Steven Galloway, The Cellist of Sarajevo

"The choices she's made have left her without choice."

-Steven Galloway, The Cellist of Sarajevo

"You don't choose what to believe. Belief chooses you."

-Steven Galloway, The Cellist of Sarajevo

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3. Another Brooklyn

By: Jacqueline Woodson

4.32

Format: 285 pages, Hardcover

Running into a long-ago friend sets memories from the 1970s in motion for August, transporting her … read more

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4. All Dressed in White (Under Suspicion, #3)

By: Alafair Burke , Mary Higgins Clark

3.88

Format: 136 pages, Hardcover

The second thrilling novel in the New York Timesbestselling Under Suspicion series following The Ci… read more

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5. Hold On to Your Kids: Why Parents Need to Matter More Than Peers

By: Gabor Maté , Gordon Neufeld

3.93

Format: 352 pages, Paperback

International authority on child development Gordon Neufeld, Ph.D., joins forces with bestselling a… read more

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  • nonfiction
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6. Half Broke Horses

By: Jeannette Walls

3.28

Format: 437 pages, Hardcover

Jeannette Walls's memoir The Glass Castle was "nothing short of spectacular" (Entertainment Weekly)… read more

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  • biography memoir
  • nonfiction
  • biography
  • memoir

7. The Perfect Girlfriend

By: None

3.65

Format: 304 pages, Paperback

Juliette loves Nate. She will follow him anywhere. She's even become a flight attendant for his air… read more

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8. Blue Nights

By: Joan Didion

4.75

Format: 2112 pages, Hardcover

From one of our most powerful writers, a work of stunning frankness about losing a daughter. Richly… read more

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9. Queen Bees and Wannabes: Helping Your Daughter Survive Cliques, Gossip, Boyfriends, and Other Realities of Adolescence

By: Rosalind Wiseman

3.75

Format: 166 pages, Paperback

When Rosalind Wiseman first published Queen Bees & Wannabes, she fundamentally changed the way adul… read more

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10. The Smell of Rain on Dust: Grief and Praise

By: Martin Prechtel

4.03

Format: 288 pages, Paperback

Inspiring hope, solace, and courage in living through our losses, author Martin Prechtel, trained i… read more

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11. The Story of Arthur Truluv

By: Elizabeth Berg

3.68

Format: 336 pages, Hardcover

A beautiful, life-affirming novel about a remarkably loving man who creates for himself and others … read more

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12. Empire Falls

By: Richard Russo

3.57

Format: 10 pages, Paperback

Richard Russo--from his first novel, Mohawk, to his most recent, Straight Man--has demonstrated a p… read more

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13. Grief Is for People

By: Sloane Crosley

3.91

Format: 208 pages, Hardcover

Following the death of her closest friend, Sloane Crosley explores multiple kinds of loss in this d… read more

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  • biography memoir
  • nonfiction
  • biography
  • memoir
"Grief is for people, not things."

-Sloane Crosley, Grief Is for People

"Suicide is a tax on human consciousness."

-Sloane Crosley, Grief Is for People

"How will he know you loved him," she asks, "unless you try to destroy yourself?"

-Sloane Crosley, Grief Is for People

"Pictures should be of what you see, not of what the world sees when it sees you."

-Sloane Crosley, Grief Is for People

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14. Nomadland: Surviving America in the Twenty-First Century

By: Jessica Bruder

4.03

Format: 288 pages, Paperback

An alternate cover edition of ISBN 9780393356311 can be found here. From the beet fields of Nort… read more

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  • travel
  • nonfiction
  • memoir
"a vast majority of us vandwellers are white. The reasons range from obvious to duh, but then there’s this."

-Jessica Bruder, Nomadland: Surviving America in the Twenty-First Century

"Some call them "homeless." The new nomads reject that label. Equipped with both shelter and transportation, they've adopted a new word. They refer to themselves, quite simply, as "houseless"

-Jessica Bruder, Nomadland: Surviving America in the Twenty-First Century

"The most widely accepted measure for calculating income inequality is a century-old formula called the Gini coefficient. It's a gold standard for economists around the globe, along with the World ban…"

-Jessica Bruder, Nomadland: Surviving America in the Twenty-First Century

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15. Before and After

By: Judy Christie

3.98

Format: 320 pages, Hardcover

7 hours, 57 minutes The incredible, poignant true stories of victims of a notorious adoption sca… read more

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  • nonfiction
  • biography
  • memoir
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16. When We Were Young & Brave

By: Hazel Gaynor

4.19

Format: 448 pages, Paperback

Their motto was to be prepared, but nothing could prepare them for war. . . The New York Times b… read more

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17. The Hazelbourne Ladies Motorcycle and Flying Club

By: Helen Simonson

3.96

Format: 432 pages, Hardcover

A timeless comedy of manners—refreshing as a summer breeze and bracing as the British seaside—about… read more

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18. The Sun Is a Compass: A 4,000-Mile Journey into the Alaskan Wilds

By: Caroline Van Hemert

4.27

Format: 320 pages, Hardcover

For fans of Cheryl Strayed, the gripping story of a biologist's human-powered journey from the Paci… read more

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  • biography
  • memoir
  • travel
  • biography memoir
  • nonfiction
"In life, we're always closer to the edge than we like to admit, never guaranteed our next breath, never sure of what will follow this moment. We're human. We're vulnerable. With love comes the risk o…"

-Caroline Van Hemert, The Sun Is a Compass: A 4,000-Mile Journey into the Alaskan Wilds

"About Northern Wheatears: ...birds from Alaska flew nine thousand miles to Kenya; those from Canada crossed the Atlantic to spend the winter in Mauritania. For young birds, just a few weeks old, this…"

-Caroline Van Hemert, The Sun Is a Compass: A 4,000-Mile Journey into the Alaskan Wilds

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19. When We Had Wings

By: Ariel Lawhon

4.18

Format: 432 pages, Hardcover

From three bestselling authors comes an interwoven tale about a trio of World War II nurses station… read more

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20. Mother, Nature: A 5,000-Mile Journey to Discover if a Mother and Son Can Survive Their Differences

By: Jedidiah Jenkins

4.03

Format: 221 pages, Hardcover

When his mother, Barbara, turns seventy, Jedidiah Jenkins is reminded of a sobering fact: Our pare… read more

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  • biography
  • memoir
  • travel
  • biography memoir
  • nonfiction
"In my midthirties, I realized that my parents would die soon. Not like a terminal illness. I just mean in the flow of time. It hit me hardest when my mother turned seventy. I did a quick bit of math.…"

-Jedidiah Jenkins, Mother, Nature: A 5,000-Mile Journey to Discover if a Mother and Son Can Survive Their Differences

"I wondered about my friendship with my mom. Is it friendship? How can it be? Friendship is chosen. Friendship is discovered. But a mother and a son have a bond that is necessary. If the son exists, t…"

-Jedidiah Jenkins, Mother, Nature: A 5,000-Mile Journey to Discover if a Mother and Son Can Survive Their Differences

Cover of Driven: A White-Knuckled Ride to Heartbreak and Back by Melissa Stephenson

21. Driven: A White-Knuckled Ride to Heartbreak and Back

By: Melissa Stephenson

4.09

Format: 274 pages, Kindle Edition

For fans of Wild, a searing memoir about one woman’s road to hope following the death of her troubl… read more

Similar categories in Melissa Stephenson's Driven: A White-Knuckled Ride to Heartbreak and Back book and Melissa Stephenson's Driven: A White-Knuckled Ride to Heartbreak and Back

  • biography
  • memoir
  • travel
  • autobiography
  • biography memoir
  • nonfiction

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Gabor Maté , Gordon Neufeld

3.93

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Half Broke Horses

Jeannette Walls

3.28

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Grief Is for People

Sloane Crosley

3.91

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Nomadland: Surviving America in the Twenty-First Century

Jessica Bruder

4.03

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Lisa Wingate

5.00

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Lisa Wingate

3.64

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Lisa Wingate

4.12

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Kristin Hannah

4.64

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