9 best-selling biography memoir books like Safecracker: A Chronicle of the Coolest Job in the World by Dave McOmie

Cover of Safecracker: A Chronicle of the Coolest Job in the World by Dave McOmie

Safecracker: A Chronicle of the Coolest Job in the World

By: Dave McOmie

3.98

Format: 248 pages, Hardcover

Like a character in a Hitchcock movie, Dave McOmie travels the country breaking into bank vaults, c…

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1. Grunt: The Curious Science of Humans at War

By: Mary Roach

3.00

Format: 282 pages,

Grunttackles the science behind some of a soldier's most challenging adversaries--panic, exhaustion… read more

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2. Never Broken: Songs Are Only Half the Story

By: Jewel

4.10

Format: None pages, Hardcover

New York Times best-selling poet and multiplatinum singer-songwriter Jewel explores her unconventio… read more

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3. High Rhulain (Redwall, #18)

By: Brian Jacques

2.65

Format: 34 pages, Mass Market Paperback

THE NEW YORKTIMES BESTSELLER A thrilling Redwall adventure from beloved author Brian Jacques. Tiri… read more

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4. Fables, Vol. 4: March of the Wooden Soldiers

By: Mark Buckingham , P. Craig Russell , Bill Willingham , Steve Leialoha , Craig Hamilton

3.78

Format: 472 pages, Paperback

Bill Willingham's runaway hit series continues its success in this fourth trade paperback, featurin… read more

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5. Fables, Vol. 3: Storybook Love

By: Mark Buckingham , Bill Willingham , Steve Leialoha , James Jean

3.78

Format: 472 pages, Paperback

In the Fables' world, there isn't a lot of happily-ever-after to go around. As refugees from the la… read more

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6. Trail of the Lost: The Relentless Search to Bring Home the Missing Hikers of the Pacific Crest Trail

By: Andrea Lankford

3.76

Format: 352 pages, Hardcover

From a former law enforcement park ranger and investigator, this female-driven true crime adventure… read more

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  • nonfiction
  • memoir
"A solo woman is more likely to survive a perilous incident in the outdoors than a solo man. Yet, the average female hiker fears for her safety more than the average guy does. Ironically, this phenome…"

-Andrea Lankford, Trail of the Lost: The Relentless Search to Bring Home the Missing Hikers of the Pacific Crest Trail

Cover of Madhouse at the End of the Earth by Julian Sancton

7. Madhouse at the End of the Earth

By: Julian Sancton

4.27

Format: 354 pages, Hardcover

In August 1897, the young Belgian commandant Adrien de Gerlache set sail for a three-year expeditio… read more

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  • nonfiction
  • biography
"Among the greatest threats future travelers to Mars are likely to face is an interplanetary version of winter over-syndrome. The unknown icescapes around the earth poles, particularly Antarctica, see…"

-Julian Sancton, Madhouse at the End of the Earth

"Cook referred to the symptoms collectively as polar anemia. Researchers today use the term winter over-syndrome. But it's essentially the same thing. A prevailing theory suggests it's a form of hypot…"

-Julian Sancton, Madhouse at the End of the Earth

"But in emphasizing the likelihood of a connection between winter over-syndrome and what is now known as seasonal effective disorder, a variation in mood that correlates with a dwindling of daylight h…"

-Julian Sancton, Madhouse at the End of the Earth

"Note: Dr. Lawrence Polinkis who analyzed clinical data from American men and women at Antarctica's Mcmurdo station Amundsen Scott's South Pole station posits specifically that the memory loss and oth…"

-Julian Sancton, Madhouse at the End of the Earth

Cover of What If? 2: Additional Serious Scientific Answers to Absurd Hypothetical Questions (What If?, #2) by Randall Munroe

8. What If? 2: Additional Serious Scientific Answers to Absurd Hypothetical Questions (What If?, #2)

By: Randall Munroe

4.37

Format: 354 pages, Hardcover

The #1 New York Times–bestselling author of What If? and How To provides his best answers yet to th… read more

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  • nonfiction
Cover of Titanium Noir (Titanium Noir, #1) by Nick Harkaway

9. Titanium Noir (Titanium Noir, #1)

By: Nick Harkaway

4.03

Format: 236 pages, Hardcover

A virtuosic mashup of Philip K. Dick and Raymond Chandler by way of Marvel—the story of a detective… read more

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"In her hands, a corpse is like one of those old Bibles chained up in a dusty room, not only the printed text and the rich colours of the pictures, but the records of marriages and births and deaths i…"

-Nick Harkaway, Titanium Noir (Titanium Noir, #1)

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10. The Rise and Reign of the Mammals: A New History, from the Shadow of the Dinosaurs to Us

By: Steve Brusatte

4.38

Format: 528 pages, Hardcover

In his acclaimed bestseller The Rise and Fall of the Dinosaurs, American paleontologist Steve Brusa… read more

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  • nonfiction
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11. Butts: A Backstory

By: Heather Radke

3.75

Format: 320 pages, Hardcover

Whether we love them or hate them, think they’re sexy, think they’re strange, consider them too big… read more

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  • nonfiction
"Garment makers are rarely in the business of making clothes that will work for actual people. Instead, they cater to a fantasy of who the customer hopes to be."

-Heather Radke, Butts: A Backstory

"To see your butt, you need the cocoon of mirrors of a dressing room, the cumbersome triangulation of a hand mirror in a bedroom, or an awkwardly held smartphone."

-Heather Radke, Butts: A Backstory

"Our bodies, by their very nature, resist control, a fact that always has felt paradoxically triumphant when I encounter it. We invent bustles and girdles and exercise videos and cabbage diets and siz…"

-Heather Radke, Butts: A Backstory

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12. Blood, Sweat & Chrome: The Wild and True Story of Mad Max: Fury Road

By: Kyle Buchanan

4.33

Format: 384 pages, Hardcover

A full-speed-ahead oral history of the nearly two-decade making of the cultural phenomenon Mad Max:… read more

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  • nonfiction
  • biography
  • memoir
Cover of Stranger Planet (Strange Planet, #2) by Nathan W. Pyle

13. Stranger Planet (Strange Planet, #2)

By: Nathan W. Pyle

4.47

Format: 144 pages, Hardcover

The second collection featuring comics that look at aliens exploring Earth culture and everyday occ… read more

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

14. 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

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  • nonfiction
  • biography
Cover of Number Go Up: Inside Crypto's Wild Rise and Staggering Fall by Zeke Faux

15. Number Go Up: Inside Crypto's Wild Rise and Staggering Fall

By: Zeke Faux

4.26

Format: 304 pages, Hardcover

In 2021 cryptocurrency went mainstream. Giant investment funds were buying it; celebrities like Tom… read more

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  • nonfiction
Cover of 18 Tiny Deaths: The Untold Story of Frances Glessner Lee and the Invention of Modern Forensics by Bruce Goldfarb

16. 18 Tiny Deaths: The Untold Story of Frances Glessner Lee and the Invention of Modern Forensics

By: Bruce Goldfarb

3.69

Format: 336 pages, Hardcover

The story of the Gilded Age Chicago heiress who revolutionized forensic death investigation. As the… read more

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  • biography memoir
  • biography
  • nonfiction
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17. Opposable Thumbs: How Siskel & Ebert Changed Movies Forever

By: Matt Singer

4.06

Format: 352 pages, Hardcover

Once upon a time, if you wanted to know if a movie was worth seeing, you didn’t check out Rotten To… read more

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  • biography memoir
  • biography
  • nonfiction
Cover of Behind the Seams: My Life in Rhinestones by Dolly Parton

18. Behind the Seams: My Life in Rhinestones

By: Dolly Parton

4.13

Format: 335 pages, Kindle Edition

A beautiful celebration of Dolly Parton’s iconic sense of style through entertaining personal stori… read more

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  • memoir
  • biography memoir
  • biography
  • nonfiction
"I wake up with new dreams everyday."

-Dolly Parton, Behind the Seams: My Life in Rhinestones

"I got dreams so big they'd scare some people."

-Dolly Parton, Behind the Seams: My Life in Rhinestones

"I just wanted to be different. I wanted to be seen."

-Dolly Parton, Behind the Seams: My Life in Rhinestones

"Find out who you are and do it on purpose, with purpose."

-Dolly Parton, Behind the Seams: My Life in Rhinestones

Cover of Homegrown: Timothy McVeigh and the Rise of Right-Wing Extremism by Jeffrey Toobin

19. Homegrown: Timothy McVeigh and the Rise of Right-Wing Extremism

By: Jeffrey Toobin

4.16

Format: 426 pages, Kindle Edition

The definitive account of the 1995 Oklahoma City bombing and the enduring legacy of Timothy McVeigh… read more

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  • nonfiction
  • biography
Cover of 100 Places to See After You Die: A Travel Guide to the Afterlife by Ken Jennings

20. 100 Places to See After You Die: A Travel Guide to the Afterlife

By: Ken Jennings

3.30

Format: 304 pages, Hardcover

From New York Times bestselling author and legendary Jeopardy! host and champion Ken Jennings comes… read more

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  • nonfiction
Cover of Con/Artist: The Life and Crimes of the World's Greatest Art Forger by Tony Tetro

21. Con/Artist: The Life and Crimes of the World's Greatest Art Forger

By: Tony Tetro

3.75

Format: 288 pages, Hardcover

The world’s most renowned art forger reveals the secrets behind his decades of painting like the ma… read more

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  • memoir
  • biography memoir
  • biography
  • nonfiction
Cover of The Last Folk Hero: The Life and Myth of Bo Jackson by Jeff Pearlman

22. The Last Folk Hero: The Life and Myth of Bo Jackson

By: Jeff Pearlman

4.20

Format: 496 pages, Hardcover

By the New York Times bestselling author of Showtime—the source for HBO’s Winning Time—the definiti… read more

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  • memoir
  • biography memoir
  • biography
  • nonfiction
Cover of Tracers in the Dark: The Global Hunt for the Crime Lords of Cryptocurrency by Andy Greenberg

23. Tracers in the Dark: The Global Hunt for the Crime Lords of Cryptocurrency

By: Andy Greenberg

4.50

Format: 367 pages, Hardcover

Over the last decade, a single innovation has massively fueled digital black markets: cryptocurrenc… read more

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  • nonfiction
Cover of The Puzzler: One Man's Quest to Solve the Most Baffling Puzzles Ever, from Crosswords to Jigsaws to the Meaning of Life by A.J. Jacobs

24. The Puzzler: One Man's Quest to Solve the Most Baffling Puzzles Ever, from Crosswords to Jigsaws to the Meaning of Life

By: A.J. Jacobs

3.94

Format: 368 pages, Hardcover

The New York Times bestselling author of The Year of Living Biblically goes on a rollicking journey… read more

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  • memoir
  • biography memoir
  • biography
  • nonfiction
Cover of Strange Planet (Strange Planet, #1) by Nathan W. Pyle

25. Strange Planet (Strange Planet, #1)

By: Nathan W. Pyle

4.33

Format: 144 pages, Hardcover

Straight from the mind of New York Times bestselling author Nathan W. Pyle comes an adorable and pr… read more

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"Where is your pain? In my emotions. I don't understand. No one ever does."

-Nathan W. Pyle, Strange Planet (Strange Planet, #1)

Cover of The Monk of Mokha by Dave Eggers

26. The Monk of Mokha

By: Dave Eggers

4.08

Format: 353 pages, Kindle Edition

The Monk of Mokha is the exhilarating true story of a young Yemeni American man, raised in San Fran… read more

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  • memoir
  • biography memoir
  • biography
  • nonfiction
"You're in front of my face," he said every day. It was an old Yemeni expression, hard to translate into English. It was something you said to a loved one, to a friend, while pointing to your own face…"

-Dave Eggers, The Monk of Mokha

Cover of We Had a Little Real Estate Problem by Kliph Nesteroff

27. We Had a Little Real Estate Problem

By: Kliph Nesteroff

4.07

Format: 319 pages, Hardcover

A Best Book of 2021 by NPR and Esquire From Kliph Nesteroff, “the human encyclopedia of comedy” … read more

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  • nonfiction
Cover of Undercooked: How I Let Food Become My Life Navigator and How Maybe That's a Dumb Way to Live by Dan Ahdoot

28. Undercooked: How I Let Food Become My Life Navigator and How Maybe That's a Dumb Way to Live

By: Dan Ahdoot

3.72

Format: 240 pages, Hardcover

A collection of hilarious essays about how food became one man's obsession and coping mechanism, an… read more

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  • memoir
  • biography memoir
  • biography
  • nonfiction
Cover of 12 Seconds Of Silence: How a Team of Inventors, Tinkerers, and Spies Took Down a Nazi Superweapon by Jamie  Holmes

29. 12 Seconds Of Silence: How a Team of Inventors, Tinkerers, and Spies Took Down a Nazi Superweapon

By: Jamie Holmes

4.21

Format: 402 pages, Hardcover

The riveting story of the American scientists, tinkerers, and nerds who solved one of the biggest p… read more

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  • nonfiction
Cover of Mad Travelers: A Tale of Wanderlust, Greed and the Quest to Reach the Ends of the Earth by Dave Seminara

30. Mad Travelers: A Tale of Wanderlust, Greed and the Quest to Reach the Ends of the Earth

By: Dave Seminara

3.40

Format: 256 pages, Paperback

"This is a wonderful book about my favorite subject—travel obsessed individuals indulging themselve… read more

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  • nonfiction
Cover of Safecracker: A Chronicle of the Coolest Job in the World by Dave McOmie

31. Safecracker: A Chronicle of the Coolest Job in the World

By: Dave McOmie

3.98

Format: 248 pages, Hardcover

Like a character in a Hitchcock movie, Dave McOmie travels the country breaking into bank vaults, c… read more

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  • memoir
  • biography memoir
  • biography
  • nonfiction

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