6 Top biography books like Wrestling With My Thoughts: A Doctor With Severe Mental Illness Discovers Strength by Sharon Hastings

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Wrestling With My Thoughts: A Doctor With Severe Mental Illness Discovers Strength

By: Sharon Hastings

4.69

Format: 208 pages, Paperback

She couldn't believe it. There she was with her medical qualifications sitting on the floor of a me…

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Cover of Grace for the Afflicted: Viewing Mental Illness Through the Eyes of Faith by Matthew S. Stanford

1. Grace for the Afflicted: Viewing Mental Illness Through the Eyes of Faith

By: Matthew S. Stanford

4.19

Format: 261 pages, Paperback

Each day men and women diagnosed with mental disorders are told they need to pray more and turn fro… read more

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  • mental health
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2. A New Name: Grace and healing for anorexia

By: Emma Scrivener

4.38

Format: 160 pages, Paperback

The face of anorexia is not a glossy model in a perfume ad. It's a starving animal, circling the em… read more

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3. God's Smuggler

By: John Sherrill , Elizabeth Sherrill , Brother Andrew

4.10

Format: None pages, Paperback

As a boy he dreamed of being a spy undercover behind enemy lines. As a man he found himself underco… read more

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  • biography

4. Scary Monsters and Super Creeps: In Search of the World's Most Hideous Beasts

By: Dom Joly

3.52

Format: 257 pages, ebook

Dom Joly sets off round the world again, but this time he's not looking to holiday in a danger zone… read more

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5. A Chance to Die: The Life and Legacy of Amy Carmichael

By: Elisabeth Elliot

4.21

Format: 160 pages,

A Chance to Die is a vibrant portrayal of Amy Carmichael, an Irish missionary and writer who spent … read more

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6. Echo Burning (Jack Reacher, #5)

By: Lee Child

3.50

Format: 121 pages, Paperback

Jack Reacher returns in Lee Child's new "rip-roaring thriller" ("Denver Rocky Mountain News"). This… read more

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7. Not Yet Married: The Pursuit of Joy in Singleness and Dating

By: Marshall Segal

3.50

Format: None pages,

Life Is Never Mainly about Love and Marriage. So Learn to Live and Date for More. Many of you grew … read more

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8. Two Steps Forward: A Story of Persevering in Hope (Sensible Shoes #2)

By: Sharon Garlough Brown

3.44

Format: 216 pages,

The women from Sensible Shoes are taking their next steps in the spiritual formation journey. But e… read more

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9. The Secret Thoughts of an Unlikely Convert: An English Professor's Journey Into Christian Faith

By: Rosaria Champagne Butterfield

4.08

Format: 176 pages, Paperback

Rosaria, by the standards of many, was living a very good life. She had a tenured position at a lar… read more

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10. The Dark Tourist

By: Dom Joly

3.99

Format: 32 pages, Paperback

Dom Joly has been fascinated by travel to odd places. In this brilliantly odd and hilariously told … read more

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11. The Hiding Place: The Triumphant True Story of Corrie Ten Boom

By: John Sherrill , Elizabeth Sherrill , Corrie ten Boom

3.81

Format: None pages,

At one time Corrie ten Boom would have laughed at the idea that there would ever be a story to tell… read more

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12. Gentle and Lowly: The Heart of Christ for Sinners and Sufferers

By: Dane C. Ortlund

4.52

Format: 224 pages, Hardcover

Christians know that God loves them, but often think that he is perpetually disappointed and frustr… read more

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"Looking inside ourselves, we can anticipate only harshness from heaven. Looking out to Christ, we can anticipate only gentleness."

-Dane C. Ortlund, Gentle and Lowly: The Heart of Christ for Sinners and Sufferers

"The fall also entrenched in our minds dark thoughts of God, thoughts that are only dug out over multiple exposures to the gospel over many years. Perhaps Satan’s greatest victory in your life today i…"

-Dane C. Ortlund, Gentle and Lowly: The Heart of Christ for Sinners and Sufferers

"John's point in 13:1 is that in going to the cross, Jesus did not retain something for himself, the way we tend to do when we seek to love others sacrificially. He does not love like us. We love unti…"

-Dane C. Ortlund, Gentle and Lowly: The Heart of Christ for Sinners and Sufferers

"It is one thing, as a child, to be told your father loves you. You believe him. You take him at his word. But it is another thing, unutterably more real, to be swept up in his embrace, to feel the wa…"

-Dane C. Ortlund, Gentle and Lowly: The Heart of Christ for Sinners and Sufferers

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13. Bittersweet: How Sorrow and Longing Make Us Whole

By: Susan Cain

3.98

Format: 310 pages, Hardcover

In her new masterpiece, the author of the bestselling phenomenon Quiet reveals the power of a bitte… read more

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  • mental health
"Everything that you love, you will eventually lose. But in the end, love will return in a different form."

-Susan Cain, Bittersweet: How Sorrow and Longing Make Us Whole

"The place you suffer is the place you care. You hurt because you care. Therefore, the best response to pain is to dive deeper into your caring."

-Susan Cain, Bittersweet: How Sorrow and Longing Make Us Whole

"The third answer is the most difficult one to grasp, but it's also the one that can save you. The love you lost, or the love you wished for and never had: That love exists eternally. It shifts its sh…"

-Susan Cain, Bittersweet: How Sorrow and Longing Make Us Whole

Cover of The Ruthless Elimination of Hurry: How to Stay Emotionally Healthy and Spiritually Alive in the Chaos of the Modern World by John Mark Comer

14. The Ruthless Elimination of Hurry: How to Stay Emotionally Healthy and Spiritually Alive in the Chaos of the Modern World

By: John Mark Comer

4.53

Format: 286 pages, Hardcover

"Who am I becoming?" That was the question nagging pastor and author John Mark Comer. Outwardly, he… read more

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"Hurry is violence on the soul."

-John Mark Comer, The Ruthless Elimination of Hurry: How to Stay Emotionally Healthy and Spiritually Alive in the Chaos of the Modern World

"In the cruciform kingdom, only the bad things die: image and status and bragging rights, all vanity."

-John Mark Comer, The Ruthless Elimination of Hurry: How to Stay Emotionally Healthy and Spiritually Alive in the Chaos of the Modern World

"The point of a trellis isn’t to make the vines stand up straight in neat rows, but rather to attain a rich, deep glass of wine. It’s to create space for the vine to grow and bear fruit."

-John Mark Comer, The Ruthless Elimination of Hurry: How to Stay Emotionally Healthy and Spiritually Alive in the Chaos of the Modern World

"The Hebrew word Shabbat means ‘to stop.’ But it can also be translated ‘to delight.’ It has this dual idea of stopping and also of joying in God and our lives in his world. The Sabbath is an entire d…"

-John Mark Comer, The Ruthless Elimination of Hurry: How to Stay Emotionally Healthy and Spiritually Alive in the Chaos of the Modern World

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15. Abroad in Japan: Ten Years In The Land Of The Rising Sun

By: Chris Broad

4.18

Format: 320 pages, Hardcover

When Englishman Chris Broad landed in a rural village in northern Japan he wondered if he'd made a … read more

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  • biography
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16. A Town Called Solace

By: Mary Lawson

4.02

Format: 302 pages, Hardcover

Longlisted for the 2021 Booker Prize A Town Called Solace--the brilliant and emotionally radian… read more

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"Here's a truth about marriage, he thought, staring at the ceiling at three in the morning. People should be warned: think twice before you take those vows, because there is nothing, absolutely nothin…"

-Mary Lawson, A Town Called Solace

Cover of The Last Action Heroes: The Triumphs, Flops, and Feuds of Hollywood's Kings of Carnage by Nick de Semlyen

17. The Last Action Heroes: The Triumphs, Flops, and Feuds of Hollywood's Kings of Carnage

By: Nick de Semlyen

4.12

Format: 352 pages, Hardcover

The behind-the-scenes story of the action heroes who ruled 1980s and ’90s Hollywood and the beloved… read more

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  • biography
Cover of Forgive: Why Should I and How Can I? by Timothy J. Keller

18. Forgive: Why Should I and How Can I?

By: Timothy J. Keller

4.60

Format: 250 pages, Hardcover

Pastor and New York Times bestselling author Timothy Keller outlines the reasons why forgiveness ha… read more

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19. The God Desire

By: David Baddiel

3.69

Format: 112 pages, Hardcover

From the bestselling author of Jews Don’t Count ‘ A hugely heartfelt, funny, kind, fascinating, hum… read more

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"But also, the cynic may have to accept something else. That he, as a human, is not exceptional. He might have to accept that perhaps, when you look at how animals, certainly mammals, behave – how the…"

-David Baddiel, The God Desire

"Martin Amis once said, of death, that ‘after forty, it’s a full-time job looking the other way’. I sometimes wonder if, at any adult age, it’s also a full-time job – although a less conscious one – l…"

-David Baddiel, The God Desire

"Some religious ideas may be on the decline, but not, I would say, human exceptionalism. Fewer people might believe in God than they used to, yet, although veganism is on the rise, most of us are stil…"

-David Baddiel, The God Desire

"Because another thing we look away from, in the killing of animals, is just how much they are like us. One of the things the internet has done is circulate, on a vast scale, short films of animals be…"

-David Baddiel, The God Desire

Cover of The Dawn of Redeeming Grace: Daily Devotions for Advent by Sinclair B. Ferguson

20. The Dawn of Redeeming Grace: Daily Devotions for Advent

By: Sinclair B. Ferguson

4.61

Format: 160 pages, Paperback

Advent devotional for Christmas that will stir hope and inspire worship. As dawn broke on that firs… read more

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21. The Rise

By: Ian Rankin

3.65

Format: 86 pages, Kindle Edition

In this short thriller from bestselling author Ian Rankin, murder comes to London’s most exclusive … read more

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22. Caring for One Another: 8 Ways to Cultivate Meaningful Relationships

By: Edward T. Welch

4.15

Format: 80 pages, Paperback

There are hurting people everywhere. As Christians, it can be tempting to think that care should be… read more

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23. What Is a Girl Worth?: My Story of Breaking the Silence and Exposing the Truth about Larry Nassar and USA Gymnastics

By: Rachael Denhollander

4.61

Format: 352 pages, Hardcover

Written by Rachael Denhollander, recipient of Sports Illustrated ’s Inspiration of the Year Award a… read more

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  • biography
"This is what abusers do,"

-Rachael Denhollander, What Is a Girl Worth?: My Story of Breaking the Silence and Exposing the Truth about Larry Nassar and USA Gymnastics

"An attorney who worked for victims who'd been abused by priests told an investigative reporter, “Mark my words, Mr. Rezendez, if it takes a village to raise a child, it takes a village to abuse one."

-Rachael Denhollander, What Is a Girl Worth?: My Story of Breaking the Silence and Exposing the Truth about Larry Nassar and USA Gymnastics

"Why don't victims report? Because most of the time, the only thing reporting accomplishes is heightening the trauma to almost unbearable levels. It invites an audience to view your sexual assault. It…"

-Rachael Denhollander, What Is a Girl Worth?: My Story of Breaking the Silence and Exposing the Truth about Larry Nassar and USA Gymnastics

"Survivors are frequently too exhausted and traumatized to push through a public lawsuit, and enablers and abusers know this. Some attorneys will suggest a quiet settlement with a nondisclosure agreem…"

-Rachael Denhollander, What Is a Girl Worth?: My Story of Breaking the Silence and Exposing the Truth about Larry Nassar and USA Gymnastics

Cover of Man of Sorrows, King of Glory: What the Humiliation and Exaltation of Jesus Mean for Us by Jonty Rhodes

24. Man of Sorrows, King of Glory: What the Humiliation and Exaltation of Jesus Mean for Us

By: Jonty Rhodes

4.44

Format: 160 pages, Paperback

What the Person and Work of Jesus Really Means Christians, rightly called “people of the cross,” lo… read more

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25. Delicacy

By: Katy Wix

4.15

Format: 288 pages, Hardcover

Twenty-one snapshots of a life - some staccato, raw and shocking, some expansive, meditative, and p… read more

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  • biography
  • mental health
"Everyone has the right to own a doll that looks like them."

-Katy Wix, Delicacy

"If I lived in a village now, which I don't, I'd probably be the witch."

-Katy Wix, Delicacy

"My mother's hopes for me were that I would always be happy and thin. My hope for her was that she would never leave me."

-Katy Wix, Delicacy

"I find myself absorbing your traits. I eat the foods you like and I use your favourite words. I say our jokes to myself. And I've come up with some new ones for us too."

-Katy Wix, Delicacy

Cover of The Conspiracy Tourist: Travels Through a Strange World by Dom Joly

26. The Conspiracy Tourist: Travels Through a Strange World

By: Dom Joly

3.69

Format: 326 pages, Kindle Edition

Dom Joly sets off on his travels again, immersing himself in the strange world of conspiracies. On … read more

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Cover of Memorable Loss: A Story of Friendship in the Face of Dementia by Karen       Martin

27. Memorable Loss: A Story of Friendship in the Face of Dementia

By: Karen Martin

4.78

Format: 216 pages, Paperback

Dementia is experienced in different forms, in different ways and is coped with differently by diff… read more

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28. Revolutionary Work: What's the point of the 9 to 5

By: William Taylor

4.25

Format: 119 pages, Paperback

We spend more time working than doing almost anything else, yet work is often difficult, unsatisfyi… read more

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29. Wrestling With My Thoughts: A Doctor With Severe Mental Illness Discovers Strength

By: Sharon Hastings

4.69

Format: 208 pages, Paperback

She couldn't believe it. There she was with her medical qualifications sitting on the floor of a me… read more

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  • biography
  • mental health
Cover of Notes on Love: Being Single and Dating in a Marriage Obsessed Church by Lauren Windle

30. Notes on Love: Being Single and Dating in a Marriage Obsessed Church

By: Lauren Windle

4.45

Format: 200 pages, Paperback

In this delightfully witty and uplifting book, journalist Lauren Windle shines a light on the trial… read more

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Cover of Reading Between the Lines: Old Testament Daily Readings by Glen Scrivener

31. Reading Between the Lines: Old Testament Daily Readings

By: Glen Scrivener

4.43

Format: 496 pages, Hardcover

Volume 1 of Reading Between the Lines will take you through 181 Old Testament Bible readings. These… read more

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4.14

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3.72

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3.99

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