The Chair and the Valley: A Memoir of Trauma, Healing, and the Outdoors
By: Banning Lyon
4.69
Format: 384 pages, Hardcover
An incredible memoir about one man’s journey to heal from trauma through chosen family, friendship,…
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1. Between Two Trailers
By: J. Dana Trent
3.65
Format: 256 pages, Hardcover
An unforgettable memoir about a girl who escapes her childhood as a preschool drug dealer to earn a… read more
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- biography memoir
- nonfiction
- memoir
- mental health
2. Whiskey Tender: A Memoir
By: Deborah Jackson Taffa
4.14
Format: 304 pages, Hardcover
An Oprah Daily "Best New Book" and "Riveting Nonfiction and Memoir You Need to Read" * A New York T… read more
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- biography memoir
- nonfiction
- memoir
"My Laguna grandmother, Esther, is the one who taught me that a deep intimacy with a homeland requires three things: sensory experiences of particular geographies, a storied history of the trails, and…"-Deborah Jackson Taffa, Whiskey Tender: A Memoir
3. Did I Ever Tell You?
By: Genevieve Kingston
4.34
Format: 288 pages, Hardcover
Based on her "Modern Love" piece ("She Put Her Unspent Love in a Cardboard Box"), this extraordinar… read more
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- biography memoir
- nonfiction
- memoir
4. In My Time of Dying: How I Came Face to Face with the Idea of an Afterlife
By: Sebastian Junger
3.92
Format: 176 pages, Hardcover
A near-fatal health emergency leads to this powerful reflection on death—and what might follow—by t… read more
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- nonfiction
- memoir
"Everyone has a relationship with death whether they want one or not; refusing to think about death is its own kind of relationship. When we hear about another person's death, we are hearing a version…"-Sebastian Junger, In My Time of Dying: How I Came Face to Face with the Idea of an Afterlife
5. The Lost Journals of Sacajewea
By: Debra Magpie Earling
3.66
Format: 264 pages, Hardcover
From the award-winning author of Perma Red comes a devastatingly beautiful novel that challenges pr… read more
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"Do not trust anyone who tells you there is only one story. If there were only one story or one way of seeing things all stories would die."-Debra Magpie Earling, The Lost Journals of Sacajewea
6. Briefly Perfectly Human: Making an Authentic Life by Getting Real About the End
By: Alua Arthur
4.26
Format: 272 pages, Hardcover
A deeply transformative memoir that reframes how we think about death and how it can help us lead b… read more
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- nonfiction
- memoir
- mental health
7. The Uptown Local: Joy, Death, and Joan Didion: A Memoir
By: Cory Leadbeater
3.70
Format: 224 pages, Hardcover
A brilliant debut memoir about a young writer—struggling with depression, family issues, and addict… read more
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- biography memoir
- nonfiction
- memoir
- mental health
8. Savor: A Chef's Hunger for More
By: Fatima Ali
4.50
Format: 384 pages, Hardcover
A young chef whose dreams were cut short savors every last minute as she explores food and adventur… read more
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- biography memoir
- nonfiction
- memoir
"There is nothing more empowering than knowing - no, believing - that all you really need is you."-Fatima Ali, Savor: A Chef's Hunger for More
"Instead of my bucket list book, this is the story of my abbreviated life, short but nonetheless possessing secret love, joy and pain, adventure and hard work, luck and its opposite"-Fatima Ali, Savor: A Chef's Hunger for More
"hen we think we have all the time in the world to live, we forget to indulge in the experiences of living. When that choice is yanked away from us, that's when we scramble to feel."-Fatima Ali, Savor: A Chef's Hunger for More
"I didn't think I was so special, but actually that was the key: If this ordinary Pakistani girl could pursue the thing she loved most - cooking - and could make it to the tippy-top and do what she lo…"-Fatima Ali, Savor: A Chef's Hunger for More
9. Kissing Girls on Shabbat: A Memoir
By: Sara Glass
4.38
Format: 304 pages, Hardcover
A moving coming-of-age memoir in the vein of Unorthodox and Brazen , about one young woman’s desper… read more
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- biography memoir
- nonfiction
- memoir
10. Nearly Departed: Adventures in Loss, Cancer, and Other Inconveniences
By: Gila Pfeffer
4.55
Format: 272 pages, Hardcover
How far would you go to save your own life? In this funny and heartfelt memoir, Gila Pfeffer recoun… read more
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- nonfiction
- memoir
11. This Ordinary Stardust: A Scientist's Path from Grief to Wonder
By: Alan Townsend
4.22
Format: 272 pages, Hardcover
A compassionate, vulnerable, and transformative exploration of the nurturing and spiritual power of… read more
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- nonfiction
- memoir
12. Woman of Interest: A Memoir
By: Tracy O'Neill
3.62
Format: 288 pages, Hardcover
A National Book Foundation’s 5 Under 35 honoree delivers her first work of nonfiction: a compulsive… read more
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- biography memoir
- nonfiction
- memoir
13. The Quiet Damage: QAnon and the Destruction of the American Family
By: Jesselyn Cook
4.45
Format: 272 pages, Hardcover
The riveting story of five families shattered by pernicious, pervasive conspiracy theories, and how… read more
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- nonfiction
- mental health
14. The Widow's Guide to Dead Bastards
By: Jessica Waite
3.65
Format: 320 pages, Hardcover
A widow’s life is turned upside when she uncovers the truth about her late husband in this lyrical,… read more
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- biography memoir
- nonfiction
- memoir
15. Cactus Country: A Boyhood Memoir
By: Zoë Bossiere
4.37
Format: 272 pages, Hardcover
A striking literary memoir of genderfluidity, class, masculinity, and the American Southwest that c… read more
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- biography memoir
- nonfiction
- memoir
16. The Chair and the Valley: A Memoir of Trauma, Healing, and the Outdoors
By: Banning Lyon
4.69
Format: 384 pages, Hardcover
An incredible memoir about one man’s journey to heal from trauma through chosen family, friendship,… read more
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- memoir
- mental health
- biography memoir
- nonfiction
- nature
17. Us, After: A Memoir of Love and Suicide
By: Rachel Zimmerman
4.41
Format: 256 pages, Paperback
"This poignant, soul-baring memoir is truly one of the most moving accounts of grief, loss and resi… read more
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- nonfiction
- memoir
18. Docile: Memoirs of a Not-So-Perfect Asian Girl
By: Hyeseung Song
4.13
Format: 300 pages, Kindle Edition
For readers of Crying in H Mart and Minor Feelings as well as lovers of the film Minari comes a sea… read more
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- biography memoir
- nonfiction
- memoir
- mental health
19. Earth to Moon: A Memoir
By: Moon Unit Zappa
4.42
Format: 351 pages, Hardcover
The saying goes that "God only gives you what you can handle." Well God didn't grow up in my atheis… read more
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- biography memoir
- nonfiction
- memoir
20. Friendly Fire: A Fractured Memoir
By: Paul Rousseau
4.32
Format: 256 pages, Hardcover
One month before his college graduation, Paul Rousseau is accidentally shot in the head by his room… read more
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- nonfiction
- memoir
21. Bones Worth Breaking
By: David Martinez
3.96
Format: 400 pages, Paperback
Bones Worth Breaking is a portrait of the unbreakable bond between brothers and a reckoning with th… read more
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- nonfiction
- memoir
