12 best-selling nonfiction books like The Day I Died: My Astonishing Trip to Heaven and Back by Freddy Vest

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The Day I Died: My Astonishing Trip to Heaven and Back

By: Freddy Vest

4.20

Format: 242 pages, Kindle Edition

Freddy Vest was on the back of a horse, competing in a calf-roping event in front of a crowd when h…

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1. David and Goliath: Underdogs, Misfits, and the Art of Battling Giants

By: Malcolm Gladwell

3.97

Format: 305 pages, Hardcover

In his #1 bestselling books The Tipping Point, Blink, and Outliers, Malcolm Gladwell has explored t… read more

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  • nonfiction
"Giants are not what we think they are. The same qualities that appear to give them strength are often the sources of great weakness."

-Malcolm Gladwell, David and Goliath: Underdogs, Misfits, and the Art of Battling Giants

"It's challenging, it's not hopeless. You have to come up with something. You have to figure out a way to help them, because people must have hope to live."

-Malcolm Gladwell, David and Goliath: Underdogs, Misfits, and the Art of Battling Giants

"Much of what we consider valuable in our world arises out of (these) one-sided conflicts. Because the act of facing overwhelming odds, produces greatness and beauty."

-Malcolm Gladwell, David and Goliath: Underdogs, Misfits, and the Art of Battling Giants

"A woman who walks away from the promise of power finds the strength to forgive – and saves her friendship, her marriage, and her sanity. The world is turned upside down."

-Malcolm Gladwell, David and Goliath: Underdogs, Misfits, and the Art of Battling Giants

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2. Hidden Figures

By: Margot Lee Shetterly

3.80

Format: 240 pages, Paperback

The uplifting, amazing true story—a New York Times bestseller This edition of Margot Lee Shetter… read more

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  • nonfiction
  • biography
"Their goal wasn't to stand out because of their differences; it was to fit in because of their talents. Like the men they worked for, and the men they sent hurtling off into the atmosphere, they were…"

-Margot Lee Shetterly, Hidden Figures

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3. The Book of Speculation

By: Erika Swyler

4.15

Format: 333 pages, Hardcover

A sweeping and captivating debut novel about a young librarian who is sent a mysterious old book, i… read more

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4. He Still Moves Stones

By: Max Lucado

3.30

Format: 208 pages, Paperback

It's what happens when obstacles prevent you from seeing what God has done for you ... He still mov… read more

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  • nonfiction
Cover of Rosemary: The Hidden Kennedy Daughter by Kate Clifford Larson

5. Rosemary: The Hidden Kennedy Daughter

By: Kate Clifford Larson

3.30

Format: 215 pages, Hardcover

They were the most prominent American family of the twentieth century. The daughter they secreted a… read more

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  • nonfiction
  • biography

6. On Hitler's Mountain: Overcoming the Legacy of a Nazi Childhood

By: Irmgard A. Hunt

3.46

Format: None pages, Paperback

A powerful and riveting account of a seemingly halcyon life lived mere paces from a center of evil … read more

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  • nonfiction
  • biography
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7. Missoula: Rape and the Justice System in a College Town

By: Jon Krakauer

3.89

Format: 197 pages, Hardcover

Missoula, Montana is a typical college town, home to a highly regarded state university whose belov… read more

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  • nonfiction
Cover of Imagine Heaven: Near-Death Experiences, God's Promises, and the Exhilarating Future That Awaits You by Don Piper, John Burke

8. Imagine Heaven: Near-Death Experiences, God's Promises, and the Exhilarating Future That Awaits You

By: Don Piper , John Burke

4.42

Format: 341 pages, Kindle Edition

1 out of 25 Americans has had a near-death experience. Do they reveal the Heaven of the Bible? All … read more

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  • nonfiction

9. The Paths We Choose: A Memoir

By: None

4.00

Format: 208 pages, Hardcover

With over ten million albums sold and multiple Grammy nominations, the hard rock band Godsmack has … read more

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10. Under the Banner of Heaven: A Story of Violent Faith

By: Jon Krakauer

4.20

Format: 141 pages, Paperback

A multilayered, bone-chilling narrative of messianic delusion, savage violence, polygamy, and unyie… read more

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11. The Devil's Rooming House: The True Story of America's Deadliest Female Serial Killer

By: M. William Phelps

3.84

Format: None pages, Hardcover

The Devil's Rooming Houseis the first book about the life, times, and crimes of America's most prol… read more

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12. Killing the Killers: The Secret War Against Terrorists

By: Bill O'Reilly

4.19

Format: 288 pages, Hardcover

In the eleventh book in the multimillion-selling Killing series, Bill O’Reilly and Martin Dugard re… read more

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  • nonfiction
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13. Aftermath

By: Terri Blackstock

4.27

Format: 336 pages, Paperback

A devastating explosion. Three best friends are at the venue to hear their favorite band. Only one… read more

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14. The Christmas Spirit

By: Debbie Macomber

3.98

Format: 240 pages, Hardcover

Two lifelong friends decide to trade places the week before Christmas and end up finding love along… read more

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15. All My Knotted-Up Life: A Memoir

By: Beth Moore

4.47

Format: 304 pages, Hardcover

New York Times, Publishers Weekly, and Wall Street Journal bestseller! An incredibly thoughtful,… read more

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  • nonfiction
  • biography
"Once you've broken to pieces, the luxury of imagining yourself unbreakable evaporates."

-Beth Moore, All My Knotted-Up Life: A Memoir

"You want to know how to love me? Love my children. You want to be good to me? Be good to my children."

-Beth Moore, All My Knotted-Up Life: A Memoir

"A teenager doesn't know she's still a child. A teenager feels like an adult, I suppose primarily because her outside, her flesh and her face, her body, her size, her width and height, look like - and…"

-Beth Moore, All My Knotted-Up Life: A Memoir

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16. The Second Life of Mirielle West

By: Amanda Skenandore

4.21

Format: 384 pages, Paperback

In an intoxicating story of resilience, repulsion, and the Roaring 20’s, the glamorous world of a s… read more

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17. A Curve in the Road

By: Julianne MacLean

3.93

Format: 271 pages, Kindle Edition

From USA Today bestselling author Julianne MacLean comes a suspenseful, emotionally charged novel t… read more

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18. No Cure for Being Human: And Other Truths I Need to Hear

By: Kate Bowler

4.13

Format: 224 pages, Hardcover

The bestselling author of Everything Happens for a Reason (And Other Lies I've Loved) asks, how do … read more

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  • nonfiction
  • biography
"We live and we are loved and we are gone."

-Kate Bowler, No Cure for Being Human: And Other Truths I Need to Hear

"Nothing will exempt me from the pain of being human."

-Kate Bowler, No Cure for Being Human: And Other Truths I Need to Hear

"People say carpe diem. I mean, yes, unless you need a nap."

-Kate Bowler, No Cure for Being Human: And Other Truths I Need to Hear

"I feel a spark of horror each time I remember it: we come undone."

-Kate Bowler, No Cure for Being Human: And Other Truths I Need to Hear

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19. The Stranger in the Lifeboat

By: Mitch Albom

4.12

Format: 271 pages, Hardcover

Adrift in a raft after a deadly ship explosion, ten people struggle for survival at sea. Three days… read more

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"God -starts- things,' he [the Lord] said. 'Man stops them."

-Mitch Albom, The Stranger in the Lifeboat

"Despair has its own voice. It is a prayer unlike any other."

-Mitch Albom, The Stranger in the Lifeboat

"...the stories we tell ourselves long enough become our truths."

-Mitch Albom, The Stranger in the Lifeboat

"The power of misery is its long shadow. It darkens everything within view."

-Mitch Albom, The Stranger in the Lifeboat

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20. The Bookish Life of Nina Hill

By: Abbi Waxman

3.80

Format: 351 pages, Kindle Edition

The only child of a single mother, Nina has her life just as she wants it: a job in a bookstore, a … read more

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"If you're not scared, you're not brave."

-Abbi Waxman, The Bookish Life of Nina Hill

"Coming out of a book was always painful."

-Abbi Waxman, The Bookish Life of Nina Hill

"Being with you is as good as being alone."

-Abbi Waxman, The Bookish Life of Nina Hill

"Is book smart the only smart that counts?"

-Abbi Waxman, The Bookish Life of Nina Hill

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21. If She Wakes

By: Michael Koryta

3.85

Format: 394 pages, Hardcover

Discover the electrifying new novel from New York Times bestselling author Michael Koryta, the "mas… read more

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"Typical millennial. Do you want free shipping to?"

-Michael Koryta, If She Wakes

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22. The Magic Strings of Frankie Presto

By: Mitch Albom

4.37

Format: 489 pages, Kindle Edition

Mitch Albom creates a magical world through his love of music in this remarkable new novel about th… read more

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"Man suffers for his art."

-Mitch Albom, The Magic Strings of Frankie Presto

"some things you endure for a reason"

-Mitch Albom, The Magic Strings of Frankie Presto

"What you’re thinking about can be what you become."

-Mitch Albom, The Magic Strings of Frankie Presto

"Public taste is as fickle as a child’s attention span"

-Mitch Albom, The Magic Strings of Frankie Presto

Cover of Heaven, an Unexpected Journey: One Man's Experience with Heaven, Angels, and the Afterlife (An NDE Collection) by Jim Woodford

23. Heaven, an Unexpected Journey: One Man's Experience with Heaven, Angels, and the Afterlife (An NDE Collection)

By: Jim Woodford

4.50

Format: 202 pages, Kindle Edition

Encounter the glories of Heaven, the terrors of hell, and the stunning reality of the unseen world!… read more

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  • nonfiction
  • biography
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24. The Day I Died: My Astonishing Trip to Heaven and Back

By: Freddy Vest

4.20

Format: 242 pages, Kindle Edition

Freddy Vest was on the back of a horse, competing in a calf-roping event in front of a crowd when h… read more

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  • biography

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3.46

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