11 Top nonfiction books like Beautiful Ashes by Shelly Edwards Jorgensen

Cover of Beautiful Ashes by Shelly Edwards Jorgensen

Beautiful Ashes

By: Shelly Edwards Jorgensen

4.49

Format: 392 pages, Paperback

When fifteen-year-old Shelly Edwards’s mother is murdered by her alcoholic father, she loses her ho…

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Cover of Julie and Julia: 365 Days, 524 Recipes, 1 Tiny Apartment Kitchen: How One Girl Risked Her Marriage, Her Job, and Her Sanity to Master the Art of Living by Julie Powell

1. Julie and Julia: 365 Days, 524 Recipes, 1 Tiny Apartment Kitchen: How One Girl Risked Her Marriage, Her Job, and Her Sanity to Master the Art of Living

By: Julie Powell

4.00

Format: 371 pages, Hardcover

With the humor of Bridget Jones and the vitality of Augusten Burroughs, Julie Powell recounts how s… read more

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  • nonfiction
  • memoir
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2. My Name Is Mahtob: The Story that Began the Global Phenomenon Not Without My Daughter Continues

By: Mahtob Mahmoody

4.10

Format: None pages, Hardcover

This is the story of an extraordinary young woman's triumph over life-crushing trauma to build a li… read more

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  • nonfiction
  • memoir

3. There Was a Little Girl: The Real Story of My Mother and Me

By: Brooke Shields

4.48

Format: 334 pages, Hardcover

Actress and author of the New York Times bestseller Down Came the Rain, Brooke Shields, explores he… read more

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4. Intertwine (House of Oak, #1)

By: Nichole Van

4.00

Format: 268 pages, Paperback

Time is not a river. It is a vast cosmic sea. Where each life exists as rippling circles on its sur… read more

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5. Give Me Courage

By: None

4.06

Format: 244 pages, Paperback

'Here in Africa, two wives is nothing. You white people just have affairs. You lie and cheat. At le… read more

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6. LEVI'S EYES: A Son's Deadly Secret and a Father's Cruel Betrayal

By: Aphrodite Jones

4.32

Format: 380 pages, Kindle Edition

LEVI’S EYES delves into the unspeakable murders of Christina and Levi Karlsen, as told by the kille… read more

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  • nonfiction
  • true crime
Cover of Love Practically (The Penn-Leiths of Thistle Muir, #1) by Nichole Van

7. Love Practically (The Penn-Leiths of Thistle Muir, #1)

By: Nichole Van

4.35

Format: 346 pages, Kindle Edition

As a young woman, Leah Penn-Leith fell hopelessly in love with Captain Fox Carnegie—the only irrati… read more

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"Happiness is what we make of our situation, not what the situation intrinsically is,"

-Nichole Van, Love Practically (The Penn-Leiths of Thistle Muir, #1)

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8. American Mother: The True Story of a Troubled Family, Motherhood and the Cyanide Poisonings That Shook the World

By: Gregg Olsen

3.55

Format: 497 pages, Kindle Edition

From the #1 bestselling author comes the shocking true-crime story of a mother and wife, her distur… read more

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  • nonfiction
  • true crime
Cover of Love Lies: A True Story of Marriage and Murder in the Suburbs by Amanda Lamb

9. Love Lies: A True Story of Marriage and Murder in the Suburbs

By: Amanda Lamb

4.01

Format: 454 pages, Kindle Edition

A perfect life. A perfect lie. When Nancy Cooper moved from Canada to Cary, North Carolina with he… read more

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  • nonfiction
  • true crime
Cover of Someone Like You (The Baxter Family, #6) by Karen Kingsbury

10. Someone Like You (The Baxter Family, #6)

By: Karen Kingsbury

4.14

Format: 295 pages, Hardcover

One frozen embryo. Two families with secrets. And a guy who never planned to fall in love again… read more

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Cover of Forgiving Paris (The Baxter Family, #8) by Karen Kingsbury

11. Forgiving Paris (The Baxter Family, #8)

By: Karen Kingsbury

4.16

Format: 324 pages, Hardcover

Could Ashley Baxter Blake's journey to forgiveness lead her back to the City of Light? In Indian… read more

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12. The Perfect Daughter

By: Alex Stone

3.72

Format: 355 pages, Kindle Edition

The perfect daughter… Jess Harper has spent her whole life trying to make her mum, Abigail hap… read more

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13. The Murder of Katherine Brown: A Shocking True Crime Story

By: Rod Kackley

3.44

Format: 69 pages, Kindle Edition

Step into the heart-pounding world of The Murder of Katherine A Shocking True Crime Story, where f… read more

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  • true crime
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14. Heart of Steel

By: Kevin D. Miller

4.12

Format: 234 pages, Kindle Edition

In the early morning hours of September 13, 1920, a tragic murder takes place at the Pulchalski far… read more

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15. Secrets of a Marine's Wife: A True Story of Marriage, Obsession, and Murder

By: Shanna Hogan

4.16

Format: 320 pages, ebook

In Secrets of a Marine's Wife, award-winning journalist and New York Times bestselling author Shann… read more

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  • nonfiction
  • true crime
Cover of Fear Is Just a Word: A Missing Daughter, a Violent Cartel, and a Mother's Quest for Vengeance by Azam Ahmed

16. Fear Is Just a Word: A Missing Daughter, a Violent Cartel, and a Mother's Quest for Vengeance

By: Azam Ahmed

3.95

Format: 384 pages, Hardcover

A riveting true story of a mother who fought back against the drug cartels in Mexico, pursuing her … read more

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  • nonfiction
  • memoir
  • true crime
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17. Elisabeth Elliot: A Life

By: Lucy S.R. Austen

4.57

Format: 624 pages, Hardcover

An In-Depth Biography on the Life and Work of Missionary Elisabeth Elliot Elisabeth Elliot (1926… read more

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  • nonfiction
Cover of Pumpkin Spice and Not So Nice by Becky Monson

18. Pumpkin Spice and Not So Nice

By: Becky Monson

3.71

Format: 237 pages, Kindle Edition

If I were ever to write a memoir, it would be titled, Jenna Peterson’s Guide to Dating Emotionally … read more

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19. A Good Wife

By: Samra Zafar

4.41

Format: 352 pages, Unknown Binding

She faced years of abuse after arriving in Canada as a teenage bride in a hastily arranged marriage… read more

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  • nonfiction
  • memoir
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20. The Painted Pink Dress: A Daughter’s Story of Family, Betrayal, and Her Search for the Truth

By: Minu Cash

4.53

Format: 258 pages, Paperback

A passionate memoir about identity, resilience, and the healing power of forgiveness From her earl… read more

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  • nonfiction
"What if the real Minu was out there in the world somewhere? And here I was, trapped in this awful life I wasn’t supposed to be living."

-Minu Cash, The Painted Pink Dress: A Daughter’s Story of Family, Betrayal, and Her Search for the Truth

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21. Beautiful Ashes

By: Shelly Edwards Jorgensen

4.49

Format: 392 pages, Paperback

When fifteen-year-old Shelly Edwards’s mother is murdered by her alcoholic father, she loses her ho… read more

Similar categories in Shelly Edwards Jorgensen's Beautiful Ashes book and Shelly Edwards Jorgensen's Beautiful Ashes

  • nonfiction
  • memoir
  • true crime

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Julie and Julia: 365 Days, 524 Recipes, 1 Tiny Apartment Kitchen: How One Girl Risked Her Marriage, Her Job, and Her Sanity to Master the Art of Living

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Transform Your Habits

My Name Is Mahtob: The Story that Began the Global Phenomenon Not Without My Daughter Continues

Mahtob Mahmoody

4.10

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3.95

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4.30

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3.49

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