18 Best nonfiction books like Under the Tuscan Sun by Frances Mayes

Under the Tuscan Sun

By: Frances Mayes

3.63

Format: 304 pages, Paperback

An enchanting and lyrical look at the life, the traditions, and the cuisine of Tuscany, in the spir…

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Cover of Keith, A: Three Came Home by Agnes Newton Keith

1. Keith, A: Three Came Home

By: Agnes Newton Keith

4.16

Format: 304 pages, Paperback

When the Japanese take Borneo in 1942, Agnes Keith is captured and imprisoned with her two-year-old… read more

Similar categories in Agnes Newton Keith's Keith, A: Three Came Home book and Frances Mayes's Under the Tuscan Sun

  • travel
  • nonfiction
  • biography
  • memoir
"We are not pleasant people here, for the story of war is always the story of hate; it makes no difference with whom one fights. The hate destroys you."

-Agnes Newton Keith, Keith, A: Three Came Home

Cover of My Alien Self: My Journey Back to Me by Amanda  Green

2. My Alien Self: My Journey Back to Me

By: Amanda Green

3.94

Format: 486 pages, Kindle Edition

If I told you I'd been to 24 countries (21 by the time I was 22), that I'd worked in Japan for nine… read more

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  • nonfiction
  • biography
  • memoir
Cover of Dancing on My Grave by Greg Lawrence, Gelsey Kirkland

3. Dancing on My Grave

By: Greg Lawrence , Gelsey Kirkland

3.86

Format: 363 pages, Mass Market Paperback

The shattering story of a dream which became a heartbreaking nightmare for one of America's most fa… read more

Similar categories in Greg Lawrence's Dancing on My Grave book and Frances Mayes's Under the Tuscan Sun

  • nonfiction
  • biography
  • memoir
Cover of Toujours Provence by Peter Mayle

4. Toujours Provence

By: Peter Mayle

4.03

Format: 241 pages, Paperback

Taking up where his beloved A Year in Provence leaves off, Peter Mayle offers us another funny, bea… read more

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  • travel
  • nonfiction
  • biography
  • memoir
"The day when a Frenchman switches from the formality of vous to the familiarity of tu is a day to be taken seriously. It is an unmistakable signal that he has decided - after weeks or months or somet…"

-Peter Mayle, Toujours Provence

Cover of 1,000 Places to See Before You Die by Patricia Schultz

5. 1,000 Places to See Before You Die

By: Patricia Schultz

4.14

Format: None pages, Paperback

Around the World, continent by continent, here is the best the world has to offer: 1,000 places gua… read more

Similar categories in Patricia Schultz's 1,000 Places to See Before You Die book and Frances Mayes's Under the Tuscan Sun

  • travel
  • nonfiction
Cover of Atop an Underwood: Early Stories and Other Writings by Jack Kerouac, Paul Marion

6. Atop an Underwood: Early Stories and Other Writings

By: Jack Kerouac , Paul Marion

4.14

Format: None pages, Paperback

Before Jack Kerouac expressed the spirit of a generation in his 1957 classic, On the Road, he spent… read more

Similar categories in Jack Kerouac's Atop an Underwood: Early Stories and Other Writings book and Frances Mayes's Under the Tuscan Sun

  • travel

7. Under the Tuscan Sun

By: Frances Mayes

3.63

Format: 304 pages, Paperback

An enchanting and lyrical look at the life, the traditions, and the cuisine of Tuscany, in the spir… read more

Similar categories in Frances Mayes's Under the Tuscan Sun book and Frances Mayes's Under the Tuscan Sun

  • romance
  • italy
  • biography
  • memoir
  • travel
  • nonfiction
  • chick lit

8. With Angel's Wings

By: Stephanie A. Collins

4.00

Format: None pages, Paperback

Laura's world spins as pediatricians throw words at her like heart failure, seizures, and g-tube fe… read more

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  • nonfiction
  • memoir
Cover of Neither Here nor There: Travels in Europe by Bill Bryson

9. Neither Here nor There: Travels in Europe

By: Bill Bryson

3.24

Format: 202 pages, Paperback

Bill Bryson's first travel book, The Lost Continent, was unanimously acclaimed as one of the funnie… read more

Similar categories in Bill Bryson's Neither Here nor There: Travels in Europe book and Frances Mayes's Under the Tuscan Sun

  • travel
  • nonfiction
  • biography
  • memoir
Cover of Voluntary Nomads: A Mother's Memories of Foreign Service Family Life by Nancy Pogue LaTurner

10. Voluntary Nomads: A Mother's Memories of Foreign Service Family Life

By: Nancy Pogue LaTurner

3.64

Format: None pages, Paperback

Nancy LaTurner's engaging memoir begins in 1974 as her young family struggles without a livelihood … read more

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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

11. 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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  • chick lit
  • nonfiction
  • biography
  • memoir

12. Victoria: A Life

By: A.N. Wilson

3.93

Format: None pages, Hardcover

When Queen Victoria died in 1901, she had ruled for nearly sixty-four years. She was a mother of ni… read more

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  • nonfiction
  • biography
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13. A Year in Provence

By: Peter Mayle

3.67

Format: 244 pages, Paperback

National Bestseller In this witty and warm-hearted account, Peter Mayle tells what it is like to r… read more

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  • travel
  • nonfiction
  • biography
  • memoir

14. In a Sunburned Country

By: Bill Bryson

3.42

Format: None pages, Paperback

A CLASSIC FROM THE NEW YORK TIMESBESTSELLING AUTHOR OF ONE SUMMER Every time Bill Bryson walks out… read more

Similar categories in Bill Bryson's In a Sunburned Country book and Frances Mayes's Under the Tuscan Sun

  • travel
  • nonfiction
  • memoir

15. Notes from a Small Island

By: Bill Bryson

3.42

Format: None pages, Paperback

"Suddenly, in the space of a moment, I realized what it was that I loved about Britain-which is to … read more

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  • travel
  • nonfiction
  • biography
  • memoir
Cover of Veronica's Grave: A Daughter's Memoir by Barbara Donsky

16. Veronica's Grave: A Daughter's Memoir

By: Barbara Donsky

3.65

Format: None pages, Paperback

From beyond the grave came a cry for help she could not ignore. When Barbara Bracht's mother vanish… read more

Similar categories in Barbara Donsky's Veronica's Grave: A Daughter's Memoir book and Frances Mayes's Under the Tuscan Sun

  • nonfiction
  • biography
  • memoir

17. Encore Provence: New Adventures in the South of France

By: Peter Mayle

4.33

Format: 700 pages, Paperback

A whole new feast of adventures, discoveries, hilarities, and culinary treats, liberally seasoned w… read more

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18. Rīga-Pekina

By: Ilona Balode

4.03

Format: 256 pages, Hardcover

No Rigas lidz Pekinai - ja, tiesi tik talu celu vairak neka 7 menesu garuma meroja aktrise Ilona Ba… read more

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19. Mighty Be Our Powers: How Sisterhood, Prayer, and Sex Changed a Nation at War

By: Leymah Gbowee , Carol Mithers

4.57

Format: 102 pages, Paperback

In a time of death and terror, Leymah Gbowee brought Liberia's women together--and together they le… read more

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20. Eat, Pray, Love

By: Elizabeth Gilbert

4.14

Format: None pages,

A celebrated writer's irresistible, candid, and eloquent account of her pursuit of worldly pleasure… read more

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21. Tangles: A Story About Alzheimer's, My Mother, and Me

By: Sarah Leavitt

4.23

Format: None pages, Paperback

"In this powerful memoir ... Sarah Leavitt reveals how Alzheimer's disease transformed her mother, … read more

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22. Wild: From Lost to Found on the Pacific Crest Trail

By: Cheryl Strayed

3.84

Format: 223 pages, Hardcover

At twenty-two, Cheryl Strayed thought she had lost everything. In the wake of her mother's death, h… read more

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23. The Times We Had: Life with William Randolph Hearst

By: Marion Davies

4.32

Format: 480 pages,

The was the unofficial empress of Hollywood and she spent a lifetime as the mistress of one of Amer… read more

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24. My Story

By: Ingrid Bergman

4.30

Format: 373 pages, Paperback

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25. The Mother Knot

By: Kathryn Harrison

4.15

Format: None pages, Paperback

In this dark gem of a book by the author of The Kiss, a complex mother-daughter relationship precip… read more

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26. Finding It: And Satisfying My Hunger for Life without Opening the Fridge

By: Valerie Bertinelli

3.64

Format: None pages,

A humorous and highly personal tale of a continuing search for answers to life's big questions, an … read more

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Cover of FDR Unmasked: 73 Years of Medical Cover-ups That Rewrote History by Steven Lomazow

27. FDR Unmasked: 73 Years of Medical Cover-ups That Rewrote History

By: Steven Lomazow

4.33

Format: 316 pages, Paperback

THE HIDDEN ILLNESSES THAT SHAPED FDR’S LIFE AND CHANGED THE COURSE OF HISTORY Conventional wisdo… read more

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"Researching this book has been a voyage of discovery and it is a privilege to present an unexpurgated medical biography of the most consequential American of the twentieth century."

-Steven Lomazow, FDR Unmasked: 73 Years of Medical Cover-ups That Rewrote History

"Another new and groundbreaking story in FDR Unmasked is about his highly consequential friendship with Vincent Astor, the closest with any man in his adult life. To truly understand the “real"

-Steven Lomazow, FDR Unmasked: 73 Years of Medical Cover-ups That Rewrote History

"FDR Unmasked chronicles Franklin Delano Roosevelt’s life from a physician’s perspective. It tells a harrowing story of heroic achievement by a great leader determined to impart his vision of freedom …"

-Steven Lomazow, FDR Unmasked: 73 Years of Medical Cover-ups That Rewrote History

"FDR Unmasked is first to present convincing evidence of Roosevelt’s battle with prostate cancer, underpinned by FBI memoranda and reliable firsthand information from multiple physicians - even a shoc…"

-Steven Lomazow, FDR Unmasked: 73 Years of Medical Cover-ups That Rewrote History

Cover of Move to Millions: The Proven Framework to Become a Million Dollar CEO with Grace & Ease Instead of Hustle & Grind by Darnyelle Jervey Harmon

28. Move to Millions: The Proven Framework to Become a Million Dollar CEO with Grace & Ease Instead of Hustle & Grind

By: Darnyelle Jervey Harmon

4.29

Format: 310 pages, Paperback

Ready to break through the six-figure plateau? Discover an actionable strategy to cross over the mi… read more

Similar categories in Darnyelle Jervey Harmon's Move to Millions: The Proven Framework to Become a Million Dollar CEO with Grace & Ease Instead of Hustle & Grind book and Frances Mayes's Under the Tuscan Sun

  • nonfiction
Cover of Why They Stay: Sex Scandals, Deals, and Hidden Agendas of Eight Political Wives by Anne  Michaud

29. Why They Stay: Sex Scandals, Deals, and Hidden Agendas of Eight Political Wives

By: Anne Michaud

4.29

Format: 199 pages, Kindle Edition

Why do good women stay with bad men? What if political wives are just as calculating as their in… read more

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  • nonfiction
  • biography
"The political wife came forward and publicly vouched for her straying man. If she could continue to trust and believe in him, the public could too – or so the script went."

-Anne Michaud, Why They Stay: Sex Scandals, Deals, and Hidden Agendas of Eight Political Wives

"For each of these women, the fear of the unknown — of leaving a marriage and casting off alone — may have bound them to a marriage where there is insensitivity, neglect, or even outright abuse. Peopl…"

-Anne Michaud, Why They Stay: Sex Scandals, Deals, and Hidden Agendas of Eight Political Wives

"What we witness playing out in the relationships of our public figures we risk finding acceptable in our private lives. Feminists have connected women’s sexual subordination to their unequal status i…"

-Anne Michaud, Why They Stay: Sex Scandals, Deals, and Hidden Agendas of Eight Political Wives

"To leave the marriage behind is to step out of the spotlight. It means fading into normalcy, returning to ordinary life, perhaps an impossible admission for women who have built their egos on being o…"

-Anne Michaud, Why They Stay: Sex Scandals, Deals, and Hidden Agendas of Eight Political Wives

Cover of Love is the Answer, God is the Cure: A True Story of Abuse, Betrayal and Unconditional Love by Aimee Cabo Nikolov

30. Love is the Answer, God is the Cure: A True Story of Abuse, Betrayal and Unconditional Love

By: Aimee Cabo Nikolov

4.30

Format: 150 pages, Paperback

Her family secrets burst in the spotlight when Aimee and her sister went to the authorities. In thi… read more

Similar categories in Aimee Cabo Nikolov's Love is the Answer, God is the Cure: A True Story of Abuse, Betrayal and Unconditional Love book and Frances Mayes's Under the Tuscan Sun

  • nonfiction
  • biography
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-Aimee Cabo Nikolov, Love is the Answer, God is the Cure: A True Story of Abuse, Betrayal and Unconditional Love

"We can be beacons of light"

-Aimee Cabo Nikolov, Love is the Answer, God is the Cure: A True Story of Abuse, Betrayal and Unconditional Love

"Unconditional Love conquers all!"

-Aimee Cabo Nikolov, Love is the Answer, God is the Cure: A True Story of Abuse, Betrayal and Unconditional Love

"God is the Cure, Love is the Answer"

-Aimee Cabo Nikolov, Love is the Answer, God is the Cure: A True Story of Abuse, Betrayal and Unconditional Love

Cover of Inside Passage: A Memoir by Keema Waterfield

31. Inside Passage: A Memoir

By: Keema Waterfield

4.13

Format: None pages, None

Keema Waterfield's INSIDE PASSAGE, about Alaska's underbelly and hardscrabble life; the author grew… read more

Similar categories in Keema Waterfield's Inside Passage: A Memoir book and Frances Mayes's Under the Tuscan Sun

  • nonfiction
  • biography
  • memoir

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Keith, A: Three Came Home

Agnes Newton Keith

4.16

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My Alien Self: My Journey Back to Me

Amanda Green

3.94

Transform Your Habits

Dancing on My Grave

Greg Lawrence , Gelsey Kirkland

3.86

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Peter Mayle

4.03

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Story of My Life: The Autobiography of George Sand (Women Writers in Translation)

George Sand , Thelma Jurgrau , Walter D. Gray

3.94

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Get Me Out of Here: My Recovery from Borderline Personality Disorder

Rachel Reiland

3.95

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Mary McCarthy

3.72

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Agatha Christie , None , Agatha Christie Mallowan

4.09

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