7 Best memoir books like Everybody Just Breathe: A COVID Nurse Memoir of Stamina and Swear Words by Amanda V. Peterson

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Everybody Just Breathe: A COVID Nurse Memoir of Stamina and Swear Words

By: Amanda V. Peterson

4.44

Format: 253 pages, Kindle Edition

A harrowing, generous, and often irreverent memoir chronicling the longest shift of one nurse’s lif…

If you liked the memoir plot in Everybody Just Breathe: A COVID Nurse Memoir of Stamina and Swear Words by Amanda V. Peterson , here is a list of 7 books like this:

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1. 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
"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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2. The Secrets She Carried

By: Barbara Davis

4.35

Format: 368 pages, Paperback

When a young woman returns to North Carolina after a thirty-year absence, she finds that the once g… read more

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3. 438 Days: An Extraordinary True Story of Survival at Sea

By: Jonathan Franklin , Jonathan Franklin

4.33

Format: 288 pages, Hardcover

438 Days is the miraculous account of the man who survived alone and adrift at sea longer than anyo… read more

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  • nonfiction
  • memoir
"How many of us appreciate the joys of a simple tortilla?"

-Jonathan Franklin, 438 Days: An Extraordinary True Story of Survival at Sea

"Everything will work out... don't give up hope, remain calm."

-Jonathan Franklin, 438 Days: An Extraordinary True Story of Survival at Sea

"[...] what else motivated him to spend hour after hour with me, telling all the details of his story? I quote at length his answer. "I suffered so much and for so long. Maybe if people read this they…"

-Jonathan Franklin, 438 Days: An Extraordinary True Story of Survival at Sea

"There's a lot of talk these days about a thing called resilience. That's the in term at the moment," says Dr. John Leach, a survival psychologist. "You've got built-in resilience, so you can bounce b…"

-Jonathan Franklin, 438 Days: An Extraordinary True Story of Survival at Sea

4. The 19th Wife

By: David Ebershoff

3.77

Format: 230 pages,

Faith, I tell them, is a mystery, elusive to many, and never easy to explain. Sweeping and lyrical,… read more

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5. Five Days at Memorial: Life and Death in a Storm-Ravaged Hospital

By: Sheri Fink

3.00

Format: None pages, Hardcover

In the tradition of the best investigative journalism, physician and reporter Sheri Fink reconstruc… read more

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6. The Women

By: Kristin Hannah

4.64

Format: 471 pages, Hardcover

Women can be heroes. When twenty-year-old nursing student Frances “Frankie” McGrath hears these wor… read more

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"Words were creators of worlds; you had to be careful with them."

-Kristin Hannah, The Women

"Love mattered in this ruined world, but so did honor. What was one without the other?"

-Kristin Hannah, The Women

"Love. A thing to be shouted from the rooftops, celebrated, not cultivated in secret and clipped into shape in the dark."

-Kristin Hannah, The Women

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7. Dear Jacob: A Mother's Journey of Hope

By: Patty Wetterling

4.60

Format: 348 pages, Hardcover

With stunning detail, Patty Wetterling shares the untold story of the 27-year search for her son Ja… read more

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  • nonfiction
  • memoir
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8. Vanished in Vermillion: The Real Story of South Dakota’s Most Infamous Cold Case

By: Lou Raguse

3.91

Format: 384 pages, Paperback

The result of hundreds of interviews, Vanished in Vermillion is a cold case story that flips the sc… read more

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  • nonfiction
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9. The River We Remember

By: William Kent Krueger

4.29

Format: 421 pages, Hardcover

In 1958, a small Minnesota town is rocked by the murder of its most powerful citizen, pouring fresh… read more

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"Finally, she wrote: The most frightening thing we do in our lives is to love."

-William Kent Krueger, The River We Remember

"People who make other people happy are generally pretty unhappy themselves," she said."

-William Kent Krueger, The River We Remember

"Bluestone said, " Hihanni waste ." "He honnay washtay?" Sam gave him a bewildered half smile. "I'm afraid I don't understand." "Exactly my point," Bluestone said. "I've lived in a white man's world a…"

-William Kent Krueger, The River We Remember

"[Scott] heard the clock on the living room mantel strike midnight, and he could no longer lie there suffering. He slipped from his bed, dressed, and so quietly that he might not even have existed--an…"

-William Kent Krueger, The River We Remember

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10. Womb: The Inside Story of Where We All Began

By: Leah Hazard

4.10

Format: 336 pages, Hardcover

A groundbreaking, triumphant investigation of the uterus--from birth to death, in sickness and in h… read more

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  • nonfiction
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11. Let Us Descend

By: Jesmyn Ward

3.70

Format: 320 pages, Hardcover

From Jesmyn Ward—the two-time National Book Award winner, youngest winner of the Library of Congres… read more

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"You must leap. You must do as your people did. You must sink in order to rise."

-Jesmyn Ward, Let Us Descend

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12. The Baker's Secret

By: Stephen P. Kiernan

4.01

Format: 313 pages, Kindle Edition

From the critically acclaimed author of The Hummingbird and The Curiosity comes a dazzling novel of… read more

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"The rest of the people depended on their gardens and the occupier's paltry rations. Everything else, the army took for itself. The young soldiers looked ruddy and pale, while the middle commanders de…"

-Stephen P. Kiernan, The Baker's Secret

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13. Becoming Ted

By: Matt Cain

3.90

Format: 416 pages, Hardcover

A charmingly joyful, surprising story about love, acceptance, and self-expression from the acclaime… read more

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14. The Lager Queen of Minnesota

By: J. Ryan Stradal

4.01

Format: 349 pages, Hardcover

A novel of family, Midwestern values, hard work, fate and the secrets of making a world-class beer.… read more

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"Young man"

-J. Ryan Stradal, The Lager Queen of Minnesota

"Her mother told her once that the nicest thing you can do for someone is be happy to see them,"

-J. Ryan Stradal, The Lager Queen of Minnesota

"Money allows people to survive their mistakes, she knew from having observed that phenomenon from a distance, and people like her were fucked."

-J. Ryan Stradal, The Lager Queen of Minnesota

"She held the bottle to her lips and tilted, slightly. It tasted the like how she'd imagine dirt would taste if someone burned it on the grill. Nope she said, and handed the bottle back."

-J. Ryan Stradal, The Lager Queen of Minnesota

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15. Waiting to Be Arrested at Night: A Uyghur Poet's Memoir of China's Genocide

By: Tahir Hamut Izgil

4.31

Format: 272 pages, Hardcover

A poet's account of one of the world's most urgent humanitarian crises, and a harrowing tale of a f… read more

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  • nonfiction
  • memoir
"The Uyghur region was now a gigantic prison, blanketed with security forces and a biometric surveillance system unique in human history."

-Tahir Hamut Izgil, Waiting to Be Arrested at Night: A Uyghur Poet's Memoir of China's Genocide

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16. Beautiful Eucharist

By: Matthew Kelly

4.39

Format: 126 pages, Paperback

Nothing will transform your life quite like a personal encounter with Jesus in the Eucharist. When … read more

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  • nonfiction
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17. The Rocking Chair Prophet

By: Matthew Kelly

4.04

Format: 320 pages, Hardcover

THERE IS A VOICE WITHIN YOU. Listening to that voice is the difference between happiness and mis… read more

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"Can you say it?" Daniel prompted. Samantha sighed. "I'm not what has happened to me," she mumbled. It was barely audible. "I can hear in your voice that you don't believe it yet," he said. And that's…"

-Matthew Kelly, The Rocking Chair Prophet

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18. The Sun Does Shine: How I Found Life and Freedom on Death Row

By: Anthony Ray Hinton

4.65

Format: 272 pages, Hardcover

A powerful, revealing story of hope, love, justice, and the power of reading by a man who spent thi… read more

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  • nonfiction
  • memoir
"Life was a crazy, strange mix of tragedy and sorrow and triumph and joy."

-Anthony Ray Hinton, The Sun Does Shine: How I Found Life and Freedom on Death Row

"Oh, the sanitized way of saying it is "sentenced to death." But let's call it what it is. They wanted to murder me because I had murdered."

-Anthony Ray Hinton, The Sun Does Shine: How I Found Life and Freedom on Death Row

"Life is brutal, tragic, unbearable, and inhumane at times. The pain one man can cause another is limitless, but I didn't see, I couldn't see, how creating more pain made anything better."

-Anthony Ray Hinton, The Sun Does Shine: How I Found Life and Freedom on Death Row

"I had just turned twenty-nine, and honestly, I still didn't know what I wanted to be when I grew up. Sometimes it felt like life was more a process of elimination than a series of choices."

-Anthony Ray Hinton, The Sun Does Shine: How I Found Life and Freedom on Death Row

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19. Paper Names

By: Susie Luo

3.66

Format: 288 pages, Hardcover

An unexpected act of violence brings together a Chinese-American family and a wealthy white lawyer … read more

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"Repetition. That was my father’s philosophy on learning. It applied not only to the piano, but my studies too. Before every test, he made me write out every single word from the textbook chapter, twi…"

-Susie Luo, Paper Names

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20. A Council of Dolls

By: Mona Susan Power

4.04

Format: 304 pages, Hardcover

The long-awaited, profoundly moving, and unforgettable new novel from PEN Award–winning Native Amer… read more

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"Shame invades one's thoughts like a parasite, twists them like wet laundry until all sense is wrung out."

-Mona Susan Power, A Council of Dolls

"When Winona whispered her memories to me in later years, she said that Whitestone Hill was the day the world ended. I never asked what she meant, how the world could be gone when the sun was still in…"

-Mona Susan Power, A Council of Dolls

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21. A Life Without Water (A Life Without #1)

By: Marci Bolden

3.96

Format: 264 pages, Kindle Edition

Healing can take a lifetime... Carol Denman divorced her husband over twenty years ago and has n… read more

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22. Things That Matter: Overcoming Distraction to Pursue a More Meaningful Life

By: Joshua Becker

3.82

Format: 256 pages, Hardcover

#1 WALL STREET JOURNAL BESTSELLER • Discover practical steps you can take today to live a life focu… read more

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  • nonfiction
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23. The Only Woman in the Room

By: Marie Benedict

3.86

Format: 312 pages, Hardcover

She was beautiful. She was a genius. Could the world handle both? A novel about Hedy Lamarr. Hed… read more

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24. You Can't Joke About That: Why Everything Is Funny, Nothing Is Sacred, and We're All in This Together

By: Kat Timpf

3.80

Format: 248 pages, Kindle Edition

What happens when we can’t joke about some of the most important stuff in life? In a 2019 study, 4… read more

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  • nonfiction
  • memoir
"The Bottom Line: When you say that words are violence, you inherently are saying that violence is an acceptable response to words, because violence is universally considered an acceptable response to…"

-Kat Timpf, You Can't Joke About That: Why Everything Is Funny, Nothing Is Sacred, and We're All in This Together

"A better standard would be intention. If someone says something that offends us - but their intentions was humor - than we should respond far differently to that than we would if the person intended …"

-Kat Timpf, You Can't Joke About That: Why Everything Is Funny, Nothing Is Sacred, and We're All in This Together

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25. A Life Without Flowers (A Life Without #2)

By: Marci Bolden

4.17

Format: 322 pages, Kindle Edition

Twenty-four years after losing her daughter in a tragic accident, Carol Denman has finally made pea… read more

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26. Last Circle of Love

By: Lorna Landvik

3.74

Format: 286 pages, Kindle Edition

A funny, heartwarming story about a feisty group of women who shake, spice, and heat things up with… read more

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27. Doctors and Friends

By: Kimmery Martin

4.02

Format: 384 pages, Hardcover

Hannah, Compton, and Kira have been close friends since medical school, reuniting once a year for a… read more

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28. The Winners (Beartown, #3)

By: Fredrik Backman

4.45

Format: 671 pages, Kindle Edition

Two years have passed since the events that no one wants to think about. Everyone has tried to move… read more

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"Beneath them, Sune asks him to carve the only message he can bring himself to say: You run on ahead."

-Fredrik Backman, The Winners (Beartown, #3)

"Years ago, her mom used to say that you should never trust anyone who doesn't have something in their life that they love beyond measure."

-Fredrik Backman, The Winners (Beartown, #3)

"What is life, other than moments? What is laughter, other than a small victory over sorrow? A single moment, just one, when everything inside us isn't broken."

-Fredrik Backman, The Winners (Beartown, #3)

"You never get the same kind of friends again like you have when you're a teenager. Not even if you keep them your whole life. it will never be the same as it was then."

-Fredrik Backman, The Winners (Beartown, #3)

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29. What the Eyes Don't See: A Story of Crisis, Resistance, and Hope in an American City

By: Mona Hanna-Attisha

4.34

Format: 384 pages, Paperback

Here is the inspiring story of how Dr. Mona Hanna-Attisha, alongside a team of researchers, parents… read more

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  • nonfiction
  • memoir
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30. Thistles & Thorns

By: Jessica Lee Peterson

4.70

Format: 238 pages, Hardcover

Thistles & Thorns is a mother’s personal memoir of surviving murdered children, seeking justice, re… read more

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  • nonfiction
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31. Everybody Just Breathe: A COVID Nurse Memoir of Stamina and Swear Words

By: Amanda V. Peterson

4.44

Format: 253 pages, Kindle Edition

A harrowing, generous, and often irreverent memoir chronicling the longest shift of one nurse’s lif… read more

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  • nonfiction
  • memoir

13 Top nonfiction books like Everybody Just Breathe: A COVID Nurse Memoir of Stamina and Swear Words by Amanda V. Peterson

Transform Your Habits

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Margot Lee Shetterly

3.80

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438 Days: An Extraordinary True Story of Survival at Sea

Jonathan Franklin , Jonathan Franklin

4.33

Transform Your Habits

Dear Jacob: A Mother's Journey of Hope

Patty Wetterling

4.60

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Vanished in Vermillion: The Real Story of South Dakota’s Most Infamous Cold Case

Lou Raguse

3.91

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March On

David Johnson

3.66

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The Women

Kristin Hannah

4.64

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Dreamland

Nicholas Sparks

3.96

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Amanda Peters

4.14

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