5 best-selling memoir books like Ootlin by Jenni Fagan

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Ootlin

By: Jenni Fagan

4.67

Format: 327 pages, Hardcover

The government told a story about me before I was born. Jenni Fagan was property of the state be…

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1. Evenings and Weekends

By: Oisín McKenna

3.96

Format: 352 pages, Hardcover

For fans of Sally Rooney and Torrey Peters, a taut and profoundly moving debut that follows a cast … read more

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2. Paper Cup

By: Karen Campbell

4.11

Format: 336 pages, Hardcover

What if going back means you could begin again? Rocked by a terrible accident, homeless Kelly ne… read more

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3. O Brother

By: John Niven

4.64

Format: 385 pages, Kindle Edition

John Niven’s little brother Gary was fearless, popular, stubborn, handsome, hilarious and sometimes… read more

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  • nonfiction
  • biography
  • memoir
"My mother can hold her own where foreign words are involved. The simple duo-syllable 'croissant' comes out variously as 'craw-sank', 'crass-ant', or 'crah-sint', the word seeming to have no business …"

-John Niven, O Brother

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4. Berserker!

By: Adrian Edmondson

4.32

Format: 406 pages, Kindle Edition

From brutal schooldays to '80s anarchy, through The Young Ones and beyond, Berserker! is the one-of… read more

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  • nonfiction
  • biography
  • memoir
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5. Orbital

By: Samantha Harvey

3.73

Format: 207 pages, Hardcover

A slender novel of epic power, Orbital  deftly snapshots one day in the lives of six women and men … read more

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"Maybe we're the new dinosaurs and need to watch out."

-Samantha Harvey, Orbital

"The past comes, the future, the past, the future. It's always now, it's never now."

-Samantha Harvey, Orbital

"Raw space is a panther, feral and primal; they dream it stalking through their quarters."

-Samantha Harvey, Orbital

"That's all this great human endeavor of space exploration really is, he thinks, an animal migration, a bid for survival. A looping song sent into the open, a territorial animal song."

-Samantha Harvey, Orbital

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6. Slum Boy: One of the most moving accounts of non-fiction ever written

By: Juano Diaz

4.52

Format: 237 pages, Kindle Edition

"This is a heart-breaking story, beautifully told. I hope it finds a million readers". - Andrew O'H… read more

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  • nonfiction
  • memoir
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7. The Safekeep

By: Yael van der Wouden

4.08

Format: 272 pages, Hardcover

An exhilarating, twisted tale of desire, suspicion, and obsession between two women staying in the … read more

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8. Intermezzo

By: Sally Rooney

4.34

Format: 464 pages, Hardcover

An exquisitely moving story about grief, love, and family, from the global phenomenon Sally Rooney.… read more

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9. The Outrun: A Memoir

By: Amy Liptrot

4.01

Format: 312 pages, Paperback

THE SUNDAY TIMES TOP TEN BESTSELLERWINNER OF THE 2016 WAINWRIGHT PRIZESHORTLISTED FOR THE 2017 ONDA… read more

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  • nonfiction
  • biography
  • memoir
"I'm filling the void with new knowledge and moments of beauty. The dangerous thoughts will happen - and while I'm experiencing them I feel like that's the way I will feel for ever - but I just have t…"

-Amy Liptrot, The Outrun: A Memoir

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10. Held

By: Anne Michaels

3.66

Format: 240 pages, Hardcover

A breathtaking and mysterious new novel from the beloved Anne Michaels, internationally bestselling… read more

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"Who can say what happens when we are remembered?"

-Anne Michaels, Held

"Do we really need our own misery to teach us to be kind?"

-Anne Michaels, Held

"We know life is finite. Why should we believe death lasts forever?"

-Anne Michaels, Held

"Would he know the moment of his death or would it be like night falling."

-Anne Michaels, Held

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11. Hagstone

By: Sinéad Gleeson

3.63

Format: 307 pages, Kindle Edition

The sea is steady for now. The land readies itself. What can be done with the woman on the cliff? … read more

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12. The Position of Spoons: And Other Intimacies

By: Deborah Levy

3.55

Format: 176 pages, Hardcover

A feast of observations about everything from the particular beauty of lemons on a table, to the al… read more

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  • nonfiction
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13. Shy Creatures

By: Clare Chambers

4.43

Format: 400 pages, Hardcover

In all failed relationships there is a point that passes unnoticed at the time, which can later be … read more

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14. Only Here, Only Now

By: Tom Newlands

4.42

Format: 368 pages, Hardcover

A brilliant new talent writing from lived experience makes his debut with this irresistible and ori… read more

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15. Rabbits

By: Hugo Rifkind

3.95

Format: 329 pages, Kindle Edition

Tommo has just moved to a prestigious boarding school. A product of the middle class, and with new-… read more

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16. Anatomy of a Killing: Life and Death on a Divided Island

By: Ian Cobain

4.21

Format: 305 pages, Kindle Edition

On the morning of Saturday 22nd April 1978, members of an Active Service Unit of the IRA hijacked a… read more

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  • nonfiction
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17. Ootlin

By: Jenni Fagan

4.67

Format: 327 pages, Hardcover

The government told a story about me before I was born. Jenni Fagan was property of the state be… read more

Similar categories in Jenni Fagan's Ootlin book and Jenni Fagan's Ootlin

  • nonfiction
  • biography
  • memoir
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18. Gabriel's Moon

By: William Boyd

4.33

Format: 272 pages, Hardcover

In his most exhilarating novel yet, Britain’s greatest storyteller transports you from the vibrant … read more

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19. Fire

By: John Boyne

4.39

Format: 176 pages, Hardcover

On the face of it, Freya lives a gilded existence, dancing solely to her own tune. She has all the … read more

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20. Gliff

By: Ali Smith

4.36

Format: 288 pages, Hardcover

From a literary master, a moving and genre-bending story about our era-spanning search for meaning … read more

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21. Juice

By: Tim Winton

4.15

Format: 524 pages, Kindle Edition

An epic novel of determination, survival, and the limits of the human spirit. This is Tim Winton as… read more

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John Niven

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Adrian Edmondson

4.32

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4.52

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4.01

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Jennifer Saunders

3.85

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James O'Brien

4.29

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David Mitchell

4.16

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4.16

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