12 Top memoir books like The Long Goodbye by Keri Kitay

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The Long Goodbye

By: Keri Kitay

3.75

Format: 320 pages, Paperback

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1. The Good Nurse: A True Story of Medicine, Madness, and Murder

By: Charles Graeber

3.85

Format: 320 pages, Paperback

After his December 2003 arrest, registered nurse Charlie Cullen was quickly dubbed "The Angel of De… read more

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2. The Railway Man

By: Eric Lomax

3.12

Format: None pages, Paperback

During the second world war Eric Lomax was forced to work on the notorious Burma-Siam Railway and w… read more

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  • memoir

3. A Killer in the Family

By: Amanda Howard

2.56

Format: 201 pages, Paperback

A Killer in the Family explores the darkest depths of the human psyche to tell the stories of the w… read more

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4. Lola in the Mirror

By: Trent Dalton

4.41

Format: 448 pages, Kindle Edition

Bighearted, gritty, magical and moving, Lola in the Mirror is the irresistible new novel from inter… read more

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5. Honeybee

By: Craig Silvey

4.40

Format: 421 pages, Paperback

Late in the night, fourteen-year-old Sam Watson steps onto a quiet overpass, climbs over the rail a… read more

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"And I’m not wrong, I’m me. And I don’t want to be invisible anymore. I want people to see who I am"

-Craig Silvey, Honeybee

"I wasn't cold, but I was shivering when I walked onto the Clayton Road overpass. I wasn't scared either, even when I climbed over the rail. I didn't feel much of anything."

-Craig Silvey, Honeybee

"When we don’t think we’re worth much, we find ways to make our world small. We don’t allow ourselves to hope because we’ve already excepted failure. And this pattern of thinking often determines the …"

-Craig Silvey, Honeybee

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6. Nothing Bad Ever Happens Here

By: Heather Rose

3.96

Format: 256 pages, Paperback

A deeply personal collection filled with reflections on love, death, creativity and healing, from t… read more

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  • memoir
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7. Bedtime Story

By: Chloe Hooper

3.97

Format: None pages, Audiobook

From the best-selling author of The Tall Man and The Arsonist, a personal tale about death, life an… read more

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  • memoir
"Grief has pulled her out further than she thought she could go. To the edge of what it is possible to bear, of what's habitable, and then further again."

-Chloe Hooper, Bedtime Story

"You know that grief cannot be avoided. And that when it finds a person, they might look the same but they're changed: their missing person has altered the atmosphere in the house, the classroom, the …"

-Chloe Hooper, Bedtime Story

"Death entered the medical miracle of the twentieth century already camouflaged. But in scientifically advanced nations, it now takes place in hospitals or nursing homes, out of view, a medical failur…"

-Chloe Hooper, Bedtime Story

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8. So Late in the Day

By: Claire Keegan

4.00

Format: 47 pages, Hardcover

After an uneventful Friday at the Dublin office, Cathal faces into the long weekend and takes the b… read more

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9. These Precious Days: Essays

By: Ann Patchett

4.43

Format: 320 pages, Hardcover

The beloved New York Times bestselling author reflects on home, family, friendships and writing in … read more

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  • memoir
"It is possible to love someone with all your heart and still know your union would never have survived having children together."

-Ann Patchett, These Precious Days: Essays

"The future is not one thing. So many possibilities can arise as a result of intelligence, education, curiosity, and hard work. No one ever told me that, and I'm sorry it took this long for me to figu…"

-Ann Patchett, These Precious Days: Essays

"People want you to want what they want. If you want the same things they want, then their want is validated. If you don’t want the same things, your lack of wanting can, to certain people, come acros…"

-Ann Patchett, These Precious Days: Essays

"Without ever meaning to, my father taught me at a very early age to give up on the idea of approval. I wish I could bottle that freedom now and give it to every young writer I meet, with an extra bot…"

-Ann Patchett, These Precious Days: Essays

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10. Before You Knew My Name

By: Jacqueline Bublitz

3.81

Format: 320 pages, Paperback

This is not just another novel about a dead girl. Two women—one alive, one dead—are brought togethe… read more

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"I know what it's like for the horror to follow you home."

-Jacqueline Bublitz, Before You Knew My Name

"What happened to her makes me so mad. The entitlement of these fucking men who destroy lives, just because they can."

-Jacqueline Bublitz, Before You Knew My Name

"The thing is. When the dead speak back, we are seldom loud enough to be heard over the clamour of all that living going on."

-Jacqueline Bublitz, Before You Knew My Name

"For the first time, I understand it's not only the dead who have lives they don't get to live out. The people left behind have as many versions of themselves unexplored, as many possible paths that c…"

-Jacqueline Bublitz, Before You Knew My Name

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11. Love Stories

By: Trent Dalton

4.14

Format: 352 pages, Hardcover

Trent Dalton, Australia's best-loved writer, goes out into the world and asks a simple, direct ques… read more

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  • memoir
"True love is exposing all the pieces."

-Trent Dalton, Love Stories

"Love is knowing when you've come home."

-Trent Dalton, Love Stories

"You ever felt that kinda low? The kind you want to stay in?"

-Trent Dalton, Love Stories

"She realises now that grief is the price she will willingly pay to have loved someone so deeply."

-Trent Dalton, Love Stories

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12. The Girl Who Fell From the Sky

By: Emma Carey

4.38

Format: 322 pages, Paperback

From a terrible accident that left her paraplegic, Emma Carey has become an inspiration for hundred… read more

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  • memoir
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13. The Great Escape from Woodlands Nursing Home

By: Joanna Nell

4.03

Format: 384 pages, Paperback

The joyous, charming and utterly irresistible new novel from the author of mega-bestseller The Sing… read more

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14. You Called an Ambulance for What?

By: Tim Booth

3.98

Format: 258 pages, Kindle Edition

Tim Booth is shocked when his first emergency callout for someone short of breath turns out to be a… read more

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  • memoir
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15. The Widow of Walcha

By: Emma Partridge

4.23

Format: None pages, Kindle Edition

The Widow of Walcha is a shocking true story about death, love and lies in the small NSW town of Wa… read more

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16. The Teacher's Pet

By: Hedley Thomas

4.14

Format: 619 pages, Kindle Edition

If you thought you knew the story of The Teacher's Pet, get ready to be shocked. Hedley Thomas take… read more

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17. A Brilliant Life: My Mother's Inspiring True Story of Surviving the Holocaust

By: Rachelle Unreich

4.29

Format: 304 pages, Paperback

The powerful, true story of a Holocaust survivor told by her daughter—a tale that reminds us of the… read more

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  • memoir
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18. The Last Lighthouse Keeper: A Memoir

By: John Cook

3.68

Format: 320 pages, Paperback

A beautiful memoir from John Cook, one of Tasmania's last kerosene lighthouse keepers. A story abou… read more

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  • memoir
Cover of The Book of Burnout: What it is, why it happens, who gets it, and how to stop it before it stops you! by Bev Aisbett

19. The Book of Burnout: What it is, why it happens, who gets it, and how to stop it before it stops you!

By: Bev Aisbett

3.15

Format: 224 pages, Kindle Edition

Australia's bestselling anxiety and mental health expert, Bev Aisbett, tackles a growing mental hea… read more

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20. The Year My Family Unravelled

By: Cynthia Dearborn

4.23

Format: 340 pages, Kindle Edition

Cynthia Dearborn is struggling to convince her father, who has vascular dementia, to move into an a… read more

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  • memoir
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21. The New Rulebook: Notes from a psychologist to help redefine the way you live, for fans of Glennon Doyle, Brené Brown, Elizabeth Gilbert and Julie Smith

By: Dr Chris Cheers

3.93

Format: 160 pages, Kindle Edition

The bestselling, practical and inclusive guide to life from Instagram's favourite psychologist Chri… read more

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22. Because I'm Not Myself, You See: A Memoir of Motherhood, Madness and Coming Back From the Brink

By: Ariane Beeston

4.57

Format: 331 pages, Kindle Edition

A frank, hopeful and darkly funny memoir of postpartum psychosis and recoveryAriane Beeston is a ch… read more

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  • memoir
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23. The Long Goodbye

By: Keri Kitay

3.75

Format: 320 pages, Paperback

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  • memoir
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24. Fighting Fate

By: Justin Yerbury

4.61

Format: 235 pages, Kindle Edition

Justin Yerbury made a promise to his mother while she was dying of motor neurone disease (MND) that… read more

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25. Autopsies for the Armchair Enthusiast

By: Meryl Broughton

3.26

Format: 256 pages, Paperback

Intimate interactions with complete strangers, faithful customers and everything in between, form a… read more

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17 Top contemporary books like Bedtime Story by Chloe Hooper

Transform Your Habits

Chai Time at Cinnamon Gardens

Shankari Chandran

4.21

Transform Your Habits

Lola in the Mirror

Trent Dalton

4.41

Transform Your Habits

Nothing Bad Ever Happens Here

Heather Rose

3.96

Transform Your Habits

Stone Yard Devotional

Charlotte Wood

3.68

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