24 must-read nonfiction books like Tell It Like It Is: My Story by Aaron Neville

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Tell It Like It Is: My Story

By: Aaron Neville

4.17

Format: 288 pages, Hardcover

For the first time, legendary singer and songwriter and Grammy Hall-of-Famer Aaron Neville tells hi…

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1. Nine Lives: Death and Life in New Orleans

By: Dan Baum

4.09

Format: None pages, Hardcover

The hidden history of a haunted and beloved city told through the intersecting lives of nine remark… read more

Similar categories in Dan Baum's Nine Lives: Death and Life in New Orleans book and Aaron Neville's Tell It Like It Is: My Story

  • nonfiction
  • biography
  • memoir

2. Sugar (Sugar Lacey, #1)

By: Bernice L. McFadden

3.87

Format: 252 pages, Paperback

"Strong and folksy storytelling...think Zora Neale Hurston...Sugarspeaks of what is real." --The Da… read more

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3. Don't Forget the Girl

By: Rebecca McKanna

3.75

Format: 320 pages, Paperback

We never remember the dead girls. We never forget the killers. Twelve years ago, 18-year-old Uni… read more

Similar categories in Rebecca McKanna's Don't Forget the Girl book and Aaron Neville's Tell It Like It Is: My Story

"Tragedy is a constant rather than the exception"

-Rebecca McKanna, Don't Forget the Girl

"Here is a girl who finally shares who she is and then is immediately punished by the world. But Jon Allan Blue is not the world. He's one man. And Abby was more than just the way her life ended."

-Rebecca McKanna, Don't Forget the Girl

"Sontag said a photograph was, by its nature, a violation. It allowed the photographer to see people the way they never saw themselves, giving them knowledge the subject couldn't possess. She called i…"

-Rebecca McKanna, Don't Forget the Girl

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4. Clete (Dave Robicheaux, #24)

By: James Lee Burke

4.07

Format: 336 pages, Hardcover

James Lee Burke returns to his bestselling Dave Robicheaux series, bringing Dave’s partner and frie… read more

Similar categories in James Lee Burke's Clete (Dave Robicheaux, #24) book and Aaron Neville's Tell It Like It Is: My Story

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5. You Never Know: A Memoir

By: Tom Selleck

4.05

Format: 352 pages, Hardcover

There are many miles from the business school and basketball court at the University of Southern Ca… read more

Similar categories in Tom Selleck's You Never Know: A Memoir book and Aaron Neville's Tell It Like It Is: My Story

  • biography
  • memoir
  • autobiography
  • biography memoir
  • nonfiction
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6. Leslie F*cking Jones

By: Leslie Jones

4.11

Format: 288 pages, Hardcover

Hey you guys, it’s Leslie. I’m excited to share my story with you. Now, I’m gonna be honest: Som… read more

Similar categories in Leslie Jones's Leslie F*cking Jones book and Aaron Neville's Tell It Like It Is: My Story

  • biography
  • memoir
  • autobiography
  • biography memoir
  • nonfiction
"Dad"

-Leslie Jones, Leslie F*cking Jones

"Some of the stories about my childhood is vague, because a bitch is 55 and I've smoked a lot of weed."

-Leslie Jones, Leslie F*cking Jones

"I was built for strong... I was never a victim. And even though really bad shit happened to me, I know it's my job to help other back girls and women get strong like me."

-Leslie Jones, Leslie F*cking Jones

"I even attended a Christian singles night lecture kind of thing—I was single, it was free, and it was Church. Honestly, that night should be an episode of American Horror Story. The woman leading it …"

-Leslie Jones, Leslie F*cking Jones

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7. Lucky Me: A Memoir of Changing the Odds

By: Rich Paul

4.11

Format: 272 pages, Hardcover

NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • A memoir of will, success, and the luck we make—from the founder and CE… read more

Similar categories in Rich Paul's Lucky Me: A Memoir of Changing the Odds book and Aaron Neville's Tell It Like It Is: My Story

  • biography
  • memoir
  • autobiography
  • biography memoir
  • nonfiction
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8. Worthy

By: Jada Pinkett Smith

3.64

Format: 416 pages, Hardcover

A gripping, painfully honest, and ultimately inspirational memoir from global superstar and creator… read more

Similar categories in Jada Pinkett Smith's Worthy book and Aaron Neville's Tell It Like It Is: My Story

  • biography
  • memoir
  • autobiography
  • biography memoir
  • nonfiction
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9. The Girl Who Survived Auschwitz

By: Sara Leibovits

4.35

Format: 336 pages, Paperback

Poland, 1944 The train slowed and halted with a squeal of the brakes. It felt like we waited in the… read more

Similar categories in Sara Leibovits's The Girl Who Survived Auschwitz book and Aaron Neville's Tell It Like It Is: My Story

  • autobiography
  • nonfiction
  • biography
  • memoir
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10. If You Would Have Told Me

By: John Stamos

3.81

Format: 333 pages, Hardcover

If you would have told a young John Stamos flipping burgers at his dad’s fast-food joint that one d… read more

Similar categories in John Stamos's If You Would Have Told Me book and Aaron Neville's Tell It Like It Is: My Story

  • biography
  • memoir
  • autobiography
  • biography memoir
  • nonfiction
Cover of Glory Be (Glory Broussard Mystery, #1) by Danielle Arceneaux

11. Glory Be (Glory Broussard Mystery, #1)

By: Danielle Arceneaux

3.81

Format: 271 pages, Kindle Edition

The first in a crime series set in the Louisiana bayou, introducing the uncensored amateur sleuth G… read more

Similar categories in Danielle Arceneaux's Glory Be (Glory Broussard Mystery, #1) book and Aaron Neville's Tell It Like It Is: My Story

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12. Thicker than Water: A Memoir

By: Kerry Washington

3.87

Format: 320 pages, Hardcover

Award-winning actor, director, producer, and activist Kerry Washington shares the "exquisitely movi… read more

Similar categories in Kerry Washington's Thicker than Water: A Memoir book and Aaron Neville's Tell It Like It Is: My Story

  • biography
  • memoir
  • autobiography
  • biography memoir
  • nonfiction
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13. Undefeated: Changing the Rules and Winning on My Own Terms

By: Shaunie Henderson

3.84

Format: 224 pages, Hardcover

Shaunie Henderson—wife, mother, entrepreneur, producer, and creator of the hit TV show Basketball W… read more

Similar categories in Shaunie Henderson's Undefeated: Changing the Rules and Winning on My Own Terms book and Aaron Neville's Tell It Like It Is: My Story

  • nonfiction
  • memoir
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14. Summer on Highland Beach (Summer Beach, #3)

By: Sunny Hostin

4.00

Format: 336 pages, Hardcover

The View  cohost and three-time Emmy Award winner Sunny Hostin transports readers to Highland Beach… read more

Similar categories in Sunny Hostin's Summer on Highland Beach (Summer Beach, #3) book and Aaron Neville's Tell It Like It Is: My Story

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15. Jackie: Public, Private, Secret

By: J. Randy Taraborrelli

4.17

Format: 528 pages, Hardcover

From New York Times bestselling author of Jackie, Janet & Lee comes a fresh and often startling loo… read more

Similar categories in J. Randy Taraborrelli's Jackie: Public, Private, Secret book and Aaron Neville's Tell It Like It Is: My Story

  • biography memoir
  • nonfiction
  • biography
  • memoir
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16. Bits and Pieces: My Mother, My Brother, and Me

By: Whoopi Goldberg

4.33

Format: 256 pages, Hardcover

From multi-award winner Whoopi Goldberg comes a new and unique memoir of her family and their influ… read more

Similar categories in Whoopi Goldberg's Bits and Pieces: My Mother, My Brother, and Me book and Aaron Neville's Tell It Like It Is: My Story

  • biography
  • memoir
  • autobiography
  • biography memoir
  • nonfiction
"Listen. The confines of this neighbourhood do not represent the confines of your life. You can go and do and be whatever you want. But, whatever you choose, be yourself."

-Whoopi Goldberg, Bits and Pieces: My Mother, My Brother, and Me

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17. What Have We Here?: Portraits of a Life

By: Billy Dee Williams

4.04

Format: 288 pages, Hardcover

A film legend recalls his remarkable life of nearly eight decades—a heralded actor who's played the… read more

Similar categories in Billy Dee Williams's What Have We Here?: Portraits of a Life book and Aaron Neville's Tell It Like It Is: My Story

  • biography
  • memoir
  • autobiography
  • biography memoir
  • nonfiction
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18. Miracle and Wonder: Conversations with Paul Simon

By: Malcolm Gladwell

4.56

Format: None pages, Audiobook

What happens when Paul Simon, widely considered one of the greatest songwriters in music history, a… read more

Similar categories in Malcolm Gladwell's Miracle and Wonder: Conversations with Paul Simon book and Aaron Neville's Tell It Like It Is: My Story

  • music
  • biography
  • memoir
  • autobiography
  • biography memoir
  • nonfiction
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19. The American Daughters

By: Maurice Carlos Ruffin

3.61

Format: 304 pages, Hardcover

A gripping historical novel about a spirited young girl who joins a sisterhood of Black women worki… read more

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20. Dear Black Girls: How to Be True to You

By: A'ja Wilson

4.58

Format: 192 pages, Hardcover

From Olympic gold medalist and two-time professional basketball MVP A’ja Wilson comes an inspiratio… read more

Similar categories in A'ja Wilson's Dear Black Girls: How to Be True to You book and Aaron Neville's Tell It Like It Is: My Story

  • biography
  • memoir
  • autobiography
  • biography memoir
  • nonfiction
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21. Missing White Woman

By: Kellye Garrett

3.53

Format: 336 pages, Hardcover

The truth is never skin deep.   It was supposed to be a romantic getaway weekend in New York City… read more

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22. I Curse You With Joy

By: Tiffany Haddish

3.95

Format: 269 pages, Kindle Edition

Tiffany Haddish is back with her highly anticipated new essay collection, I Curse You With Joy … read more

Similar categories in Tiffany Haddish's I Curse You With Joy book and Aaron Neville's Tell It Like It Is: My Story

  • biography memoir
  • nonfiction
  • biography
  • memoir
"Representation isn’t just checking off boxes, it’s validating experience."

-Tiffany Haddish, I Curse You With Joy

"What I was learning was, in its own fucked up way, no feelings was as bad as too many."

-Tiffany Haddish, I Curse You With Joy

"I wish that men got endometriosis. If it was painful when they ejaculated, you know they would find a cure immediately and every doctor would know what to do to make it less painful, even a foot doct…"

-Tiffany Haddish, I Curse You With Joy

"Going through all that, taught me that you get to choose your response when you are afraid. You might not be able to control everything that happens to you but you do get to control how you respond t…"

-Tiffany Haddish, I Curse You With Joy

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23. Adversity for Sale: Ya Gotta Believe

By: Jeezy

4.07

Format: 272 pages, Hardcover

NEW YORK TIMES and WALL STREET JOURNAL BESTSELLER To Jeezy’s legion of fans, his name is synonymous… read more

Similar categories in Jeezy's Adversity for Sale: Ya Gotta Believe book and Aaron Neville's Tell It Like It Is: My Story

  • music
  • biography
  • memoir
  • autobiography
  • biography memoir
  • nonfiction
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24. August Wilson: A Life

By: Patti Hartigan

4.20

Format: 544 pages, Hardcover

The first authoritative biography of August Wilson, the most important and successful American play… read more

Similar categories in Patti Hartigan's August Wilson: A Life book and Aaron Neville's Tell It Like It Is: My Story

  • biography memoir
  • biography
  • nonfiction
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25. Energy Follows Thought: The Stories Behind My Songs

By: Willie Nelson

4.11

Format: 461 pages, Kindle Edition

For the first time ever, and to help celebrate his 90th birthday in 2023, American icon Willie Nels… read more

Similar categories in Willie Nelson's Energy Follows Thought: The Stories Behind My Songs book and Aaron Neville's Tell It Like It Is: My Story

  • music
  • nonfiction
  • biography
  • memoir
"...love was here yesterday, love is here today, and love will be here tomorrow. Love exists outside of time. At some point, sadness stops. For that matter, so does happiness. They're just fleeting fe…"

-Willie Nelson, Energy Follows Thought: The Stories Behind My Songs

Cover of Hello, Friends!: Stories of Dating, Destiny, and Day Jobs by Dulce Sloan

26. Hello, Friends!: Stories of Dating, Destiny, and Day Jobs

By: Dulce Sloan

3.93

Format: 256 pages, Hardcover

WELCOME TO A COMEDIC TRIP THROUGH THE LIFE OF ONE OF THE COUNTRY’S MOST EXCITING COMEDIANS. MEET DU… read more

Similar categories in Dulce Sloan's Hello, Friends!: Stories of Dating, Destiny, and Day Jobs book and Aaron Neville's Tell It Like It Is: My Story

  • biography memoir
  • nonfiction
  • biography
  • memoir
"Duce. Don't you do that. You will get in trouble and it'll prove them right in their own mind. Say something that's gonna hurt their feelings instead."

-Dulce Sloan, Hello, Friends!: Stories of Dating, Destiny, and Day Jobs

"So instead of hitting light switches, I switched lanes and that's when I joined the chorus. My mom taught me an important lesson that day: Don't let racist magnet school theater directors crush your …"

-Dulce Sloan, Hello, Friends!: Stories of Dating, Destiny, and Day Jobs

Cover of All Hope is Found: Rediscovering the Joy of Expectation by Sarah Jakes Roberts

27. All Hope is Found: Rediscovering the Joy of Expectation

By: Sarah Jakes Roberts

4.35

Format: 176 pages, Hardcover

Hope is not a wish waiting to come true. It's not an external desire waiting to be realized. Hope i… read more

Similar categories in Sarah Jakes Roberts's All Hope is Found: Rediscovering the Joy of Expectation book and Aaron Neville's Tell It Like It Is: My Story

  • nonfiction
Cover of Lovely One: A Memoir by Ketanji Brown Jackson

28. Lovely One: A Memoir

By: Ketanji Brown Jackson

4.64

Format: 432 pages, Hardcover

#1 NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • In her inspiring, intimate memoir, the first Black woman to ever be … read more

Similar categories in Ketanji Brown Jackson's Lovely One: A Memoir book and Aaron Neville's Tell It Like It Is: My Story

  • biography
  • memoir
  • autobiography
  • biography memoir
  • nonfiction
Cover of Tell It Like It Is: My Story by Aaron Neville

29. Tell It Like It Is: My Story

By: Aaron Neville

4.17

Format: 288 pages, Hardcover

For the first time, legendary singer and songwriter and Grammy Hall-of-Famer Aaron Neville tells hi… read more

Similar categories in Aaron Neville's Tell It Like It Is: My Story book and Aaron Neville's Tell It Like It Is: My Story

  • music
  • biography
  • memoir
  • autobiography
  • biography memoir
  • nonfiction
Cover of Who's That Girl?: A Memoir by Eve.

30. Who's That Girl?: A Memoir

By: Eve.

4.11

Format: 272 pages, Hardcover

The definitive autobiography from Eve, the multiplatinum, Grammy Award®–winning, Emmy®-nominated ra… read more

Similar categories in Eve.'s Who's That Girl?: A Memoir book and Aaron Neville's Tell It Like It Is: My Story

  • music
  • biography
  • memoir
  • autobiography
  • nonfiction
Cover of Cher: The Memoir, Part One by Cher

31. Cher: The Memoir, Part One

By: Cher

4.47

Format: 432 pages, Kindle Edition

THERE IS ONLY ONE CHER … … and for seven decades she has been showing us why. Cher holds the att… read more

Similar categories in Cher's Cher: The Memoir, Part One book and Aaron Neville's Tell It Like It Is: My Story

  • music
  • biography
  • memoir
  • autobiography
  • biography memoir
  • nonfiction

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Nine Lives: Death and Life in New Orleans

Dan Baum

4.09

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You Never Know: A Memoir

Tom Selleck

4.05

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Leslie F*cking Jones

Leslie Jones

4.11

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Rich Paul

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Harlan Coben

4.34

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John Sandford

4.45

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David Baldacci

4.53

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John Grisham

4.26

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