21 must-read memoir books like The Wrong Calamity: A Memoir by Marsha Jacobson

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The Wrong Calamity: A Memoir

By: Marsha Jacobson

4.37

Format: 266 pages, Hardcover

Raised to believe she’s a no-account, Marsha Jacobson falls prey to an assistant dean at her colleg…

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Cover of Safe Harbor: A Murder in Nantucket by Brian McDonald

1. Safe Harbor: A Murder in Nantucket

By: Brian McDonald

3.66

Format: 259 pages,

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  • nonfiction
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2. Bastards

By: Mary Anna King

3.86

Format: None pages, Paperback

In the early 1980s, Mary Hall is a little girl growing up in poverty in Camden, New Jersey, with he… read more

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  • nonfiction
  • memoir

3. Moonlight on Linoleum: A Daughter's Memoir

By: None

4.00

Format: 224 pages, Hardcover

"I invited the child I was once to have her say in these pages. I am the one who came out on the ot… read more

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4. North of Normal: A Memoir of My Wilderness Childhood, My Unusual Family, and How I Survived Both

By: Cea Sunrise Person

3.62

Format: None pages, Hardcover

Sex, drugs, and . . . bug stew? In the vein of The Glass Castleand Wild,Cea Sunrise Person's compel… read more

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Cover of Don't Call Me Jupiter: Memoir of a Reluctant Hippie Kid (Jupiter, #2) by Tom J. Bross

5. Don't Call Me Jupiter: Memoir of a Reluctant Hippie Kid (Jupiter, #2)

By: Tom J. Bross

4.52

Format: 311 pages, ebook

Don’t Call Me Jupiter is a true coming-of-age memoir of psychedelic adventure about growing up in a… read more

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  • memoir
Cover of LEVI'S EYES: A Son's Deadly Secret and a Father's Cruel Betrayal by Aphrodite Jones

6. LEVI'S EYES: A Son's Deadly Secret and a Father's Cruel Betrayal

By: Aphrodite Jones

4.32

Format: 380 pages, Kindle Edition

LEVI’S EYES delves into the unspeakable murders of Christina and Levi Karlsen, as told by the kille… read more

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  • nonfiction
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7. Out of the Corner

By: Jennifer Grey

3.81

Format: 331 pages, Hardcover

A deeply candid and refreshingly spirited memoir of identity lost and found from the star of the ic… read more

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  • nonfiction
  • memoir
Cover of The Wives: A Memoir by Simone Gorrindo

8. The Wives: A Memoir

By: Simone Gorrindo

3.79

Format: 416 pages, Hardcover

A captivating memoir that tells the story of one woman’s experience of joining a community of army … read more

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  • nonfiction
  • memoir
Cover of A Fatal Inheritance: How a Family Misfortune Revealed a Deadly Medical Mystery by Lawrence Ingrassia

9. A Fatal Inheritance: How a Family Misfortune Revealed a Deadly Medical Mystery

By: Lawrence Ingrassia

4.41

Format: 320 pages, Hardcover

Weaving his own moving family story with a sweeping history of cancer research, Lawrence Ingrassia … read more

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  • nonfiction
  • memoir
Cover of Dear Sister: A Memoir of Secrets, Survival, and Unbreakable Bonds by Michelle Horton

10. Dear Sister: A Memoir of Secrets, Survival, and Unbreakable Bonds

By: Michelle Horton

4.52

Format: 352 pages, Hardcover

A breathtaking memoir about two sisters and a high-profile Nikki Addimando, incarcerated for killi… read more

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  • nonfiction
  • memoir
Cover of The Angle of Flickering Light by Gina Troisi

11. The Angle of Flickering Light

By: Gina Troisi

4.07

Format: 228 pages, Kindle Edition

Desperate to find respite from the knowledge of her father's infidelities, his verbal abuse, and he… read more

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  • nonfiction
  • memoir
"It was more than loneliness, than isolation; it was a feeling of somehow being invisible and transparent at the same time, of sinking & slipping of falling away."

-Gina Troisi, The Angle of Flickering Light

Cover of The Friday Afternoon Club: A Family Memoir by Griffin Dunne

12. The Friday Afternoon Club: A Family Memoir

By: Griffin Dunne

4.19

Format: 400 pages, Hardcover

At nine, Sean Connery saved him from drowning. At thirteen, desperate to hook up with Janis Joplin,… read more

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  • nonfiction
  • memoir
"At the moment when Mrs. Griffin had been notified of her husband’s death, she was in bed with her lover at the Hotel del Coronado in California, and took the news that she was a widow rather well. Sh…"

-Griffin Dunne, The Friday Afternoon Club: A Family Memoir

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13. Goyhood

By: Reuven Fenton

4.07

Format: 288 pages, Hardcover

Funny, poignant, and revelatory while plumbing the emotional depths of the relationship between est… read more

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Cover of Everywhere I Look: A Memoir by Ona Gritz

14. Everywhere I Look: A Memoir

By: Ona Gritz

4.47

Format: 250 pages, Paperback

In 1982, twenty-five-year-old Angie Boggs, pregnant with her second child, was brutally murdered, a… read more

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  • nonfiction
  • memoir
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15. House of Sticks

By: Ly Tran

4.38

Format: 368 pages, Hardcover

New York City Book Awards Hornblower Award Winner One of Vogue and NPR’s Best Books of the Year T… read more

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  • nonfiction
  • memoir
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16. Here After

By: Amy Lin

4.25

Format: 272 pages, Hardcover

Here After is an intimate story of deep love followed by dizzying loss; a stunning, taut memoir fro… read more

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  • nonfiction
  • memoir
Cover of BUTTER SIDE UP, THANK GOD!: A MEMOIR by Tina Wagner Mattern

17. BUTTER SIDE UP, THANK GOD!: A MEMOIR

By: Tina Wagner Mattern

4.36

Format: 493 pages, Kindle Edition

This memoir is the true, no holds barred story of my incredibly blessed, ridiculously messy life. I… read more

Similar categories in Tina Wagner Mattern's BUTTER SIDE UP, THANK GOD!: A MEMOIR book and Marsha Jacobson's The Wrong Calamity: A Memoir

  • nonfiction
  • memoir
Cover of American Daughter by Stephanie Thornton Plymale

18. American Daughter

By: Stephanie Thornton Plymale

4.20

Format: 288 pages, ebook

For 50 years, Stephanie Plymale kept her past a fiercely guarded secret. No one outside her immedia… read more

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  • nonfiction
  • memoir
Cover of A Well-Trained Wife: My Escape from Christian Patriarchy by Tia  Levings

19. A Well-Trained Wife: My Escape from Christian Patriarchy

By: Tia Levings

4.48

Format: 304 pages, Hardcover

“Today it hit me when he hit me, blood shaking in my brain. Maybe there wasn’t a savior coming. May… read more

Similar categories in Tia Levings's A Well-Trained Wife: My Escape from Christian Patriarchy book and Marsha Jacobson's The Wrong Calamity: A Memoir

  • nonfiction
  • memoir
Cover of How the Light Gets In by Joyce Maynard

20. How the Light Gets In

By: Joyce Maynard

4.27

Format: 432 pages, Hardcover

From New York Times bestselling author Joyce Maynard comes the eagerly anticipated follow-up to her… read more

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Cover of Into Trouble by Paul Francis Gorman

21. Into Trouble

By: Paul Francis Gorman

4.10

Format: 302 pages, Kindle Edition

2022 Readers' Favorite award winner 2022 Best Book Awards Finalist "A well-written account abou… read more

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  • nonfiction
  • memoir
Cover of Braving The Storm: My Battle Against Esophageal Cancer by Douglas Rose

22. Braving The Storm: My Battle Against Esophageal Cancer

By: Douglas Rose

4.09

Format: 193 pages, Kindle Edition

Discover the incredible true story of Douglas Rose in "Braving The Storm." Confronting esophageal c… read more

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Cover of The Painted Pink Dress: A Daughter’s Story of Family, Betrayal, and Her Search for the Truth by Minu Cash

23. The Painted Pink Dress: A Daughter’s Story of Family, Betrayal, and Her Search for the Truth

By: Minu Cash

4.53

Format: 258 pages, Paperback

A passionate memoir about identity, resilience, and the healing power of forgiveness From her earl… read more

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  • nonfiction
"What if the real Minu was out there in the world somewhere? And here I was, trapped in this awful life I wasn’t supposed to be living."

-Minu Cash, The Painted Pink Dress: A Daughter’s Story of Family, Betrayal, and Her Search for the Truth

Cover of Us, After: A Memoir of Love and Suicide by Rachel Zimmerman

24. Us, After: A Memoir of Love and Suicide

By: Rachel Zimmerman

4.41

Format: 256 pages, Paperback

"This poignant, soul-baring memoir is truly one of the most moving accounts of grief, loss and resi… read more

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  • nonfiction
  • memoir
Cover of Combat Love: A Story of Leaving, Longing, and Searching for Home by Alisyn Camerota

25. Combat Love: A Story of Leaving, Longing, and Searching for Home

By: Alisyn Camerota

4.35

Format: 356 pages, Hardcover

CNN Anchor Alisyn Camerota’s memoir Combat Love is a story of longing, leaving and the lure of brig… read more

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  • nonfiction
  • memoir
Cover of Never Saw Me Coming: How I Outsmarted the FBI and the Entire Banking System—and Pocketed $40 Million by Tanya   Smith

26. Never Saw Me Coming: How I Outsmarted the FBI and the Entire Banking System—and Pocketed $40 Million

By: Tanya Smith

3.94

Format: 433 pages, Kindle Edition

The true story of how a middle-class Black girl from Minneapolis became one of the single biggest t… read more

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  • nonfiction
  • memoir
Cover of Who Could Ever Love You: A Family Memoir by Mary L. Trump

27. Who Could Ever Love You: A Family Memoir

By: Mary L. Trump

4.15

Format: 288 pages, Hardcover

New York Times, USA Today, and Publishers Weekly bestseller! A New York Times Nonfiction Book to R… read more

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  • nonfiction
  • memoir
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28. The People In My House

By: Libby Henry

4.03

Format: 296 pages, Kindle Edition

Libby’s father is old school and didn't want another family. Libby’s mother lives vicariously throu… read more

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29. The Wrong Calamity: A Memoir

By: Marsha Jacobson

4.37

Format: 266 pages, Hardcover

Raised to believe she’s a no-account, Marsha Jacobson falls prey to an assistant dean at her colleg… read more

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  • nonfiction
  • memoir
Cover of Miriam’s Miracle: A Medical Memoir Wrapped in a Love Story by Mark Johnson

30. Miriam’s Miracle: A Medical Memoir Wrapped in a Love Story

By: Mark Johnson

4.67

Format: 399 pages, Kindle Edition

Out of tragedy comes a miracle…Miriam’s miracle!This medical memoir is wrapped in a love story like… read more

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23 must-read nonfiction books like The Wrong Calamity: A Memoir by Marsha Jacobson

Transform Your Habits

Safe Harbor: A Murder in Nantucket

Brian McDonald

3.66

Transform Your Habits

Bastards

Mary Anna King

3.86

Transform Your Habits

LEVI'S EYES: A Son's Deadly Secret and a Father's Cruel Betrayal

Aphrodite Jones

4.32

Transform Your Habits

Out of the Corner

Jennifer Grey

3.81

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14 must-read nonfiction books like Combat Love: A Story of Leaving, Longing, and Searching for Home by Alisyn Camerota

Transform Your Habits

An Unfinished Love Story: A Personal History of the 1960s

Doris Kearns Goodwin

4.71

Transform Your Habits

The Situation Room: The Inside Story of Presidents in Crisis

George Stephanopoulos

4.45

Transform Your Habits

Bits and Pieces: My Mother, My Brother, and Me

Whoopi Goldberg

4.33

Transform Your Habits

Once Upon a Time: The Captivating Life of Carolyn Bessette-Kennedy

Elizabeth Beller

3.86

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