10 best-selling memoir books like Forces of Nature: A Memoir of Family, Loss, and Finding Home by Gina DeMillo Wagner

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Forces of Nature: A Memoir of Family, Loss, and Finding Home

By: Gina DeMillo Wagner

4.76

Format: 316 pages, Paperback

Gina DeMillo Wagner's brother Alan had a rare genetic disorder that caused him to veer from loving …

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1. The Orphan's Tale

By: Pam Jenoff

5.00

Format: None pages,

A powerful novel of friendship set in a traveling circus during World War II, The Orphan's Tale int… read more

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2. The Man in the Wooden Hat (Old Filth, #2)

By: Jane Gardam

4.10

Format: 233 pages, Paperback

The New York Times called Sir Edward Feathers one of the most memorable characters in modern litera… read more

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3. The Vanishing Act of Esme Lennox

By: Maggie O'Farrell

4.33

Format: 700 pages, Paperback

Maggie O'Farrell takes readers on a journey to the darker places of the human heart, where desires … 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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5. Blue Lightning (Shetland Island, #4)

By: Ann Cleeves

4.34

Format: 640 pages, Paperback

Shetland Detective Jimmy Perez knows it will be a difficult homecoming when he returns to the Fair … read more

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6. Burn Book: A Tech Love Story

By: Kara Swisher

3.99

Format: 320 pages, Hardcover

From award-winning journalist Kara Swisher comes a witty, scathing, but fair accounting of the tech… read more

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  • nonfiction
  • memoir
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7. Splinters

By: Leslie Jamison

3.86

Format: 272 pages, Hardcover

From the New York Times bestselling author of The Recovering and The Empathy Exams comes the riveti… read more

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  • nonfiction
  • memoir
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8. The Trackers

By: Charles Frazier

3.71

Format: 320 pages, Hardcover

From the New York Times bestselling author of Cold Mountain and Varina, a stunning new novel that p… read more

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"Wiltson, every time you open your mouth, it's like you're competing against yourself to say something stupider than yesterday. And you always win."

-Charles Frazier, The Trackers

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9. All Fours

By: Miranda July

3.81

Format: 336 pages, Hardcover

The New York Times–bestselling author of The First Bad Man returns with an irreverently sexy, tende… read more

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"But maybe the road split between: a life spent longing vs. a life that was continually surprising"

-Miranda July, All Fours

"Maybe we shouldn't do that," Jordi said. "Flatten ourselves like that. Erratic doesn't have to mean crazy or irresponsible. Shouldn't we be normalizing change?"

-Miranda July, All Fours

"I guess any calling, no mater what it is, is a kind of unresolved ache," I said, giving in to knowing more than him. "It's a problem that you can't fix, but there is some relief in knowing you will c…"

-Miranda July, All Fours

"For me lying created just the right amount of problems and what you saw was just one of my four or five faces- each real, each with different needs. The only dangerous lie was one that asked me to co…"

-Miranda July, All Fours

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10. This American Ex-Wife: How I Ended My Marriage and Started My Life

By: Lyz Lenz

3.99

Format: 288 pages, Hardcover

A manifesto on the gender politics of marriage (bad) and divorce (actually pretty good!) in America… read more

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  • nonfiction
  • memoir
"So much of our culture depicts young girls dreaming about their weddings. But every middle-aged woman I know dreams about living alone in the woods, maybe with a dog."

-Lyz Lenz, This American Ex-Wife: How I Ended My Marriage and Started My Life

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11. The Wild Robot Protects (The Wild Robot #3)

By: Peter Brown

4.20

Format: 288 pages, Hardcover

The action-packed third installment in Peter Brown's internationally bestselling The Wild Robot ser… read more

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12. Soul Boom: Why We Need a Spiritual Revolution

By: Rainn Wilson

3.83

Format: 304 pages, Hardcover

**New York Times  Bestseller** Comedic actor, producer, and writer Rainn Wilson, cofounder of th… read more

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  • nonfiction
  • memoir
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13. The Vaster Wilds

By: Lauren Groff

3.77

Format: 272 pages, Hardcover

A taut and electrifying novel from celebrated bestselling author Lauren Groff, about one spirited g… read more

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"For what is a girl but a vessel made to hold the desires of men."

-Lauren Groff, The Vaster Wilds

"O put the memory away, girl, she told herself sternly. For the sorrow could eat you entire."

-Lauren Groff, The Vaster Wilds

"And humans were not made to be always alone; humans survive only in the company of other humans."

-Lauren Groff, The Vaster Wilds

"Against the resistance of other minds, one's thoughts are pulled out of their comfortable shapes, and true thinking begins."

-Lauren Groff, The Vaster Wilds

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14. Sandwich

By: Catherine Newman

3.75

Format: 229 pages, Hardcover

From the beloved author of We All Want Impossible Things, a moving, hilarious story of a family sum… read more

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"What does loss look like, in your body? Where is it? It feels like an air bubble stuck in your psyche. It feels like peering down into a deep hole. The vertigo of that. The potential for obliteration…"

-Catherine Newman, Sandwich

"We're just ruined by sex, women---our bodies, our psyches. We're sexually assaulted every five minutes. We're infected with everything. Traumatized by conceiving, by not conceiving. But let's keep at…"

-Catherine Newman, Sandwich

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15. Looking for Jane

By: Heather Marshall

4.36

Format: 400 pages, Hardcover

A debut about three women whose lives are bound together by a long-lost letter, a mother’s love, an… read more

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16. Coming Home

By: Brittney Griner

4.43

Format: 320 pages, Hardcover

From the nine-time women’s basketball icon and two-time Olympic gold medalist—a raw, revelatory acc… read more

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  • nonfiction
  • memoir
"When your world is violently upended, you don't just mourn your immediate losses. You also grieve a future that no longer feels possible, the peace that might've been."

-Brittney Griner, Coming Home

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17. Virgil Wander

By: Leif Enger

4.01

Format: 303 pages, Hardcover

Virgil Wander is an all-American story that follows the inhabitants of a small Midwestern town in t… read more

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"Your tribe is always bigger than you think."

-Leif Enger, Virgil Wander

"He had an advanced capacity for hatred. It came to him easily and fully formed."

-Leif Enger, Virgil Wander

"She seemed to belong here, though maybe she was the sort to belong wherever she was at the time."

-Leif Enger, Virgil Wander

"I wanted to hear about many small things, the smaller the better. I wanted to tell her small things in return."

-Leif Enger, Virgil Wander

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18. The Bird Hotel

By: Joyce Maynard

4.30

Format: 457 pages, Kindle Edition

Enter the magical world of La Llorona with New York Times bestselling author Joyce Maynard.   After… read more

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"A person can start off fresh in this place,"

-Joyce Maynard, The Bird Hotel

"I hadn’t shaken my bone-deep sadness, but in small ways, I was coming back to life. My body, that had gone numb, began to feel again. Sun on my skin, good food, something as simple as the smell of th…"

-Joyce Maynard, The Bird Hotel

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19. The Secret Orphan

By: Glynis Peters

3.93

Format: 402 pages, Kindle Edition

As the Nazis' relentless bombs fall during the Blitz of Coventry, six-year-old Rose Sherbourne find… read more

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20. Drunk-ish: A Memoir of Loving and Leaving Alcohol

By: Stefanie Wilder-Taylor

4.04

Format: 288 pages, Hardcover

From the author of Sippy Cups Are Not for Chardonnay , a hilariously candid and refreshingly honest… read more

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  • nonfiction
  • memoir
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21. Widowish

By: Melissa Gould

4.12

Format: 202 pages, Kindle Edition

Melissa Gould’s hopeful memoir of grieving outside the box and the surprising nature of love. When… read more

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  • nonfiction
  • memoir
"I felt like I was failing at widowhood. I missed my husband, but no one knew that when they looked at me. They just saw a mom with blonde highlights going to yoga, picking up her daughter from school…"

-Melissa Gould, Widowish

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22. 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
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23. Liars

By: Sarah Manguso

3.89

Format: 272 pages, Hardcover

A searing novel about being a wife, a mother, and an artist, and how marriage makes liars out of us… read more

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"I was in charge of everything and in control of nothing."

-Sarah Manguso, Liars

"I needed my suffering to be acknowledged. After that, maybe I’d think about getting through it."

-Sarah Manguso, Liars

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24. The Widow's Guide to Dead Bastards

By: Jessica Waite

3.65

Format: 320 pages, Hardcover

A widow’s life is turned upside when she uncovers the truth about her late husband in this lyrical,… read more

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  • nonfiction
  • memoir
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25. The Fabled Earth

By: Kimberly Brock

4.32

Format: 400 pages, Paperback

Inspired by the little-known history of Cumberland Island, The Fabled Earth is a sweeping story of … read more

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26. A Friend Indeed

By: Elka Ray

3.91

Format: 308 pages, Hardcover

Twisty and ingenious, A Friend Indeed is an engrossing psychological thriller perfect for fans of L… read more

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27. Going to Maine: All the Ways to Fall on the Appalachian Trail

By: Sally Chaffin Brooks

4.64

Format: 356 pages, Kindle Edition

From comedian Sally Chaffin Brooks comes a memoir about the thing she can't seem to shut up about— … read more

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  • nonfiction
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28. Big Fan

By: Alexandra Romanoff

4.09

Format: 176 pages, Paperback

A political strategist, tainted by a scandalous ex, finds an unexpected career detour when her teen… read more

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29. Forces of Nature: A Memoir of Family, Loss, and Finding Home

By: Gina DeMillo Wagner

4.76

Format: 316 pages, Paperback

Gina DeMillo Wagner's brother Alan had a rare genetic disorder that caused him to veer from loving … read more

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  • nonfiction
  • memoir
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30. White Mulberry

By: Rosa Kwon Easton

4.05

Format: 321 pages, Kindle Edition

A rich, deeply moving portrait of a young Korean woman in 1930s Japan who is torn between two world… read more

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31. The Elixir

By: Charlotte Jean

4.87

Format: 73 pages, Kindle Edition

Denise Fallon is tired. Not a unique feeling for a 24-year-old surviving late-stage capitalism. Onl… read more

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3.99

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3.38

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