9 Top memoir books like My Persian Paradox: Memories of an Iranian Girl by Shabnam Curtis

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My Persian Paradox: Memories of an Iranian Girl

By: Shabnam Curtis

3.97

Format: 325 pages, Kindle Edition

In the fall of 1978, during the Islamic revolution in Iran, Shabnam is seven years old watching and…

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1. The Museum of Extraordinary Things

By: Alice Hoffman

3.77

Format: 368 pages, Hardcover

Coralie Sardie is the daughter of the sinister impresario behind The Museum of Extraordinary Things… read more

Similar categories in Alice Hoffman's The Museum of Extraordinary Things book and Shabnam Curtis's My Persian Paradox: Memories of an Iranian Girl

  • historical
"The only way to understand a river is to jump into it."

-Alice Hoffman, The Museum of Extraordinary Things

"A lifetime is a lifetime whether it lasts one night or a hundred years."

-Alice Hoffman, The Museum of Extraordinary Things

"The truth frightens people because it isn't stable. It shifts every day."

-Alice Hoffman, The Museum of Extraordinary Things

"In good time every secret must be shared and every miracle called into question."

-Alice Hoffman, The Museum of Extraordinary Things

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2. Outcry: Holocaust Memoirs

By: Manny Steinberg

4.51

Format: 250 pages, Kindle Edition

Outcry - Holocaust Memoirs, a Profoundly Moving Autobiography Mendel (Manny) Steinberg spent his… read more

Similar categories in Manny Steinberg's Outcry: Holocaust Memoirs book and Shabnam Curtis's My Persian Paradox: Memories of an Iranian Girl

  • historical
  • nonfiction
  • biography
  • memoir
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3. Funny in Farsi: A Memoir of Growing Up Iranian in America

By: Firoozeh Dumas

4.12

Format: 29 pages, Paperback

In 1972, when she was seven, Firoozeh Dumas and her family moved from Iran to Southern California, … read more

Similar categories in Firoozeh Dumas's Funny in Farsi: A Memoir of Growing Up Iranian in America book and Shabnam Curtis's My Persian Paradox: Memories of an Iranian Girl

  • nonfiction
  • iran
  • biography
  • memoir

4. The Midwife: A Memoir of Birth, Joy, and Hard Times

By: Jennifer Worth

3.78

Format: 472 pages,

An unforgettable story of the joy of motherhood, the bravery of a community, and the hope of one ex… read more

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5. A Walk in the Woods

By: Bill Bryson

3.20

Format: 160 pages, Mass Market Paperback

Subtitle: Rediscovering America on the Appalachian Trail. The Appalachian Trail stretches from Geor… read more

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6. Family Money

By: Chad Zunker

4.07

Format: 229 pages, Kindle Edition

A dead man’s secrets put a family in peril in a twisting novel of suspense by the Amazon Charts bes… read more

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7. Wandering Stars

By: Tommy Orange

3.89

Format: 315 pages, Hardcover

The eagerly awaited follow-up to Pulitzer Prize-finalist Tommy Orange’s breakout best seller There … read more

Similar categories in Tommy Orange's Wandering Stars book and Shabnam Curtis's My Persian Paradox: Memories of an Iranian Girl

  • historical
"And in the year 1924 Indian citizenship will have been granted, even though they will mean to dissolve tribes by giving citizenship, dissolve being another word for disappearance, a kind of chemical …"

-Tommy Orange, Wandering Stars

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8. A Day Like This

By: Kelley McNeil

4.20

Format: 287 pages, Paperback

What if everything you’ve ever loved, ever known, ever believed to be true…just disappeared? Ann… read more

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"Some choices are easier than others. The key is to be at peace in the moment. To celebrate the here and now. No life is perfect, I've learned. But if you're lucky, it can come pretty close."

-Kelley McNeil, A Day Like This

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9. Beautiful

By: Danielle Steel

4.22

Format: 256 pages, Kindle Edition

#1 NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • A renowned supermodel’s world is torn apart in an instant, sending h… read more

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10. The Last Rose of Shanghai

By: Weina Dai Randel

4.12

Format: 429 pages, Kindle Edition

In Japanese-occupied Shanghai, two people from different cultures are drawn together by fate and th… read more

Similar categories in Weina Dai Randel's The Last Rose of Shanghai book and Shabnam Curtis's My Persian Paradox: Memories of an Iranian Girl

  • historical
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11. When We Were Enemies

By: Emily Bleeker

3.97

Format: 345 pages, Kindle Edition

Camera-shy Elise Branson is different from the other women in her matriline. Her mother is an award… read more

Similar categories in Emily Bleeker's When We Were Enemies book and Shabnam Curtis's My Persian Paradox: Memories of an Iranian Girl

  • historical
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12. The Secret Life of Sunflowers

By: Marta Molnar

4.13

Format: 356 pages, Paperback

A gripping, inspiring novel based on the true story of Johanna Bonger, Vincent van Gogh's sister-in… read more

Similar categories in Marta Molnar's The Secret Life of Sunflowers book and Shabnam Curtis's My Persian Paradox: Memories of an Iranian Girl

  • historical
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13. How to Say Babylon

By: Safiya Sinclair

4.47

Format: 352 pages, Hardcover

With echoes of Educated and Born a Crime, How to Say Babylon is the stunning story of the author’s … read more

Similar categories in Safiya Sinclair's How to Say Babylon book and Shabnam Curtis's My Persian Paradox: Memories of an Iranian Girl

  • nonfiction
  • biography
  • memoir
"As I grew older, I knew I would never be his perfect Rasta daughter. I was too headstrong, too curious. Too much of myself, and not enough of him."

-Safiya Sinclair, How to Say Babylon

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14. North to Paradise

By: Ousman Umar

4.27

Format: 142 pages, Kindle Edition

The inspiring true story of one man’s treacherous boyhood journey from a rural village in Ghana to … read more

Similar categories in Ousman Umar's North to Paradise book and Shabnam Curtis's My Persian Paradox: Memories of an Iranian Girl

  • nonfiction
  • biography
  • memoir
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15. The Girls We Sent Away

By: Meagan Church

3.95

Format: 352 pages, Paperback

“[A]n important and vital story. With exquisite writing, Church exposes a murky little pocket of hi… read more

Similar categories in Meagan Church's The Girls We Sent Away book and Shabnam Curtis's My Persian Paradox: Memories of an Iranian Girl

  • historical
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16. Finding Freedom: Harry and Meghan and the Making of a Modern Royal Family

By: Omid Scobie

3.25

Format: 354 pages, Hardcover

INSTANT INTERNATIONAL BESTSELLER * NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER * #1 SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLER * ONE OF … read more

Similar categories in Omid Scobie's Finding Freedom: Harry and Meghan and the Making of a Modern Royal Family book and Shabnam Curtis's My Persian Paradox: Memories of an Iranian Girl

  • nonfiction
  • biography
  • memoir
"If he worried that he was bringing along a high-maintenance Hollywood actress on safari, Harry was delightfully surprised by Meghan’s down-to-earth attitude. While camping, she cleaned her face with …"

-Omid Scobie, Finding Freedom: Harry and Meghan and the Making of a Modern Royal Family

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17. Anger Is My Middle Name: A Memoir

By: Lisbeth Zornig Andersen

4.12

Format: 231 pages, Kindle Edition

An empowering memoir of resilience and redemption, and the rage that helped a girl escape the darkn… read more

Similar categories in Lisbeth Zornig Andersen's Anger Is My Middle Name: A Memoir book and Shabnam Curtis's My Persian Paradox: Memories of an Iranian Girl

  • nonfiction
  • biography
  • memoir
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18. A Glasgow Girl: A memoir of growing up and finding your voice

By: Aasmah Mir

4.18

Format: 368 pages, Kindle Edition

SHORTLISTED FOR SCOTLAND'S NATIONAL BOOK AWARD FOR NON-FICTION'I loved this book ... incredibly mov… read more

Similar categories in Aasmah Mir's A Glasgow Girl: A memoir of growing up and finding your voice book and Shabnam Curtis's My Persian Paradox: Memories of an Iranian Girl

  • memoir
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19. 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

Similar categories in Minu Cash's The Painted Pink Dress: A Daughter’s Story of Family, Betrayal, and Her Search for the Truth book and Shabnam Curtis's My Persian Paradox: Memories of an Iranian Girl

  • nonfiction
  • biography
"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

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20. My Persian Paradox: Memories of an Iranian Girl

By: Shabnam Curtis

3.97

Format: 325 pages, Kindle Edition

In the fall of 1978, during the Islamic revolution in Iran, Shabnam is seven years old watching and… read more

Similar categories in Shabnam Curtis's My Persian Paradox: Memories of an Iranian Girl book and Shabnam Curtis's My Persian Paradox: Memories of an Iranian Girl

  • biography
  • memoir
  • historical
  • nonfiction
  • iran
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21. Melania

By: Melania Trump

4.03

Format: 338 pages, Kindle Edition

An Instant #1 New York Times Bestseller A #1 Publishers Weekly BestsellerMelania is a compelling an… read more

Similar categories in Melania Trump's Melania book and Shabnam Curtis's My Persian Paradox: Memories of an Iranian Girl

  • nonfiction
  • biography
  • memoir

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