11 must-read memoir books like I Need to Tell You by Cathryn Vogeley

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I Need to Tell You

By: Cathryn Vogeley

4.78

Format: 284 pages, Paperback

It’s 1968 and Cathryn Vogeley is eighteen, unmarried and pregnant. With a wedding no longer an opti…

"Memoir writing: cut deep until your blood gushes out. The writing must be that honest."

-Cathryn Vogeley, I Need to Tell You

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1. The Lost Child of Philomena Lee: A Mother, Her Son and a 50 Year Search

By: Martin Sixsmith

3.93

Format: None pages, Paperback

Soon to be a major motion picture starring Judi Dench: the heartbreaking true story of an Irishwoma… read more

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2. Traveling Mercies: Some Thoughts on Faith

By: Anne Lamott

4.10

Format: None pages, Paperback

A chronicle of faith and spirituality that is at once tough, personal, affectionate, wise and very … read more

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3. 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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4. The Last Dollar Princess

By: Linda Bennett Pennell

4.13

Format: 335 pages, Kindle Edition

It must be said. Scandal follows her family like an ever-faithful hound. No matter how hard they ki… read more

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5. American Gilt: Début

By: J.D. Peterson

3.99

Format: 360 pages, Paperback

ALSO AVAILABLE ON KINDLE & KOBO! “American Gilt – Début” (Vol 1) "This was the best gilded ag… read more

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6. I've Had to Think Up a Way to Survive: On Trauma, Persistence, and Dolly Parton

By: Lynn Melnick

3.88

Format: 280 pages, Paperback

“An ode to storytelling itself…. A gorgeous and heart-rending story of survival.“―Melissa Febos, au… read more

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  • memoir
Cover of Everything is Perfect: A Memoir by Kate Nason

7. Everything is Perfect: A Memoir

By: Kate Nason

4.17

Format: 257 pages, Kindle Edition

Seven years into her second marriage, Kate Nason discovered her husband was cheating on her. Then, … read more

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  • memoir
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8. What We Fed to the Manticore

By: Talia Lakshmi Kolluri

4.11

Format: 200 pages, Paperback

Through nine emotionally vivid stories, all narrated from animal perspectives, Talia Lakshmi Kollur… read more

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9. You'll Forget This Ever Happened

By: Laura L. Engel

4.61

Format: 326 pages, Paperback

Told with heart and grit, honesty and wisdom, You'll Forget This Ever Happened is the poignant stor… read more

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  • memoir
Cover of Madman in the Woods: Life Next Door to the Unabomber by Jamie Gehring

10. Madman in the Woods: Life Next Door to the Unabomber

By: Jamie Gehring

3.91

Format: 388 pages, Kindle Edition

A haunting account of the sixteen years when a young Jamie Gehring and her family lived closer than… read more

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  • memoir
Cover of Dark Secret: The Complete Story: The True Account of What Happened to Little Alex Suleski by Nyssa Rebecca Corbin

11. Dark Secret: The Complete Story: The True Account of What Happened to Little Alex Suleski

By: Nyssa Rebecca Corbin

4.31

Format: 668 pages, Kindle Edition

When a young girl goes missing in Kentucky, thousands join the search for her. From military statio… read more

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  • memoir
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12. The Evening Hero

By: Marie Myung-Ok Lee

3.82

Format: 430 pages, Hardcover

A sweeping, lyrical novel following a Korean immigrant pursuing the American dream who must confron… read more

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Cover of Revelation: A Memoir of Deep Family Secrets, Discovery, and Identity by Richard Gary Kaye

13. Revelation: A Memoir of Deep Family Secrets, Discovery, and Identity

By: Richard Gary Kaye

4.10

Format: 300 pages, Kindle Edition

Richard (Rick) Gary Kaye’s intimate memoir is a riveting story about a devastating family secret hi… read more

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14. The White Mosque

By: Sofia Samatar

3.72

Format: 336 pages, Hardcover

A historical tapestry of border-crossing travelers, of students, wanderers, martyrs and invaders, … read more

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  • memoir
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15. Killer Looks: The Forgotten History of Plastic Surgery in Prisons

By: Zara Stone

4.28

Format: 360 pages, Hardcover

Killer Looks is the definitive story about the long-forgotten practice of providing free nose jobs,… read more

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16. Somewhere Sisters: A Story of Adoption, Identity, and the Meaning of Family

By: Erika Hayasaki

3.91

Format: 320 pages, Hardcover

Identical twins Isabella and Hà were born in Vietnam and raised on opposite sides of the world, eac… read more

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  • memoir
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17. The Inevitable: Dispatches on the Right to Die

By: Katie Engelhart

4.28

Format: 352 pages, Hardcover

As much of the world's population grows older, the quest for a "good death," has become a significa… read more

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"As any reporter knows, the story changes as soon as she appears with her notebook & recorder, no matter how unassuming she is or how delicately she navigates the scene."

-Katie Engelhart, The Inevitable: Dispatches on the Right to Die

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18. Mother Lode: Confessions of a Reluctant Caregiver

By: Gretchen Staebler

4.51

Format: 384 pages, Paperback

“. . . makes you feel as though a kindred soul is speaking to you.” — Readers’ Favorite At the age… read more

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  • memoir
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19. All the Girls in Town

By: Staci Greason

4.28

Format: 378 pages, Paperback

Three smart, sexy–-and slightly screwed up--women join forces to exact revenge on the rising rock s… read more

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20. Under My Bed and Other Essays (American Lives)

By: Jody Keisner

4.40

Format: 240 pages, Paperback

Jody Keisner was raised in rural Nebraska towns by a volatile father and kind but passive mother. A… read more

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  • memoir
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21. The Heiress of Pittsburgh

By: Ken Gormley

4.02

Format: 450 pages, Kindle Edition

Attorney Shawn Rossi could have earned a fortune. He could have worked at big firms in booming citi… read more

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22. The Art of Talking with Children: The Simple Keys to Nurturing Kindness, Creativity, and Confidence in Kids

By: Rebecca Rolland

4.04

Format: 496 pages, Paperback

From a Harvard faculty member and oral language specialist, an invaluable guide that gives readers … read more

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Cover of When Your Heart Says Go: My Year of Traveling Beyond Loss and Loneliness by Judy Reeves

23. When Your Heart Says Go: My Year of Traveling Beyond Loss and Loneliness

By: Judy Reeves

4.64

Format: 256 pages, Paperback

What sort of mad longing besets a woman―nearing fifty and recently widowed―to sell everything she o… read more

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24. Goodbye Again

By: Candace Cahill

4.71

Format: 218 pages, Paperback

CANDACE LOST HER SON. TWICE. The first time to adoption and the second not long after reuniting w… read more

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25. I Need to Tell You

By: Cathryn Vogeley

4.78

Format: 284 pages, Paperback

It’s 1968 and Cathryn Vogeley is eighteen, unmarried and pregnant. With a wedding no longer an opti… read more

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  • memoir
"Memoir writing: cut deep until your blood gushes out. The writing must be that honest."

-Cathryn Vogeley, I Need to Tell You

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26. The Newlyweds: Rearranging Marriage in Modern India

By: Mansi Choksi

3.82

Format: 288 pages, Hardcover

A literary investigation into India as a society in transition through the lens of forbidden love, … read more

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27. A Family Looks Like Love

By: Kaitlyn Wells

4.44

Format: 40 pages, Hardcover

A heartening picture book about a young pup who looks different from her siblings and ultimately le… read more

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28. Jalan-Jalan: A Journey of Wanderlust and Motherhood

By: Margo Weinstein

4.56

Format: 254 pages, Paperback

Can you combine wanderlust and motherhood? Margo Weinstein did. For decades, Margo Weinstein esca… read more

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29. Narrow Girls on a Blue Profound Stage

By: Lisa L. Sellge

5.00

Format: 224 pages, Paperback

CALIFORNIA, 1983. Anneliese is a young ballerina who comes of age as she is performing with a troup… read more

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30. Dreams Under Glass

By: Anca L. Szilagyi

4.38

Format: 264 pages, Paperback

As the economy collapses around her in 2008 New York City, recent art school graduate Binnie takes … read more

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31. Imagining Elsewhere

By: Sara Hosey

3.63

Format: 368 pages, Paperback

Being a better person can be a lot harder than it looks. It’s 1988, and former bully Astrid is forc… read more

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Transform Your Habits

Mrs. Winchester's Biographer

Deanna Lynn Sletten

4.42

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The Last Dollar Princess

Linda Bennett Pennell

4.13

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Linda Bennett Pennell

4.40

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Callie Langridge

4.39

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