13 Top memoir books like The Collected Autobiographies of Maya Angelou by Maya Angelou

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The Collected Autobiographies of Maya Angelou

By: Maya Angelou

4.00

Format: 199 pages,

When I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings was published to widespread acclaim in 1969, Maya Angelou garn…

If you liked the memoir plot in The Collected Autobiographies of Maya Angelou by Maya Angelou , here is a list of 13 books like this:

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1. Maria

By: Maria Augusta von Trapp

3.84

Format: 255 pages, Paperback

The author records her experiences training to become a nun and answering God's call by caring for … read more

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  • autobiography
  • nonfiction
  • biography
  • memoir
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2. 2003 - Thanks for the Vodka

By: Karl Wiggins , Harpie

3.81

Format: 4 pages, Kindle Edition

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3. Natalie: A Memoir by Her Sister

By: Lana Wood , Lana Wood

4.26

Format: 999 pages,

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  • autobiography
  • nonfiction
  • biography
  • memoir
Cover of Plan B: Further Thoughts on Faith by Anne Lamott

4. Plan B: Further Thoughts on Faith

By: Anne Lamott

3.26

Format: 212 pages, Paperback

From the New York Timesbestselling author of Hallelujah Anywayand Help, Thanks, Wow, a spiritual an… read more

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  • nonfiction
  • memoir
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5. Melissa Explains It All: Tales from My Abnormally Normal Life

By: Melissa Joan Hart

3.43

Format: 276 pages, Hardcover

Melissa Joan Hart explained it all-from dating to bullies-in her groundbreaking role as Clarissa Da… read more

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  • autobiography
  • nonfiction
  • biography
  • memoir
"I remember asking my friend. . .for tips and her best one was: When watching football with your man, just look up once in awhile and ask, Now who did he used to play for?' He'll talk for at least fif…"

-Melissa Joan Hart, Melissa Explains It All: Tales from My Abnormally Normal Life

"Senses impaired, I knew I was there for a cover shoot but felt unfazed when I saw the wardrobe rack full of bras, panties, and nothing else... after having just come from a party full of naked people…"

-Melissa Joan Hart, Melissa Explains It All: Tales from My Abnormally Normal Life

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6. Looking To Be Seen

By: Lori Osterman

3.98

Format: 52 pages, Paperback

A beautiful book of poetry written with warmth, heart and love about life's challenges, heartache, … read more

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  • poetry
  • memoir
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7. The Collected Autobiographies of Maya Angelou

By: Maya Angelou

4.00

Format: 199 pages,

When I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings was published to widespread acclaim in 1969, Maya Angelou garn… read more

Similar categories in Maya Angelou's The Collected Autobiographies of Maya Angelou book and Maya Angelou's The Collected Autobiographies of Maya Angelou

  • poetry
  • classics
  • biography
  • memoir
  • feminism
  • autobiography
  • nonfiction
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8. Full Body Burden: Growing Up in the Nuclear Shadow of Rocky Flats

By: Kristen Iversen

3.96

Format: 425 pages, Hardcover

Full Body Burdenis a haunting work of narrative nonfiction about a young woman, Kristen Iversen, gr… read more

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  • nonfiction
  • biography
  • memoir
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9. The Green Reaper: Memoirs of an Eco-Mortician

By: Elizabeth Fournier

3.67

Format: 244 pages, Paperback

When Elizabeth Fournier was eight, her mother and grandparents died. She spent a lot of time in fun… read more

Similar categories in Elizabeth Fournier's The Green Reaper: Memoirs of an Eco-Mortician book and Maya Angelou's The Collected Autobiographies of Maya Angelou

  • nonfiction
  • memoir
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10. Breaking Clean

By: Judy Blunt

3.71

Format: 412 pages, Paperback

Blunt has turned the memories of her childhood and young adulthood in rural Montana into a beautifu… read more

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  • nonfiction
  • biography
  • memoir
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11. My Place

By: Sally Morgan

4.25

Format: 127 pages, Paperback

Looking at the views and experiences of three generations of indigenous Australians, this autobiogr… read more

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  • classics
  • biography
  • memoir
  • autobiography
  • nonfiction

12. The Book of Margery Kempe

By: Margery Kempe , Lynn Staley

2.75

Format: None pages, Paperback

"Contexts" collects primary readings that illuminateThe Book of Margery Kempe. Included are excerpt… read more

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13. Prison Baby: A Memoir

By: Deborah Jiang Stein

4.21

Format: 256 pages, Paperback

A deeply personal and inspiring memoir recounting one woman's struggles--beginning with her birth i… read more

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14. Calling Dr. Laura

By: Nicole J. Georges

4.12

Format: 80 pages, Paperback

When Nicole Georges was two years old, her family told her that her father was dead. When she was t… read more

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15. Foreign Correspondence: A Pen Pal's Journey from Down Under to All Over

By: Geraldine Brooks

3.66

Format: 352 pages,

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16. Let Me Get This Off My Chest: A Breast Cancer Survivor Over-Shares

By: Margaret Lesh

3.14

Format: 54 pages, Paperback

Tamoxifen hot flashes, mastectomy, reconstruction, breast cancer etiquette, Frankenboobs, bras with… read more

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17. The Girl with the White Flag: A Spellbinding Account of Love and Courage in Wartime Okinawa

By: Tomiko Higa , Dorothy Britton

3.76

Format: 336 pages, Paperback

New York Newsdaycalled this memoir of a warhood childhood in Japan "one of the saddest and yet most… read more

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18. Wide Awake and Dreaming: A Memoir

By: None

3.86

Format: None pages, Paperback

Julie Flygare was on an ambitious path to success, entering law school at age 22, when narcolepsy d… read more

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19. Cutted Chicken in Shanghai

By: Sharon Winters

4.01

Format: 243 pages, Paperback

An American woman takes a cultural fling into China and finds humorous and engaging adventures as h… read more

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  • nonfiction

20. Autobiography of a Geisha

By: Sayo Masuda , None

3.60

Format: None pages, Paperback

The glamorous world of big-city geisha is familiar to many readers, but little has been written of … read more

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21. Knee Deep in Paradise

By: None

4.40

Format: 80 pages, Hardcover

The star of the popular ABC-TV series Grace Under Fire recounts her childhood in the South as the d… read more

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22. Our Hearts Were Young and Gay: An Unforgettable Comic Chronicle of Innocents Abroad in the 1920s

By: Emily Kimbrough , Cornelia Otis Skinner

4.20

Format: None pages,

Actress Cornelia Otis Skinner and journalist Emily Kimbrough offer a lighthearted, hilarious memoir… read more

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23. The Three Witches and The Master

By: Max Nowaz

4.30

Format: 352 pages, Kindle Edition

When a beautiful naked woman Eve, unexpectedly turns up at his back door, Adam, an amateur wizard, … read more

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"Where’s my uncle?"

-Max Nowaz, The Three Witches and The Master

"You can’t escape me, I’m coming for you soon,"

-Max Nowaz, The Three Witches and The Master

"I haven’t got a clue why his bones disintegrated, but look at the bright side,"

-Max Nowaz, The Three Witches and The Master

"He desperately tried to think of a story to explain his involvement in her sudden appearance, without mentioning the book of magic in his possession. "

-Max Nowaz, The Three Witches and The Master

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24. Move to Millions: The Proven Framework to Become a Million Dollar CEO with Grace & Ease Instead of Hustle & Grind

By: Darnyelle Jervey Harmon

4.29

Format: 310 pages, Paperback

Ready to break through the six-figure plateau? Discover an actionable strategy to cross over the mi… read more

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  • nonfiction
Cover of Why They Stay: Sex Scandals, Deals, and Hidden Agendas of Eight Political Wives by Anne  Michaud

25. Why They Stay: Sex Scandals, Deals, and Hidden Agendas of Eight Political Wives

By: Anne Michaud

4.29

Format: 199 pages, Kindle Edition

Why do good women stay with bad men? What if political wives are just as calculating as their in… read more

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  • nonfiction
  • biography
"The political wife came forward and publicly vouched for her straying man. If she could continue to trust and believe in him, the public could too – or so the script went."

-Anne Michaud, Why They Stay: Sex Scandals, Deals, and Hidden Agendas of Eight Political Wives

"For each of these women, the fear of the unknown — of leaving a marriage and casting off alone — may have bound them to a marriage where there is insensitivity, neglect, or even outright abuse. Peopl…"

-Anne Michaud, Why They Stay: Sex Scandals, Deals, and Hidden Agendas of Eight Political Wives

"What we witness playing out in the relationships of our public figures we risk finding acceptable in our private lives. Feminists have connected women’s sexual subordination to their unequal status i…"

-Anne Michaud, Why They Stay: Sex Scandals, Deals, and Hidden Agendas of Eight Political Wives

"To leave the marriage behind is to step out of the spotlight. It means fading into normalcy, returning to ordinary life, perhaps an impossible admission for women who have built their egos on being o…"

-Anne Michaud, Why They Stay: Sex Scandals, Deals, and Hidden Agendas of Eight Political Wives

Cover of Love is the Answer, God is the Cure: A True Story of Abuse, Betrayal and Unconditional Love by Aimee Cabo Nikolov

26. Love is the Answer, God is the Cure: A True Story of Abuse, Betrayal and Unconditional Love

By: Aimee Cabo Nikolov

4.30

Format: 150 pages, Paperback

Her family secrets burst in the spotlight when Aimee and her sister went to the authorities. In thi… read more

Similar categories in Aimee Cabo Nikolov's Love is the Answer, God is the Cure: A True Story of Abuse, Betrayal and Unconditional Love book and Maya Angelou's The Collected Autobiographies of Maya Angelou

  • nonfiction
  • biography
"#metooasachild"

-Aimee Cabo Nikolov, Love is the Answer, God is the Cure: A True Story of Abuse, Betrayal and Unconditional Love

"We can be beacons of light"

-Aimee Cabo Nikolov, Love is the Answer, God is the Cure: A True Story of Abuse, Betrayal and Unconditional Love

"Unconditional Love conquers all!"

-Aimee Cabo Nikolov, Love is the Answer, God is the Cure: A True Story of Abuse, Betrayal and Unconditional Love

"God is the Cure, Love is the Answer"

-Aimee Cabo Nikolov, Love is the Answer, God is the Cure: A True Story of Abuse, Betrayal and Unconditional Love

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27. Bigger than All the Night Sky: The Start Of Spiritual Awakening. A Memoir.

By: Rose Rosetree

4.06

Format: 256 pages, Paperback

Why are you here? Still struggling to understand the spiritual purpose of your life? Findin… read more

Similar categories in Rose Rosetree's Bigger than All the Night Sky: The Start Of Spiritual Awakening. A Memoir. book and Maya Angelou's The Collected Autobiographies of Maya Angelou

  • memoir
"In practice “talent"

-Rose Rosetree, Bigger than All the Night Sky: The Start Of Spiritual Awakening. A Memoir.

"How hard is it to adjust to Earth life? Many incarnated adults only seem to be “grown up."

-Rose Rosetree, Bigger than All the Night Sky: The Start Of Spiritual Awakening. A Memoir.

"Millions can move into Enlightenment, and live That as Age of Awakening Enlightenment, a distinctively new way to be one with God, quite different from Traditional Enlightenment."

-Rose Rosetree, Bigger than All the Night Sky: The Start Of Spiritual Awakening. A Memoir.

"one by one, every single one of you Awakeners can reclaim your light. Each one of you can regain it. Waking up, gradually, you can reclaim all the joy you have ever known on Earth and beyond; all tha…"

-Rose Rosetree, Bigger than All the Night Sky: The Start Of Spiritual Awakening. A Memoir.

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28. Dreaming Me: An African-American Woman's Buddhist Journey

By: Janice Dean Willis

3.98

Format: None pages, Hardcover

An American Buddhist scholar recalls her incredible journey from an impoverished, segregated mining… read more

Similar categories in Janice Dean Willis's Dreaming Me: An African-American Woman's Buddhist Journey book and Maya Angelou's The Collected Autobiographies of Maya Angelou

  • autobiography
  • nonfiction
  • biography
  • memoir
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29. Go, Gwen, Go: A Family's Journey to Olympic Gold

By: Nancy Smirl Jorgensen

3.97

Format: 312 pages, Hardcover

Narrated in alternating voices by mother Nancy and sister Elizabeth, Go, Gwen, A Midwest Family's … read more

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  • nonfiction
  • memoir
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30. Describing Water

By: R. Read

3.95

Format: 95 pages, Kindle Edition

Being around me caused the men in my life to want to choke, hit, or toss me to the floor. At fifty … read more

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31. You Don't Know Crazy

By: Wambui Bahati

3.89

Format: 396 pages, Paperback

Wambui Bahati, a.k.a. John-Ann Washington, shares a powerful, personal and important story about me… read more

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Maria

Maria Augusta von Trapp

3.84

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Natalie: A Memoir by Her Sister

Lana Wood , Lana Wood

4.26

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Plan B: Further Thoughts on Faith

Anne Lamott

3.26

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Melissa Explains It All: Tales from My Abnormally Normal Life

Melissa Joan Hart

3.43

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Melissa Joan Hart

3.43

Transform Your Habits

unSweetined

Jodie Sweetin , Jon Warech

3.33

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But Enough About Me: A Jersey Girl's Unlikely Adventures Among the Absurdly Famous

Jancee Dunn

3.79

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Love is the Answer, God is the Cure: A True Story of Abuse, Betrayal and Unconditional Love

Aimee Cabo Nikolov

4.30

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