13 best-selling memoir books like A Girl from Yamhill by Beverly Cleary

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A Girl from Yamhill

By: Beverly Cleary

4.10

Format: 264 pages, Paperback

Told in her own words, A Girl from Yamhillis Newbery Medal-winning author Beverly Cleary's heartfel…

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Cover of And So It Goes: Adventures in Television by Linda Ellerbee

1. And So It Goes: Adventures in Television

By: Linda Ellerbee

3.74

Format: 306 pages, Mass Market Paperback

Examines the internal operations of television news and answers many basic journalistic questions b… read more

Similar categories in Linda Ellerbee's And So It Goes: Adventures in Television book and Beverly Cleary's A Girl from Yamhill

  • biography
  • memoir
  • autobiography
  • biography memoir
  • nonfiction
Cover of A Paper Life by Tatum O'Neal

2. A Paper Life

By: Tatum O'Neal

3.68

Format: 285 pages, Paperback

At the age of ten, Tatum O'Neal was at the pinnacle of her Hollywood career, starring as a precocio… read more

Similar categories in Tatum O'Neal's A Paper Life book and Beverly Cleary's A Girl from Yamhill

  • biography
  • memoir
  • autobiography
  • biography memoir
  • nonfiction
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3. Still Waters

By: Jennifer Lauck

3.99

Format: 432 pages, Paperback

Separated from her brother Bryan, and passed from caretaker to caretaker, Jenny discovers - as she … read more

Similar categories in Jennifer Lauck's Still Waters book and Beverly Cleary's A Girl from Yamhill

  • biography
  • memoir
  • autobiography
  • biography memoir
  • nonfiction
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4. A Rose for Sergei

By: K. Kidd

4.06

Format: 169 pages, Paperback

“Do we really know what we are getting ourselves into…” Sergei Kourdakov jumped from a Russian t… read more

Similar categories in K. Kidd's A Rose for Sergei book and Beverly Cleary's A Girl from Yamhill

  • biography
  • memoir
"Sergei, what are you checking for?"

-K. Kidd, A Rose for Sergei

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5. The Legacy of Luna: The Story of a Tree, a Woman, and the Struggle to Save the Redwoods

By: Julia Butterfly Hill

3.98

Format: 574 pages, Paperback

On December 18, 1999, Julia Butterfly Hill's feet touched the ground for the first time in over two… read more

Similar categories in Julia Butterfly Hill's The Legacy of Luna: The Story of a Tree, a Woman, and the Struggle to Save the Redwoods book and Beverly Cleary's A Girl from Yamhill

  • biography memoir
  • nonfiction
  • biography
  • memoir
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6. The Loony-Bin Trip

By: Kate Millett

4.04

Format: None pages, Paperback

A personal story of Kate Millett's struggle to regain control of her life after falling under an as… read more

Similar categories in Kate Millett's The Loony-Bin Trip book and Beverly Cleary's A Girl from Yamhill

  • nonfiction
  • biography
  • memoir
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7. A Girl from Yamhill

By: Beverly Cleary

4.10

Format: 264 pages, Paperback

Told in her own words, A Girl from Yamhillis Newbery Medal-winning author Beverly Cleary's heartfel… read more

Similar categories in Beverly Cleary's A Girl from Yamhill book and Beverly Cleary's A Girl from Yamhill

  • biography
  • memoir
  • childrens
  • autobiography
  • biography memoir
  • nonfiction
  • writing
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8. Shanghai Diary

By: Ursula Bacon

4.40

Format: 436 pages, Hardcover

By the late 1930s, Europe sat on the brink of a world war. As the holocaust approached, many Jewish… read more

Similar categories in Ursula Bacon's Shanghai Diary book and Beverly Cleary's A Girl from Yamhill

  • nonfiction
  • biography
  • memoir
Cover of Will Love For Crumbs by Jonna Ivin

9. Will Love For Crumbs

By: Jonna Ivin

3.62

Format: 314 pages, Paperback

Raised by an alcoholic mother and without a father, Jonna learned at a young age to put her needs o… read more

Similar categories in Jonna Ivin's Will Love For Crumbs book and Beverly Cleary's A Girl from Yamhill

  • autobiography
  • nonfiction
  • biography
  • memoir
"There is absolutely no reason to be a dick, just because you have one."

-Jonna Ivin, Will Love For Crumbs

"Quietly trying to manifest what you want doesn’t work, being a bitch does."

-Jonna Ivin, Will Love For Crumbs

"Funny how a wink from a city guy can come across as cheesy or condescending, but a wink from a southern boy will send shivers up a girl’s spine."

-Jonna Ivin, Will Love For Crumbs

"I didn’t make choices based on what I liked or didn’t like. I simply accepted what they chose for me. My role had always been to react and adapt to what was decided by other people, by outside circum…"

-Jonna Ivin, Will Love For Crumbs

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10. A Stone for Benjamin

By: Fiona Gold Kroll

3.91

Format: 98 pages, Paperback

Since childhood, author Fiona Gold Kroll has been drawn to a photograph of her great-uncle, Benjami… read more

Similar categories in Fiona Gold Kroll's A Stone for Benjamin book and Beverly Cleary's A Girl from Yamhill

  • nonfiction
  • biography

11. Go West, Young Woman!: From Military Wife to Country Life

By: None

3.72

Format: 224 pages,

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Similar categories in None's Go West, Young Woman!: From Military Wife to Country Life book and Beverly Cleary's A Girl from Yamhill

12. Speaking Truth to Power

By: Anita Hill

4.75

Format: 2112 pages, Paperback

After her astonishing testimony in the Clarence Thomas hearings, Anita Hill ceased to be a private … read more

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13. 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

Similar categories in Nicole J. Georges's Calling Dr. Laura book and Beverly Cleary's A Girl from Yamhill

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14. 2005 - Thanks for the Vodka

By: Karl Wiggins , Harpie

3.91

Format: 525 pages, Kindle Edition

If you only read one book this year, make it this one You won’t find another book like this anywhe… read more

Similar categories in Karl Wiggins's 2005 - Thanks for the Vodka book and Beverly Cleary's A Girl from Yamhill

15. Love, Janis

By: None

5.00

Format: 144 pages, Paperback

A revealing and intimate biography about Janis Joplin, the Queen of Classic Rock, written by her yo… read more

Similar categories in None's Love, Janis book and Beverly Cleary's A Girl from Yamhill

16. Never in My Wildest Dreams: A Black Woman's Life in Journalism

By: None , None

3.78

Format: None pages,

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17. The Woman Who Fell from the Sky

By: Jennifer Steil

4.03

Format: 325 pages, ebook

"I had no idea how to find my way around this medieval city. It was getting dark. I was tired. I di… read more

Similar categories in Jennifer Steil's The Woman Who Fell from the Sky book and Beverly Cleary's A Girl from Yamhill

18. Loving Lindsey: Raising a Daughter with Special Needs

By: None

3.80

Format: 220 pages, Paperback

Linda Atwell and her strong-willed daughter, Lindsey--a high-functioning young adult with intellect… read more

Similar categories in None's Loving Lindsey: Raising a Daughter with Special Needs book and Beverly Cleary's A Girl from Yamhill

19. The Times We Had: Life with William Randolph Hearst

By: Marion Davies

4.32

Format: 480 pages,

The was the unofficial empress of Hollywood and she spent a lifetime as the mistress of one of Amer… read more

Similar categories in Marion Davies's The Times We Had: Life with William Randolph Hearst book and Beverly Cleary's A Girl from Yamhill

20. Singing Away the Hunger: The Autobiography of an African Woman

By: K. Limakatso Kendall , None

4.12

Format: 314 pages, Paperback

A compelling and unique autobiography by an African woman with little formal education, less privil… read more

Similar categories in K. Limakatso Kendall's Singing Away the Hunger: The Autobiography of an African Woman book and Beverly Cleary's A Girl from Yamhill

Cover of Move to Millions: The Proven Framework to Become a Million Dollar CEO with Grace & Ease Instead of Hustle & Grind by Darnyelle Jervey Harmon

21. 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

Similar categories in Darnyelle Jervey Harmon's Move to Millions: The Proven Framework to Become a Million Dollar CEO with Grace & Ease Instead of Hustle & Grind book and Beverly Cleary's A Girl from Yamhill

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

22. 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

Similar categories in Anne Michaud's Why They Stay: Sex Scandals, Deals, and Hidden Agendas of Eight Political Wives book and Beverly Cleary's A Girl from Yamhill

  • 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

23. 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 Beverly Cleary's A Girl from Yamhill

  • 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

Cover of A Forest of Doors: An Orphan's Quest by L.A. Muse

24. A Forest of Doors: An Orphan's Quest

By: L.A. Muse

4.02

Format: 98 pages, Hardcover

About the A young child, orphaned by addiction and isolated from her siblings, dreams of reuniting… read more

Similar categories in L.A. Muse's A Forest of Doors: An Orphan's Quest book and Beverly Cleary's A Girl from Yamhill

  • memoir
Cover of Resilience Road: Exploring Your Authentic Life Path by Beth Koritz

25. Resilience Road: Exploring Your Authentic Life Path

By: Beth Koritz

3.99

Format: 230 pages, Paperback

How many times have you taken a look at your life and thought these words? "Things have got to chan… read more

Similar categories in Beth Koritz's Resilience Road: Exploring Your Authentic Life Path book and Beverly Cleary's A Girl from Yamhill

  • nonfiction
  • memoir
Cover of #uncensored: inside the animal liberation movement by Camille Marino

26. #uncensored: inside the animal liberation movement

By: Camille Marino

4.13

Format: 395 pages, Kindle Edition

In her best-selling memoir, Camille Marino's astonishing odyssey rapidly unravels in raw and compel… read more

Similar categories in Camille Marino's #uncensored: inside the animal liberation movement book and Beverly Cleary's A Girl from Yamhill

Cover of The Thirty-Ninth Victim by Arleen Williams

27. The Thirty-Ninth Victim

By: Arleen Williams

3.99

Format: 224 pages, Paperback

The Green River murders were headline news throughout the 1980s. By the time the perpetrator was se… read more

Similar categories in Arleen Williams's The Thirty-Ninth Victim book and Beverly Cleary's A Girl from Yamhill

  • nonfiction
Cover of Last Girl Standing by Trina Robbins

28. Last Girl Standing

By: Trina Robbins

4.05

Format: 196 pages, Paperback

From dressing Mama Cass to being pelted with jelly babies as she helped photograph the Rolling Ston… read more

Similar categories in Trina Robbins's Last Girl Standing book and Beverly Cleary's A Girl from Yamhill

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

29. 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

Similar categories in Gina Troisi's The Angle of Flickering Light book and Beverly Cleary's A Girl from Yamhill

  • 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 Home Shopping Diva: Lessons, Lyrics, and Lipstick by Meg Flather

30. Home Shopping Diva: Lessons, Lyrics, and Lipstick

By: Meg Flather

3.99

Format: 188 pages, Paperback

Home Shopping Diva...Lessons, Lyrics and Lipstickis the story of Meg Flather’s journey through the … read more

Similar categories in Meg Flather's Home Shopping Diva: Lessons, Lyrics, and Lipstick book and Beverly Cleary's A Girl from Yamhill

Cover of 走得越远,离自己越近 The Farther I Walk, The Closer I Get To Me by Hong  Mei

31. 走得越远,离自己越近 The Farther I Walk, The Closer I Get To Me

By: Hong Mei

3.64

Format: 292 pages, Paperback

Hong Mei's (洪梅) debut travelogue, The Farther I Walk, The Closer I Get To Me (走得越远,离自己越近), takes re… read more

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3.99

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4.16

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Barbara Robinette Moss

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