10 must-read biography books like Hippie Boy: A Girl's Story by Ingrid Ricks

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Hippie Boy: A Girl's Story

By: Ingrid Ricks

3.95

Format: 288 pages, ebook

What would you do if your Mormon stepfather pinned you down and tried to cast Satan out of you? For…

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Cover of Madness: A Bipolar Life by Marya Hornbacher

1. Madness: A Bipolar Life

By: Marya Hornbacher

4.03

Format: 299 pages, Hardcover

An astonishing dispatch from inside the belly of bipolar disorder, reflecting major new insights W… read more

Similar categories in Marya Hornbacher's Madness: A Bipolar Life book and Ingrid Ricks's Hippie Boy: A Girl's Story

  • nonfiction
  • biography
  • memoir
"Falling in love happens so suddenly that it seems, all at once, that you have always been in love."

-Marya Hornbacher, Madness: A Bipolar Life

"I get absolutely shitfaced. I am shitfaced and hyper and ten years old. I am having the time of my life."

-Marya Hornbacher, Madness: A Bipolar Life

"My brain sometimes departs from the agreed-upon reality, and my private reality is a very lonely place. But in the end, I'm not sure I wish I'd never gone there."

-Marya Hornbacher, Madness: A Bipolar Life

"When you are mad, mad like this, you don't know it. Reality is what you see. When what you see shifts, departing from anyone else's reality, it's still reality to you."

-Marya Hornbacher, Madness: A Bipolar Life

Cover of Leaving the Saints: How I Lost the Mormons and Found My Faith by Martha N. Beck

2. Leaving the Saints: How I Lost the Mormons and Found My Faith

By: Martha N. Beck

3.55

Format: 199 pages, Paperback

As "Mormon royalty" within the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, Martha Beck was raised … read more

Similar categories in Martha N. Beck's Leaving the Saints: How I Lost the Mormons and Found My Faith book and Ingrid Ricks's Hippie Boy: A Girl's Story

  • biography
  • memoir
  • mormonism
  • religion
  • nonfiction
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3. Scarlet Song

By: Mariama Bâ , Dorothy S Blair

0.00

Format: 194 pages, Paperback

Winner of the Norma Prize in Africa for her first novel Une si longue lettre read more

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Cover of Leaving Church: A Memoir of Faith by Barbara Brown Taylor

4. Leaving Church: A Memoir of Faith

By: Barbara Brown Taylor

3.95

Format: 768 pages, Paperback

By now I expected to be a seasoned parish minister, wearing black clergy shirts grown gray from fre… read more

Similar categories in Barbara Brown Taylor's Leaving Church: A Memoir of Faith book and Ingrid Ricks's Hippie Boy: A Girl's Story

  • religion
  • nonfiction
  • memoir
Cover of Hippie Boy: A Girl's Story by Ingrid Ricks

5. Hippie Boy: A Girl's Story

By: Ingrid Ricks

3.95

Format: 288 pages, ebook

What would you do if your Mormon stepfather pinned you down and tried to cast Satan out of you? For… read more

Similar categories in Ingrid Ricks's Hippie Boy: A Girl's Story book and Ingrid Ricks's Hippie Boy: A Girl's Story

  • biography
  • memoir
  • coming of age
  • mormonism
  • religion
  • nonfiction
  • abuse
Cover of Trials of the Earth: The True Story of a Pioneer Woman by Mary Mann Hamilton

6. Trials of the Earth: The True Story of a Pioneer Woman

By: Mary Mann Hamilton

3.77

Format: 300 pages, Hardcover

The astonishing first-person account of a Mississippi pioneer woman struggling to survive, protect … read more

Similar categories in Mary Mann Hamilton's Trials of the Earth: The True Story of a Pioneer Woman book and Ingrid Ricks's Hippie Boy: A Girl's Story

  • nonfiction
  • biography
  • memoir
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7. 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

Similar categories in Judy Blunt's Breaking Clean book and Ingrid Ricks's Hippie Boy: A Girl's Story

  • coming of age
  • nonfiction
  • biography
  • memoir
Cover of Dear Senator: A Memoir by the Daughter of Strom Thurmond by William Stadiem, Essie Mae Washington-Williams

8. Dear Senator: A Memoir by the Daughter of Strom Thurmond

By: William Stadiem , Essie Mae Washington-Williams

3.47

Format: 185 pages, Paperback

Breaking nearly eight decades of silence, Essie Mae Washington-Williams comes forward with a story … read more

Similar categories in William Stadiem's Dear Senator: A Memoir by the Daughter of Strom Thurmond book and Ingrid Ricks's Hippie Boy: A Girl's Story

  • nonfiction
  • biography
  • memoir
Cover of The Girl in the Green Sweater: A Life in Holocaust's Shadow by Daniel Paisner, Krystyna Chiger

9. The Girl in the Green Sweater: A Life in Holocaust's Shadow

By: Daniel Paisner , Krystyna Chiger

3.98

Format: None pages, Paperback

In 1943, with Lvov's 150,000 Jews having been exiled, killed, or forced into ghettos and facing ext… read more

Similar categories in Daniel Paisner's The Girl in the Green Sweater: A Life in Holocaust's Shadow book and Ingrid Ricks's Hippie Boy: A Girl's Story

  • nonfiction
  • biography
  • memoir

10. Strip City: A Stripper's Farewell Journey Across America

By: Lily Burana

3.38

Format: None pages,

There's no business like the sex business -- or is there? In this poignant, bittersweet, sometimes … read more

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11. In the Shadow of Man

By: Jane Goodall , Hugo van Lawick , None

4.36

Format: 297 pages, Paperback

This best-selling classic tells the story of one of world's greatest scientific adventuresses. Jane… read more

Similar categories in Jane Goodall's In the Shadow of Man book and Ingrid Ricks's Hippie Boy: A Girl's Story

  • nonfiction
  • biography
  • memoir
"At that moment there was no need of any scientific knowledge to understand his communication of reassurance. The soft pressure of his fingers spoke to me not through my intellect but through a more p…"

-Jane Goodall, In the Shadow of Man

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12. The Third Sunrise: A Memoir of Madness

By: Natalie Jeanne Champagne

3.97

Format: 241 pages, Kindle Edition

“Psychiatrists and I; we do not get on well. They have failed to cure me; I am still damaged and it… read more

Similar categories in Natalie Jeanne Champagne's The Third Sunrise: A Memoir of Madness book and Ingrid Ricks's Hippie Boy: A Girl's Story

  • nonfiction
  • memoir

13. 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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14. Slings & Arrows

By: Julie Elizabeth Powell

3.96

Format: 81 pages, Kindle Edition

Nobody expects to lose a child but when it happens what can we do? In the sea of grief that seizes… read more

Similar categories in Julie Elizabeth Powell's Slings & Arrows book and Ingrid Ricks's Hippie Boy: A Girl's Story

  • nonfiction

15. The Kiss

By: Kathryn Harrison

4.00

Format: 201 pages,

We meet at airports. We meet in cities where we've never been before. We meet where no one will rec… read more

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16. Education Of A Princess A Memoir By Marie, Grand Duchess Of Russia

By: None

3.87

Format: None pages,

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17. Baghdad Burning: Girl Blog from Iraq

By: James Ridgeway , Alia Mamdouh , None

3.55

Format: 320 pages, Paperback

"In August 2003 a young Iraqi blogger began reporting her experiences as a civilian observer in Bag… read more

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18. Ms. Cheevious in Hollywood - My Zany Years Spent Working in Tinsel Town

By: Lisa Jey Davis

3.46

Format: 192 pages, Hardcover

Ms. Cheevious in Hollywood by Lisa Jey Davis Enjoying Every Moment When Lisa Jey Davis (aka Ms. Che… read more

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19. I'll Cry Tomorrow

By: Gerold Frank , None , None

3.53

Format: 349 pages, Paperback

read more

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Cover of Autistic blessings and Bipolar me.: A Frank and Brutally Honest Diary of a Mother with Bipolar and Her Two Autistic Boys by E.J. Plows

20. Autistic blessings and Bipolar me.: A Frank and Brutally Honest Diary of a Mother with Bipolar and Her Two Autistic Boys

By: E.J. Plows

4.18

Format: 115 pages, Kindle Edition

In February 2007 I was diagnosed with Bipolar type one after a long battle with post natal depressi… read more

Similar categories in E.J. Plows's Autistic blessings and Bipolar me.: A Frank and Brutally Honest Diary of a Mother with Bipolar and Her Two Autistic Boys book and Ingrid Ricks's Hippie Boy: A Girl's Story

  • nonfiction
  • memoir

21. Driving with Dead People

By: Monica Holloway

5.00

Format: 30 pages, Hardcover

Small wonder that, at nine years old, Monica Holloway develops a fascination with the local funeral… read more

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22. Cherry

By: Mary Karr

3.83

Format: 373 pages, Paperback

This memoir of adolescence follows the earlier volume by Mary Karr, The Liars' Club. In Cherry, we … 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. From Manchester to the Arctic

By: Sheena Billett

4.31

Format: 261 pages, ebook

In the challenging but rapidly changing 1970s, Connie Sanders, a broken-hearted nurse, flees to the… read more

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"The first wave of homesickness caught Connie by surprise. She had not heard or felt its approach until it hit her hard, knocking her to the ground."

-Sheena Billett, From Manchester to the Arctic

"As she was putting her boots on Daisy threw a barb over her shoulder that struck Connie right in the middle of her chest. ‘Grow up, Connie! This place is not for faint-hearted romantics!"

-Sheena Billett, From Manchester to the Arctic

"I don’t think I’ll ever forget this day,’ Connie said. ‘I want to soak up every single moment, so that I can remember it when I’m old. Remember that I…we, did this. I want to have stories to tell whe…"

-Sheena Billett, From Manchester to the Arctic

"It was almost 3 a.m. before Connie got into bed. Sipping cocoa in the cold daylight and listening to the silence, only punctuated by the distant barking of dogs, she began to wonder what she had done…"

-Sheena Billett, From Manchester to the Arctic

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25. Pericles and Aspasia: A Story of Ancient Greece

By: Yvonne Korshak

4.29

Format: 557 pages, Kindle Edition

STEP ASIDE, ANTONY AND PERICLES AND ASPASIA —THE LOVE STORY THAT SHAPED HISTORY Two lovers cres… read more

Similar categories in Yvonne Korshak's Pericles and Aspasia: A Story of Ancient Greece book and Ingrid Ricks's Hippie Boy: A Girl's Story

"Temples are for the gods,"

-Yvonne Korshak, Pericles and Aspasia: A Story of Ancient Greece

"Do you know the song Violet Crowned Athens?"

-Yvonne Korshak, Pericles and Aspasia: A Story of Ancient Greece

"The softness, warmth and weight of her breast filled his palm. “I’ve imagined this for weeks,"

-Yvonne Korshak, Pericles and Aspasia: A Story of Ancient Greece

"But  Phidias was better than most men since he made beautiful sculptures. He was even making one of her—well, he called it “Athena,"

-Yvonne Korshak, Pericles and Aspasia: A Story of Ancient Greece

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26. Black Fire

By: William Kely McClung

4.29

Format: 517 pages, Kindle Edition

Major Tommy Black is at the crossroads of a brilliant, clandestine career. Lost... without purpose … read more

Similar categories in William Kely McClung's Black Fire book and Ingrid Ricks's Hippie Boy: A Girl's Story

"Okay, sure, he’s a great fucking guy,"

-William Kely McClung, Black Fire

"It was time to start thinking of darker things."

-William Kely McClung, Black Fire

"Black once tried to tackle a Humvee head-on. This was worse"

-William Kely McClung, Black Fire

"Legends were mostly bullshit, even his own, but they sometimes could be useful."

-William Kely McClung, Black Fire

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

27. 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 Ingrid Ricks's Hippie Boy: A Girl's Story

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

28. 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 Ingrid Ricks's Hippie Boy: A Girl's Story

  • 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

29. 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 Ingrid Ricks's Hippie Boy: A Girl's Story

  • nonfiction
  • biography
  • abuse
"#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 The Emperor (The Emperor, the Son and the Thief, #1) by Robert         Reid

30. The Emperor (The Emperor, the Son and the Thief, #1)

By: Robert Reid

4.30

Format: 459 pages, Kindle Edition

In the early 16th century in the city of Mora, capital of Kermin, a cruel new ruler has come to pow… read more

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"Raimund, we must promise each other that if one of us leaves Mora it must be both. We must leave together."

-Robert Reid, The Emperor (The Emperor, the Son and the Thief, #1)

"At seventeen the young woman had worked out how to improve her future prospects; she would seduce the Prince."

-Robert Reid, The Emperor (The Emperor, the Son and the Thief, #1)

"Rafe smiled again. “I think Aleana can teach you how to work in a team and maybe you can teach her to be less reckless."

-Robert Reid, The Emperor (The Emperor, the Son and the Thief, #1)

"Audun, there is something I must now explain to you. You are the illegitimate son of Alberon, who now calls himself Emperor of the North."

-Robert Reid, The Emperor (The Emperor, the Son and the Thief, #1)

Cover of The Thirty-Ninth Victim by Arleen Williams

31. 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 Ingrid Ricks's Hippie Boy: A Girl's Story

  • nonfiction

16 Best nonfiction books like Hippie Boy: A Girl's Story by Ingrid Ricks

Transform Your Habits

Madness: A Bipolar Life

Marya Hornbacher

4.03

Transform Your Habits

Leaving the Saints: How I Lost the Mormons and Found My Faith

Martha N. Beck

3.55

Transform Your Habits

Leaving Church: A Memoir of Faith

Barbara Brown Taylor

3.95

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Hippie Boy: A Girl's Story

Ingrid Ricks

3.95

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18 Top nonfiction books like The Third Sunrise: A Memoir of Madness by Natalie Jeanne Champagne

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My Life

Golda Meir

4.04

Transform Your Habits

Shattered Dreams: My Life as a Polygamist's Wife

Irene Spencer

4.33

Transform Your Habits

The Scent of God: A Memoir

Beryl Singleton Bissell

4.20

Transform Your Habits

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Abigail Thomas

3.68

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