17 must-read biography books like Daughter of the Saints: Growing Up in Polygamy by Dorothy Allred Solomon

Cover of Daughter of the Saints: Growing Up in Polygamy by Dorothy Allred Solomon

Daughter of the Saints: Growing Up in Polygamy

By: Dorothy Allred Solomon

3.83

Format: 416 pages, Paperback

"Probably the best book ever written about polygamy. Neither an apologia nor an exposé."― Salt Lake…

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Cover of A Writer's Diary by Virginia Woolf, Leonard Woolf

1. A Writer's Diary

By: Virginia Woolf , Leonard Woolf

3.85

Format: None pages, Paperback

An invaluable guide to the art and mind of Virginia Woolf, drawn by her husband from the personal r… read more

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  • biography memoir
  • nonfiction
  • biography
  • memoir
"Arrange whatever pieces come your way."

-Virginia Woolf, A Writer's Diary

"Yes, I deserve a spring–I owe nobody nothing."

-Virginia Woolf, A Writer's Diary

"I have felt that odd whirr of wings in the head."

-Virginia Woolf, A Writer's Diary

"Övgüler yerindeydi de, yerinde olmayan sinirlerimdi."

-Virginia Woolf, A Writer's Diary

Cover of Pretty in Plaid by Jen Lancaster

2. Pretty in Plaid

By: Jen Lancaster

3.89

Format: 365 pages, Hardcover

The hardcover debut from the New York Times bestselling author- the prequel to Bitter is the New Bl… read more

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  • biography memoir
  • nonfiction
  • biography
  • memoir
Cover of Brother, I'm Dying by Edwidge Danticat

3. Brother, I'm Dying

By: Edwidge Danticat

4.16

Format: 272 pages, Hardcover

From the best-selling author of The Dew Breaker, a major work of nonfiction: a powerfully moving fa… read more

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  • biography memoir
  • nonfiction
  • biography
  • memoir
"He shouldn’t be here,"

-Edwidge Danticat, Brother, I'm Dying

"Maybe we're all dying, one breath at a time."

-Edwidge Danticat, Brother, I'm Dying

"His entire life was now reduced to an odd curiosity, a looting opportunity."

-Edwidge Danticat, Brother, I'm Dying

"Suddenly he understood the true workings of a mob, one infuriated body morphing into another until they all became limbs to one raging monster."

-Edwidge Danticat, Brother, I'm Dying

Cover of Testament of Youth by Vera Brittain, Mark Bostridge

4. Testament of Youth

By: Vera Brittain , Mark Bostridge

4.10

Format: 688 pages, Paperback

Much of what we know and feel about the First World War we owe to Vera Brittain's elegiac yet unspa… read more

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  • biography memoir
  • nonfiction
  • biography
  • memoir
" The Lament of the Demobilised “Four Years,"

-Vera Brittain, Testament of Youth

"I look wildly for facts and I can only find arguments."

-Vera Brittain, Testament of Youth

"Als je eenmaal van de bergtop omlaag hebt gekeken, is het moeilijk om tevreden in de vallei te blijven..."

-Vera Brittain, Testament of Youth

"I know of no place where the wind can be as icy and the damp so penetrating as in Oxford round about Easter time."

-Vera Brittain, Testament of Youth

Cover of Amelia's Story: A Childhood Lost (Amelia #1) by D.G. Torrens

5. Amelia's Story: A Childhood Lost (Amelia #1)

By: D.G. Torrens

3.66

Format: 148 pages, Kindle Edition

A life of pain and rejection. This is a powerful true story of one young girls struggle to surviv… read more

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  • biography memoir
  • nonfiction
  • biography
  • memoir
Cover of The Legacy of Luna: The Story of a Tree, a Woman, and the Struggle to Save the Redwoods by Julia Butterfly Hill

6. 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

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  • biography memoir
  • nonfiction
  • biography
  • memoir
Cover of Goodbye, Walter by RuthAnn Hogue, C. Stratton Hill

7. Goodbye, Walter

By: RuthAnn Hogue , C. Stratton Hill

5.00

Format: None pages, Paperback

In February of 1997, Walter Schifter was dying of cancer. During the final three weeks of his life,… read more

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Cover of Natalie: A Memoir by Her Sister by Lana Wood, Lana  Wood

8. Natalie: A Memoir by Her Sister

By: Lana Wood , Lana Wood

4.26

Format: 999 pages,

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  • biography memoir
  • nonfiction
  • biography
  • memoir
Cover of The Zookeeper's Daughter by Lori Space Day

9. The Zookeeper's Daughter

By: Lori Space Day

3.95

Format: 302 pages, Paperback

The Zookeeperas Daughter is the journal of Lori Space Day, a third generation zoologist. Growing up… read more

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  • nonfiction
  • biography
Cover of Cybill Disobedience: How I Survived Beauty Pageants, Elvis, Sex, Bruce Willis, Lies, Marriage, Motherhood, Hollywood, and the Irrepressible Urge to Say What I Think by Cybill Shepherd, Aimee Lee Ball

10. Cybill Disobedience: How I Survived Beauty Pageants, Elvis, Sex, Bruce Willis, Lies, Marriage, Motherhood, Hollywood, and the Irrepressible Urge to Say What I Think

By: Cybill Shepherd , Aimee Lee Ball

4.17

Format: 78 pages, Hardcover

From Model to Moonlighting, from Elvis to Bruce Willis to motherhood to a behind-the-scenes inside … read more

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  • biography memoir
  • nonfiction
  • biography
  • memoir
Cover of Naked in the Promised Land: A Memoir by Lillian Faderman

11. Naked in the Promised Land: A Memoir

By: Lillian Faderman

4.10

Format: 368 pages, Hardcover

Born in 1940, Lillian Faderman was the only child of an uneducated and unmarried immigrant Jewish w… read more

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  • biography memoir
  • nonfiction
  • biography
  • memoir
Cover of Daughter of the Saints: Growing Up in Polygamy by Dorothy Allred Solomon

12. Daughter of the Saints: Growing Up in Polygamy

By: Dorothy Allred Solomon

3.83

Format: 416 pages, Paperback

"Probably the best book ever written about polygamy. Neither an apologia nor an exposé."― Salt Lake… read more

Similar categories in Dorothy Allred Solomon's Daughter of the Saints: Growing Up in Polygamy book and Dorothy Allred Solomon's Daughter of the Saints: Growing Up in Polygamy

  • biography
  • memoir
  • cults
  • polygamy
  • mormonism
  • lds
  • biography memoir
  • religion
  • nonfiction
  • cult classics
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13. 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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  • biography memoir
  • nonfiction
  • biography
  • memoir
Cover of Knowing Jesse: A Mother's Story of Grief, Grace, and Everyday Bliss by Marianne Leone

14. Knowing Jesse: A Mother's Story of Grief, Grace, and Everyday Bliss

By: Marianne Leone

3.15

Format: None pages,

Jesse Cooper was an honor-roll student who loved to windsurf and write poetry. He also had severe c… read more

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  • nonfiction
  • biography
  • memoir
Cover of A Stone for Benjamin by Fiona  Gold Kroll

15. 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

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  • nonfiction
  • biography
Cover of Red Azalea: A Memoir by Anchee Min

16. Red Azalea: A Memoir

By: Anchee Min

3.84

Format: 306 pages, Paperback

A revelatory and disturbing portrait of China, this is Anchee Min’s celebrated memoir of growing up… read more

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  • biography memoir
  • nonfiction
  • biography
  • memoir
"If you can't go back to your mother's womb, you'd better learn to be a good fighter."

-Anchee Min, Red Azalea: A Memoir

"I led my schoolmates in collecting pennies. We wanted to donate the pennies to the starving children in America."

-Anchee Min, Red Azalea: A Memoir

"Imi spuse ca era adevarat ca nici una dintre operele exemplare nu vorbea despre dragoste. I-am spus: Eu nu cred ca eroii nu au deloc iubiti in vietile lor. Nu cred ca o minte omeneasca ar putea raman…"

-Anchee Min, Red Azalea: A Memoir

17. 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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18. A Song Flung Up To Heaven

By: Maya Angelou

4.50

Format: 142 pages,

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19. Appetites: Why Women Want

By: Caroline Knapp

4.41

Format: None pages,

"Where are the lines between satisfaction and excess, between restraint and indulgence, between ple… read more

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20. Me: Stories of My Life

By: Katharine Hepburn

4.50

Format: 158 pages, Paperback

Admired and beloved by movie audiences for over sixty years, four-time Academy Award-winner Kathari… read more

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

By: None , None

3.78

Format: None pages,

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22. Tangles: A Story About Alzheimer's, My Mother, and Me

By: Sarah Leavitt

4.23

Format: None pages, Paperback

"In this powerful memoir ... Sarah Leavitt reveals how Alzheimer's disease transformed her mother, … read more

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23. Paper Daughter: A Memoir

By: None

3.00

Format: None pages, Paperback

When she was five years old, M. Elaine Mar and her mother emigrated from Hong Kong to Denver to joi… read more

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24. Scavenger Hunt

By: Chad Boudreaux

4.30

Format: 296 pages, Paperback

WHEN JUSTICE IS BLIND, SCAVENGERS DO THE HUNTING Blake Hudson just wants to serve his country we… read more

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"What other problems do American soldiers face when hunting down these fanat­ical killers?"

-Chad Boudreaux, Scavenger Hunt

"As Blake turned around to continue his walk back to Main Justice, he spotted one of the tourists taking his picture. “Don’t waste your film!"

-Chad Boudreaux, Scavenger Hunt

"Home was the one place he wanted to forget, the place from which he’d run away but never could escape. And, yes, home was the place he’d been instructed to leave—the place where the trouble began and…"

-Chad Boudreaux, Scavenger Hunt

"While waiting for her accomplice to gather his equipment, Hensley couldn’t help but think ahead to her next mission. She hadn’t told him. It wasn’t a mission for which she’d volunteered, nor a missio…"

-Chad Boudreaux, Scavenger Hunt

Cover of The Three Witches and The Master by Max Nowaz

25. 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

Cover of The Alchemy Fire Murder (Mary Wandwalker Mystery) by Susan  Rowland

26. The Alchemy Fire Murder (Mary Wandwalker Mystery)

By: Susan Rowland

4.30

Format: 352 pages, Paperback

Former Archivist Mary Wandwalker hates bringing bad news. Nevertheless, she confirms to her alma ma… read more

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"The fire on the mountain."

-Susan Rowland, The Alchemy Fire Murder (Mary Wandwalker Mystery)

"The Alchemy Scroll works on the heart,"

-Susan Rowland, The Alchemy Fire Murder (Mary Wandwalker Mystery)

"You can’t set fires, Anna. Never again. Promise."

-Susan Rowland, The Alchemy Fire Murder (Mary Wandwalker Mystery)

"She stabbed the earth with her big fork as if she could make Cookie Mac’s blood sprout from it."

-Susan Rowland, The Alchemy Fire Murder (Mary Wandwalker Mystery)

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

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  • 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

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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

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

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  • 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 The Red Sea Bride by Sylvia Fowler

30. The Red Sea Bride

By: Sylvia Fowler

4.08

Format: 288 pages, Paperback

At a language school on the Pacific Ocean, 18-year-old Sylvia falls in love with a devastating youn… read more

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

31. 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

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19 must-read nonfiction books like Daughter of the Saints: Growing Up in Polygamy by Dorothy Allred Solomon

Transform Your Habits

A Writer's Diary

Virginia Woolf , Leonard Woolf

3.85

Transform Your Habits

Pretty in Plaid

Jen Lancaster

3.89

Transform Your Habits

Brother, I'm Dying

Edwidge Danticat

4.16

Transform Your Habits

Testament of Youth

Vera Brittain , Mark Bostridge

4.10

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17 Top nonfiction books like A Stone for Benjamin by Fiona Gold Kroll

Transform Your Habits

Keith, A: Three Came Home

Agnes Newton Keith

4.16

Transform Your Habits

Leaving Church: A Memoir of Faith

Barbara Brown Taylor

3.95

Transform Your Habits

Change Me into Zeus's Daughter: A Memoir

Barbara Robinette Moss

4.16

Manic: A Memoir

Terri Cheney

2.89

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