14 Top nonfiction books like Wave by Sonali Deraniyagala

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Wave

By: Sonali Deraniyagala

3.98

Format: 480 pages, Kindle Edition

On the morning of December 26, 2004, on the southern coast of Sri Lanka, Sonali Deraniyagala lost h…

If you liked the nonfiction plot in Wave by Sonali Deraniyagala , here is a list of 14 books like this:

Cover of A Rose for Sergei by K. Kidd

1. 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 Sonali Deraniyagala's Wave

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

-K. Kidd, A Rose for Sergei

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2. Where You Left Me

By: Jennifer Gardner Trulson

4.48

Format: 448 pages,

Lucky--that's how Jennifer would describe herself. She had a successful law career, met the love of… read more

Similar categories in Jennifer Gardner Trulson's Where You Left Me book and Sonali Deraniyagala's Wave

  • biography
  • memoir
  • autobiography
  • biography memoir
  • nonfiction
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3. The Year of Yes

By: Maria Dahvana Headley

3.20

Format: 285 pages, Paperback

"Why not go out on a date with everyone who asks you? Plenty of reasons. They might be crazy. They … read more

Similar categories in Maria Dahvana Headley's The Year of Yes book and Sonali Deraniyagala's Wave

  • biography memoir
  • nonfiction
  • biography
  • memoir
"The main problem of living in the city that never sleeps that neither did I."

-Maria Dahvana Headley, The Year of Yes

"I was a protestor. I was such a protestor that I regularly protested things that might have been good for me."

-Maria Dahvana Headley, The Year of Yes

"I frantically opened my address book and searched it for someone, anyone, who'd moved me, who'd been good in both bed and brain. No. A slew of the so-so."

-Maria Dahvana Headley, The Year of Yes

"I was becoming convinced that I was going to be lonely for the rest of my life. It wasn't that I wasn't meeting men. I was. It was just that they all drove me crazy."

-Maria Dahvana Headley, The Year of Yes

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4. My Prison Without Bars: The Journey of a Damaged Woman to Someplace Normal

By: Taylor Evan Fulks

5.00

Format: 303 pages, Paperback

2014 GLOBAL eBOOK AWARDS GOLD MEDAL WINNER 2014 eLIT EXCELLENCE AWARD GOLD MEDAL WINNER 2013 INDIE … read more

Similar categories in Taylor Evan Fulks's My Prison Without Bars: The Journey of a Damaged Woman to Someplace Normal book and Sonali Deraniyagala's Wave

  • nonfiction
  • memoir
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5. Wave

By: Sonali Deraniyagala

3.98

Format: 480 pages, Kindle Edition

On the morning of December 26, 2004, on the southern coast of Sri Lanka, Sonali Deraniyagala lost h… read more

Similar categories in Sonali Deraniyagala's Wave book and Sonali Deraniyagala's Wave

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

6. 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 Sonali Deraniyagala's Wave

  • 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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7. Veronica's Grave: A Daughter's Memoir

By: Barbara Donsky

3.65

Format: None pages, Paperback

From beyond the grave came a cry for help she could not ignore. When Barbara Bracht's mother vanish… read more

Similar categories in Barbara Donsky's Veronica's Grave: A Daughter's Memoir book and Sonali Deraniyagala's Wave

  • nonfiction
  • biography
  • memoir

8. So Far Away: A Daughter's Memoir of Life, Loss, and Love

By: Christine W. Hartmann

0.00

Format: None pages, Paperback

Christine Hartmann's mother valued control above all else, yet one event appeared beyond her comman… read more

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9. 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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10. First, You Cry

By: Betty Rollin

4.89

Format: 78 pages, Paperback

NBC Newscorrespondent Betty Rollin, glamorous, successful, and happily married, had it all -- and t… read more

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11. A Kick-Ass Fairy

By: None

4.25

Format: 328 pages, Paperback

What does it mean to be a Kick-Ass Fairy? Looking for a fairy tale to make into a musical? Look som… read more

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12. 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

Similar categories in Sharon Winters's Cutted Chicken in Shanghai book and Sonali Deraniyagala's Wave

  • nonfiction

13. On Top of the World: Five Women Explorers in Tibet

By: None

4.06

Format: 32 pages, Paperback

Describes the adventures of five Victorian women, English, American, and French, who explored Tibet… read more

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14. Welfare Brat

By: None

4.22

Format: 160 pages,

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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

15. 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 Sonali Deraniyagala's Wave

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

16. 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 Sonali Deraniyagala's Wave

  • 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

17. 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 Sonali Deraniyagala's Wave

  • 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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18. 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 Sonali Deraniyagala's Wave

  • nonfiction
  • memoir
Cover of Expecting Sunshine: A Journey of Grief, Healing, and Pregnancy After Loss by Alexis Marie Chute

19. Expecting Sunshine: A Journey of Grief, Healing, and Pregnancy After Loss

By: Alexis Marie Chute

4.20

Format: 264 pages, Paperback

Expecting Sunshine is a multi-award-winning memoir and a Kirkus Review BEST INDIE BOOK of 2017 A… read more

Similar categories in Alexis Marie Chute's Expecting Sunshine: A Journey of Grief, Healing, and Pregnancy After Loss book and Sonali Deraniyagala's Wave

  • nonfiction
  • memoir
Cover of Dreaming Me: An African-American Woman's Buddhist Journey by Janice Dean Willis

20. 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 Sonali Deraniyagala's Wave

  • autobiography
  • nonfiction
  • biography
  • memoir
Cover of A Place at the Nayarit: How a Mexican Restaurant Nourished a Community by Natalia Molina

21. A Place at the Nayarit: How a Mexican Restaurant Nourished a Community

By: Natalia Molina

4.15

Format: 312 pages, Hardcover

Natalia Molina unveils the hidden history of the Nayarit, a restaurant in Los Angeles that nourishe… read more

Similar categories in Natalia Molina's A Place at the Nayarit: How a Mexican Restaurant Nourished a Community book and Sonali Deraniyagala's Wave

  • nonfiction

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Transform Your Habits

A Rose for Sergei

K. Kidd

4.06

Transform Your Habits

Where You Left Me

Jennifer Gardner Trulson

4.48

Transform Your Habits

The Year of Yes

Maria Dahvana Headley

3.20

Transform Your Habits

Wave

Sonali Deraniyagala

3.98

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Transform Your Habits

Ecology of a Cracker Childhood

Janisse Ray

4.02

Transform Your Habits

Keith, A: Three Came Home

Agnes Newton Keith

4.16

Transform Your Habits

Life and Death in Shanghai

Nien Cheng

4.16

Transform Your Habits

Cross Creek

Marjorie Kinnan Rawlings , Edward Shenton

4.33

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