10 Best biography books like A Queer and Pleasant Danger: The True Story of a Nice Jewish Boy Who Joins the Church of Scientology and Leaves Twelve Years Later to Become the Lovely Lady She is Today by Kate Bornstein

Cover of A Queer and Pleasant Danger: The True Story of a Nice Jewish Boy Who Joins the Church of Scientology and Leaves Twelve Years Later to Become the Lovely Lady She is Today by Kate Bornstein

A Queer and Pleasant Danger: The True Story of a Nice Jewish Boy Who Joins the Church of Scientology and Leaves Twelve Years Later to Become the Lovely Lady She is Today

By: Kate Bornstein

3.89

Format: 197 pages, Hardcover

A stunningly original memoir of a nice Jewish boy who joined the Church of Scientology and left twe…

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1. The Secret Life of a Schoolgirl: A Memoir

By: Rosemary Kingsland

3.92

Format: 352 pages, Hardcover

The Secret Life of a Schoolgirl is an extraordinary memoir—a jewel. Rosemary Kingsland was born in … read more

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  • 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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  • nonfiction
  • biography
  • memoir
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4. Unpolished Gem

By: Alice Pung

4.10

Format: 668 pages, Paperback

After Alice Pung's family fled to Australia from the killing fields of Cambodia, her father chose A… read more

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  • nonfiction
  • biography
  • memoir
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5. Raising Demons

By: Shirley Jackson

4.00

Format: 139 pages, Paperback

Life Among the Savages charmed thousands with its insightful wit and contrasting warmth. In this se… read more

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  • nonfiction
  • biography
  • memoir
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6. A Queer and Pleasant Danger: The True Story of a Nice Jewish Boy Who Joins the Church of Scientology and Leaves Twelve Years Later to Become the Lovely Lady She is Today

By: Kate Bornstein

3.89

Format: 197 pages, Hardcover

A stunningly original memoir of a nice Jewish boy who joined the Church of Scientology and left twe… read more

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  • biography
  • memoir
  • transgender
  • lgbt
  • gender
  • nonfiction
  • queer

7. Born Free: A Lioness of Two Worlds (Story of Elsa, #1)

By: Joy Adamson

3.37

Format: 200 pages,

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8. Pentimento

By: Lillian Hellman

4.06

Format: 205 pages, Paperback

In this widely praised follow-up to her National Book Award-winning first volume of memoirs, An Unf… read more

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9. Welcome to My Country

By: Lauren Slater

3.90

Format: 216 pages, Paperback

Lauren Slater, a brilliant writer who is a young therapist, takes us on a mesmerizing personal and … read more

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10. Raising My Rainbow: Adventures in Raising a Fabulous, Gender Creative Son

By: Neil Patrick Harris , None , None

4.00

Format: 274 pages, Paperback

Raising My Rainbow is Lori Duron's frank, heartfelt, and brutally funny account of her and her fami… read more

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11. By Myself

By: Lauren Bacall

4.00

Format: 231 pages, Mass Market Paperback

The classic first autobiography of one of Hollywood's classic actresses, reissued to coincide with … read more

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12. Starving for Attention

By: Cherry Boone O'Neill

3.89

Format: 183 pages, Paperback

In this dramatic book, Cherry reveals the horrifying cycle that became her own flirtation with deat… read more

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  • nonfiction
  • biography
  • memoir

13. A Taste of Power: A Black Woman's Story

By: None

3.80

Format: 144 pages, Paperback

Brown's account of her life at the highest levels of the Black Panther party's hierarchy. More than… read more

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14. Dream Catcher: A Memoir

By: None

3.69

Format: 384 pages,

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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

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  • nonfiction
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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

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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

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

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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

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18. 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

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

19. #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

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Cover of Inside Passage: A Memoir by Keema Waterfield

20. Inside Passage: A Memoir

By: Keema Waterfield

4.13

Format: None pages, None

Keema Waterfield's INSIDE PASSAGE, about Alaska's underbelly and hardscrabble life; the author grew… read more

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  • nonfiction
  • biography
  • memoir
Cover of The Daughter Of Kurdland: A Life Dedicated to Humankind by Widad Akreyi

21. The Daughter Of Kurdland: A Life Dedicated to Humankind

By: Widad Akreyi

4.20

Format: None pages, ebook

WINNER of the PACEM IN TERRIS PEACE AND FREEDOM AWARD The Kurdish activist who became a global i… read more

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  • nonfiction
  • biography
  • memoir
"It is only with the setting of the sun that one can judge how well the day had gone. Looking back through the vista of time, I can analyse and assess why I fought hard for my right to say no to joini…"

-Widad Akreyi, The Daughter Of Kurdland: A Life Dedicated to Humankind

11 Best nonfiction books like A Queer and Pleasant Danger: The True Story of a Nice Jewish Boy Who Joins the Church of Scientology and Leaves Twelve Years Later to Become the Lovely Lady She is Today by Kate Bornstein

Transform Your Habits

The Secret Life of a Schoolgirl: A Memoir

Rosemary Kingsland

3.92

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Natalie: A Memoir by Her Sister

Lana Wood , Lana Wood

4.26

Transform Your Habits

Unpolished Gem

Alice Pung

4.10

Transform Your Habits

Raising Demons

Shirley Jackson

4.00

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12 Top nonfiction books like Starving for Attention by Cherry Boone O'Neill

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Keith, A: Three Came Home

Agnes Newton Keith

4.16

Transform Your Habits

My Life

Golda Meir

4.04

Transform Your Habits

Smashed: Story of a Drunken Girlhood

Koren Zailckas

4.00

Transform Your Habits

A Queer and Pleasant Danger: The True Story of a Nice Jewish Boy Who Joins the Church of Scientology and Leaves Twelve Years Later to Become the Lovely Lady She is Today

Kate Bornstein

3.89

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