12 best-selling nonfiction books like Coming of Age in Mississippi: The Classic Autobiography of a Young Black Girl in the Rural South by Anne Moody

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Coming of Age in Mississippi: The Classic Autobiography of a Young Black Girl in the Rural South

By: Anne Moody

4.11

Format: 188 pages, Paperback

Born to a poor couple who were tenant farmers on a plantation in Mississippi, Anne Moody lived thro…

If you liked the nonfiction plot in Coming of Age in Mississippi: The Classic Autobiography of a Young Black Girl in the Rural South by Anne Moody , here is a list of 12 books like this:

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1. My Angel

By: Jamie Gibson

3.91

Format: 69 pages, Kindle Edition

Pregnancy is supposed to be a wonderful time; a special moment that will change your life forever. … read more

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2. Change Me into Zeus's Daughter: A Memoir

By: Barbara Robinette Moss

4.16

Format: 144 pages,

A haunting and triumphant story of a difficult and keenly felt life, Change Me into Zeus's Daughter… read more

Similar categories in Barbara Robinette Moss's Change Me into Zeus's Daughter: A Memoir book and Anne Moody's Coming of Age in Mississippi: The Classic Autobiography of a Young Black Girl in the Rural South

  • biography
  • memoir
  • school
  • autobiography
  • nonfiction
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3. Out of This Furnace

By: Thomas Bell , David P. Demarest

3.86

Format: None pages, Paperback

Out of This Furnace is Thomas Bell's most compelling achievement. Its story of three generations of… read more

Similar categories in Thomas Bell's Out of This Furnace book and Anne Moody's Coming of Age in Mississippi: The Classic Autobiography of a Young Black Girl in the Rural South

  • school
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4. 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

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  • nonfiction
  • biography
  • memoir
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5. Coming of Age in Mississippi: The Classic Autobiography of a Young Black Girl in the Rural South

By: Anne Moody

4.11

Format: 188 pages, Paperback

Born to a poor couple who were tenant farmers on a plantation in Mississippi, Anne Moody lived thro… read more

Similar categories in Anne Moody's Coming of Age in Mississippi: The Classic Autobiography of a Young Black Girl in the Rural South book and Anne Moody's Coming of Age in Mississippi: The Classic Autobiography of a Young Black Girl in the Rural South

  • history
  • biography
  • memoir
  • school
  • autobiography
  • nonfiction
  • african american
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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 Anne Moody's Coming of Age in Mississippi: The Classic Autobiography of a Young Black Girl in the Rural South

  • 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

7. 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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8. Clouse's Houses - A story of challenge, creativity, and the heart of an architect

By: Carol Clouse

3.97

Format: 190 pages, Paperback

"I am an architect. More significantly I am a female architect - born of an incredibly determined … read more

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9. Queen of the Road: The True Tale of 47 States, 22,000 Miles, 200 Shoes, 2 Cats, 1 Poodle, a Husband, and a Bus with a Will of Its Own

By: None

3.40

Format: None pages,

A pampered Long Island princess hits the road in a converted bus with her wilderness-loving husband… read more

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10. Waiting: The True Confessions of a Waitress

By: Debra Ginsberg

3.64

Format: 288 pages, Paperback

A veteran waitress dishes up a spicy and robust account of life as it really exists behind kitchen … read more

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11. Hypocrite in a Pouffy White Dress: Tales of Growing up Groovy and Clueless

By: Susan Jane Gilman

4.40

Format: 86 pages, Paperback

From the author of "Kiss My Tiara" comes a funny and poignant collection of true stories about wome… read more

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12. But Enough About Me: A Jersey Girl's Unlikely Adventures Among the Absurdly Famous

By: Jancee Dunn

3.79

Format: 288 pages, Hardcover

New Jersey in the 1980s had everything Jancee Dunn wanted: trips down the shore, Bruce Springsteen… read more

Similar categories in Jancee Dunn's But Enough About Me: A Jersey Girl's Unlikely Adventures Among the Absurdly Famous book and Anne Moody's Coming of Age in Mississippi: The Classic Autobiography of a Young Black Girl in the Rural South

  • nonfiction
  • biography
  • memoir

13. Black Market Baby: An Adopted Woman's Journey

By: None

3.67

Format: 220 pages, Paperback

 Half the U.S. population (140 million Americans) have an adoption in their immediate family. Ther… read more

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14. 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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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

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  • 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 Anne Moody's Coming of Age in Mississippi: The Classic Autobiography of a Young Black Girl in the Rural South

  • history
  • biography
  • nonfiction
"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 Anne Moody's Coming of Age in Mississippi: The Classic Autobiography of a Young Black Girl in the Rural South

  • 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. Auspicious Good Fortune: One woman's inspirational journey from Western disillusionment to Eastern spiritual fulfilment

By: Sumangali Morhall

3.98

Format: 246 pages, Paperback

Has your life ever flashed before you? Sumangali Morhall chased everything Western society taught h… read more

Similar categories in Sumangali Morhall's Auspicious Good Fortune: One woman's inspirational journey from Western disillusionment to Eastern spiritual fulfilment book and Anne Moody's Coming of Age in Mississippi: The Classic Autobiography of a Young Black Girl in the Rural South

  • nonfiction
  • memoir
"There have been bleak nights along my way, many of my own making, but life is all the brighter for them now. To the human eye, without the darkness there are no stars."

-Sumangali Morhall, Auspicious Good Fortune: One woman's inspirational journey from Western disillusionment to Eastern spiritual fulfilment

"Meditation is like hearing a voice on the telephone: there might be slight delays if the line is not perfect, but it is otherwise direct and requires no effort other than listening"

-Sumangali Morhall, Auspicious Good Fortune: One woman's inspirational journey from Western disillusionment to Eastern spiritual fulfilment

"When first discovering a night sky, the eyes may pick out a few tiny stars. Waiting and watching reveals thousands, until it seems there is yet more light than empty blackness. So my life has been, a…"

-Sumangali Morhall, Auspicious Good Fortune: One woman's inspirational journey from Western disillusionment to Eastern spiritual fulfilment

"I remembered the taste of good Italian coffee in my London flat, brewed at the expense of time and a good deal of mess, compared to the sort that came out of machines in the office at the press of a …"

-Sumangali Morhall, Auspicious Good Fortune: One woman's inspirational journey from Western disillusionment to Eastern spiritual fulfilment

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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 Anne Moody's Coming of Age in Mississippi: The Classic Autobiography of a Young Black Girl in the Rural South

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

20. 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

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  • 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

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21. The Places Left Unfilled

By: M.C. Cauley

4.09

Format: 374 pages, Paperback

My dressed up corpse and this secret; those were the two things I knew for certain I'd take to my g… read more

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  • nonfiction
  • memoir

7 Top biography books like Coming of Age in Mississippi: The Classic Autobiography of a Young Black Girl in the Rural South by Anne Moody

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3.83

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4.11

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D.G. Torrens

3.66

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Rachel Moran

3.50

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