If you liked the biography plot in Mao's Last Dancer by Li Cunxin , here is a list of 7 books like this:
1. April Fool's Day
By: Bryce Courtenay
4.21
Format: 673 pages, Hardcover
In the end, love is more important than everything and it will conquer and overcome anything. Or th… read more
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- autobiography
- nonfiction
- biography
- memoir
2. A Fortunate Life
By: Albert B. Facey , A.B. Facey
4.23
Format: 331 pages, Paperback
This is the extraordinary life of an ordinary man. It is the story of Albert Facey, who lived with … read more
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- history
- biography
- memoir
- autobiography
- nonfiction
3. Falling Leaves
By: Adeline Yen Mah
3.90
Format: 278 pages, Paperback
Born in 1937 in a port city a thousand miles north of Shanghai, Adeline Yen Mah was the youngest ch… read more
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- history
- biography
- memoir
- asia
- autobiography
- nonfiction
- china
"No matter what else people may steal from you, they will never be able to take away your knowledge."-Adeline Yen Mah, Falling Leaves
"I knew that I was the least-loved child because I was a girl and because my mother had died giving birth to me."-Adeline Yen Mah, Falling Leaves
"At the age of three my grand aunt proclaimed her independence by categorically refusing to have her feet bound, resolutely tearing off the bandages as fast as they were applied."-Adeline Yen Mah, Falling Leaves
"Alcenith Crawford (a divorced ophthalmologist): "We women doctors have un-happy marriages because in our minds we are the superstars of our families. Having survived the hardship of medical school we…"-Adeline Yen Mah, Falling Leaves
4. Unmasked
By: Turia Pitt
4.05
Format: 144 pages,
Whether via the numerous media reports, 60 Minutesspecials, Women's Weeklycover stories or her firs… read more
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- autobiography
- nonfiction
- biography
- memoir
5. Straight Talking
By: Jane Green
4.12
Format: 204 pages, Paperback
Meet Tasha--single and still searching. A producer for Britain's most popular morning show working … read more
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6. Chinese Cinderella and the Secret Dragon Society
By: Adeline Yen Mah
4.16
Format: None pages, Paperback
The future belongs to you. Should anyone insult you, tell yourself this: I am a child of destiny wh… read more
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- china
Similar categories in Li Cunxin's Mao's Last Dancer book and Li Cunxin's Mao's Last Dancer
- history
- biography
- memoir
- asia
- autobiography
- nonfiction
- china
8. The Happiest Refugee: A Memoir
By: Anh Do
3.56
Format: None pages, Paperback
Anh Do nearly didn't make it to Australia. His entire family came close to losing their lives on th… read more
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9. Chinese Cinderella: The True Story of an Unwanted Daughter
By: Adeline Yen Mah
3.87
Format: 268 pages,
A riveting memoir of a girl's painful coming-of-age in a wealthy Chinese family during the 1940s. A… read more
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10. Looking for Alibrandi
By: Melina Marchetta
3.49
Format: 465 pages, Paperback
For as long as Josephine Alibrandi can remember, it's just been her, her mom, and her grandmother. … read more
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11. The Power of One (The Power of One, #1)
By: Bryce Courtenay
3.75
Format: 320 pages, Paperback
No stranger to the injustice of racial hatred, five-year-old Peekay learns the hard way the first s… read more
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12. Cloudstreet
By: Tim Winton
3.93
Format: 512 pages,
Hailed as a classic, Tim Winton's masterful family saga is both a paean to working-class Australian… read more
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13. Goddess of Legend (Goddess Summoning, #7)
By: P.C. Cast
4.00
Format: None pages,
Saved from a car accident by the Water Goddess, photojournalist Isabel visits the time of King Arth… read more
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14. Wild Swans: Three Daughters of China
By: Jung Chang
3.68
Format: 113 pages,
The story of three generations in twentieth-century China that blends the intimacy of memoir and th… read more
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15. Eleanor Roosevelt, Vol 1, 1884-1933
By: Blanche Wiesen Cook
3.88
Format: None pages,
Celebrated by feminists, historians, politicians & reviewers everywhere, Blanche Wiesen Cook's Elea… read more
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16. FDR Unmasked: 73 Years of Medical Cover-ups That Rewrote History
By: Steven Lomazow
4.33
Format: 316 pages, Paperback
THE HIDDEN ILLNESSES THAT SHAPED FDR’S LIFE AND CHANGED THE COURSE OF HISTORY Conventional wisdo… read more
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"Researching this book has been a voyage of discovery and it is a privilege to present an unexpurgated medical biography of the most consequential American of the twentieth century."-Steven Lomazow, FDR Unmasked: 73 Years of Medical Cover-ups That Rewrote History
"Another new and groundbreaking story in FDR Unmasked is about his highly consequential friendship with Vincent Astor, the closest with any man in his adult life. To truly understand the “real"-Steven Lomazow, FDR Unmasked: 73 Years of Medical Cover-ups That Rewrote History
"FDR Unmasked chronicles Franklin Delano Roosevelt’s life from a physician’s perspective. It tells a harrowing story of heroic achievement by a great leader determined to impart his vision of freedom …"-Steven Lomazow, FDR Unmasked: 73 Years of Medical Cover-ups That Rewrote History
"FDR Unmasked is first to present convincing evidence of Roosevelt’s battle with prostate cancer, underpinned by FBI memoranda and reliable firsthand information from multiple physicians - even a shoc…"-Steven Lomazow, FDR Unmasked: 73 Years of Medical Cover-ups That Rewrote History
17. Dear Barack: The Extraordinary Partnership of Barack Obama and Angela Merkel
By: Claudia Clark
4.28
Format: 350 pages, Paperback
One of the great political friendships of the modern world, as told through key moments that shaped… read more
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- history
- biography
- nonfiction
"As she had done when she introduced the US president in Berlin, she addressed him publicly with the informal du for the first time since the NSA controversy in 2013."-Claudia Clark, Dear Barack: The Extraordinary Partnership of Barack Obama and Angela Merkel
"Let me make two remarks. First I concentrate on the task ahead for 2016. I’m quite busy with that—thank you very much. And I’m looking with great interest in the American election campaign.’ For the …"-Claudia Clark, Dear Barack: The Extraordinary Partnership of Barack Obama and Angela Merkel
"Obama’s next words captured the attention of the world and the amusement of those present. As he wagged his finger at the crowd, he scolded, ‘So stop it, all of you. I know you have to find something…"-Claudia Clark, Dear Barack: The Extraordinary Partnership of Barack Obama and Angela Merkel
"In her usual manner, Merkel spoke in German. It is worth pointing out, however, that before the translator had an opportunity to convert her statements to English, Obama gave the chancellor and the p…"-Claudia Clark, Dear Barack: The Extraordinary Partnership of Barack Obama and Angela Merkel
18. Boy Swallows Universe
By: Trent Dalton
4.34
Format: 474 pages, Paperback
A novel of love, crime, magic, fate and coming of age, set in Brisbane's violent working class subu… read more
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"Don't fuckin' swear."-Trent Dalton, Boy Swallows Universe
"Stay sweet, Eli Bell."-Trent Dalton, Boy Swallows Universe
"Most things people say don't need to be said."-Trent Dalton, Boy Swallows Universe
"To burn this house down or set the world on fire. Up to you, Eli."-Trent Dalton, Boy Swallows Universe
19. Korea: A New History of South and North
By: Victor Cha
4.20
Format: 288 pages, Hardcover
A major new history of North and South Korea, from the late nineteenth century to the present day … read more
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- asia
- nonfiction
- history
20. Shrimp to Whale: South Korea from the Forgotten War to K-Pop
By: Ramon Pacheco Pardo
4.30
Format: 280 pages, Hardcover
South Korea has the most remarkable of histories. Born from the ashes of colonialism, partition and… read more
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- asia
- nonfiction
- history
21. Mary’s Last Dance
By: Mary Li
4.11
Format: 480 pages, Paperback
The highly anticipated memoir of Australian ballerina Mary Li - and the long-awaited sequel to her … read more
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- autobiography
- nonfiction
- biography
- memoir
