17 Top biography books like Winning My Wings: A Woman Airforce Service Pilot in World War II by Marion Stegeman Hodgson, Lindy Boggs

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Winning My Wings: A Woman Airforce Service Pilot in World War II

By: Marion Stegeman Hodgson , Lindy Boggs

3.93

Format: 276 pages, Hardcover

One of the first women in the United States to train as a military pilot, the author was part of a …

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1. Reversible Skirt

By: Laura McHale Holland

4.03

Format: 264 pages, Paperback

Laura McHale Holland's world turns upside down when her mother committs suicide, leaving three daug… read more

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  • nonfiction
  • biography
  • memoir
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2. My Life

By: Golda Meir

4.04

Format: 480 pages, Hardcover

My Life is the autobiography of the first female Prime Minister of Israel, Golda Meir. The book is… read more

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  • history
  • nonfiction
  • biography
  • memoir
"One cannot and must not try to erase the past merely because it does not fit the present."

-Golda Meir, My Life

"The British went on fighting like lions against the Germans, the Italians, and the Japanese, but they couldn’t or wouldn’t stand up to the Arabs at all – though much of the Arab world was openly pro-…"

-Golda Meir, My Life

"It has never ceased to astonish me that the Arab states have been so eager to go to war against us. Almost from the very beginning of Zionist settlement until today, they have been consumed by hatred…"

-Golda Meir, My Life

"Come to think of it, I am more than a little tired of hearing about how the Jews ‘stole’ land from Arabs in Palestine. The facts are quite different. A lot of good money changed hands, and a lot of A…"

-Golda Meir, My Life

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3. 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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4. 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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5. Manic: A Memoir

By: Terri Cheney

2.89

Format: None pages,

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  • nonfiction
  • biography
  • memoir
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6. Monique and the Mango Rains: Two Years with a Midwife in Mali

By: John Bidwell , Kris Holloway

5.00

Format: 64 pages, Paperback

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  • nonfiction
  • biography
  • memoir
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7. 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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  • history
  • nonfiction
  • biography
  • memoir
Cover of The Egg and I (Betty MacDonald Memoirs, #1) by Betty MacDonald

8. The Egg and I (Betty MacDonald Memoirs, #1)

By: Betty MacDonald

4.00

Format: 412 pages, Paperback

When Betty MacDonald married a marine and moved to a small chicken farm on the Olympic Peninsula in… read more

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  • nonfiction
  • biography
  • memoir
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9. Haywire

By: Brooke Hayward

4.40

Format: 436 pages, Hardcover

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  • nonfiction
  • biography
  • memoir
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10. Stet: An Editor's Life

By: Diana Athill

4.33

Format: None pages, Paperback

A founding editor of the prestigious publishing house Andre Deutsch, Ltd., Athill takes us on a gui… read more

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  • nonfiction
  • biography
  • memoir

11. The Rules of Inheritance

By: Claire Bidwell Smith

3.70

Format: 336 pages,

Claire Bidwell Smith -- an only child -- was just fourteen years old when both of her parents were … read more

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  • nonfiction
  • biography
  • memoir
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12. 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

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  • 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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13. 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 Garbage Bag Suitcase: A Memoir by Shenandoah Chefalo

14. Garbage Bag Suitcase: A Memoir

By: Shenandoah Chefalo

3.15

Format: None pages, Paperback

Garbage Bag Suitcase is the true story of Shenandoah Chefalo's wholly dysfunctional journey through… read more

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  • nonfiction
  • biography
  • memoir

15. The Seamstress

By: Sara Tuvel Bernstein , Louise Loots Thornton , Marlene Bernstein Samuels

3.75

Format: 304 pages, Paperback

"From its opening pages, in which she recounts her own premature birth, triggered by terrifying rum… read more

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Cover of Time to Be in Earnest: A Fragment of Autobiography by None, P.D. James

16. Time to Be in Earnest: A Fragment of Autobiography

By: None , P.D. James

3.91

Format: 269 pages, Paperback

On the day she turned seventy-seven, internationally acclaimed mystery writer P. D. James embarked … read more

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  • nonfiction
  • biography
  • memoir
"It is interesting how often unintelligent, even stupid, women manage their emotional lives more satisfactorily than do their cleverer sisters."

-None, Time to Be in Earnest: A Fragment of Autobiography

"The past can't now be altered, the future has yet to be lived, and consciously to experience every moment of the present is the only way to gain at least the illusion of immortality."

-None, Time to Be in Earnest: A Fragment of Autobiography

"Even as a child, I had a sense that I was two people; the one who experienced the trauma, the pain, the happiness, and the other who stood aside and watched with a disinterested ironic eye."

-None, Time to Be in Earnest: A Fragment of Autobiography

"There is much that I remember but which is painful to dwell on. I see no need to write about these things. They are over and must be accepted, made sense of and forgiven, afforded no more than their …"

-None, Time to Be in Earnest: A Fragment of Autobiography

Cover of Clouse's Houses - A story of challenge, creativity, and the heart of an architect by Carol Clouse

17. 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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18. Lakota Woman

By: Richard Erdoes , None

3.84

Format: 464 pages,

Mary Brave Bird grew up fatherless in a one-room cabin, without running water or electricity, on th… read more

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19. Winning My Wings: A Woman Airforce Service Pilot in World War II

By: Marion Stegeman Hodgson , Lindy Boggs

3.93

Format: 276 pages, Hardcover

One of the first women in the United States to train as a military pilot, the author was part of a … read more

Similar categories in Marion Stegeman Hodgson's Winning My Wings: A Woman Airforce Service Pilot in World War II book and Marion Stegeman Hodgson's Winning My Wings: A Woman Airforce Service Pilot in World War II

  • history
  • biography
  • memoir
  • military fiction
  • world war ii
  • aviation
  • nonfiction
  • womens

20. And a Voice to Sing With

By: Joan Baez

4.21

Format: None pages,

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21. The Lonely Life

By: Bette Davis

3.95

Format: None pages, Hardcover

The Hollywood legend talks about her four marriages, her leading men, her feud with a well-known co… read more

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22. Finding It: And Satisfying My Hunger for Life without Opening the Fridge

By: Valerie Bertinelli

3.64

Format: None pages,

A humorous and highly personal tale of a continuing search for answers to life's big questions, an … read more

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23. 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

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24. From Manchester to the Arctic

By: Sheena Billett

4.31

Format: 261 pages, ebook

In the challenging but rapidly changing 1970s, Connie Sanders, a broken-hearted nurse, flees to the… read more

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"The first wave of homesickness caught Connie by surprise. She had not heard or felt its approach until it hit her hard, knocking her to the ground."

-Sheena Billett, From Manchester to the Arctic

"As she was putting her boots on Daisy threw a barb over her shoulder that struck Connie right in the middle of her chest. ‘Grow up, Connie! This place is not for faint-hearted romantics!"

-Sheena Billett, From Manchester to the Arctic

"I don’t think I’ll ever forget this day,’ Connie said. ‘I want to soak up every single moment, so that I can remember it when I’m old. Remember that I…we, did this. I want to have stories to tell whe…"

-Sheena Billett, From Manchester to the Arctic

"It was almost 3 a.m. before Connie got into bed. Sipping cocoa in the cold daylight and listening to the silence, only punctuated by the distant barking of dogs, she began to wonder what she had done…"

-Sheena Billett, From Manchester to the Arctic

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25. Taming Flame

By: Therisa Peimer

4.30

Format: 312 pages, Paperback

Flaminius's days of bouncing between beds are snatched away the instant he sets eyes on his perfect… read more

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"Tightening his embrace around his wife and little Theo, he vowed, "I will do everything in my power to continue being worthy of the faith you have in me."

-Therisa Peimer, Taming Flame

"Why do you have such faith in me, Aurelia?" "I've told you a million times that I love you, you make me feel safe and cherished, and you care deeply for our people. Why wouldn't I have faith in you?"

-Therisa Peimer, Taming Flame

"I'm so proud of you I could burst, but in the interest of saving the poor cleaning staff the hassle, I would, instead, like to take you to our room and lick you from stem to stern until you beg me to…"

-Therisa Peimer, Taming Flame

"A virgin," Flaminius smiled deviously. "I'll take her." Instantly, surprised chatter erupted. Mother Guardian held up her hand for silence. "You cannot be serious, Sire." "Oh, but I am," he replied w…"

-Therisa Peimer, Taming Flame

Cover of Pericles and Aspasia: A Story of Ancient Greece by Yvonne Korshak

26. Pericles and Aspasia: A Story of Ancient Greece

By: Yvonne Korshak

4.29

Format: 557 pages, Kindle Edition

STEP ASIDE, ANTONY AND PERICLES AND ASPASIA —THE LOVE STORY THAT SHAPED HISTORY Two lovers cres… read more

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"Temples are for the gods,"

-Yvonne Korshak, Pericles and Aspasia: A Story of Ancient Greece

"Do you know the song Violet Crowned Athens?"

-Yvonne Korshak, Pericles and Aspasia: A Story of Ancient Greece

"The softness, warmth and weight of her breast filled his palm. “I’ve imagined this for weeks,"

-Yvonne Korshak, Pericles and Aspasia: A Story of Ancient Greece

"But  Phidias was better than most men since he made beautiful sculptures. He was even making one of her—well, he called it “Athena,"

-Yvonne Korshak, Pericles and Aspasia: A Story of Ancient Greece

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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  • 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

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
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-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 Go, Gwen, Go: A Family's Journey to Olympic Gold by Nancy Smirl Jorgensen

30. Go, Gwen, Go: A Family's Journey to Olympic Gold

By: Nancy Smirl Jorgensen

3.97

Format: 312 pages, Hardcover

Narrated in alternating voices by mother Nancy and sister Elizabeth, Go, Gwen, A Midwest Family's … read more

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  • nonfiction
  • memoir
Cover of Inside Passage: A Memoir by Keema Waterfield

31. 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

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Transform Your Habits

Reversible Skirt

Laura McHale Holland

4.03

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My Life

Golda Meir

4.04

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Terri Cheney

2.89

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Monique and the Mango Rains: Two Years with a Midwife in Mali

John Bidwell , Kris Holloway

5.00

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Ecology of a Cracker Childhood

Janisse Ray

4.02

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Mayada, Daughter of Iraq: One Woman's Survival Under Saddam Hussein

Jean Sasson

3.00

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Naked in the Promised Land: A Memoir

Lillian Faderman

4.10

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The Country Under My Skin: A Memoir of Love and War

Gioconda Belli , Kristina Cordero

4.00

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