16 must-read memoir books like Call You When I Land by Nikki Vargas

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Call You When I Land

By: Nikki Vargas

3.23

Format: 288 pages, Paperback

Call You When I Land is a soul-stirring memoir from Colombian immigrant and Fodor’s Travel Senior E…

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1. Grief Is for People

By: Sloane Crosley

3.91

Format: 208 pages, Hardcover

Following the death of her closest friend, Sloane Crosley explores multiple kinds of loss in this d… read more

Similar categories in Sloane Crosley's Grief Is for People book and Nikki Vargas's Call You When I Land

  • biography
  • memoir
  • biography memoir
  • nonfiction
  • audiobook
"Grief is for people, not things."

-Sloane Crosley, Grief Is for People

"Suicide is a tax on human consciousness."

-Sloane Crosley, Grief Is for People

"How will he know you loved him," she asks, "unless you try to destroy yourself?"

-Sloane Crosley, Grief Is for People

"Pictures should be of what you see, not of what the world sees when it sees you."

-Sloane Crosley, Grief Is for People

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2. Class: A Memoir of Motherhood, Hunger, and Higher Education

By: Stephanie Land

3.62

Format: 285 pages, Hardcover

From the New York Times bestselling author who inspired the hit Netflix series about a struggling m… read more

Similar categories in Stephanie Land's Class: A Memoir of Motherhood, Hunger, and Higher Education book and Nikki Vargas's Call You When I Land

  • biography
  • memoir
  • biography memoir
  • nonfiction
  • adult
  • audiobook
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3. Welcome Home, Stranger

By: Kate Christensen

3.44

Format: 224 pages, Hardcover

From the PEN-Faulkner Award-winning author of The Great Man comes a novel about grief, love, growin… read more

Similar categories in Kate Christensen's Welcome Home, Stranger book and Nikki Vargas's Call You When I Land

  • adult
  • audiobook
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4. Gator Country: Deception, Danger, and Alligators in the Everglades

By: Rebecca Renner

3.81

Format: 288 pages, Hardcover

David Grann meets Susan Orlean in this page-turning true story of an underground operation into the… read more

Similar categories in Rebecca Renner's Gator Country: Deception, Danger, and Alligators in the Everglades book and Nikki Vargas's Call You When I Land

  • nonfiction
  • memoir
  • audiobook
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5. Call You When I Land

By: Nikki Vargas

3.23

Format: 288 pages, Paperback

Call You When I Land is a soul-stirring memoir from Colombian immigrant and Fodor’s Travel Senior E… read more

Similar categories in Nikki Vargas's Call You When I Land book and Nikki Vargas's Call You When I Land

  • romance
  • biography
  • memoir
  • travel
  • biography memoir
  • nonfiction
  • womens
  • adult
  • audiobook
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6. The Wives: A Memoir

By: Simone Gorrindo

3.79

Format: 416 pages, Hardcover

A captivating memoir that tells the story of one woman’s experience of joining a community of army … read more

Similar categories in Simone Gorrindo's The Wives: A Memoir book and Nikki Vargas's Call You When I Land

  • biography
  • memoir
  • biography memoir
  • nonfiction
  • audiobook
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7. Between Two Trailers

By: J. Dana Trent

3.65

Format: 256 pages, Hardcover

An unforgettable memoir about a girl who escapes her childhood as a preschool drug dealer to earn a… read more

Similar categories in J. Dana Trent's Between Two Trailers book and Nikki Vargas's Call You When I Land

  • biography
  • memoir
  • biography memoir
  • nonfiction
  • adult
  • audiobook
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8. Airplane Mode: An Irreverent History of Travel

By: Shahnaz Habib

3.89

Format: 288 pages, Hardcover

A playful personal and cultural history of travel from a postcolonial, person-of-color perspective,… read more

Similar categories in Shahnaz Habib's Airplane Mode: An Irreverent History of Travel book and Nikki Vargas's Call You When I Land

  • memoir
  • travel
  • biography memoir
  • nonfiction
  • adult
  • audiobook
"I don't know if this should be considered a hobby or a disorder, but going for a walk is my idea of a marvelous time."

-Shahnaz Habib, Airplane Mode: An Irreverent History of Travel

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9. Legacy: A Black Physician Reckons with Racism in Medicine

By: Uché Blackstock

4.46

Format: 304 pages, Kindle Edition

“Legacy is an illuminating and stirring journey of a book.” —Ibram X. Kendi, #1 New York Times- bes… read more

Similar categories in Uché Blackstock's Legacy: A Black Physician Reckons with Racism in Medicine book and Nikki Vargas's Call You When I Land

  • nonfiction
  • biography
  • memoir
  • audiobook
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10. My Side of the River

By: Elizabeth Camarillo Gutierrez

3.78

Format: 272 pages, Hardcover

Elizabeth Camarillo Gutierrez reveals her experience as the U.S. born daughter of immigrants and wh… read more

Similar categories in Elizabeth Camarillo Gutierrez's My Side of the River book and Nikki Vargas's Call You When I Land

  • biography
  • memoir
  • biography memoir
  • nonfiction
  • audiobook
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11. The Storm We Made

By: Vanessa Chan

3.87

Format: 339 pages, Hardcover

Alternate cover edition of ISBN 9781668015148. A novel about a Malayan mother who becomes an unl… read more

Similar categories in Vanessa Chan's The Storm We Made book and Nikki Vargas's Call You When I Land

  • adult
  • audiobook
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12. The Divorcées

By: Rowan Beaird

3.15

Format: 272 pages, Hardcover

Lois Saunders thought marrying the right man would cure her loneliness, but as picture-perfect as h… read more

Similar categories in Rowan Beaird's The Divorcées book and Nikki Vargas's Call You When I Land

  • adult
  • audiobook
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13. Sandwich

By: Catherine Newman

3.75

Format: 229 pages, Hardcover

From the beloved author of We All Want Impossible Things, a moving, hilarious story of a family sum… read more

Similar categories in Catherine Newman's Sandwich book and Nikki Vargas's Call You When I Land

  • adult
  • audiobook
"What does loss look like, in your body? Where is it? It feels like an air bubble stuck in your psyche. It feels like peering down into a deep hole. The vertigo of that. The potential for obliteration…"

-Catherine Newman, Sandwich

"We're just ruined by sex, women---our bodies, our psyches. We're sexually assaulted every five minutes. We're infected with everything. Traumatized by conceiving, by not conceiving. But let's keep at…"

-Catherine Newman, Sandwich

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14. You Deserve Good Gelato (Dk Eyewitness)

By: Kacie Rose

3.87

Format: 272 pages, Paperback

In her inimitably funny and feel-good way, social media star Kacie Rose offers a refreshingly hones… read more

Similar categories in Kacie Rose's You Deserve Good Gelato (Dk Eyewitness) book and Nikki Vargas's Call You When I Land

  • biography
  • memoir
  • travel
  • biography memoir
  • nonfiction
  • adult
  • audiobook
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15. Did I Ever Tell You?

By: Genevieve Kingston

4.34

Format: 288 pages, Hardcover

Based on her "Modern Love" piece ("She Put Her Unspent Love in a Cardboard Box"), this extraordinar… read more

Similar categories in Genevieve Kingston's Did I Ever Tell You? book and Nikki Vargas's Call You When I Land

  • biography
  • memoir
  • biography memoir
  • nonfiction
  • adult
  • audiobook
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16. America the Beautiful?: One Woman in a Borrowed Prius on the Road Most Traveled

By: Blythe Roberson

3.76

Format: 304 pages, Paperback

For writer and comedian Blythe Roberson, there are only so many Mary Oliver poems you can read abou… read more

Similar categories in Blythe Roberson's America the Beautiful?: One Woman in a Borrowed Prius on the Road Most Traveled book and Nikki Vargas's Call You When I Land

  • memoir
  • travel
  • biography memoir
  • nonfiction
  • audiobook
"It sometimes feels like men feel the need to assert their dominance over nature. Rich white men, who have no problems, climb mountains to see what having problems feels like."

-Blythe Roberson, America the Beautiful?: One Woman in a Borrowed Prius on the Road Most Traveled

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17. Njuta: Enjoy, Delight In: The Swedish Art of Savoring the Moment

By: Niki Brantmark

3.57

Format: 213 pages, Kindle Edition

Do you aspire to live a more peaceful, intentional life of mindfulness, positivity, and gratitude? … read more

Similar categories in Niki Brantmark's Njuta: Enjoy, Delight In: The Swedish Art of Savoring the Moment book and Nikki Vargas's Call You When I Land

  • nonfiction
  • audiobook
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18. The End of the World is a Cul de Sac

By: Louise Kennedy

3.75

Format: 304 pages, Hardcover

In The End of the World is a Cul de Sac the political is intertwined with the personal, as Louise K… read more

Similar categories in Louise Kennedy's The End of the World is a Cul de Sac book and Nikki Vargas's Call You When I Land

  • adult
  • audiobook
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19. Flores and Miss Paula

By: Melissa Rivero

3.34

Format: 272 pages, Hardcover

A wry, tender novel about a Peruvian immigrant mother and a millennial daughter who have one final … read more

Similar categories in Melissa Rivero's Flores and Miss Paula book and Nikki Vargas's Call You When I Land

  • womens
  • adult
  • audiobook
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20. Familia

By: Lauren E. Rico

4.10

Format: 320 pages, Paperback

What if your most basic beliefs about your life were suddenly revealed to be a lie? In this compell… read more

Similar categories in Lauren E. Rico's Familia book and Nikki Vargas's Call You When I Land

  • adult
  • audiobook
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21. The Other Mothers

By: Katherine Faulkner

3.84

Format: 384 pages, Hardcover

When a young nanny is found dead in mysterious circumstances, new mom, Tash, is intrigued. She has … read more

Similar categories in Katherine Faulkner's The Other Mothers book and Nikki Vargas's Call You When I Land

  • adult
  • audiobook
Cover of Mother, Nature: A 5,000-Mile Journey to Discover if a Mother and Son Can Survive Their Differences by Jedidiah Jenkins

22. Mother, Nature: A 5,000-Mile Journey to Discover if a Mother and Son Can Survive Their Differences

By: Jedidiah Jenkins

4.03

Format: 221 pages, Hardcover

When his mother, Barbara, turns seventy, Jedidiah Jenkins is reminded of a sobering fact: Our pare… read more

Similar categories in Jedidiah Jenkins's Mother, Nature: A 5,000-Mile Journey to Discover if a Mother and Son Can Survive Their Differences book and Nikki Vargas's Call You When I Land

  • biography
  • memoir
  • travel
  • biography memoir
  • nonfiction
  • audiobook
"In my midthirties, I realized that my parents would die soon. Not like a terminal illness. I just mean in the flow of time. It hit me hardest when my mother turned seventy. I did a quick bit of math.…"

-Jedidiah Jenkins, Mother, Nature: A 5,000-Mile Journey to Discover if a Mother and Son Can Survive Their Differences

"I wondered about my friendship with my mom. Is it friendship? How can it be? Friendship is chosen. Friendship is discovered. But a mother and a son have a bond that is necessary. If the son exists, t…"

-Jedidiah Jenkins, Mother, Nature: A 5,000-Mile Journey to Discover if a Mother and Son Can Survive Their Differences

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23. Again and Again

By: Jonathan Evison

3.75

Format: 332 pages, Kindle Edition

From one of America’s greatest, most creative novelists comes Again and Again , a poignant and endl… read more

Similar categories in Jonathan Evison's Again and Again book and Nikki Vargas's Call You When I Land

  • adult
  • audiobook
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24. A Great Country

By: Shilpi Somaya Gowda

3.92

Format: 256 pages, Hardcover

From the New York Times bestselling author, a novel in the tradition of Celeste Ng's Little Fires E… read more

Similar categories in Shilpi Somaya Gowda's A Great Country book and Nikki Vargas's Call You When I Land

  • adult
  • audiobook
Cover of Legitimate Kid: A Memoir by Aida Rodríguez

25. Legitimate Kid: A Memoir

By: Aida Rodríguez

3.70

Format: 256 pages, Hardcover

A poignant and moving memoir-in-essays from stand-up comedian Aida Rodriguez on the power of overco… read more

Similar categories in Aida Rodríguez's Legitimate Kid: A Memoir book and Nikki Vargas's Call You When I Land

  • biography memoir
  • nonfiction
  • memoir
  • audiobook
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26. Flirting with Disaster: True Travel Tales of Fear, Failure, and Faith

By: Angie Orth

4.38

Format: 320 pages, Hardcover

Join travel blogger Angie Orth on a journey of self-discovery as she empowers readers to buck expec… read more

Similar categories in Angie Orth's Flirting with Disaster: True Travel Tales of Fear, Failure, and Faith book and Nikki Vargas's Call You When I Land

  • travel
  • memoir
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27. Big in Sweden

By: Sally Franson

3.27

Format: 320 pages, Hardcover

A charming, wise, and laugh-out-loud funny novel following an American woman competing on a Swedish… read more

Similar categories in Sally Franson's Big in Sweden book and Nikki Vargas's Call You When I Land

  • romance
  • adult
  • travel
  • audiobook
Cover of 12 Trips in 12 Months: Make Your Own Solo Travel Magic by Jen Ruiz

28. 12 Trips in 12 Months: Make Your Own Solo Travel Magic

By: Jen Ruiz

3.46

Format: 210 pages, Paperback

Bestselling author Jen Ruiz takes readers on a trip around the globe in 12 Trips in 12 Months, defy… read more

Similar categories in Jen Ruiz's 12 Trips in 12 Months: Make Your Own Solo Travel Magic book and Nikki Vargas's Call You When I Land

  • travel
  • nonfiction
  • memoir
  • audiobook
"Take only photographs and leave only footsteps"

-Jen Ruiz, 12 Trips in 12 Months: Make Your Own Solo Travel Magic

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29. Wander Woman

By: Beth Santos

4.11

Format: 304 pages, Paperback

Achieve your solo female travel dreams with this empowering guide for women who want to see the wor… read more

Similar categories in Beth Santos's Wander Woman book and Nikki Vargas's Call You When I Land

  • travel
  • nonfiction
Cover of Health for All: A Doctor's Prescription for a Healthier Canada by Jane Philpott

30. Health for All: A Doctor's Prescription for a Healthier Canada

By: Jane Philpott

4.35

Format: 295 pages, Kindle Edition

An Instant #1 National Bestseller • From one of Canada's most respected and high-profile health pro… read more

Similar categories in Jane Philpott's Health for All: A Doctor's Prescription for a Healthier Canada book and Nikki Vargas's Call You When I Land

  • nonfiction
Cover of The One-Way Ticket Plan: Find and Fund Your Purpose While Traveling the World by Alexa West

31. The One-Way Ticket Plan: Find and Fund Your Purpose While Traveling the World

By: Alexa West

4.55

Format: 328 pages, Paperback

In 2011, Alexa West sat on her bedroom floor, packed her life into a backpack, and got on a one-way… read more

Similar categories in Alexa West's The One-Way Ticket Plan: Find and Fund Your Purpose While Traveling the World book and Nikki Vargas's Call You When I Land

  • travel
  • nonfiction

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3.44

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3.23

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4.03

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Rachel Khong

4.04

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