14 Best memoir books like Just Sayin': My Life In Words by Malorie Blackman

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Just Sayin': My Life In Words

By: Malorie Blackman

4.53

Format: 267 pages, Kindle Edition

The long-awaited autobiography of one of the world's greatest children's writers, and an empowering…

"Sometimes, when love has flown or is absent, when life knocks us to the ground and won't let us get back up, hope may be all we have left to cling to."

-Malorie Blackman, Just Sayin': My Life In Words

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1. Crossing the Line

By: Tia Fisher

4.28

Format: 368 pages, Paperback

'Do you feel safe?' A powerful novel exploring how teenagers can be swept up into county lines. … read more

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2. Steady For This

By: Nathanael Lessore

3.90

Format: 320 pages, Paperback

MEET MC GROWLS, WANNABE RAPPER AND STAR OF THE SHOW IN THIS HILARIOUS AND HEARTWARMING TEEN DEBUT. … read more

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3. The Boy Lost in the Maze

By: Joseph Coelho

3.82

Format: 320 pages, Hardcover

In his new verse novel, Joseph Coelho brilliantly blends Greek myth with a 21st century quest. In … read more

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  • audiobook
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4. Safiyyah's War

By: Hiba Noor Khan

4.32

Format: 336 pages, Hardcover

Inspired by the true story of how the Grand Mosque of Paris saved the lives of hundreds of Jews dur… read more

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5. Away With Words

By: Sophie Cameron

3.89

Format: 288 pages, Paperback

Shortlisted for the Yoto Carnegie Medal for Writing 2024 Shortlisted for the UKLA Book Awards 2024… read more

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6. You Think You Know Me

By: Ayaan Mohamud

4.27

Format: 368 pages, Paperback

A stunning debut about finding the strength to speak up against hate and fear, for fans of The Hate… read more

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7. Just Sayin': My Life In Words

By: Malorie Blackman

4.53

Format: 267 pages, Kindle Edition

The long-awaited autobiography of one of the world's greatest children's writers, and an empowering… read more

Similar categories in Malorie Blackman's Just Sayin': My Life In Words book and Malorie Blackman's Just Sayin': My Life In Words

  • biography
  • memoir
  • autobiography
  • nonfiction
  • audiobook
"Sometimes, when love has flown or is absent, when life knocks us to the ground and won't let us get back up, hope may be all we have left to cling to."

-Malorie Blackman, Just Sayin': My Life In Words

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8. Strong Female Character

By: Fern Brady

4.48

Format: 288 pages, Hardcover

A summary of my 1. I'm diagnosed with autism 20 years after telling a doctor I had it. 2. My… read more

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  • biography
  • memoir
  • autobiography
  • nonfiction
  • audiobook
"I was continually over-identifying with fiction to try and find a template for myself and my story (143)"

-Fern Brady, Strong Female Character

"For all her flaws, my mum never raised me with dysfunctional attitudes to food or made me think I was greedy or not thin enough. She was always clear she disliked me for me."

-Fern Brady, Strong Female Character

"It's 2022 as I write this and I'm still waiting to find someone I respect to speak openly and in detail about meltdowns. I'm really annoyed that I have to be the one to do this."

-Fern Brady, Strong Female Character

"It made perfect sense to me that my skin was bursting open in disgusting weeping pustules. The emotions felt volcanic and I'd never been good at communicating that to people in words so now my body w…"

-Fern Brady, Strong Female Character

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9. MILF: Motherhood, Identity, Love and F*ckery

By: Paloma Faith

4.06

Format: 284 pages, Kindle Edition

'The most raw, funny and liberating look at what it is to be a woman.' – FEARNE COTTON'Gritty, funn… read more

Similar categories in Paloma Faith's MILF: Motherhood, Identity, Love and F*ckery book and Malorie Blackman's Just Sayin': My Life In Words

  • autobiography
  • nonfiction
  • biography
  • audiobook
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10. When Shadows Fall

By: Sita Brahmachari

3.70

Format: None pages, Audio CD

A heart-breaking and poignant novel from award-winning author Sita Brahmachari. Kai, Orla and Zak g… read more

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  • audiobook
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11. Straight Outta Crawley: Memoirs of a Distinctly Average Human Being

By: Romesh Ranganathan

3.87

Format: 247 pages, Kindle Edition

At the age of 9, Romesh Ranganathan delivered his first ever stand-up set at a Pontin's holiday cam… read more

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  • biography
  • memoir
  • autobiography
  • nonfiction
  • audiobook
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12. I’m Not as Well as I Thought I Was

By: Ruby Wax

3.76

Format: 256 pages, Hardcover

Checking into a psychiatric institution wasn't exactly on Ruby Wax's agenda for 2022 - writing abou… read more

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  • biography
  • memoir
  • autobiography
  • nonfiction
  • audiobook
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13. Let the Light Pour In

By: Lemn Sissay

3.67

Format: 184 pages, Kindle Edition

THE INSTANT SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLERA NEW STATESMAN BOOK OF THE YEARA SAINSBURY'S MAGAZINE BOOK TO G… read more

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  • nonfiction
  • audiobook
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14. The List

By: Yomi Adegoke

3.05

Format: 336 pages, Hardcover

Ola Olajide, a celebrated journalist at Womxxxn magazine, is set to marry the love of her life in o… read more

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  • audiobook
"...but she refused for love to be something that she endured. Something that took from her and made her smaller."

-Yomi Adegoke, The List

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15. Friendaholic: Confessions of a Friendship Addict

By: Elizabeth Day

3.79

Format: 416 pages, Paperback

FROM THE SUNDAY TIMES BEST SELLING AUTHOR OF HOW TO FAIL‘Bravely revealing.’ Bernardine Evaristo‘Fu… read more

Similar categories in Elizabeth Day's Friendaholic: Confessions of a Friendship Addict book and Malorie Blackman's Just Sayin': My Life In Words

  • autobiography
  • nonfiction
  • memoir
  • audiobook
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16. The Song Walker

By: Zillah Bethell

4.16

Format: None pages, None

"There are three questions that I need to find the answers to: -Where am I? -What am I doing here… read more

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17. Keedie

By: Elle McNicoll

4.69

Format: 270 pages, Paperback

Set in Juniper five years before A Kind of Spark, Keedie is a powerful coming-of-age story that tho… read more

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"I can't stand people who say they're good when they're not."

-Elle McNicoll, Keedie

"I may be forced to mask, but they choose to wear numerous faces."

-Elle McNicoll, Keedie

"You have to be the cartographer of your own heart. Make it into a map."

-Elle McNicoll, Keedie

"She's like the sunflower. She'll find the sun no matter how much darkness other people try to put her in."

-Elle McNicoll, Keedie

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18. Airhead: The Imperfect Art of Making News

By: Emily Maitlis

4.10

Format: 375 pages, Paperback

The things that are said on camera are only part of the story. Behind every interview there is a… read more

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  • biography
  • memoir
  • autobiography
  • nonfiction
  • audiobook
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19. Rising to the Surface

By: Lenny Henry

3.58

Format: 328 pages, Hardcover

The rise and fall and triumphant rise from the ashes of Lenny Henry during the 80s and 90s. 'Mo… read more

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  • biography
  • memoir
  • autobiography
  • nonfiction
  • audiobook
Cover of Getting Better: Life lessons on going under, getting over it, and getting through it by Michael Rosen

20. Getting Better: Life lessons on going under, getting over it, and getting through it

By: Michael Rosen

4.00

Format: 252 pages, Kindle Edition

In our lives, terrible things may happen. Michael Rosen has grieved the loss of a child, lived with… read more

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  • biography
  • memoir
  • autobiography
  • nonfiction
  • audiobook
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21. A Dutiful Boy

By: Mohsin Zaidi

4.57

Format: 288 pages, Paperback

A coming of age memoir about growing up queer in a strict Muslim household. Like Educated with a mo… read more

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  • biography
  • memoir
  • autobiography
  • nonfiction
  • audiobook
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22. Manifesto: On Never Giving Up

By: Bernardine Evaristo

3.98

Format: 198 pages, Hardcover

From the bestselling and Booker Prize-winning author of Girl, Woman, Other, Bernardine Evaristo's m… read more

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  • biography
  • memoir
  • autobiography
  • nonfiction
  • audiobook
"Alle pogingen om cultuur terug te brengen tot opvattingen over authenticiteit kunnen alleen het omgekeerde bewerkstelligen en de onderlinge verbondenheid van onze culturen openbaren."

-Bernardine Evaristo, Manifesto: On Never Giving Up

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23. Home Fires and Spitfires (Wartime Midwives #2)

By: Daisy Styles

4.56

Format: 397 pages, Kindle Edition

It's September 1940 and as bombs fall across the country Britain faces its darkest hour yet.Tucked … read more

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24. I Heard What You Said

By: Jeffrey Boakye

4.41

Format: 384 pages, Hardcover

Before Jeffrey Boakye was a black teacher, he was a black student. Which means he has spent a lifet… read more

Similar categories in Jeffrey Boakye's I Heard What You Said book and Malorie Blackman's Just Sayin': My Life In Words

  • nonfiction
  • memoir
  • audiobook
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25. Believe

By: Leigh-Anne Pinnock

4.14

Format: 348 pages, Kindle Edition

'I found my power when I realized it was within me, within my skin and within my soul. It just nee… read more

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  • biography
  • memoir
  • autobiography
  • nonfiction
  • audiobook
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26. Windrush Child

By: Benjamin Zephaniah

4.15

Format: 208 pages, Paperback

In this heart-stopping adventure, Benjamin Zephaniah shows us what it was like to be a child of the… read more

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27. Is This OK? One Woman's Search for Connection Online

By: Harriet Gibsone

3.45

Format: 304 pages, Hardcover

Music journalist, self-professed creep and former winner of the coveted ‘Fittest Girl in Year 11’ a… read more

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  • nonfiction
  • memoir
  • audiobook
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28. Keisha the Sket

By: Jade LB

3.84

Format: 384 pages, Hardcover

Where were you when Keisha the Sket first broke the internet? Keisha is a girl from the ends, sh… read more

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29. Who Am I, Again?

By: Lenny Henry

3.82

Format: 352 pages, Hardcover

In 1975, a gangly black 16-year-old from Dudley, decked out in floppy bow tie and Frank Spencer ber… read more

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  • biography
  • memoir
  • autobiography
  • nonfiction
  • audiobook
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30. Think Again

By: Jacqueline Wilson

3.90

Format: 344 pages, Kindle Edition

⭐ Whatever happened to beloved Girls series characters Ellie, Magda and Nadine? ⭐They're all grown … read more

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31. One Midnight With You

By: Shari Low

4.56

Format: 300 pages, Kindle Edition

Brand NEW from No1 Million Copy Bestselling Author Shari Low What would you do if you had just twen… read more

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Transform Your Habits

The Boy Lost in the Maze

Joseph Coelho

3.82

Transform Your Habits

Just Sayin': My Life In Words

Malorie Blackman

4.53

Transform Your Habits

Strong Female Character

Fern Brady

4.48

Transform Your Habits

MILF: Motherhood, Identity, Love and F*ckery

Paloma Faith

4.06

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Transform Your Habits

The Final Year

Matt Goodfellow

4.71

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Steady For This

Nathanael Lessore

3.90

Transform Your Habits

Safiyyah's War

Hiba Noor Khan

4.32

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Sophie Cameron

3.89

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