14 Top nonfiction books like Coconut by Florence Olajide

Cover of Coconut by Florence Olajide

Coconut

By: Florence Olajide

4.36

Format: 389 pages, Kindle Edition

A generation of Nigerian children were born in Britain in the '50s and '60s, privately fostered by …

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Cover of To the Edge of the Sky: A Story of Love, Betrayal, Suffering, and the Strength of Human Courage by Anhua Gao

1. To the Edge of the Sky: A Story of Love, Betrayal, Suffering, and the Strength of Human Courage

By: Anhua Gao

3.21

Format: 208 pages, Hardcover

To the "Edge of the Sky" is the harrowing account of a remarkable woman's life in communist China-a… read more

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  • biography memoir
  • nonfiction
  • memoir

2. Section 132

By: Helga Zeiner

3.88

Format: 96 pages,

Lillian grows up in an American fundamentalist Mormon sect which still practices polygamy. At thirt… read more

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Cover of Running From The Mirror by Howard Shulman

3. Running From The Mirror

By: Howard Shulman

4.45

Format: 248 pages, Paperback

Just three days after he was born, Howard Shulman contracted an infection that devoured his nose, l… read more

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  • biography memoir
  • nonfiction
  • memoir
"Perhaps my story was never about my face but about the journey to arrive at a place of grace, which was far better than anything I could ever have imagined."

-Howard Shulman, Running From The Mirror

Cover of Tent for Seven: A Camping Adventure Gone South Out West by Marty Ohlhaut

4. Tent for Seven: A Camping Adventure Gone South Out West

By: Marty Ohlhaut

4.41

Format: 250 pages, Paperback

Riveting true story about the power of family and the majesty of the wilderness Marty Ohlhaut lo… read more

Similar categories in Marty Ohlhaut's Tent for Seven: A Camping Adventure Gone South Out West book and Florence Olajide's Coconut

  • biography memoir
  • nonfiction
  • memoir
"Had I known just how memorable our trip was about to be, we never would have left the house."

-Marty Ohlhaut, Tent for Seven: A Camping Adventure Gone South Out West

"It was that melancholy time of afternoon, when spirits seem suspended between the day’s activities and the night’s reminiscence."

-Marty Ohlhaut, Tent for Seven: A Camping Adventure Gone South Out West

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5. Wildflower: A Tale of Transcendence

By: Teresa Van Woy

4.56

Format: 386 pages, Kindle Edition

Abducted by her mentally unstable mother, one girl forages her way to the top. "A gripping account… read more

Similar categories in Teresa Van Woy's Wildflower: A Tale of Transcendence book and Florence Olajide's Coconut

  • nonfiction
  • memoir
Cover of Displaced: A Memoir by Esther Wiebe

6. Displaced: A Memoir

By: Esther Wiebe

4.30

Format: 284 pages, Kindle Edition

Displaced is a gripping true story of a young girl and her young siblings’ escape from a conservat… read more

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  • nonfiction
  • memoir
Cover of Coconut by Florence Olajide

7. Coconut

By: Florence Olajide

4.36

Format: 389 pages, Kindle Edition

A generation of Nigerian children were born in Britain in the '50s and '60s, privately fostered by … read more

Similar categories in Florence Olajide's Coconut book and Florence Olajide's Coconut

  • africa
  • memoir
  • nigeria
  • biography memoir
  • nonfiction
Cover of Married to the Man Who Washed Himself Away: A memoir: The true story of how obsession tore a family apart by Joan Leech

8. Married to the Man Who Washed Himself Away: A memoir: The true story of how obsession tore a family apart

By: Joan Leech

4.27

Format: 164 pages, Kindle Edition

This extraordinary true story will move you to tears and inspire you to never give up. Set in No… read more

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Cover of After All... by Maria Trautman

9. After All...

By: Maria Trautman

4.20

Format: 310 pages, Kindle Edition

She grew up thinking she deserved neglect. Can a young girl escape a loveless home to seize elusive… read more

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  • nonfiction
  • memoir
Cover of In My Mother's Footsteps: A Palestinian Refugee Returns Home by Mona Hajjar Halaby

10. In My Mother's Footsteps: A Palestinian Refugee Returns Home

By: Mona Hajjar Halaby

4.31

Format: 292 pages, Kindle Edition

‘Refugees are like seeds that scatter in the wind, and land in different soils that become their re… read more

Similar categories in Mona Hajjar Halaby's In My Mother's Footsteps: A Palestinian Refugee Returns Home book and Florence Olajide's Coconut

  • biography memoir
  • nonfiction
  • memoir
Cover of Fireball: The true story of a Tennessee plow girl who survived poverty, abuse, and eleven husbands with wit, wisdom, and tenacity. by Julia Walker

11. Fireball: The true story of a Tennessee plow girl who survived poverty, abuse, and eleven husbands with wit, wisdom, and tenacity.

By: Julia Walker

4.35

Format: 245 pages, Kindle Edition

My name is Hazel Lamb…Lindsey, but my momma called me Fireball. I am 84 years old. I only had one y… read more

Similar categories in Julia Walker's Fireball: The true story of a Tennessee plow girl who survived poverty, abuse, and eleven husbands with wit, wisdom, and tenacity. book and Florence Olajide's Coconut

  • memoir
Cover of Damaged: After the coma, after the headlines, the story of a family by Janet Smuga

12. Damaged: After the coma, after the headlines, the story of a family

By: Janet Smuga

4.12

Format: 291 pages, Kindle Edition

Damaged is a story of survivor's guilt coupled with resentment tempered by love. It reveals the cha… read more

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Cover of The Girl at the Back of the Bus by Suzette D. Harrison

13. The Girl at the Back of the Bus

By: Suzette D. Harrison

4.43

Format: 310 pages, Kindle Edition

I watched in awe as Miz Rosa stopped those men on the bus with her clear, calm “no” and I thought a… read more

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Cover of BUTTER SIDE UP, THANK GOD!: A MEMOIR by Tina Wagner Mattern

14. BUTTER SIDE UP, THANK GOD!: A MEMOIR

By: Tina Wagner Mattern

4.36

Format: 493 pages, Kindle Edition

This memoir is the true, no holds barred story of my incredibly blessed, ridiculously messy life. I… read more

Similar categories in Tina Wagner Mattern's BUTTER SIDE UP, THANK GOD!: A MEMOIR book and Florence Olajide's Coconut

  • nonfiction
  • memoir
Cover of Anger Is My Middle Name: A Memoir by Lisbeth Zornig Andersen

15. Anger Is My Middle Name: A Memoir

By: Lisbeth Zornig Andersen

4.12

Format: 231 pages, Kindle Edition

An empowering memoir of resilience and redemption, and the rage that helped a girl escape the darkn… read more

Similar categories in Lisbeth Zornig Andersen's Anger Is My Middle Name: A Memoir book and Florence Olajide's Coconut

  • biography memoir
  • nonfiction
  • memoir
Cover of My Every Breath: A Memoir of Love, Loss, and Hope by Anna Maynard

16. My Every Breath: A Memoir of Love, Loss, and Hope

By: Anna Maynard

4.50

Format: 449 pages, Kindle Edition

The compelling story of a woman's lifelong battle with Cystic Fibrosis and her astonishing resilien… read more

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  • nonfiction
  • memoir
Cover of Rise: A Memoir by Rise Myers

17. Rise: A Memoir

By: Rise Myers

4.22

Format: 313 pages, Kindle Edition

An Ability to Rise Risé was named after the opera star Risë Stevens. It was as if her mother knew t… read more

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  • memoir
Cover of An Only Child and Her Sister by Casey Maxwell Clair

18. An Only Child and Her Sister

By: Casey Maxwell Clair

4.31

Format: 279 pages, Kindle Edition

AN ONLY CHILD AND HER SISTER is a compelling true life story. Two sisters born to the same parents … read more

Similar categories in Casey Maxwell Clair's An Only Child and Her Sister book and Florence Olajide's Coconut

  • nonfiction
  • memoir
Cover of Wrong Family: For Every Secret, There Is A Family by Charisse Dahlke

19. Wrong Family: For Every Secret, There Is A Family

By: Charisse Dahlke

3.61

Format: 210 pages, Kindle Edition

Charisse always felt like she was born into the wrong family and at fourteen finds out that she has… read more

Similar categories in Charisse Dahlke's Wrong Family: For Every Secret, There Is A Family book and Florence Olajide's Coconut

  • nonfiction
  • memoir
Cover of Child Bride by Jennifer Smith Turner

20. Child Bride

By: Jennifer Smith Turner

4.22

Format: 208 pages, Kindle Edition

In the segregated South of the mid-1900s, fourteen-year-old Nell bears witness to a world that embr… read more

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Cover of The Painted Pink Dress: A Daughter’s Story of Family, Betrayal, and Her Search for the Truth by Minu Cash

21. The Painted Pink Dress: A Daughter’s Story of Family, Betrayal, and Her Search for the Truth

By: Minu Cash

4.53

Format: 258 pages, Paperback

A passionate memoir about identity, resilience, and the healing power of forgiveness From her earl… read more

Similar categories in Minu Cash's The Painted Pink Dress: A Daughter’s Story of Family, Betrayal, and Her Search for the Truth book and Florence Olajide's Coconut

  • nonfiction
"What if the real Minu was out there in the world somewhere? And here I was, trapped in this awful life I wasn’t supposed to be living."

-Minu Cash, The Painted Pink Dress: A Daughter’s Story of Family, Betrayal, and Her Search for the Truth

15 Best memoir books like Coconut by Florence Olajide

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Anhua Gao

3.21

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Running From The Mirror

Howard Shulman

4.45

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Tent for Seven: A Camping Adventure Gone South Out West

Marty Ohlhaut

4.41

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Wildflower: A Tale of Transcendence

Teresa Van Woy

4.56

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Pearl: Lost Girl of White Oak Mountain

Bill Yates

3.61

Transform Your Habits

Wildflower: A Tale of Transcendence

Teresa Van Woy

4.56

Transform Your Habits

Displaced: A Memoir

Esther Wiebe

4.30

Transform Your Habits

Can I Come HOME Now?: A True Story of Childhood Trauma

Barbara Godin

4.36

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