5 best-selling autobiography books like The Bookseller at the End of the World by Ruth Shaw

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The Bookseller at the End of the World

By: Ruth Shaw

4.25

Format: 320 pages, Hardcover

A rich, immersive, funny and heartbreaking memoir of the charming bookseller who runs two tiny book…

"My mother, more than anyone, knew why I lived such a high-risk life. She gave me the freedom to run."

-Ruth Shaw, The Bookseller at the End of the World

If you liked the autobiography plot in The Bookseller at the End of the World by Ruth Shaw , here is a list of 5 books like this:

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1. Pet

By: Catherine Chidgey

4.06

Format: 352 pages, Paperback

Like every other girl in her class, twelve-year-old Justine is drawn to her glamorous, charismatic … read more

Similar categories in Catherine Chidgey's Pet book and Ruth Shaw's The Bookseller at the End of the World

  • contemporary
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2. Remember Me

By: Charity Norman

4.33

Format: 306 pages, Paperback

They never found Leah Parata. Not a boot, not a backpack, not a turquoise beanie. After she left me… read more

Similar categories in Charity Norman's Remember Me book and Ruth Shaw's The Bookseller at the End of the World

  • audiobook
  • contemporary
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3. The Bookseller at the End of the World

By: Ruth Shaw

4.25

Format: 320 pages, Hardcover

A rich, immersive, funny and heartbreaking memoir of the charming bookseller who runs two tiny book… read more

Similar categories in Ruth Shaw's The Bookseller at the End of the World book and Ruth Shaw's The Bookseller at the End of the World

  • biography
  • memoir
  • travel
  • autobiography
  • biography memoir
  • nonfiction
  • contemporary
  • book club
  • books about books
  • audiobook
"My mother, more than anyone, knew why I lived such a high-risk life. She gave me the freedom to run."

-Ruth Shaw, The Bookseller at the End of the World

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4. There’s a Cure for This: A Memoir

By: Emma Espiner

4.31

Format: 202 pages, Kindle Edition

“I don’t know why medicine felt like coming home but, for some reason, it fits. I keep thinking abo… read more

Similar categories in Emma Espiner's There’s a Cure for This: A Memoir book and Ruth Shaw's The Bookseller at the End of the World

  • biography
  • memoir
  • autobiography
  • biography memoir
  • nonfiction
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5. The Dressmaker and the Hidden Soldier

By: Doug Gold

4.03

Format: None pages, Kindle Edition

A prisoner of war's daring escape from a speeding train . . . a Greek resistance heroine's fateful … read more

Similar categories in Doug Gold's The Dressmaker and the Hidden Soldier book and Ruth Shaw's The Bookseller at the End of the World

  • audiobook
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6. Lioness

By: Emily Perkins

3.43

Format: 352 pages, Hardcover

You know how we say we devoured a story, and also that we were consumed by it? Eating and being eat… read more

Similar categories in Emily Perkins's Lioness book and Ruth Shaw's The Bookseller at the End of the World

  • audiobook
  • contemporary
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7. Straight Up

By: Ruby Tui

4.38

Format: 365 pages, Kindle Edition

This is Ruby Tui. An open, raw and honest account of her journey from a troubled and unstable child… read more

Similar categories in Ruby Tui's Straight Up book and Ruth Shaw's The Bookseller at the End of the World

  • biography
  • memoir
  • autobiography
  • biography memoir
  • nonfiction
"True leadership is the opposite of individualism, the opposite of one person standing above the rest. It's an encompassing, inclusive thing. I never liked the top-down way of leading. Even if I've be…"

-Ruby Tui, Straight Up

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8. Everything Is Beautiful and Everything Hurts

By: Josie Shapiro

4.21

Format: 288 pages, Paperback

The stunning debut novel by the winner of the Allen & Unwin Commercial Fiction Prize. If you loved … read more

Similar categories in Josie Shapiro's Everything Is Beautiful and Everything Hurts book and Ruth Shaw's The Bookseller at the End of the World

  • audiobook
  • book club
  • contemporary
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9. Second Chances: Facing My Demons and Finding a Better Me

By: Hayley Holt

4.33

Format: 320 pages, Paperback

A raw and honest story of alcoholism, recovery and courage in the face of loss Hayley Holt grew… read more

Similar categories in Hayley Holt's Second Chances: Facing My Demons and Finding a Better Me book and Ruth Shaw's The Bookseller at the End of the World

  • nonfiction
  • biography
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10. One of Those Mothers

By: Megan Nicol Reed

3.66

Format: 296 pages, Kindle Edition

The residents of Point Heed keep nice houses and sign up as parent help at the local school. Occasi… read more

Similar categories in Megan Nicol Reed's One of Those Mothers book and Ruth Shaw's The Bookseller at the End of the World

  • contemporary
  • audiobook
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11. The Axeman's Carnival

By: Catherine Chidgey

4.37

Format: 350 pages, Paperback

Everywhere, the birds: sparrows and skylarks and thrushes, starlings and bellbirds, fantails and pi… read more

Similar categories in Catherine Chidgey's The Axeman's Carnival book and Ruth Shaw's The Bookseller at the End of the World

  • contemporary
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12. Adventures with Emilie: Taking on Te Araroa trail in 138 life-changing days

By: Victoria Bruce

4.21

Format: 336 pages, Kindle Edition

“I’m here because I want to test the very limits of my own resilience and reassure myself that no m… read more

Similar categories in Victoria Bruce's Adventures with Emilie: Taking on Te Araroa trail in 138 life-changing days book and Ruth Shaw's The Bookseller at the End of the World

  • nonfiction
  • memoir
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13. Grand: Becoming My Mother's Daughter

By: Noelle McCarthy

4.13

Format: 269 pages, Paperback

"I’ll be grand, girl, I’ve great faith." – Mammy, just before she died Funny, charismatic and ge… read more

Similar categories in Noelle McCarthy's Grand: Becoming My Mother's Daughter book and Ruth Shaw's The Bookseller at the End of the World

  • biography
  • memoir
  • autobiography
  • biography memoir
  • nonfiction
  • audiobook
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14. The Bone Tree

By: Airana Ngarewa

3.71

Format: 251 pages, Paperback

After the death of both parents, Kauri and Black must find a way to survive in a world that doesn't… read more

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15. Eddy, Eddy

By: Kate De Goldi

3.96

Format: None pages, Paperback

Eddy, Eddy is a coming of age story, a love story, an earthquake story and a story of finding your … read more

Similar categories in Kate De Goldi's Eddy, Eddy book and Ruth Shaw's The Bookseller at the End of the World

  • book club
  • contemporary
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16. The Boy from Gorge River: From New Zealand's remotest family to the world beyond

By: Chris Long

4.27

Format: 320 pages, Kindle Edition

**The number-one bestseller** The story of how an extraordinary childhood shaped an extraordinary … read more

Similar categories in Chris Long's The Boy from Gorge River: From New Zealand's remotest family to the world beyond book and Ruth Shaw's The Bookseller at the End of the World

  • travel
  • nonfiction
  • biography
  • memoir
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17. The Last Secret Agent

By: Pippa Latour

4.55

Format: None pages, Kindle Edition

The extraordinary untold story of Pippa Latour, who parachuted into occupied France in 1944 as an u… read more

Similar categories in Pippa Latour's The Last Secret Agent book and Ruth Shaw's The Bookseller at the End of the World

  • nonfiction
  • memoir
  • audiobook
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18. Untouchable Girls: The Topp Twins' Story

By: Jools Topp

4.45

Format: 320 pages, Hardcover

The iconic Kiwi duo - comedians, country music stars, yodellers, lesbians - in their own words. … read more

Similar categories in Jools Topp's Untouchable Girls: The Topp Twins' Story book and Ruth Shaw's The Bookseller at the End of the World

  • autobiography
  • nonfiction
  • biography
  • memoir
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19. Dice

By: Claire Baylis

3.86

Format: 375 pages, Paperback

A compelling courtroom drama, Dice is an incredibly timely exploration of how sexual violence is vi… read more

Similar categories in Claire Baylis's Dice book and Ruth Shaw's The Bookseller at the End of the World

  • audiobook
  • contemporary
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20. On Call: Stories from my life as a surgeon, a daughter and a mother

By: Ineke Meredith

4.23

Format: 304 pages, Paperback

Stories of life, death and bravery by a Kiwi female general surgeon. The world of surgery is str… read more

Similar categories in Ineke Meredith's On Call: Stories from my life as a surgeon, a daughter and a mother book and Ruth Shaw's The Bookseller at the End of the World

  • nonfiction
  • biography
  • memoir
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21. Home Truths

By: Charity Norman

4.36

Format: 368 pages, Kindle Edition

Livia Denby is on trial for attempted murder. The jury have reached a verdict. Two years earlier, L… read more

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