10 Best biography memoir books like Becoming by Michelle Obama

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Becoming

By: Michelle Obama

4.45

Format: 426 pages, Hardcover

In a life filled with meaning and accomplishment, Michelle Obama has emerged as one of the most ico…

"When they go low, we go high"

-Michelle Obama, Becoming

"Grief and resilience live together."

-Michelle Obama, Becoming

"I've learned that it's harder to hate up close."

-Michelle Obama, Becoming

"At fifty-four, I am still in progress, and I hope that I always will be."

-Michelle Obama, Becoming

If you liked the biography memoir plot in Becoming by Michelle Obama , here is a list of 10 books like this:

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1. Born a Crime: Stories From a South African Childhood

By: Trevor Noah

4.49

Format: 289 pages, Hardcover

The memoir of one man’s coming-of-age, set during the twilight of apartheid and the tumultuous days… read more

Similar categories in Trevor Noah's Born a Crime: Stories From a South African Childhood book and Michelle Obama's Becoming

  • biography
  • memoir
  • autobiography
  • biography memoir
  • nonfiction
  • audiobook
"You didn’t know your dog was deaf?"

-Trevor Noah, Born a Crime: Stories From a South African Childhood

"Don't fight the system, mock the system"

-Trevor Noah, Born a Crime: Stories From a South African Childhood

"Don't fight the system. Mock the system."

-Trevor Noah, Born a Crime: Stories From a South African Childhood

"Relationships are built in the silences."

-Trevor Noah, Born a Crime: Stories From a South African Childhood

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2. Unbroken: A World War II Story of Survival, Resilience and Redemption

By: Laura Hillenbrand

4.38

Format: 475 pages, Hardcover

On a May afternoon in 1943, an Army Air Forces bomber crashed into the Pacific Ocean and disappeare… read more

Similar categories in Laura Hillenbrand's Unbroken: A World War II Story of Survival, Resilience and Redemption book and Michelle Obama's Becoming

  • biography
  • history
  • memoir
  • biography memoir
  • nonfiction
  • audiobook
"Without dignity, identity is erased."

-Laura Hillenbrand, Unbroken: A World War II Story of Survival, Resilience and Redemption

"A lifetime of glory is worth a moment of pain."

-Laura Hillenbrand, Unbroken: A World War II Story of Survival, Resilience and Redemption

"Dignity is as essential to human life as water, food, and oxygen."

-Laura Hillenbrand, Unbroken: A World War II Story of Survival, Resilience and Redemption

"I just thought I was empty and now I'm being filled...and I just wanted to keep being filled."

-Laura Hillenbrand, Unbroken: A World War II Story of Survival, Resilience and Redemption

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3. The Subtle Art of Not Giving a F*ck: A Counterintuitive Approach to Living a Good Life

By: Mark Manson , None

3.88

Format: 212 pages, Paperback

Alternate cover edition of ISBN 9780062457738 In this generation-defining self-help guide, a sup… read more

Similar categories in Mark Manson's The Subtle Art of Not Giving a F*ck: A Counterintuitive Approach to Living a Good Life book and Michelle Obama's Becoming

  • nonfiction
  • audiobook
"Being wrong opens us up to the possibility of change. Being wrong brings the opportunity for growth."

-Mark Manson, The Subtle Art of Not Giving a F*ck: A Counterintuitive Approach to Living a Good Life

"Wanting positive experience is a negative experience; accepting negative experience is a positive experience."

-Mark Manson, The Subtle Art of Not Giving a F*ck: A Counterintuitive Approach to Living a Good Life

"Life is essentially an endless series of problems. The solution to one problem is merely the creation of another."

-Mark Manson, The Subtle Art of Not Giving a F*ck: A Counterintuitive Approach to Living a Good Life

"People get addicted to feeling offended all the time because it gives them a high; being self-righteous and morally superior feels good."

-Mark Manson, The Subtle Art of Not Giving a F*ck: A Counterintuitive Approach to Living a Good Life

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4. Elon Musk: Tesla, SpaceX, and the Quest for a Fantastic Future

By: Ashlee Vance

3.87

Format: 54 pages, Hardcover

In Elon Musk: Tesla, SpaceX, and the Quest for a Fantastic Future, veteran technology journalist As… read more

Similar categories in Ashlee Vance's Elon Musk: Tesla, SpaceX, and the Quest for a Fantastic Future book and Michelle Obama's Becoming

  • biography memoir
  • biography
  • nonfiction
  • audiobook
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5. Yes Please

By: Amy Poehler

4.11

Format: None pages, Hardcover

In Amy Poehler's highly anticipated first book, Yes Please, she offers up a big juicy stew of perso… read more

Similar categories in Amy Poehler's Yes Please book and Michelle Obama's Becoming

  • biography
  • memoir
  • autobiography
  • nonfiction
  • audiobook
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6. Steve Jobs

By: Walter Isaacson

4.00

Format: None pages, Hardcover

From best-selling author Walter Isaacson comes the landmark biography of Apple co-founder Steve Job… read more

Similar categories in Walter Isaacson's Steve Jobs book and Michelle Obama's Becoming

  • history
  • biography
  • biography memoir
  • nonfiction
  • audiobook
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7. The Autobiography of Malcolm X

By: Alex Haley , Malcolm X

4.36

Format: 466 pages, Mass Market Paperback

Alternate cover for ISBN 9780345350688 Through a life of passion and struggle, Malcolm X became … read more

Similar categories in Alex Haley's The Autobiography of Malcolm X book and Michelle Obama's Becoming

  • biography
  • history
  • memoir
  • autobiography
  • biography memoir
  • nonfiction
"We all like chicken"

-Alex Haley, The Autobiography of Malcolm X

"كانت حياتي سلسة من التحولات"

-Alex Haley, The Autobiography of Malcolm X

"لا يدرك الناس أن كتابا واحدا قد يغير حياة انسان"

-Alex Haley, The Autobiography of Malcolm X

"I Used the Word 'Negro' and I was Firmly Corrected"

-Alex Haley, The Autobiography of Malcolm X

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8. Bossypants

By: Tina Fey

2.74

Format: None pages, Kindle Edition

Before Liz Lemon, before "Weekend Update," before "Sarah Palin," Tina Fey was just a young girl wit… read more

Similar categories in Tina Fey's Bossypants book and Michelle Obama's Becoming

  • biography
  • memoir
  • autobiography
  • nonfiction
  • audiobook
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9. The Help

By: Kathryn Stockett

3.37

Format: 120 pages, Hardcover

Be prepared to meet three unforgettable women: Twenty-two-year-old Skeeter has just returned home a… read more

Similar categories in Kathryn Stockett's The Help book and Michelle Obama's Becoming

  • adult
  • audiobook

10. Dreams from My Father: A Story of Race and Inheritance

By: Barack Obama

3.93

Format: 192 pages, Paperback

Nine years before the Senate campaign that made him one of the most influential and compelling voic… read more

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11. To Kill a Mockingbird

By: Harper Lee

3.95

Format: 145 pages, Paperback

The unforgettable novel of a childhood in a sleepy Southern town and the crisis of conscience that … read more

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12. Eat, Pray, Love

By: Elizabeth Gilbert

4.14

Format: None pages,

A celebrated writer's irresistible, candid, and eloquent account of her pursuit of worldly pleasure… read more

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13. Wild: From Lost to Found on the Pacific Crest Trail

By: Cheryl Strayed

3.84

Format: 223 pages, Hardcover

At twenty-two, Cheryl Strayed thought she had lost everything. In the wake of her mother's death, h… read more

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14. I Am Malala: The Story of the Girl Who Stood Up for Education and Was Shot by the Taliban

By: Malala Yousafzai , Christina Lamb

3.37

Format: None pages, Hardcover

I come from a country that was created at midnight. When I almost died it was just after midday. Wh… read more

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15. The Audacity of Hope: Thoughts on Reclaiming the American Dream

By: Barack Obama

3.68

Format: 290 pages, Hardcover

The Audacity of Hopeis Barack Obama's call for a new kind of politics--a politics that builds upon … read more

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16. The Diary of a Young Girl

By: Anne Frank , Eleanor Roosevelt , None

4.19

Format: 283 pages, Mass Market Paperback

Discovered in the attic in which she spent the last years of her life, Anne Frank’s remarkable diar… read more

Similar categories in Anne Frank's The Diary of a Young Girl book and Michelle Obama's Becoming

  • autobiography
  • nonfiction
  • biography
  • memoir
"Misfortunes never come singly."

-Anne Frank, The Diary of a Young Girl

"Paper is more patient than man."

-Anne Frank, The Diary of a Young Girl

"A quiet conscience makes one strong!"

-Anne Frank, The Diary of a Young Girl

"Whoever is happy will make others happy."

-Anne Frank, The Diary of a Young Girl

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17. Counting the Cost

By: Jill Duggar

4.06

Format: 287 pages, Kindle Edition

For the first time, discover the unedited truth about the Duggars, the traditional Christian family… read more

Similar categories in Jill Duggar's Counting the Cost book and Michelle Obama's Becoming

  • biography
  • memoir
  • autobiography
  • biography memoir
  • nonfiction
  • adult
  • audiobook
"He loved spending time with us and told us often that we were his number one hobby."

-Jill Duggar, Counting the Cost

"Sometimes you have to be okay with other people not being okay with you. And you have to be okay with you not being okay too."

-Jill Duggar, Counting the Cost

"The dangers were not just out there on the street or in the mall, and they weren't just limited to the summer. They were closer to home as I soon discovered."

-Jill Duggar, Counting the Cost

"It's like roses and thorns, justice and grace. You can recognize the beauty and happy parts of your story while also recognizing the more difficult parts. The two can coexist. The highs aren't automa…"

-Jill Duggar, Counting the Cost

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18. Becoming

By: Michelle Obama

4.45

Format: 426 pages, Hardcover

In a life filled with meaning and accomplishment, Michelle Obama has emerged as one of the most ico… read more

Similar categories in Michelle Obama's Becoming book and Michelle Obama's Becoming

  • biography
  • history
  • memoir
  • feminism
  • politics
  • autobiography
  • biography memoir
  • nonfiction
  • adult
  • audiobook
"When they go low, we go high"

-Michelle Obama, Becoming

"Grief and resilience live together."

-Michelle Obama, Becoming

"I've learned that it's harder to hate up close."

-Michelle Obama, Becoming

"At fifty-four, I am still in progress, and I hope that I always will be."

-Michelle Obama, Becoming

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19. Educated

By: Tara Westover

4.47

Format: 352 pages, Hardcover

Tara Westover was 17 the first time she set foot in a classroom. Born to survivalists in the mounta… read more

Similar categories in Tara Westover's Educated book and Michelle Obama's Becoming

  • biography
  • memoir
  • autobiography
  • biography memoir
  • nonfiction
  • adult
  • audiobook
"An education is not so much about making a living as making a person."

-Tara Westover, Educated

"I would never again be made a foot soldier in a conflict I did not understand."

-Tara Westover, Educated

"I believed then--and part of me will always believe--that my father's words ought to be my own."

-Tara Westover, Educated

"I could stay, and search for what had been home, or I could go, now, before the walls shifted and the way out was shut."

-Tara Westover, Educated

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20. A Promised Land

By: Barack Obama

4.33

Format: 768 pages, Kindle Edition

A riveting, deeply personal account of history in the making, from the president who inspired us to… read more

Similar categories in Barack Obama's A Promised Land book and Michelle Obama's Becoming

  • biography
  • history
  • memoir
  • politics
  • autobiography
  • biography memoir
  • nonfiction
  • adult
  • audiobook
"Glory and tragedy, courage and stupidity - one set of truths didn't negate the other. For war was contradiction, as was the history of America."

-Barack Obama, A Promised Land

"I thought the country I'd just described to them - a hopeful, generous, courageous America, an America that was open to everyone. At about the same age as the graduates were now, I'd seized on that i…"

-Barack Obama, A Promised Land

"Then again, a president wasn’t a lawyer or an accountant or a pilot, hired to carry out some narrow, specialized task. Mobilizing public opinion, shaping working coalitions - that was the job. Whethe…"

-Barack Obama, A Promised Land

"But there comes a point in the speech where I find my cadence. The crowd quiets rather than roars. It's the kind of moment I'd come to recognize in subsequent years, on certain magic nights. There's …"

-Barack Obama, A Promised Land

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21. Finding Me

By: Viola Davis

4.55

Format: 304 pages, Hardcover

In my book, you will meet a little girl named Viola who ran from her past until she made a life-cha… read more

Similar categories in Viola Davis's Finding Me book and Michelle Obama's Becoming

  • biography
  • memoir
  • feminism
  • autobiography
  • biography memoir
  • nonfiction
  • adult
  • audiobook

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3.37

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4.06

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Khaled Hosseini

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