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Mermaid by Eileen CroninThe Glass Castle by Jeannette WallsThis Childhood of Mine by Laura Meer BarkleyEducated by Tara WestoverNegative Space by Lilly Dancyger
If You Liked The Glass Castle, Try These
1st out of 26 books — 56 voters
The Diary of a Young Girl by Anne FrankAngela’s Ashes by Frank McCourtThe Glass Castle by Jeannette WallsUnbroken by Laura HillenbrandAll Creatures Great and Small by James Herriot
Biography and Memoirs that are BETTER than Fiction
149th out of 2,435 books — 2,956 voters

The Diary of a Young Girl by Anne FrankWalden or, Life in the Woods by Henry David ThoreauGuns, Germs, and Steel by Jared DiamondSocialism Is Dead! Long Live Socialism! by Todor BombovQuantum Energetics and Spirituality Volume 1 by Kenneth Schmitt
Non-fiction - Something for Everyone
280th out of 4,091 books — 1,496 voters
The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time by Mark HaddonThe Fault in Our Stars by John GreenOf Mice and Men by John SteinbeckWonder by R.J. PalacioOut of My Mind by Sharon M. Draper
Stories about Individuals with Disabilities
18th out of 678 books — 356 voters

The Diary of a Young Girl by Anne FrankNight by Elie WieselInto Thin Air by Jon KrakauerInto the Wild by Jon KrakauerFreakonomics by Steven D. Levitt
Must Read Non-Fiction
710th out of 5,245 books — 4,415 voters
Mermaid by Eileen CroninThe Secret of Excalibur by Sahara FoleyTeaching the Cat to Sit by Michelle TheallCharleston's Ghosts by James CaskeyCaptivate by Vanessa Garden
New Books Published in 2014 that You Read in 2014
1st out of 40 books — 20 voters

Running with Scissors by Augusten BurroughsInto the Wild by Jon KrakauerLeaving Isn't the Hardest Thing by Lauren HoughGirl, Interrupted by Susanna KaysenProzac Nation by Elizabeth Wurtzel
Unsettling Memoirs & Biographies
38th out of 530 books — 377 voters
The Cuckoo's Calling by Robert GalbraithMermaid by Eileen CroninThe Book Thief by Markus ZusakGoing Dark by Ann ChristyCrooked Letter, Crooked Letter by Tom Franklin
Born in the 1960s - What we've read in 2014
2nd out of 894 books — 42 voters

City of Heavenly Fire by Cassandra ClareThe Blood of Olympus by Rick RiordanThe One by Kiera CassCress by Marissa MeyerDreams of Gods & Monsters by Laini Taylor
Can't Wait Books of 2014
562nd out of 2,473 books — 15,153 voters
Gone Girl by Gillian FlynnMe Before You by Jojo MoyesThe Fault in Our Stars by John GreenThe Book Thief by Markus ZusakThe Husband's Secret by Liane Moriarty
2014: What the Over 35's Are Reading
140th out of 2,476 books — 520 voters

Me Before You by Jojo MoyesThe Help by Kathryn StockettThe Husband's Secret by Liane MoriartyGone Girl by Gillian FlynnThe Rosie Project by Graeme Simsion
2014: Books read by women born in the 1960s this year
56th out of 751 books — 158 voters
The Fault in Our Stars by John GreenThe Help by Kathryn StockettA Story of Yesterday by Sergio CoboThe Hunger Games by Suzanne CollinsTo Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee
Smart Summer Reads
4639th out of 12,614 books — 10,587 voters

Divergent by Veronica RothCity of Bones by Cassandra ClareFifty Shades of Grey by E.L. JamesHarry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone by J.K. RowlingGabriel's Inferno by Sylvain Reynard
Best Break Out
877th out of 2,131 books — 3,977 voters
Don't Worry, He Won't Get Far on Foot by John CallahanTwirling Naked in the Streets and No One Noticed by Jeannie Davide-RiveraCrip Theory by Robert McRuerIllness as Metaphor and AIDS and Its Metaphors by Susan SontagExile and Pride by Eli Clare
disability studies
37th out of 192 books — 46 voters

The Cancer Journals by Audre LordeCrip Theory by Robert McRuerExile and Pride by Eli ClareFeminist, Queer, Crip by Alison KaferThe Disability Studies Reader by Lennard J. Davis
Disability studies / Disability theory
25th out of 52 books — 19 voters
Yes Please by Amy PoehlerAs You Wish by Cary ElwesCan't We Talk about Something More Pleasant? by Roz ChastJust Mercy by Bryan StevensonThe Secret History of Wonder Woman by Jill Lepore
Non-Fiction Published in Year: 2014
172nd out of 198 books — 17 voters

Winging It by Lia RussMemory for Forgetfulness by Mahmoud DarwishThe Cancer Journals by Audre LordeJoseph Anton by Salman RushdieYou Can't Be Neutral on a Moving Train by Howard Zinn
Memoir syllabus
14th out of 73 books — 11 voters
I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings by Maya AngelouUnpolished Gem by Alice PungWe Are Here by Cat Thao NguyenI Am Malala by Malala YousafzaiPersepolis by Marjane Satrapi
Nathania's memoir syllabus
34th out of 69 books — 5 voters

Me by Elton JohnRobert Downey Jr. by Ben FalkA Clean Mess by Tiffany JenkinsForager by Michelle DowdTaking New Paths by Doug Matheson
SSC-2711
25th out of 25 books — 1 voter


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