Books like Burma Chronicles
12 books with a reading profile close to Burma Chronicles by Guy Delisle. Balanced in tone; an easy read.
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JUNGLEKEEPER
by Paul Rosolie
memoir, narrative
Paul Rosolie recounts his experiences living within the deep Amazon basin, focusing on the immediate realities of rainforest conservation.
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Permanent Record
memoir, narrative
Edward Snowden details his transition from a committed CIA and NSA technologist to a whistleblower who exposed the United States government’s system of mass digital surveillance.
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Garlic and Sapphires: The Secret Life of a Critic in Disguise
by Ruth Reichl
memoir, narrative
In this memoir, Ruth Reichl details her tenure as the restaurant critic for the New York Times, where she utilized elaborate costumes and personas to avoid detection by staff.
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4
Orange Is the New Black
by Piper Kerman
memoir, narrative
Piper Kerman recounts the year she spent in a minimum-security federal prison in Danbury, Connecticut, following a decade-old conviction for drug money laundering.
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Kabul Beauty School: An American Woman Goes Behind the Veil
memoir, narrative
Deborah Rodriguez, an American hairdresser from Michigan, traveled to Afghanistan in 2002 as part of a humanitarian aid mission following the fall of the Taliban.
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Smoke Gets in Your Eyes & Other Lessons from the Crematory
memoir, narrative
Caitlin Doughty recounts her entry into the funeral industry, specifically her time spent operating the retorts at West Laurel Cemetery in Oakland.
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Never Cry Wolf: The Amazing True Story of Life Among Arctic Wolves
by Farley Mowat
memoir, narrative
In 1948, the Canadian Wildlife Service dispatched biologist Farley Mowat to the Keewatin Barrens to document the perceived slaughter of caribou herds by Arctic wolves.
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Papillon
memoir, narrative
Henri Charrière, a safecracker nicknamed Papillon, receives a life sentence for a murder he maintains he did not commit.
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The Elephant Whisperer: Learning About Life, Loyalty and Freedom from a Remarkable Herd of Elephants
memoir, narrative
Lawrence Anthony accepts a rogue herd of wild elephants onto his Thula Thula game reserve in Zululand, South Africa, to save them from being shot.
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10
This is Going to Hurt: Secret Diaries of a Junior Doctor
by Adam Kay
memoir, narrative
Adam Kay provides a chronological account of his medical career through verbatim diary entries written between 2004 and 2010.
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Working Stiff: Two Years, 262 Bodies, and the Making of a Medical Examiner
by Judy Melinek
memoir, narrative
In this memoir, Dr.
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12
Me Talk Pretty One Day
memoir, narrative
David Sedaris organizes this collection around his move from New York to Normandy and the resulting linguistic displacement.
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