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Books like Inside Out

12 books with a reading profile close to Inside Out by Demi Moore. Inward-looking and clear-cut; an easy read.

1

Hey, Kiddo: How I Lost My Mother, Found My Father, and Dealt with Family Addiction

by Jarrett J. Krosoczka

Also inward-looking and clear-cut · memoir, narrative

Jarrett J.
2

The Meaning of Mariah Carey

by Mariah Carey

Also inward-looking and clear-cut · memoir, narrative

Mariah Carey recounts her life from a volatile childhood in Long Island to her rise as a global pop vocalist.
3

Wishful Drinking

by Carrie Fisher

Also inward-looking and clear-cut · memoir, narrative

Adapted from her solo stage show, this memoir chronicles Carrie Fisher’s life as the daughter of Hollywood royalty Debbie Reynolds and Eddie Fisher, and her sudden rise to fame as Princess Leia.
4

The Middle Place

by Kelly Corrigan

Also inward-looking and clear-cut · memoir, narrative

Kelly Corrigan examines the overlapping roles of being a daughter and a mother during a period of simultaneous crises.
5

A Stolen Life

by Jaycee Dugard

Also inward-looking and clear-cut · memoir, narrative

In 1991, eleven-year-old Jaycee Dugard was abducted from a school bus stop in California by Phillip and Nancy Garrido.
6

Will

by Will Smith

Also inward-looking and clear-cut · memoir, narrative

Will Smith recounts his evolution from a fearful child in West Philadelphia to a global box-office leader.
7

A Piece of Cake

by Cupcake Brown

Also inward-looking and clear-cut · memoir, narrative

Cupcake Brown chronicles her life starting from the sudden death of her mother, which triggered a descent into a predatory foster care system.
8

El Deafo

by Cece Bell

Also inward-looking and clear-cut · memoir, narrative

Cece Bell’s graphic memoir chronicles her childhood experience with profound hearing loss beginning at age four after a bout of meningitis.
9

High Achiever: The Incredible True Story of One Addict's Double Life

by Tiffany Jenkins

Also inward-looking and clear-cut · memoir, narrative

Tiffany Jenkins details her rapid descent from a deputy’s girlfriend to an opioid addict living a fractured existence.
10

The Princess Diarist

by Carrie Fisher

Also inward-looking and clear-cut · memoir, narrative

Carrie Fisher discovered the original journals she kept as a nineteen-year-old actress while filming the first Star Wars movie in London.
11

A Well-Trained Wife: My Escape from Christian Patriarchy

by Tia Levings

Also inward-looking and clear-cut · memoir, narrative

Tia Levings recounts her years embedded in the high-control environment of the Quiverfull movement and the Independent Fundamentalist Baptist church.
12

NOBODY'S GIRL

by Virginia Roberts Giuffre

Also inward-looking and clear-cut · memoir, narrative

Virginia Roberts Giuffre details her experiences inside the sex-trafficking ring operated by Jeffrey Epstein and Ghislaine Maxwell.

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