Books like Into the Wild
12 books with a reading profile close to Into the Wild by Jon Krakauer. Balanced in tone; a moderate read.
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1
Dreams from My Father: A Story of Race and Inheritance
by Barack Obama
biography, memoir
Barack Obama reconstructs his personal history and identity as a biracial man in America through a narrative that spans Honolulu, Chicago, and Kenya.
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2
Little Weirds
by Jenny Slate
memoir, narrative
Jenny Slate’s collection of lyrical essays centers on the internal reclamation of her house and spirit following a painful divorce.
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3
Good Talk: A Memoir in Conversations
by Mira Jacob
memoir, narrative
In this graphic memoir, Mira Jacob documents a series of difficult discussions with her young son, her husband, and her extended family.
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4
Animal
by Lisa Taddeo
memoir, narrative
Joan, a woman living in Los Angeles, witnesses a man commit suicide in front of her during a tense restaurant confrontation.
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5
Everything Sad Is Untrue
memoir, narrative
Khosrou, called Daniel, is a twelve-year-old Iranian refugee living in a small town in Oklahoma.
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6
Yossarian slept here
by Erica Heller
memoir, narrative
Erica Heller’s memoir documents her upbringing as the daughter of Joseph Heller, author of Catch-22, within the Apthorp apartment building in Manhattan.
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7
The Motorcycle Diaries: Notes on a Latin American Journey
biography, memoir
In 1952, twenty-three-year-old medical student Ernesto Guevara and his friend Alberto Granado, a biochemist, departed Buenos Aires on a Norton 500 motorcycle to see the South American continent.
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8
Slow Days, Fast Company: The World, the Flesh, and L.A.
by Eve Babitz
memoir, narrative
Eve Babitz presents ten interconnected narratives that document the sensory landscape of Southern California in the 1960s and 1970s.
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9
H is for Hawk
biography, memoir
After her father’s sudden death, Helen Macdonald buys a captive goshawk named Mabel to cope with her grief.
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10
What Is the What
by Dave Eggers
biography, narrative
Based on the life of Valentino Achak Deng, this narrative documents the survival of a Sudanese refugee during the Second Sudanese Civil War.
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11
Don't Let's Go to the Dogs Tonight: An African Childhood
memoir, narrative
Alexandra Fuller outlines her upbringing in 1970s and 80s Rhodesia, Malawi, and Zambia during a period of violent decolonization.
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12
Barbarian Days: A Surfing Life
memoir, narrative
William Finnegan chronicles his lifelong obsession with surfing, moving from his childhood in California and Hawaii to his global travels as an adult.
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