Books like Long Walk to Freedom
12 books with a reading profile close to Long Walk to Freedom by Nelson Mandela. Contemplative; a moderate read.
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Wild Swans
by Jung Chang
history, biography
Jung Chang traces the history of twentieth-century China through the lives of three generations of women: her grandmother, her mother, and herself.
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The Autobiography of Benjamin Franklin
history, biography
Benjamin Franklin outlines his transition from a printer's apprentice in Boston to a prominent civic leader and scientist in Philadelphia.
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The Autobiography of Malcolm X
by Malcolm X
history, biography
The narrative chronicles Malcolm Little’s evolution from a Midwestern childhood marked by white supremacist violence to his street life as a hustler and thief in Harlem.
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A River in Darkness: One Man's Escape from North Korea
history, biography
Masaji Ishikawa recounts his thirty-six years living under the North Korean regime after his family migrated from Japan in 1960.
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The Last Girl: My Story of Captivity, and My Fight Against the Islamic State
by Nadia Murad
history, memoir
Nadia Murad tells the story of the 2014 genocide against the Yazidi people in Iraq.
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Anne Frank Remembered: The Story of the Woman Who Helped to Hide the Frank Family
by Miep Gies
history, biography
Miep Gies recounts her years working as a secretary for Otto Frank in Amsterdam and her subsequent decision to provide food, supplies, and emotional support to the Frank family during their concealment in the Secret Ann…
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The Boy on the Wooden Box
by Leon Leyson
Also contemplative · history, memoir
Leon Leyson narrates his childhood transition from a rural Polish village to the Krakow ghetto following the 1939 Nazi invasion.
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Schindler’s List
history, biography
In German-occupied Poland, industrialist Oskar Schindler utilized his connections within the Nazi Party and the SS to shield Jewish workers from liquidation.
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Galileo's Daughter: A Historical Memoir of Science, Faith and Love
by Dava Sobel
Also contemplative · history, biography
Dava Sobel reconstructs the life of Galileo Galilei through the preserved correspondence of his eldest child, Suor Maria Celeste.
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The Hiding Place: The Triumphant True Story of Corrie Ten Boom
Also contemplative · history, memoir
Corrie ten Boom lived in Haarlem, the Netherlands, where she worked as a watchmaker alongside her sister Betsie and father Casper.
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