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Books like My Body

12 books with a reading profile close to My Body by Emily Ratajkowski. Inward-looking; a moderate read.

1

Oranges Are Not the Only Fruit

by Jeanette Winterson

Also inward-looking · memoir, narrative

Jeanette Winterson’s semi-autobiographical novel follows Jeanette, a young girl adopted into a strict Pentecostal household in Northern England.
2

Happening

by Annie Ernaux

Also inward-looking · memoir, narrative

In 1963, when abortion remained illegal in France, Annie Ernaux, then a university student, discovered she was pregnant.
3

Why Be Happy When You Could Be Normal?

by Jeanette Winterson

Also inward-looking · memoir, narrative

Jeanette Winterson’s memoir returns to her upbringing in a strict Pentecostal household in Northern England, expanding on the lived reality behind her debut novel.
4

M Train

by Patti Smith

Also inward-looking · memoir, narrative

In this memoir, Patti Smith tracks her daily routines, centered on her singular habit of visiting the same Greenwich Village café to drink black coffee and write.
5

Inheritance: A Memoir of Genealogy, Paternity, and Love

by Dani Shapiro

Also inward-looking · memoir, narrative

In 2016, Dani Shapiro submitted a DNA kit for analysis, expecting to confirm her Ashkenazi Jewish heritage.
6

Animal

by Lisa Taddeo

Also inward-looking · memoir, narrative

Joan, a woman living in Los Angeles, witnesses a man commit suicide in front of her during a tense restaurant confrontation.
7

Everything Sad Is Untrue

by Daniel Nayeri

Also inward-looking · memoir, narrative

Khosrou, called Daniel, is a twelve-year-old Iranian refugee living in a small town in Oklahoma.
8

The End of Eddy

by Édouard Louis

Also inward-looking · memoir, narrative

Eddy Bellegueule grows up in a poor village in northern France, in a family where men are expected to be tough and unemployment and alcohol are common.
9

Heavy

by Kiese Laymon

Also inward-looking · memoir, narrative

In this memoir, Kiese Laymon addresses his mother to recount a childhood in Jackson, Mississippi, shaped by academic rigor and physical discipline.
10

Good Talk: A Memoir in Conversations

by Mira Jacob

Also inward-looking · memoir, narrative

In this graphic memoir, Mira Jacob documents a series of difficult discussions with her young son, her husband, and her extended family.
11

This Boy's Life

by Tobias Wolff

Also inward-looking · memoir, narrative

Tobias Wolff’s memoir recounts his nomadic upbringing in the 1950s as he travels across the United States with his divorced mother to escape an abusive boyfriend.
12

Paula

by Isabel Allende

Also inward-looking · memoir, narrative

Isabel Allende began writing this chronicle in 1991 while sitting bedside in a Spanish hospital where her daughter, Paula, lay in a porphyria-induced coma.

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