Books like Notes on Grief
12 books with a reading profile close to Notes on Grief by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie, Scheherezade Surià. Inward-looking and contemplative; an easy read.
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Gratitude
by Oliver Sacks
Also inward-looking and contemplative · memoir, inspirational
In this collection of four essays written during the final years of his life, neurologist Oliver Sacks reflects on his terminal cancer diagnosis and the process of aging.
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The Diving Bell and the Butterfly: A Memoir of Life in Death
Also inward-looking and contemplative · memoir, inspirational
In December 1995, Jean-Dominique Bauby, the editor-in-chief of French Elle, suffered a massive stroke that left him with locked-in syndrome.
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Crying in H Mart
Also inward-looking and contemplative · memoir, accessible
Michelle Zauner, the musician known as Japanese Breakfast, recounts her transition from a rebellious daughter to a primary caregiver after her mother receives a terminal cancer diagnosis.
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This Is Water: Some Thoughts, Delivered on a Significant Occasion, about Living a Compassionate Life
Also inward-looking and contemplative · inspirational, accessible
Originally delivered as a 2005 graduation speech, this essay focuses on the mental discipline required to overcome the "default setting" of self-centeredness.
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84, Charing Cross Road
by Helene Hanff
Also inward-looking and contemplative · memoir, accessible
In 1949, Helene Hanff, a struggling screenwriter in New York City, contacted Marks & Co., an antiquarian bookshop in London, to track down rare British literature.
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Bird by Bird
by Anne Lamott
Also inward-looking · memoir, inspirational
Anne Lamott presents a manual for the technical and psychological labor of writing, structured around her father’s advice to tackle a daunting school project on birds one step at a time.
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Wintering: The Power of Rest and Retreat in Difficult Times
Also inward-looking and contemplative · memoir, inspirational
Katherine May presents wintering as a recurring, inevitable season of life characterized by personal crisis, illness, or professional failure.
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The Sun Does Shine: How I Found Life and Freedom on Death Row
Also inward-looking and contemplative · memoir, inspirational
In 1985, Anthony Ray Hinton was arrested and charged with two capital murders in Alabama based on flawed ballistics evidence and systemic racial bias.
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Brown Girl Dreaming
Also inward-looking and contemplative · memoir, accessible
Jacqueline Woodson’s memoir, written in verse, chronicles her childhood across the 1960s and 1970s.
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Left to Tell
by Immaculée Ilibagiza, Steve Erwin
Also inward-looking and contemplative · memoir, inspirational
Immaculée Ilibagiza details her survival during the 1994 Rwandan genocide, where Hutu extremists murdered nearly her entire family.
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Know My Name
Also inward-looking and contemplative · memoir, inspirational
Chanel Miller recounts her experience as the victim in the People v.
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My Grandmother Asked Me to Tell You She's Sorry
Also inward-looking and contemplative · inspirational, accessible
Seven-year-old Elsa is an outcast who finds sanctuary in the elaborate fairy tales told by her eccentric, rule-breaking grandmother.
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