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Books like Running with Scissors

12 books with a reading profile close to Running with Scissors by Augusten Burroughs. Inward-looking; an easy read.

1

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

by Tiffany Jenkins

Also inward-looking · memoir, narrative

Tiffany Jenkins details her rapid descent from a deputy’s girlfriend to an opioid addict living a fractured existence.
2

The Rules Do Not Apply

by Ariel Levy

Also inward-looking · memoir, narrative

Ariel Levy recounts her pursuit of a conventional feminist success story—career prestige at The New Yorker, a stable marriage, and financial independence—only to face a sudden sequence of catastrophic losses.
3

Magical Thinking: True Stories

by Augusten Burroughs

Also inward-looking · memoir, narrative

Augusten Burroughs presents a series of autobiographical essays documenting the friction between his private neuroses and the banality of adult life.
4

NOBODY'S GIRL

by Virginia Roberts Giuffre

Also inward-looking · memoir, narrative

Virginia Roberts Giuffre details her experiences inside the sex-trafficking ring operated by Jeffrey Epstein and Ghislaine Maxwell.
5

The Princess Diarist

by Carrie Fisher

Also inward-looking · 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.
6

A Stolen Life

by Jaycee Dugard

Also inward-looking · memoir, narrative

In 1991, eleven-year-old Jaycee Dugard was abducted from a school bus stop in California by Phillip and Nancy Garrido.
7

Will

by Will Smith

Also inward-looking · memoir, narrative

Will Smith recounts his evolution from a fearful child in West Philadelphia to a global box-office leader.
8

Wishful Drinking

by Carrie Fisher

Also inward-looking · 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.
9

Chinese Cinderella: The True Story of an Unwanted Daughter

by Adeline Yen Mah

Also inward-looking · memoir, narrative

Adeline Yen Mah provides a detailed account of her childhood in 1940s China, where she was labeled as bad luck following her mother’s death during childbirth.
10

Broken Horses

by Brandi Carlile

Also inward-looking · memoir, narrative

Brandi Carlile traces her development from a child living in a series of rental houses in rural Washington to a recognized singer-songwriter.
11

Eat a Peach

by David Chang

Also inward-looking · memoir, narrative

David Chang charts his path from a struggling noodle shop owner to the founder of the Momofuku restaurant empire.
12

Barrel Fever: Stories and Essays

by David Sedaris

memoir, narrative

This collection serves as the debut volume for David Sedaris, blending fictional short stories with autobiographical essays.

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