Books like Seven Years in Tibet
12 books with a reading profile close to Seven Years in Tibet by Heinrich Harrer. Clear-cut; an easy read.
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Touching the Void: The True Story of One Man's Miraculous Survival
by Joe Simpson
Also clear-cut · biography, memoir
Joe Simpson and Simon Yates reached the 21,000-foot summit of Siula Grande in the Peruvian Andes before disaster struck during their descent.
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2
My Life
by Bill Clinton
biography, memoir
In this autobiography, Bill Clinton traces his trajectory from a childhood in Hope, Arkansas, through his tenure as Governor and his two terms as the forty-second President of the United States.
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My Own Words
Also clear-cut · biography, memoir
My Own Words is a curated selection of speeches, legal briefs, and judicial opinions written by Ruth Bader Ginsburg over five decades.
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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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'Tis
Also clear-cut · biography, memoir
Starting where his previous memoir concluded, Frank McCourt chronicles his arrival in New York City as an impoverished nineteen-year-old immigrant.
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Life
Also clear-cut · biography, memoir
In this autobiography, Keith Richards details the formation of the Rolling Stones and their evolution from London blues enthusiasts into a global stadium act.
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Escape from Camp 14: One Man's Remarkable Odyssey from North Korea to Freedom in the West
Also clear-cut · biography, memoir
Blaine Harden chronicles the life of Shin Dong-hyuk, the only person known to have been born in and successfully escaped from a North Korean "total control zone" political prison.
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8
Cash
by Johnny Cash
Also clear-cut · memoir, narrative
Johnny Cash details his life from his childhood in the Arkansas cotton fields to his decades as a country music icon.
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Decision Points
biography, memoir
Decision Points functions as a non-linear memoir centered on fourteen distinct choices made by the forty-third president.
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Eiger Dreams: Ventures Among Men and Mountains
by Jon Krakauer
Also clear-cut · memoir, narrative
In this collection of non-fiction reports, Jon Krakauer chronicles the high-risk pursuits of ice climbers and mountaineers.
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Smoke Gets in Your Eyes & Other Lessons from the Crematory
Also clear-cut · memoir, narrative
Caitlin Doughty recounts her entry into the funeral industry, specifically her time spent operating the retorts at West Laurel Cemetery in Oakland.
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Too Much and Never Enough: How My Family Created the World's Most Dangerous Man
Also clear-cut · biography, memoir
Mary Trump, a clinical psychologist and niece of Donald Trump, uses her family history to analyze the behavioral patterns of the 45th President.
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