Books like Shout
12 books with a reading profile close to Shout by Laurie Halse Anderson. Inward-looking; an easy read.
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1
Gratitude
by Oliver Sacks
Also inward-looking · 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 · 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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3
How to Say Babylon
Also inward-looking · memoir, literary
Safiya Sinclair recounts her childhood in Jamaica under the rigid authority of her father, a strict Rastafarian musician who enforced a sequestered life to protect his daughters from "Babylon," his term for the corrupti…
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4
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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Notes on Grief
by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie, Scheherezade Surià
Also inward-looking · memoir, inspirational
In this expanded essay, Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie documents the immediate aftermath of her father’s sudden death in Nigeria during the summer of 2020.
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No Time Like the Future: An Optimist Considers Mortality
Also inward-looking · memoir, inspirational
Michael J.
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Gay Girl, Good God: The Story of Who I Was and Who God Has Always Been
Also inward-looking · memoir, inspirational
Jackie Hill Perry details her personal history of same-sex attraction and her subsequent conversion to Christianity.
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Mother Mary Comes to Me
Also inward-looking · memoir, literary
Arundhati Roy's 'Mother Mary Comes To Me' is a collection of essays and non-fiction pieces rather than a novel, despite the evocative title.
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Reasons to Stay Alive
by Matt Haig
Also inward-looking · memoir, inspirational
At twenty-four, Matt Haig experienced a physical and mental breakdown in Ibiza that led to years of severe depression and panic disorder.
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Stitches: A Memoir
by David Small
Also inward-looking · memoir, literary
David Small’s graphic memoir recounts his childhood in 1950s Detroit, living in a household defined by emotional withdrawal and medical negligence.
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The Color of Water: A Black Man's Tribute to His White Mother
Also inward-looking · memoir, literary
James McBride alternates between his own upbringing in a Brooklyn housing project and the oral history of his mother, Ruth Jordan.
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And Every Morning the Way Home Gets Longer and Longer
Also inward-looking · inspirational, literary
An aging mathematician sits on a park bench that exists inside his mind, struggling to retain his memories as dementia begins to erase his world.
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