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Books like The Basketball Diaries

12 books with a reading profile close to The Basketball Diaries by Jim Carroll. Inward-looking; a moderate read.

1

Blood, Bones, and Butter: The Inadvertent Education of a Reluctant Chef

by Gabrielle Hamilton

Also inward-looking · memoir, narrative

Gabrielle Hamilton chronicles her unconventional path from a chaotic childhood in rural Pennsylvania to owning Prune, a tiny, celebrated restaurant in New York City.
2

Hunger Makes Me a Modern Girl

by Carrie Brownstein

Also inward-looking · memoir, narrative

Carrie Brownstein chronicles her development from a fan in the Pacific Northwest underground music scene to the guitarist of Sleater-Kinney.
3

Just Kids

by Patti Smith

Also inward-looking · memoir, narrative

Just Kids chronicles the relationship between Patti Smith and Robert Mapplethorpe, beginning with their chance meeting in Brooklyn in 1967.
4

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.
5

The Tender Bar: A Memoir

by J.R. Moehringer

Also inward-looking · memoir, narrative

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6

Barbarian Days: A Surfing Life

by William Finnegan

Also inward-looking · memoir, narrative

William Finnegan chronicles his lifelong obsession with surfing, moving from his childhood in California and Hawaii to his global travels as an adult.
7

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.
8

Priestdaddy

by Patricia Lockwood

Also inward-looking · memoir, narrative

Patricia Lockwood, a poet, moves back with her husband into her parents' house in a Kansas City rectory.
9

Little Weirds

by Jenny Slate

Also inward-looking · memoir, narrative

Jenny Slate’s collection of lyrical essays centers on the internal reclamation of her house and spirit following a painful divorce.
10

Yossarian slept here

by Erica Heller

Also inward-looking · memoir, narrative

Erica Heller’s memoir documents her upbringing as the daughter of Joseph Heller, author of Catch-22, within the Apthorp apartment building in Manhattan.
11

Stitches: A Memoir

by David Small

Also inward-looking · memoir, narrative

David Small’s graphic memoir recounts his childhood in 1950s Detroit, living in a household defined by emotional withdrawal and medical negligence.
12

Wat ik nooit eerder heb gezegd

by Celeste Ng

Also inward-looking · memoir, narrative

Set in 1970s Ohio, the narrative begins with the death of Lydia Lee, the favorite daughter of a mixed-race couple.

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