Books like The Duchess of Bloomsbury Street
12 books with a reading profile close to The Duchess of Bloomsbury Street by Helene Hanff. Contemplative and clear-cut; a moderate read.
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1
Dear Fahrenheit 451
by Annie Spence
Also clear-cut · memoir, accessible
Libarian Annie Spence writes specific, direct letters to the physical books she has encountered throughout her career and personal life.
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84, Charing Cross Road
by Helene Hanff
Also contemplative and clear-cut · 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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3
Theft by Finding: Diaries 1977-2002
memoir, accessible
Theft by Finding gathers twenty-five years of David Sedaris's private diary entries, beginning with his early adulthood in North Carolina and ending as an established writer in London.
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Travels with Charley: In Search of America
memoir, accessible
In 1960, John Steinbeck drove a custom-built camper truck named Rocinante across nearly forty states to reconnect with the country he felt he no longer understood.
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Tender at the Bone: Growing Up at the Table
by Ruth Reichl
Also clear-cut · memoir, accessible
Ruth Reichl’s memoir tracks her development from a child navigating her mother’s dangerous kitchen to a professional restaurant critic.
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Shantaram
memoir, accessible
Lin Ford, a convicted bank robber, escapes an Australian prison and flees to Mumbai, India, where he reinvents himself within the city’s complex social tiers.
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Beautiful Country
Also clear-cut · memoir, accessible
Qian Julie Wang was seven when she and her parents left China for New York in 1994, where her mother and father, a former professor and a professional, became undocumented workers.
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Dolly Parton Songteller: My Life in Lyrics
by Dolly Parton
Also clear-cut · memoir, accessible
Dolly Parton Songteller documents the stories and inspirations behind 175 of the artist’s musical compositions.
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I Feel Bad About My Neck and Other Thoughts on Being a Woman
by Nora Ephron
Also clear-cut · memoir, accessible
Nora Ephron examines the physical humiliations and domestic frustrations of aging, focusing on the specific maintenance required to camouflage a sagging neck.
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The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian
memoir, accessible
Fourteen-year-old Arnold Spirit Jr., a budding cartoonist born with physical vulnerabilities, lives on the Spokane Indian Reservation where poverty and alcoholism are pervasive.
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I Remember Nothing: and Other Reflections
by Nora Ephron
Also contemplative · memoir, accessible
In this collection of autobiographical essays, Nora Ephron examines the realities of aging, memory loss, and the loss of friends.
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The Opposite of Loneliness: Essays and Stories
Also contemplative · memoir, accessible
The collection compiles fiction and non-fiction written by Marina Keegan before her death just days after graduating from Yale.
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