Books like The Story of My Life
12 books with a reading profile close to The Story of My Life by Helen Keller. Inward-looking, contemplative and clear-cut; a moderate read.
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Educated
Also inward-looking and contemplative · biography, memoir
Tara Westover recounts her upbringing in a survivalist Mormon family in the mountains of Idaho.
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Becoming
Also inward-looking and contemplative · biography, memoir
In this memoir, Michelle Obama chronicles her life starting from her childhood in a small apartment on the South Side of Chicago.
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The Autobiography of Benjamin Franklin
Also clear-cut · biography, memoir
Benjamin Franklin outlines his transition from a printer's apprentice in Boston to a prominent civic leader and scientist in Philadelphia.
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Mom & Me & Mom
by Maya Angelou
Also inward-looking and contemplative · memoir, inspirational
Maya Angelou documents the complicated reconnection with her mother, Vivian Baxter, who abandoned her for a decade during her childhood.
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Long Walk to Freedom
Also contemplative · biography, memoir
Nelson Mandela details his progression from a childhood in the rural Eastern Cape to his career as a lawyer and activist in Johannesburg against the National Party’s apartheid system.
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Wings of Fire: An Autobiography
Also clear-cut · biography, memoir
Wings of Fire follows the life of A.P.J.
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Seeking Allah, Finding Jesus: A Devout Muslim Encounters Christianity
Also inward-looking and clear-cut · memoir, inspirational
Nabeel Qureshi describes his upbringing in a devout Ahmadiyya Muslim household, focusing on his childhood immersion in Islamic apologetics and Quranic study.
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No Time Like the Future: An Optimist Considers Mortality
Also inward-looking and contemplative · memoir, inspirational
Michael J.
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Searching for Sunday: Loving, Leaving, and Finding the Church
Also inward-looking · memoir, inspirational
Rachel Held Evans uses the framework of seven traditional sacraments—baptism, confession, holy orders, communion, confirmation, anointing the sick, and marriage—to structure her memoir of religious deconstruction and re…
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Know My Name
Also inward-looking and contemplative · memoir, inspirational
Chanel Miller recounts her experience as the victim in the People v.
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My Stroke of Insight: A Brain Scientist's Personal Journey
Also inward-looking and clear-cut · memoir, inspirational
In 1996, Jill Bolte Taylor, a neuroanatomist at Harvard University, suffered a massive stroke caused by a hemorrhage in the left hemisphere of her brain.
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