Books like They Called Us Enemy
12 books with a reading profile close to They Called Us Enemy by George Takei. Clear-cut; an easy read.
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From Here to Eternity: Traveling the World to Find the Good Death
Also clear-cut · history, memoir
Caitlin Doughty documents her visits to several countries to observe how diverse cultures handle their dead.
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Half Broke Horses
history, memoir
Jeannette Walls reconstructs the life of her maternal grandmother, Lily Casey Smith, in this oral history styled as a novel.
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Lone Survivor: The Eyewitness Account of Operation Redwing and the Lost Heroes of SEAL Team 10
Also clear-cut · history, memoir
In June 2005, Marcus Luttrell and three fellow Navy SEALs deployed into the Hindu Kush mountains of Afghanistan for Operation Red Wings.
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Black Like Me
Also clear-cut · history, memoir
In 1959, white journalist John Howard Griffin underwent medical treatments, including skin-darkening medication and ultraviolet light exposure, to pass as a Black man in the segregated American South.
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Born a Crime: Stories from a South African Childhood
by Trevor Noah
history, memoir
In this memoir, Trevor Noah recounts his upbringing in South Africa under apartheid and the subsequent transition to democracy.
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Into Thin Air: A Personal Account of the Mt. Everest Disaster
by Jon Krakauer
history, memoir
Jon Krakauer chronicles the 1996 Mount Everest disaster, during which eight climbers died in a single storm.
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The Day the World Came to Town: 9/11 in Gander, Newfoundland
by Jim DeFede
Also clear-cut · history, narrative
When U.S.
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Every Living Thing (All Creatures Great and Small #8)
Also clear-cut · memoir, narrative
James Herriot returns to his veterinary practice in the Yorkshire Dales following his service in the Royal Air Force during World War II.
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The Midwife's Apprentice
Also clear-cut · history, narrative
In medieval England, a nameless, homeless girl known only as Brat survives by sleeping in dung heaps for warmth.
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When Stars Are Scattered
Also clear-cut · memoir, narrative
This graphic novel follows the daily life of Omar and his younger brother, Hassan, in Dadaab, a refugee camp in Kenya.
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A Single Shard
Also clear-cut · history, narrative
In twelfth-century Korea, an orphan named Tree-ear lives under a bridge in Ch’ulp’o, scavenging for food alongside his disabled protector, Crane-man.
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