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12 books with a reading profile close to Tramp for the Lord by Corrie ten Boom. Inward-looking and clear-cut; an easy read.

  1. 1 Gay Girl, Good God: The Story of Who I Was and Who God Has Always Been

    Gay Girl, Good God: The Story of Who I Was and Who God Has Always Been

    by Jackie Hill Perry

    Also inward-looking and clear-cut · memoir, inspirational

    Jackie Hill Perry details her personal history of same-sex attraction and her subsequent conversion to Christianity.

  2. 2 Always Looking Up: The Adventures of an Incurable Optimist

    Always Looking Up: The Adventures of an Incurable Optimist

    by Michael J. Fox

    Also clear-cut · memoir, inspirational

    Michael J.

  3. 3 No Time Like the Future: An Optimist Considers Mortality

    No Time Like the Future: An Optimist Considers Mortality

    by Michael J. Fox

    Also inward-looking · memoir, inspirational

    Michael J.

  4. 4 Desert Flower

    Desert Flower

    by Waris Dirie

    Also inward-looking and clear-cut · memoir, inspirational

    Born in the Somali desert, Waris Dirie describes her early life as a nomad, herding livestock and navigating a harsh landscape before fleeing an arranged marriage at thirteen.

  5. 5 My Story

    My Story

    by Elizabeth Smart

    Also inward-looking and clear-cut · memoir, inspirational

    In 2002, fourteen-year-old Elizabeth Smart was abducted at knife-point from her bedroom in Salt Lake City.

  6. 6 We Were Dreamers: An Immigrant Superhero Origin Story

    We Were Dreamers: An Immigrant Superhero Origin Story

    by Simu Liu

    Also clear-cut · memoir, inspirational

    In this memoir, Simu Liu recounts his family’s move from Harbin, China, to Ontario, Canada.

  7. 7 Joni: An Unforgettable Story

    Joni: An Unforgettable Story

    by Joni Eareckson Tada

    Also inward-looking and clear-cut · memoir, inspirational

    After a diving accident in the Chesapeake Bay leaves seventeen-year-old Joni Eareckson a quadriplegic, she faces the sudden loss of her physical autonomy.

  8. 8 Becoming Free Indeed: My Story of Disentangling Faith from Fear

    Becoming Free Indeed: My Story of Disentangling Faith from Fear

    by Jinger Duggar Vuolo

    Also inward-looking and clear-cut · memoir, inspirational

    Jinger Duggar Vuolo recounts her departure from the legalistic teachings of Bill Gothard and the Institute in Basic Life Principles.

  9. 9 Miracle in the Andes: 72 Days on the Mountain and My Long Trek Home

    Miracle in the Andes: 72 Days on the Mountain and My Long Trek Home

    by Nando Parrado

    Also inward-looking and clear-cut · memoir, inspirational

    On October 13, 1972, a plane carrying a Uruguayan rugby team crashed in the Andes.

  10. 10 A Long Way Home

    A Long Way Home

    by Saroo Brierley

    Also inward-looking and clear-cut · memoir, inspirational

    At five years old, Saroo Brierley fell asleep on a parked train in rural India and woke up thousands of miles away in Kolkata.

  11. 11 God's Smuggler

    God's Smuggler

    by Brother Andrew

    Also clear-cut · memoir, inspirational

    Born into a working-class Dutch family and hardened by military service in Indonesia, Andrew van der Bijl finds dynamic faith that leads him across the Iron Curtain.

  12. 12 From the Ashes: My Story of Being Métis, Homeless, and Finding My Way

    From the Ashes: My Story of Being Métis, Homeless, and Finding My Way

    by Jesse Thistle

    Also inward-looking and clear-cut · memoir, inspirational

    Jesse Thistle was born to a Métis and Cree father and a Scottish-Canadian mother, and was abandoned with his brothers by his parents as a small child.

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