Books like Unnatural Causes: The Life and Many Deaths of Britain's Top Forensic Pathologist
12 books with a reading profile close to Unnatural Causes: The Life and Many Deaths of Britain's Top Forensic Pathologist by Richard Shepherd. Balanced in tone; a moderate read.
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Complications
by Atul Gawande
analytical, memoir
Atul Gawande presents medicine as an imprecise craft defined by uncertainty and human fallibility.
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Dress Your Family in Corduroy and Denim
memoir, narrative
In this collection of autobiographical essays, David Sedaris recounts the friction and absurdity inherent in his middle-class upbringing and adult life.
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Naked
memoir, narrative
Naked is a collection of autobiographical essays that trace David Sedaris’s life from his childhood in North Carolina through his early adulthood as a struggling artist.
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Geisha, a Life
memoir, narrative
Mineko Iwasaki provides a factual account of her career as a geiko in Kyoto’s Gion district, a role that required mastery of classical Japanese dance and rigorous social etiquette.
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Orange Is the New Black
by Piper Kerman
memoir, narrative
Piper Kerman recounts the year she spent in a minimum-security federal prison in Danbury, Connecticut, following a decade-old conviction for drug money laundering.
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Kabul Beauty School: An American Woman Goes Behind the Veil
memoir, narrative
Deborah Rodriguez, an American hairdresser from Michigan, traveled to Afghanistan in 2002 as part of a humanitarian aid mission following the fall of the Taliban.
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The Midwife: A Memoir of Birth, Joy, and Hard Times
memoir, narrative
Jennifer Worth recounts her experiences as a district nurse and midwife in London’s East End during the 1950s.
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Maid: Hard Work, Low Pay, and a Mother's Will to Survive
memoir, narrative
Stephanie Land documents her years spent cleaning private homes across the Pacific Northwest while raising her young daughter as a single parent.
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Raising Hare: A Memoir
by Chloe Dalton
memoir, narrative
During a period of isolation in the British countryside, Chloe Dalton discovered an orphaned leveret and began a meticulous process of hand-rearing the wild creature.
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Uncanny Valley
by Anna Wiener
analytical, memoir
Anna Wiener documents her transition from New York’s traditional publishing industry to the high-growth ecosystem of San Francisco’s tech start-ups.
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My Life in France
by Julia Child
memoir, narrative
After moving to post-war Paris in 1948 with her husband Paul, Julia Child discovers a lifelong vocation in French cuisine.
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Born to Run
memoir, narrative
Bruce Springsteen traces his trajectory from a restless childhood in Freehold, New Jersey, to his induction into rock and roll stardom.
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