Books like What I Talk About When I Talk About Running
12 books with a reading profile close to What I Talk About When I Talk About Running by Haruki Murakami. Inward-looking and contemplative; an easy read.
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Committed: A Skeptic Makes Peace with Marriage
Also inward-looking and contemplative · personal growth, memoir
After the events of Eat Pray Love, Elizabeth Gilbert finds herself in a serious relationship with Felipe, an older Brazilian man.
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Friends, Lovers, and the Big Terrible Thing
Also inward-looking and contemplative · personal growth, memoir
Matthew Perry details the arc of his life from his childhood in Canada to his global recognition as Chandler Bing on the sitcom Friends.
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The Woman in Me
Also inward-looking and contemplative · personal growth, memoir
Britney Spears details her transition from a child performer in Kentwood, Louisiana, to a global pop music fixture under constant tabloid surveillance.
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Wir Kinder vom Bahnhof Zoo
Also inward-looking and contemplative · memoir, narrative
Christiane Felscherinow narrates her descent into heroin addiction in 1970s West Berlin, beginning with her experimentation with hashish and pills at age twelve.
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Solito
Also inward-looking and contemplative · memoir, narrative
Nine-year-old Javier Zamora departs his small town in El Salvador to reunite with his parents in the United States, traveling three thousand miles without his family.
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Not My Father's Son
by Alan Cumming
Also inward-looking and contemplative · memoir, narrative
Alan Cumming recounts a pivotal summer in 2010 when he filmed a genealogy program while preparing for a play.
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The Glass Castle
Also inward-looking and contemplative · memoir, narrative
Jeannette Walls chronicles her upbringing within a nomadic family led by a brilliant but alcoholic father, Rex, and an artistic, detached mother, Rose Mary.
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Pageboy
by Elliot Page
Also inward-looking and contemplative · personal growth, memoir
In this memoir, Elliot Page recounts his transition from a closeted actor in the public eye to a man living authentically.
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In Pieces
by Sally Field
Also inward-looking and contemplative · memoir, narrative
In this memoir, Sally Field narrates her internal life from her childhood in a fractured Hollywood household through her decades-long career.
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From Scratch: A Memoir of Love, Sicily, and Finding Home
by Tembi Locke
Also inward-looking and contemplative · memoir, narrative
Tembi Locke recounts the three summers she spent in the Sicilian countryside following the death of her husband, Saro.
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The Many Lives of Mama Love: A Memoir of Lying, Stealing, Writing, and Healing
Also inward-looking and contemplative · personal growth, memoir
Lara Love Hardin recounts her rapid descent from a soccer mom in an affluent neighborhood to an inmate in a California county jail.
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A HYMN TO LIFE
by Gisèle Pelicot with Judith Perrignon
Also inward-looking · memoir, narrative
Gisèle Pelicot documents her experience as the central plaintiff in a criminal trial involving her husband and dozens of other men.
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