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Books like When All Is Said

12 books with a reading profile close to When All Is Said by Anne Griffin. Inward-looking, contemplative and thought-provoking; an easy read.

1

Don't Let's Go to the Dogs Tonight: An African Childhood

by Alexandra Fuller

Also inward-looking and contemplative · memoir, narrative

Alexandra Fuller outlines her upbringing in 1970s and 80s Rhodesia, Malawi, and Zambia during a period of violent decolonization.
2

Just Kids

by Patti Smith

Also inward-looking · memoir, narrative

Just Kids chronicles the relationship between Patti Smith and Robert Mapplethorpe, beginning with their chance meeting in Brooklyn in 1967.
3

Truth & Beauty

by Ann Patchett

Also inward-looking and contemplative · memoir, narrative

Ann Patchett narrates the decades-long friendship between herself and the writer Lucy Grealy, beginning at the Iowa Writers’ Workshop.
4

The Color of Water: A Black Man's Tribute to His White Mother

by James McBride

Also inward-looking and contemplative · memoir, narrative

James McBride alternates between his own upbringing in a Brooklyn housing project and the oral history of his mother, Ruth Jordan.
5

The Tender Bar: A Memoir

by J.R. Moehringer

Also inward-looking · memoir, narrative

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6

Wat ik nooit eerder heb gezegd

by Celeste Ng

Also inward-looking and contemplative · memoir, narrative

Set in 1970s Ohio, the narrative begins with the death of Lydia Lee, the favorite daughter of a mixed-race couple.
7

Stitches: A Memoir

by David Small

Also inward-looking · memoir, narrative

David Small’s graphic memoir recounts his childhood in 1950s Detroit, living in a household defined by emotional withdrawal and medical negligence.
8

The End of Eddy

by Édouard Louis

Also inward-looking and contemplative · memoir, narrative

Eddy Bellegueule grows up in a poor village in northern France, in a family where men are expected to be tough and unemployment and alcohol are common.
9

Priestdaddy

by Patricia Lockwood

Also inward-looking · memoir, narrative

Patricia Lockwood, a poet, moves back with her husband into her parents' house in a Kansas City rectory.
10

Moab Is My Washpot

by Stephen Fry

Also inward-looking and contemplative · memoir, narrative

In this memoir, Stephen Fry recounts his first twenty years, focusing on his turbulent education at various English boarding schools and his eventual imprisonment.
11

Hunger Makes Me a Modern Girl

by Carrie Brownstein

Also inward-looking · memoir, narrative

Carrie Brownstein chronicles her development from a fan in the Pacific Northwest underground music scene to the guitarist of Sleater-Kinney.
12

This Boy's Life

by Tobias Wolff

Also inward-looking · memoir, narrative

Tobias Wolff’s memoir recounts his nomadic upbringing in the 1950s as he travels across the United States with his divorced mother to escape an abusive boyfriend.

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