Books like You Got Anything Stronger?
12 books with a reading profile close to You Got Anything Stronger? by Gabrielle Union. Inward-looking and clear-cut; an easy read.
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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.
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Joni: An Unforgettable Story
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.
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The Soul of a Woman
Also clear-cut · memoir, inspirational
In this memoir and manifesto, Isabel Allende traces her evolution from a young girl witnessing her mother’s financial dependence to a prominent voice in global feminism.
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Heaven is for Real: A Little Boy's Astounding Story of His Trip to Heaven and Back
by Todd Burpo
Also clear-cut · memoir, inspirational
Four-year-old Colton Burpo underwent an emergency appendectomy that nearly took his life.
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Be Ready When the Luck Happens
by Ina Garten
Also clear-cut · memoir, inspirational
In this memoir, Ina Garten traces her path from a restrictive childhood to her role as a nuclear budget analyst in the Ford and Carter administrations before pivoting to culinary entrepreneurship.
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C.S. Lewis letters to children
by C.S. Lewis
Also clear-cut · memoir, inspirational
This collection gathers the private correspondence C.S.
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Ghost Boy: My Miraculous Escape from a Life Locked Inside My Own Body
Also inward-looking and clear-cut · memoir, inspirational
In January 1988, twelve-year-old Martin Pistorius fell ill with an undiagnosed brain infection that left him in a vegetative state.
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90 Minutes in Heaven: A True Story of Death and Life
by Don Piper
Also clear-cut · memoir, inspirational
In 1989, a semi-truck crushed Don Piper’s car, leading medical professionals to pronounce him dead at the scene.
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I Will Always Write Back: How One Letter Changed Two Lives
Also clear-cut · memoir, inspirational
Caitlin Alifirenka, a middle-school student in Pennsylvania, chooses Zimbabwe for a pen pal assignment.
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A Street Cat Named Bob
by James Bowen
Also inward-looking and clear-cut · memoir, inspirational
James Bowen was a recovering heroin addict living in sheltered housing and busking on the streets of London when he discovered an injured ginger tabby cat in his apartment hallway.
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My Life on the Road
Also clear-cut · memoir, inspirational
Gloria Steinem details her decades spent traveling as an organizer and speaker, tracing her life from a childhood in a house trailer to her work in global social activism.
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