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by Ishmael Beah · about this book

Loved A Long Way Gone: Memoirs of a Boy Soldier by Ishmael Beah? If its nonfiction, memoir & biography and war zone hooked you, these 20 books hit the same notes — starting with The Poppy War, Matterhorn and A Constellation of Vital Phenomena. Every pick is matched by what’s actually inside the book, not just its genre, and we skip other books by the same author so you find someone new.

What’s inside A Long Way Gone: Memoirs of a Boy Soldier: Nonfiction · Memoir & Biography · War Zone · War Trauma · Soldiers and Warfare

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   The Poppy War

   R.F. Kuang

   War Atrocities · Loss of Innocence · War Trauma · War Zone · War and Its Aftermath

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   Matterhorn

   Karl Marlantes

   War Zone · War Trauma · Soldiers and Warfare · Survival Story · Bleak

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   A Constellation of Vital Phenomena

   Anthony Marra

   War Atrocities · War Zone · War and Its Aftermath · Haunting · Kids in Danger

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   The Complete Maus

   Art Spiegelman

   War Atrocities · Memoir & Biography · Survival Story · PTSD · Nonfiction

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   Human Acts

   Han Kang

   War Atrocities · PTSD · Haunting · Bleak · Trauma Recovery

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   The Nightingale

   Kristin Hannah

   War Atrocities · War and Its Aftermath · War Zone · War Trauma · Survival Story

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   Spare

   Prince Harry

   Autobiography · Memoir & Biography · Nonfiction · PTSD · War Zone

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   The Diary of a Young Girl

   Anne Frank

   Autobiography · Memoir & Biography · Survival Story · Nonfiction · Haunting

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   Kingdom of Ash

   Sarah J. Maas

   War Zone · Soldiers and Warfare · PTSD · Trauma Recovery · Intense

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    The Phantom Prince: My Life with Ted Bundy

    Elizabeth Kendall

    Memoir & Biography · Nonfiction · Haunting · Recovery Journey · Trauma Recovery

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    World War Z: An Oral History of the Zombie War

    Max Brooks

    War and Its Aftermath · Survival Story · War Trauma · Soldiers and Warfare · Bleak

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    Refugee

    Alan Gratz

    Refugee Experience · Survival Story · Loss of Innocence · Intense · Kids in Danger

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    Lord of the Flies

    William Golding

    Loss of Innocence · Survival Story · Bleak · Kids in Danger · Intense

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    Night Watch

    Jayne Anne Phillips

    War and Its Aftermath · War Trauma · PTSD · Haunting · Bleak

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    Sunrise on the Reaping

    Suzanne Collins

    Loss of Innocence · Survival Story · Kids in Danger · Intense · Violent

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    Manacled

    SenLinYu

    War and Its Aftermath · PTSD · Intense · Bleak · Violent

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    In the Dream House

    Carmen Maria Machado

    Memoir & Biography · Haunting · Nonfiction · Trauma Recovery · Intense

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    Iron Gold

    Pierce Brown

    War and Its Aftermath · Refugee Experience · Soldiers and Warfare · Intense · PTSD

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    The Woman in Me

    Britney Spears

    Autobiography · Memoir & Biography · Nonfiction · Trauma Recovery · Emotional

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    The Road

    Cormac McCarthy

    Survival Story · Haunting · Kids in Danger · Emotional · Bleak

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