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Books Like On Writing: A Memoir of the Craft

by Stephen King · about this book

Loved On Writing: A Memoir of the Craft by Stephen King? If its writer protagonist, nonfiction and memoir & biography hooked you, these 20 books hit the same notes — starting with Idiot: Life Stories from the Creator of Help Helen Smash, Friends, Lovers, and the Big Terrible Thing: A Memoir and This Is Me: A Reckoning. 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 On Writing: A Memoir of the Craft: Writer Protagonist · Nonfiction · Memoir & Biography · Autobiography · Addiction Memoir

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   Idiot: Life Stories from the Creator of Help Helen Smash

   Laura Clery

   Addiction Memoir · Memoir & Biography · Recovery Journey · Substance Abuse · Nonfiction

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   Friends, Lovers, and the Big Terrible Thing: A Memoir

   Matthew Perry

   Addiction Memoir · Memoir & Biography · Recovery Journey · Nonfiction · Substance Abuse

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   This Is Me: A Reckoning

   Hayden Panettiere

   Addiction Memoir · Memoir & Biography · Recovery Journey · Nonfiction · Substance Abuse

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   In the Dream House

   Carmen Maria Machado

   Memoir & Biography · Literary Criticism · Writer Protagonist · Nonfiction · Short Chapters

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   The Phantom Prince: My Life with Ted Bundy

   Elizabeth Kendall

   Memoir & Biography · Addiction Memoir · Recovery Journey · Nonfiction · Substance Abuse

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   The Diary of a Young Girl

   Anne Frank

   Autobiography · Memoir & Biography · Writer Protagonist · Nonfiction · Emotional

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   A Carnival of Snackery: Diaries 2003-2020

   David Sedaris

   Memoir & Biography · Writer Protagonist · Nonfiction · Short Chapters · Funny

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   Beyond the Wand

   Tom Felton

   Memoir & Biography · Recovery Journey · Nonfiction · Substance Abuse · Funny

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   The Woman in Me

   Britney Spears

   Autobiography · Memoir & Biography · Nonfiction · Substance Abuse · Emotional

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    My Next Breath

    Jeremy Renner

    Memoir & Biography · Recovery Journey · Nonfiction · Accident Survival · Emotional

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11. 

    An Astronaut's Guide to Life on Earth

    Chris Hadfield

    Autobiography · Memoir & Biography · Nonfiction · Funny · Career Advice

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    Becoming

    Michelle Obama

    Autobiography · Memoir & Biography · Nonfiction · Working-Class Protagonist · Emotional

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    Madly, Deeply

    Alan Rickman

    Autobiography · Memoir & Biography · Nonfiction · Dry Humor

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14. 

    I Love Capitalism!: An American Story

    Ken Langone

    Autobiography · Memoir & Biography · Nonfiction · Working-Class Protagonist

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15. 

    Spare

    Prince Harry

    Autobiography · Memoir & Biography · Nonfiction · Emotional

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    Furious Hours: Murder, Fraud, and the Last Trial of Harper Lee

    Casey Cep

    Literary Criticism · Writer Protagonist · Nonfiction · Memoir & Biography

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17. 

    Super Chill: A Year of Living Anxiously

    Adam Ellis

    Memoir & Biography · Nonfiction · Short Chapters · Funny · Dry Humor

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18. 

    What It Takes: Lessons in the Pursuit of Excellence

    Stephen A. Schwarzman

    Autobiography · Memoir & Biography · Nonfiction · Career Advice

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    Martyr!

    Kaveh Akbar

    Writer Protagonist · Recovery Journey · Substance Abuse · Funny · Emotional

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20. 

    Women

    Charles Bukowski

    Writer Protagonist · Substance Abuse · Memoir & Biography · Funny · Dry Humor

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