Books like…

Books Like The Glass Castle

by Jeannette Walls · about this book

Loved The Glass Castle by Jeannette Walls? If its nonfiction, first person narrator and memoir & biography hooked you, these 20 books hit the same notes — starting with The Diary of a Young Girl, Good Morning, Monster and Tess of the Road. 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 The Glass Castle: Nonfiction · First Person Narrator · Memoir & Biography · Toxic Family Dynamics · Neglect

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   The Diary of a Young Girl

   Anne Frank

   Autobiography · Memoir & Biography · Nonfiction · Coming of Age · Writer Protagonist

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   Good Morning, Monster

   Catherine Gildiner

   Memoir & Biography · Childhood Trauma · Neglect · Child Abuse · Nonfiction

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   Tess of the Road

   Rachel Hartman

   Leaving Home · Toxic Family Dynamics · Coming of Age · Substance Abuse · Character-Driven

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4. 

   Ham On Rye

   Charles Bukowski

   Child Abuse · Childhood Trauma · Working-Class Protagonist · Toxic Family Dynamics · Coming of Age

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5. 

   Demon Copperhead

   Barbara Kingsolver

   Neglect · Working-Class Protagonist · Substance Abuse · Child Abuse · Economic Inequality

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   What My Bones Know

   Stephanie Foo

   Memoir & Biography · Childhood Trauma · Child Abuse · Nonfiction · Emotional

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7. 

   Becoming

   Michelle Obama

   Autobiography · Memoir & Biography · Nonfiction · Working-Class Protagonist · First Person Narrator

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8. 

   I'm Glad My Mom Died

   Jennette McCurdy

   Memoir & Biography · Toxic Family Dynamics · Childhood Trauma · Child Abuse · Nonfiction

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9. 

   Long Bright River

   Liz Moore

   Substance Abuse · Working-Class Protagonist · Childhood Trauma · Neglect · Character-Driven

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10. 

    Gather

    Kenneth M. Cadow

    Working-Class Protagonist · Coming of Age · Economic Inequality · Substance Abuse · Bittersweet

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11. 

    On Earth We're Briefly Gorgeous

    Ocean Vuong

    Substance Abuse · Coming of Age · Working-Class Protagonist · Child Abuse · Emotional

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12. 

    The Woman in Me

    Britney Spears

    Autobiography · Memoir & Biography · Toxic Family Dynamics · Nonfiction · Emotional

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13. 

    Jane Eyre

    Charlotte Bronte

    Working-Class Protagonist · Neglect · Child Abuse · Character-Driven · First Person Narrator

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14. 

    Crying in H Mart: A Memoir

    Michelle Zauner

    Memoir & Biography · Nonfiction · Bittersweet · Emotional · First Person Narrator

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15. 

    The Four Winds

    Kristin Hannah

    Leaving Home · Economic Inequality · Emotional · Bittersweet · Character-Driven

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16. 

    Eat, Pray, Love

    Elizabeth Gilbert

    Memoir & Biography · Nonfiction · Writer Protagonist · First Person Narrator · Character-Driven

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17. 

    Sabrina & Corina

    Kali Fajardo-Anstine

    Working-Class Protagonist · Leaving Home · Character-Driven · Bittersweet · Substance Abuse

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18. 

    My Name Is Venus Black

    Heather Lloyd

    Coming of Age · Child Abuse · Toxic Family Dynamics · Emotional · Character-Driven

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19. 

    If You Tell: A True Story of Murder, Family Secrets, and the Unbreakable Bond of Sisterhood

    Gregg Olsen

    Childhood Trauma · Toxic Family Dynamics · Child Abuse · Neglect · Nonfiction

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20. 

    This Is Me: A Reckoning

    Hayden Panettiere

    Memoir & Biography · Substance Abuse · Nonfiction · Toxic Family Dynamics · First Person Narrator

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