Books like…

Books Like The Last Lecture

by Randy Pausch · about this book

Loved The Last Lecture by Randy Pausch? If its nonfiction, emotional and first person narrator hooked you, these 20 books hit the same notes — starting with An Astronaut's Guide to Life on Earth, Crying in H Mart: A Memoir and A Man Called Ove. 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 Last Lecture: Nonfiction · Emotional · First Person Narrator · Memoir & Biography · Male Lead

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   An Astronaut's Guide to Life on Earth

   Chris Hadfield

   Autobiography · Memoir & Biography · Uplifting · Personal Development · Nonfiction

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   Crying in H Mart: A Memoir

   Michelle Zauner

   Terminal Illness · Memoir & Biography · Tearjerker · Nonfiction · Bittersweet

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   A Man Called Ove

   Fredrik Backman

   Tearjerker · Finding Purpose · Uplifting · Hopeful · Bittersweet

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   The Storied Life of A.J. Fikry

   Gabrielle Zevin

   Terminal Illness · Tearjerker · Bittersweet · Hopeful · Emotional

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   Becoming

   Michelle Obama

   Memoir & Biography · Uplifting · Autobiography · Nonfiction · Hopeful

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   Year of Yes: How to Dance It Out, Stand In the Sun and Be Your Own Person

   Shonda Rhimes

   Uplifting · Personal Development · Memoir & Biography · Nonfiction · Hopeful

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7. 

   The Life List

   Lori Nelson Spielman

   Finding Purpose · Uplifting · Hopeful · Tearjerker · Heartwarming

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8. 

   Eat, Pray, Love

   Elizabeth Gilbert

   Finding Purpose · Memoir & Biography · Uplifting · Nonfiction · First Person Narrator

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9. 

   The Moment of Lift: How Empowering Women Changes the World

   Melinda Gates

   Uplifting · Nonfiction · Hopeful · Memoir & Biography · First Person Narrator

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    All the Lonely People

    Mike Gayle

    Tearjerker · Uplifting · Hopeful · Bittersweet · Heartwarming

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11. 

    By My Hands

    Florian Gadsby

    Memoir & Biography · Finding Purpose · Nonfiction · First Person Narrator · Uplifting

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12. 

    Sam Walton: Made In America

    Sam Walton, John Huey

    Memoir & Biography · Autobiography · Nonfiction · First Person Narrator · Uplifting

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    Make Your Bed: Little Things That Can Change Your Life...And Maybe the World

    William H. McRaven

    Uplifting · Personal Development · Hopeful · Nonfiction · Memoir & Biography

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14. 

    They Both Die at the End

    Adam Silvera

    Tearjerker · Finding Purpose · Emotional · Bittersweet · Male Lead

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15. 

    Quiet Girl in a Noisy World: An Introvert's Story

    Debbie Tung

    Memoir & Biography · Nonfiction · Uplifting · Heartwarming · First Person Narrator

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16. 

    Driven

    Susie Wolff

    Autobiography · Memoir & Biography · Nonfiction · Finding Purpose · Uplifting

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17. 

    Becoming Ted

    Matt Cain

    Uplifting · Finding Purpose · Hopeful · Heartwarming · Male Lead

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18. 

    My Next Breath

    Jeremy Renner

    Memoir & Biography · Uplifting · Nonfiction · Finding Purpose · Hopeful

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19. 

    The Fault in Our Stars

    John Green

    Terminal Illness · Tearjerker · Emotional · Bittersweet · First Person Narrator

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20. 

    Beyond the Wand

    Tom Felton

    Memoir & Biography · Nonfiction · First Person Narrator · Heartwarming · Finding Purpose

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