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24 books with the same feel
Include books by the same authorI Thought My Father Was God and Other True Tales from NPR's National Story Project
Paul Auster, Nelly Reifler · 416 pages
A collection of 180 personal, true-life accounts from NPR's National Story Project reflects the work of men and women of all ages, backgrounds, and walks of life and is accompanied by a look at the role of storytelling in our lives.
Dear Bully: Seventy Authors Tell Their Stories
Megan Kelley Hall, Carrie Jones · 369 pages
Presents top authors for teens as they share their stories about bullying--as silent observers on the sidelines of high school, as victims, and as perpetrators.
Not Quite What I Was Planning: Six-Word Memoirs by Writers Famous and Obscure
Larry Smith, Rachel Fershleiser · 232 pages
A collection of six-word memoirs, contributed by both famous and obscure writers, records the human experience in works that are by turn whimsical, poignant, and bizarre, by such authors as Joyce Carol Oates and Joan Rivers.
To Belong Here: A New Generation of Queer, Trans, and Two-Spirit Appalachian Writers (Appalachian Futures Black Native & Queer Voices)
Rae Garringer · 112 pages
Chicken Soup for the Teenage Soul: 101 Stories of Life, Love and Learning
Jack Canfield, Mark Victor Hansen, Kimberly Kirberger
This first batch of Chicken Soup for Teens consists of 101 stories every teenager can relate to and learn from & mdash;without feeling criticized or judged. This edition contains important lessons on the nature of friendship and love, the importance of belief in the future, and the value of respect for oneself and others, and much more.
Alone in the Kitchen with an Eggplant : Confessions of Cooking for One and Dining Alone
Jenni Ferrari-Adler · 280 pages
A delightful and unexpected collection of pieces by writers, foodies, and others-including Nora Ephron, Marcella Hazan, and Ann Patchett-on the distinctive experiences of cooking for one and dining alone.If, sooner or later, we all face the prospect of eating alone, then Alone in the Kitchen with an Eggplant provides the perfect set of instructions. In this unique collection, twenty-six writers an
Chicken Soup for the Soul
Jack Canfield, Mark Victor Hansen · 480 pages
Paris Was Ours: Thirty-Two Writers Reflect on the City of Light
Penelope Rowlands · 279 pages
Paris is “the world capital of memory and desire,” concludes one of the writers in this intimate and insightful collection of memoirs of the city. Living in Paris changed these writers forever. In thirty-two personal essays—more than half of which are here published for the first time—the writers describe how they were seduced by Paris and then began to see things differently. They came to writ
Dear Teen Me: Authors Write Letters to Their Teen Selves
E. Kristin Anderson, Sarah Ockler, Stephanie Pellegrin, Tera Lynn Childs, Beth Fantaskey, Dave Roman, Cynthia Leitich Smith, Carrie Jones, Tom Angleberger, Ellen Hopkins, Sara Zarr, Jessica Burkhart, Jessica Corra, Jessica Lee Anderson, Jessica Spotswood, Kekla Magoone, Erika Stalder, Joseph Bruchac · 192 pages
Kid Me Not: An anthology by child-free women of the '60s now in their 60s
Aralyn Hughes · 108 pages
"Whatever became of the youth of the ‘60s, the turbulent era of sex, drugs and rock & roll? [This] collection of intimate stories by women from the first generation ever to have access to The Pill, offers a unique perspective on the decade before Roe v. Wade, when free love wasn’t always free. As the women’s movement spread, these women faced a future of extraordinary possibilities – possibilities
The Secret Loves of Geek Girls
Marjorie M. Liu, Mariko Tamaki, Marguerite Bennett, Margaret Atwood, Trina Robbins, Noelle Stevenson, Carla Speed McNeil, Sarah Winifred Searle, Stephanie Cooke · 70 pages
"The Secret Loves of Geek Girls is a non-fiction anthology mixing prose, comics, and illustrated stories on the lives and loves of an amazing cast of female creators. Featuring work by Margaret Atwood (The Heart Goes Last), Mariko Tamaki (This One Summer), Trina Robbins (Wonder Woman), Marguerite Bennett (Marvel's A-Force), Noelle Stevenson (Nimona), Marjorie Liu (Monstress), Carla Speed McNeil (F
Touchstone Anthology of Contemporary Creative Nonfiction: Work from 1970 to the Present
Bernard Cooper, Michael W. Cox, Annie Dillard, Mark Doty, Tony Earley, Anthony Farrington, Harrison Candelaria Fletcher, Diane Glancy, Lucy Grealy, Jo Ann Beard, Robin Hemley, Adam Hochschild, Jamaica Kincaid, Barbara Kingsolver, Ted Kooser, Sara Levine, E.J. Levy, Phillip Lopate, Barry Lopez, Wende · 576 pages
From memoir to journalism, personal essays to cultural criticism--this anthology brings together fifty works from all genres of creative nonfiction. --from back cover.
My Little Red Book
Meg Cabot, Erica Jong, Gloria Steinem, Cecily von Ziegesar, Megan McCafferty, Tamora Pierce, Lola Gerhard, Henrietta Wittenberg, Jacquelyn Mitchard, Krista Madsen · 225 pages
My Little Red Book is an anthology of stories about first periods, collected from women of all ages from around the world. The accounts range from lighthearted (the editor got hers while waterskiing in a yellow bathing suit) to heart-stopping (a first period discovered just as one girl was about to be strip-searched by the Nazis). The contributors include well-known women writers (Meg Cabot, Erica
Couldn't Keep It to Myself: Testimonies from Our Imprisoned Sisters
Wally Lamb, Nancy Whiteley, Tabitha Rowley, Nancy Birkla, Robin Cullen, Diane Bartholomew, Dale Griffith, Brenda Medina · 368 pages
Eat Pray Love Made Me Do It: Life Journeys Inspired by the Bestselling Memoir
Elizabeth Gilbert · 240 pages
Goodbye to All That: Writers on Loving and Leaving New York
Sari Botton · 269 pages
"Goodbye to All That is a collection of essays about loving and leaving the magical city of New York. Inspired by Joan Didion's well-loved essay by the same name, this anthology features the experiences of 28 women for whom the magic of the city has worn off-whether because of loneliness after many friends marry, have kids, and head to the suburbs; jadedness about their careers; or difficulty find
Bird By Bird: Some Instructions on Writing and Life
Anne Lamott · 240 pages
Anne Lamott gives her perspective on the art and work of writing. The title comes from a family story when her brother had to complete a report on birds. He put it off until the last minute and was overwhelmed. Her father counseled him saying they would take it, "Bird by bird, buddy. Just take it bird by bird."
Let's Explore Diabetes with Owls
David Sedaris · 288 pages
From the unique perspective of David Sedaris comes a new book of essays taking his listeners on a bizarre and stimulating world tour. From the perils of French dentistry to the eating habits of the Australian kookaburra, from the squat-style toilets of Beijing to the particular wilderness of a North Carolina Costco, we learn about the absurdity and delight of a curious traveler's experiences. Whet
Dear John, I Love Jane: Women Write About Leaving Men for Women
Candace Walsh, Laura Andre · 270 pages
Mom: A Celebration of Mothers from StoryCorps
Dave Isay · 186 pages
Dave Isay--StoryCorps's founder and the editor of the project's bestselling collection, "Listening Is an Act of Love"--Presents a celebration of American mothers. Selecting StoryCorps's most revelatory stories on the subject, "Mom" looks across a diversity of experience--from the Bronx to the rural South and beyond--to present an entirely original portrait of motherhood.
Women in Clothes
Sheila Heti, Heidi Julavits, Leanne Shapton · 521 pages
"An exploration of the questions we ask ourselves while getting dressed every day, and the answers from more than six hundred women"--From back cover.
The Man Who Mistook His Wife for a Hat and Other Clinical Tales
Oliver Sacks · 243 pages
In his most extraordinary book, “one of the great clinical writers of the twentieth century” (The New York Times) recounts the case histories of patients lost in the bizarre, apparently inescapable world of neurological disorders. Oliver Sacks’s The Man Who Mistook His Wife for a Hat tells the stories of individuals afflicted with fantastic perceptual and intellectual aberrations: patients who