Inspiring True Stories

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The Diary of a Young Girl
The Diary of a Young Girl 4.20 avg rating — 4,073,828 ratings
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The Hiding Place: The Triumphant True Story of Corrie Ten Boom
The Hiding Place: The Triumphant True Story of Corrie Ten Boom 4.47 avg rating — 348,543 ratings
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Three Cups of Tea: One Man's Mission to Promote Peace ... One School at a Time
Three Cups of Tea: One Man's Mission to Promote Peace ... One School at a Time 3.66 avg rating — 358,694 ratings
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Forever, Christian
Forever, Christian 4.47 avg rating — 66 ratings
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Detour from Normal
Detour from Normal 3.77 avg rating — 1,535 ratings
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Garbage Bag Suitcase: A Memoir
Garbage Bag Suitcase: A Memoir 4.07 avg rating — 1,011 ratings
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I Am Malala: The Story of the Girl Who Stood Up for Education and Was Shot by the Taliban
I Am Malala: The Story of the Girl Who Stood Up for Education and Was Shot by the Taliban 4.16 avg rating — 612,744 ratings
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The Glass Castle
The Glass Castle 4.32 avg rating — 1,325,849 ratings
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The Day the World Came to Town: 9/11 in Gander, Newfoundland
The Day the World Came to Town: 9/11 in Gander, Newfoundland 4.25 avg rating — 62,199 ratings
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Anne Frank Remembered: The Story of the Woman Who Helped to Hide the Frank Family
Anne Frank Remembered: The Story of the Woman Who Helped to Hide the Frank Family
by: Miep Gies
4.30 avg rating — 66,127 ratings
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The Gifted Ones
The Gifted Ones 4.07 avg rating — 69 ratings
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Burn Down the Ground: A Memoir
Burn Down the Ground: A Memoir 3.78 avg rating — 2,058 ratings
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Giving: How Each of Us Can Change the World
Giving: How Each of Us Can Change the World 3.45 avg rating — 3,028 ratings
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The Boy Who Harnessed the Wind: Creating Currents of Electricity and Hope
The Boy Who Harnessed the Wind: Creating Currents of Electricity and Hope 4.07 avg rating — 31,883 ratings
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Marine, Public Servant, Kansan: The Life of Ernest Garcia
Marine, Public Servant, Kansan: The Life of Ernest Garcia 4.88 avg rating — 25 ratings
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Ain't No Grave: The Life and Legacy of Brother Claude Ely
Ain't No Grave: The Life and Legacy of Brother Claude Ely 3.59 avg rating — 872 ratings
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Death: Living to Talk About It
Death: Living to Talk About It 4.52 avg rating — 21 ratings
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Half the Sky: Turning Oppression into Opportunity for Women Worldwide
Half the Sky: Turning Oppression into Opportunity for Women Worldwide 4.28 avg rating — 55,461 ratings
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Prisoners Without Bars: A Caregiver's Tale
Prisoners Without Bars: A Caregiver's Tale 4.43 avg rating — 143 ratings
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Private Battles and The Khaki Cage
Private Battles and The Khaki Cage 4.46 avg rating — 13 ratings
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Tisha: The Wonderful True Love Story of a Young Teacher in the Alaskan Wilderness
Tisha: The Wonderful True Love Story of a Young Teacher in the Alaskan Wilderness 4.33 avg rating — 10,194 ratings
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Damaged Goods: Things You Must Know About Healing From Abuse
Damaged Goods: Things You Must Know About Healing From Abuse 3.20 avg rating — 20 ratings
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The Other Side of Heaven
The Other Side of Heaven 4.24 avg rating — 4,938 ratings
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Banker to the Poor: Micro-Lending and the Battle Against World Poverty
Banker to the Poor: Micro-Lending and the Battle Against World Poverty 4.12 avg rating — 10,336 ratings
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Who Said It Couldn't Be Done?
Who Said It Couldn't Be Done? 4.65 avg rating — 34 ratings
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Separate Things: A Memoir
Separate Things: A Memoir 4.16 avg rating — 86 ratings
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Raising Jess: A Story of Hope
Raising Jess: A Story of Hope 4.68 avg rating — 56 ratings
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The Blood Red Sea
The Blood Red Sea 4.57 avg rating — 46 ratings
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The Envoy: The Epic Rescue of the Last Jews of Europe in the Desperate Closing Months of World War II
The Envoy: The Epic Rescue of the Last Jews of Europe in the Desperate Closing Months of World War II 4.26 avg rating — 1,362 ratings
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Unbroken: A World War II Story of Survival, Resilience and Redemption
Unbroken: A World War II Story of Survival, Resilience and Redemption 4.39 avg rating — 989,290 ratings
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Heaven is for Real: A Little Boy's Astounding Story of His Trip to Heaven and Back
Heaven is for Real: A Little Boy's Astounding Story of His Trip to Heaven and Back 4.04 avg rating — 334,268 ratings
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Waiting for the Dalai Lama: Stories from All Sides of the Tibetan Debate
Waiting for the Dalai Lama: Stories from All Sides of the Tibetan Debate 3.79 avg rating — 43 ratings
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Miracle in the Andes
Miracle in the Andes 4.36 avg rating — 25,690 ratings
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In Search of Sugihara: The Elusive Japanese Diplomat Who Risked His Life to Rescue 10,000 Jews from the Holocaust
In Search of Sugihara: The Elusive Japanese Diplomat Who Risked His Life to Rescue 10,000 Jews from the Holocaust 3.51 avg rating — 51 ratings
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Dear Miss Landau
Dear Miss Landau 3.77 avg rating — 56 ratings
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Corners: Voices on Change
Corners: Voices on Change 3.67 avg rating — 860 ratings
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Inconvenient Memories: A Personal Account of the Tiananmen Square Incident and China Before and After
Inconvenient Memories: A Personal Account of the Tiananmen Square Incident and China Before and After 3.96 avg rating — 91 ratings
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Torn From the Inside Out
Torn From the Inside Out 4.31 avg rating — 39 ratings
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Embraced by the Light : What Happens When You Die?
Embraced by the Light : What Happens When You Die? 3.97 avg rating — 9,844 ratings
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Trailer Trash: an '80s Memoir
Trailer Trash: an '80s Memoir 4.08 avg rating — 509 ratings
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Honeymoon with My Brother
Honeymoon with My Brother 3.51 avg rating — 5,267 ratings
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The Upstairs Room
The Upstairs Room 3.84 avg rating — 12,069 ratings
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Holy Bible: New International Version
Holy Bible: New International Version
by: Anonymous
4.62 avg rating — 94,554 ratings
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Tracks and Horizons: 26 Countries on a Motorcycle
Tracks and Horizons: 26 Countries on a Motorcycle 4.16 avg rating — 76 ratings
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Hiroshima
Hiroshima 4.04 avg rating — 86,451 ratings
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Heroes Among Us: Ordinary People, Extraordinary Choices
Heroes Among Us: Ordinary People, Extraordinary Choices 3.44 avg rating — 126 ratings
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The Greatest Generation
The Greatest Generation 4.04 avg rating — 19,438 ratings
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Murder in the High Himalaya: Loyalty, Tragedy and Escape from Tibet
Murder in the High Himalaya: Loyalty, Tragedy and Escape from Tibet 3.82 avg rating — 606 ratings
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1923: A Memoir Lies and Testaments
1923: A Memoir Lies and Testaments 4.18 avg rating — 147 ratings
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Six Tires, No Plan: The Impossible Journey of the Most Inspirational Leader That (Almost) Nobody Knows
Six Tires, No Plan: The Impossible Journey of the Most Inspirational Leader That (Almost) Nobody Knows 4.14 avg rating — 173 ratings
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Homeward Bound: A Journey Of Faith
Homeward Bound: A Journey Of Faith 4.69 avg rating — 13 ratings
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The Hospital by the River
The Hospital by the River 4.10 avg rating — 2,573 ratings
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Detached (The Fleischer Series, #1)
Detached (The Fleischer Series, #1) 3.79 avg rating — 163 ratings
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Hostage: Kidnapped on the High Seas
Hostage: Kidnapped on the High Seas really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 29 ratings
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Thugness is a Virtue
Thugness is a Virtue 4.38 avg rating — 16 ratings
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My Restoration Journey: The True Story of Erica Kramer
My Restoration Journey: The True Story of Erica Kramer 4.56 avg rating — 25 ratings
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The Corridor of Uncertainty: How Cricket Mended a Torn Nation
The Corridor of Uncertainty: How Cricket Mended a Torn Nation 4.15 avg rating — 52 ratings
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Looking for Humboldt & Searching for German Footprints in New Mexico and Beyond
Looking for Humboldt & Searching for German Footprints in New Mexico and Beyond 3.87 avg rating — 322 ratings
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Our Symphony with Animals: On Health, Empathy, and Our Shared Destinies
Our Symphony with Animals: On Health, Empathy, and Our Shared Destinies 4.31 avg rating — 258 ratings
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Fixing the Fates: An Adoptee's Story of Truth and Lies
Fixing the Fates: An Adoptee's Story of Truth and Lies 3.63 avg rating — 245 ratings
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The Story Keeper
The Story Keeper 4.32 avg rating — 127 ratings
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Strong
Strong 4.34 avg rating — 367 ratings
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Childless Mother: A Search for Son and Self
Childless Mother: A Search for Son and Self 4.59 avg rating — 37 ratings
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ELIS: Irish call girl
ELIS: Irish call girl 4.89 avg rating — 9 ratings
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The Barley Hole Chronicles
The Barley Hole Chronicles 4.63 avg rating — 19 ratings
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Mrs. Mike (Mrs. Mike, #1)
Mrs. Mike (Mrs. Mike, #1) 4.15 avg rating — 20,298 ratings
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Count to Ten
Count to Ten 4.41 avg rating — 39 ratings
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You'll Forget This Ever Happened
You'll Forget This Ever Happened 4.61 avg rating — 468 ratings
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I Got It From Here: A Memoir of Awakening to the Power Within
I Got It From Here: A Memoir of Awakening to the Power Within 4.10 avg rating — 39 ratings
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Stones Into Schools: Promoting Peace With Books, Not Bombs, in Afghanistan and Pakistan
Stones Into Schools: Promoting Peace With Books, Not Bombs, in Afghanistan and Pakistan 3.85 avg rating — 17,062 ratings
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Follow the Drinking Gourd
Follow the Drinking Gourd 4.32 avg rating — 2,132 ratings
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Between a Rock and a Hard Place
Between a Rock and a Hard Place 3.84 avg rating — 23,288 ratings
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Goodnight Sweet Pea: Falling in Love with My Mother
Goodnight Sweet Pea: Falling in Love with My Mother 4.67 avg rating — 3 ratings
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Written Tears
Written Tears liked it 3.00 avg rating — 3 ratings
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Jillian's Story: How Vision Therapy Changed My Daughter's Life
Jillian's Story: How Vision Therapy Changed My Daughter's Life 4.41 avg rating — 29 ratings
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Thy Kingdom Come: Piercing the Sacred Veil
Thy Kingdom Come: Piercing the Sacred Veil
by: Mia DiDio
3.86 avg rating — 7 ratings
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Safari Jema: A Journey of Love and Adventure from Casablanca to Cape Town
Safari Jema: A Journey of Love and Adventure from Casablanca to Cape Town 4.37 avg rating — 234 ratings
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Burning Furiously Beautiful: The True Story of Jack Kerouac's On the Road
Burning Furiously Beautiful: The True Story of Jack Kerouac's On the Road 4.29 avg rating — 35 ratings
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The Test of Courage: Michel Thomas
The Test of Courage: Michel Thomas 4.22 avg rating — 437 ratings
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Venture: A Collection of True Microfinance Stories
Venture: A Collection of True Microfinance Stories 4.27 avg rating — 11 ratings
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Dying in Indian Country: A Family Journey from Self-destruction to Opposing Tribal Sovereignty
Dying in Indian Country: A Family Journey from Self-destruction to Opposing Tribal Sovereignty
by: Beth Ward
3.79 avg rating — 48 ratings
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Ghetto Medic: A Father in the 'Hood
Ghetto Medic: A Father in the 'Hood 3.55 avg rating — 129 ratings
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The Riddle of the Labyrinth: The Quest to Crack an Ancient Code
The Riddle of the Labyrinth: The Quest to Crack an Ancient Code 4.01 avg rating — 3,646 ratings
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Uncle Hitler: A Child's Traumatic Journey through Nazi Hell to the Safety of Britain
Uncle Hitler: A Child's Traumatic Journey through Nazi Hell to the Safety of Britain 3.25 avg rating — 12 ratings
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Broken Butterfly: My Daughter's Struggle with Brain Injury
Broken Butterfly: My Daughter's Struggle with Brain Injury 3.57 avg rating — 14 ratings
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What Did I Do Wrong?
What Did I Do Wrong? really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 25 ratings
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From Incurable to Incredible: Cancer Survivors Who Beat the Odds
From Incurable to Incredible: Cancer Survivors Who Beat the Odds 4.32 avg rating — 37 ratings
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Wide Awake and Dreaming: A Memoir
Wide Awake and Dreaming: A Memoir 4.09 avg rating — 1,253 ratings
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A Beard in Nepal
A Beard in Nepal 3.61 avg rating — 148 ratings
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Forgotten Faith: Six Years in Mormonism
Forgotten Faith: Six Years in Mormonism 3.75 avg rating — 16 ratings
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Confessions of an Instinctively Mutinous Baby Boomer: And Her Parable of the Tomato Plant
Confessions of an Instinctively Mutinous Baby Boomer: And Her Parable of the Tomato Plant 4.31 avg rating — 157 ratings
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Double Happiness: One Man's Tale of Love, Loss, and Wonder on the Long Roads of China
Double Happiness: One Man's Tale of Love, Loss, and Wonder on the Long Roads of China 3.91 avg rating — 70 ratings
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A Search for Purple Cows: A True Story of Hope
A Search for Purple Cows: A True Story of Hope 4.28 avg rating — 151 ratings
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The Secret Lives of People - Real Diary Excerpts from Modern Day America
The Secret Lives of People - Real Diary Excerpts from Modern Day America 3.50 avg rating — 10 ratings
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HOPE is my Wingman
HOPE is my Wingman 4.46 avg rating — 50 ratings
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Right-Hearted: Finding What's Right With a Wrong-Sided Heart
Right-Hearted: Finding What's Right With a Wrong-Sided Heart 3.74 avg rating — 61 ratings
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Someone To Tell It To: Sharing Life's Journey
Someone To Tell It To: Sharing Life's Journey 4.50 avg rating — 10 ratings
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Inside/Outside
Inside/Outside 3.56 avg rating — 384 ratings
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Turning 15 In The Loony Bin
Turning 15 In The Loony Bin 4.67 avg rating — 3 ratings
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The Half Series: When Black People Look White
The Half Series: When Black People Look White it was amazing 5.00 avg rating — 1 rating
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