10 books for fans of Desert Solitaire
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Heat: An Amateur's Adventures as Kitchen Slave, Line Cook, Pasta-Maker, and Apprentice to a Dante-Quoting Butcher in Tuscany
by Bill Buford
★ 3.90 Goodreads (25.3K ratings) - 2
Rammer Jammer Yellow Hammer: A Road Trip into the Heart of Fan Mania
by Warren St. John
★ 4.05 Goodreads (2.3K ratings) - 3
The Gettysburg Gospel: The Lincoln Speech That Nobody Knows
by Gabor S. Boritt
★ 4.02 Goodreads (561 ratings) - 4
The Vatican Prophecies: Investigating Supernatural Signs, Apparitions, and Miracles in the Modern Age
by John Thavis
★ 3.91 Goodreads (323 ratings) - 5
The Choice: Embrace the Possible
by Edith Eger, Edith Eva Eger
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Holocaust survivor Edith Eger recounts being forced to dance for Mengele at sixteen, then chronicles her decades-long path from trauma to becoming a celebrated therapist.
★ 4.57 Goodreads (132.9K ratings) - 6
Nobody's Girl
by Virginia Roberts Giuffre
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Virginia Roberts Giuffre's courageous account reveals the girl behind the headlines—her journey from victim to the woman who exposed a predator's empire.
★ 4.55 Goodreads (70.8K ratings) - 7
Finding Me
by Viola Davis
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From a rat-infested apartment to the Academy Awards stage, Viola Davis chronicles her path to finding her voice as an artist and woman. Her memoir confronts poverty, racism, and self-doubt with unflinching honesty.
★ 4.53 Goodreads (184.9K ratings) - 8
Rocket Men: The Daring Odyssey of Apollo 8 and the Astronauts Who Made Man's First Journey to the Moon
by Robert Kurson
★ 4.53 Goodreads (12.0K ratings) - 9
The Elephant Whisperer: Learning About Life, Loyalty and Freedom from a Remarkable Herd of Elephants
Elephant Whisperer • Book 1
by Lawrence Anthony, Graham Spence
★ 4.50 Goodreads (33.3K ratings) - 10
Shoe Dog
by Phil Knight
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Phil Knight borrowed fifty dollars to import Japanese running shoes, nearly went bankrupt countless times, and somehow built Nike into a global empire. His memoir reads like a startup thriller filled with close calls and personality clashes.
★ 4.46 Goodreads (374.7K ratings)