23 Books like Bad Mormon

Told You So

by Mayci Neeley • 2025

Caught between her boyfriend's abuse and her church, a young Mormon athlete fights to survive.

3.58

51k+

🏔️ Mormon Memoir ⛪ Religious Trauma 🙏 Faith Deconstruction 💔 Abusive Relationship 👩‍👦 Single Motherhood

Told You So 93%

Caught between her boyfriend's abuse and her church, a young Mormon athlete fights to survive.

by Mayci Neeley 2025

3.58

51k+ ratings

🏔️ Mormon Memoir ⛪ Religious Trauma 🙏 Faith Deconstruction 💔 Abusive Relationship 👩‍👦 Single Motherhood

Dinner for Vampires

by Bethany Joy Lenz • 2024

One Tree Hill gave her fame. A small church took her freedom, her fortune, and her faith.

4.23

109k+

🏚️ Cult Survivor Memoir 🙏 Spiritual Abuse ⛪ Faith Deconstruction 🎬 Hollywood Memoir 🎭 Charismatic Leader

Dinner for Vampires 93%

One Tree Hill gave her fame. A small church took her freedom, her fortune, and her faith.

by Bethany Joy Lenz 2024

4.23

109k+ ratings

🏚️ Cult Survivor Memoir 🙏 Spiritual Abuse ⛪ Faith Deconstruction 🎬 Hollywood Memoir 🎭 Charismatic Leader

Where the Light Fell

by Philip Yancey • 2021

His father's faith killed him. His mother's faith trapped him. A lifetime seeking his own.

4.51

7k+

🙏 Spiritual Memoir 🕊️ Religious Trauma 🔍 Faith Deconstruction 💔 Mother Wound 👥 Sibling Bond

Where the Light Fell 92%

His father's faith killed him. His mother's faith trapped him. A lifetime seeking his own.

by Philip Yancey 2021

4.51

7k+ ratings

🙏 Spiritual Memoir 🕊️ Religious Trauma 🔍 Faith Deconstruction 💔 Mother Wound 👥 Sibling Bond

Richest Man in Babylon and The Magic Story

by George S. Clason • 2002

An Office writer gets famous and discovers fame fixes nothing about friendship or self-worth.

4.19

676

🎬 Celebrity Memoir 📝 Comic Essays 💕 Complicated Friendship 💪 Body Image Struggles 😂 Self-Deprecating Humor

Richest Man in Babylon and The Magic Story Summary

Richest Man in Babylon and The Magic Story 92%

An Office writer gets famous and discovers fame fixes nothing about friendship or self-worth.

by George S. Clason 2002

4.19

676 ratings

🎬 Celebrity Memoir 📝 Comic Essays 💕 Complicated Friendship 💪 Body Image Struggles 😂 Self-Deprecating Humor

How to Take Charge of Your Life

by Richard Bandler • 2014

From high school wallflower to TV comedy writer: a memoir of terrible jobs and self-invention.

3.92

604

🎬 Celebrity Memoir 📝 Humorous Essays 🎤 Female Comedians ✍️ Writers Room 😅 Self-Deprecating Humor

How to Take Charge of Your Life 91%

From high school wallflower to TV comedy writer: a memoir of terrible jobs and self-invention.

by Richard Bandler 2014

3.92

604 ratings

🎬 Celebrity Memoir 📝 Humorous Essays 🎤 Female Comedians ✍️ Writers Room 😅 Self-Deprecating Humor

I'm Glad My Mom Died

by Jennette McCurdy • 2022

Her mother made her a star. Her mother's death forced her to become a person.

4.43

1.6M+

👩‍👧 Toxic Mother 🥀 Eating Disorder Memoir 🌟 Celebrity Memoir 🎬 Stage Parent 😈 Religious Guilt

I'm Glad My Mom Died 91%

Her mother made her a star. Her mother's death forced her to become a person.

by Jennette McCurdy 2022

4.43

1.6M+ ratings

👩‍👧 Toxic Mother 🥀 Eating Disorder Memoir 🌟 Celebrity Memoir 🎬 Stage Parent 😈 Religious Guilt

Educated

by Tara Westover • 2018

With no birth certificate or schooling, a survivalist's daughter discovers herself through books.

4.46

1.9M+

🏔️ Survivalist Upbringing 🏚️ Off-The-Grid Family 💔 Abusive Sibling 📚 Escape Through Education 🔥 Family Gaslighting

Educated 91%

With no birth certificate or schooling, a survivalist's daughter discovers herself through books.

by Tara Westover 2018

4.46

1.9M+ ratings

🏔️ Survivalist Upbringing 🏚️ Off-The-Grid Family 💔 Abusive Sibling 📚 Escape Through Education 🔥 Family Gaslighting

Mentor

by Tom Pace • 2007

A comedy writer's journey from wallflower to Hollywood, filled with humor and hard-won advice.

4.04

504

😂 Humorous Memoir 👯 Female Friendship 💪 Body Image 🎬 Hollywood Career 🤷 Self-Deprecating

Mentor 91%

A comedy writer's journey from wallflower to Hollywood, filled with humor and hard-won advice.

by Tom Pace 2007

4.04

504 ratings

😂 Humorous Memoir 👯 Female Friendship 💪 Body Image 🎬 Hollywood Career 🤷 Self-Deprecating

Down the Drain

by Julia Fox • 2023

An Italian girl follows her erratic father to New York. Survival will mean constant reinvention.

4.36

95k+

🎬 Celebrity Memoir 💉 Addiction Recovery 🌍 Immigrant Childhood ⛓️ Sex Work 🔥 Raw And Unflinching

Down the Drain 91%

An Italian girl follows her erratic father to New York. Survival will mean constant reinvention.

by Julia Fox 2023

4.36

95k+ ratings

🎬 Celebrity Memoir 💉 Addiction Recovery 🌍 Immigrant Childhood ⛓️ Sex Work 🔥 Raw And Unflinching

LeaderShift

by Orrin Woodward • 2013

Divorced at fifty, a writer navigates dating apps, younger men, and the cost of staying visible.

4.39

1k+

🦋 Midlife Reinvention 💔 Divorce Recovery 👯 Female Friendship Bonds 📱 Modern Dating Critique 🌸 Child-Free Reflections

LeaderShift 90%

Divorced at fifty, a writer navigates dating apps, younger men, and the cost of staying visible.

by Orrin Woodward 2013

4.39

1k+ ratings

🦋 Midlife Reinvention 💔 Divorce Recovery 👯 Female Friendship Bonds 📱 Modern Dating Critique 🌸 Child-Free Reflections

A Circle of Quiet

by Madeleine L'Engle • 1971

A farmhouse, a brook, an hour of silence: what a writer found when she finally stopped.

4.21

7k+

🖊️ Writing Life 🙏 Contemplative Faith 🎨 Creative Process 🤫 Solitude And Stillness ❓ Paradox And Mystery

A Circle of Quiet 90%

A farmhouse, a brook, an hour of silence: what a writer found when she finally stopped.

by Madeleine L'Engle 1971

4.21

7k+ ratings

🖊️ Writing Life 🙏 Contemplative Faith 🎨 Creative Process 🤫 Solitude And Stillness ❓ Paradox And Mystery

I Am Jennie

by Jennie Ketcham • 2012

A porn star's alter ego was her armor, until recovery demanded she strip it away.

3.82

643

👄 Adult Film Industry 🧠 Intimacy Disorder 🎭 Dual Identity 🏚️ Family Dysfunction 🖋️ Confessional Memoir

I Am Jennie 90%

A porn star's alter ego was her armor, until recovery demanded she strip it away.

by Jennie Ketcham 2012

3.82

643 ratings

👄 Adult Film Industry 🧠 Intimacy Disorder 🎭 Dual Identity 🏚️ Family Dysfunction 🖋️ Confessional Memoir

I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings

by Maya Angelou • 1969

After an assault at eight, she went mute for five years. Then books taught her to speak.

4.30

586k+

📖 Literary Memoir 🌱 Coming Of Age Memoir 🏚️ Jim Crow South 💔 Childhood Sexual Abuse 🎤 Finding Your Voice

I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings 89%

After an assault at eight, she went mute for five years. Then books taught her to speak.

by Maya Angelou 1969

4.30

586k+ ratings

📖 Literary Memoir 🌱 Coming Of Age Memoir 🏚️ Jim Crow South 💔 Childhood Sexual Abuse 🎤 Finding Your Voice

Daughter of Persia

by Sattareh Farman Farmaian • 1992

Born to a prince in Persia, she builds a social work school, then revolution exiles her.

4.13

2k+

🏴 Revolution Memoir 🧳 Exile And Displacement 👩 Iranian Women's Stories 🏚️ Fallen Aristocracy 🤲 Social Reform Memoir

Daughter of Persia 89%

Born to a prince in Persia, she builds a social work school, then revolution exiles her.

by Sattareh Farman Farmaian 1992

4.13

2k+ ratings

🏴 Revolution Memoir 🧳 Exile And Displacement 👩 Iranian Women's Stories 🏚️ Fallen Aristocracy 🤲 Social Reform Memoir

The Many Lives of Mama Love

by Lara Love Hardin • 2023

Handcuffed in her cul-de-sac, a mother of four discovers family among the women of county jail.

4.43

133k+

💊 Addiction Memoir 🔒 Incarceration Memoir 🤝 Found Family In Prison 🌅 Redemption Arc 🔄 Second Chances

The Many Lives of Mama Love 89%

Handcuffed in her cul-de-sac, a mother of four discovers family among the women of county jail.

by Lara Love Hardin 2023

4.43

133k+ ratings

💊 Addiction Memoir 🔒 Incarceration Memoir 🤝 Found Family In Prison 🌅 Redemption Arc 🔄 Second Chances

Strong Female Character

by Fern Brady • 2023

She grew up blunt, broke, and baffled by people. An autism diagnosis in her thirties explained why.

4.40

43k+

🔍 Late Autism Diagnosis 🎭 Masking And Unmasking 😂 Darkly Funny 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 Scottish Working Class 🧠 Neurodivergent Woman

Strong Female Character 89%

She grew up blunt, broke, and baffled by people. An autism diagnosis in her thirties explained why.

by Fern Brady 2023

4.40

43k+ ratings

🔍 Late Autism Diagnosis 🎭 Masking And Unmasking 😂 Darkly Funny 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 Scottish Working Class 🧠 Neurodivergent Woman

A Ghost in the Throat

by Doireann Ní Ghríofa • 2020

A poet-mother's obsession with an Irish widow's lament rewrites her life in echoes.

4.00

11k+

🖋️ Poetic Memoir 🔥 Female Obsession 📚 Archival Research 🍼 Motherhood And Milk 🌊 Lyrical Meditation

A Ghost in the Throat 89%

A poet-mother's obsession with an Irish widow's lament rewrites her life in echoes.

by Doireann Ní Ghríofa 2020

4.00

11k+ ratings

🖋️ Poetic Memoir 🔥 Female Obsession 📚 Archival Research 🍼 Motherhood And Milk 🌊 Lyrical Meditation

The Instant Millionaire

by Mark Fisher • 1997

A childhood among taxidermied animals prepared her for the absurdity of adulthood and anxiety.

3.63

4k+

🧠 Anxiety Memoir 😈 Dark Comedy 🏚️ Eccentric Family 🌻 Southern Memoir 🏠 Domestic Humor

The Instant Millionaire 88%

A childhood among taxidermied animals prepared her for the absurdity of adulthood and anxiety.

by Mark Fisher 1997

3.63

4k+ ratings

🧠 Anxiety Memoir 😈 Dark Comedy 🏚️ Eccentric Family 🌻 Southern Memoir 🏠 Domestic Humor

Wild

by Cheryl Strayed • 2012

Grieving and addicted, she stakes her recovery on a solo hike of the Pacific Crest Trail.

4.07

873k+

🥾 Hiking Memoir 🖤 Grief Memoir 👩‍👧 Mother Loss 💔 Self-Destruction 🌿 Nature Healing

Wild 88%

Grieving and addicted, she stakes her recovery on a solo hike of the Pacific Crest Trail.

by Cheryl Strayed 2012

4.07

873k+ ratings

🥾 Hiking Memoir 🖤 Grief Memoir 👩‍👧 Mother Loss 💔 Self-Destruction 🌿 Nature Healing

Lessons from a Sheep Dog

by W. Phillip Keller • 1982

A rescued sheepdog refuses every kindness until she approaches the man who set her free.

4.39

1k+

🕊️ Christian Devotional 🐕 Animal Memoir 🐾 Rescued Dog 📖 Spiritual Allegory 🐑 Shepherd And Sheepdog

Lessons from a Sheep Dog 88%

A rescued sheepdog refuses every kindness until she approaches the man who set her free.

by W. Phillip Keller 1982

4.39

1k+ ratings

🕊️ Christian Devotional 🐕 Animal Memoir 🐾 Rescued Dog 📖 Spiritual Allegory 🐑 Shepherd And Sheepdog

Peaks and Valleys

by Spencer Johnson • 2009

Emily Doe, an anonymous assault victim, must fight a system that turns her silence into consent.

4.04

5k+

🎓 Campus Sexual Assault ⚖️ Flawed Justice System 🗣️ Victim Blaming 🏛️ Institutional Betrayal 🌱 Reclaiming Identity

Peaks and Valleys 88%

Emily Doe, an anonymous assault victim, must fight a system that turns her silence into consent.

by Spencer Johnson 2009

4.04

5k+ ratings

🎓 Campus Sexual Assault ⚖️ Flawed Justice System 🗣️ Victim Blaming 🏛️ Institutional Betrayal 🌱 Reclaiming Identity

Three Weeks with My Brother

by Nicholas Sparks • 2004

Two brothers tour the world's ancient wonders while sifting through a lifetime of shared loss.

4.05

51k+

🏠 Family Memoir 💔 Grief Memoir 👬 Brotherhood 🔗 Childhood Trauma 🍂 Bittersweet

Three Weeks with My Brother 88%

Two brothers tour the world's ancient wonders while sifting through a lifetime of shared loss.

by Nicholas Sparks 2004

4.05

51k+ ratings

🏠 Family Memoir 💔 Grief Memoir 👬 Brotherhood 🔗 Childhood Trauma 🍂 Bittersweet

Lately Lesbian

by J.D. Simmons • 2019

After thirty-three years as a wife, a woman from her past makes her question everything.

4.12

🌸 Late-Blooming Lesbian ⏰ Midlife Awakening 🔗 Compulsory Heterosexuality 🔥 Sexual Awakening 🚪 Closeted Marriage

Lately Lesbian 88%

After thirty-three years as a wife, a woman from her past makes her question everything.

by J.D. Simmons 2019

4.12

17 ratings

🌸 Late-Blooming Lesbian ⏰ Midlife Awakening 🔗 Compulsory Heterosexuality 🔥 Sexual Awakening 🚪 Closeted Marriage

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