Books like Greenlights

If you liked Greenlights by Matthew McConaughey, start here: 12 similar summaries, with why each one matches.

  1. Three Cups of Tea: One Man's Mission to Promote Peace ... One School at a Time

    Greg Mortenson · 2006

    Because shares tags: nonfiction, memoir, adventure.

    Mortenson fails K2 builds schools in Pakistan after Korphe kindness.

  2. Wild: From Lost to Found on the Pacific Crest Trail

    Cheryl Strayed · 2012

    Because shares tags: memoir, adventure, nonfiction.

    At 26 Cheryl Strayed hikes the Pacific Crest Trail alone to grieve and reset.

  3. The Prince

    Niccolo Machiavelli · 1532

    Because shares tags: philosophy, nonfiction.

    Machiavelli advises Lorenzo on rule through fear and love, fortune, cruelty and mercy.

  4. The Last Lecture

    Randy Pausch · 2008

    Because shares tags: nonfiction, memoir.

    Dying professor Pausch lectures really achieving childhood dreams.

  5. The Hiding Place: The Triumphant True Story of Corrie Ten Boom

    Corrie ten Boom · 1971

    Because shares tags: memoir, nonfiction.

    The Ten Booms hide Jews in Haarlem, suffer Ravensbruck, lose Betsie, and learn forgiveness.

  6. Spare

    Prince Harry · 2023

    Because shares tags: memoir, nonfiction.

    Prince Harry recalls Diana's death in 1997, two tours in Afghanistan, and stepping back from royal life with Meghan in this frank 2023…

  7. Maybe You Should Talk to Someone

    Lori Gottlieb · 2019

    Because shares tags: nonfiction, memoir.

    Therapist Lori Gottlieb counsels John, Julie and Rita while seeing her own therapist Wendell after a breakup.

  8. Kitchen Confidential: Adventures in the Culinary Underbelly

    Anthony Bourdain · 2000

    Because shares tags: memoir, nonfiction.

    Bourdain on rough kitchens, past drug use, Les Halles years, and why you should never order fish on Monday.

  9. Everything I Know About Love

    Dolly Alderton · 2018

    Because shares tags: memoir, nonfiction.

    Dolly Alderton recalls bad dates flatshares and female friendship in her twenties memoir.

  10. Between the World and Me

    Ta-Nehisi Coates · 2015

    Because shares tags: nonfiction, memoir.

    Coates writes to his son about the Black body in America, from Howard to the loss of Prince Jones.

  11. Mere Christianity

    C. S. Lewis · 1952

    Because shares tags: philosophy, nonfiction.

    C. S. Lewis builds a plain case for Christian belief from morals, faith, and habit.

  12. A Child Called It

    Dave Pelzer · 1995 · Dave Pelzer #1

    Because shares tags: memoir, nonfiction.

    Dave survives his mother games of hunger and cold in Daly City until teachers and foster care step in.

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