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All awards · Topic: Family, Childhood & Adoption · Sorted by score · 316 books · filtered
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All That She Carried: The Journey of Ashley's Sack, a Black Family KeepsakeTiya Miles202142 pts6 wins8 listsRandom HouseHistoryBlack History & Culture+3
Common Ground: A Turbulent Decade in the Lives of Three American FamiliesJ. Anthony Lukas198534 pts4 wins4 listsKnopfRace & EthnicityFamily, Childhood & Adoption+2
We Were Once a Family: A Story of Love, Death, and Child Removal in AmericaRoxanna Asgarian202434 pts3 wins5 listsFarrar, Straus and GirouxSociety & CultureReproductive Rights & Family Policy+2
Angela's Ashes: A MemoirFrank McCourt199630 pts3 wins3 listsTouchstoneMemoir & AutobiographyFamily, Childhood & Adoption+2
Far from the Tree: Parents, Children, and the Search for IdentityAndrew Solomon201226 pts5 wins5 listsScribnerSociety & CultureFamily, Childhood & Adoption+1
Invisible Child: Poverty, Survival and Hope in an American CityAndrea Elliott202226 pts3 wins6 listsRandom HouseMemoir & AutobiographyFamily, Childhood & Adoption+2
Can't We Talk About Something More Pleasant?Roz Chast201424 pts2 wins3 listsBloomsbury USAMemoir & AutobiographyFamily, Childhood & Adoption+2
Red Memory: Living, Remembering and Forgetting China's Cultural Revolution,Tania Branigan202324 pts1 wins5 listsW. W. NortonHistoryIntellectual History & Ideas+2
Dorothea Lange: A Life Beyond LimitsLinda Gordon200922 pts2 wins3 listsW. W. NortonBiographyLiterature & Writers+2
Just KidsPatti Smith201018 pts1 wins3 listsBloomsburyMemoir & AutobiographyFamily, Childhood & Adoption+2
Sons of Mississippi: A Story of Race and Its LegacyPaul Hendrickson200314 pts2 wins2 listsVintage BooksRace & EthnicityCivil Rights & Racial Justice+1
Jennie Lee: A LifePatricia Hollis199814 pts2 wins2 listsOxford University PressBiographyReligious Biography+3
The Broken Cord: A Family's Ongoing Struggle with Fetal Alcohol SyndromeMichael Dorris198914 pts2 wins2 listsUnknown imprintSociety & CultureFamily, Childhood & Adoption+2
Mordecai: The Life & TimesCharles Foran201114 pts2 wins2 listsUnknown imprintBiographyLiterature & Writers+2
Growing UpRussell Baker198214 pts1 wins2 listsSignetMemoir & AutobiographyFamily, Childhood & Adoption+1
Christianity, Social Tolerance, and Homosexuality: Gay People in Western Europe from the Beginning of the Christian Era to the 14th CenturyJohn Boswell198014 pts1 wins2 listsUniversity of Chicago PressHistoryFamily, Childhood & Adoption+2
Facts of LifeMaureen Howard197814 pts1 wins2 listsLittle, BrownMemoir & AutobiographyMemoir & Personal History+2
My Father's Paradise: A Son's Search for His Jewish Past in Kurdish IraqAriel Sabar200812 pts1 wins2 listsAlgonquin BooksMemoir & AutobiographyFamily, Childhood & Adoption+2
Marianne in Chains: In search of the German Occupation 1940-1945Robert Gildea200312 pts1 wins2 listsMacmillanHistoryFood, Agriculture & Land+3
Thomas Cranmer: A LifeDiarmaid MacCulloch199612 pts3 wins3 listsYale University PressBiographyReligion & Religious Movements+3
Random Family: Love, Drugs, Trouble, and Coming of Age in the BronxAdrian Nicole LeBlanc200312 pts2 wins3 listsScribnerSociety & CultureDrugs, Addiction & Treatment+3
The Lost Children of Wilder: The Epic Struggle to Change Foster CareNina Bernstein200112 pts1 wins3 listsPantheonSociety & CultureClass, Poverty & Inequality+2
A Perfect Turmoil: Walter E. Fernald and the Struggle to Care for America’s DisabledAlex Green202510 pts1 wins1 listsUnknown imprintBiographyMemoir & Personal History+3
Explaining HumansCamilla Pang202010 pts1 wins1 listsPenguin BooksScienceFamily, Childhood & Adoption+1
God's Red Son: The Ghost Dance Religion and the Making of Modern AmericaLouis S. Warren201810 pts1 wins1 listsBasic BooksHistoryFood, Agriculture & Land+3
Mamaskatch: A Cree Coming of AgeDarrel J. McLeod201810 pts1 wins1 listsMilkweed EditionsMemoir & AutobiographyGender & Feminism+2
Eden's Outcasts: The Story of Louisa May Alcott and Her FatherJohn Matteson200710 pts1 wins1 listsW. W. NortonBiographyFamily, Childhood & Adoption+2
Them: A Memoir of ParentsFrancine du Plessix Gray200510 pts1 wins1 listsPenguin PressMemoir & AutobiographyMemoir & Personal History+2
Salisbury: Victorian TitanAndrew Roberts199910 pts1 wins1 listsWeidenfeld & NicolsonBiographyEnvironment, Conservation & Pollution+3
The Gentleman's Daughter: Women's Lives in Georgian EnglandAmanda Vickery199810 pts1 wins1 listsYale University PressHistoryGender & Feminism+2
Margaret Fuller: An American Romantic Life; Volume I: The Private YearsCharles Capper199410 pts1 wins1 listsOxford University PressBiographyFamily, Childhood & Adoption+3
Arab and Jew: Wounded Spirits in a Promised LandDavid K. Shipler198710 pts1 wins1 listsTimes BooksRace & EthnicityMedia, Journalism & Public Opinion+2
Roots of Violence in Black Philadelphia, 1860-1900Roger Lane198610 pts1 wins1 listsHarvard University PressHistoryCrime, Policing & Violence+3
Cradle of the Middle Class: The Family in Oneida County, New York, 1790-1865Mary P. Ryan198110 pts1 wins1 listsCambridge University PressHistoryHousing, Cities & Urban Life+3
Clementine ChurchillMary Soames197910 pts1 wins1 listsCassellBiographyFamily, Childhood & Adoption+2
Death at an Early AgeJonathan Kozol196710 pts1 wins1 listsPlumeRace & EthnicityFamily, Childhood & Adoption+2
alfabet/alphabet: a memoir of a first languageSadiqa de Meijer202110 pts1 wins1 listsUnknown imprintMemoir & AutobiographyArchives, Museums & Historical Method+2
And Their Children after ThemDale Maharidge, Michael Williamson199010 pts1 wins1 listsPantheonHistoryClass, Poverty & Inequality+2
Confessions of an Immigrant's DaughterLaura Salverson193910 pts1 wins1 listsUnknown imprintMemoir & AutobiographyEssays & Cultural Criticism+2
Drumblair: Memories of a Jamaican ChildhoodRachel Manley199710 pts1 wins1 listsUnknown imprintMemoir & AutobiographyFamily, Childhood & Adoption+1
The Culture of Narcissism: American Life in an Age of Diminishing ExpectationsChristopher Lasch198010 pts1 wins1 listsW. W. NortonSociety & CultureLgbtq History & Life+2
UnearthingKyo Maclear202310 pts1 wins1 listsUnknown imprintSociety & CultureGrief, Trauma & Recovery+2
The Far Away Brothers: Two Young Migrants And the Making of an American LifeLauren Markham201810 pts1 wins3 listsCrownRace & EthnicityMigration & Diaspora+2
The Family Roe: An American StoryJoshua Prager202110 pts0 wins3 listsW. W. NortonBiographyFamily, Childhood & Adoption+2
Penelope Fitzgerald: A LifeHermione Lee20138 pts2 wins2 listsRandom HouseBiographyLiterature & Writers+3
Keeping MumBrian Thompson20068 pts2 wins2 listsAtlantic BooksMemoir & AutobiographyWar & Military Strategy+3
Children of Crisis: A Study of Courage and FearRobert Coles19678 pts2 wins2 listsLittle, BrownSociety & CultureEssays & Cultural Criticism+1
Bad Blood–A MemoirLorna Sage20008 pts2 wins2 listsHarperCollinsMemoir & AutobiographyEssays & Cultural Criticism+3
Daughters of the Bamboo Grove: From China to America, a True Story of Abduction, Adoption, and Separated TwinsBarbara Demick20258 pts1 wins2 listsRandom HouseMemoir & AutobiographyAfrica & the African Diaspora+2
An Infinite History: The Story of a Family in France over Three CenturiesEmma Rothschild20228 pts1 wins2 listsPrinceton University PressHistoryClass, Poverty & Inequality+2
The Day That Went Missing: A Family's StoryRichard Beard20188 pts1 wins2 listsUnknown imprintMemoir & AutobiographyMemoir & Personal History+2
Emerson: The Mind on FireRobert D. Richardson, Jr.19958 pts1 wins2 listsUniversity of California PressMemoir & AutobiographyEnvironment, Conservation & Pollution+3
A Ghost in the ThroatDoireann Ní Ghríofa20208 pts1 wins2 listsUnknown imprintMemoir & AutobiographyFamily Biography+2
Fame and FollyCynthia Ozick19978 pts1 wins2 listsKnopfArts & CriticismMedia, Journalism & Public Opinion+2
Another Day in the Death of America: A Chronicle of Ten Short LivesGary Younge20168 pts1 wins3 listsUnknown imprintSociety & CultureDeath, Memory & Commemoration+3
Paper Girl: A Memoir of Home and Family in a Fractured AmericaBeth Macy20258 pts0 wins2 listsPenguin PressMemoir & AutobiographyFamily Biography+2
We Could Have Been Friends, My Father and I: A Palestinian MemoirRaja Shehadeh20238 pts0 wins2 listsOther PressMemoir & AutobiographyFamily, Childhood & Adoption+1
One Hundred Names for Love: A Stroke, a Marriage, and the Language of HealingDiane Ackerman20118 pts0 wins2 listsW. W. NortonMemoir & AutobiographyTravel, Exploration & Place+2
City of Thorns: Nine Lives in the World's Largest Refugee CampBen Rawlence20168 pts0 wins3 listsPicadorRace & EthnicityMigration & Diaspora+2
English Pastoral: An InheritanceJames Rebanks20206 pts1 wins2 listsPenguin BooksNature & EnvironmentFood, Agriculture & Land+3
How to Live: A Life of Montaigne in One Question and Twenty Attempts at An AnswerSarah Bakewell20116 pts1 wins2 listsVintage BooksBiographyEssays & Cultural Criticism+3
My Father's FortuneMichael Frayn20106 pts1 wins2 listsFaber & FaberMemoir & AutobiographyFamily, Childhood & Adoption+2
The Secret History of Wonder WomanJill Lepore20156 pts1 wins2 listsVintage BooksGender & SexualityLiterature & Writers+3
Time to Think: The Inside Story of the Collapse of the Tavistock's Gender Service for ChildrenHannah Barnes20236 pts0 wins2 listsSwift PressGender & SexualityReproductive Rights & Family Policy+2
She Has Her Mother's Laugh: The Powers, Perversions and Potential of HeredityCarl Zimmer20186 pts0 wins2 listsPenguin PressScienceFamily, Childhood & Adoption+1
Children of Paradise: The Struggle for the Soul of IranLaura Secor20176 pts0 wins2 listsRiverhead BooksPolitics & GovernmentFamily, Childhood & Adoption+2
Projection: Encounters with My Runaway MotherPriscila Uppal20136 pts0 wins2 listsUnknown imprintMemoir & AutobiographyFamily, Childhood & Adoption+1
Bad Faith: A Forgotten History of Family & FatherlandCarmen Callil20066 pts0 wins2 listsJonathan CapeHistoryClass, Poverty & Inequality+2
The Measure of a Man: The Story of a Father, a Son, and a SuitJJ Lee20116 pts0 wins2 listsUnknown imprintMemoir & AutobiographyFamily, Childhood & Adoption+1
The Invisible Kingdom: Reimagining Chronic IllnessMeghan O’Rourke20226 pts0 wins2 listsRiverhead BooksMedicine & Public HealthDisability & Difference+2
Father Time: A Natural History of Men and BabiesSarah Blaffer Hrdy20244 pts1 wins1 listsPrinceton University PressScienceFamily, Childhood & Adoption+2
The Marriage Question: George Eliot's Double LifeClare Carlisle20234 pts1 wins1 listsFarrar, Straus and GirouxBiographyLiterature & Writers+2
The Neurocognitive Theory of Dreaming: The Where, How, When, What, and Why of DreamsG. William Domhoff20224 pts1 wins1 listsMIT PressScienceSocial Movements & Activism+2
Happy Dreams of Liberty: An American Family in Slavery and FreedomR. Isabela Morales20214 pts1 wins1 listsUnknown imprintHistoryFamily, Childhood & Adoption+2
Making Motherhood Work: How Women Manage Careers and CaregivingCaitlyn Collins20194 pts1 wins1 listsPrinceton University PressGender & SexualityGender & Feminism+3
Some Kids I Taught and What They Taught MeKate Clanchy20194 pts1 wins1 listsPan MacmillanSociety & CultureEssays & Cultural Criticism+3
The Cut Out Girl: A Story of War and Family, Lost and FoundBart van Es20184 pts1 wins1 listsUnknown imprintMemoir & AutobiographyReligion & Religious Movements+3
The Trans Generation: How Trans Kids (and Their Parents) are Creating a GenderRevolution20184 pts1 wins1 listsNew York University PressGender & SexualityEducation & Universities+3
Lissa: A Story about Medical Promise, Friendship, and RevolutionSherine Hamdy, Coleman Nye, Sarula Bao, Caroline Brewer20174 pts1 wins1 listsUniversity of Toronto PressMedicine & Public HealthMedicine, Health & the Body+3
Mariposas Nocturnas: Moths of Central and South America, A Study in Beauty and DiversityEmmet Gowin20174 pts1 wins1 listsPrinceton University PressNature & EnvironmentArt, Music & Performance+3
A Natural History of Human MoralityMichael Tomasello20164 pts1 wins1 listsHarvard University PressScienceNatural History & Animals+3
Ivan Pavlov: A Russian Life in ScienceDaniel Todes20144 pts1 wins1 listsOxford University PressHistoryEmpire & Colonialism+3
MeadowlandJohn Lewis-Stempel20144 pts1 wins1 listsRandom HouseNature & EnvironmentEnvironment, Conservation & Pollution+3
Dotter of Her Father's EyesMary Talbot, Bryan Talbot20124 pts1 wins1 listsRandom HouseBiographyFamily, Childhood & Adoption+2
To Free a Family: The Journey of Mary WalkerSydney Nathans20124 pts1 wins1 listsUnknown imprintTravel & PlaceFamily, Childhood & Adoption+2
Alchemy Tried in the Fire: Starkey, Boyle, and the Fate of Helmontian ChymistryWilliam Newman, Lawrence Principe20024 pts1 wins1 listsUniversity of Chicago PressHistoryLiterature & Writers+3
Herman Melville: A Biography, Volume 2Hershel Parker19964 pts1 wins1 listsJohns Hopkins University PressBiographyFamily, Childhood & Adoption+2
Fables of Abundance: A Cultural History of Advertising in AmericaJackson Lears19944 pts1 wins1 listsBasic BooksHistoryBusiness, Capitalism & Corporations+2
Gay New York: Gender, Urban Culture, and the Making of the Gay Male World, 1890–1940George Chauncey19944 pts1 wins1 listsBasic BooksHistoryGender & Feminism+2
There's No Such Thing as Free Speech, and it's a Good Thing, TooStanley Fish19944 pts1 wins1 listsUnknown imprintArts & CriticismWar & Military Strategy+3
Coleridge: Early VisionsRichard Holmes19904 pts1 wins1 listsVikingBiographyReligion & Religious Movements+2
Life in the English Country HouseMark Girouard19784 pts1 wins1 listsYale University PressHistoryEssays & Cultural Criticism+3
The End of French Predominance in Europe: The Financial Crisis of 1924 and the Adoption of the Dawes Plan.Stephen Schuker19694 pts1 wins1 listsUniversity of North Carolina PressHistoryEurope & Russia+3
All Things Consoled: A Daughter's MemoirElizabeth Hay20184 pts1 wins1 listsUnknown imprintMemoir & AutobiographyMemoir & Personal History+1
And When Did You Last See Your Father?Blake Morrison19944 pts1 wins1 listsGranta BooksBiographyMemoir & Personal History+1
Child of My TimeMark Frankland20004 pts1 wins1 listsUnknown imprintBiographyMemoir & Personal History+1
Children at WarP.W. Singer20064 pts1 wins1 listsUnknown imprintWar & MilitaryFamily, Childhood & Adoption+1
Children’s Literature: A Reader’s History from Aesop to Harry PotterSeth Lerer20104 pts1 wins1 listsUnknown imprintArts & CriticismLiterature & Writers+2
Clouds of Glory-A Hoxton ChildhoodBryan Magee20044 pts1 wins1 listsJonathan CapeBiographyMemoir & Personal History+1
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All awards · Topic: Family, Childhood & Adoption · Sorted by score · 316 books · filtered