Books like Autobiography of a Face

Autobiography of a Face by Lucy Grealy reads as vulnerable, poignant. These 12 books share its genome — matched by how they actually read, not just their shelf label.

Het zoutpad

Raynor Winn · 2018

Same memoir feel

60% genome match

Under the eye of the clock

Christopher Nolan (Irish author) · 1987

Same memoir feel

60% genome match

As Seen on TV

Lucy Grealy · 2000

Both explore identity & body image

79% genome match

Untamed

Glennon Doyle Melton · 2020

Same memoir feel

56% genome match

In Open Country

Rahawa Haile · 2021

Both explore identity

63% genome match

My Left Foot

Christy Brown · 1954

Same memoir feel

57% genome match

Barbarian days

William Finnegan · 2015

Same memoir feel

58% genome match

Lighter than my shadow

Katie Green · 2013

Both explore body image & self-acceptance

75% genome match

Scaphandre et le papillon

Jean-Dominique Bauby · 1997

Same memoir feel

60% genome match

To shake the sleeping self

Jedidiah Jenkins · 2018

Both explore identity

58% genome match

Eat, Pray, Love

Elizabeth Gilbert · 2006

Same memoir feel

53% genome match

Unfinished Woman

Robyn Davidson · 2023

Both explore identity

63% genome match