Mukiwa: A White Boy in Africa - The memoir of a boy growing up during the struggle between blacks and whites at the end of British Colonial Rhodesia. Read it for the personal conflict of a war and the challenges of a journalist reporting on post war Zimbabwe

Knife: Meditations After an Attempted Murder - A memoir of a writer trying to make sense of a stabbing that occured while he prepared to give a lecture on the importance of keeping writers safe from harm...

In the Eye of the Wild - The mind-altering, psycological drama of what happened to Natasha after a violent attack by a bear - try if you enjoyed At Night All Blood is Black or even The Bell Jar

Wavewalker - Growing up on a ship thats sailing the world! Reality of childhood without friends, safety and occasionally drinking water. If you liked Educated by Tara Westover, this is for you

Anansi’s Gold - Starting in post colonial Ghana, the story of a con-man who swindled notable people around the globe. Wolf of Wall Street meets Bad Blood...