I Want to Be Where the Normal People Are
By: Rachel Bloom
3.98
Format: 288 pages, Hardcover
In the vein of Mindy Kaling, Ali Wong, and Amy Poehler, a collection of hilarious personal essays, …
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1. Who Do You Serve, Who Do You Protect? Police Violence and Resistance in the United States
By: Maya Schenwar , Joe Macaré , None , Alicia Garza
4.18
Format: None pages, Paperback
What is the reality of policing in the United States? Do the police keep anyone safe and secure oth… read more
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- nonfiction
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2. The Woman in Me
By: Britney Spears
3.86
Format: 288 pages, Hardcover
The Woman in Me is a brave and astonishingly moving story about freedom, fame, motherhood, survival… read more
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- biography
- memoir
- mental health
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- biography memoir
- nonfiction
- audiobook
"I realized how powerful it can be when women defy expectations. I can make my own way in life. I can make my dreams come true."-Britney Spears, The Woman in Me
"But then, when it came time to end the conservatorship, I realized one thing: You can’t fuck with a woman who knows how to pray. Really pray. All I did was pray."-Britney Spears, The Woman in Me
"Later, I walked all the way home so I could take in the city, breaking one of my heels along the way. When I got to my apartment, I went to my terrace and just looked up at the stars for hours. At th…"-Britney Spears, The Woman in Me
"Giving a person no grace in a hard time is just not nice. Especially when you can't take as good as you give. When I started to speak and throw it back at them a little, God knows they were far from …"-Britney Spears, The Woman in Me
3. Sure, I'll Join Your Cult: A Memoir of Mental Illness and the Quest to Belong Anywhere
By: Maria Bamford
3.77
Format: 287 pages, Hardcover
A brutally honest and hilariously frenetic memoir about show business, mental health, and the comfo… read more
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- biography
- memoir
- humor
- mental health
- autobiography
- biography memoir
- nonfiction
- comedy
- audiobook
4. Leslie F*cking Jones
By: Leslie Jones
4.11
Format: 288 pages, Hardcover
Hey you guys, it’s Leslie. I’m excited to share my story with you. Now, I’m gonna be honest: Som… read more
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"Dad"-Leslie Jones, Leslie F*cking Jones
"Some of the stories about my childhood is vague, because a bitch is 55 and I've smoked a lot of weed."-Leslie Jones, Leslie F*cking Jones
"I was built for strong... I was never a victim. And even though really bad shit happened to me, I know it's my job to help other back girls and women get strong like me."-Leslie Jones, Leslie F*cking Jones
"I even attended a Christian singles night lecture kind of thing—I was single, it was free, and it was Church. Honestly, that night should be an episode of American Horror Story. The woman leading it …"-Leslie Jones, Leslie F*cking Jones
5. Hello, Molly!: A Memoir
By: Molly Shannon
4.13
Format: 291 pages, Hardcover
A candid, compulsively readable, hilarious, and heartbreaking memoir of resilience and redemption b… read more
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- memoir
- humor
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- biography memoir
- nonfiction
- comedy
- audiobook
"But I thought, I can do whatever I want. I can be friends with whoever I want. I'm going to be friends with the freaks and the geeks and I don't have to fit into any clique. And I'm Free! And I like …"-Molly Shannon, Hello, Molly!: A Memoir
6. The Age of Magical Overthinking: Notes on Modern Irrationality
By: Amanda Montell
3.54
Format: 272 pages, Hardcover
From the bestselling author of Cultish and host of the podcast Sounds Like a Cult, a delicious blen… read more
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- memoir
- mental health
- nonfiction
- essays
- audiobook
"While magical thinking is an age-old quirk, overthinking feels distinct to the modern era—a product of our innate superstitions clashing with information overload, mass loneliness, and a capitalistic…"-Amanda Montell, The Age of Magical Overthinking: Notes on Modern Irrationality
"Information transmission research suggests that folks with higher anxiety are quicker to engage with, and slower to disengage from, negative information; so "as a trait and state," anxiety itself per…"-Amanda Montell, The Age of Magical Overthinking: Notes on Modern Irrationality
7. The Wreckage of My Presence
By: Casey Wilson
4.15
Format: 288 pages, Hardcover
Laugh-out-loud, deeply insightful, and emotion-filled essays from multi-talented actress, comedian,… read more
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- memoir
- humor
- autobiography
- biography memoir
- nonfiction
- essays
- comedy
- audiobook
8. Strong Female Character
By: Fern Brady
4.48
Format: 288 pages, Hardcover
A summary of my 1. I'm diagnosed with autism 20 years after telling a doctor I had it. 2. My… read more
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"I was continually over-identifying with fiction to try and find a template for myself and my story (143)"-Fern Brady, Strong Female Character
"For all her flaws, my mum never raised me with dysfunctional attitudes to food or made me think I was greedy or not thin enough. She was always clear she disliked me for me."-Fern Brady, Strong Female Character
"It's 2022 as I write this and I'm still waiting to find someone I respect to speak openly and in detail about meltdowns. I'm really annoyed that I have to be the one to do this."-Fern Brady, Strong Female Character
"It made perfect sense to me that my skin was bursting open in disgusting weeping pustules. The emotions felt volcanic and I'd never been good at communicating that to people in words so now my body w…"-Fern Brady, Strong Female Character
9. Pageboy
By: Elliot Page
3.75
Format: 271 pages, None
Pageboy is a groundbreaking coming-of-age memoir from the Academy Award-nominated actor Elliot Page… read more
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- biography
- memoir
- autobiography
- biography memoir
- nonfiction
- audiobook
"Her visibility meant the world to me. I think about this as I walk through the world now."-Elliot Page, Pageboy
"How do people do it? How do they shut off the noise? And I don't mean "happy", they may not be happy, but they seem to be able to exist at least."-Elliot Page, Pageboy
"In a world where queerness all too often alienates us from blood, I am grateful to Julia, and the family I have chosen. Without them, I wouldn't be here."-Elliot Page, Pageboy
"I could block myself out, I was a person I didn't know, I'd gaze into what felt like the universe, my eye a planet of its own. I must be somewhere in there, I'd think."-Elliot Page, Pageboy
10. Unreliable Narrator: Me, Myself, and Impostor Syndrome
By: Aparna Nancherla
3.60
Format: 304 pages, Hardcover
A hilarious and insightful collection of essays exploring impostor syndrome, from the inside and ou… read more
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- biography
- memoir
- humor
- mental health
- biography memoir
- nonfiction
- essays
- comedy
- audiobook
11. What's That Lady Doing?
By: Lou Sanders
3.91
Format: 288 pages, Hardcover
'A deftness that catches your breath' - Fern Brady 'An incredible piece of writing' - Brett Goldst… read more
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- mental health
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12. The House of Hidden Meanings
By: RuPaul
3.84
Format: 256 pages, Hardcover
From international drag superstar and pop culture icon RuPaul, comes his most revealing and persona… read more
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- biography
- memoir
- autobiography
- biography memoir
- nonfiction
- audiobook
"We all have that magic within us - But it's the faculty to harness it - to turn something seemingly meaningless into something special, to be loose and spontaneous with it - that makes life most wort…"-RuPaul, The House of Hidden Meanings
"But in that time the RuPaul idea was born, and people outside of my world were inspired to talk about me and androgyny and drag in a way that was unprecedented. Not long after that, the questions cam…"-RuPaul, The House of Hidden Meanings
"Life is full of dualities: night and day, black and white, yin and yang, good and evil, birth and death, love and fear. You can't have one without the other. It takes two to create the magnetic pull …"-RuPaul, The House of Hidden Meanings
"There are ideological precepts that people will fight or even kill for. But those things are never really what they seem to be. As much as people will claim a hard moral line, that line becomes very …"-RuPaul, The House of Hidden Meanings
13. I Want to Be Where the Normal People Are
By: Rachel Bloom
3.98
Format: 288 pages, Hardcover
In the vein of Mindy Kaling, Ali Wong, and Amy Poehler, a collection of hilarious personal essays, … read more
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- nonfiction
- essays
- comedy
- audiobook
14. This Will Only Hurt a Little (A Bestselling Celebrity Memoir)
By: Busy Philipps
3.91
Format: 321 pages, Kindle Edition
Busy Philipps’s autobiographical book offers the same unfiltered and candid storytelling that her I… read more
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- memoir
- humor
- autobiography
- biography memoir
- nonfiction
- comedy
- audiobook
"No one is going to tell you all the things you want to hear all the time. You have to know them yourself."-Busy Philipps, This Will Only Hurt a Little (A Bestselling Celebrity Memoir)
"Here's the thing: It's not easy to be a woman in this business. There will always be jokes about your body. There will always be guys who steal your best ideas and pass them off as their own. There w…"-Busy Philipps, This Will Only Hurt a Little (A Bestselling Celebrity Memoir)
15. Quietly Hostile: Essays
By: Samantha Irby
3.70
Format: 290 pages, Paperback
Samantha Irby invites us to share in the gory particulars of her real life, all that festers behind… read more
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- humor
- nonfiction
- essays
- comedy
- audiobook
"[...] and my face is sore from smiling so hard in an effort to appear friendly and nonthreatening."-Samantha Irby, Quietly Hostile: Essays
"I'm so embarrassed by everything all the time, humiliated even by the need to breathe air where other people can see me"-Samantha Irby, Quietly Hostile: Essays
"I want to push back against this idea that it's not real love if you're not passionately chattering at each other all the time, that it's just as valid (and romantic!) to know instinctively when to s…"-Samantha Irby, Quietly Hostile: Essays
"I lived in blissful solitude for a long time...and you learn a lot about yourself and what you require for life when it's just you that you have to think about...You can buy frozen fish sticks and ea…"-Samantha Irby, Quietly Hostile: Essays
16. Joyful Recollections of Trauma
By: Paul Scheer
4.23
Format: 256 pages, Hardcover
From award-winning actor and comedian Paul Scheer, a candid and humorous memoir-in-essays on coming… read more
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- comedy
- audiobook
"I didn’t need a girlfriend when I had Blockbuster."-Paul Scheer, Joyful Recollections of Trauma
"But not acknowledging my trauma took away my triumph. I survived, and I wanted to make surviving the abuse part of my story. I want to wear my former shame with pride."-Paul Scheer, Joyful Recollections of Trauma
17. My Squirrel Days
By: Ellie Kemper
3.37
Format: 240 pages, Hardcover
Comedian and star of The Office and Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt Ellie Kemper delivers a hilarious, re… read more
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- audiobook
"... Being a Mom is hard, but trying to remain rational while hungry is even harder."-Ellie Kemper, My Squirrel Days
"Some people think they can barge in and give you their opinion even though you didn't ask for it."-Ellie Kemper, My Squirrel Days
"I knew that I needed to quiet my mind; lucky for me, there is no place to quiet your mind like the northernmost edge of Manhattan's Times Square."-Ellie Kemper, My Squirrel Days
"One of my great hobbies in life is feeling sorry for myself. Nothing makes me feel more alive than when I suspect I have been wronged. Oh, the energy!"-Ellie Kemper, My Squirrel Days
18. Men Have Called Her Crazy: A Memoir
By: Anna Marie Tendler
3.65
Format: 304 pages, Hardcover
A powerful memoir that reckons with mental health as well as the insidious ways men impact the live… read more
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- memoir
- mental health
- biography memoir
- nonfiction
- audiobook
19. I Might Regret This: Essays, Drawings, Vulnerabilities, and Other Stuff
By: Abbi Jacobson
3.81
Format: 320 pages, Hardcover
From the co-creator and co-star of the hit series Broad City, a "poignant, funny, and beautifully u… read more
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- humor
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- essays
- audiobook
"Love revealed how covered up I was, but heartache broke me open."-Abbi Jacobson, I Might Regret This: Essays, Drawings, Vulnerabilities, and Other Stuff
"Real life is like a constant Yelp review, everyone has notes on how the experience could be improved."-Abbi Jacobson, I Might Regret This: Essays, Drawings, Vulnerabilities, and Other Stuff
"I thought about how pain is also a symptom of transformation. I thought about bouncing back. How we can start again. And again."-Abbi Jacobson, I Might Regret This: Essays, Drawings, Vulnerabilities, and Other Stuff
"From that poorly lit room on the top floor of a tiny mini mall in Sedona, a stranger told me exactly what I knew already. I guess that's what I was looking for, someone to see me and my fears and my …"-Abbi Jacobson, I Might Regret This: Essays, Drawings, Vulnerabilities, and Other Stuff
20. What If... Wanda Maximoff and Peter Parker Were Siblings? (Marvel's What If...?, #2)
By: Seanan McGuire
4.11
Format: 320 pages, Hardcover
Wanda and Peter Parker embrace great responsibility in the next adventure of an epic multiversal se… read more
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21. Happy Dog: 101 Easy Enrichment Activities for a Healthy, Happy, Well-Behaved Pup
By: Chelsea Barstow
4.04
Format: 221 pages, Kindle Edition
Go beyond training and tricks with enrichment activities to improve your dog’s mental health from T… read more
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