10 best-selling memoir books like What This Comedian Said Will Shock You by Bill Maher

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What This Comedian Said Will Shock You

By: Bill Maher

4.27

Format: 400 pages, Hardcover

The hilarious and controversial host of HBO’s Real Time with Bill Maher has written his funniest, m…

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1. Burn Book: A Tech Love Story

By: Kara Swisher

3.99

Format: 320 pages, Hardcover

From award-winning journalist Kara Swisher comes a witty, scathing, but fair accounting of the tech… read more

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  • biography
  • history
  • memoir
  • nonfiction
  • audiobook
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2. An Unfinished Love Story: A Personal History of the 1960s

By: Doris Kearns Goodwin

4.71

Format: 480 pages, Hardcover

An Unfinished Love A Personal History of the 1960s by Doris Kearns Goodwin, one of America’s most … read more

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  • biography
  • history
  • memoir
  • politics
  • nonfiction
  • audiobook
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3. The Demon of Unrest: A Saga of Hubris, Heartbreak, and Heroism at the Dawn of the Civil War

By: Erik Larson

4.24

Format: 565 pages, Hardcover

The #1 New York Times bestselling author of The Splendid and the Vile brings to life the pivotal fi… read more

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  • politics
  • history
  • nonfiction
  • audiobook
"A house divided against itself cannot stand."

-Erik Larson, The Demon of Unrest: A Saga of Hubris, Heartbreak, and Heroism at the Dawn of the Civil War

"Lincoln on a sofa was like a ship's mast on a barstool, poised in an uneasy equilibrium between relaxation and structural collapse."

-Erik Larson, The Demon of Unrest: A Saga of Hubris, Heartbreak, and Heroism at the Dawn of the Civil War

"They were convinced that Britain, once confronted with the loss of Southern cotton, would ally itself with the Confederacy—the “cotton is king"

-Erik Larson, The Demon of Unrest: A Saga of Hubris, Heartbreak, and Heroism at the Dawn of the Civil War

"South Carolina is too small for a Republic, and too big for an insane asylum. [James L. Petigru (1789-1863), following the state's vote to secede from the Union in 1860]"

-Erik Larson, The Demon of Unrest: A Saga of Hubris, Heartbreak, and Heroism at the Dawn of the Civil War

Cover of Morning After the Revolution: Dispatches from the Wrong Side of History by Nellie Bowles

4. Morning After the Revolution: Dispatches from the Wrong Side of History

By: Nellie Bowles

4.05

Format: 272 pages, Hardcover

From former New York Times reporter Nellie Bowles, a look at how some of the most educated people i… read more

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  • cultural
  • history
  • memoir
  • politics
  • nonfiction
  • essays
  • audiobook
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5. The Situation Room: The Inside Story of Presidents in Crisis

By: George Stephanopoulos

4.45

Format: 368 pages, Hardcover

George Stephanopoulos, former senior advisor to President Clinton and for more than 20 years anchor… read more

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  • biography
  • history
  • politics
  • nonfiction
  • audiobook
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6. The Age of Grievance

By: Frank Bruni

4.13

Format: 288 pages, Hardcover

From bestselling author and longtime New York Times columnist Frank Bruni comes a lucid, powerful e… read more

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  • cultural
  • history
  • politics
  • nonfiction
  • audiobook
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7. Uncomfortable Conversations with a Jew

By: Emmanuel Acho

4.53

Format: 320 pages, Hardcover

From two New York Times bestselling authors, a timely, disarmingly honest, and thought-provoking in… read more

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  • politics
  • history
  • nonfiction
  • audiobook
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8. The End of Race Politics: Arguments for a Colorblind America

By: Coleman Hughes

4.46

Format: 256 pages, Hardcover

An exciting new voice makes the case for a colorblind approach to politics and culture, warning tha… read more

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  • cultural
  • history
  • politics
  • nonfiction
  • audiobook
"Neoracists believe that we must indoctrinate children to cure them of racism. I say that children are racially innocent by nature, and we should protect that racial innocence for as long as possible."

-Coleman Hughes, The End of Race Politics: Arguments for a Colorblind America

"The majority of effort channeled toward achieving racial equity hasn't been applied to the part of life that has the biggest influence on people's skills and mindsets: namely birth to eighteen years …"

-Coleman Hughes, The End of Race Politics: Arguments for a Colorblind America

"By [college], many skills, attitudes, and habits have already been formed. We can have a much bigger impact on people at younger ages. Efforts to achieve true equity should focus instead on high-qual…"

-Coleman Hughes, The End of Race Politics: Arguments for a Colorblind America

"The common humanity and anti-racism of the civil rights movement had strong ties to Christianity. And Christianity promoted the value of interracial harmony: unity in Christ. But the appeal of Christ…"

-Coleman Hughes, The End of Race Politics: Arguments for a Colorblind America

Cover of What This Comedian Said Will Shock You by Bill Maher

9. What This Comedian Said Will Shock You

By: Bill Maher

4.27

Format: 400 pages, Hardcover

The hilarious and controversial host of HBO’s Real Time with Bill Maher has written his funniest, m… read more

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  • cultural
  • biography
  • history
  • memoir
  • politics
  • humor
  • nonfiction
  • essays
  • comedy
  • audiobook
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10. Say More: Lessons from Work, the White House, and the World

By: Jen Psaki

3.96

Format: 240 pages, Hardcover

Former White House Press Secretary and current MSNBC host Jen Psaki shares the surprising lessons s… read more

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  • biography
  • history
  • memoir
  • politics
  • nonfiction
  • audiobook
"There was also a large crew of people who tried to nickname the previously mentioned Bipartisan Infrastructure Framework "BIF". If you would like your audience to start making fun of a big, serious, …"

-Jen Psaki, Say More: Lessons from Work, the White House, and the World

"I've spent time with a lot of very busy people - business leaders, prominent journalists, and multiple presidents. Despite the unusually high demands on their schedules, something they all have in co…"

-Jen Psaki, Say More: Lessons from Work, the White House, and the World

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11. In My Time of Dying: How I Came Face to Face with the Idea of an Afterlife

By: Sebastian Junger

3.92

Format: 176 pages, Hardcover

A near-fatal health emergency leads to this powerful reflection on death—and what might follow—by t… read more

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  • nonfiction
  • biography
  • memoir
  • audiobook
"Everyone has a relationship with death whether they want one or not; refusing to think about death is its own kind of relationship. When we hear about another person's death, we are hearing a version…"

-Sebastian Junger, In My Time of Dying: How I Came Face to Face with the Idea of an Afterlife

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12. The Friday Afternoon Club: A Family Memoir

By: Griffin Dunne

4.19

Format: 400 pages, Hardcover

At nine, Sean Connery saved him from drowning. At thirteen, desperate to hook up with Janis Joplin,… read more

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  • biography
  • history
  • memoir
  • nonfiction
  • audiobook
"At the moment when Mrs. Griffin had been notified of her husband’s death, she was in bed with her lover at the Hotel del Coronado in California, and took the news that she was a widow rather well. Sh…"

-Griffin Dunne, The Friday Afternoon Club: A Family Memoir

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13. Entrances and Exits

By: Michael Richards

4.12

Format: 425 pages, Hardcover

The man who brought the kavorka to the Seinfeld show through one of the most remarkable and beloved… read more

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  • biography
  • memoir
  • humor
  • nonfiction
  • comedy
  • audiobook
Cover of Age of Revolutions: Progress and Backlash from 1600 to the Present by Fareed Zakaria

14. Age of Revolutions: Progress and Backlash from 1600 to the Present

By: Fareed Zakaria

4.23

Format: 400 pages, Hardcover

The CNN host and best-selling author explores the revolutions—past and present—that define the pola… read more

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  • politics
  • history
  • nonfiction
  • audiobook
Cover of On Call: A Doctor's Journey in Public Service by Anthony Fauci

15. On Call: A Doctor's Journey in Public Service

By: Anthony Fauci

4.59

Format: 464 pages, Hardcover

The memoir by the doctor who became a beacon of hope for millions through the COVID pandemic, and w… read more

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  • biography
  • history
  • memoir
  • politics
  • nonfiction
  • audiobook
Cover of The Singularity Is Nearer: When We Merge with AI by Ray Kurzweil

16. The Singularity Is Nearer: When We Merge with AI

By: Ray Kurzweil

3.93

Format: 432 pages, Hardcover

The noted inventor and futurist’s successor to his landmark book The Singularity Is Near explor… read more

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  • nonfiction
  • audiobook
Cover of Get Honest or Die Lying: Why Small Talk Sucks by Charlamagne Tha God

17. Get Honest or Die Lying: Why Small Talk Sucks

By: Charlamagne Tha God

3.91

Format: 240 pages, Hardcover

An Atria Book. Atria Books has a great book for every reader. read more

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  • nonfiction
  • biography
  • audiobook
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18. Autocracy, Inc.

By: Anne Applebaum

4.28

Format: 224 pages, Hardcover

All of us have in our minds a cartoon image of what an autocratic state looks like, with a bad man … read more

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  • politics
  • history
  • nonfiction
  • audiobook
"Americans who rarely think about Russia would be stunned to learn how much time Russian state television devotes to America’s culture wars, especially arguments over gender. Putin himself has display…"

-Anne Applebaum, Autocracy, Inc.

"Isolationism is an instinctive and even understandable reaction to the ugliness of the modern interconnected world. For some politicians in democracies, it will continue to offer a successful path to…"

-Anne Applebaum, Autocracy, Inc.

"The temptation of what is sometimes called realism—the belief that nations are solely motivated by a struggle for power, that they have eternal interests and permanent geopolitical orientations—is as…"

-Anne Applebaum, Autocracy, Inc.

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19. The Art of Power: My Story as America's First Woman Speaker of the House

By: Nancy Pelosi

4.10

Format: 352 pages, Hardcover

The most powerful woman in American political history tells the story of her transformation from ho… read more

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  • biography
  • history
  • memoir
  • politics
  • nonfiction
  • audiobook
Cover of The Longest Con: How Grifters, Swindlers, and Frauds Hijacked American Conservatism by Joe Conason

20. The Longest Con: How Grifters, Swindlers, and Frauds Hijacked American Conservatism

By: Joe Conason

4.31

Format: 320 pages, Hardcover

A sardonic chronicle of how conservatism turned into a racketeering enterprise – and why Donald Tru… read more

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  • politics
  • history
  • nonfiction
  • audiobook

20 Top audiobook books like What This Comedian Said Will Shock You by Bill Maher

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Burn Book: A Tech Love Story

Kara Swisher

3.99

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An Unfinished Love Story: A Personal History of the 1960s

Doris Kearns Goodwin

4.71

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The Demon of Unrest: A Saga of Hubris, Heartbreak, and Heroism at the Dawn of the Civil War

Erik Larson

4.24

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Morning After the Revolution: Dispatches from the Wrong Side of History

Nellie Bowles

4.05

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16 best-selling audiobook books like The Singularity Is Nearer: When We Merge with AI by Ray Kurzweil

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Nuclear War: A Scenario

Annie Jacobsen

4.47

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The Coming Wave: Technology, Power, and the Twenty-first Century's Greatest Dilemma

Mustafa Suleyman

3.86

Transform Your Habits

Brave New Words: How AI Will Revolutionize Education (and Why That's a Good Thing)

Salman Khan

3.74

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4.27

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