17 best-selling biography memoir books like What Have We Here?: Portraits of a Life by Billy Dee Williams

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What Have We Here?: Portraits of a Life

By: Billy Dee Williams

4.04

Format: 288 pages, Hardcover

A film legend recalls his remarkable life of nearly eight decades—a heralded actor who's played the…

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1. Making It So

By: Patrick Stewart

4.33

Format: 469 pages, Hardcover

The long-awaited memoir from iconic, beloved actor and living legend Sir Patrick Stewart! From h… read more

Similar categories in Patrick Stewart's Making It So book and Billy Dee Williams's What Have We Here?: Portraits of a Life

  • biography
  • memoir
  • autobiography
  • biography memoir
  • nonfiction
  • adult
  • audiobook
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2. Hits, Flops, and Other Illusions: My Fortysomething Years in Hollywood

By: Ed Zwick

4.03

Format: 304 pages, Hardcover

This heartfelt and wry career memoir from the director of Blood Diamond, The Last Samurai, Legends … read more

Similar categories in Ed Zwick's Hits, Flops, and Other Illusions: My Fortysomething Years in Hollywood book and Billy Dee Williams's What Have We Here?: Portraits of a Life

  • biography
  • memoir
  • film
  • media tie in
  • autobiography
  • biography memoir
  • nonfiction
  • audiobook
"One of Patsy Broderick's choicer comments was to describe my writing as ' limp as a penis ."

-Ed Zwick, Hits, Flops, and Other Illusions: My Fortysomething Years in Hollywood

"I called Matthew Broderick. The radiophone was working again. 'Hi, Matthew, I hear you want to talk about the script. Over .' 'Yeah, well, I have a lot of notes…' He neglected to say “ over ."

-Ed Zwick, Hits, Flops, and Other Illusions: My Fortysomething Years in Hollywood

"From the moment we met Patsy Broderick was contemptuous, demeaning, and volatile. As Matthew sat in opaque silence, I was forced to defend, in excruciating detail, my rationale for every line in ever…"

-Ed Zwick, Hits, Flops, and Other Illusions: My Fortysomething Years in Hollywood

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3. Being Henry: The Fonz . . . and Beyond

By: Henry Winkler

4.14

Format: 246 pages, Hardcover

From Emmy-award winning actor, author, comedian, producer, and director Henry Winkler, a deeply tho… read more

Similar categories in Henry Winkler's Being Henry: The Fonz . . . and Beyond book and Billy Dee Williams's What Have We Here?: Portraits of a Life

  • biography
  • memoir
  • autobiography
  • biography memoir
  • nonfiction
  • adult
  • audiobook
"It’s so funny about time - you get into these nice little grooves with people you love, and you think it’ll go on forever. But time goes so fast, and nothing goes on forever."

-Henry Winkler, Being Henry: The Fonz . . . and Beyond

"If you don't nail your feet to the ground, you can just believe - and you want to believe. It's so enticing. It felt so good. You could just become a gigantic balloon in the Thanksgiving Day parade a…"

-Henry Winkler, Being Henry: The Fonz . . . and Beyond

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4. You Never Know: A Memoir

By: Tom Selleck

4.05

Format: 352 pages, Hardcover

There are many miles from the business school and basketball court at the University of Southern Ca… read more

Similar categories in Tom Selleck's You Never Know: A Memoir book and Billy Dee Williams's What Have We Here?: Portraits of a Life

  • biography
  • memoir
  • autobiography
  • biography memoir
  • nonfiction
  • adult
  • audiobook
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5. Charlie Hustle: The Rise and Fall of Pete Rose, and the Last Glory Days of Baseball

By: Keith O'Brien

4.43

Format: 464 pages, Hardcover

A page-turning work of narrative nonfiction chronicling the incredible story of one of America’s mo… read more

Similar categories in Keith O'Brien's Charlie Hustle: The Rise and Fall of Pete Rose, and the Last Glory Days of Baseball book and Billy Dee Williams's What Have We Here?: Portraits of a Life

  • biography memoir
  • biography
  • nonfiction
  • audiobook
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6. To the Temple of Tranquility...And Step On It!: A Memoir

By: Ed Begley Jr.

3.59

Format: 256 pages, Hardcover

Beloved actor and environmental activist Ed Begley Jr. shares hilarious and poignant stories of his… read more

Similar categories in Ed Begley Jr.'s To the Temple of Tranquility...And Step On It!: A Memoir book and Billy Dee Williams's What Have We Here?: Portraits of a Life

  • biography
  • memoir
  • autobiography
  • biography memoir
  • nonfiction
  • audiobook
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7. Star Wars: The Living Force

By: John Jackson Miller

3.81

Format: 432 pages, Hardcover

In the year before The Phantom Menace, Yoda, Mace Windu, and the entire Jedi Council confront a gal… read more

Similar categories in John Jackson Miller's Star Wars: The Living Force book and Billy Dee Williams's What Have We Here?: Portraits of a Life

  • media tie in
  • audiobook
  • adult
  • star wars
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8. Bits and Pieces: My Mother, My Brother, and Me

By: Whoopi Goldberg

4.33

Format: 256 pages, Hardcover

From multi-award winner Whoopi Goldberg comes a new and unique memoir of her family and their influ… read more

Similar categories in Whoopi Goldberg's Bits and Pieces: My Mother, My Brother, and Me book and Billy Dee Williams's What Have We Here?: Portraits of a Life

  • biography
  • memoir
  • autobiography
  • biography memoir
  • nonfiction
  • audiobook
"Listen. The confines of this neighbourhood do not represent the confines of your life. You can go and do and be whatever you want. But, whatever you choose, be yourself."

-Whoopi Goldberg, Bits and Pieces: My Mother, My Brother, and Me

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9. The Rulebreaker: The Life and Times of Barbara Walters

By: Susan Page

3.90

Format: 464 pages, Hardcover

The definitive biography of the most successful female broadcaster of all time—Barbara Walters—a wo… read more

Similar categories in Susan Page's The Rulebreaker: The Life and Times of Barbara Walters book and Billy Dee Williams's What Have We Here?: Portraits of a Life

  • biography
  • memoir
  • biography memoir
  • nonfiction
  • audiobook
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10. The Queen of Sugar Hill: A Novel of Hattie McDaniel

By: ReShonda Tate

3.94

Format: 432 pages, Paperback

Bestselling author ReShonda Tate presents a fascinating fictional portrait of Hattie McDaniel, one … read more

Similar categories in ReShonda Tate's The Queen of Sugar Hill: A Novel of Hattie McDaniel book and Billy Dee Williams's What Have We Here?: Portraits of a Life

  • adult
  • audiobook
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11. The Blues Brothers: An Epic Friendship, the Rise of Improv, and the Making of an American Film Classic

By: Daniel de Visé

4.25

Format: 400 pages, Hardcover

The story of the epic friendship between John Belushi and Dan Aykroyd, the golden era of improv, an… read more

Similar categories in Daniel de Visé's The Blues Brothers: An Epic Friendship, the Rise of Improv, and the Making of an American Film Classic book and Billy Dee Williams's What Have We Here?: Portraits of a Life

  • biography
  • film
  • media tie in
  • biography memoir
  • nonfiction
  • audiobook
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12. Rebel Rising

By: Rebel Wilson

3.91

Format: 335 pages, Kindle Edition

From the scene-stealing star of Pitch Perfect and Bridesmaids comes a refreshingly candid, hilariou… read more

Similar categories in Rebel Wilson's Rebel Rising book and Billy Dee Williams's What Have We Here?: Portraits of a Life

  • biography
  • memoir
  • autobiography
  • biography memoir
  • nonfiction
  • audiobook
"Would this performance feel internally like I was going to die? Yes. But my desire to win, my desire to be somebody, is so strong that it compels me to do the hardest thing possible: to perform in pu…"

-Rebel Wilson, Rebel Rising

"People would come up to me on the street and say, 'I just want to thank you for being so brave!' Why am I so fucking brave? I'm not going off to fight in a war! I'm not running into a burning buildin…"

-Rebel Wilson, Rebel Rising

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13. What Have We Here?: Portraits of a Life

By: Billy Dee Williams

4.04

Format: 288 pages, Hardcover

A film legend recalls his remarkable life of nearly eight decades—a heralded actor who's played the… read more

Similar categories in Billy Dee Williams's What Have We Here?: Portraits of a Life book and Billy Dee Williams's What Have We Here?: Portraits of a Life

  • biography
  • memoir
  • film
  • media tie in
  • autobiography
  • biography memoir
  • nonfiction
  • star wars
  • adult
  • audiobook
Cover of When I Was Your Age: Life Lessons, Funny Stories & Questionable Parenting Advice from a Professional Clown by Kenan Thompson

14. When I Was Your Age: Life Lessons, Funny Stories & Questionable Parenting Advice from a Professional Clown

By: Kenan Thompson

3.83

Format: 240 pages, Hardcover

When I Was Your Age  is a hilarious, heartwarming and surprising ode to growing up, getting older a… read more

Similar categories in Kenan Thompson's When I Was Your Age: Life Lessons, Funny Stories & Questionable Parenting Advice from a Professional Clown book and Billy Dee Williams's What Have We Here?: Portraits of a Life

  • biography
  • memoir
  • autobiography
  • biography memoir
  • nonfiction
  • adult
  • audiobook
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15. What a Fool Believes: A Memoir

By: Michael McDonald

4.09

Format: 336 pages, Hardcover

A sweeping and evocative memoir from the Rock & Roll Hall of Famer, Grammy Award–winning, platinum … read more

Similar categories in Michael McDonald's What a Fool Believes: A Memoir book and Billy Dee Williams's What Have We Here?: Portraits of a Life

  • biography
  • memoir
  • autobiography
  • biography memoir
  • nonfiction
  • audiobook
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16. 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

Similar categories in Michael Richards's Entrances and Exits book and Billy Dee Williams's What Have We Here?: Portraits of a Life

  • biography
  • memoir
  • autobiography
  • biography memoir
  • nonfiction
  • audiobook
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17. My Mama, Cass: A Memoir

By: Owen Elliot-Kugell

3.96

Format: 262 pages, Hardcover

A long-awaited, myth-busting, and deeply affecting memoir by the daughter of legendary rock star “M… read more

Similar categories in Owen Elliot-Kugell's My Mama, Cass: A Memoir book and Billy Dee Williams's What Have We Here?: Portraits of a Life

  • biography
  • memoir
  • biography memoir
  • nonfiction
  • audiobook
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18. Temptation of the Force

By: Tessa Gratton

4.23

Format: 448 pages, Hardcover

The reunited Jedi prepare to strike back against the ruthless Nihil in this thrilling sequel to Sta… read more

Similar categories in Tessa Gratton's Temptation of the Force book and Billy Dee Williams's What Have We Here?: Portraits of a Life

  • audiobook
  • adult
  • star wars
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19. I Curse You With Joy

By: Tiffany Haddish

3.95

Format: 269 pages, Kindle Edition

Tiffany Haddish is back with her highly anticipated new essay collection, I Curse You With Joy … read more

Similar categories in Tiffany Haddish's I Curse You With Joy book and Billy Dee Williams's What Have We Here?: Portraits of a Life

  • biography
  • memoir
  • biography memoir
  • nonfiction
  • adult
  • audiobook
"Representation isn’t just checking off boxes, it’s validating experience."

-Tiffany Haddish, I Curse You With Joy

"What I was learning was, in its own fucked up way, no feelings was as bad as too many."

-Tiffany Haddish, I Curse You With Joy

"I wish that men got endometriosis. If it was painful when they ejaculated, you know they would find a cure immediately and every doctor would know what to do to make it less painful, even a foot doct…"

-Tiffany Haddish, I Curse You With Joy

"Going through all that, taught me that you get to choose your response when you are afraid. You might not be able to control everything that happens to you but you do get to control how you respond t…"

-Tiffany Haddish, I Curse You With Joy

Cover of Becoming Ella Fitzgerald: The Jazz Singer Who Transformed American Song by Judith Tick

20. Becoming Ella Fitzgerald: The Jazz Singer Who Transformed American Song

By: Judith Tick

3.75

Format: 592 pages, Hardcover

A landmark biography that reclaims Ella Fitzgerald as a major American artist and modernist innovat… read more

Similar categories in Judith Tick's Becoming Ella Fitzgerald: The Jazz Singer Who Transformed American Song book and Billy Dee Williams's What Have We Here?: Portraits of a Life

  • biography
  • memoir
  • biography memoir
  • nonfiction
  • adult
  • audiobook
Cover of The Future Was Now: Madmen, Mavericks, and the Epic Sci-Fi Summer of 1982 by Chris Nashawaty

21. The Future Was Now: Madmen, Mavericks, and the Epic Sci-Fi Summer of 1982

By: Chris Nashawaty

4.24

Format: 304 pages, Hardcover

From legendary entertainment journalist and author of Caddyshack comes a rollicking history of 1980… read more

Similar categories in Chris Nashawaty's The Future Was Now: Madmen, Mavericks, and the Epic Sci-Fi Summer of 1982 book and Billy Dee Williams's What Have We Here?: Portraits of a Life

  • media tie in
  • nonfiction
  • film

10 Best adult books like What Have We Here?: Portraits of a Life by Billy Dee Williams

Transform Your Habits

Making It So

Patrick Stewart

4.33

Transform Your Habits

Being Henry: The Fonz . . . and Beyond

Henry Winkler

4.14

Transform Your Habits

You Never Know: A Memoir

Tom Selleck

4.05

Transform Your Habits

Star Wars: The Living Force

John Jackson Miller

3.81

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13 Top adult books like When I Was Your Age: Life Lessons, Funny Stories & Questionable Parenting Advice from a Professional Clown by Kenan Thompson

Transform Your Habits

Being Henry: The Fonz . . . and Beyond

Henry Winkler

4.14

Transform Your Habits

Leslie F*cking Jones

Leslie Jones

4.11

Transform Your Habits

A Very Punchable Face

Colin Jost

4.21

Transform Your Habits

Worthy

Jada Pinkett Smith

3.64

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