20 must-read nonfiction books like The History of Sketch Comedy: A Journey through the Art and Craft of Humor by Keegan-Michael Key

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The History of Sketch Comedy: A Journey through the Art and Craft of Humor

By: Keegan-Michael Key

3.90

Format: 300 pages, Hardcover

"A boisterous debut … the authors are as funny as one would expect … this is a hoot.” ― Publishers …

If you liked the nonfiction plot in The History of Sketch Comedy: A Journey through the Art and Craft of Humor by Keegan-Michael Key , here is a list of 20 books like this:

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1. The Comedians: Drunks, Thieves, Scoundrels, and the History of American Comedy

By: Kliph Nesteroff

3.81

Format: 336 pages, Hardcover

In The Comedians, comedy historian Kliph Nesteroff brings to life a century of American comedy with… read more

Similar categories in Kliph Nesteroff's The Comedians: Drunks, Thieves, Scoundrels, and the History of American Comedy book and Keegan-Michael Key's The History of Sketch Comedy: A Journey through the Art and Craft of Humor

  • history
  • pop culture
  • humor
  • nonfiction
  • comedy
Cover of Misfit: Growing Up Awkward in the '80s by Gary Gulman

2. Misfit: Growing Up Awkward in the '80s

By: Gary Gulman

4.14

Format: 289 pages, Hardcover

A tour de force of comedy and reflection about the perilous journey from kindergarten to twelfth gr… read more

Similar categories in Gary Gulman's Misfit: Growing Up Awkward in the '80s book and Keegan-Michael Key's The History of Sketch Comedy: A Journey through the Art and Craft of Humor

  • humor
  • nonfiction
  • comedy
  • audiobook
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3. 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

Similar categories in Leslie Jones's Leslie F*cking Jones book and Keegan-Michael Key's The History of Sketch Comedy: A Journey through the Art and Craft of Humor

  • humor
  • nonfiction
  • adult
  • comedy
  • audiobook
"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

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4. I Must Be Dreaming

By: Roz Chast

3.65

Format: 118 pages, Hardcover

#1 New York Times bestselling, award-winning New Yorker cartoonist Roz Chast's new graphic narrativ… read more

Similar categories in Roz Chast's I Must Be Dreaming book and Keegan-Michael Key's The History of Sketch Comedy: A Journey through the Art and Craft of Humor

  • humor
  • nonfiction
  • adult
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5. 60 Songs That Explain the '90s

By: Rob Harvilla

3.92

Format: 288 pages, Hardcover

The 1990s were a chaotic and gritty and utterly magical time for music, a confounding barrage of ge… read more

Similar categories in Rob Harvilla's 60 Songs That Explain the '90s book and Keegan-Michael Key's The History of Sketch Comedy: A Journey through the Art and Craft of Humor

  • history
  • pop culture
  • humor
  • nonfiction
  • adult
  • audiobook
"There is no true, clean, definitive way to separate the art from the artist. Art fully separated from the artist ceases, in a fundamental way, to be art at all. The artist gives the art meaning."

-Rob Harvilla, 60 Songs That Explain the '90s

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6. Airplane Mode: An Irreverent History of Travel

By: Shahnaz Habib

3.89

Format: 288 pages, Hardcover

A playful personal and cultural history of travel from a postcolonial, person-of-color perspective,… read more

Similar categories in Shahnaz Habib's Airplane Mode: An Irreverent History of Travel book and Keegan-Michael Key's The History of Sketch Comedy: A Journey through the Art and Craft of Humor

  • history
  • historical
  • nonfiction
  • adult
  • audiobook
"I don't know if this should be considered a hobby or a disorder, but going for a walk is my idea of a marvelous time."

-Shahnaz Habib, Airplane Mode: An Irreverent History of Travel

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7. Surely You Can't Be Serious: The True Story of Airplane!

By: David Zucker

4.17

Format: 352 pages, Hardcover

Surely You Can't Be Serious is an in-depth and hysterical look at the making of 1980's comedy class… read more

Similar categories in David Zucker's Surely You Can't Be Serious: The True Story of Airplane! book and Keegan-Michael Key's The History of Sketch Comedy: A Journey through the Art and Craft of Humor

  • history
  • pop culture
  • humor
  • nonfiction
  • comedy
  • audiobook
Cover of Opposable Thumbs: How Siskel & Ebert Changed Movies Forever by Matt Singer

8. Opposable Thumbs: How Siskel & Ebert Changed Movies Forever

By: Matt Singer

4.06

Format: 352 pages, Hardcover

Once upon a time, if you wanted to know if a movie was worth seeing, you didn’t check out Rotten To… read more

Similar categories in Matt Singer's Opposable Thumbs: How Siskel & Ebert Changed Movies Forever book and Keegan-Michael Key's The History of Sketch Comedy: A Journey through the Art and Craft of Humor

  • nonfiction
  • history
  • pop culture
  • audiobook
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9. Everywhere an Oink Oink: An Embittered, Dyspeptic, and Accurate Report of Forty Years in Hollywood

By: David Mamet

3.24

Format: 247 pages, Kindle Edition

Award-winning playwright, screenwriter, and director David Mamet shares scandalous and laugh-out-lo… read more

Similar categories in David Mamet's Everywhere an Oink Oink: An Embittered, Dyspeptic, and Accurate Report of Forty Years in Hollywood book and Keegan-Michael Key's The History of Sketch Comedy: A Journey through the Art and Craft of Humor

  • nonfiction
  • history
  • audiobook
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10. 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 Keegan-Michael Key's The History of Sketch Comedy: A Journey through the Art and Craft of Humor

  • history
  • pop culture
  • humor
  • nonfiction
  • audiobook
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11. 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 Keegan-Michael Key's The History of Sketch Comedy: A Journey through the Art and Craft of Humor

  • adult
  • nonfiction
  • audiobook
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12. The History of Sketch Comedy: A Journey through the Art and Craft of Humor

By: Keegan-Michael Key

3.90

Format: 300 pages, Hardcover

"A boisterous debut … the authors are as funny as one would expect … this is a hoot.” ― Publishers … read more

Similar categories in Keegan-Michael Key's The History of Sketch Comedy: A Journey through the Art and Craft of Humor book and Keegan-Michael Key's The History of Sketch Comedy: A Journey through the Art and Craft of Humor

  • history
  • pop culture
  • historical
  • humor
  • nonfiction
  • adult
  • comedy
  • audiobook
Cover of No Crying in Baseball: The Inside Story of A League of Their Own: Big Stars, Dugout Drama, and a Home Run for Hollywood by Erin Carlson

13. No Crying in Baseball: The Inside Story of A League of Their Own: Big Stars, Dugout Drama, and a Home Run for Hollywood

By: Erin Carlson

3.69

Format: 320 pages, Hardcover

National Bestseller The inside story of how A League of Their Own —one of the most beloved basebal… read more

Similar categories in Erin Carlson's No Crying in Baseball: The Inside Story of A League of Their Own: Big Stars, Dugout Drama, and a Home Run for Hollywood book and Keegan-Michael Key's The History of Sketch Comedy: A Journey through the Art and Craft of Humor

  • history
  • pop culture
  • nonfiction
  • 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 Keegan-Michael Key's The History of Sketch Comedy: A Journey through the Art and Craft of Humor

  • pop culture
  • humor
  • nonfiction
  • adult
  • comedy
  • audiobook
Cover of Unbecoming a Lady: The Forgotten Sluts and Shrews Who Shaped America by Therese Oneill

15. Unbecoming a Lady: The Forgotten Sluts and Shrews Who Shaped America

By: Therese Oneill

3.72

Format: 256 pages, Hardcover

A quippy and irreverent collection of illustrated profiles of the great American women who weren’t … read more

Similar categories in Therese Oneill's Unbecoming a Lady: The Forgotten Sluts and Shrews Who Shaped America book and Keegan-Michael Key's The History of Sketch Comedy: A Journey through the Art and Craft of Humor

  • history
  • historical
  • humor
  • nonfiction
  • adult
  • audiobook
"[A woman] takes up just the right amount of space. Small is best. You need to prove yourself worthy of the molecules you displace, madam."

-Therese Oneill, Unbecoming a Lady: The Forgotten Sluts and Shrews Who Shaped America

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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

Similar categories in Paul Scheer's Joyful Recollections of Trauma book and Keegan-Michael Key's The History of Sketch Comedy: A Journey through the Art and Craft of Humor

  • humor
  • nonfiction
  • 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

Cover of Comedy Book: How Comedy Conquered Culture―and the Magic That Makes It Work by Jesse David Fox

17. Comedy Book: How Comedy Conquered Culture―and the Magic That Makes It Work

By: Jesse David Fox

4.18

Format: 368 pages, Hardcover

Named a Most Anticipated Book by Vulture , Elle, Chicago Tribune, The Millions , and Lit Hub " C… read more

Similar categories in Jesse David Fox's Comedy Book: How Comedy Conquered Culture―and the Magic That Makes It Work book and Keegan-Michael Key's The History of Sketch Comedy: A Journey through the Art and Craft of Humor

  • history
  • pop culture
  • humor
  • nonfiction
  • comedy
Cover of The Year of Living Constitutionally: One Man's Humble Quest to Follow the Constitution's Original Meaning by A.J. Jacobs

18. The Year of Living Constitutionally: One Man's Humble Quest to Follow the Constitution's Original Meaning

By: A.J. Jacobs

4.08

Format: 304 pages, Hardcover

The New York Times bestselling author of The Year of Living Biblically attempts to follow the origi… read more

Similar categories in A.J. Jacobs's The Year of Living Constitutionally: One Man's Humble Quest to Follow the Constitution's Original Meaning book and Keegan-Michael Key's The History of Sketch Comedy: A Journey through the Art and Craft of Humor

  • history
  • humor
  • nonfiction
  • adult
  • audiobook
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19. Hip-Hop Is History

By: Questlove

4.00

Format: 352 pages, Hardcover

In Hip-Hop is History, Questlove, one of the major and most revolutionary figures of that genre, un… read more

Similar categories in Questlove's Hip-Hop Is History book and Keegan-Michael Key's The History of Sketch Comedy: A Journey through the Art and Craft of Humor

  • history
  • pop culture
  • historical
  • nonfiction
  • adult
  • audiobook
Cover of Comedy Bang! Bang! The Podcast: The Book by Scott Aukerman

20. Comedy Bang! Bang! The Podcast: The Book

By: Scott Aukerman

4.44

Format: 256 pages, Hardcover

From Scott Aukerman and the comedic geniuses who created the Comedy Bang! Bang! podcast comes a boo… read more

Similar categories in Scott Aukerman's Comedy Bang! Bang! The Podcast: The Book book and Keegan-Michael Key's The History of Sketch Comedy: A Journey through the Art and Craft of Humor

  • humor
  • comedy
Cover of Outrageous: A History of Showbiz and the Culture Wars by Kliph Nesteroff

21. Outrageous: A History of Showbiz and the Culture Wars

By: Kliph Nesteroff

4.02

Format: 320 pages, Hardcover

From the preeminent historian of modern comedy comes an expansive history of showbiz and the cultur… read more

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  • history
  • pop culture
  • historical
  • humor
  • nonfiction
  • comedy
  • audiobook

11 Best adult books like The History of Sketch Comedy: A Journey through the Art and Craft of Humor by Keegan-Michael Key

Transform Your Habits

Leslie F*cking Jones

Leslie Jones

4.11

Transform Your Habits

I Must Be Dreaming

Roz Chast

3.65

Transform Your Habits

60 Songs That Explain the '90s

Rob Harvilla

3.92

Transform Your Habits

Airplane Mode: An Irreverent History of Travel

Shahnaz Habib

3.89

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18 Best audiobook books like Outrageous: A History of Showbiz and the Culture Wars by Kliph Nesteroff

Transform Your Habits

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

Ed Zwick

4.03

Transform Your Habits

The Last Action Heroes: The Triumphs, Flops, and Feuds of Hollywood's Kings of Carnage

Nick de Semlyen

4.12

Transform Your Habits

60 Songs That Explain the '90s

Rob Harvilla

3.92

Transform Your Habits

Surely You Can't Be Serious: The True Story of Airplane!

David Zucker

4.17

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