8 Top biography memoir books like Look Alive Out There by Sloane Crosley

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Look Alive Out There

By: Sloane Crosley

3.77

Format: 256 pages, None

From the New York Times-bestselling author Sloane Crosley comes Look Alive Out There―a brand-new co…

"Everyone knows WebMD is a Choose Your Own Adventure book in which all roads lead to death."

-Sloane Crosley, Look Alive Out There

"There are few things sadder than an off-duty earlobe that’s been trained to accommodate a human fist"

-Sloane Crosley, Look Alive Out There

"I think by now we can all agree that the foundation of world travel goes something like "Bring a cardigan."

-Sloane Crosley, Look Alive Out There

"My roommate came running out of the closet and did not stop until he reached Los Angeles. I knew this day would come. Sometimes it's easier to be your actual self where nothing of your alleged self exists. Sometimes that's how you find out who you are in the first place."

-Sloane Crosley, Look Alive Out There

If you liked the biography memoir plot in Look Alive Out There by Sloane Crosley , here is a list of 8 books like this:

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1. Touch

By: Courtney Maum

3.84

Format: 528 pages, Hardcover

From the author of the acclaimed I Am Having So Much Fun Here Without You, a satirical and moving n… read more

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2. One Day We'll All Be Dead and None of This Will Matter

By: Scaachi Koul

3.97

Format: 352 pages, Hardcover

A collection of essays about growing up the daughter of Indian immigrants in Canada, "a land of ice… read more

Similar categories in Scaachi Koul's One Day We'll All Be Dead and None of This Will Matter book and Sloane Crosley's Look Alive Out There

  • memoir
  • humor
  • nonfiction
  • essays
  • audiobook
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3. Meaty

By: Samantha Irby , None

3.54

Format: 230 pages, Paperback

The debut essay collection by Chicago writer and performer, Samantha Irby, creator of bitchesgottae… read more

Similar categories in Samantha Irby's Meaty book and Sloane Crosley's Look Alive Out There

  • memoir
  • humor
  • nonfiction
  • essays
  • comedy
  • audiobook

4. The Unfortunate Importance of Beauty

By: Amanda Filipacchi

4.39

Format: 288 pages, Paperback

"A sure comic touch . . . smart and sweet . . . a tribute to the pleasures of friendship." --The Ne… read more

Similar categories in Amanda Filipacchi's The Unfortunate Importance of Beauty book and Sloane Crosley's Look Alive Out There

  • adult
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5. You'll Grow Out of It

By: Jessi Klein

4.00

Format: 205 pages, Hardcover

INSTANT NEW YORK TIMESAND USA TODAYBESTSELLER! YOU'LL GROW OUT OF IT hilariously, and candidly, exp… read more

Similar categories in Jessi Klein's You'll Grow Out of It book and Sloane Crosley's Look Alive Out There

  • memoir
  • humor
  • nonfiction
  • essays
  • comedy
  • audiobook
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6. Never Can Say Goodbye: Writers on Their Unshakable Love for New York

By: Nick Flynn , Stephen Elliott , Anna Holmes , Elizabeth Gilbert , Susan Orlean , Whoopi Goldberg , Julie Klam , Owen King , Phillip Lopate , Patricia Engel , Adam Sternbergh , Adelle Waldman , Amy Sohn , Rosanne Cash , Colin Harrison , Alexander Chee , Jon-Jon Goulian , Porochista Khakpour , None , Elliott Kalan , Rachel Syme , Kathleen Hale , Sari Botton , Jason Diamond , Isaac Fitzgerald , None , None

4.19

Format: 234 pages, Paperback

From the editor of the celebrated anthology Goodbye to All That: Writers on Loving and Leaving New … read more

Similar categories in Nick Flynn's Never Can Say Goodbye: Writers on Their Unshakable Love for New York book and Sloane Crosley's Look Alive Out There

  • new york
  • memoir
  • short stories
  • nonfiction
  • essays

7. The Unspeakable: And Other Subjects of Discussion

By: Meghan Daum

3.72

Format: 224 pages, Hardcover

Winner of the 2015 PEN Center USA Literary Award for Creative Nonfiction "Daum is her generation's … read more

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8. Pretty Ugly

By: David Sedaris

3.55

Format: 32 pages, Hardcover

David Sedaris and Ian Falconer make a spectacular splash with this tale of a monster turned ugly—st… read more

Similar categories in David Sedaris's Pretty Ugly book and Sloane Crosley's Look Alive Out There

  • humor
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9. Splinters

By: Leslie Jamison

3.86

Format: 272 pages, Hardcover

From the New York Times bestselling author of The Recovering and The Empathy Exams comes the riveti… read more

Similar categories in Leslie Jamison's Splinters book and Sloane Crosley's Look Alive Out There

  • new york
  • memoir
  • biography memoir
  • nonfiction
  • essays
  • audiobook
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10. All Fours

By: Miranda July

3.81

Format: 336 pages, Hardcover

The New York Times–bestselling author of The First Bad Man returns with an irreverently sexy, tende… read more

Similar categories in Miranda July's All Fours book and Sloane Crosley's Look Alive Out There

  • humor
  • adult
  • audiobook
"But maybe the road split between: a life spent longing vs. a life that was continually surprising"

-Miranda July, All Fours

"Maybe we shouldn't do that," Jordi said. "Flatten ourselves like that. Erratic doesn't have to mean crazy or irresponsible. Shouldn't we be normalizing change?"

-Miranda July, All Fours

"I guess any calling, no mater what it is, is a kind of unresolved ache," I said, giving in to knowing more than him. "It's a problem that you can't fix, but there is some relief in knowing you will c…"

-Miranda July, All Fours

"For me lying created just the right amount of problems and what you saw was just one of my four or five faces- each real, each with different needs. The only dangerous lie was one that asked me to co…"

-Miranda July, All Fours

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11. This American Ex-Wife: How I Ended My Marriage and Started My Life

By: Lyz Lenz

3.99

Format: 288 pages, Hardcover

A manifesto on the gender politics of marriage (bad) and divorce (actually pretty good!) in America… read more

Similar categories in Lyz Lenz's This American Ex-Wife: How I Ended My Marriage and Started My Life book and Sloane Crosley's Look Alive Out There

  • biography memoir
  • nonfiction
  • memoir
  • audiobook
"So much of our culture depicts young girls dreaming about their weddings. But every middle-aged woman I know dreams about living alone in the woods, maybe with a dog."

-Lyz Lenz, This American Ex-Wife: How I Ended My Marriage and Started My Life

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12. Happy-Go-Lucky

By: David Sedaris

4.17

Format: 272 pages, Hardcover

David Sedaris, the “champion storyteller,” ( Los Angeles Times ) returns with his first new collect… read more

Similar categories in David Sedaris's Happy-Go-Lucky book and Sloane Crosley's Look Alive Out There

  • memoir
  • humor
  • biography memoir
  • short stories
  • nonfiction
  • essays
  • comedy
  • audiobook
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13. Sociopath: A Memoir

By: Patric Gagne

3.84

Format: 368 pages, Hardcover

A fascinating, revelatory memoir revealing the author’s struggle to come to terms with her own soci… read more

Similar categories in Patric Gagne's Sociopath: A Memoir book and Sloane Crosley's Look Alive Out There

  • memoir
  • biography memoir
  • nonfiction
  • adult
  • audiobook
"In a universe where everything seemed to be associated with everything else, jazz was in a world all its own. The untethered notes didn't propel me backward in time or force me into imaginations of t…"

-Patric Gagne, Sociopath: A Memoir

"Regardless of whether they realized it, my parents, my friends, my teachers, my lovers—everyone, on some level—was uncomfortable with my limited emotion. Because it meant something sinister. Because,…"

-Patric Gagne, Sociopath: A Memoir

"I loved people. I truly did. But the way I loved was different than most. And, if I was being honest, not all that compatible. I didn’t need to get love in order to give love. I never had. I preferre…"

-Patric Gagne, Sociopath: A Memoir

"The more I paid attention, the more I noticed just how often 'apathy,' 'lack of feeling,' and the word 'sociopath' were associated with evil. Everywhere. From celebrated books like East of Eden and T…"

-Patric Gagne, Sociopath: A Memoir

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14. 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

Similar categories in Samantha Irby's Quietly Hostile: Essays book and Sloane Crosley's Look Alive Out There

  • memoir
  • humor
  • short stories
  • nonfiction
  • essays
  • adult
  • 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

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15. Everything's Trash, But It's Okay

By: Phoebe Robinson

3.92

Format: 336 pages, Hardcover

Robinson's latest essay collection is a call to arms. She tackles a wide range of topics, such as g… read more

Similar categories in Phoebe Robinson's Everything's Trash, But It's Okay book and Sloane Crosley's Look Alive Out There

  • memoir
  • humor
  • biography memoir
  • nonfiction
  • essays
  • adult
  • comedy
  • audiobook
"For some women, the mere thought of a dong makes their vajeens let out the driest of coughs."

-Phoebe Robinson, Everything's Trash, But It's Okay

"It was so hot that I get why the devil leaves hell to take an Airbnb vacation to the polar ice caps and melts them because he's mad at living in such a hot-ass home."

-Phoebe Robinson, Everything's Trash, But It's Okay

"Not to get all Game of Thrones on ya, but you can call me Phoebe of the House Robinson, First of Her Name, the Blerd, Drinker of Rose and Also Chardonnay when Rose Is Not An Option, Khaleesi of Ignor…"

-Phoebe Robinson, Everything's Trash, But It's Okay

"...women are conditioned to waste hours, days, weeks, months (although, truth be told, it's most likely years) doubting, undermining, and ultimately hating parts, if not all, of themselves based sole…"

-Phoebe Robinson, Everything's Trash, But It's Okay

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16. Who's Afraid of Gender?

By: Judith Butler

4.02

Format: 320 pages, Hardcover

From a global icon, a bold, essential account of how a fear of gender is fueling reactionary politi… read more

Similar categories in Judith Butler's Who's Afraid of Gender? book and Sloane Crosley's Look Alive Out There

  • nonfiction
  • audiobook
"Imagine if you were Jewish and someone tells you that you are not. Imagine if you are lesbian and someone laughs in your face and says you are confused since you are really heterosexual. Imagine if y…"

-Judith Butler, Who's Afraid of Gender?

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17. Look Alive Out There

By: Sloane Crosley

3.77

Format: 256 pages, None

From the New York Times-bestselling author Sloane Crosley comes Look Alive Out There―a brand-new co… read more

Similar categories in Sloane Crosley's Look Alive Out There book and Sloane Crosley's Look Alive Out There

  • new york
  • memoir
  • humor
  • biography memoir
  • short stories
  • nonfiction
  • essays
  • adult
  • comedy
  • audiobook
"Everyone knows WebMD is a Choose Your Own Adventure book in which all roads lead to death."

-Sloane Crosley, Look Alive Out There

"There are few things sadder than an off-duty earlobe that’s been trained to accommodate a human fist"

-Sloane Crosley, Look Alive Out There

"I think by now we can all agree that the foundation of world travel goes something like "Bring a cardigan."

-Sloane Crosley, Look Alive Out There

"My roommate came running out of the closet and did not stop until he reached Los Angeles. I knew this day would come. Sometimes it's easier to be your actual self where nothing of your alleged self e…"

-Sloane Crosley, Look Alive Out There

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18. Bite by Bite: Nourishments and Jamborees

By: Aimee Nezhukumatathil

4.12

Format: 224 pages, Hardcover

From the New York Times bestselling author of World of Wonders, a lyrical book of short essays abou… read more

Similar categories in Aimee Nezhukumatathil's Bite by Bite: Nourishments and Jamborees book and Sloane Crosley's Look Alive Out There

  • memoir
  • short stories
  • nonfiction
  • essays
  • adult
  • audiobook
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19. What to Read and Why

By: Francine Prose

3.45

Format: 336 pages, ebook

In this brilliant collection, the follow-up to her New York Times bestseller Reading Like a Writer … read more

Similar categories in Francine Prose's What to Read and Why book and Sloane Crosley's Look Alive Out There

  • nonfiction
  • essays
  • audiobook
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20. Trippy: The Peril and Promise of Medicinal Psychedelics

By: Ernesto Londoño

4.19

Format: 320 pages, Hardcover

A riveting look at the tremendous promise and inherent risks of the use of psychedelics in mental h… read more

Similar categories in Ernesto Londoño's Trippy: The Peril and Promise of Medicinal Psychedelics book and Sloane Crosley's Look Alive Out There

  • nonfiction
  • memoir
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21. Dispersals: On Plants, Borders, and Belonging

By: Jessica J. Lee

4.19

Format: 288 pages, Hardcover

A prize-winning memoirist and nature writer turns to the lives of plants entangled in our human wor… read more

Similar categories in Jessica J. Lee's Dispersals: On Plants, Borders, and Belonging book and Sloane Crosley's Look Alive Out There

  • nonfiction
  • memoir
  • essays
  • audiobook
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22. Liars

By: Sarah Manguso

3.89

Format: 272 pages, Hardcover

A searing novel about being a wife, a mother, and an artist, and how marriage makes liars out of us… read more

Similar categories in Sarah Manguso's Liars book and Sloane Crosley's Look Alive Out There

  • adult
  • audiobook
"I was in charge of everything and in control of nothing."

-Sarah Manguso, Liars

"I needed my suffering to be acknowledged. After that, maybe I’d think about getting through it."

-Sarah Manguso, Liars

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23. Burn It Down: Women Writing about Anger

By: Lilly Dancyger

4.30

Format: 257 pages, Hardcover

A rich, nuanced exploration of women's anger from a diverse group of writers Women are angry, and … read more

Similar categories in Lilly Dancyger's Burn It Down: Women Writing about Anger book and Sloane Crosley's Look Alive Out There

  • short stories
  • nonfiction
  • memoir
  • essays
"When she looked down at me, though terrified, I felt more seen than I'd ever felt under another person's gaze. I have since learned that recognizing the invisible parts of oneself in another person c…"

-Lilly Dancyger, Burn It Down: Women Writing about Anger

"As sure as she is becoming a woman, she is also being indoctrinated into a system I recognize- one that rewards female martyrdom with adoration and gratitude but leaves little room for her to air her…"

-Lilly Dancyger, Burn It Down: Women Writing about Anger

"Everything I've learned from the time I was born is essentially some form of control. Basic lessons: how to control my hands, my body. Advanced lessons: how to control my volume, my appearance. Havin…"

-Lilly Dancyger, Burn It Down: Women Writing about Anger

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24. Above All

By: Rebecca Brooks

3.98

Format: 299 pages, ebook

Reeling from a sudden breakup, Casey Webb leaves Brooklyn, drives north, and settles in a sleepy mo… read more

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"Moving on was going to require leaving the woods and getting a friend set that didn’t have gray hairs, hip replacements and a few false teeth."

-Rebecca Brooks, Above All

"When she at last pressed her mouth to his, it felt like coming home. He tasted of fire and smoke and earth, and fresh bread and soap and something so clean, so pure, it was like spring water to her l…"

-Rebecca Brooks, Above All

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25. My Life as a Villainess

By: Laura Lippman

3.69

Format: 384 pages, Paperback

A Paperback Original—Also Available as a Hardcover Library Edition New York Times bestselling au… read more

Similar categories in Laura Lippman's My Life as a Villainess book and Sloane Crosley's Look Alive Out There

  • memoir
  • humor
  • biography memoir
  • short stories
  • nonfiction
  • essays
  • audiobook
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26. All Friends Are Necessary

By: Tomas Moniz

3.96

Format: 288 pages, Hardcover

In this joyous, big-hearted novel, Tomas Moniz delivers a commanding new story about the power of f… read more

Similar categories in Tomas Moniz's All Friends Are Necessary book and Sloane Crosley's Look Alive Out There

  • adult
"Remember that. When you take care of something, you're really taking care of yourself."

-Tomas Moniz, All Friends Are Necessary

"Hopefully, you found some happiness, some way to be in the world with people who welcomed you home, who would check in on you when things got bad, who challenged you because they cared."

-Tomas Moniz, All Friends Are Necessary

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27. Guilty Creatures: Sex, God, and Murder in Tallahassee, Florida

By: Mikita Brottman

3.54

Format: 288 pages, Hardcover

From the critically acclaimed author of the “enthralling” ( San Francisco Book Review ) An Unexplai… read more

Similar categories in Mikita Brottman's Guilty Creatures: Sex, God, and Murder in Tallahassee, Florida book and Sloane Crosley's Look Alive Out There

  • nonfiction
  • audiobook
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28. Surrender, White People!: Our Unconditional Terms for Peace

By: D.L. Hughley

4.17

Format: 272 pages, Hardcover

In this follow-up to his “hilarious yet soul-shaking” (Black Enterprise) New York Times bestseller … read more

Similar categories in D.L. Hughley's Surrender, White People!: Our Unconditional Terms for Peace book and Sloane Crosley's Look Alive Out There

  • humor
  • nonfiction
  • adult
  • comedy
  • audiobook
"We know how you all want us to cancel black people when they do something bad, but you keep making excuses for people you revere. People say, “can’t we just draw the line at rapists and murderers?"

-D.L. Hughley, Surrender, White People!: Our Unconditional Terms for Peace

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29. Filthy Beasts: A Memoir

By: Kirkland Hamill

3.78

Format: 320 pages, Hardcover

Running with Scissors meets Grey Gardens in this gripping, true riches-to-rags tale of a wealthy fa… read more

Similar categories in Kirkland Hamill's Filthy Beasts: A Memoir book and Sloane Crosley's Look Alive Out There

  • biography memoir
  • nonfiction
  • memoir
  • audiobook
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30. Frostbite: How Refrigeration Changed Our Food, Our Planet, and Ourselves

By: Nicola Twilley

4.26

Format: 400 pages, Hardcover

An engaging and far-reaching exploration of refrigeration, tracing its evolution from scientific my… read more

Similar categories in Nicola Twilley's Frostbite: How Refrigeration Changed Our Food, Our Planet, and Ourselves book and Sloane Crosley's Look Alive Out There

  • nonfiction
  • audiobook
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31. Nutrivore: The Radical New Science for Getting the Nutrients You Need from the Food You Eat

By: Sarah Ballantyne

4.25

Format: 400 pages, Hardcover

Ditch diet culture and get the most nutrients from your food with the no-guilt, personalized, and e… read more

Similar categories in Sarah Ballantyne's Nutrivore: The Radical New Science for Getting the Nutrients You Need from the Food You Eat book and Sloane Crosley's Look Alive Out There

  • nonfiction

10 Top adult books like Look Alive Out There by Sloane Crosley

The Unfortunate Importance of Beauty

Amanda Filipacchi

4.39

Transform Your Habits

All Fours

Miranda July

3.81

Transform Your Habits

Sociopath: A Memoir

Patric Gagne

3.84

Transform Your Habits

Quietly Hostile: Essays

Samantha Irby

3.70

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21 must-read audiobook books like Guilty Creatures: Sex, God, and Murder in Tallahassee, Florida by Mikita Brottman

Transform Your Habits

Long Haul: Hunting the Highway Serial Killers

Frank Figliuzzi

3.64

Transform Your Habits

The Friday Afternoon Club: A Family Memoir

Griffin Dunne

4.19

Transform Your Habits

We Burn Daylight

Bret Anthony Johnston

3.95

Transform Your Habits

There Is No Ethan: How Three Women Caught America's Biggest Catfish

Anna Akbari

3.66

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