7 must-read comedy books like I Tried to Change So You Don't Have To: True Life Lessons by Loni Love

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I Tried to Change So You Don't Have To: True Life Lessons

By: Loni Love

4.23

Format: 229 pages, Hardcover

An inspiring, hilarious memoir about learning to resist the pressures of conformity, love yourself …

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1. Perfect Peace

By: Daniel Black

4.32

Format: 341 pages, Hardcover

The heartbreaking portrait of a large, rural southern family’s attempt to grapple with their mother… read more

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  • audiobook
"Sometimes you have to grow up before you appreciate how you grew up."

-Daniel Black, Perfect Peace

"You can't lie a lifetime,son. Either you gon' tell the truth, or the truth's gon' tell on you"

-Daniel Black, Perfect Peace

"Evidence doesn't always convince people of the truth, [...] especially when the lie is what they prefer."

-Daniel Black, Perfect Peace

"Big don't mean ugly, and thin sho don't mean pretty. If a person wants to be pretty, they gotta walk pretty, talk pretty and act pretty. Can't nobody take pretty from you."

-Daniel Black, Perfect Peace

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2. My Lovely Wife in the Psych Ward

By: Mark Lukach

4.29

Format: 256 pages, ebook

A heart-wrenching, yet hopeful, memoir of a young marriage that is redefined by mental illness and … read more

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  • nonfiction
  • memoir
  • audiobook
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3. Attempting Normal

By: Marc Maron

3.78

Format: 244 pages, Hardcover

People make a mess. Marc Maron was a parent-scarred, angst-filled, drug-dabbling, love-starved come… read more

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  • memoir
  • humor
  • biography memoir
  • nonfiction
  • comedy
  • audiobook
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4. Chelsea Chelsea Bang Bang

By: Chelsea Handler

3.00

Format: 54 pages, Hardcover

The hilarious new book from the star of Chelsea Latelyand the #1 New York Timesbestselling author o… read more

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  • memoir
  • humor
  • autobiography
  • nonfiction
  • comedy
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5. Around the Way Girl

By: Taraji P. Henson

4.10

Format: 0 pages,

From Academy Award nominee, Golden Globe winner, and star of the new motion picture Hidden Figures,… read more

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  • memoir
  • autobiography
  • biography memoir
  • nonfiction
  • audiobook

6. Are You There, Vodka? It's Me, Chelsea

By: Chelsea Handler

4.00

Format: None pages, Hardcover

When Chelsea Handler needs to get a few things off her chest, she appeals to a higher power - vodka… read more

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7. Fight Right: How Successful Couples Turn Conflict Into Connection

By: Julie Schwartz Gottman

4.57

Format: 352 pages, Hardcover

LEARN THE 5 SECRETS OF SUCCESSFUL COUPLES Conflict is the top reason couples seek help—but it's al… read more

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  • self help
  • nonfiction
  • audiobook
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8. 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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  • memoir
  • humor
  • autobiography
  • biography memoir
  • nonfiction
  • 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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9. Family Style: Memories of an American from Vietnam

By: Thien Pham

4.29

Format: 240 pages, Hardcover

A moving young adult graphic memoir about a Vietnamese immigrant boy's search for belonging in Amer… read more

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  • biography memoir
  • nonfiction
  • memoir
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10. Opinions: A Decade of Arguments, Criticism, and Minding Other People's Business

By: Roxane Gay

4.01

Format: 320 pages, Hardcover

From beloved and bestselling author Roxane Gay, “a strikingly fresh cultural critic” (Washington Po… read more

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  • nonfiction
  • memoir
  • audiobook
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11. Feeding the Soul (Because It's My Business): Finding Our Way to Joy, Love, and Freedom (A Feeding the Soul Book)

By: Tabitha Brown

4.44

Format: 288 pages, Hardcover

#1 NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER  53 rd  NAACP Image Awards Winner You are seen, you are loved, and you… read more

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  • self help
  • nonfiction
  • memoir
  • audiobook
"To whom much is given, much is required"

-Tabitha Brown, Feeding the Soul (Because It's My Business): Finding Our Way to Joy, Love, and Freedom (A Feeding the Soul Book)

"It is important that we recognize the difference between being right and just being caught up in your feelings"

-Tabitha Brown, Feeding the Soul (Because It's My Business): Finding Our Way to Joy, Love, and Freedom (A Feeding the Soul Book)

"This inclination to make the worst comment in order to get a reaction is dehumanizing, & it’s time for it to stop"

-Tabitha Brown, Feeding the Soul (Because It's My Business): Finding Our Way to Joy, Love, and Freedom (A Feeding the Soul Book)

"Just because you see me out in my dress smiling doesn’t mean I’m not hurting, or that I didn’t want to sleep in. It means that despite everything I still showed up."

-Tabitha Brown, Feeding the Soul (Because It's My Business): Finding Our Way to Joy, Love, and Freedom (A Feeding the Soul Book)

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12. More Than Enough: Claiming Space for Who You Are (No Matter What They Say)

By: Elaine Welteroth

4.39

Format: 336 pages, Hardcover

In this part-manifesto, part-memoir, the revolutionary editor who infused social consciousness into… read more

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  • self help
  • memoir
  • autobiography
  • biography memoir
  • nonfiction
  • audiobook
"We fell into a different kind of love. One that was sturdier, safer, and more like home than anything I'd ever experienced."

-Elaine Welteroth, More Than Enough: Claiming Space for Who You Are (No Matter What They Say)

"When the topic of self-care came up, Eve, an academic, writer and visual artist said "There is no glory in a grind that literally grinds you down to dust"."

-Elaine Welteroth, More Than Enough: Claiming Space for Who You Are (No Matter What They Say)

"As a culture, we love a celebration. We love a first. We hold them high. We all marvel at headlines and highlight reels. But we rarely discuss the marks and scars and bruises that come with breaking …"

-Elaine Welteroth, More Than Enough: Claiming Space for Who You Are (No Matter What They Say)

"When the music changes, so must your dance. It was the most beautifully worded truth, a profound lesson reminding me to trust my instincts, to let life guide me, and to never stay anywhere doing the …"

-Elaine Welteroth, More Than Enough: Claiming Space for Who You Are (No Matter What They Say)

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13. Walking in My Joy: In These Streets

By: Jenifer Lewis

4.25

Format: 256 pages, Hardcover

A new offering from the author of the hugely successful Mother of Black Hollywood. Walking in My Jo… read more

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  • memoir
  • humor
  • autobiography
  • biography memoir
  • nonfiction
  • audiobook
"Ain't no shame in my game. This is what too much stress looks like. Y'all come on and take this ride with me."

-Jenifer Lewis, Walking in My Joy: In These Streets

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14. I'm Mostly Here to Enjoy Myself: One Woman's Pursuit of Pleasure in Paris

By: Glynnis MacNicol

3.59

Format: 288 pages, Hardcover

When you’re a woman smack in so-called “middle age” you are not promised anything at all other than… read more

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  • biography memoir
  • nonfiction
  • memoir
  • audiobook
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15. 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

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  • memoir
  • humor
  • 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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16. Rebecca, Not Becky

By: Christine Platt

3.51

Format: 432 pages, Paperback

In the vein of Such a Fun Age, a whip-smart, compulsively readable novel about two upper-class stay… read more

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  • audiobook
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17. Life Will Be the Death of Me: . . . and you too!

By: Chelsea Handler

4.05

Format: 256 pages, Hardcover

In a haze of vape smoke on a rare windy night in L.A. in the fall of 2016, Chelsea Handler daydream… read more

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  • memoir
  • humor
  • autobiography
  • biography memoir
  • nonfiction
  • comedy
  • audiobook
"Whereas siblings tend to police you, cousins are your partners in crime."

-Chelsea Handler, Life Will Be the Death of Me: . . . and you too!

"Now that I had a better understanding of why I was so pissed off, I could finally do something about it."

-Chelsea Handler, Life Will Be the Death of Me: . . . and you too!

"Judging other people had become my way of avoiding judgment of myself, and I had to do better than that."

-Chelsea Handler, Life Will Be the Death of Me: . . . and you too!

"Never in the history of humankind has a woman been told to calm down and then calmed down. We don't like that."

-Chelsea Handler, Life Will Be the Death of Me: . . . and you too!

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18. The Sun Sets in Singapore

By: Kehinde Fadipe

3.40

Format: 352 pages, Hardcover

Basking in Singapore’s nonstop sunshine, low tax rate, and luxury goods market, Dara, Amaka, and Li… read more

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  • audiobook
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19. The World Record Book of Racist Stories

By: Amber Ruffin

4.40

Format: 217 pages, Hardcover

From the New York Times bestselling authors of You’ll Never Believe What Happened to Lacey, comedia… read more

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  • memoir
  • humor
  • nonfiction
  • comedy
  • audiobook
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20. More Myself: A Journey

By: Alicia Keys

4.14

Format: 272 pages, Kindle Edition

An intimate, revealing look at one artist’s journey from self-censorship to full expressionAs one o… read more

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  • memoir
  • autobiography
  • biography memoir
  • nonfiction
  • audiobook
"..."Empire" isn't just about New York. It's about hope. No matter where we're from, we all want the opportunity to work hard and breathe life into our ambitions."

-Alicia Keys, More Myself: A Journey

"The world can be a challenging place for us women to navigate. We often find ourselves feeling burned out, incapable, and lonely and yet we’re still so resilient."

-Alicia Keys, More Myself: A Journey

"We adjust ourselves to fit, to adapt to others’ ideas of who we should be. We shift ourselves not in sweeping pivots but in movements so tiny that they are hardly perceptible even in our view. Years …"

-Alicia Keys, More Myself: A Journey

"When you don't speak the truth for years at a time, the words left unspoken slowly leak the air out of your connection. Even if, years later, you are ready to say what you couldn't earlier, the momen…"

-Alicia Keys, More Myself: A Journey

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21. Summer on the Bluffs (Oak Bluffs #1)

By: Sunny Hostin

3.81

Format: 432 pages, Hardcover

View cohost Sunny Hostin makes her literary debut with this dazzling novel about a life-changing su… read more

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  • audiobook
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22. I Tried to Change So You Don't Have To: True Life Lessons

By: Loni Love

4.23

Format: 229 pages, Hardcover

An inspiring, hilarious memoir about learning to resist the pressures of conformity, love yourself … read more

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  • self help
  • memoir
  • humor
  • autobiography
  • biography memoir
  • nonfiction
  • comedy
  • audiobook
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23. Invisible Son

By: Kim Johnson

4.20

Format: 416 pages, Library Binding

From the award-winning and critically acclaimed author of This Is My America comes another thriller… read more

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  • audiobook
Cover of Beyond the Pill: A 30-Day Program to Balance Your Hormones, Reclaim Your Body, and Reverse the Dangerous Side Effects of the Birth Control Pill by Jolene Brighten

24. Beyond the Pill: A 30-Day Program to Balance Your Hormones, Reclaim Your Body, and Reverse the Dangerous Side Effects of the Birth Control Pill

By: Jolene Brighten

4.06

Format: 384 pages, Hardcover

Out of the 100 million women—almost 11 million in the United States alone—who are on the pill, roug… read more

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  • self help
  • nonfiction
  • audiobook
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25. Love Me as I Am

By: Garcelle Beauvais

3.61

Format: 240 pages, Hardcover

“Dishy, warm, and entertaining.”— Kirkus Reviews ? The beloved Black pop culture icon, entrepreneur… read more

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  • memoir
  • autobiography
  • biography memoir
  • nonfiction
  • audiobook
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26. The Kiss Countdown

By: Etta Easton

3.84

Format: 336 pages, Paperback

A struggling event planner and a sinfully hot astronaut must decide if their fake relationship is w… read more

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  • audiobook
"You want to know what I love about the moon?…It gives me perspective. The moon was here when Earth was still forming. She is billions of years old and still there. She can be testy sometimes, and why…"

-Etta Easton, The Kiss Countdown

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27. Plan Your Year Like a Millionaire

By: Rachel Rogers

3.87

Format: None pages, Audible Audio

Rachel Rodgers, the esteemed financial guru and best-selling author of We Should All Be Millionaire… read more

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  • self help
  • nonfiction
  • audiobook
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28. 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

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  • memoir
  • humor
  • biography memoir
  • nonfiction
  • comedy
  • 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 You Should Sit Down for This: A Memoir about Life, Wine, and Cookies by Tamera Mowry-Housley

29. You Should Sit Down for This: A Memoir about Life, Wine, and Cookies

By: Tamera Mowry-Housley

3.35

Format: 192 pages, Hardcover

A lighthearted and supremely entertaining memoir, You Should Sit Down for This is like spending the… read more

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  • autobiography
  • nonfiction
  • memoir
  • audiobook
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30. Long After We Are Gone

By: Terah Shelton Harris

3.88

Format: 432 pages, Paperback

An explosive and emotional story of four siblings—each fighting their own personal battle—who retur… read more

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  • audiobook
Cover of Marriage Be Hard: 12 Conversations to Keep You Laughing, Loving, and Learning with Your Partner by Kevin Fredericks

31. Marriage Be Hard: 12 Conversations to Keep You Laughing, Loving, and Learning with Your Partner

By: Kevin Fredericks

4.22

Format: 256 pages, Hardcover

NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER - Discover the keys to upholding your vows while staying sane in this hil… read more

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  • self help
  • humor
  • nonfiction
  • audiobook
"The titles husband and wife must take priority over the titles dad and mom."

-Kevin Fredericks, Marriage Be Hard: 12 Conversations to Keep You Laughing, Loving, and Learning with Your Partner

"String holders show up consistently. Kites cannot fly unless someone is holding the string."

-Kevin Fredericks, Marriage Be Hard: 12 Conversations to Keep You Laughing, Loving, and Learning with Your Partner

"If your kid came to you while you were busy working and said, “Can you play video games with me?"

-Kevin Fredericks, Marriage Be Hard: 12 Conversations to Keep You Laughing, Loving, and Learning with Your Partner

"What you think is obvious might not be obvious to your partner. Even if it is obvious, it warrants a conversation and an agreement."

-Kevin Fredericks, Marriage Be Hard: 12 Conversations to Keep You Laughing, Loving, and Learning with Your Partner

28 best-selling audiobook books like I Tried to Change So You Don't Have To: True Life Lessons by Loni Love

Transform Your Habits

Perfect Peace

Daniel Black

4.32

Transform Your Habits

My Lovely Wife in the Psych Ward

Mark Lukach

4.29

Transform Your Habits

Attempting Normal

Marc Maron

3.78

Transform Your Habits

Around the Way Girl

Taraji P. Henson

4.10

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20 best-selling audiobook books like Feeding the Soul (Because It's My Business): Finding Our Way to Joy, Love, and Freedom (A Feeding the Soul Book) by Tabitha Brown

Transform Your Habits

Around the Way Girl

Taraji P. Henson

4.10

Transform Your Habits

Black Girls Must Be Magic

Jayne Allen

3.92

Transform Your Habits

Worthy

Jada Pinkett Smith

3.64

Transform Your Habits

Finding Me

Viola Davis

4.55

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