19 Top nonfiction books like Iris Apfel: Accidental Icon by Iris Apfel

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Iris Apfel: Accidental Icon

By: Iris Apfel

4.25

Format: 176 pages, Hardcover

“Personal style really originated with Iris Apfel; she has always espoused the virtues of not just …

"You can't go home again. If an experience was wonderful, don't try to re-create it. It will never be as beautiful as it was the first time."

-Iris Apfel, Iris Apfel: Accidental Icon

"You can't go home again. If an experience was wonderful, don't try to re-create it. It will never be as beautiful as it was the first time."

-Iris Apfel, Iris Apfel: Accidental Icon

"You only have one trip, and the present is all you've got. The past isn't coming back, and the future isn't here yet! So live each day as though it were your last. And one day you'll be right."

-Iris Apfel, Iris Apfel: Accidental Icon

"You only have one trip, and the present is all you've got. The past isn't coming back, and the future isn't here yet! So live each day as though it were your last. And one day you'll be right."

-Iris Apfel, Iris Apfel: Accidental Icon

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1. Walt Disney: An American Original

By: Walt Disney Company , Bob Thomas

4.32

Format: 379 pages, Hardcover

Walt Disney is an American hero--the creator of Mickey Mouse, and a man who changed the face of Ame… read more

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  • history
  • biography
  • memoir
  • autobiography
  • biography memoir
  • nonfiction
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2. Rare Bird of Fashion: The Irreverent Iris Apfel

By: Harold Koda , Eric Boman

3.57

Format: None pages, Hardcover

With remarkable panache and discernment, Iris Apfel combines styles, colors, textures, and patterns… read more

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  • art
  • biography
  • biography memoir
  • nonfiction
  • fashion
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3. The Creative Life: True Tales of Inspiration

By: Julia Cameron

3.68

Format: None pages, Hardcover

A passionate and inspiring guide to creating a life built around the creative process. This ground… read more

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  • art
  • nonfiction
  • memoir

4. D.V.

By: George Plimpton , Diana Vreeland , Christopher Hemphill

2.76

Format: 320 pages, Paperback

As fashion editor of Harper's Bazaarand editor-in-chief of Vogue, Diana Vreeland-and her passion, c… read more

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5. Going Into Town: A Love Letter to New York

By: Roz Chast

4.15

Format: None pages, Hardcover

From the #1 NYT bestselling author of Can't We Talk About Something More Pleasant?, Roz Chast's new… read more

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6. The Woman I Wanted to Be

By: Diane Von Furstenberg

4.34

Format: 413 pages, Hardcover

One of the most influential, admired, and innovative women of our time: fashion designer, philanthr… read more

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7. In the Land of Invisible Women: A Female Doctor's Journey in the Saudi Kingdom

By: Qanta A. Ahmed

4.28

Format: 120 pages, Paperback

"In this stunningly written book, a Western trained Muslim doctor brings alive what it means for a … read more

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8. To Catch a Storm

By: Mindy Mejia

3.81

Format: 352 pages, Hardcover

In this brand new series from national bestseller Mindy Mejia, a physicist and a psychic reluctantl… read more

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9. A Murder in Hollywood: The Untold Story of Tinseltown's Most Shocking Crime

By: Casey Sherman

3.71

Format: 304 pages, Hardcover

The dark story behind the bright lights of Tinseltown From the outside, Hollywood starlet Lana Turn… read more

Similar categories in Casey Sherman's A Murder in Hollywood: The Untold Story of Tinseltown's Most Shocking Crime book and Iris Apfel's Iris Apfel: Accidental Icon

  • history
  • biography
  • nonfiction
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10. Black Girl You Are Atlas

By: Renée Watson

4.61

Format: 96 pages, Hardcover

A thoughtful celebration of Black girlhood by award-winning author and poet Renée Watson. In thi… read more

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  • art
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11. The Secret Lives of Booksellers and Librarians: True Stories of the Magic of Reading

By: James Patterson

3.92

Format: 335 pages, Hardcover

Booksellers and librarians are superheroes, saving lives every single day. Here are their amazing, … read more

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  • history
  • biography
  • memoir
  • biography memoir
  • nonfiction
"Different books speak to us at different times."

-James Patterson, The Secret Lives of Booksellers and Librarians: True Stories of the Magic of Reading

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12. 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

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  • biography
  • memoir
  • humor
  • biography memoir
  • nonfiction
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13. The Upstairs Delicatessen: On Eating, Reading, Reading About Eating, and Eating While Reading

By: Dwight Garner

3.88

Format: 256 pages, Hardcover

Garner gathers a literary chorus to capture the joys of reading and eating in this comic, personal … read more

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  • biography memoir
  • nonfiction
  • biography
  • memoir
"There's no verb for traveling while hopping from swimming pool to swimming pool. Perhaps "cheevering" would suffice."

-Dwight Garner, The Upstairs Delicatessen: On Eating, Reading, Reading About Eating, and Eating While Reading

"A friend once told her that he had seen graffiti in a restaurant's men's room that read, "Gael Greene uses a thesaurus."

-Dwight Garner, The Upstairs Delicatessen: On Eating, Reading, Reading About Eating, and Eating While Reading

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14. Behind the Seams: My Life in Rhinestones

By: Dolly Parton

4.13

Format: 335 pages, Kindle Edition

A beautiful celebration of Dolly Parton’s iconic sense of style through entertaining personal stori… read more

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  • art
  • history
  • biography
  • memoir
  • autobiography
  • biography memoir
  • nonfiction
  • fashion
"I wake up with new dreams everyday."

-Dolly Parton, Behind the Seams: My Life in Rhinestones

"I got dreams so big they'd scare some people."

-Dolly Parton, Behind the Seams: My Life in Rhinestones

"I just wanted to be different. I wanted to be seen."

-Dolly Parton, Behind the Seams: My Life in Rhinestones

"Find out who you are and do it on purpose, with purpose."

-Dolly Parton, Behind the Seams: My Life in Rhinestones

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15. Made for Living: Collected Interiors for All Sorts of Styles

By: Amber Lewis

3.93

Format: 288 pages, Hardcover

NATIONAL BESTSELLER • The trendsetting designer known for her effortless style shares the secrets o… read more

Similar categories in Amber Lewis's Made for Living: Collected Interiors for All Sorts of Styles book and Iris Apfel's Iris Apfel: Accidental Icon

  • art
  • nonfiction
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16. The Hazelbourne Ladies Motorcycle and Flying Club

By: Helen Simonson

3.96

Format: 432 pages, Hardcover

A timeless comedy of manners—refreshing as a summer breeze and bracing as the British seaside—about… read more

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17. I Shouldn’t Be Telling You This [But I'm Going to Anyway]

By: Chelsea Devantez

4.08

Format: 272 pages, Hardcover

A dynamic memoir-in-essays by comedian, screenwriter, and podcaster Chelsea Devantez, detailing her… read more

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  • biography
  • memoir
  • humor
  • autobiography
  • biography memoir
  • nonfiction
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18. Wives Like Us

By: Plum Sykes

3.55

Format: 368 pages, Hardcover

Take a grand English country house, one (heartbroken) American divorcee, three rich wives, two tyco… read more

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Cover of Once Upon a Time: The Captivating Life of Carolyn Bessette-Kennedy by Elizabeth Beller

19. Once Upon a Time: The Captivating Life of Carolyn Bessette-Kennedy

By: Elizabeth Beller

3.86

Format: 352 pages, Hardcover

The life and legacy of Carolyn Bessette-Kennedy, wife of John F. Kennedy Jr., are reexamined in thi… read more

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  • history
  • biography
  • memoir
  • pop culture
  • biography memoir
  • nonfiction
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20. 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

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  • biography memoir
  • humor
  • nonfiction
  • memoir
"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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21. Iris Apfel: Accidental Icon

By: Iris Apfel

4.25

Format: 176 pages, Hardcover

“Personal style really originated with Iris Apfel; she has always espoused the virtues of not just … read more

Similar categories in Iris Apfel's Iris Apfel: Accidental Icon book and Iris Apfel's Iris Apfel: Accidental Icon

  • art
  • history
  • biography
  • memoir
  • pop culture
  • humor
  • autobiography
  • biography memoir
  • nonfiction
  • fashion
"You can't go home again. If an experience was wonderful, don't try to re-create it. It will never be as beautiful as it was the first time."

-Iris Apfel, Iris Apfel: Accidental Icon

"You only have one trip, and the present is all you've got. The past isn't coming back, and the future isn't here yet! So live each day as though it were your last. And one day you'll be right."

-Iris Apfel, Iris Apfel: Accidental Icon

"If you're happy, have found love, are surrounded by good people, doing what you like, and giving back to others, that's success . Selling your soul for a buck is not work the real price you pay. . ."

-Iris Apfel, Iris Apfel: Accidental Icon

"I never expect anything. I just feel things in my gut and I do them. If something sounds exciting and interesting, I do it--and then I worry about it later. Doing new things takes a lot of energy and…"

-Iris Apfel, Iris Apfel: Accidental Icon

Cover of Full of Myself: A Graphic Memoir About Body Image by Siobhan  Gallagher

22. Full of Myself: A Graphic Memoir About Body Image

By: Siobhan Gallagher

4.33

Format: 336 pages, Paperback

Author and illustrator Siobhán Gallagher’s humorous and heartfelt graphic memoir details her journe… read more

Similar categories in Siobhan Gallagher's Full of Myself: A Graphic Memoir About Body Image book and Iris Apfel's Iris Apfel: Accidental Icon

  • nonfiction
  • biography
  • memoir
Cover of To Night Owl from Dogfish by Holly Goldberg Sloan

23. To Night Owl from Dogfish

By: Holly Goldberg Sloan

4.09

Format: 304 pages, Hardcover

Avery Bloom, who's bookish, intense, and afraid of many things, particularly deep water, lives in N… read more

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  • humor
"Here's what we have seen: The way one story ends but then starts up again. The way families are made from people who want to be together more than they want to be apart. The way no one can tell you w…"

-Holly Goldberg Sloan, To Night Owl from Dogfish

Cover of How to Be Old: Lessons in Living Boldly from the Accidental Icon by Lyn Slater

24. How to Be Old: Lessons in Living Boldly from the Accidental Icon

By: Lyn Slater

3.44

Format: None pages, Hardcover

A personal memoir in which Lyn Slater, known on Instagram as “Accidental Icon,” brings her characte… read more

Similar categories in Lyn Slater's How to Be Old: Lessons in Living Boldly from the Accidental Icon book and Iris Apfel's Iris Apfel: Accidental Icon

  • biography
  • memoir
  • biography memoir
  • nonfiction
  • fashion
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25. How to Age Disgracefully

By: Clare Pooley

4.24

Format: 352 pages, Hardcover

A senior citizens’ center and a daycare collide with hilarious results in the new ensemble comedy f… read more

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  • humor
"Mature? Good grief! I'm not a cheese. Or a herbaceous border."

-Clare Pooley, How to Age Disgracefully

"Mature'? Good grief! I'm not a cheese. Or a herbaceous border."

-Clare Pooley, How to Age Disgracefully

Cover of Roctogenarians: Late in Life Debuts, Comebacks, and Triumphs by Mo Rocca

26. Roctogenarians: Late in Life Debuts, Comebacks, and Triumphs

By: Mo Rocca

4.04

Format: 384 pages, Hardcover

From beloved CBS Sunday Morning correspondent Mo Rocca, author of New York Times bestseller Mobitua… read more

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  • biography
  • memoir
  • humor
  • biography memoir
  • nonfiction
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27. The Unraveling

By: Benjamin Rosenbaum

3.95

Format: 408 pages, Hardcover

In the distant future somewhere in the galaxy, a society has emerged where everyone has multiple bo… read more

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Cover of Iris Apfel (Volume 64) (Little People, BIG DREAMS, 64) by Mª Isabel Sánchez Vegara

28. Iris Apfel (Volume 64) (Little People, BIG DREAMS, 64)

By: Mª Isabel Sánchez Vegara

4.07

Format: 32 pages, Hardcover

In this book from the critically acclaimed, multimillion-copy best-selling Little People, BIG DREAM… read more

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  • art
  • history
  • biography
  • nonfiction
  • fashion
Cover of Desperately Seeking Something: A Memoir About Movies, Mothers, and Material Girls by Susan Seidelman

29. Desperately Seeking Something: A Memoir About Movies, Mothers, and Material Girls

By: Susan Seidelman

4.05

Format: 368 pages, Hardcover

The funny and insightful first-person story of the trailblazing movie director of the 80s and 90s … read more

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  • history
  • biography
  • memoir
  • autobiography
  • nonfiction
"The biggest takeaway from my long-distance relationship with Floyd Byars was that I optioned an original screenplay he had co-written with his writing partner, Laurie. Another takeaway was a case of …"

-Susan Seidelman, Desperately Seeking Something: A Memoir About Movies, Mothers, and Material Girls

Cover of Bill Cunningham: On the Street: Five Decades of Iconic Photography by The New York Times

30. Bill Cunningham: On the Street: Five Decades of Iconic Photography

By: The New York Times

4.49

Format: 384 pages, Hardcover

NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • The first published collection of photographs by the icon of street sty… read more

Similar categories in The New York Times's Bill Cunningham: On the Street: Five Decades of Iconic Photography book and Iris Apfel's Iris Apfel: Accidental Icon

  • art
  • history
  • biography
  • nonfiction
  • fashion
Cover of Little Book of Burberry: The Story of the Iconic Fashion House (Little Books of Fashion, 16) by Darla-Jane Gilroy

31. Little Book of Burberry: The Story of the Iconic Fashion House (Little Books of Fashion, 16)

By: Darla-Jane Gilroy

4.11

Format: 160 pages, Hardcover

From their heritage trenches and ubiquitous check to experimental red carpet looks, the House of Bu… read more

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  • fashion

9 best-selling history books like Iris Apfel: Accidental Icon by Iris Apfel

Transform Your Habits

Walt Disney: An American Original

Walt Disney Company , Bob Thomas

4.32

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A Murder in Hollywood: The Untold Story of Tinseltown's Most Shocking Crime

Casey Sherman

3.71

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The Secret Lives of Booksellers and Librarians: True Stories of the Magic of Reading

James Patterson

3.92

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Behind the Seams: My Life in Rhinestones

Dolly Parton

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The Unfortunate Importance of Beauty

Amanda Filipacchi

4.39

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Miranda July

3.81

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Sociopath: A Memoir

Patric Gagne

3.84

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Samantha Irby

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