7 Best humor books like When Life Gives You Pears: The Healing Power of Family, Faith, and Funny People by Jeannie Gaffigan

Cover of When Life Gives You Pears: The Healing Power of Family, Faith, and Funny People by Jeannie Gaffigan

When Life Gives You Pears: The Healing Power of Family, Faith, and Funny People

By: Jeannie Gaffigan

4.18

Format: 320 pages, Hardcover

The Big Sick meets Dad is Fat in this funny and heartfelt New York Times bestselling memoir from wr…

If you liked the humor plot in When Life Gives You Pears: The Healing Power of Family, Faith, and Funny People by Jeannie Gaffigan , here is a list of 7 books like this:

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1. Dad Is Fat

By: Jim Gaffigan

3.50

Format: 218 pages, ebook

In Dad is Fat, stand-up comedian Jim Gaffigan, who's best known for his legendary riffs on Hot Pock… read more

Similar categories in Jim Gaffigan's Dad Is Fat book and Jeannie Gaffigan's When Life Gives You Pears: The Healing Power of Family, Faith, and Funny People

  • parenting
  • biography
  • memoir
  • humor
  • nonfiction
  • comedy
  • audiobook
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2. Believe Me: My Battle with the Invisible Disability of Lyme Disease

By: Michele Bender , Yolanda Hadid

3.79

Format: None pages,

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Similar categories in Michele Bender's Believe Me: My Battle with the Invisible Disability of Lyme Disease book and Jeannie Gaffigan's When Life Gives You Pears: The Healing Power of Family, Faith, and Funny People

  • biography
  • memoir
  • medical
  • autobiography
  • nonfiction

3. Loud in the House of Myself: Memoir of a Strange Girl

By: Stacy Pershall

3.93

Format: None pages,

"An utterly unique journey down some of the mind's more mysterious byways . . . ranges from the sho… read more

Similar categories in Stacy Pershall's Loud in the House of Myself: Memoir of a Strange Girl book and Jeannie Gaffigan's When Life Gives You Pears: The Healing Power of Family, Faith, and Funny People

  • biography memoir
  • nonfiction
  • biography
  • memoir
Cover of Books for Living by Will Schwalbe

4. Books for Living

By: Will Schwalbe

4.15

Format: 32 pages, Hardcover

From the author of the best-selling and beloved The End of Your Life Book Club - a wonderfully enga… read more

Similar categories in Will Schwalbe's Books for Living book and Jeannie Gaffigan's When Life Gives You Pears: The Healing Power of Family, Faith, and Funny People

  • biography
  • memoir
  • biography memoir
  • nonfiction
  • audiobook

5. Failsafe

By: Traci Hunter Abramson

3.91

Format: 24 pages, Paperback

In the wide-open landscape of Pennsylvania, Charlotte Martin and her father live a peaceful life on… read more

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6. Food: A Love Story

By: Jim Gaffigan

3.71

Format: 340 pages, Hardcover

“What are my qualifications to write this book? None really. So why should you read it? Here’s why:… read more

Similar categories in Jim Gaffigan's Food: A Love Story book and Jeannie Gaffigan's When Life Gives You Pears: The Healing Power of Family, Faith, and Funny People

  • biography
  • memoir
  • humor
  • biography memoir
  • nonfiction
  • comedy
  • audiobook
"I'm a fan of relaxing, and when i get tired of relaxing I like to do nothing."

-Jim Gaffigan, Food: A Love Story

"There are people who eat only organic food, and then there are people who don’t have tons of money to waste."

-Jim Gaffigan, Food: A Love Story

"In America we have gone way beyond sustenance. Eating is an activity. 'Why don’t we get lunch, and then we’ll grab some pizza."

-Jim Gaffigan, Food: A Love Story

"I love the phrase "I have a sweet tooth." I always want to say, "You're ordering it for your tooth? That's interesting, because it's going straight to your butt. I think your butt owed your tooth an …"

-Jim Gaffigan, Food: A Love Story

7. A Safeway in Arizona: What the Gabrielle Giffords Shooting Tells Us About the Grand Canyon State and L ife in America

By: Tom Zoellner

3.92

Format: 381 pages,

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Similar categories in Tom Zoellner's A Safeway in Arizona: What the Gabrielle Giffords Shooting Tells Us About the Grand Canyon State and L ife in America book and Jeannie Gaffigan's When Life Gives You Pears: The Healing Power of Family, Faith, and Funny People

8. Let's Just Say It Wasn't Pretty

By: Diane Keaton

4.54

Format: 253 pages, Hardcover

From Academy Award winner and bestselling author Diane Keaton comes a candid, hilarious, and deeply… read more

Similar categories in Diane Keaton's Let's Just Say It Wasn't Pretty book and Jeannie Gaffigan's When Life Gives You Pears: The Healing Power of Family, Faith, and Funny People

9. Something Other than God: How I Passionately Sought Happiness and Accidentally Found It

By: Jennifer Fulwiler

4.00

Format: None pages, Hardcover

Jennifer Fulwiler told herself she was happy. Why wouldn't she be? She made good money as a program… read more

Similar categories in Jennifer Fulwiler's Something Other than God: How I Passionately Sought Happiness and Accidentally Found It book and Jeannie Gaffigan's When Life Gives You Pears: The Healing Power of Family, Faith, and Funny People

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10. Heart of the Matter: What 100 Years of Living Have Taught Me

By: Russell M. Nelson

4.87

Format: 240 pages, Hardcover

“The laws or truths I will share in this book are not merely ideas I have studied and examined; the… read more

Similar categories in Russell M. Nelson's Heart of the Matter: What 100 Years of Living Have Taught Me book and Jeannie Gaffigan's When Life Gives You Pears: The Healing Power of Family, Faith, and Funny People

  • nonfiction
  • biography
  • memoir
  • audiobook
"Jesus Christ frequently expressed gratitude. Before raising Lazarus from the dead, before miraculously multiplying loaves and fishes, and before passing the cup to His disciples at the Last Supper, t…"

-Russell M. Nelson, Heart of the Matter: What 100 Years of Living Have Taught Me

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11. 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 Jeannie Gaffigan's When Life Gives You Pears: The Healing Power of Family, Faith, and Funny People

  • biography
  • memoir
  • humor
  • autobiography
  • biography memoir
  • nonfiction
  • 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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12. An Inconvenient Letter

By: Julie Wright

3.88

Format: 256 pages, Paperback

Complications arise when Marietta’s secret love letters are accidentally found by the wrong man. … read more

Similar categories in Julie Wright's An Inconvenient Letter book and Jeannie Gaffigan's When Life Gives You Pears: The Healing Power of Family, Faith, and Funny People

  • audiobook
Cover of The Unselected Journals of Emma M. Lion, Vol. 1 by Beth Brower

13. The Unselected Journals of Emma M. Lion, Vol. 1

By: Beth Brower

4.31

Format: 121 pages, Paperback

“I’ve arrived in London without incident. There are few triumphs in my recent life, but I count thi… read more

Similar categories in Beth Brower's The Unselected Journals of Emma M. Lion, Vol. 1 book and Jeannie Gaffigan's When Life Gives You Pears: The Healing Power of Family, Faith, and Funny People

  • humor
Cover of The Happy Life of Isadora Bentley by Courtney Walsh

14. The Happy Life of Isadora Bentley

By: Courtney Walsh

4.19

Format: 358 pages, Paperback

She’s out to prove that there’s no such thing as choosing happiness. Isadora Bentley follows the… read more

Similar categories in Courtney Walsh's The Happy Life of Isadora Bentley book and Jeannie Gaffigan's When Life Gives You Pears: The Healing Power of Family, Faith, and Funny People

  • audiobook
Cover of The Mostly True Story of Tanner and Louise by Colleen Oakley

15. The Mostly True Story of Tanner and Louise

By: Colleen Oakley

4.05

Format: 337 pages, Hardcover

Twenty-one-year-old Tanner Quimby needs a place to live. Preferably one where she can continue sitt… read more

Similar categories in Colleen Oakley's The Mostly True Story of Tanner and Louise book and Jeannie Gaffigan's When Life Gives You Pears: The Healing Power of Family, Faith, and Funny People

  • humor
  • audiobook
"He stilled midair, and then a slow grin spread across his lips. “Do you even know how to work that thing?"

-Colleen Oakley, The Mostly True Story of Tanner and Louise

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16. Brush Fire

By: Clair M. Poulson

3.72

Format: 295 pages, Kindle Edition

"Started reading and couldn't stop until I finished." - Goodreads review When Trooper Bentley Radf… read more

Similar categories in Clair M. Poulson's Brush Fire book and Jeannie Gaffigan's When Life Gives You Pears: The Healing Power of Family, Faith, and Funny People

Cover of When Life Gives You Pears: The Healing Power of Family, Faith, and Funny People by Jeannie Gaffigan

17. When Life Gives You Pears: The Healing Power of Family, Faith, and Funny People

By: Jeannie Gaffigan

4.18

Format: 320 pages, Hardcover

The Big Sick meets Dad is Fat in this funny and heartfelt New York Times bestselling memoir from wr… read more

Similar categories in Jeannie Gaffigan's When Life Gives You Pears: The Healing Power of Family, Faith, and Funny People book and Jeannie Gaffigan's When Life Gives You Pears: The Healing Power of Family, Faith, and Funny People

  • parenting
  • biography
  • memoir
  • medical
  • humor
  • autobiography
  • biography memoir
  • nonfiction
  • comedy
  • audiobook
Cover of Divine Quietness: Finding Meaning When Heaven is Silent by Emily Robison Adams

18. Divine Quietness: Finding Meaning When Heaven is Silent

By: Emily Robison Adams

4.30

Format: 128 pages, Paperback

Do you ever feel like your sincere, heartfelt prayers are ignored or met with silence? Do you wonde… read more

Similar categories in Emily Robison Adams's Divine Quietness: Finding Meaning When Heaven is Silent book and Jeannie Gaffigan's When Life Gives You Pears: The Healing Power of Family, Faith, and Funny People

  • nonfiction
  • audiobook
Cover of The Woman Who Split the Atom: The Life of Lise Meitner by Marissa Moss

19. The Woman Who Split the Atom: The Life of Lise Meitner

By: Marissa Moss

4.13

Format: 264 pages, Hardcover

The gripping story of Lise Meitner, the physicist who discovered nuclear fission As a female Jew… read more

Similar categories in Marissa Moss's The Woman Who Split the Atom: The Life of Lise Meitner book and Jeannie Gaffigan's When Life Gives You Pears: The Healing Power of Family, Faith, and Funny People

  • biography memoir
  • biography
  • nonfiction
  • audiobook
"Life need not be easy, provided only that it is not empty." (Lise Meitner)"

-Marissa Moss, The Woman Who Split the Atom: The Life of Lise Meitner

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20. Quality Time

By: Jim Gaffigan

4.31

Format: 254 pages, Audiobook

Jim Gaffigan is in top form for his seventh comedy special. The four-time Grammy nominated comedian… read more

Similar categories in Jim Gaffigan's Quality Time book and Jeannie Gaffigan's When Life Gives You Pears: The Healing Power of Family, Faith, and Funny People

  • humor
  • nonfiction
  • comedy
  • audiobook
Cover of One Beautiful Dream: The Rollicking Tale of Family Chaos, Personal Passions, and Saying Yes to Them Both by Jennifer Fulwiler

21. One Beautiful Dream: The Rollicking Tale of Family Chaos, Personal Passions, and Saying Yes to Them Both

By: Jennifer Fulwiler

4.41

Format: 237 pages, Kindle Edition

Is it possible to pursue your passions, love your family, and not feel guilty about wanting to do b… read more

Similar categories in Jennifer Fulwiler's One Beautiful Dream: The Rollicking Tale of Family Chaos, Personal Passions, and Saying Yes to Them Both book and Jeannie Gaffigan's When Life Gives You Pears: The Healing Power of Family, Faith, and Funny People

  • parenting
  • biography
  • memoir
  • nonfiction
  • audiobook

12 must-read nonfiction books like When Life Gives You Pears: The Healing Power of Family, Faith, and Funny People by Jeannie Gaffigan

Transform Your Habits

Dad Is Fat

Jim Gaffigan

3.50

Transform Your Habits

Believe Me: My Battle with the Invisible Disability of Lyme Disease

Michele Bender , Yolanda Hadid

3.79

Loud in the House of Myself: Memoir of a Strange Girl

Stacy Pershall

3.93

Transform Your Habits

Books for Living

Will Schwalbe

4.15

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18 Top audiobook books like The Woman Who Split the Atom: The Life of Lise Meitner by Marissa Moss

Transform Your Habits

Hurricane Song

Paul Volponi

3.75

Transform Your Habits

A Rover's Story

Jasmine Warga

4.28

Transform Your Habits

The Labors of Hercules Beal

Gary D. Schmidt

4.53

Transform Your Habits

The Night War

Kimberly Brubaker Bradley

4.04

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