Naturally Tan
By: Tan France
3.79
Format: 8 pages, Audio CD
In this heartfelt, funny, touching memoir, Tan France, star of Netflix's smash-hit QUEER EYE, tells…
Want to Read $ 11.99"My biggest fantasy was to be able to take my revenge, which is a seriously screwed-up mentality for a child to have."-Tan France, Naturally Tan
"But I was good at running really fucking fast - my hundred-meter spring was bananas. Racism sucked, but it encouraged me to run faster than the bullies. That's the only silver lining you'll find in this chapter."-Tan France, Naturally Tan
"There are two things a brown person cannot do, and those are to scream or run through an airport with a backpack on. We struggle to catch flights, too. But we're not allowed to run, because that would alarm all the white people."-Tan France, Naturally Tan
"All I can say is speak up; ask questions. Explain your concerns. It's the first step in feeling empowered to push forward with your own agenda. There is no reason to stifle yourself! Because as a wise man once told me: the best moments are the ones where you're you."-Tan France, Naturally Tan
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1. Diana: Story of a Princess
By: Tim Clayton , Phil Craig
4.42
Format: 718 pages, Paperback
Based on the groundbreaking ITV/The Learning Channel documentary series, and drawn from years of re… read more
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- biography memoir
- biography
- nonfiction
2. Scrappy Little Nobody
By: Anna Kendrick
4.03
Format: None pages,
A collection of humorous autobiographical essays by the Academy Award-nominated actress and star of… read more
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3. The Last Black Unicorn
By: Tiffany Haddish
3.12
Format: 56 pages, Hardcover
From stand-up comedian, actress, and breakout star of Girls Trip, Tiffany Haddish, comesThe Last Bl… read more
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4. The Greatest Love Story Ever Told
By: Megan Mullally
3.65
Format: 269 pages, Hardcover
At last, the full story behind Megan Mullally and Nick Offerman's epic romance, including stories, … read more
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- biography
- memoir
- humor
- autobiography
- biography memoir
- nonfiction
- adult
- audiobook
"You know what? I've never had any money, and I've always lived like a king."-Megan Mullally, The Greatest Love Story Ever Told
"Get out of your house. Get off of your phone. Then go and participate in things that thrill you."-Megan Mullally, The Greatest Love Story Ever Told
"It may seem a little obvious that Megan would feel that in her music or that I would feel it in woodworking, but there are so many domestic places, so many little ways that you can make your existenc…"-Megan Mullally, The Greatest Love Story Ever Told
"I hate it, how high-stakes the fashion aspect of it has become. A long time ago, Janeane Garofalo wore cutoffs and a T-shirt to an awards show, and that’s always been my gold standard. I wish everyon…"-Megan Mullally, The Greatest Love Story Ever Told
5. Dear Girls: Intimate Tales, Untold Secrets, & Advice for Living Your Best Life
By: Ali Wong
3.85
Format: 240 pages, Hardcover
Ali Wong's heartfelt and hilarious letters to her daughters (the two she put to work while they wer… read more
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- biography
- memoir
- humor
- autobiography
- biography memoir
- nonfiction
- adult
- audiobook
"That day, my co-workers found out my secret: I'm a fucking idiot."-Ali Wong, Dear Girls: Intimate Tales, Untold Secrets, & Advice for Living Your Best Life
"I don't care how funny or beloved someone is. Take his ass down if he fucks with you."-Ali Wong, Dear Girls: Intimate Tales, Untold Secrets, & Advice for Living Your Best Life
"My dad would sometimes say things to my mom like, “Devil, get away, for I am God’s property!"-Ali Wong, Dear Girls: Intimate Tales, Untold Secrets, & Advice for Living Your Best Life
"It made me realize that the most important part of parenting, relationships, pretty much anything is just actually being there."-Ali Wong, Dear Girls: Intimate Tales, Untold Secrets, & Advice for Living Your Best Life
6. The Woman in Me
By: Britney Spears
3.86
Format: 288 pages, Hardcover
The Woman in Me is a brave and astonishingly moving story about freedom, fame, motherhood, survival… read more
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- biography
- memoir
- autobiography
- biography memoir
- nonfiction
- adult
- audiobook
"I realized how powerful it can be when women defy expectations. I can make my own way in life. I can make my dreams come true."-Britney Spears, The Woman in Me
"But then, when it came time to end the conservatorship, I realized one thing: You can’t fuck with a woman who knows how to pray. Really pray. All I did was pray."-Britney Spears, The Woman in Me
"Later, I walked all the way home so I could take in the city, breaking one of my heels along the way. When I got to my apartment, I went to my terrace and just looked up at the stars for hours. At th…"-Britney Spears, The Woman in Me
"Giving a person no grace in a hard time is just not nice. Especially when you can't take as good as you give. When I started to speak and throw it back at them a little, God knows they were far from …"-Britney Spears, The Woman in Me
7. 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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- biography
- memoir
- humor
- autobiography
- biography memoir
- nonfiction
- adult
- 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
8. Pageboy
By: Elliot Page
3.75
Format: 271 pages, None
Pageboy is a groundbreaking coming-of-age memoir from the Academy Award-nominated actor Elliot Page… read more
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- audiobook
- biography
- memoir
- lgbt
- autobiography
- biography memoir
- nonfiction
- adult
- queer
"Her visibility meant the world to me. I think about this as I walk through the world now."-Elliot Page, Pageboy
"How do people do it? How do they shut off the noise? And I don't mean "happy", they may not be happy, but they seem to be able to exist at least."-Elliot Page, Pageboy
"In a world where queerness all too often alienates us from blood, I am grateful to Julia, and the family I have chosen. Without them, I wouldn't be here."-Elliot Page, Pageboy
"I could block myself out, I was a person I didn't know, I'd gaze into what felt like the universe, my eye a planet of its own. I must be somewhere in there, I'd think."-Elliot Page, Pageboy
9. If You Would Have Told Me
By: John Stamos
3.81
Format: 333 pages, Hardcover
If you would have told a young John Stamos flipping burgers at his dad’s fast-food joint that one d… read more
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- biography
- memoir
- humor
- autobiography
- biography memoir
- nonfiction
- adult
- audiobook
10. The House of Hidden Meanings
By: RuPaul
3.84
Format: 256 pages, Hardcover
From international drag superstar and pop culture icon RuPaul, comes his most revealing and persona… read more
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- audiobook
- biography
- memoir
- lgbt
- autobiography
- biography memoir
- nonfiction
- adult
- queer
"We all have that magic within us - But it's the faculty to harness it - to turn something seemingly meaningless into something special, to be loose and spontaneous with it - that makes life most wort…"-RuPaul, The House of Hidden Meanings
"But in that time the RuPaul idea was born, and people outside of my world were inspired to talk about me and androgyny and drag in a way that was unprecedented. Not long after that, the questions cam…"-RuPaul, The House of Hidden Meanings
"Life is full of dualities: night and day, black and white, yin and yang, good and evil, birth and death, love and fear. You can't have one without the other. It takes two to create the magnetic pull …"-RuPaul, The House of Hidden Meanings
"There are ideological precepts that people will fight or even kill for. But those things are never really what they seem to be. As much as people will claim a hard moral line, that line becomes very …"-RuPaul, The House of Hidden Meanings
11. We Were Dreamers: An Immigrant Superhero Origin Story
By: Simu Liu
4.35
Format: 320 pages, ebook
Marvel's newest recruit shares his own inspiring and unexpected origin story, from China to the bri… read more
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- biography
- memoir
- autobiography
- biography memoir
- nonfiction
- adult
- audiobook
"Nobody forced us to come here,"-Simu Liu, We Were Dreamers: An Immigrant Superhero Origin Story
"Canada is not unilaterally friendly, nor is “friendly"-Simu Liu, We Were Dreamers: An Immigrant Superhero Origin Story
"Acting, like life, gets a bit stale when you only make safe choices."-Simu Liu, We Were Dreamers: An Immigrant Superhero Origin Story
"Jared had taught me the value of swinging for the fences and being the master of my own destiny."-Simu Liu, We Were Dreamers: An Immigrant Superhero Origin Story
12. Rebel Rising
By: Rebel Wilson
3.91
Format: 335 pages, Kindle Edition
From the scene-stealing star of Pitch Perfect and Bridesmaids comes a refreshingly candid, hilariou… read more
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- biography
- memoir
- lgbt
- humor
- autobiography
- biography memoir
- nonfiction
- audiobook
"Would this performance feel internally like I was going to die? Yes. But my desire to win, my desire to be somebody, is so strong that it compels me to do the hardest thing possible: to perform in pu…"-Rebel Wilson, Rebel Rising
"People would come up to me on the street and say, 'I just want to thank you for being so brave!' Why am I so fucking brave? I'm not going off to fight in a war! I'm not running into a burning buildin…"-Rebel Wilson, Rebel Rising
13. How Y'all Doing?: Misadventures and Mischief from a Life Well Lived
By: Leslie Jordan
4.13
Format: 272 pages, Hardcover
Viral sensation and Emmy Award-winner Leslie Jordan regales fans with entertaining stories about th… read more
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- audiobook
- biography
- memoir
- lgbt
- humor
- autobiography
- biography memoir
- nonfiction
- queer
"True happiness can only come from being of loving service to others, especially those in the last throes of life's journey."-Leslie Jordan, How Y'all Doing?: Misadventures and Mischief from a Life Well Lived
"I suppose someone had tossed the puppy out of the car, since we were in the middle of nowhere, too far out for a puppy to get to on her own. Who on Earth would do such a thing?! People like that need…"-Leslie Jordan, How Y'all Doing?: Misadventures and Mischief from a Life Well Lived
"When our country was erupting in protests and marches, asking for the end of injustice against African American men and women, I was somewhat chastised by many of my followers for not speaking out ag…"-Leslie Jordan, How Y'all Doing?: Misadventures and Mischief from a Life Well Lived
14. Unprotected: A Memoir
By: Billy Porter
4.48
Format: 288 pages, Hardcover
From Billy Porter, the incomparable Emmy, Grammy, and Tony Award winner, Unprotected is a powerful … read more
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- audiobook
- biography
- memoir
- lgbt
- autobiography
- biography memoir
- nonfiction
- adult
- queer
"Lenora was a Fosse girl. She had learned from the mater, the actual master himself. Fosse was a galvanizing choreographer, who fascinated and spoke directly to me for a range of reasons. The first wa…"-Billy Porter, Unprotected: A Memoir
"Lenora was a Fosse girl. She had learned from the master, the actual master himself. Fosse was a galvanizing choreographer, who fascinated and spoke directly to me for a range of reasons. The first w…"-Billy Porter, Unprotected: A Memoir
15. Naturally Tan
By: Tan France
3.79
Format: 8 pages, Audio CD
In this heartfelt, funny, touching memoir, Tan France, star of Netflix's smash-hit QUEER EYE, tells… read more
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- audiobook
- biography
- memoir
- lgbt
- humor
- autobiography
- biography memoir
- nonfiction
- adult
- queer
"My biggest fantasy was to be able to take my revenge, which is a seriously screwed-up mentality for a child to have."-Tan France, Naturally Tan
"But I was good at running really fucking fast - my hundred-meter spring was bananas. Racism sucked, but it encouraged me to run faster than the bullies. That's the only silver lining you'll find in t…"-Tan France, Naturally Tan
"There are two things a brown person cannot do, and those are to scream or run through an airport with a backpack on. We struggle to catch flights, too. But we're not allowed to run, because that woul…"-Tan France, Naturally Tan
"All I can say is speak up; ask questions. Explain your concerns. It's the first step in feeling empowered to push forward with your own agenda. There is no reason to stifle yourself! Because as a wis…"-Tan France, Naturally Tan
16. Love That Story: Observations from a Gorgeously Queer Life
By: Jonathan Van Ness
4.10
Format: 6 pages, Audiobook
Queer Eye star Jonathan Van Ness dives into his favourite subjects in Love That Story, a new collec… read more
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- audiobook
- biography
- memoir
- lgbt
- humor
- biography memoir
- nonfiction
- adult
- queer
17. So Close to Being the Sh*t, Y’all Don’t Even Know
By: Retta
3.92
Format: 262 pages, Hardcover
In So Close to Being the Sh*t, Y’all Don’t Even Know, Parks and Recreation star Retta takes us on h… read more
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- biography
- memoir
- humor
- autobiography
- biography memoir
- nonfiction
- adult
- audiobook
"And I’m lactose intolerant but if you told me I couldn’t have cheese ever again, I would slap you in your face."-Retta, So Close to Being the Sh*t, Y’all Don’t Even Know
"People who are going to be successful know it’s gonna happen. And those people tend to hustle until it does happen."-Retta, So Close to Being the Sh*t, Y’all Don’t Even Know
18. Over the Top: A Raw Journey to Self-Love
By: Jonathan Van Ness
4.19
Format: 6 pages, Audiobook
Who gave Jonathan Van Ness permission to be the radiant human he is today? No one, honey. The tr… read more
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- audiobook
- biography
- memoir
- lgbt
- humor
- autobiography
- biography memoir
- nonfiction
- adult
- queer
"At the end of the day, the people we let in our space affect our ability to get to where we want to go, so if they're in the way of realizing your potential, it's okay to disconnect because you must …"-Jonathan Van Ness, Over the Top: A Raw Journey to Self-Love
"I hope culturally we can continue to normalize the idea that being a survivor is so much more common than anyone realizes and we all deserve to be heard, but more importantly are deserving of a recov…"-Jonathan Van Ness, Over the Top: A Raw Journey to Self-Love
"My joy and my accomplishments existed, and so did the pain from my abuse. How can we feel one without the other? Joyful accomplishments exist next to painful memories. I found a lot of my healing whe…"-Jonathan Van Ness, Over the Top: A Raw Journey to Self-Love
"You know those plants that are always trying to find the light? Maybe they were planted in a location that didn’t necessarily facilitate growth, but inexplicably they make a circuitous route to not o…"-Jonathan Van Ness, Over the Top: A Raw Journey to Self-Love
19. I Have Something to Tell You
By: Chasten Glezman Buttigieg
4.23
Format: 256 pages, Hardcover
A moving, hopeful, and refreshingly candid memoir by the husband of former Democratic presidential … read more
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- audiobook
- biography
- memoir
- lgbt
- autobiography
- biography memoir
- nonfiction
- adult
- queer
"That gay expereince in Tulsa is just as gay and valid as other, more visible experience in the media, and attempting to police anyone’s gayness sets a dangerous precedent. It equates identity with pr…"-Chasten Glezman Buttigieg, I Have Something to Tell You
"I was reaching my hand over the person in front of me to shake hands with Obama when a random guy barreled into me from behind. I turned to look at what had happened, and in the meantime, I felt a ha…"-Chasten Glezman Buttigieg, I Have Something to Tell You
20. Karamo: My Story of Embracing Purpose, Healing, and Hope
By: Karamo Brown
3.90
Format: 289 pages, Hardcover
When Karamo Brown first auditioned for the casting directors of Netflix’s Queer Eye, he knew he wou… read more
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- audiobook
- biography
- memoir
- lgbt
- autobiography
- biography memoir
- nonfiction
- adult
- queer
"Culture is about what people feel, and how they experience the world around them."-Karamo Brown, Karamo: My Story of Embracing Purpose, Healing, and Hope
"The beautiful shades of the world are the colors of love that pour out from the light within us all."-Karamo Brown, Karamo: My Story of Embracing Purpose, Healing, and Hope
"If you allow people to dictate your self-esteem based on their opinions of you, you will always fail."-Karamo Brown, Karamo: My Story of Embracing Purpose, Healing, and Hope
"You are not your past. You are prepared for your future. A yes can propel you, but a no will never hurt you."-Karamo Brown, Karamo: My Story of Embracing Purpose, Healing, and Hope
21. Queer Eye: Love Yourself. Love Your Life.
By: Antoni Porowski
3.99
Format: 256 pages, Hardcover
From the Fab Five—the beloved hosts of Netflix's viral hit Queer Eye—comes a book that is at once a… read more
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- audiobook
- biography
- memoir
- lgbt
- humor
- biography memoir
- nonfiction
- adult
- queer
