12 must-read autobiography books like Chita: A Memoir by Chita Rivera

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Chita: A Memoir

By: Chita Rivera

4.16

Format: 320 pages, Hardcover

The long-awaited and wildly entertaining memoir of the star of stage and screen, the legendary Chit…

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1. Rita Moreno: A Memoir

By: Rita Moreno

4.13

Format: None pages, Paperback

In this luminous memoir, Rita Moreno shares her remarkable journey from a young girl with simple be… read more

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  • history
  • biography
  • memoir
  • autobiography
  • biography memoir
  • nonfiction

2. Patti LuPone: A Memoir

By: Patti LuPone

3.87

Format: 291 pages, Hardcover

"I have been incredibly fortunate over the course of my career to have been associated with some ex… read more

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3. Shy: The Alarmingly Outspoken Memoirs of Mary Rodgers

By: Mary Rodgers

4.24

Format: 480 pages, Hardcover

The memoirs of Mary Rodgers Guettel--writer, composer, Broadway royalty, and "a woman who tried eve… read more

Similar categories in Mary Rodgers's Shy: The Alarmingly Outspoken Memoirs of Mary Rodgers book and Chita Rivera's Chita: A Memoir

  • music
  • history
  • biography
  • memoir
  • theatre
  • autobiography
  • biography memoir
  • nonfiction
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4. My Name Is Barbra

By: Barbra Streisand

4.20

Format: 1040 pages, Hardcover

The long-awaited memoir by the superstar of stage, screen, recordings, and television. Barbra St… read more

Similar categories in Barbra Streisand's My Name Is Barbra book and Chita Rivera's Chita: A Memoir

  • music
  • history
  • biography
  • memoir
  • autobiography
  • biography memoir
  • nonfiction
  • audiobook
"Fame is a hollow trophy. No matter who you are, you can only eat one pastrami sandwich at a time."

-Barbra Streisand, My Name Is Barbra

"Once again I was struck by the power of music. Somehow, it can be the connective tissue between souls."

-Barbra Streisand, My Name Is Barbra

"There are some things I hope we can all agree upon: The antidote to lies is truth, the remedy to war is peace, and the solution to hate is love."

-Barbra Streisand, My Name Is Barbra

"Language gives us an insight into the way women are viewed in a male-dominated society . . . A man is commanding—a woman is demanding. A man is forceful—a woman is pushy. A man is uncompromising—a wo…"

-Barbra Streisand, My Name Is Barbra

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5. 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

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  • history
  • biography
  • memoir
  • 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

Cover of Honey, Baby, Mine: A Mother and Daughter Talk Life, Death, Love (and Banana Pudding) by Laura Dern

6. Honey, Baby, Mine: A Mother and Daughter Talk Life, Death, Love (and Banana Pudding)

By: Laura Dern

3.92

Format: 256 pages, Hardcover

A NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER “As actors, Dern and Ladd have spent decades peeling back layers to re… read more

Similar categories in Laura Dern's Honey, Baby, Mine: A Mother and Daughter Talk Life, Death, Love (and Banana Pudding) book and Chita Rivera's Chita: A Memoir

  • biography
  • memoir
  • autobiography
  • biography memoir
  • nonfiction
  • audiobook
Cover of The Swans of Harlem: Five Black Ballerinas, Fifty Years of Sisterhood, and Their Reclamation of a Groundbreaking History by Karen Valby

7. The Swans of Harlem: Five Black Ballerinas, Fifty Years of Sisterhood, and Their Reclamation of a Groundbreaking History

By: Karen Valby

4.31

Format: 304 pages, Hardcover

The forgotten story of a pioneering group of five Black ballerinas and their fifty-year sisterhood,… read more

Similar categories in Karen Valby's The Swans of Harlem: Five Black Ballerinas, Fifty Years of Sisterhood, and Their Reclamation of a Groundbreaking History book and Chita Rivera's Chita: A Memoir

  • history
  • biography
  • memoir
  • biography memoir
  • nonfiction
  • audiobook
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8. Elizabeth Taylor: The Grit & Glamour of an Icon

By: Kate Andersen Brower

4.16

Format: 512 pages, Hardcover

From the #1 New York Times bestselling author of The Residence and First Women, the first ever auth… read more

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  • history
  • biography
  • memoir
  • autobiography
  • biography memoir
  • nonfiction
  • audiobook
Cover of Hi Honey, I'm Homo!: Sitcoms, Specials, and the Queering of American Culture by Matt Baume

9. Hi Honey, I'm Homo!: Sitcoms, Specials, and the Queering of American Culture

By: Matt Baume

4.35

Format: 272 pages, Paperback

There's a secret storyline hidden across some of the most popular sitcoms of the 20th century. F… read more

Similar categories in Matt Baume's Hi Honey, I'm Homo!: Sitcoms, Specials, and the Queering of American Culture book and Chita Rivera's Chita: A Memoir

  • nonfiction
  • history
  • audiobook
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10. I Was Better Last Night: A Memoir

By: Harvey Fierstein

4.37

Format: 386 pages, Hardcover

A poignant and hilarious memoir from the cultural icon, gay rights activist, and four-time Tony Awa… read more

Similar categories in Harvey Fierstein's I Was Better Last Night: A Memoir book and Chita Rivera's Chita: A Memoir

  • biography
  • memoir
  • autobiography
  • biography memoir
  • nonfiction
  • audiobook
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11. Opposable Thumbs: How Siskel & Ebert Changed Movies Forever

By: Matt Singer

4.06

Format: 352 pages, Hardcover

Once upon a time, if you wanted to know if a movie was worth seeing, you didn’t check out Rotten To… read more

Similar categories in Matt Singer's Opposable Thumbs: How Siskel & Ebert Changed Movies Forever book and Chita Rivera's Chita: A Memoir

  • history
  • biography
  • biography memoir
  • nonfiction
  • audiobook
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12. Karma: My Autobiography

By: Boy George

3.62

Format: 296 pages, Kindle Edition

THE OFFICIAL STORY OF A MUSICAL ICON - TOLD IN FULL FOR THE FIRST TIME IN HIS OWN WORDS'In what mig… read more

Similar categories in Boy George's Karma: My Autobiography book and Chita Rivera's Chita: A Memoir

  • music
  • biography
  • memoir
  • autobiography
  • biography memoir
  • nonfiction
  • audiobook
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13. 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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  • biography
  • memoir
  • autobiography
  • biography memoir
  • nonfiction
  • audiobook
"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

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14. 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

Similar categories in Whoopi Goldberg's Bits and Pieces: My Mother, My Brother, and Me book and Chita Rivera's Chita: A Memoir

  • biography
  • memoir
  • 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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15. Madonna: A Rebel Life

By: Mary Gabriel

4.03

Format: 1782 pages, Kindle Edition

New York Times Editors’ Choice, One of NPR’s Best Books of the YearIn this “infinitely readable” bi… read more

Similar categories in Mary Gabriel's Madonna: A Rebel Life book and Chita Rivera's Chita: A Memoir

  • music
  • biography
  • memoir
  • biography memoir
  • nonfiction
  • audiobook
Cover of Cocktails with George and Martha: Movies, Marriage, and the Making of Who’s Afraid of Virginia Woolf? by Philip Gefter

16. Cocktails with George and Martha: Movies, Marriage, and the Making of Who’s Afraid of Virginia Woolf?

By: Philip Gefter

4.04

Format: 368 pages, Hardcover

An award-winning writer reveals the behind-the-scenes story of the provocative play, the groundbrea… read more

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  • history
  • biography
  • theatre
  • nonfiction
  • audiobook
Cover of Astor: The Rise and Fall of an American Fortune by Anderson Cooper

17. Astor: The Rise and Fall of an American Fortune

By: Anderson Cooper

3.77

Format: 322 pages, Hardcover

The number one New York Times bestselling authors of Vanderbilt return with another riveting histor… read more

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  • history
  • biography
  • memoir
  • biography memoir
  • nonfiction
  • audiobook
Cover of What Have We Here?: Portraits of a Life by Billy Dee Williams

18. What Have We Here?: Portraits of a Life

By: Billy Dee Williams

4.04

Format: 288 pages, Hardcover

A film legend recalls his remarkable life of nearly eight decades—a heralded actor who's played the… read more

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  • biography
  • memoir
  • autobiography
  • biography memoir
  • nonfiction
  • audiobook
Cover of No Crying in Baseball: The Inside Story of A League of Their Own: Big Stars, Dugout Drama, and a Home Run for Hollywood by Erin Carlson

19. No Crying in Baseball: The Inside Story of A League of Their Own: Big Stars, Dugout Drama, and a Home Run for Hollywood

By: Erin Carlson

3.69

Format: 320 pages, Hardcover

National Bestseller The inside story of how A League of Their Own —one of the most beloved basebal… read more

Similar categories in Erin Carlson's No Crying in Baseball: The Inside Story of A League of Their Own: Big Stars, Dugout Drama, and a Home Run for Hollywood book and Chita Rivera's Chita: A Memoir

  • nonfiction
  • history
  • audiobook
Cover of Hitchcock's Blondes: The Unforgettable Women Behind the Legendary Director's Dark Obsession by Laurence Leamer

20. Hitchcock's Blondes: The Unforgettable Women Behind the Legendary Director's Dark Obsession

By: Laurence Leamer

3.46

Format: 336 pages, Hardcover

Bestselling author of Capote’s Women Laurence Leamer shares an engrossing account of the enigmatic … read more

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  • history
  • biography
  • biography memoir
  • nonfiction
  • audiobook
Cover of The Big Reveal: An Illustrated Manifesto of Drag by Sasha Velour

21. The Big Reveal: An Illustrated Manifesto of Drag

By: Sasha Velour

4.41

Format: 210 pages, Hardcover

“Drag embodies the queer possibility that exists within each of us—the infinite ways in which gende… read more

Similar categories in Sasha Velour's The Big Reveal: An Illustrated Manifesto of Drag book and Chita Rivera's Chita: A Memoir

  • history
  • biography
  • memoir
  • biography memoir
  • nonfiction
  • audiobook
Cover of Chita: A Memoir by Chita Rivera

22. Chita: A Memoir

By: Chita Rivera

4.16

Format: 320 pages, Hardcover

The long-awaited and wildly entertaining memoir of the star of stage and screen, the legendary Chit… read more

Similar categories in Chita Rivera's Chita: A Memoir book and Chita Rivera's Chita: A Memoir

  • music
  • history
  • biography
  • memoir
  • theatre
  • autobiography
  • biography memoir
  • nonfiction
  • audiobook
Cover of Uncle of the Year: And Other Debatable Triumphs by Andrew  Rannells

23. Uncle of the Year: And Other Debatable Triumphs

By: Andrew Rannells

4.05

Format: 272 pages, Hardcover

Candid, hilarious essays from the star of The Book of Mormon, Girls, and Big Mouth on anxiety, ambi… read more

Similar categories in Andrew Rannells's Uncle of the Year: And Other Debatable Triumphs book and Chita Rivera's Chita: A Memoir

  • biography
  • memoir
  • theatre
  • biography memoir
  • nonfiction
  • audiobook
Cover of Magic to Do: Pippin's Fantastic, Fraught Journey to Broadway and Beyond by Elysa Gardner

24. Magic to Do: Pippin's Fantastic, Fraught Journey to Broadway and Beyond

By: Elysa Gardner

3.72

Format: 250 pages, ebook

In Magic to Do, which celebrates the 50th anniversary of Pippin's opening, two-time Pulitzer Prize … read more

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  • theatre
  • history
  • biography
  • nonfiction
Cover of Leading Lady: A Memoir of a Most Unusual Boy by Charles Busch

25. Leading Lady: A Memoir of a Most Unusual Boy

By: Charles Busch

4.42

Format: 288 pages, Hardcover

A poignant, deliciously anecdotal account of a talented artist's dramatic journey in the worlds of … read more

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  • biography
  • memoir
  • theatre
  • biography memoir
  • nonfiction
  • audiobook
Cover of The Way They Were: How Epic Battles and Bruised Egos Brought a Classic Hollywood Love Story to the Screen by Robert Hofler

26. The Way They Were: How Epic Battles and Bruised Egos Brought a Classic Hollywood Love Story to the Screen

By: Robert Hofler

3.25

Format: 304 pages, Hardcover

Coinciding with the 50th anniversary of “The Way We Were,” this intriguing and impeccably researche… read more

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  • history
  • biography
  • nonfiction
  • audiobook
Cover of The Male Gazed by Manuel Betancourt

27. The Male Gazed

By: Manuel Betancourt

3.52

Format: 208 pages, Hardcover

Featuring deep dives into thirst traps, drag queens, Antonio Banderas, and telenovelas—all in the s… read more

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  • nonfiction
  • memoir
  • audiobook
Cover of Here's to the Ladies: Conversations with More of the Great Women of Musical Theater by Eddie Shapiro

28. Here's to the Ladies: Conversations with More of the Great Women of Musical Theater

By: Eddie Shapiro

4.47

Format: 432 pages, Hardcover

A fascinating look at the careers of some of Broadway's greatest female performers in their own wor… read more

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  • music
  • nonfiction
  • theatre
  • biography
Cover of Up With the Sun by Thomas Mallon

29. Up With the Sun

By: Thomas Mallon

3.68

Format: 352 pages, Hardcover

A look back at the life of a little-known, C-list celebrity striver who met a bad end in New York C… read more

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30. Gays on Broadway

By: Ethan Mordden

3.36

Format: 240 pages, Hardcover

A fascinating look at the gay and lesbian influence on the American stage by an internationally-rec… read more

Similar categories in Ethan Mordden's Gays on Broadway book and Chita Rivera's Chita: A Memoir

  • theatre
  • nonfiction
  • history
Cover of Sondheim: His Life, His Shows, His Legacy by Stephen M. Silverman

31. Sondheim: His Life, His Shows, His Legacy

By: Stephen M. Silverman

4.14

Format: 304 pages, Hardcover

Lively, sophisticated, and filled with first-person tributes and glorious images, His Life, His Sh… read more

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  • music
  • history
  • biography
  • theatre
  • nonfiction

23 best-selling audiobook books like Chita: A Memoir by Chita Rivera

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Barbra Streisand

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Henry Winkler

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Laura Dern

3.92

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Armistead Maupin

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