20 Best memoir books like Tied Up in Knotts: My Dad and Me by Karen Knotts

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Tied Up in Knotts: My Dad and Me

By: Karen Knotts

3.73

Format: 272 pages, Hardcover

Karen Knotts tells the full story of her father, Don Knotts Much has been written about Don Knotts…

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Cover of I Stooged to Conquer: The Autobiography of the Leader of the Three Stooges by Moe Howard

1. I Stooged to Conquer: The Autobiography of the Leader of the Three Stooges

By: Moe Howard

4.23

Format: 256 pages, Paperback

Telling the full story of the head Stooge, this work reveals the life-long career of a legendary fu… read more

Similar categories in Moe Howard's I Stooged to Conquer: The Autobiography of the Leader of the Three Stooges book and Karen Knotts's Tied Up in Knotts: My Dad and Me

  • biography
  • memoir
  • humor
  • biography memoir
  • nonfiction
Cover of Eddie: The Life and Times of America's Preeminent Bad Boy by Ken Osmond, Christopher J. Lynch, Jerry Mathers

2. Eddie: The Life and Times of America's Preeminent Bad Boy

By: Ken Osmond , Christopher J. Lynch , Jerry Mathers

4.28

Format: 235 pages, Kindle Edition

Eddie Haskell was the bad kid who never went away. When child actor Ken Osmond stepped onto the set… read more

Similar categories in Ken Osmond's Eddie: The Life and Times of America's Preeminent Bad Boy book and Karen Knotts's Tied Up in Knotts: My Dad and Me

  • nonfiction
  • biography
  • memoir
  • tv
Cover of Love, Lucy by Lucille Ball

3. Love, Lucy

By: Lucille Ball

4.26

Format: 256 pages, Paperback

THE NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER The one and only autobiography by the iconic Lucille Ball, hailed … read more

Similar categories in Lucille Ball's Love, Lucy book and Karen Knotts's Tied Up in Knotts: My Dad and Me

  • biography
  • memoir
  • humor
  • biography memoir
  • nonfiction
"I believe that we're as happy in life as we make up our minds to be."

-Lucille Ball, Love, Lucy

"I have a theory about the assists we get in life. Only rarely can we repay those people who helped us, but we can pass that help along to others."

-Lucille Ball, Love, Lucy

Cover of What's So Funny?: My Hilarious Life by Jane Scovell, Tim Conway, Carol Burnett

4. What's So Funny?: My Hilarious Life

By: Jane Scovell , Tim Conway , Carol Burnett

3.81

Format: 259 pages, Hardcover

Six-time Emmy award-winning funny man Tim Conway, best known for his characters on The Carol Burnet… read more

Similar categories in Jane Scovell's What's So Funny?: My Hilarious Life book and Karen Knotts's Tied Up in Knotts: My Dad and Me

  • biography
  • memoir
  • humor
  • biography memoir
  • nonfiction
Cover of Prairie Tale: A Memoir by Melissa Gilbert

5. Prairie Tale: A Memoir

By: Melissa Gilbert

4.50

Format: 532 pages,

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Similar categories in Melissa Gilbert's Prairie Tale: A Memoir book and Karen Knotts's Tied Up in Knotts: My Dad and Me

  • biography
  • memoir
  • biography memoir
  • nonfiction
  • tv
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6. The Last of the Plainsmen

By: Zane Grey

3.87

Format: 260 pages, Hardcover

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Cover of Growing Up Laughing: My Story and the Story of Funny by Marlo Thomas

7. Growing Up Laughing: My Story and the Story of Funny

By: Marlo Thomas

5.00

Format: 64 pages,

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Similar categories in Marlo Thomas's Growing Up Laughing: My Story and the Story of Funny book and Karen Knotts's Tied Up in Knotts: My Dad and Me

  • biography
  • memoir
  • humor
  • biography memoir
  • nonfiction
Cover of My Lucky Life in and Out of Show Business by Dick Van Dyke

8. My Lucky Life in and Out of Show Business

By: Dick Van Dyke

4.17

Format: None pages, Hardcover

Dick Van Dyke, indisputably one of the greats of the golden age of television, is admired and belov… read more

Similar categories in Dick Van Dyke's My Lucky Life in and Out of Show Business book and Karen Knotts's Tied Up in Knotts: My Dad and Me

  • biography
  • memoir
  • humor
  • biography memoir
  • nonfiction

9. My Mother Was Nuts

By: Penny Marshall

2.00

Format: None pages, Hardcover

Most people know Penny Marshall as the director of Big and A League of Their Own. What they don't k… read more

Similar categories in Penny Marshall's My Mother Was Nuts book and Karen Knotts's Tied Up in Knotts: My Dad and Me

10. Mrs. Jeffries and the Silent Knight (Mrs. Jeffries, #20)

By: Emily Brightwell

4.00

Format: 98 pages, Paperback

Sir George Braxton was found lying face down in a frozen fountain with the back of his skull bashed… read more

Similar categories in Emily Brightwell's Mrs. Jeffries and the Silent Knight (Mrs. Jeffries, #20) book and Karen Knotts's Tied Up in Knotts: My Dad and Me

11. I Shouldn't Even Be Doing This!: And Other Things That Strike Me as Funny

By: Bob Newhart

3.60

Format: None pages, Hardcover

The first book ever from an icon of American comedy--a hilarious combination of stories from his ca… read more

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12. Boys in the Trees: A Memoir

By: Carly Simon

4.34

Format: 168 pages, Hardcover

The Instant #1 New York TimesBestseller A People Magazine Top Ten Book of the Year! "Intelligent a… read more

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13. Andy and Don: The Making of a Friendship and a Classic American TV Show

By: Daniel de Visé

4.33

Format: 192 pages, Hardcover

A lively and revealing biography of Andy Griffith and Don Knotts, celebrating the powerful real-lif… read more

Similar categories in Daniel de Visé's Andy and Don: The Making of a Friendship and a Classic American TV Show book and Karen Knotts's Tied Up in Knotts: My Dad and Me

Cover of Up on the Woof Top (Chet and Bernie Mystery, #14) by Spencer Quinn

14. Up on the Woof Top (Chet and Bernie Mystery, #14)

By: Spencer Quinn

4.31

Format: 320 pages, Hardcover

Chet the dog, "the most lovable narrator in all of crime fiction" ( Boston Globe ) and his human pa… read more

Similar categories in Spencer Quinn's Up on the Woof Top (Chet and Bernie Mystery, #14) book and Karen Knotts's Tied Up in Knotts: My Dad and Me

  • humor
Cover of Being Henry: The Fonz . . . and Beyond by Henry Winkler

15. 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 Karen Knotts's Tied Up in Knotts: My Dad and Me

  • biography
  • memoir
  • humor
  • biography memoir
  • nonfiction
"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 So Help Me God by Mike Pence

16. So Help Me God

By: Mike Pence

4.03

Format: 553 pages, Kindle Edition

The autobiography of former Vice President Mike Pence. Loyalty is a Vice President’s first duty;… read more

Similar categories in Mike Pence's So Help Me God book and Karen Knotts's Tied Up in Knotts: My Dad and Me

  • nonfiction
  • biography
  • memoir
Cover of The Boys: A Memoir of Hollywood and Family by Ron Howard

17. The Boys: A Memoir of Hollywood and Family

By: Ron Howard

4.27

Format: 393 pages, Hardcover

Happy Days, The Andy Griffith Show, Gentle Ben—these shows captivated millions of TV viewers in the… read more

Similar categories in Ron Howard's The Boys: A Memoir of Hollywood and Family book and Karen Knotts's Tied Up in Knotts: My Dad and Me

  • biography memoir
  • nonfiction
  • biography
  • memoir
Cover of Behind the Lights: The Extraordinary Adventure of a Mum and Her Family by Helen Smallbone

18. Behind the Lights: The Extraordinary Adventure of a Mum and Her Family

By: Helen Smallbone

4.57

Format: 256 pages, Hardcover

In this inspiring debut memoir, Helen Smallbone, mother of seven creative children―including Christ… read more

Similar categories in Helen Smallbone's Behind the Lights: The Extraordinary Adventure of a Mum and Her Family book and Karen Knotts's Tied Up in Knotts: My Dad and Me

  • biography memoir
  • nonfiction
  • biography
  • memoir
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

Similar categories in Elizabeth Beller's Once Upon a Time: The Captivating Life of Carolyn Bessette-Kennedy book and Karen Knotts's Tied Up in Knotts: My Dad and Me

  • biography memoir
  • nonfiction
  • biography
  • memoir
Cover of Renegade: Defending Democracy and Liberty in Our Divided Country by Adam Kinzinger

20. Renegade: Defending Democracy and Liberty in Our Divided Country

By: Adam Kinzinger

4.14

Format: 316 pages, Kindle Edition

INSTANT NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER Adam Kinzinger captures one of the most transformative periods in… read more

Similar categories in Adam Kinzinger's Renegade: Defending Democracy and Liberty in Our Divided Country book and Karen Knotts's Tied Up in Knotts: My Dad and Me

  • biography memoir
  • nonfiction
  • biography
  • memoir
Cover of My Mama, Cass: A Memoir by Owen Elliot-Kugell

21. My Mama, Cass: A Memoir

By: Owen Elliot-Kugell

3.96

Format: 262 pages, Hardcover

A long-awaited, myth-busting, and deeply affecting memoir by the daughter of legendary rock star “M… read more

Similar categories in Owen Elliot-Kugell's My Mama, Cass: A Memoir book and Karen Knotts's Tied Up in Knotts: My Dad and Me

  • biography memoir
  • nonfiction
  • biography
  • memoir
Cover of Country Music: An Illustrated History by Dayton Duncan

22. Country Music: An Illustrated History

By: Dayton Duncan

4.52

Format: 560 pages, Hardcover

A gorgeously illustrated and hugely entertaining story of America's most popular music and the sing… read more

Similar categories in Dayton Duncan's Country Music: An Illustrated History book and Karen Knotts's Tied Up in Knotts: My Dad and Me

  • nonfiction
  • biography
Cover of Life's Too Short: A Memoir by Darius Rucker

23. Life's Too Short: A Memoir

By: Darius Rucker

4.18

Format: 256 pages, Hardcover

A raw, heartfelt memoir from Darius Rucker, the three-time Grammy Award–winning, Diamond-selling le… read more

Similar categories in Darius Rucker's Life's Too Short: A Memoir book and Karen Knotts's Tied Up in Knotts: My Dad and Me

  • biography memoir
  • nonfiction
  • biography
  • memoir
Cover of Tied Up in Knotts: My Dad and Me by Karen Knotts

24. Tied Up in Knotts: My Dad and Me

By: Karen Knotts

3.73

Format: 272 pages, Hardcover

Karen Knotts tells the full story of her father, Don Knotts Much has been written about Don Knotts… read more

Similar categories in Karen Knotts's Tied Up in Knotts: My Dad and Me book and Karen Knotts's Tied Up in Knotts: My Dad and Me

  • biography
  • memoir
  • humor
  • biography memoir
  • nonfiction
  • tv
Cover of My Dad's Funnier than Your Dad: Growing Up with Tim Conway in the Funniest House in America by Kelly Conway

25. My Dad's Funnier than Your Dad: Growing Up with Tim Conway in the Funniest House in America

By: Kelly Conway

3.92

Format: 280 pages, Hardcover

Comic and television star Tim Conway (The Carol Burnett Show, McHale's Navy, Dorf) enjoyed enormous… read more

Similar categories in Kelly Conway's My Dad's Funnier than Your Dad: Growing Up with Tim Conway in the Funniest House in America book and Karen Knotts's Tied Up in Knotts: My Dad and Me

  • biography
  • memoir
  • humor
  • biography memoir
  • nonfiction
Cover of Andy Griffith Show Book by Richard Michael Kelly

26. Andy Griffith Show Book

By: Richard Michael Kelly

3.75

Format: 286 pages, Paperback

The Andy Griffith Show was one of the most successful series in television history. It ranked among… read more

Similar categories in Richard Michael Kelly's Andy Griffith Show Book book and Karen Knotts's Tied Up in Knotts: My Dad and Me

  • humor
  • nonfiction
  • tv
Cover of Ask Not: The Kennedys and the Women They Destroyed by Maureen Callahan

27. Ask Not: The Kennedys and the Women They Destroyed

By: Maureen Callahan

4.25

Format: 400 pages, Hardcover

From New York Times bestseller Maureen Callahan, a fierce, character-driven exposé of the real Kenn… read more

Similar categories in Maureen Callahan's Ask Not: The Kennedys and the Women They Destroyed book and Karen Knotts's Tied Up in Knotts: My Dad and Me

  • nonfiction
  • biography
  • memoir
Cover of The Talented Mrs. Mandelbaum: The Rise and Fall of an American Organized-Crime Boss by Margalit Fox

28. The Talented Mrs. Mandelbaum: The Rise and Fall of an American Organized-Crime Boss

By: Margalit Fox

3.48

Format: 336 pages, Hardcover

A Jewish mother of four, a gracious society hostess, a beloved member of her community—and the firs… read more

Similar categories in Margalit Fox's The Talented Mrs. Mandelbaum: The Rise and Fall of an American Organized-Crime Boss book and Karen Knotts's Tied Up in Knotts: My Dad and Me

  • biography memoir
  • nonfiction
  • biography
  • memoir
Cover of Earth to Moon: A Memoir by Moon Unit Zappa

29. Earth to Moon: A Memoir

By: Moon Unit Zappa

4.42

Format: 351 pages, Hardcover

The saying goes that "God only gives you what you can handle." Well God didn't grow up in my atheis… read more

Similar categories in Moon Unit Zappa's Earth to Moon: A Memoir book and Karen Knotts's Tied Up in Knotts: My Dad and Me

  • biography memoir
  • nonfiction
  • biography
  • memoir
Cover of Beating Against the Current by Kenneth Grimes

30. Beating Against the Current

By: Kenneth Grimes

4.40

Format: 241 pages, Kindle Edition

A successful British academic in the US, Jay is accused of sexual assault by a colleague—and he tho… read more

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Cover of Becoming Thelma Lou: My Journey to Hollywood, Mayberry, and Beyond by Betty Lynn

31. Becoming Thelma Lou: My Journey to Hollywood, Mayberry, and Beyond

By: Betty Lynn

4.15

Format: 324 pages, Paperback

Long before becoming beloved by generations of Mayberry fans for her portrayal of Thelma Lou, the e… read more

Similar categories in Betty Lynn's Becoming Thelma Lou: My Journey to Hollywood, Mayberry, and Beyond book and Karen Knotts's Tied Up in Knotts: My Dad and Me

  • nonfiction

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