19 Top biography books like Mixed Plate: Chronicles of an All-American Combo by Jo Koy

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Mixed Plate: Chronicles of an All-American Combo

By: Jo Koy

4.23

Format: 318 pages, Kindle Edition

A stunning, hilarious memoir from beloved comedian Jo Koy, “far and away one of the funniest people…

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1. I Must Say: My Life as a Humble Comedy Legend

By: Martin Short

4.11

Format: 336 pages, Hardcover

In this engaging memoir, written with heart, wisdom, and a huge helping of hilarity, Martin Short s… read more

Similar categories in Martin Short's I Must Say: My Life as a Humble Comedy Legend book and Jo Koy's Mixed Plate: Chronicles of an All-American Combo

  • biography
  • memoir
  • humor
  • autobiography
  • biography memoir
  • nonfiction
  • adult
  • comedy
  • audiobook
"To my beloved friends, there’s simply no life without you guys. Thanks for the advice and the love and the billion dinners and laughs. Without you all . . . I’d look for new friends and get them."

-Martin Short, I Must Say: My Life as a Humble Comedy Legend

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2. Uncharted TerriTORI

By: Tori Spelling

3.83

Format: None pages,

Tori Spelling is back with brand new collection of essays about living a normal life in Hollywood, … read more

Similar categories in Tori Spelling's Uncharted TerriTORI book and Jo Koy's Mixed Plate: Chronicles of an All-American Combo

  • biography
  • memoir
  • autobiography
  • biography memoir
  • nonfiction
  • audiobook

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

Similar categories in Tiffany Haddish's The Last Black Unicorn book and Jo Koy's Mixed Plate: Chronicles of an All-American Combo

4. Life of the Party: Stories of a Perpetual Man-Child

By: Bert Kreischer

4.03

Format: 325 pages, Hardcover

A collection of outrageous stories by the standup comic, TV host, and inspiration for the movie Nat… read more

Similar categories in Bert Kreischer's Life of the Party: Stories of a Perpetual Man-Child book and Jo Koy's Mixed Plate: Chronicles of an All-American Combo

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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

Similar categories in Ali Wong's Dear Girls: Intimate Tales, Untold Secrets, & Advice for Living Your Best Life book and Jo Koy's Mixed Plate: Chronicles of an All-American Combo

  • biography
  • memoir
  • humor
  • autobiography
  • biography memoir
  • nonfiction
  • adult
  • comedy
  • 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

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6. 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

Similar categories in Leslie Jones's Leslie F*cking Jones book and Jo Koy's Mixed Plate: Chronicles of an All-American Combo

  • biography
  • memoir
  • humor
  • autobiography
  • biography memoir
  • nonfiction
  • adult
  • comedy
  • 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

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7. A Very Punchable Face

By: Colin Jost

4.21

Format: 312 pages, Hardcover

If there’s one trait that makes someone well suited to comedy, it’s being able to take a punch—meta… read more

Similar categories in Colin Jost's A Very Punchable Face book and Jo Koy's Mixed Plate: Chronicles of an All-American Combo

  • biography
  • memoir
  • humor
  • autobiography
  • biography memoir
  • nonfiction
  • adult
  • comedy
  • audiobook
"As Lorne says, 'Careers are made by choices."

-Colin Jost, A Very Punchable Face

"Every public golf course on Staten Island has a secret alter ego."

-Colin Jost, A Very Punchable Face

"When you go to auditions and you fail to prepare, prepare to fail.' -Paula Abdul"

-Colin Jost, A Very Punchable Face

"I now hate the phrase ‘That will work.’ It’s such a mediocre goal to set for yourself."

-Colin Jost, A Very Punchable Face

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8. How to American: An Immigrant's Guide to Disappointing Your Parents

By: Jimmy O. Yang

4.02

Format: 240 pages, Hardcover

Standup comic, actor and fan favorite from HBO's Silicon Valley and the film Crazy Rich Asians shar… read more

Similar categories in Jimmy O. Yang's How to American: An Immigrant's Guide to Disappointing Your Parents book and Jo Koy's Mixed Plate: Chronicles of an All-American Combo

  • biography
  • memoir
  • humor
  • autobiography
  • biography memoir
  • nonfiction
  • adult
  • comedy
  • audiobook
"Top Five Chinese Rules 1. Respect your parents, your elders and your teachers. Never talk back or challenge them under any circumstance. 2. Education is the most important thing. It's more important …"

-Jimmy O. Yang, How to American: An Immigrant's Guide to Disappointing Your Parents

"I take pride in playing immigrant characters. I've come across people who had a negative opinion about playing Asian characters that have an accent. I've even met Asian actors who won't audition for …"

-Jimmy O. Yang, How to American: An Immigrant's Guide to Disappointing Your Parents

"From eating at El Pollo Loco salsa bar to the Golden Globes buffet, I managed to stumble through this journey with the perseverance of an immigrant and the mindset of an American. I learned to thrive…"

-Jimmy O. Yang, How to American: An Immigrant's Guide to Disappointing Your Parents

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9. I'd Like to Play Alone, Please: Essays

By: Tom Segura

4.01

Format: 229 pages, Hardcover

A #2 NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER From a massively successful stand-up comedian and co-host of chart-… read more

Similar categories in Tom Segura's I'd Like to Play Alone, Please: Essays book and Jo Koy's Mixed Plate: Chronicles of an All-American Combo

  • biography
  • memoir
  • humor
  • autobiography
  • biography memoir
  • nonfiction
  • comedy
  • audiobook
"I'm also, depending on who you ask, VERY funny or not at all"

-Tom Segura, I'd Like to Play Alone, Please: Essays

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10. 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

Similar categories in Simu Liu's We Were Dreamers: An Immigrant Superhero Origin Story book and Jo Koy's Mixed Plate: Chronicles of an All-American Combo

  • 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

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11. Life Will Be the Death of Me: . . . and you too!

By: Chelsea Handler

4.05

Format: 256 pages, Hardcover

In a haze of vape smoke on a rare windy night in L.A. in the fall of 2016, Chelsea Handler daydream… read more

Similar categories in Chelsea Handler's Life Will Be the Death of Me: . . . and you too! book and Jo Koy's Mixed Plate: Chronicles of an All-American Combo

  • biography
  • memoir
  • humor
  • autobiography
  • biography memoir
  • nonfiction
  • adult
  • comedy
  • audiobook
"Whereas siblings tend to police you, cousins are your partners in crime."

-Chelsea Handler, Life Will Be the Death of Me: . . . and you too!

"Judging other people had become my way of avoiding judgment of myself, and I had to do better than that."

-Chelsea Handler, Life Will Be the Death of Me: . . . and you too!

"Now that I had a better understanding of why I was so pissed off, I could finally do something about it."

-Chelsea Handler, Life Will Be the Death of Me: . . . and you too!

"Never in the history of humankind has a woman been told to calm down and then calmed down. We don't like that."

-Chelsea Handler, Life Will Be the Death of Me: . . . and you too!

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12. All Things Aside: Absolutely Correct Opinions

By: Iliza Shlesinger

3.92

Format: 256 pages, Hardcover

All Things Aside is a punchy, honest, incisive book that shares a view of the world through the eye… read more

Similar categories in Iliza Shlesinger's All Things Aside: Absolutely Correct Opinions book and Jo Koy's Mixed Plate: Chronicles of an All-American Combo

  • biography
  • memoir
  • humor
  • autobiography
  • nonfiction
  • comedy
  • audiobook
"I feel like the 3D and vampire obsessions are two things in entertainment that keep coming back around. Like every ten years, executives are like “ All right, new group of horny weirdos, let’s revive…"

-Iliza Shlesinger, All Things Aside: Absolutely Correct Opinions

"My biggest argument to the "we don't know what's in the vaccine" folks (who have hopefully decided to go along with science by the time this book comes out) is "remember what you were okay with drink…"

-Iliza Shlesinger, All Things Aside: Absolutely Correct Opinions

"I looked into their new mom gift baskets. The basket included... a scarf. A fucking scarf. My first thought was that this company bulk ordered them for something else, and couldn't get rid of them, s…"

-Iliza Shlesinger, All Things Aside: Absolutely Correct Opinions

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13. 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

Similar categories in Rebel Wilson's Rebel Rising book and Jo Koy's Mixed Plate: Chronicles of an All-American Combo

  • biography
  • memoir
  • humor
  • autobiography
  • biography memoir
  • nonfiction
  • comedy
  • 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

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14. When I Was Your Age: Life Lessons, Funny Stories & Questionable Parenting Advice from a Professional Clown

By: Kenan Thompson

3.83

Format: 240 pages, Hardcover

When I Was Your Age  is a hilarious, heartwarming and surprising ode to growing up, getting older a… read more

Similar categories in Kenan Thompson's When I Was Your Age: Life Lessons, Funny Stories & Questionable Parenting Advice from a Professional Clown book and Jo Koy's Mixed Plate: Chronicles of an All-American Combo

  • biography
  • memoir
  • humor
  • autobiography
  • biography memoir
  • nonfiction
  • adult
  • comedy
  • audiobook
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15. 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

Similar categories in Leslie Jordan's How Y'all Doing?: Misadventures and Mischief from a Life Well Lived book and Jo Koy's Mixed Plate: Chronicles of an All-American Combo

  • biography
  • memoir
  • humor
  • autobiography
  • biography memoir
  • nonfiction
  • comedy
  • audiobook
"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

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16. Who Do I Think I Am?: Stories of Chola Wishes and Caviar Dreams

By: Anjelah Johnson-Reyes

4.01

Format: 272 pages, Hardcover

This hilarious and thoughtful memoir from comedy legend Anjelah Johnson-Reyes explores questions of… read more

Similar categories in Anjelah Johnson-Reyes's Who Do I Think I Am?: Stories of Chola Wishes and Caviar Dreams book and Jo Koy's Mixed Plate: Chronicles of an All-American Combo

  • biography
  • memoir
  • humor
  • autobiography
  • biography memoir
  • nonfiction
  • adult
  • comedy
  • audiobook
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17. Mixed Plate: Chronicles of an All-American Combo

By: Jo Koy

4.23

Format: 318 pages, Kindle Edition

A stunning, hilarious memoir from beloved comedian Jo Koy, “far and away one of the funniest people… read more

Similar categories in Jo Koy's Mixed Plate: Chronicles of an All-American Combo book and Jo Koy's Mixed Plate: Chronicles of an All-American Combo

  • cultural
  • biography
  • memoir
  • humor
  • autobiography
  • biography memoir
  • nonfiction
  • adult
  • comedy
  • audiobook
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18. I Curse You With Joy

By: Tiffany Haddish

3.95

Format: 269 pages, Kindle Edition

Tiffany Haddish is back with her highly anticipated new essay collection, I Curse You With Joy … read more

Similar categories in Tiffany Haddish's I Curse You With Joy book and Jo Koy's Mixed Plate: Chronicles of an All-American Combo

  • biography
  • memoir
  • humor
  • biography memoir
  • nonfiction
  • adult
  • comedy
  • audiobook
"Representation isn’t just checking off boxes, it’s validating experience."

-Tiffany Haddish, I Curse You With Joy

"What I was learning was, in its own fucked up way, no feelings was as bad as too many."

-Tiffany Haddish, I Curse You With Joy

"I wish that men got endometriosis. If it was painful when they ejaculated, you know they would find a cure immediately and every doctor would know what to do to make it less painful, even a foot doct…"

-Tiffany Haddish, I Curse You With Joy

"Going through all that, taught me that you get to choose your response when you are afraid. You might not be able to control everything that happens to you but you do get to control how you respond t…"

-Tiffany Haddish, I Curse You With Joy

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19. Survival of the Thickest: Essays

By: Michelle Buteau

4.05

Format: 320 pages, Hardcover

From the stand-up comedian, actress, and host beloved for her cheeky swagger, unique voice, and una… read more

Similar categories in Michelle Buteau's Survival of the Thickest: Essays book and Jo Koy's Mixed Plate: Chronicles of an All-American Combo

  • biography
  • memoir
  • humor
  • autobiography
  • biography memoir
  • nonfiction
  • adult
  • comedy
  • audiobook
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20. You're That Bitch: And Other Lessons About Being Unapologetically Yourself

By: Bretman Rock

4.32

Format: 272 pages, Hardcover

"This book is hilarious and that bitch made me laugh out loud."--Chelsea Handler A chaotically j… read more

Similar categories in Bretman Rock's You're That Bitch: And Other Lessons About Being Unapologetically Yourself book and Jo Koy's Mixed Plate: Chronicles of an All-American Combo

  • biography
  • memoir
  • humor
  • autobiography
  • nonfiction
  • adult
  • audiobook
"A role could call for an indigenous Aeta woman and they would hire a half white, half Filipina woman and paint her skin Black just so she could play a maid."

-Bretman Rock, You're That Bitch: And Other Lessons About Being Unapologetically Yourself

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21. Stay Hungry

By: Sebastian Maniscalco

3.93

Format: 304 pages, ebook

From comedian and actor Sebastian Maniscalco—star of the film About My Father with Robert DeNiro—an… read more

Similar categories in Sebastian Maniscalco's Stay Hungry book and Jo Koy's Mixed Plate: Chronicles of an All-American Combo

  • biography
  • memoir
  • humor
  • autobiography
  • biography memoir
  • nonfiction
  • comedy
  • audiobook

13 Best adult books like Mixed Plate: Chronicles of an All-American Combo by Jo Koy

Transform Your Habits

I Must Say: My Life as a Humble Comedy Legend

Martin Short

4.11

Transform Your Habits

Dear Girls: Intimate Tales, Untold Secrets, & Advice for Living Your Best Life

Ali Wong

3.85

Transform Your Habits

Leslie F*cking Jones

Leslie Jones

4.11

Transform Your Habits

A Very Punchable Face

Colin Jost

4.21

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13 Top adult books like When I Was Your Age: Life Lessons, Funny Stories & Questionable Parenting Advice from a Professional Clown by Kenan Thompson

Transform Your Habits

Being Henry: The Fonz . . . and Beyond

Henry Winkler

4.14

Transform Your Habits

Leslie F*cking Jones

Leslie Jones

4.11

Transform Your Habits

A Very Punchable Face

Colin Jost

4.21

Transform Your Habits

Worthy

Jada Pinkett Smith

3.64

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