19 Best memoir books like I Curse You With Joy by Tiffany Haddish

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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 …

"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 doctor."

-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 to it."

-Tiffany Haddish, I Curse You With Joy

If you liked the memoir plot in I Curse You With Joy by Tiffany Haddish , here is a list of 19 books like this:

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1. 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 Tiffany Haddish's I Curse You With Joy

  • biography
  • memoir
  • humor
  • 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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2. Worthy

By: Jada Pinkett Smith

3.64

Format: 416 pages, Hardcover

A gripping, painfully honest, and ultimately inspirational memoir from global superstar and creator… read more

Similar categories in Jada Pinkett Smith's Worthy book and Tiffany Haddish's I Curse You With Joy

  • biography
  • memoir
  • biography memoir
  • nonfiction
  • adult
  • audiobook
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3. Sociopath: A Memoir

By: Patric Gagne

3.84

Format: 368 pages, Hardcover

A fascinating, revelatory memoir revealing the author’s struggle to come to terms with her own soci… read more

Similar categories in Patric Gagne's Sociopath: A Memoir book and Tiffany Haddish's I Curse You With Joy

  • biography
  • memoir
  • biography memoir
  • nonfiction
  • adult
  • audiobook
"In a universe where everything seemed to be associated with everything else, jazz was in a world all its own. The untethered notes didn't propel me backward in time or force me into imaginations of t…"

-Patric Gagne, Sociopath: A Memoir

"Regardless of whether they realized it, my parents, my friends, my teachers, my lovers—everyone, on some level—was uncomfortable with my limited emotion. Because it meant something sinister. Because,…"

-Patric Gagne, Sociopath: A Memoir

"I loved people. I truly did. But the way I loved was different than most. And, if I was being honest, not all that compatible. I didn’t need to get love in order to give love. I never had. I preferre…"

-Patric Gagne, Sociopath: A Memoir

"The more I paid attention, the more I noticed just how often 'apathy,' 'lack of feeling,' and the word 'sociopath' were associated with evil. Everywhere. From celebrated books like East of Eden and T…"

-Patric Gagne, Sociopath: A Memoir

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4. Undefeated: Changing the Rules and Winning on My Own Terms

By: Shaunie Henderson

3.84

Format: 224 pages, Hardcover

Shaunie Henderson—wife, mother, entrepreneur, producer, and creator of the hit TV show Basketball W… read more

Similar categories in Shaunie Henderson's Undefeated: Changing the Rules and Winning on My Own Terms book and Tiffany Haddish's I Curse You With Joy

  • nonfiction
  • memoir
  • audiobook
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5. 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

Similar categories in RuPaul's The House of Hidden Meanings book and Tiffany Haddish's I Curse You With Joy

  • biography
  • memoir
  • biography memoir
  • nonfiction
  • adult
  • 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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6. Only Say Good Things: Surviving Playboy and Finding Myself

By: Crystal Hefner

3.73

Format: 240 pages, Hardcover

A raw and unflinching look at the objectification and misogyny of the Playboy mansion, a woman’s st… read more

Similar categories in Crystal Hefner's Only Say Good Things: Surviving Playboy and Finding Myself book and Tiffany Haddish's I Curse You With Joy

  • biography
  • memoir
  • biography memoir
  • nonfiction
  • audiobook
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7. 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 Tiffany Haddish's I Curse You With Joy

  • biography
  • memoir
  • humor
  • 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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8. Coming Home

By: Brittney Griner

4.43

Format: 320 pages, Hardcover

From the nine-time women’s basketball icon and two-time Olympic gold medalist—a raw, revelatory acc… read more

Similar categories in Brittney Griner's Coming Home book and Tiffany Haddish's I Curse You With Joy

  • biography
  • memoir
  • biography memoir
  • nonfiction
  • audiobook
"When your world is violently upended, you don't just mourn your immediate losses. You also grieve a future that no longer feels possible, the peace that might've been."

-Brittney Griner, Coming Home

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9. Say More: Lessons from Work, the White House, and the World

By: Jen Psaki

3.96

Format: 240 pages, Hardcover

Former White House Press Secretary and current MSNBC host Jen Psaki shares the surprising lessons s… read more

Similar categories in Jen Psaki's Say More: Lessons from Work, the White House, and the World book and Tiffany Haddish's I Curse You With Joy

  • biography
  • memoir
  • biography memoir
  • nonfiction
  • audiobook
"There was also a large crew of people who tried to nickname the previously mentioned Bipartisan Infrastructure Framework "BIF". If you would like your audience to start making fun of a big, serious, …"

-Jen Psaki, Say More: Lessons from Work, the White House, and the World

"I've spent time with a lot of very busy people - business leaders, prominent journalists, and multiple presidents. Despite the unusually high demands on their schedules, something they all have in co…"

-Jen Psaki, Say More: Lessons from Work, the White House, and the World

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10. 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 Tiffany Haddish's I Curse You With Joy

  • biography
  • memoir
  • humor
  • 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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11. 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

Similar categories in Billy Dee Williams's What Have We Here?: Portraits of a Life book and Tiffany Haddish's I Curse You With Joy

  • biography
  • memoir
  • biography memoir
  • nonfiction
  • adult
  • audiobook
Cover of When I Was Your Age: Life Lessons, Funny Stories & Questionable Parenting Advice from a Professional Clown by Kenan Thompson

12. 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 Tiffany Haddish's I Curse You With Joy

  • biography
  • memoir
  • humor
  • biography memoir
  • nonfiction
  • adult
  • comedy
  • audiobook
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13. I Shouldn’t Be Telling You This [But I'm Going to Anyway]

By: Chelsea Devantez

4.08

Format: 272 pages, Hardcover

A dynamic memoir-in-essays by comedian, screenwriter, and podcaster Chelsea Devantez, detailing her… read more

Similar categories in Chelsea Devantez's I Shouldn’t Be Telling You This [But I'm Going to Anyway] book and Tiffany Haddish's I Curse You With Joy

  • biography
  • memoir
  • humor
  • biography memoir
  • nonfiction
  • essays
  • comedy
  • audiobook
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14. The Guncle Abroad (The Guncle, #2)

By: Steven Rowley

3.98

Format: 320 pages, Kindle Edition

Patrick O'Hara is called back to his guncle duties . . . This time for a big family wedding in Ita… read more

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  • humor
  • adult
  • audiobook
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15. Joyful Recollections of Trauma

By: Paul Scheer

4.23

Format: 256 pages, Hardcover

From award-winning actor and comedian Paul Scheer, a candid and humorous memoir-in-essays on coming… read more

Similar categories in Paul Scheer's Joyful Recollections of Trauma book and Tiffany Haddish's I Curse You With Joy

  • biography
  • memoir
  • humor
  • biography memoir
  • nonfiction
  • essays
  • comedy
  • audiobook
"I didn’t need a girlfriend when I had Blockbuster."

-Paul Scheer, Joyful Recollections of Trauma

"But not acknowledging my trauma took away my triumph. I survived, and I wanted to make surviving the abuse part of my story. I want to wear my former shame with pride."

-Paul Scheer, Joyful Recollections of Trauma

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16. 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 Tiffany Haddish's I Curse You With Joy

  • biography
  • memoir
  • biography memoir
  • nonfiction
  • audiobook
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17. 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 Tiffany Haddish's I Curse You With Joy

  • biography
  • memoir
  • humor
  • biography memoir
  • nonfiction
  • essays
  • 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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18. I Did a New Thing: 30 Days to Living Free (A Feeding the Soul Book)

By: Tabitha Brown

4.19

Format: 256 pages, Hardcover

The #1 New York Times bestselling author of Feeding the Soul (Because It’s My Business) presents an… read more

Similar categories in Tabitha Brown's I Did a New Thing: 30 Days to Living Free (A Feeding the Soul Book) book and Tiffany Haddish's I Curse You With Joy

  • humor
  • nonfiction
  • memoir
  • audiobook
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19. Our Fight: A Memoir

By: Ronda Rousey

3.95

Format: 288 pages, Hardcover

From New York Times bestselling author and trailblazing athlete Ronda Rousey, an unfiltered and ent… read more

Similar categories in Ronda Rousey's Our Fight: A Memoir book and Tiffany Haddish's I Curse You With Joy

  • biography
  • memoir
  • biography memoir
  • nonfiction
  • audiobook
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20. Hello, Friends!: Stories of Dating, Destiny, and Day Jobs

By: Dulce Sloan

3.93

Format: 256 pages, Hardcover

WELCOME TO A COMEDIC TRIP THROUGH THE LIFE OF ONE OF THE COUNTRY’S MOST EXCITING COMEDIANS. MEET DU… read more

Similar categories in Dulce Sloan's Hello, Friends!: Stories of Dating, Destiny, and Day Jobs book and Tiffany Haddish's I Curse You With Joy

  • biography
  • memoir
  • humor
  • biography memoir
  • nonfiction
  • essays
  • adult
  • comedy
  • audiobook
"Duce. Don't you do that. You will get in trouble and it'll prove them right in their own mind. Say something that's gonna hurt their feelings instead."

-Dulce Sloan, Hello, Friends!: Stories of Dating, Destiny, and Day Jobs

"So instead of hitting light switches, I switched lanes and that's when I joined the chorus. My mom taught me an important lesson that day: Don't let racist magnet school theater directors crush your …"

-Dulce Sloan, Hello, Friends!: Stories of Dating, Destiny, and Day Jobs

Cover of Get Honest or Die Lying: Why Small Talk Sucks by Charlamagne Tha God

21. Get Honest or Die Lying: Why Small Talk Sucks

By: Charlamagne Tha God

3.91

Format: 240 pages, Hardcover

An Atria Book. Atria Books has a great book for every reader. read more

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  • nonfiction
  • biography
  • audiobook

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Miranda July

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