15 Top biography books like Lacks Self-Control: True Stories I Waited Until My Parents Died to Tell by Roy Sekoff

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Lacks Self-Control: True Stories I Waited Until My Parents Died to Tell

By: Roy Sekoff

3.63

Format: 202 pages, Paperback

A rollicking collection of true tales from the founding editor of the Huffington Post. If David …

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Cover of The Mother of All Meltdowns by Marcia Kester Doyle, Christine Carter, Crystal Ponti, Tamara Bowman, C. Lee Reed, None, None, None, None, None, None, None, Angela Keck, None, Nicole Goodman, Norine Dworkin-McDaniel, Alexa B., None, None, None, None, None, None, None, None, None, None, Lisa Witherspoon, None, None, None, Alexa Bigwarfe

1. The Mother of All Meltdowns

By: Marcia Kester Doyle , Christine Carter , Crystal Ponti , Tamara Bowman , C. Lee Reed , None , None , None , None , None , None , None , Angela Keck , None , Nicole Goodman , Norine Dworkin-McDaniel , Alexa B. , None , None , None , None , None , None , None , None , None , None , Lisa Witherspoon , None , None , None , Alexa Bigwarfe

3.94

Format: 226 pages, Paperback

Every mother, at some point, inevitably becomes her own worst enemy. In a millisecond, her halo cru… read more

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  • humor
  • nonfiction
Cover of Wrap It In A Bit Of Cheese Like You're Tricking The Dog: The fifth collection of essays and emails by New York Times Best Selling author David Thorne by David Thorne

2. Wrap It In A Bit Of Cheese Like You're Tricking The Dog: The fifth collection of essays and emails by New York Times Best Selling author David Thorne

By: David Thorne

4.17

Format: None pages,

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  • humor
  • nonfiction
  • essays
  • comedy

3. Look Evelyn, Duck Dynasty Wiper Blades. We Should Get Them.: A Collection Of New Essays

By: David Thorne

3.83

Format: None pages,

A hilarious collection of essays from the author of 27bslash6.com, the New York Times bestselling T… read more

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  • biography
  • memoir
  • humor
  • nonfiction
  • essays
  • comedy

4. 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

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5. Stories I'd Tell in Bars

By: Jen Lancaster

3.60

Format: None pages, Kindle Edition

Unfiltered. Unapologetic. Older - but arguably not wiser - Lancaster gets back to basics in this hi… read more

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6. Cruel Sacrifice

By: Aphrodite Jones

3.85

Format: 238 pages, Kindle Edition

On a freezing January in 1992, five teenage girls crowded into a car. By the end of the night, only… read more

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7. Housebroken: Admissions of an Untidy Life

By: Laurie Notaro

4.06

Format: 255 pages,

#1 New York Timesbestselling author Laurie Notaro isn't exactly a domestic goddess--unless that mea… read more

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Cover of Your Table Is Ready: Tales of a New York City Maître D' by Michael Cecchi-Azzolina

8. Your Table Is Ready: Tales of a New York City Maître D'

By: Michael Cecchi-Azzolina

3.67

Format: 304 pages, Hardcover

A front-of-the-house Kitchen Confidential from a career maître d’hotel who manned the front of the … read more

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  • biography
  • memoir
  • autobiography
  • nonfiction
  • audiobook
"It never fails, the most awful human beings, the power hungry, those with the least personality, kindness, and humanity, are general managers in restaurants."

-Michael Cecchi-Azzolina, Your Table Is Ready: Tales of a New York City Maître D'

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9. Running From The Mirror

By: Howard Shulman

4.45

Format: 248 pages, Paperback

Just three days after he was born, Howard Shulman contracted an infection that devoured his nose, l… read more

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  • nonfiction
  • biography
  • memoir
"Perhaps my story was never about my face but about the journey to arrive at a place of grace, which was far better than anything I could ever have imagined."

-Howard Shulman, Running From The Mirror

Cover of Tent for Seven: A Camping Adventure Gone South Out West by Marty Ohlhaut

10. Tent for Seven: A Camping Adventure Gone South Out West

By: Marty Ohlhaut

4.41

Format: 250 pages, Paperback

Riveting true story about the power of family and the majesty of the wilderness Marty Ohlhaut lo… read more

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  • nonfiction
  • biography
  • memoir
"Had I known just how memorable our trip was about to be, we never would have left the house."

-Marty Ohlhaut, Tent for Seven: A Camping Adventure Gone South Out West

"It was that melancholy time of afternoon, when spirits seem suspended between the day’s activities and the night’s reminiscence."

-Marty Ohlhaut, Tent for Seven: A Camping Adventure Gone South Out West

Cover of Alligators Eat Marshmallows (And Other Things I Learned On My 10,000 Mile Road Trip Around The USA!): A Comedy Memoir by Tony James Slater

11. Alligators Eat Marshmallows (And Other Things I Learned On My 10,000 Mile Road Trip Around The USA!): A Comedy Memoir

By: Tony James Slater

4.46

Format: 488 pages, Kindle Edition

“Show me America!” he cried out to the people. “Okay,” they replied, their voices a roar… “You aske… read more

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  • memoir
Cover of Excuse Me While I Disappear: Tales of Midlife Mayhem by Laurie Notaro

12. Excuse Me While I Disappear: Tales of Midlife Mayhem

By: Laurie Notaro

3.97

Format: 243 pages, Kindle Edition

A laugh-out-loud spin on the realities, perks, opportunities, and inevitable courses of midlife. L… read more

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  • biography
  • memoir
  • humor
  • autobiography
  • nonfiction
  • essays
  • comedy
  • audiobook
Cover of I Choose Darkness by Jenny  Lawson

13. I Choose Darkness

By: Jenny Lawson

3.97

Format: 25 pages, Kindle Edition

From cheap costumes to creepy dolls to questionable candy, number one New York Times bestselling au… read more

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  • biography
  • memoir
  • humor
  • nonfiction
  • essays
  • audiobook
Cover of Sorry I'm Late, I Didn't Want to Come: An Introvert's Year of Living Dangerously by Jessica Pan

14. Sorry I'm Late, I Didn't Want to Come: An Introvert's Year of Living Dangerously

By: Jessica Pan

3.89

Format: 368 pages, Hardcover

An introvert spends a year trying to live like an extrovert with hilarious results and advice for r… read more

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  • biography
  • memoir
  • humor
  • autobiography
  • nonfiction
  • audiobook
"That’s the truth of the world, Jessica,"

-Jessica Pan, Sorry I'm Late, I Didn't Want to Come: An Introvert's Year of Living Dangerously

"I hate flakiness, and I blame the Facebook ‘Maybe’ button,"

-Jessica Pan, Sorry I'm Late, I Didn't Want to Come: An Introvert's Year of Living Dangerously

"I'm giddy just imagining the shit I'll get up to when I'm eighty."

-Jessica Pan, Sorry I'm Late, I Didn't Want to Come: An Introvert's Year of Living Dangerously

"I watched my first penalty shoot-out during the World Cup 2014 (Brazil vs. Chile): men cried, I cried, Neymar cried. I was done for. I loved it."

-Jessica Pan, Sorry I'm Late, I Didn't Want to Come: An Introvert's Year of Living Dangerously

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15. The Pale-Faced Lie

By: David Crow

4.28

Format: 352 pages, Hardcover

A violent ex-con forces his son to commit crimes in this unforgettable memoir about family and surv… read more

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  • biography
  • memoir
  • autobiography
  • nonfiction
  • audiobook
"Her definition of love was obligation and guilt."

-David Crow, The Pale-Faced Lie

"No tie is as strong as family, making it the hardest one to break."

-David Crow, The Pale-Faced Lie

"For the first time, I saw my behavior from someone else’s point of view."

-David Crow, The Pale-Faced Lie

"Doubt kills more dreams than failure ever will. Believe in yourself. Never quit."

-David Crow, The Pale-Faced Lie

Cover of In the Form of a Question: The Joys and Rewards of a Curious Life by Amy Schneider

16. In the Form of a Question: The Joys and Rewards of a Curious Life

By: Amy Schneider

3.51

Format: 272 pages, Hardcover

An inspirational and bold memoir from the most successful woman ever to compete on Jeopardy! —and a… read more

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  • biography
  • memoir
  • autobiography
  • nonfiction
  • audiobook
"I deprived myself of a joy in my life, because it was a joy only girls were allowed to feel. Life already seemed to be full of joys that one wasn't allowed to feel, so adding one more to the pile cam…"

-Amy Schneider, In the Form of a Question: The Joys and Rewards of a Curious Life

"I grew up with a strong desire for invisibility. In large part, this was due to the ever-present feeling that I was failing at performing my gender. The whole boy thing was just so exhausting, and I …"

-Amy Schneider, In the Form of a Question: The Joys and Rewards of a Curious Life

"I grew up with a strong desire for invisibility. In large part, this was due to the ever-present feeling that I was failing at performing my gender. The whole boy thing was just so exhausting, and I …"

-Amy Schneider, In the Form of a Question: The Joys and Rewards of a Curious Life

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17. The Waltham Murders

By: Susan Zalkind

3.09

Format: 343 pages, Kindle Edition

A crusade to find a killer becomes a gripping, intensely personal investigation into a shocking col… read more

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  • nonfiction
  • biography
  • memoir
  • audiobook
Cover of Well, Doc, It Seemed Like a Good Idea At The Time!: The Unexpected Adventures of a Trauma Surgeon by J. Paul Waymack

18. Well, Doc, It Seemed Like a Good Idea At The Time!: The Unexpected Adventures of a Trauma Surgeon

By: J. Paul Waymack

4.08

Format: 286 pages, Kindle Edition

In 1976, Paul Waymack began chronicling his experience as a third-year medical student, and for the… read more

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  • biography
  • memoir
  • humor
  • autobiography
  • nonfiction
Cover of I Watch You Sleep: A Doctor's Tales of Anesthesia and Chain Restaurants by Zach Antonov

19. I Watch You Sleep: A Doctor's Tales of Anesthesia and Chain Restaurants

By: Zach Antonov

3.67

Format: 115 pages, Kindle Edition

Amazon #1 New Release in Anesthesiology Dive into a hilarious assortment of real-life medical stor… read more

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  • humor
  • nonfiction
Cover of Broken (In the Best Possible Way) by Jenny  Lawson

20. Broken (In the Best Possible Way)

By: Jenny Lawson

4.03

Format: 285 pages, Hardcover

From the #1 New York Times bestselling author of Furiously Happy and Let’s Pretend This Never Happe… read more

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  • biography
  • memoir
  • humor
  • nonfiction
  • essays
  • comedy
  • audiobook
"Only monsters call when they could text."

-Jenny Lawson, Broken (In the Best Possible Way)

"Nothing lasts forever. The good and the bad."

-Jenny Lawson, Broken (In the Best Possible Way)

"My doctor nodded. “I think you’ll be fine no matter what,"

-Jenny Lawson, Broken (In the Best Possible Way)

"I’m not sure what the difference is between sleeping and time travel."

-Jenny Lawson, Broken (In the Best Possible Way)

Cover of Welcome to the United States of Anxiety: Observations from a Reforming Neurotic by Jen Lancaster

21. Welcome to the United States of Anxiety: Observations from a Reforming Neurotic

By: Jen Lancaster

3.36

Format: 288 pages, Kindle Edition

New York Times bestselling author Jen Lancaster is here to help you chill the hell out. When did… read more

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  • memoir
  • humor
  • nonfiction
  • essays
  • comedy
  • audiobook
Cover of Lacks Self-Control: True Stories I Waited Until My Parents Died to Tell by Roy Sekoff

22. Lacks Self-Control: True Stories I Waited Until My Parents Died to Tell

By: Roy Sekoff

3.63

Format: 202 pages, Paperback

A rollicking collection of true tales from the founding editor of the Huffington Post. If David … read more

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  • biography
  • memoir
  • humor
  • autobiography
  • nonfiction
  • essays
  • comedy
  • audiobook
Cover of Nobody Eats Parsley: And other things I learned from my family by David Oakley

23. Nobody Eats Parsley: And other things I learned from my family

By: David Oakley

3.78

Format: 256 pages, Paperback

Nobody Eats And other things I learned from my family Sit down, grab a beer, and let me tell you … read more

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  • humor
  • nonfiction
  • memoir
  • essays
Cover of Themes and Variations by David Sedaris

24. Themes and Variations

By: David Sedaris

4.21

Format: 19 pages, Kindle Edition

In this Kindle-exclusive essay, international bestselling humor writer David Sedaris shares the rew… read more

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  • biography
  • memoir
  • humor
  • nonfiction
  • essays
  • comedy
  • audiobook
Cover of Revelation: A Memoir of Deep Family Secrets, Discovery, and Identity by Richard Gary Kaye

25. Revelation: A Memoir of Deep Family Secrets, Discovery, and Identity

By: Richard Gary Kaye

4.10

Format: 300 pages, Kindle Edition

Richard (Rick) Gary Kaye’s intimate memoir is a riveting story about a devastating family secret hi… read more

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  • nonfiction
Cover of Stay Away from My ER and Other Fun Bits of Wisdom: Wobbling Between Humor and Heartbreak by Rada  Jones

26. Stay Away from My ER and Other Fun Bits of Wisdom: Wobbling Between Humor and Heartbreak

By: Rada Jones

4.15

Format: 151 pages, Kindle Edition

Not for the faint of heart...You’ll laugh, you’ll cry, and you’ll marvel at the alien world that is… read more

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  • humor
  • nonfiction
Cover of The Amy Binegar-Kimmes-Lyle Book of Failures: A funny memoir of missteps, inadequacies and faux pas by Amy  Lyle

27. The Amy Binegar-Kimmes-Lyle Book of Failures: A funny memoir of missteps, inadequacies and faux pas

By: Amy Lyle

3.58

Format: 267 pages, Kindle Edition

THE AMY BINEGAR-KIMMES-LYLE BOOK OF FAILURES is a humor memoir. If you have ever failed at love, fi… read more

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  • biography
  • memoir
  • humor
  • nonfiction
  • comedy
Cover of I Hate Your Face ...And Other Things I Wish I Could Tell My Coworkers by Connie O'Reyes

28. I Hate Your Face ...And Other Things I Wish I Could Tell My Coworkers

By: Connie O'Reyes

3.60

Format: 283 pages, Kindle Edition

Connie has had bad luck with coworkers ever since her lemonade stand partners pushed her out at the… read more

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  • humor
  • nonfiction
Cover of Let's Eat Grandma's Pills by David Thorne

29. Let's Eat Grandma's Pills

By: David Thorne

4.37

Format: 168 pages, Kindle Edition

Do you love to travel? Have you ever wanted to stay in a transparent bubble pod or stood by helples… read more

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  • humor
  • nonfiction
  • memoir
Cover of Deadlines Don't Care If Janet Doesn't Like Her Photo by David Thorne

30. Deadlines Don't Care If Janet Doesn't Like Her Photo

By: David Thorne

4.40

Format: 248 pages, Kindle Edition

Do you like grids, negative space, and well-kerned type? No? Fair enough. Have you ever wondered wh… read more

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  • humor
  • nonfiction
"A mint won´t cut it."

-David Thorne, Deadlines Don't Care If Janet Doesn't Like Her Photo

"I actually woke up feeling perfectly fine this morning, but I’m not going to let Holly know that. I like the couch bed. She’s brought me several cups of tea and a cheese & pickle sandwich and I’ve on…"

-David Thorne, Deadlines Don't Care If Janet Doesn't Like Her Photo

"I understand Mike is sad about replacing Jennifer, but we all have to do things that make us sad. Holly asks me to do things that make me sad all the time. Like taking the dogs for a walk or giving h…"

-David Thorne, Deadlines Don't Care If Janet Doesn't Like Her Photo

Cover of Chief Complaint: Can't Find the Toilet Paper (A Collection of Reader-Submitted Medical Stories) by Kerry Hamm

31. Chief Complaint: Can't Find the Toilet Paper (A Collection of Reader-Submitted Medical Stories)

By: Kerry Hamm

4.03

Format: 104 pages, Kindle Edition

Volume 20 is here as a mini edition, packed with reader submissions not only recounting crazy accid… read more

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  • nonfiction

11 Best audiobook books like Lacks Self-Control: True Stories I Waited Until My Parents Died to Tell by Roy Sekoff

Transform Your Habits

Your Table Is Ready: Tales of a New York City Maître D'

Michael Cecchi-Azzolina

3.67

Transform Your Habits

Excuse Me While I Disappear: Tales of Midlife Mayhem

Laurie Notaro

3.97

Transform Your Habits

I Choose Darkness

Jenny Lawson

3.97

Transform Your Habits

Sorry I'm Late, I Didn't Want to Come: An Introvert's Year of Living Dangerously

Jessica Pan

3.89

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19 must-read audiobook books like Excuse Me While I Disappear: Tales of Midlife Mayhem by Laurie Notaro

Transform Your Habits

Blank

Zibby Owens

3.71

Transform Your Habits

The Amish Wife

Gregg Olsen

3.49

Transform Your Habits

Penelope in Retrograde

Brooke Abrams

4.09

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Housemoms

Jen Lancaster

3.52

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