11 best-selling essays books like Midlife Bites: Anyone Else Falling Apart, Or Is It Just Me? by Jen Mann

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Midlife Bites: Anyone Else Falling Apart, Or Is It Just Me?

By: Jen Mann

3.95

Format: 243 pages, Paperback

A smart, personal, darkly funny examination of what it's like to be at the crossroads of a midlife …

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1. Jeneration X: One Reluctant Adult's Attempt to Unarrest Her Arrested Development; Or, Why It's Never Too Late for Her Dumb Ass to Learn Why Froot Loops Are Not for Dinner

By: Jen Lancaster

2.50

Format: 216 pages, Hardcover

In Such a Pretty Fat, Jen Lancaster learned how to come to terms with her body. In My Fair Lazy, sh… read more

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  • memoir
  • humor
  • biography memoir
  • nonfiction
  • audiobook
Cover of Love and Trouble: A Midlife Reckoning by Claire Dederer

2. Love and Trouble: A Midlife Reckoning

By: Claire Dederer

3.69

Format: 98 pages, Hardcover

From the New York Times best-selling author of Poser: My Life in Twenty-Three Yoga Poses, a ferocio… read more

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  • biography
  • memoir
  • feminism
  • biography memoir
  • nonfiction
  • essays

3. People I Want to Punch in the Throat: Volume 1

By: Jen Mann

3.61

Format: 8 pages,

The first collection of Singles from the New York Times best selling humorist, Jen Mann. This is a … read more

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4. The Seventeen Second Miracle

By: Jason F. Wright

3.41

Format: None pages, ebook

From the "New York Times" bestselling author of "The Wednesday Letters" and "The Cross Gardener," a… read more

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5. Catch a Fire: The Life of Bob Marley

By: Timothy White

4.00

Format: 176 pages, Paperback

The classic biography of reggae legend Bob Marley, updated and revised for the twenty-fifth anniver… read more

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6. I Just Want to Pee Alone: A Collection of Humorous Essays by Kick Ass Mom Bloggers

By: Jen Mann , Kim Bongiorno , Amy Flory , None , None , None , Stacey Hatton , Meredith Spidel , None , Suzanne Fleet , None , None , None , None , J.D. Bailey , None , None , Karen Alpert , None , None , None , None , None , None , None

3.92

Format: None pages, Paperback

Motherhood is the toughest - and funniest - job you'll ever love. Raising kids is hard work. The pa… read more

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7. 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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8. The Idiot Girls' Action-Adventure Club: True Tales from a Magnificent and Clumsy Life

By: Laurie Notaro

3.86

Format: 240 pages, Kindle Edition

Introducing Laurie Notaro, the leader of the Idiot Girls’ Action-Adventure Club. Every day she fear… read more

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  • biography
  • memoir
  • humor
  • biography memoir
  • nonfiction
  • essays
"Oh, boy. Now you see what you've done, Monica Lewinsky, you stupid, stupid tart, I thought. Because of you, I have to explain to my Nana, while she's in a hospital bed with an enlarged gallbladder, w…"

-Laurie Notaro, The Idiot Girls' Action-Adventure Club: True Tales from a Magnificent and Clumsy Life

"It was 1976. It was one of the darkest days of my life when that nurse, Mrs. Shimmer, pulled out a maxi pad that measured the width and depth of a mattress and showed us how to use it. It had a belt …"

-Laurie Notaro, The Idiot Girls' Action-Adventure Club: True Tales from a Magnificent and Clumsy Life

"Dr. Bone Specialist came in, made me stand up and hobble across the room, checked my reflexes, and then made me lie down on the table. He bent my right knee this way and that, up and down, all the wa…"

-Laurie Notaro, The Idiot Girls' Action-Adventure Club: True Tales from a Magnificent and Clumsy Life

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

9. 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
  • biography memoir
  • nonfiction
  • essays
  • audiobook
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10. I'll Show Myself Out: Essays on Midlife and Motherhood

By: Jessi Klein

3.90

Format: 288 pages, Hardcover

The eagerly anticipated second essay collection from Jessi Klein, author of the acclaimed New York … read more

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  • biography
  • memoir
  • humor
  • biography memoir
  • nonfiction
  • essays
  • audiobook
"A mother's heroic journey is not about how she leaves, but how she stays."

-Jessi Klein, I'll Show Myself Out: Essays on Midlife and Motherhood

"But becoming a mother alters every ince of your body, your routine, your soul, your heart."

-Jessi Klein, I'll Show Myself Out: Essays on Midlife and Motherhood

"Motherhood leaves you inevitably and profoundly changed; you can be similar to who you were - maybe? - but you'll never be the same."

-Jessi Klein, I'll Show Myself Out: Essays on Midlife and Motherhood

"Because now I know that everything bad can happen, and I am responsible for it not. Because sometimes I feel like keeping us from dying will kill me. Because I am on board, and I'm exhausted. Because…"

-Jessi Klein, I'll Show Myself Out: Essays on Midlife and Motherhood

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11. Everyone But Myself

By: Julie Chavez

3.89

Format: 240 pages, Paperback

Like so many mothers, Julie Chavez ran herself ragged trying to meet the needs of everyone else, un… read more

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  • biography
  • memoir
  • feminism
  • mental health
  • biography memoir
  • nonfiction
  • audiobook
Cover of Floating in the Deep End: How Caregivers Can See Beyond Alzheimer's by Patti   Davis

12. Floating in the Deep End: How Caregivers Can See Beyond Alzheimer's

By: Patti Davis

4.26

Format: 288 pages, Hardcover

With the heartfelt prose of a loving daughter, Patti Davis provides a life raft for the caregivers … read more

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  • biography memoir
  • nonfiction
  • memoir
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13. Quietly Hostile: Essays

By: Samantha Irby

3.70

Format: 290 pages, Paperback

Samantha Irby invites us to share in the gory particulars of her real life, all that festers behind… read more

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  • memoir
  • humor
  • nonfiction
  • essays
  • audiobook
"[...] and my face is sore from smiling so hard in an effort to appear friendly and nonthreatening."

-Samantha Irby, Quietly Hostile: Essays

"I'm so embarrassed by everything all the time, humiliated even by the need to breathe air where other people can see me"

-Samantha Irby, Quietly Hostile: Essays

"I want to push back against this idea that it's not real love if you're not passionately chattering at each other all the time, that it's just as valid (and romantic!) to know instinctively when to s…"

-Samantha Irby, Quietly Hostile: Essays

"I lived in blissful solitude for a long time...and you learn a lot about yourself and what you require for life when it's just you that you have to think about...You can buy frozen fish sticks and ea…"

-Samantha Irby, Quietly Hostile: Essays

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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
  • audiobook
Cover of The Menopause Brain: New Science Empowers Women to Navigate the Pivotal Transition with Knowledge and Confidence by Lisa Mosconi

15. The Menopause Brain: New Science Empowers Women to Navigate the Pivotal Transition with Knowledge and Confidence

By: Lisa Mosconi

4.05

Format: 320 pages, Hardcover

The New York Times bestselling author of The XX Brain shows women how to navigate menopause success… read more

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  • self help
  • mental health
  • nonfiction
  • audiobook
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16. Hot and Bothered: What No One Tells You About Menopause and How to Feel Like Yourself Again

By: Jancee Dunn

4.16

Format: 304 pages, Hardcover

“Hot and Bothered removes the shame, disdain, and mystery that’s surrounded menopause….An informati… read more

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  • audiobook
  • feminism
  • humor
  • nonfiction
  • self help
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17. But Everyone Feels This Way: How an Autism Diagnosis Saved My Life

By: Paige Layle

4.28

Format: 288 pages, Hardcover

Autism acceptance activist and TikTok influencer Paige Layle shares her deeply personal journey to … read more

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  • self help
  • memoir
  • mental health
  • biography memoir
  • nonfiction
  • audiobook
"We remain hidden, tucked away behind corporations aiming to change us, pushing supplements and instant cures into the hands of desperate parents looking to make our lives better. We're hidden behind …"

-Paige Layle, But Everyone Feels This Way: How an Autism Diagnosis Saved My Life

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18. Everybody's Favorite: Tales from the World's Worst Perfectionist

By: Lillian Stone

3.44

Format: 224 pages, Hardcover

From one of the Internet’s favorite self-deprecating commentators comes Everybody’s Favorite, a lau… read more

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  • self help
  • biography
  • memoir
  • humor
  • mental health
  • biography memoir
  • nonfiction
  • essays
  • audiobook
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19. The New Menopause: Navigating Your Path Through Hormonal Change with Purpose, Power, and Facts

By: Mary Claire Haver

4.35

Format: 304 pages, Hardcover

Filling a gaping hole in menopause care, everything a woman needs to know to thrive during her horm… read more

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  • audiobook
  • feminism
  • mental health
  • nonfiction
  • self help
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20. Yoga Life: Habits, Poses, and Breathwork to Channel Joy Amidst the Chaos

By: Brett Larkin

4.20

Format: 304 pages, Paperback

Overwhelmed? Overscheduled? Want to access the benefits of yoga, but can’t seem to make it to the m… read more

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  • nonfiction
  • self help
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21. Midlife Bites: Anyone Else Falling Apart, Or Is It Just Me?

By: Jen Mann

3.95

Format: 243 pages, Paperback

A smart, personal, darkly funny examination of what it's like to be at the crossroads of a midlife … read more

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  • self help
  • biography
  • memoir
  • feminism
  • humor
  • mental health
  • biography memoir
  • nonfiction
  • essays
  • audiobook
Cover of Ask Me What's For Dinner One More Time: Inappropriate Thoughts on Motherhood by Meredith Masony

22. Ask Me What's For Dinner One More Time: Inappropriate Thoughts on Motherhood

By: Meredith Masony

3.83

Format: 256 pages, Paperback

From the founder of That’s Inappropriate—one of the most popular parenting blogs on the web—comes a… read more

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  • self help
  • memoir
  • humor
  • nonfiction
  • essays
  • audiobook
Cover of The Diet-Free Revolution : 10 Steps to Free Yourself from the Diet Cycle with Mindful Eating and Radical Self-Acceptance by Alexis Conason

23. The Diet-Free Revolution : 10 Steps to Free Yourself from the Diet Cycle with Mindful Eating and Radical Self-Acceptance

By: Alexis Conason

3.96

Format: 256 pages, Hardcover

A 10-step approach to ditch diet culture, heal your relationship with food, and learn to love your … read more

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  • self help
  • nonfiction
  • mental health
Cover of Nothing Is Wrong and Here Is Why by Alexandra Petri

24. Nothing Is Wrong and Here Is Why

By: Alexandra Petri

3.82

Format: 211 pages, Hardcover

These impossibly cheerful essays on the routine horrors of the present era explain everything from … read more

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  • feminism
  • humor
  • nonfiction
  • essays
  • audiobook
"At the end of the day, there is only one way to parent: wrong."

-Alexandra Petri, Nothing Is Wrong and Here Is Why

"[That five-year-old refugee] has plans to grow up to become the most terrifying thing in the world: an American."

-Alexandra Petri, Nothing Is Wrong and Here Is Why

"A little child was in the audience [at Donald Trump’s inauguration], and he started to cry, because the emperor was wearing so many clothes."

-Alexandra Petri, Nothing Is Wrong and Here Is Why

"The good news about approaching a black hole is that you will live a very long time. The bad news about approaching a black hole is that you will never die."

-Alexandra Petri, Nothing Is Wrong and Here Is Why

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25. Next!: The Power of Reinvention in Life and Work

By: Joanne Lipman

3.70

Format: 340 pages, Kindle Edition

The ultimate guide to mastering change and successfully reinventing how you live, work, and lead “… read more

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  • audiobook
  • nonfiction
  • self help
Cover of Uneducated: A Memoir of Flunking Out, Falling Apart, and Finding My Worth by Christopher Zara

26. Uneducated: A Memoir of Flunking Out, Falling Apart, and Finding My Worth

By: Christopher Zara

3.93

Format: 272 pages, Hardcover

67% of Americans do not have a college degree. Christopher Zara is one of them. Boldly honest, wry… read more

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  • biography
  • memoir
  • biography memoir
  • nonfiction
  • audiobook
Cover of I Wouldn't Do That If I Were Me: Modern Blunders and Modest Triumphs (but Mostly Blunders) by Jason Gay

27. I Wouldn't Do That If I Were Me: Modern Blunders and Modest Triumphs (but Mostly Blunders)

By: Jason Gay

3.81

Format: None pages, Audiobook

The Wall Street Journal columnist and bestselling author of Little Victories takes a humorous and i… read more

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  • humor
  • nonfiction
  • essays
  • audiobook
Cover of Life as We Know It (Can Be): Stories of People, Climate, and Hope in a Changing World by Bill Weir

28. Life as We Know It (Can Be): Stories of People, Climate, and Hope in a Changing World

By: Bill Weir

4.10

Format: 256 pages, Hardcover

Award-winning journalist and CNN chief climate correspondent Bill Weir takes readers through time a… read more

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  • nonfiction
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

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  • biography
  • memoir
  • biography memoir
  • nonfiction
  • audiobook
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30. Good People: Stories From the Best of Humanity

By: Gabriel Reilich

4.33

Format: 320 pages, Hardcover

For anyone who could use proof that the world is full of good people, this beautifully illustrated … read more

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  • biography
  • memoir
  • mental health
  • nonfiction
  • essays
  • self help
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31. The Rough Patch: Marriage and the Art of Living Together

By: Daphne de Marneffe

3.90

Format: 368 pages, Hardcover

From a leading clinical psychologist who has counseled couples and individuals for decades, a wise,… read more

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  • self help
  • nonfiction
  • audiobook
"We reclaim genuine space for our identities not by rushing headlong into simplistic remedies, but by engaging in the less glamorous spadework of paying attention to our feelings, clarifying what matt…"

-Daphne de Marneffe, The Rough Patch: Marriage and the Art of Living Together

"Exaggerating my partner's position allows me to fight with him, rather than ask myself the hard questions about what I believe we can afford. I delegate certain attribute to my partner -for example, …"

-Daphne de Marneffe, The Rough Patch: Marriage and the Art of Living Together

"an "attachment injury" which comes about when one person in a couple fails to respond t the other at a critical moment of vulnerability of need. Typical moments include labor and childbirth, illness,…"

-Daphne de Marneffe, The Rough Patch: Marriage and the Art of Living Together

"2. Keep having conversations with yourself For relationships to stay alive, the individual within them have to stay alive. Our freedom seeking core is precious- not freedom from others but the freedo…"

-Daphne de Marneffe, The Rough Patch: Marriage and the Art of Living Together

19 Top audiobook books like Midlife Bites: Anyone Else Falling Apart, Or Is It Just Me? by Jen Mann

Transform Your Habits

Jeneration X: One Reluctant Adult's Attempt to Unarrest Her Arrested Development; Or, Why It's Never Too Late for Her Dumb Ass to Learn Why Froot Loops Are Not for Dinner

Jen Lancaster

2.50

Transform Your Habits

Excuse Me While I Disappear: Tales of Midlife Mayhem

Laurie Notaro

3.97

Transform Your Habits

I'll Show Myself Out: Essays on Midlife and Motherhood

Jessi Klein

3.90

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Julie Chavez

3.89

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Love and Trouble: A Midlife Reckoning

Claire Dederer

3.69

Transform Your Habits

This American Ex-Wife: How I Ended My Marriage and Started My Life

Lyz Lenz

3.99

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Momfluenced: Inside the Maddening, Picture-Perfect World of Mommy Influencer Culture

Sara Petersen

3.35

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MOTHERCARE: On Obligation, Love, Death, and Ambivalence

Lynne Tillman

3.49

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