9 Best adult books like And Then? And Then? What Else? by Daniel Handler

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And Then? And Then? What Else?

By: Daniel Handler

3.91

Format: 240 pages, Hardcover

A bold, candid, vulnerable, and entertaining memoir of the literary life of Daniel Handler, the wri…

"A universally loved rebel, an immensely popular loner, the imaginary writer is everyone's favorite, if only because you don't have to read anything to appreciate their work, although I must say I prefer their earlier stuff."

-Daniel Handler, And Then? And Then? What Else?

"A universally loved rebel, an immensely popular loner, the imaginary writer is everyone's favorite, if only because you don't have to read anything to appreciate their work, although I must say I prefer their earlier stuff."

-Daniel Handler, And Then? And Then? What Else?

"Surely all artistic output stems from something a little nobler than boredom. It’s why I like to dress it up and say ennui instead, to mean another kind of boredom, a French kind, more glamorous, better somehow, less blandly fidgety and more beautifully empty."

-Daniel Handler, And Then? And Then? What Else?

"Surely all artistic output stems from something a little nobler than boredom. It’s why I like to dress it up and say ennui instead, to mean another kind of boredom, a French kind, more glamorous, better somehow, less blandly fidgety and more beautifully empty."

-Daniel Handler, And Then? And Then? What Else?

If you liked the adult plot in And Then? And Then? What Else? by Daniel Handler , here is a list of 9 books like this:

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1. Headshot

By: Rita Bullwinkel

3.63

Format: 224 pages, Hardcover

An electrifying debut novel from an “unusually gifted writer” (Lorrie Moore) about the radical inti… read more

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  • adult
"The desire to please people is the desire to not be singular."

-Rita Bullwinkel, Headshot

"Tanya Maw's sister is two years older, the perfect age gap for wisdom transmission."

-Rita Bullwinkel, Headshot

"It can be intoxicating to play a sport that requires one to look in their opponent's eyes."

-Rita Bullwinkel, Headshot

"It's a warmth that she'll feel again very few times in her life. It's almost like love, but it has a surer, less desperate edge to it."

-Rita Bullwinkel, Headshot

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2. The Freaks Came Out to Write: The Definitive History of the Village Voice, the Radical Paper That Changed American Culture

By: Tricia Romano

4.28

Format: 608 pages, Hardcover

A rollicking history of America's most iconic weekly newspaper told through the voices of its legen… read more

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  • biography memoir
  • nonfiction
  • biography
  • memoir
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3. The Ministry of Time

By: Kaliane Bradley

3.62

Format: 341 pages, Hardcover

A time travel romance, a spy thriller, a workplace comedy, and an ingenious exploration of the natu… read more

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  • adult
"And then when she was given a second chance, she caught the sword and came up singing."

-Kaliane Bradley, The Ministry of Time

"You'll have lived through heat waves by now, and you'll know that they make time go utterly Dali clocks."

-Kaliane Bradley, The Ministry of Time

"What was it like, to be the only one who came back? The only one who still had a body to touch, to hurt, to yearn with? The last one still able to die?"

-Kaliane Bradley, The Ministry of Time

"He was here, by and with and in my body. He lives in me like trauma does. If you ever fall in love, you’ll be a person who was in love for the rest of your life."

-Kaliane Bradley, The Ministry of Time

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4. 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

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  • biography memoir
  • nonfiction
  • biography
  • memoir
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5. Miss May Does Not Exist: The Life and Work of Elaine May, Hollywood’s Hidden Genius

By: Carrie Courogen

3.92

Format: 400 pages, Hardcover

"A deeply researched, psychologically astute new biography of May by Carrie Courogen...The book is … read more

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  • nonfiction
  • biography
  • memoir
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6. My Favorite Thing Is Monsters, Vol. 2 (My Favorite Thing Is Monsters, #2)

By: Emil Ferris

4.25

Format: 304 pages, Hardcover

The most anticipated graphic novel of 2024, concluding the story of young Karen Reyes, the most ins… read more

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"Courage isn't about not being scared... It's about carrying your fear into battle."

-Emil Ferris, My Favorite Thing Is Monsters, Vol. 2 (My Favorite Thing Is Monsters, #2)

"No, I do not want any kind of censorship. Anka always said, "The minute they tell you that you should not see something, that is the minute you should make it your business to see or read it or whate…"

-Emil Ferris, My Favorite Thing Is Monsters, Vol. 2 (My Favorite Thing Is Monsters, #2)

"All my life I have seen pictures that show women as being what you call 'sexy' when they are being hurt. That sends send me a message and I think that the message is, women are at their best when the…"

-Emil Ferris, My Favorite Thing Is Monsters, Vol. 2 (My Favorite Thing Is Monsters, #2)

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7. Men Have Called Her Crazy: A Memoir

By: Anna Marie Tendler

3.65

Format: 304 pages, Hardcover

A powerful memoir that reckons with mental health as well as the insidious ways men impact the live… read more

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  • biography
  • memoir
  • biography memoir
  • nonfiction
  • adult
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8. The Uptown Local: Joy, Death, and Joan Didion: A Memoir

By: Cory Leadbeater

3.70

Format: 224 pages, Hardcover

A brilliant debut memoir about a young writer—struggling with depression, family issues, and addict… read more

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  • biography memoir
  • nonfiction
  • biography
  • memoir
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9. And Then? And Then? What Else?

By: Daniel Handler

3.91

Format: 240 pages, Hardcover

A bold, candid, vulnerable, and entertaining memoir of the literary life of Daniel Handler, the wri… read more

Similar categories in Daniel Handler's And Then? And Then? What Else? book and Daniel Handler's And Then? And Then? What Else?

  • biography
  • memoir
  • humor
  • biography memoir
  • nonfiction
  • essays
  • writing
  • adult
  • books about books
"A universally loved rebel, an immensely popular loner, the imaginary writer is everyone's favorite, if only because you don't have to read anything to appreciate their work, although I must say I pre…"

-Daniel Handler, And Then? And Then? What Else?

"Surely all artistic output stems from something a little nobler than boredom. It’s why I like to dress it up and say ennui instead, to mean another kind of boredom, a French kind, more glamorous, bet…"

-Daniel Handler, And Then? And Then? What Else?

"There is, in fact, a whole planet of literary appreciation that is only distantly orbiting the actual texts. People declare themselves in favor of Jeffersonian democracy, or label a situation Kafkaes…"

-Daniel Handler, And Then? And Then? What Else?

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10. Cue the Sun!: The Invention of Reality TV

By: Emily Nussbaum

4.02

Format: 464 pages, Hardcover

Who invented reality TV, the world’s most dangerous pop-culture genre, and why can’t we look away f… read more

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  • adult
  • nonfiction
  • memoir
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11. Four Eids and a Funeral

By: Faridah Àbíké-Íyímídé

3.71

Format: 321 pages, Hardcover

Ex-best friends, Tiwa and Said, must work together to save their Islamic Center from demolition, in… read more

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12. Roctogenarians: Late in Life Debuts, Comebacks, and Triumphs

By: Mo Rocca

4.04

Format: 384 pages, Hardcover

From beloved CBS Sunday Morning correspondent Mo Rocca, author of New York Times bestseller Mobitua… read more

Similar categories in Mo Rocca's Roctogenarians: Late in Life Debuts, Comebacks, and Triumphs book and Daniel Handler's And Then? And Then? What Else?

  • biography
  • memoir
  • humor
  • biography memoir
  • nonfiction
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13. The Anthropologists

By: Aysegül Savas

4.05

Format: 192 pages, Hardcover

Asya and Manu are looking at apartments, envisioning their future in a foreign city. What should th… read more

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14. Traveling: On the Path of Joni Mitchell

By: Ann Powers

3.51

Format: 443 pages, Kindle Edition

For decades Joni Mitchell’s life and music have enraptured listeners. One of the most celebrated ar… read more

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  • biography memoir
  • nonfiction
  • biography
  • memoir
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15. Catalina

By: Karla Cornejo Villavicencio

3.65

Format: 224 pages, Hardcover

A year in the life of the unforgettable Catalina Ituralde, a wickedly wry and heartbreakingly vulne… read more

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  • adult
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16. Banal Nightmare

By: Halle Butler

3.64

Format: 336 pages, Hardcover

A ferocious novel by one of the boldest voices in American fiction and the author of The New Me, th… read more

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  • adult
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17. The Genius of Judy: How Judy Blume Rewrote Childhood for All of Us

By: Rachelle Bergstein

3.92

Format: 288 pages, Hardcover

An intimate and expansive look at Judy Blume’s life, work, and cultural impact, focusing on her mos… read more

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  • biography
  • memoir
  • biography memoir
  • nonfiction
  • adult
  • books about books
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18. 1967: How I Got There and Why I Never Left

By: Robyn Hitchcock

4.24

Format: 224 pages, Kindle Edition

The great eccentric of British psychedelia—beloved by everyone from Led Zeppelin and R.E.M. to the … read more

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  • biography memoir
  • nonfiction
  • biography
  • memoir
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19. Loving Sylvia Plath: A Reclamation

By: Emily Van Duyne

4.26

Format: 320 pages, Hardcover

A nuanced, intelligent, and passionate exploration of the life and work of one of the most misunder… read more

Similar categories in Emily Van Duyne's Loving Sylvia Plath: A Reclamation book and Daniel Handler's And Then? And Then? What Else?

  • biography
  • biography memoir
  • nonfiction
  • essays
  • writing
"What follows is my best effort to shed as much light as possible on events that have not simply been forgotten or left in the dark, but relegated to the attic, or the ash can, or the metaphorical dar…"

-Emily Van Duyne, Loving Sylvia Plath: A Reclamation

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20. The Bookshop: A History of the American Bookstore

By: Evan Friss

4.18

Format: 416 pages, Hardcover

An affectionate and engaging history of the American bookstore and its central place in American cu… read more

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  • adult
  • nonfiction
  • writing
  • books about books
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21. Writing on Empty: A Guide to Finding Your Voice

By: Natalie Goldberg

3.69

Format: 176 pages, Hardcover

Bestselling author and teacher Natalie Goldberg shares her inspiring personal journey out of a deva… read more

Similar categories in Natalie Goldberg's Writing on Empty: A Guide to Finding Your Voice book and Daniel Handler's And Then? And Then? What Else?

  • nonfiction
  • memoir
  • writing

14 Top nonfiction books like And Then? And Then? What Else? by Daniel Handler

Transform Your Habits

The Freaks Came Out to Write: The Definitive History of the Village Voice, the Radical Paper That Changed American Culture

Tricia Romano

4.28

Transform Your Habits

My Mama, Cass: A Memoir

Owen Elliot-Kugell

3.96

Transform Your Habits

Miss May Does Not Exist: The Life and Work of Elaine May, Hollywood’s Hidden Genius

Carrie Courogen

3.92

Transform Your Habits

Men Have Called Her Crazy: A Memoir

Anna Marie Tendler

3.65

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11 Best adult books like The Genius of Judy: How Judy Blume Rewrote Childhood for All of Us by Rachelle Bergstein

Transform Your Habits

Why We Read: On Bookworms, Libraries, and Just One More Page Before Lights Out

Shannon Reed

3.71

Transform Your Habits

Sandwich

Catherine Newman

3.75

Transform Your Habits

That Librarian: The Fight Against Book Banning in America

Amanda Jones

4.14

Transform Your Habits

Lula Dean's Little Library of Banned Books

Kirsten Miller

4.19

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