22 must-read autobiography books like This Will Be Funny Later by Jenny Pentland

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This Will Be Funny Later

By: Jenny Pentland

3.80

Format: 352 pages, Hardcover

A funny, biting, and entertaining memoir of coming of age in the shadow of celebrity and finding yo…

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1. High on Arrival

By: Mackenzie Phillips

3.82

Format: 292 pages, Hardcover

The eldest daughter of John Phillips and stepdaughter of Michelle Phillips, both lead singers of th… read more

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  • biography
  • memoir
  • pop culture
  • autobiography
  • biography memoir
  • nonfiction
  • audiobook
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2. Attempting Normal

By: Marc Maron

3.78

Format: 244 pages, Hardcover

People make a mess. Marc Maron was a parent-scarred, angst-filled, drug-dabbling, love-starved come… read more

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

3. Mother. Wife. Sister. Human. Warrior. Falcon. Yardstick. Turban. Cabbage.

By: Rob Delaney

4.45

Format: 864 pages, Hardcover

Who is that hairy guy in the green Speedo? Rob Delaney is a father, a husband, a comedian, a writer… read more

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4. Rebel Girl: My Life as a Feminist Punk

By: Kathleen Hanna

4.46

Format: 336 pages, Hardcover

An electric, searing memoir by the original rebel girl and legendary front woman of Bikini Kill and… read more

Similar categories in Kathleen Hanna's Rebel Girl: My Life as a Feminist Punk book and Jenny Pentland's This Will Be Funny Later

  • biography
  • memoir
  • pop culture
  • autobiography
  • biography memoir
  • nonfiction
  • audiobook
"She was the only woman on the whole record and hearing her gave me the first thought that someday I could be in a band."

-Kathleen Hanna, Rebel Girl: My Life as a Feminist Punk

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5. Stash: My Life in Hiding

By: Laura Cathcart Robbins

3.92

Format: 288 pages, Hardcover

A propulsive and vivid memoir—in the vein of Drinking: A Love Story and Somebody’s Daughter—about t… read more

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  • biography
  • memoir
  • mental health
  • autobiography
  • biography memoir
  • nonfiction
  • audiobook
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6. Normal Family: On Truth, Love, and How I Met My 35 Siblings

By: Chrysta Bilton

4.07

Format: 288 pages, Hardcover

"One of the maddest memoirs you'll read this year... This beautiful, warm, funny book is a testamen… read more

Similar categories in Chrysta Bilton's Normal Family: On Truth, Love, and How I Met My 35 Siblings book and Jenny Pentland's This Will Be Funny Later

  • biography
  • memoir
  • mental health
  • autobiography
  • biography memoir
  • nonfiction
  • audiobook
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7. Out of the Corner

By: Jennifer Grey

3.81

Format: 331 pages, Hardcover

A deeply candid and refreshingly spirited memoir of identity lost and found from the star of the ic… read more

Similar categories in Jennifer Grey's Out of the Corner book and Jenny Pentland's This Will Be Funny Later

  • biography
  • memoir
  • pop culture
  • autobiography
  • biography memoir
  • nonfiction
  • audiobook
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8. Sure, I'll Join Your Cult: A Memoir of Mental Illness and the Quest to Belong Anywhere

By: Maria Bamford

3.77

Format: 287 pages, Hardcover

A brutally honest and hilariously frenetic memoir about show business, mental health, and the comfo… read more

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  • biography
  • memoir
  • humor
  • mental health
  • autobiography
  • biography memoir
  • nonfiction
  • comedy
  • audiobook
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9. 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

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  • biography
  • memoir
  • humor
  • autobiography
  • biography memoir
  • nonfiction
  • 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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10. Hello, Molly!: A Memoir

By: Molly Shannon

4.13

Format: 291 pages, Hardcover

A candid, compulsively readable, hilarious, and heartbreaking memoir of resilience and redemption b… read more

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  • biography
  • memoir
  • pop culture
  • humor
  • autobiography
  • biography memoir
  • nonfiction
  • comedy
  • audiobook
"But I thought, I can do whatever I want. I can be friends with whoever I want. I'm going to be friends with the freaks and the geeks and I don't have to fit into any clique. And I'm Free! And I like …"

-Molly Shannon, Hello, Molly!: A Memoir

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11. 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 Jenny Pentland's This Will Be Funny Later

  • biography
  • memoir
  • mental health
  • autobiography
  • biography memoir
  • nonfiction
  • 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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12. Mean Baby: A Memoir of Growing Up

By: Selma Blair

3.93

Format: 299 pages, Kindle Edition

**THE INSTANT NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER ** 'Funny and frank, a chance to spend time with a brave… read more

Similar categories in Selma Blair's Mean Baby: A Memoir of Growing Up book and Jenny Pentland's This Will Be Funny Later

  • biography
  • memoir
  • mental health
  • autobiography
  • biography memoir
  • nonfiction
  • audiobook
"To outlive your child is the worst grief, my mother said later that night."

-Selma Blair, Mean Baby: A Memoir of Growing Up

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13. Dying of Politeness: A Memoir

By: Geena Davis

4.04

Format: None pages, Audio CD

None read more

Similar categories in Geena Davis's Dying of Politeness: A Memoir book and Jenny Pentland's This Will Be Funny Later

  • biography
  • memoir
  • humor
  • autobiography
  • biography memoir
  • nonfiction
  • audiobook
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14. A Polaroid Guy in a Snapchat World

By: David Spade

3.61

Format: None pages, Audiobook

Fifty-something David Spade is letting it all hang out. Older (yes), wiser (debatable), in A Polaro… read more

Similar categories in David Spade's A Polaroid Guy in a Snapchat World book and Jenny Pentland's This Will Be Funny Later

  • biography
  • memoir
  • pop culture
  • humor
  • autobiography
  • biography memoir
  • nonfiction
  • comedy
  • audiobook
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15. 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 Jenny Pentland's This Will Be Funny Later

  • biography
  • memoir
  • pop culture
  • mental health
  • autobiography
  • biography memoir
  • nonfiction
  • audiobook
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16. 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 Jenny Pentland's This Will Be Funny Later

  • biography
  • memoir
  • humor
  • mental health
  • autobiography
  • 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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17. Dear Sister: A Memoir of Secrets, Survival, and Unbreakable Bonds

By: Michelle Horton

4.52

Format: 352 pages, Hardcover

A breathtaking memoir about two sisters and a high-profile Nikki Addimando, incarcerated for killi… read more

Similar categories in Michelle Horton's Dear Sister: A Memoir of Secrets, Survival, and Unbreakable Bonds book and Jenny Pentland's This Will Be Funny Later

  • biography
  • memoir
  • biography memoir
  • nonfiction
  • audiobook
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18. 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 Jenny Pentland's This Will Be Funny Later

  • biography
  • memoir
  • pop culture
  • humor
  • autobiography
  • biography memoir
  • nonfiction
  • comedy
  • audiobook
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19. 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

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  • biography
  • memoir
  • humor
  • autobiography
  • biography memoir
  • nonfiction
  • comedy
  • audiobook
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20. The Friday Afternoon Club: A Family Memoir

By: Griffin Dunne

4.19

Format: 400 pages, Hardcover

At nine, Sean Connery saved him from drowning. At thirteen, desperate to hook up with Janis Joplin,… read more

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  • biography
  • memoir
  • autobiography
  • biography memoir
  • nonfiction
  • audiobook
"At the moment when Mrs. Griffin had been notified of her husband’s death, she was in bed with her lover at the Hotel del Coronado in California, and took the news that she was a widow rather well. Sh…"

-Griffin Dunne, The Friday Afternoon Club: A Family Memoir

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21. Apparently There Were Complaints: A Memoir

By: Sharon Gless

4.19

Format: 320 pages, Hardcover

Emmy Award–winning actress Sharon Gless tells all in this laugh-out-loud, juicy, “unforgettably mem… read more

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  • biography
  • memoir
  • autobiography
  • biography memoir
  • nonfiction
  • audiobook
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22. 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
  • biography memoir
  • nonfiction
  • audiobook
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23. Never Simple

By: Liz Scheier

3.73

Format: 288 pages, Hardcover

This gripping and darkly funny memoir “is a testament to the undeniable, indestructible love betwee… read more

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  • biography
  • memoir
  • mental health
  • biography memoir
  • nonfiction
  • audiobook
"Clearly I hadn't actually won the Shitty Family Olympics, just placed in the qualifiers. It could've been worse."

-Liz Scheier, Never Simple

"Having a mentally ill parent meant simultaneously wrestling with a hard relationship while mourning the absence of the one you actually wanted."

-Liz Scheier, Never Simple

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24. I've Had to Think Up a Way to Survive: On Trauma, Persistence, and Dolly Parton

By: Lynn Melnick

3.88

Format: 280 pages, Paperback

“An ode to storytelling itself…. A gorgeous and heart-rending story of survival.“―Melissa Febos, au… read more

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  • biography
  • memoir
  • mental health
  • biography memoir
  • nonfiction
  • audiobook
Cover of I Curse You With Joy by Tiffany Haddish

25. 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

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  • biography
  • memoir
  • humor
  • biography memoir
  • nonfiction
  • 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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26. My Dad's Funnier than Your Dad: Growing Up with Tim Conway in the Funniest House in America

By: Kelly Conway

3.92

Format: 280 pages, Hardcover

Comic and television star Tim Conway (The Carol Burnett Show, McHale's Navy, Dorf) enjoyed enormous… read more

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  • biography
  • memoir
  • humor
  • autobiography
  • biography memoir
  • nonfiction
  • comedy
  • audiobook
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27. This Will Be Funny Later

By: Jenny Pentland

3.80

Format: 352 pages, Hardcover

A funny, biting, and entertaining memoir of coming of age in the shadow of celebrity and finding yo… read more

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  • biography
  • memoir
  • pop culture
  • humor
  • mental health
  • autobiography
  • biography memoir
  • nonfiction
  • comedy
  • audiobook
Cover of Out of the Corner: A Memoir by Jennifer Grey

28. Out of the Corner: A Memoir

By: Jennifer Grey

3.88

Format: 352 pages, Paperback

NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • A deeply candid and refreshingly spirited memoir of identity lost and f… read more

Similar categories in Jennifer Grey's Out of the Corner: A Memoir book and Jenny Pentland's This Will Be Funny Later

  • biography
  • memoir
  • biography memoir
  • nonfiction
  • audiobook
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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
  • autobiography
  • biography memoir
  • nonfiction
  • audiobook
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30. True Stories from an Unreliable Eyewitness: A Feminist Coming of Age

By: Christine Lahti

3.88

Format: 224 pages, Kindle Edition

A fiercely intelligent, hilarious, and deeply feminist collection of interrelated personal stories … read more

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  • biography memoir
  • nonfiction
  • biography
  • memoir
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31. Connie: A Memoir

By: Connie Chung

4.37

Format: 336 pages, Hardcover

In an industry dominated by white men, Connie Chung stood alone, the first and only Asian woman to … read more

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

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