14 Best humor books like Did I Say That Out Loud?: Midlife Indignities and How to Survive Them by Kristin van Ogtrop

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Did I Say That Out Loud?: Midlife Indignities and How to Survive Them

By: Kristin van Ogtrop

3.78

Format: 336 pages, Hardcover

From the former editor-in-chief of Real Simple , enjoy this hilarious and deeply insightful take on…

If you liked the humor plot in Did I Say That Out Loud?: Midlife Indignities and How to Survive Them by Kristin van Ogtrop , here is a list of 14 books like this:

1. New Year, Same Trash: Resolutions I Absolutely Did Not Keep

By: Samantha Irby

4.01

Format: None pages,

Comedian, blogger and essayist Samantha Irby is notgoing to be a better person this year than she w… read more

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2. The Gift of an Ordinary Day: A Mother's Memoir

By: Katrina Kenison

3.60

Format: None pages, Hardcover

The Gift of an Ordinary Dayis an intimate memoir of a family in transition-boys becoming teenagers,… read more

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3. People I Want to Punch in the Throat: Competitive Crafters, Drop-Off Despots, and Other Suburban Scourges

By: Jen Mann

3.26

Format: 32 pages, Paperback

A debut collection of witty, biting essays laced with a surprising warmth, from Jen Mann, the write… read more

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4. The Colony: Faith and Blood in a Promised Land

By: Sally Denton

3.49

Format: 288 pages, Hardcover

On the morning of November 4, 2019, an unassuming caravan of women and children was ambushed by mas… read more

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  • nonfiction
  • audiobook
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5. More: A Memoir of Open Marriage

By: Molly Roden Winter

3.53

Format: 304 pages, Hardcover

An unputdownable memoir of love, desire, and personal growth that follows a happily married mother'… read more

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  • biography
  • memoir
  • biography memoir
  • nonfiction
  • audiobook
"There is something pathetic about crying within the first minute of therapy"

-Molly Roden Winter, More: A Memoir of Open Marriage

"I worry that things are going too well, that they're all going to come toppling down."

-Molly Roden Winter, More: A Memoir of Open Marriage

"Why do I keep doing this? Why can't I stop this stupid pleasing everyone bullshit? I'm so fucking sick of myself."

-Molly Roden Winter, More: A Memoir of Open Marriage

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6. Southern Lady Code: Essays

By: Helen Ellis

3.60

Format: 203 pages, Hardcover

The bestselling author of American Housewife is back with a fiercely funny collection of essays on … read more

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  • biography
  • memoir
  • humor
  • nonfiction
  • essays
  • adult
  • audiobook
"I looked so preppy you'd guess my tramp stamp was a monogram"

-Helen Ellis, Southern Lady Code: Essays

"There’s nothing nicer than unexpected appreciation. If you’re grateful, get a pen."

-Helen Ellis, Southern Lady Code: Essays

"Because it turns out, "If it happens, it happens" is Southern Lady Code for we don't want kids."

-Helen Ellis, Southern Lady Code: Essays

"Mama says, " Helen Michelle, a lot of women have trouble saying no and then find themselves in worse situations because they were afraid of being rude. So, if you have trouble saying no, say 'No, tha…"

-Helen Ellis, Southern Lady Code: Essays

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7. 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

Similar categories in Jessi Klein's I'll Show Myself Out: Essays on Midlife and Motherhood book and Kristin van Ogtrop's Did I Say That Out Loud?: Midlife Indignities and How to Survive Them

  • biography
  • memoir
  • humor
  • biography memoir
  • nonfiction
  • essays
  • adult
  • 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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8. Why We Read: On Bookworms, Libraries, and Just One More Page Before Lights Out

By: Shannon Reed

3.71

Format: 336 pages, Hardcover

A hilarious and incisive exploration of the joys of reading from a teacher, bibliophile and Thurber… read more

Similar categories in Shannon Reed's Why We Read: On Bookworms, Libraries, and Just One More Page Before Lights Out book and Kristin van Ogtrop's Did I Say That Out Loud?: Midlife Indignities and How to Survive Them

  • memoir
  • humor
  • biography memoir
  • nonfiction
  • essays
  • adult
  • audiobook
"I think, therefore, I cry..."

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

"Life is so much better with books than without."

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

"But reading! That I could do. When I read, I felt smart."

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

"The act of reading makes me feel safe. Not the book itself--but the exercise of running my eyes over the words. The translation from symbol into meaning. The direct, pleasant diction of the voice ins…"

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

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9. Kiss Me in the Coral Lounge: Intimate Confessions from a Happy Marriage

By: Helen Ellis

3.77

Format: 224 pages, Hardcover

Even twenty years into marriage, Helen Ellis’s husband still makes her heart pitter patter. The New… read more

Similar categories in Helen Ellis's Kiss Me in the Coral Lounge: Intimate Confessions from a Happy Marriage book and Kristin van Ogtrop's Did I Say That Out Loud?: Midlife Indignities and How to Survive Them

  • memoir
  • humor
  • biography memoir
  • nonfiction
  • essays
  • audiobook
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10. There Are No Grown-ups: A Midlife Coming-of-Age Story

By: Pamela Druckerman

3.31

Format: 288 pages, Hardcover

The best-selling author of Bringing Up Bebe investigates life in her forties, and wonders whether h… read more

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  • biography
  • memoir
  • humor
  • biography memoir
  • nonfiction
  • essays
  • audiobook
"Mommy, I'm not going to have your American childhood, " she says. "I don't want to wake up at seven a.m. and make bracelets. I just don't. Accept it."

-Pamela Druckerman, There Are No Grown-ups: A Midlife Coming-of-Age Story

"There are stages of becoming a grown-up. First, you definitely aren’t one. Then you pretend to be one. Then you’re sure that there are no grown -ups; that they’re mythological and don’t really exist.…"

-Pamela Druckerman, There Are No Grown-ups: A Midlife Coming-of-Age Story

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11. Fi: A Memoir of My Son

By: Alexandra Fuller

4.01

Format: 272 pages, Hardcover

“Fair to say, I was in a ribald state the summer before my fiftieth birthday.” And so begins Alexan… read more

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  • biography
  • memoir
  • biography memoir
  • nonfiction
  • audiobook
"...time is only as dense as the thoughts that you push through it."

-Alexandra Fuller, Fi: A Memoir of My Son

"You can give your child anything. You can give him his life, even, but not yours. And you can't give him his life back, once lost."

-Alexandra Fuller, Fi: A Memoir of My Son

"The way a pilot sees wind in clouds or a sailor reads currents in water, I look unconsciously for stories to remind me where I am, to remind me that whatever I'm going through, millions have been her…"

-Alexandra Fuller, Fi: A Memoir of My Son

"One of millions of mothers to have lost a child every year, fifteen thousand a day. If none of us suffered, where would we be? Without wise women is where; suffering brings wisdom. So, a gift, this s…"

-Alexandra Fuller, Fi: A Memoir of My Son

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12. I've Tried Being Nice: Essays

By: Ann Leary

3.90

Format: 240 pages, Hardcover

New York Times bestselling author Ann Leary offers a literary feast of humor and wisdom told from t… read more

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  • memoir
  • humor
  • biography memoir
  • nonfiction
  • essays
  • audiobook
Cover of Leave No Trace (National Parks Thriller, #1) by A.J. Landau

13. Leave No Trace (National Parks Thriller, #1)

By: A.J. Landau

3.85

Format: 352 pages, Hardcover

In a daring, brutal act of terrorism, an explosion rocks and topples the Statue of Liberty. Special… read more

Similar categories in A.J. Landau's Leave No Trace (National Parks Thriller, #1) book and Kristin van Ogtrop's Did I Say That Out Loud?: Midlife Indignities and How to Survive Them

  • adult
  • audiobook
Cover of Bring Your Baggage and Don't Pack Light by Helen Ellis

14. Bring Your Baggage and Don't Pack Light

By: Helen Ellis

3.61

Format: 176 pages, Hardcover

The bestselling author of American Housewife and Southern Lady Code returns with a viciously funny,… read more

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  • biography
  • memoir
  • humor
  • biography memoir
  • nonfiction
  • essays
  • adult
  • audiobook
"but there were ceiling fans, which is my idea of nature."

-Helen Ellis, Bring Your Baggage and Don't Pack Light

"first choice had been to rent a cabin in the woods, but that is too much nature. I don't do cabins in the woods because I have seen too many movies about cabins in the woods. If someone wants to murd…"

-Helen Ellis, Bring Your Baggage and Don't Pack Light

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15. Here for It; Or, How to Save Your Soul in America: Essays

By: R. Eric Thomas

4.03

Format: 264 pages, Hardcover

From the creator of Elle's "Eric Reads the News," a poignant and hilarious memoir-in-essays about g… read more

Similar categories in R. Eric Thomas's Here for It; Or, How to Save Your Soul in America: Essays book and Kristin van Ogtrop's Did I Say That Out Loud?: Midlife Indignities and How to Survive Them

  • biography
  • memoir
  • humor
  • biography memoir
  • nonfiction
  • essays
  • audiobook
"Who am I doing this for and do they want what I want?"

-R. Eric Thomas, Here for It; Or, How to Save Your Soul in America: Essays

"No, but has the tyranny of facts ever stopped me before? Again, no."

-R. Eric Thomas, Here for It; Or, How to Save Your Soul in America: Essays

"...the thing about success is that it doesn't seem like a natural result of unsuccessfulness."

-R. Eric Thomas, Here for It; Or, How to Save Your Soul in America: Essays

"What is more romantic than the sudden revelation of the thing you didn't even dare to hope for?"

-R. Eric Thomas, Here for It; Or, How to Save Your Soul in America: Essays

Cover of Bomb Shelter: Love, Time, and Other Explosives by Mary Laura Philpott

16. Bomb Shelter: Love, Time, and Other Explosives

By: Mary Laura Philpott

4.00

Format: 288 pages, Hardcover

From the bestselling author of I Miss You When I Blink comes a poignant and powerful memoir that ta… read more

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  • biography
  • memoir
  • humor
  • biography memoir
  • nonfiction
  • essays
  • audiobook
Cover of Learning to Love Midlife: 12 Reasons Why Life Gets Better with Age by Chip Conley

17. Learning to Love Midlife: 12 Reasons Why Life Gets Better with Age

By: Chip Conley

3.61

Format: 240 pages, Hardcover

New York Times  bestselling author and co-founder/CEO of The Modern Elder Academy “reminds us all t… read more

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  • nonfiction
  • audiobook
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18. Save Yourself

By: Cameron Esposito

3.94

Format: 240 pages, Hardcover

From standup comic Cameron Esposito, a memoir that tackles sexuality, gender and equality--and how … read more

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  • biography
  • memoir
  • humor
  • biography memoir
  • nonfiction
  • audiobook
"I'm mad at the religion I grew up in. I'm mad that Catholic doctrine still swims in my mind, that I think in Bible stories, regard Sundays as sacred, and love when radio stations start playing Christ…"

-Cameron Esposito, Save Yourself

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19. Same As It Ever Was

By: Claire Lombardo

4.00

Format: 498 pages, Hardcover

Julia Ames, after a youth marked by upheaval and emotional turbulence, has found herself on the pla… read more

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  • adult
  • audiobook
"Parenthood was a persistent cruelty, a constant, simultaneous desire to be together and apart."

-Claire Lombardo, Same As It Ever Was

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20. Familiaris

By: David Wroblewski

4.21

Format: 979 pages, Hardcover

The follow-up to the beloved #1 New York Times bestselling modern classic The Story of Edgar Sawtel… read more

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  • adult
  • audiobook
"Suppose you could do one impossible thing."

-David Wroblewski, Familiaris

"Time is a snake-oil remedy if you ask me. Some wounds just keep hurting as bad as they ever did. That's what I think."

-David Wroblewski, Familiaris

"John once claimed that the way to convince a person to do something outlandish was to ask them to do something even more outlandish."

-David Wroblewski, Familiaris

"You can never watch too many pups climb through the straw for the first time, but there are just so many dogs you can bear watch to die."

-David Wroblewski, Familiaris

Cover of Organized Living: Solutions and Inspiration for Your Home [A Home Organization Book] by Shira Gill

21. Organized Living: Solutions and Inspiration for Your Home [A Home Organization Book]

By: Shira Gill

3.79

Format: 288 pages, Hardcover

Kickstart your organized life with this inspiring visual guide from the author of Minimalista . “A… read more

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  • nonfiction
Cover of She's Nice Though: Essays on Being Bad at Being Good by Mia Mercado

22. She's Nice Though: Essays on Being Bad at Being Good

By: Mia Mercado

3.27

Format: 224 pages, Hardcover

AN NPR BOOK-OF-THE-DAY • A PUBLISHERS WEEKLY STAFF PICK • A NYLON MUST-READ • A FORTUNE NEW BOOK T… read more

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  • memoir
  • humor
  • biography memoir
  • nonfiction
  • essays
  • audiobook
Cover of Wild Ride: A Memoir of I.V. Drips and Rocket Ships by Hayley Arceneaux

23. Wild Ride: A Memoir of I.V. Drips and Rocket Ships

By: Hayley Arceneaux

4.21

Format: 208 pages, Hardcover

The youngest American to ever orbit the earth--cancer survivor Hayley Arceneaux--shows us all that … read more

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  • biography
  • memoir
  • biography memoir
  • nonfiction
  • audiobook
Cover of Midlife Bites: Anyone Else Falling Apart, Or Is It Just Me? by Jen Mann

24. 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

Similar categories in Jen Mann's Midlife Bites: Anyone Else Falling Apart, Or Is It Just Me? book and Kristin van Ogtrop's Did I Say That Out Loud?: Midlife Indignities and How to Survive Them

  • biography
  • memoir
  • humor
  • biography memoir
  • nonfiction
  • essays
  • audiobook
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25. Did I Say That Out Loud?: Midlife Indignities and How to Survive Them

By: Kristin van Ogtrop

3.78

Format: 336 pages, Hardcover

From the former editor-in-chief of Real Simple , enjoy this hilarious and deeply insightful take on… read more

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  • memoir
  • humor
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  • nonfiction
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Cover of The Problem with Everything: My Journey Through the New Culture Wars by Meghan Daum

26. The Problem with Everything: My Journey Through the New Culture Wars

By: Meghan Daum

3.54

Format: 256 pages, ebook

“[A]ffectingly personal, achingly earnest, and something close to necessary.” —Vogue “Personal, con… read more

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  • nonfiction
  • memoir
  • essays
  • audiobook
"The place I took off from three years ago is not the place where I've landed. And though I'm still not sure what to make of this terrain, I can tell you that the intellectual uncertainty into which i…"

-Meghan Daum, The Problem with Everything: My Journey Through the New Culture Wars

Cover of Together, Apart by Erin A. Craig

27. Together, Apart

By: Erin A. Craig

3.61

Format: 288 pages, Paperback

A collection of original contemporary love stories set during life in lockdown by some of today's m… read more

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  • audiobook
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28. Willa's Grove

By: Laura Munson

3.83

Format: 288 pages, Paperback

A USA Today Bestseller A 2020 Reading The West Book Award nominee for Debut Fiction Four women. One… read more

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  • adult
  • audiobook
Cover of The Devil at His Elbow: Alex Murdaugh and the Fall of a Southern Dynasty by Valerie Bauerlein

29. The Devil at His Elbow: Alex Murdaugh and the Fall of a Southern Dynasty

By: Valerie Bauerlein

4.56

Format: 480 pages, Hardcover

Power, privilege, and blood—this is the definitive and thrilling true story of Alex Murdaugh’s viol… read more

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  • nonfiction
  • adult
  • biography
  • audiobook
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30. A Bit Much

By: Lyndsay Rush

4.42

Format: 304 pages, Paperback

The debut poetry collection from Lyndsay Rush (aka @maryoliversdrunkcousin) is a humorous and joyfu… read more

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  • memoir
  • humor
  • nonfiction
  • adult
  • audiobook
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31. 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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