15 Best biography memoir books like Lies My Mother Told Me: Tall Tales from a Short Woman by Melissa Rivers

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Lies My Mother Told Me: Tall Tales from a Short Woman

By: Melissa Rivers

3.30

Format: 272 pages, Hardcover

As seen on The View and Good Morning America! If you think Joan Rivers said funny, outrageous, and…

If you liked the biography memoir plot in Lies My Mother Told Me: Tall Tales from a Short Woman by Melissa Rivers , here is a list of 15 books like this:

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1. Diary of a Mad Diva

By: Joan Rivers

3.40

Format: 300 pages, Hardcover

Following up the phenomenal success of her headline-making New York Times bestseller I Hate Everyon… read more

Similar categories in Joan Rivers's Diary of a Mad Diva book and Melissa Rivers's Lies My Mother Told Me: Tall Tales from a Short Woman

  • biography
  • memoir
  • autobiography
  • biography memoir
  • nonfiction
  • audiobook
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2. A Sick Life: TLC 'n Me: Stories from On and Off the Stage

By: Tionne Watkins

3.81

Format: 259 pages, Hardcover

Hailed by Rolling Stoneas "the most effervescent and soulful girl group anyone has seen since the S… read more

Similar categories in Tionne Watkins's A Sick Life: TLC 'n Me: Stories from On and Off the Stage book and Melissa Rivers's Lies My Mother Told Me: Tall Tales from a Short Woman

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

3. The Rainbow Comes and Goes: A Mother and Son On Life, Love, and Loss

By: Anderson Cooper , Gloria Vanderbilt

3.33

Format: 161 pages, ebook

A touching and intimate correspondence between Anderson Cooper and his mother, Gloria Vanderbilt, o… read more

Similar categories in Anderson Cooper's The Rainbow Comes and Goes: A Mother and Son On Life, Love, and Loss book and Melissa Rivers's Lies My Mother Told Me: Tall Tales from a Short Woman

4. Confession of a Serial Killer: The Untold Story of Dennis Rader, the BTK Killer

By: Katherine Ramsland

3.66

Format: None pages, Hardcover

In 1974, Dennis Lynn Rader stalked and murdered a family of four in Wichita, Kansas. Since adolesce… read more

Similar categories in Katherine Ramsland's Confession of a Serial Killer: The Untold Story of Dennis Rader, the BTK Killer book and Melissa Rivers's Lies My Mother Told Me: Tall Tales from a Short Woman

5. Dispatches from the Edge: A Memoir of War, Disasters, and Survival

By: Anderson Cooper

3.81

Format: None pages,

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Similar categories in Anderson Cooper's Dispatches from the Edge: A Memoir of War, Disasters, and Survival book and Melissa Rivers's Lies My Mother Told Me: Tall Tales from a Short Woman

6. Coming Home to Myself

By: Wynonna Judd , Patsi Bale Cox

3.86

Format: None pages,

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Similar categories in Wynonna Judd's Coming Home to Myself book and Melissa Rivers's Lies My Mother Told Me: Tall Tales from a Short Woman

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7. Dolly Parton, Songteller: My Life in Lyrics

By: Dolly Parton

4.03

Format: 380 pages, Hardcover

New York Times bestseller Dolly Parton, Songteller: My Life in Lyrics is a landmark celebration of … read more

Similar categories in Dolly Parton's Dolly Parton, Songteller: My Life in Lyrics book and Melissa Rivers's Lies My Mother Told Me: Tall Tales from a Short Woman

  • biography
  • memoir
  • autobiography
  • biography memoir
  • nonfiction
  • audiobook
"My coat of many colors that my mama made for me, Made only from rags, but I wore it so proudly. Now I know we had no money, but I was rich as I could be. In my coat of many colors my mama made for me…"

-Dolly Parton, Dolly Parton, Songteller: My Life in Lyrics

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8. 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 Melissa Rivers's Lies My Mother Told Me: Tall Tales from a Short Woman

  • biography
  • memoir
  • autobiography
  • biography memoir
  • nonfiction
  • audiobook
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9. Bluebeard

By: Jim Clemente

3.76

Format: 4 pages, Audible Audio

A NEW THRILLER BASED ON THE TRUE STORY OF LA’S FIRST KNOWN SERIAL KILLER In 1919, Kathryn Wombache… read more

Similar categories in Jim Clemente's Bluebeard book and Melissa Rivers's Lies My Mother Told Me: Tall Tales from a Short Woman

  • audiobook
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10. 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 Melissa Rivers's Lies My Mother Told Me: Tall Tales from a Short Woman

  • biography
  • memoir
  • 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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11. Live Wire: Long-Winded Short Stories

By: Kelly Ripa

3.78

Format: 320 pages, Hardcover

An instant  New York Times  bestseller from Kelly Ripa—a sharp, funny, and honest collection of rea… read more

Similar categories in Kelly Ripa's Live Wire: Long-Winded Short Stories book and Melissa Rivers's Lies My Mother Told Me: Tall Tales from a Short Woman

  • biography
  • memoir
  • autobiography
  • biography memoir
  • nonfiction
  • audiobook
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12. Rebel Rising

By: Rebel Wilson

3.91

Format: 335 pages, Kindle Edition

From the scene-stealing star of Pitch Perfect and Bridesmaids comes a refreshingly candid, hilariou… read more

Similar categories in Rebel Wilson's Rebel Rising book and Melissa Rivers's Lies My Mother Told Me: Tall Tales from a Short Woman

  • biography
  • memoir
  • autobiography
  • biography memoir
  • nonfiction
  • audiobook
"Would this performance feel internally like I was going to die? Yes. But my desire to win, my desire to be somebody, is so strong that it compels me to do the hardest thing possible: to perform in pu…"

-Rebel Wilson, Rebel Rising

"People would come up to me on the street and say, 'I just want to thank you for being so brave!' Why am I so fucking brave? I'm not going off to fight in a war! I'm not running into a burning buildin…"

-Rebel Wilson, Rebel Rising

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13. Ali's Well That Ends Well: Tales of Desperation and a Little Inspiration

By: Ali Wentworth

3.85

Format: 208 pages, Hardcover

NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER Bestselling author Ali Wentworth offers a comedic look at family, friends… read more

Similar categories in Ali Wentworth's Ali's Well That Ends Well: Tales of Desperation and a Little Inspiration book and Melissa Rivers's Lies My Mother Told Me: Tall Tales from a Short Woman

  • biography
  • memoir
  • autobiography
  • biography memoir
  • nonfiction
  • audiobook
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14. 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

Similar categories in Sharon Gless's Apparently There Were Complaints: A Memoir book and Melissa Rivers's Lies My Mother Told Me: Tall Tales from a Short Woman

  • biography
  • memoir
  • autobiography
  • biography memoir
  • nonfiction
  • audiobook
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15. Love Me as I Am

By: Garcelle Beauvais

3.61

Format: 240 pages, Hardcover

“Dishy, warm, and entertaining.”— Kirkus Reviews ? The beloved Black pop culture icon, entrepreneur… read more

Similar categories in Garcelle Beauvais's Love Me as I Am book and Melissa Rivers's Lies My Mother Told Me: Tall Tales from a Short Woman

  • biography
  • memoir
  • autobiography
  • biography memoir
  • nonfiction
  • audiobook
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16. Back to the Prairie: A Home Remade, A Life Rediscovered

By: Melissa Gilbert

3.50

Format: 288 pages, Hardcover

The New York Times bestselling author and star of Little House on the Prairie returns with a hilari… read more

Similar categories in Melissa Gilbert's Back to the Prairie: A Home Remade, A Life Rediscovered book and Melissa Rivers's Lies My Mother Told Me: Tall Tales from a Short Woman

  • biography
  • memoir
  • autobiography
  • biography memoir
  • nonfiction
  • audiobook
"Everyone across America had the same idea at the same time. Chickens became the toilet paper of the spring."

-Melissa Gilbert, Back to the Prairie: A Home Remade, A Life Rediscovered

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17. Playing with Myself

By: Randy Rainbow

4.32

Format: 256 pages, Hardcover

Instant New York Times , USA Today , and Wall Street Journal Bestseller! An intimate and light-hea… read more

Similar categories in Randy Rainbow's Playing with Myself book and Melissa Rivers's Lies My Mother Told Me: Tall Tales from a Short Woman

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

18. Wild with Happy

By: Colman Domingo

3.74

Format: None pages, None

Grief is a funny thing. Gil’s boyfriend has left him, his acting career isn’t exactly taking off, a… read more

Similar categories in Colman Domingo's Wild with Happy book and Melissa Rivers's Lies My Mother Told Me: Tall Tales from a Short Woman

  • audiobook
Cover of I Curse You With Joy by Tiffany Haddish

19. 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

Similar categories in Tiffany Haddish's I Curse You With Joy book and Melissa Rivers's Lies My Mother Told Me: Tall Tales from a Short Woman

  • biography
  • memoir
  • biography memoir
  • nonfiction
  • 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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20. 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

Similar categories in Kelly Conway's My Dad's Funnier than Your Dad: Growing Up with Tim Conway in the Funniest House in America book and Melissa Rivers's Lies My Mother Told Me: Tall Tales from a Short Woman

  • biography
  • memoir
  • autobiography
  • biography memoir
  • nonfiction
  • audiobook
Cover of Lies My Mother Told Me: Tall Tales from a Short Woman by Melissa Rivers

21. Lies My Mother Told Me: Tall Tales from a Short Woman

By: Melissa Rivers

3.30

Format: 272 pages, Hardcover

As seen on The View and Good Morning America! If you think Joan Rivers said funny, outrageous, and… read more

Similar categories in Melissa Rivers's Lies My Mother Told Me: Tall Tales from a Short Woman book and Melissa Rivers's Lies My Mother Told Me: Tall Tales from a Short Woman

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

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