17 must-read nonfiction books like Killjoy: Taking on a Macho Media Empire and Winning by Jo Cheetham

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Killjoy: Taking on a Macho Media Empire and Winning

By: Jo Cheetham

4.38

Format: 396 pages, Kindle Edition

'Fiercely funny, truly fascinating and inspiring . . . I was hooked from the first page.' - Mel Gie…

If you liked the nonfiction plot in Killjoy: Taking on a Macho Media Empire and Winning by Jo Cheetham , here is a list of 17 books like this:

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1. Fix the System, Not the Women

By: Laura Bates

4.52

Format: 208 pages, Hardcover

Too often, we blame women. For walking home alone at night. For not demanding a seat at the table. … read more

Similar categories in Laura Bates's Fix the System, Not the Women book and Jo Cheetham's Killjoy: Taking on a Macho Media Empire and Winning

  • feminism
  • nonfiction
  • audiobook
"So how do we fix it? The short answer is that we don't. We have wasted decades telling women and girls how to fix things. How to fix themselves. How to stay safe. It hasn't worked. Because women were…"

-Laura Bates, Fix the System, Not the Women

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2. The List of Suspicious Things

By: Jennie Godfrey

4.29

Format: 464 pages, Hardcover

'What if we decided to try and find him?' 'What on earth are you on about?' she said. 'How are w… read more

Similar categories in Jennie Godfrey's The List of Suspicious Things book and Jo Cheetham's Killjoy: Taking on a Macho Media Empire and Winning

  • audiobook
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3. The Twat Files: a Life of Mistakes - No Regrets

By: Dawn French

3.87

Format: 363 pages, Kindle Edition

Discover the truth behind the many, many times Dawn French has been a complete twat over the last s… read more

Similar categories in Dawn French's The Twat Files: a Life of Mistakes - No Regrets book and Jo Cheetham's Killjoy: Taking on a Macho Media Empire and Winning

  • nonfiction
  • memoir
  • audiobook
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4. HappyHead (HappyHead, #1)

By: Josh Silver

4.04

Format: 383 pages, Paperback

Shortlisted for the YA Book Prize, 2024 Nominated for the Carnegie Medal for Writing, 2024 An Ama… read more

Similar categories in Josh Silver's HappyHead (HappyHead, #1) book and Jo Cheetham's Killjoy: Taking on a Macho Media Empire and Winning

  • audiobook
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5. Soldier Sailor

By: Claire Kilroy

4.10

Format: 256 pages, ebook

Well, Sailor. Here we are once more, you and me in one another's arms. The Earth rotates beneath us… read more

Similar categories in Claire Kilroy's Soldier Sailor book and Jo Cheetham's Killjoy: Taking on a Macho Media Empire and Winning

  • feminism
  • audiobook
"I laughed and then we were doing that thing again, our thing: laughing into one another's eyes. All that time I had thought I was jollying you along when all that time you were jollying along me."

-Claire Kilroy, Soldier Sailor

"I tell my husband about my childhood and he tells me about his but it isn't the same. We can never know each other as we were then. But I know you. I will see the child you were in the man you will b…"

-Claire Kilroy, Soldier Sailor

"Hated cling film. Hated it more than I hated kinetic sand. Defeated by something that lacked a third dimension. While I'd been off tinkering on the cerebral plane, the smart money has been mastering …"

-Claire Kilroy, Soldier Sailor

"I knelt down to pick up the hatchling to . . . . what? Give it back to its mother? Here is your dying chick? Just before I made contact with it, she dive-bombed me. The mother actually dive-bombed me…"

-Claire Kilroy, Soldier Sailor

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6. MILF: Motherhood, Identity, Love and F*ckery

By: Paloma Faith

4.06

Format: 284 pages, Kindle Edition

'The most raw, funny and liberating look at what it is to be a woman.' – FEARNE COTTON'Gritty, funn… read more

Similar categories in Paloma Faith's MILF: Motherhood, Identity, Love and F*ckery book and Jo Cheetham's Killjoy: Taking on a Macho Media Empire and Winning

  • nonfiction
  • audiobook
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7. Comfort Eating: What We Eat When Nobody's Looking

By: Grace Dent

4.17

Format: None pages, Hardcover

Have you ever wondered why eating cheese can sometimes feel like a cuddle? Or how a good curry can … read more

Similar categories in Grace Dent's Comfort Eating: What We Eat When Nobody's Looking book and Jo Cheetham's Killjoy: Taking on a Macho Media Empire and Winning

  • nonfiction
  • audiobook
Cover of A Death in Diamonds (Her Majesty the Queen Investigates, #4) by S.J.  Bennett

8. A Death in Diamonds (Her Majesty the Queen Investigates, #4)

By: S.J. Bennett

4.18

Format: 384 pages, Hardcover

The royally brilliant fourth book in the Her Majesty the Queen Investigates mystery series! 1957… read more

Similar categories in S.J. Bennett's A Death in Diamonds (Her Majesty the Queen Investigates, #4) book and Jo Cheetham's Killjoy: Taking on a Macho Media Empire and Winning

  • audiobook
Cover of My Favourite Mistake (Walsh Family, #7) by Marian Keyes

9. My Favourite Mistake (Walsh Family, #7)

By: Marian Keyes

4.02

Format: 599 pages, Kindle Edition

The hilarious, heartwarming new novel from #1 internationally bestselling author Marian Keyes. A… read more

Similar categories in Marian Keyes's My Favourite Mistake (Walsh Family, #7) book and Jo Cheetham's Killjoy: Taking on a Macho Media Empire and Winning

  • audiobook
Cover of The Unspeakable Acts of Zina Pavlou by Eleni Kyriacou

10. The Unspeakable Acts of Zina Pavlou

By: Eleni Kyriacou

4.18

Format: 404 pages, Kindle Edition

**Selected for BBC 2 Between the Covers Book Club 2023** THEY HAVE TOLD SO MANY LIES ABOUT ME. … read more

Similar categories in Eleni Kyriacou's The Unspeakable Acts of Zina Pavlou book and Jo Cheetham's Killjoy: Taking on a Macho Media Empire and Winning

  • audiobook
Cover of I’m Not as Well as I Thought I Was by Ruby Wax

11. I’m Not as Well as I Thought I Was

By: Ruby Wax

3.76

Format: 256 pages, Hardcover

Checking into a psychiatric institution wasn't exactly on Ruby Wax's agenda for 2022 - writing abou… read more

Similar categories in Ruby Wax's I’m Not as Well as I Thought I Was book and Jo Cheetham's Killjoy: Taking on a Macho Media Empire and Winning

  • nonfiction
  • memoir
  • audiobook
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12. Brutally Honest

By: Melanie Brown

4.06

Format: 270 pages, Hardcover

The tell-all memoir from the loudest, proudest Spice Girl – and the truth behind the headlines   … read more

Similar categories in Melanie Brown's Brutally Honest book and Jo Cheetham's Killjoy: Taking on a Macho Media Empire and Winning

  • nonfiction
  • memoir
  • audiobook
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13. My Mess Is a Bit of a Life: Adventures in Anxiety

By: Georgia Pritchett

3.84

Format: 288 pages, Hardcover

"Georgia Pritchett is a singularly hilarious person. Her book is a delightful and perfect reflectio… read more

Similar categories in Georgia Pritchett's My Mess Is a Bit of a Life: Adventures in Anxiety book and Jo Cheetham's Killjoy: Taking on a Macho Media Empire and Winning

  • nonfiction
  • memoir
  • audiobook
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14. Rememberings

By: Sinéad O'Connor

4.10

Format: 288 pages, Hardcover

THE LANDMARK MEMOIR OF A GLOBAL MUSIC ICONSinéad O'Connor's voice and trademark shaved head made he… read more

Similar categories in Sinéad O'Connor's Rememberings book and Jo Cheetham's Killjoy: Taking on a Macho Media Empire and Winning

  • nonfiction
  • memoir
  • audiobook
"When one lives with the Devil one finds out there's a God."

-Sinéad O'Connor, Rememberings

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15. The Murder After the Night Before

By: Katy Brent

3.86

Format: 336 pages, Paperback

Something bad happened last night. My best friend Posey is dead. The police think it was a tragic a… read more

Similar categories in Katy Brent's The Murder After the Night Before book and Jo Cheetham's Killjoy: Taking on a Macho Media Empire and Winning

  • audiobook
Cover of Poor: Grit, courage, and the life-changing value of self-belief by Katriona O'Sullivan

16. Poor: Grit, courage, and the life-changing value of self-belief

By: Katriona O'Sullivan

4.61

Format: 320 pages, Paperback

As the middle of five kids growing up in dire poverty, the odds were low on Katriona O'Sullivan mak… read more

Similar categories in Katriona O'Sullivan's Poor: Grit, courage, and the life-changing value of self-belief book and Jo Cheetham's Killjoy: Taking on a Macho Media Empire and Winning

  • nonfiction
  • memoir
  • audiobook
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17. The Secret Midwife: Life, Death and the Truth about Birth

By: Katy Weitz

4.28

Format: 320 pages, Kindle Edition

Strongest supporter, best friend, expert, cheerleader and chief photographer . . . Before, during a… read more

Similar categories in Katy Weitz's The Secret Midwife: Life, Death and the Truth about Birth book and Jo Cheetham's Killjoy: Taking on a Macho Media Empire and Winning

  • nonfiction
  • memoir
  • audiobook
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18. Scripted

By: Fearne Cotton

3.66

Format: 400 pages, Hardcover

Jade Shaw has lost control of her life. Pushed around by her warring family, and taken for grant… read more

Similar categories in Fearne Cotton's Scripted book and Jo Cheetham's Killjoy: Taking on a Macho Media Empire and Winning

  • audiobook
Cover of Menopausing: The Positive Roadmap to Your Second Spring by Davina McCall

19. Menopausing: The Positive Roadmap to Your Second Spring

By: Davina McCall

4.31

Format: 303 pages, Kindle Edition

Menopause affects every woman, and yet so many approach it with shame, fear, misinformation or sile… read more

Similar categories in Davina McCall's Menopausing: The Positive Roadmap to Your Second Spring book and Jo Cheetham's Killjoy: Taking on a Macho Media Empire and Winning

  • nonfiction
  • audiobook
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20. Sugar, Baby

By: Celine Saintclare

3.49

Format: 304 pages, Hardcover

In the vein of Luster and Queenie , an unflinching portrayal of high-paid sex work in the age of th… read more

Similar categories in Celine Saintclare's Sugar, Baby book and Jo Cheetham's Killjoy: Taking on a Macho Media Empire and Winning

  • audiobook
"It's so deeply entrenched in me, the Fear of God, so much more strongly than the belief."

-Celine Saintclare, Sugar, Baby

"The thought of having a relationship with my kids like the one I have with my mum, a scam on both sides, makes me want to vomit."

-Celine Saintclare, Sugar, Baby

"It is all beginning to make sense; the gifts he gives like offerings, the golden temple of a Miami house. Oracles, orgies, lusty Greek and Roman gods, apples and pomegranates. Ceremonial robes as des…"

-Celine Saintclare, Sugar, Baby

"You're young and that counts for a lot,' she says. 'And you're pretty. It's like currency, like...a bunch of casino chips in the game of life. You can keep them locked up in the back of a drawer and …"

-Celine Saintclare, Sugar, Baby

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21. The Patriarchs: The Origins of Inequality

By: Angela Saini

3.99

Format: 256 pages, Hardcover

A groundbreaking exploration of gendered oppression—its origins, its histories, our attempts to und… read more

Similar categories in Angela Saini's The Patriarchs: The Origins of Inequality book and Jo Cheetham's Killjoy: Taking on a Macho Media Empire and Winning

  • feminism
  • nonfiction
  • audiobook
Cover of The Chain: Love, Betrayal, and the Sisterhood That Heals Us by Chimene Suleyman

22. The Chain: Love, Betrayal, and the Sisterhood That Heals Us

By: Chimene Suleyman

3.96

Format: 240 pages, Hardcover

In January 2017, Chimene Suleyman was on her way to an abortion clinic in Queens, New York with her… read more

Similar categories in Chimene Suleyman's The Chain: Love, Betrayal, and the Sisterhood That Heals Us book and Jo Cheetham's Killjoy: Taking on a Macho Media Empire and Winning

  • feminism
  • nonfiction
  • memoir
  • audiobook
Cover of Time After Time: Repeat Offenders – the Inside Stories by Chris Atkins

23. Time After Time: Repeat Offenders – the Inside Stories

By: Chris Atkins

4.34

Format: 381 pages, Kindle Edition

A funny, touching, challenging and campaigning book about our prisons crisis by the Sunday Times be… read more

Similar categories in Chris Atkins's Time After Time: Repeat Offenders – the Inside Stories book and Jo Cheetham's Killjoy: Taking on a Macho Media Empire and Winning

  • nonfiction
  • audiobook
Cover of A History of Women in 101 Objects by Annabelle Hirsch

24. A History of Women in 101 Objects

By: Annabelle Hirsch

4.21

Format: 432 pages, Hardcover

Discover the hidden history of women—and the world—through this visual exploration of intimate obje… read more

Similar categories in Annabelle Hirsch's A History of Women in 101 Objects book and Jo Cheetham's Killjoy: Taking on a Macho Media Empire and Winning

  • feminism
  • nonfiction
  • audiobook
"Pans and other such objects are the very opposite of monuments. They don't commemorate revolutions or victories on the battlefield; don't allude to great contracts or those moments of upheaval that h…"

-Annabelle Hirsch, A History of Women in 101 Objects

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25. Are We All Lemmings and Snowflakes?

By: Holly Bourne

3.94

Format: 400 pages, ebook

Welcome to Camp Reset, a summer camp with a difference. A place offering a shot at “normality” for … read more

Similar categories in Holly Bourne's Are We All Lemmings and Snowflakes? book and Jo Cheetham's Killjoy: Taking on a Macho Media Empire and Winning

  • feminism
"Because trying to use logic to explain anxiety is like using a banana to open a locked safe."

-Holly Bourne, Are We All Lemmings and Snowflakes?

"I think real kindness, real compassion, is having the strength to stop and try and see where another person is coming from. To try and work out why they're being the way they're being. It takes time …"

-Holly Bourne, Are We All Lemmings and Snowflakes?

"You don't have to stop looking after yourself just to help the world. In fact, sometimes it's better for the world if you put yourself first. That's not being selfish, in fact looking after yourself …"

-Holly Bourne, Are We All Lemmings and Snowflakes?

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26. The Bleeding

By: Johana Gustawsson

3.88

Format: 261 pages, Hardcover

Queen of French Noir, Johana Gustawsson returns with a spell-binding, dazzlingly dark gothic thrill… read more

Similar categories in Johana Gustawsson's The Bleeding book and Jo Cheetham's Killjoy: Taking on a Macho Media Empire and Winning

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27. Killjoy: Taking on a Macho Media Empire and Winning

By: Jo Cheetham

4.38

Format: 396 pages, Kindle Edition

'Fiercely funny, truly fascinating and inspiring . . . I was hooked from the first page.' - Mel Gie… read more

Similar categories in Jo Cheetham's Killjoy: Taking on a Macho Media Empire and Winning book and Jo Cheetham's Killjoy: Taking on a Macho Media Empire and Winning

  • feminism
  • nonfiction
  • memoir
  • audiobook
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28. Nuclear Family

By: Kate Davies

3.91

Format: 432 pages, Kindle Edition

From the Polari Prize-winning author of IN AT THE DEEP END When Lena buys DNA testing kits for her … read more

Similar categories in Kate Davies's Nuclear Family book and Jo Cheetham's Killjoy: Taking on a Macho Media Empire and Winning

  • audiobook
Cover of Girls by Kirsty Capes

29. Girls

By: Kirsty Capes

4.25

Format: 320 pages, Hardcover

GIRLS follows the story of two sisters - Mattie and Nora - and the thorny relationship with their f… read more

Similar categories in Kirsty Capes's Girls book and Jo Cheetham's Killjoy: Taking on a Macho Media Empire and Winning

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30. What a Way to Go

By: Bella Mackie

3.79

Format: 400 pages, Kindle Edition

One wealth-obsessed man – who is also dead. One status-obsessed woman – who is the perfect acces… read more

Similar categories in Bella Mackie's What a Way to Go book and Jo Cheetham's Killjoy: Taking on a Macho Media Empire and Winning

  • audiobook
Cover of Will I Ever Have Sex Again? by Sofie Hagen

31. Will I Ever Have Sex Again?

By: Sofie Hagen

4.05

Format: 9 pages, Audible Audio

Comedian Sofie Hagen has not had sex in 3,000 days (and counting). And it turns out, she's not the … read more

Similar categories in Sofie Hagen's Will I Ever Have Sex Again? book and Jo Cheetham's Killjoy: Taking on a Macho Media Empire and Winning

  • feminism
  • nonfiction
  • memoir
  • audiobook

28 Best audiobook books like Killjoy: Taking on a Macho Media Empire and Winning by Jo Cheetham

Transform Your Habits

Fix the System, Not the Women

Laura Bates

4.52

Transform Your Habits

The List of Suspicious Things

Jennie Godfrey

4.29

Transform Your Habits

The Twat Files: a Life of Mistakes - No Regrets

Dawn French

3.87

Transform Your Habits

HappyHead (HappyHead, #1)

Josh Silver

4.04

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20 Top audiobook books like My Mess Is a Bit of a Life: Adventures in Anxiety by Georgia Pritchett

Transform Your Habits

Sure, I'll Join Your Cult: A Memoir of Mental Illness and the Quest to Belong Anywhere

Maria Bamford

3.77

Transform Your Habits

Bedtime Stories for Stressed Adults: Sleep Meditation Stories to Melt Stress and Fall Asleep Fast Every Night

Mindfulness Habits Team

2.91

Transform Your Habits

Bad Vibes Only (and Other Things I Bring to the Table)

Nora McInerny

3.84

Transform Your Habits

Hello, Molly!: A Memoir

Molly Shannon

4.13

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