11 must-read humor books like Please Like Me (But Keep Away) by Mindy Kaling

Cover of Please Like Me (But Keep Away) by Mindy Kaling

Please Like Me (But Keep Away)

By: Mindy Kaling

4.23

Format: 25 pages, Kindle Edition

Freaked out by her fortieth birthday, the creator and executive producer of Never Have I Ever refle…

If you liked the humor plot in Please Like Me (But Keep Away) by Mindy Kaling , here is a list of 11 books like this:

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1. I Choose Darkness

By: Jenny Lawson

3.97

Format: 25 pages, Kindle Edition

From cheap costumes to creepy dolls to questionable candy, number one New York Times bestselling au… read more

Similar categories in Jenny Lawson's I Choose Darkness book and Mindy Kaling's Please Like Me (But Keep Away)

  • biography
  • memoir
  • humor
  • short stories
  • nonfiction
  • essays
  • audiobook
Cover of Movie Star: They Always Say They're Single by Jessica Simpson

2. Movie Star: They Always Say They're Single

By: Jessica Simpson

3.02

Format: 28 pages, Kindle Edition

An untold true short story about the mid-2000s, a world-famous actor, and a fantasy Hollywood roman… read more

Similar categories in Jessica Simpson's Movie Star: They Always Say They're Single book and Mindy Kaling's Please Like Me (But Keep Away)

  • biography
  • memoir
  • autobiography
  • biography memoir
  • short stories
  • nonfiction
  • audiobook
Cover of The Cleaners (Faraway Collection) by Ken Liu

3. The Cleaners (Faraway Collection)

By: Ken Liu

3.48

Format: 28 pages, Kindle Edition

Touch the past or wash it away? Two sisters have a choice in this unforgettable short story of ever… read more

Similar categories in Ken Liu's The Cleaners (Faraway Collection) book and Mindy Kaling's Please Like Me (But Keep Away)

  • short stories
  • audiobook
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4. It Will All Work Out: The Freedom of Letting Go

By: Kevin Hart

3.82

Format: 44 pages, Kindle Edition

From beloved comedian and #1 New York Times bestselling author Kevin Hart comes an irreverent but i… read more

Similar categories in Kevin Hart's It Will All Work Out: The Freedom of Letting Go book and Mindy Kaling's Please Like Me (But Keep Away)

  • biography
  • memoir
  • humor
  • short stories
  • nonfiction
  • essays
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5. Halfway to Free

By: Emma Donoghue

3.72

Format: 31 pages, Kindle Edition

Audible narration by Samira Wiley (The Handmaid’s Tale) Raising a family is the ultimate luxury as… read more

Similar categories in Emma Donoghue's Halfway to Free book and Mindy Kaling's Please Like Me (But Keep Away)

  • short stories
  • audiobook
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6. Take the Lead

By: Jessica Simpson

4.02

Format: 22 pages, Kindle Edition

An inspiring and revealing essay about motherhood, self-acceptance, and overcoming the fears that h… read more

Similar categories in Jessica Simpson's Take the Lead book and Mindy Kaling's Please Like Me (But Keep Away)

  • biography
  • memoir
  • autobiography
  • biography memoir
  • short stories
  • nonfiction
  • essays
  • audiobook
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7. Graceful Burdens

By: Roxane Gay

4.05

Format: 24 pages, Kindle Edition

Audible narration by Samira Wiley (The Handmaid’s Tale) From New York Times bestselling author Rox… read more

Similar categories in Roxane Gay's Graceful Burdens book and Mindy Kaling's Please Like Me (But Keep Away)

  • short stories
  • audiobook
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8. This Telling

By: Cheryl Strayed

3.95

Format: 37 pages, Kindle Edition

Audible narration by Kristen Bell (Veronica Mars) A genealogy test sparks a woman’s reflection on … read more

Similar categories in Cheryl Strayed's This Telling book and Mindy Kaling's Please Like Me (But Keep Away)

  • short stories
  • audiobook
Cover of Own It: The Secret to Life by Diane Von Furstenberg

9. Own It: The Secret to Life

By: Diane Von Furstenberg

3.16

Format: 168 pages, Paperback

“ Own It is a must-have survival guide that you can come back to time and again for immediate inspi… read more

Similar categories in Diane Von Furstenberg's Own It: The Secret to Life book and Mindy Kaling's Please Like Me (But Keep Away)

  • nonfiction
  • biography
  • memoir
  • audiobook
Cover of Hazel and Gray (Faraway Collection) by Nic Stone

10. Hazel and Gray (Faraway Collection)

By: Nic Stone

3.47

Format: 30 pages, Kindle Edition

Two anxious young lovers lost in the woods. A beckoning mansion in a dark clearing. A short modern-… read more

Similar categories in Nic Stone's Hazel and Gray (Faraway Collection) book and Mindy Kaling's Please Like Me (But Keep Away)

  • short stories
  • audiobook
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11. Bear Witness

By: Mary Gaitskill

3.20

Format: 34 pages, Kindle Edition

Audible narration by Margo Martindale (Mrs. America) In the wake of a brutal crime, three people c… read more

Similar categories in Mary Gaitskill's Bear Witness book and Mindy Kaling's Please Like Me (But Keep Away)

  • short stories
  • audiobook
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12. The Contractors

By: Lisa Ko

3.55

Format: 29 pages, Kindle Edition

Audible narration by Lea Salonga (Aladdin) A split-screen view of the tech industry’s underbelly—a… read more

Similar categories in Lisa Ko's The Contractors book and Mindy Kaling's Please Like Me (But Keep Away)

  • short stories
  • audiobook
Cover of Sophie Dreams Big (Southern Belle Insults, #5) by Keke Palmer

13. Sophie Dreams Big (Southern Belle Insults, #5)

By: Keke Palmer

4.04

Format: 27 pages, Kindle Edition

Starry-eyed Janet is enchanted by her new wig, but Lady Miss knows her dear friend will soon be cau… read more

Similar categories in Keke Palmer's Sophie Dreams Big (Southern Belle Insults, #5) book and Mindy Kaling's Please Like Me (But Keep Away)

  • humor
  • short stories
  • audiobook
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14. Black Sheep (This Can't Be Happening collection)

By: Rory Scholl

3.56

Format: 24 pages, Kindle Edition

An irresponsible twentysomething comic and his equally shameless grandmother join forces as proud p… read more

Similar categories in Rory Scholl's Black Sheep (This Can't Be Happening collection) book and Mindy Kaling's Please Like Me (But Keep Away)

  • biography
  • memoir
  • humor
  • autobiography
  • short stories
  • nonfiction
  • comedy
  • audiobook
Cover of The Third Man (This Can't Be Happening collection) by Mani Sheriar

15. The Third Man (This Can't Be Happening collection)

By: Mani Sheriar

3.93

Format: 28 pages, Kindle Edition

What would happen if your baby’s birth father represented everything you despised and feared? In th… read more

Similar categories in Mani Sheriar's The Third Man (This Can't Be Happening collection) book and Mindy Kaling's Please Like Me (But Keep Away)

  • biography
  • memoir
  • biography memoir
  • short stories
  • nonfiction
  • audiobook
Cover of The Prince and the Troll (Faraway Collection) by Rainbow Rowell

16. The Prince and the Troll (Faraway Collection)

By: Rainbow Rowell

3.26

Format: 26 pages, Kindle Edition

A charming everyman and a mysterious something-under-the-bridge cross paths in a short fairy tale b… read more

Similar categories in Rainbow Rowell's The Prince and the Troll (Faraway Collection) book and Mindy Kaling's Please Like Me (But Keep Away)

  • short stories
  • audiobook
Cover of My Dear Friend Janet (Southern Belle Insults, #1) by Keke Palmer

17. My Dear Friend Janet (Southern Belle Insults, #1)

By: Keke Palmer

3.74

Format: 25 pages, Kindle Edition

Poor Janet and fifty shades of beige. At least her inner voice, the sensational Lady Miss Jacquelin… read more

Similar categories in Keke Palmer's My Dear Friend Janet (Southern Belle Insults, #1) book and Mindy Kaling's Please Like Me (But Keep Away)

  • humor
  • comedy
  • short stories
  • audiobook
"Of course not, Janet had all the charm of a two-day old fish."

-Keke Palmer, My Dear Friend Janet (Southern Belle Insults, #1)

Cover of Themes and Variations by David Sedaris

18. Themes and Variations

By: David Sedaris

4.21

Format: 19 pages, Kindle Edition

In this Kindle-exclusive essay, international bestselling humor writer David Sedaris shares the rew… read more

Similar categories in David Sedaris's Themes and Variations book and Mindy Kaling's Please Like Me (But Keep Away)

  • biography
  • memoir
  • humor
  • biography memoir
  • short stories
  • nonfiction
  • essays
  • comedy
  • audiobook
Cover of The Wickeds (Faraway Collection) by Gayle Forman

19. The Wickeds (Faraway Collection)

By: Gayle Forman

3.67

Format: 34 pages, Kindle Edition

The reviled villainesses of Snow White, Cinderella, and Rapunzel team up to set the record straight… read more

Similar categories in Gayle Forman's The Wickeds (Faraway Collection) book and Mindy Kaling's Please Like Me (But Keep Away)

  • short stories
  • audiobook
Cover of This Is How We Do It: A Pep Talk by Kevin  Hart

20. This Is How We Do It: A Pep Talk

By: Kevin Hart

4.08

Format: 66 pages, Kindle Edition

Entertainment icon Kevin Hart, the number one New York Times bestselling author of I Can’t Make Thi… read more

Similar categories in Kevin Hart's This Is How We Do It: A Pep Talk book and Mindy Kaling's Please Like Me (But Keep Away)

  • biography
  • memoir
  • humor
  • autobiography
  • biography memoir
  • nonfiction
  • comedy
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21. The Magician

By: Rebecca Serle

3.63

Format: 25 pages, Kindle Edition

A mother-to-be is awed by her own mother’s chaotic and unknowable approach to life and its natural … read more

Similar categories in Rebecca Serle's The Magician book and Mindy Kaling's Please Like Me (But Keep Away)

  • short stories
  • audiobook
Cover of Please Like Me (But Keep Away) by Mindy Kaling

22. Please Like Me (But Keep Away)

By: Mindy Kaling

4.23

Format: 25 pages, Kindle Edition

Freaked out by her fortieth birthday, the creator and executive producer of Never Have I Ever refle… read more

Similar categories in Mindy Kaling's Please Like Me (But Keep Away) book and Mindy Kaling's Please Like Me (But Keep Away)

  • biography
  • memoir
  • humor
  • autobiography
  • biography memoir
  • short stories
  • nonfiction
  • essays
  • comedy
  • audiobook
Cover of Chelsea's Werk Week (Southern Belle Insults, #3) by Keke Palmer

23. Chelsea's Werk Week (Southern Belle Insults, #3)

By: Keke Palmer

3.72

Format: 27 pages, Kindle Edition

According to Lady Miss Jacqueline, her dear friend Janet is killing it. But appearances deceive in … read more

Similar categories in Keke Palmer's Chelsea's Werk Week (Southern Belle Insults, #3) book and Mindy Kaling's Please Like Me (But Keep Away)

  • humor
  • short stories
  • audiobook
Cover of Before Her (The One #1) by Jacqueline Woodson

24. Before Her (The One #1)

By: Jacqueline Woodson

3.60

Format: 19 pages, Kindle Edition

In this transportive memoir, the National Book Award–winning author of Brown Girl Dreaming traces t… read more

Similar categories in Jacqueline Woodson's Before Her (The One #1) book and Mindy Kaling's Please Like Me (But Keep Away)

  • memoir
  • biography memoir
  • short stories
  • nonfiction
  • audiobook
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25. Yes, And (The One, #4)

By: Kristi Coulter

3.36

Format: 31 pages, Kindle Edition

Can I be honest with you? A wife and husband face a defining moment in their relationship in this e… read more

Similar categories in Kristi Coulter's Yes, And (The One, #4) book and Mindy Kaling's Please Like Me (But Keep Away)

  • biography
  • memoir
  • biography memoir
  • short stories
  • nonfiction
  • audiobook
Cover of From the Desk of Lady Miss (Southern Belle Insults, #2) by Keke Palmer

26. From the Desk of Lady Miss (Southern Belle Insults, #2)

By: Keke Palmer

3.82

Format: 29 pages, Kindle Edition

Hopelessly sad and lightly drab Janet takes a spin with Lady Miss Jacqueline in this hysterically f… read more

Similar categories in Keke Palmer's From the Desk of Lady Miss (Southern Belle Insults, #2) book and Mindy Kaling's Please Like Me (But Keep Away)

  • humor
  • short stories
  • audiobook
Cover of Keri on the Loose (Southern Belle Insults, #4) by Keke Palmer

27. Keri on the Loose (Southern Belle Insults, #4)

By: Keke Palmer

3.93

Format: 30 pages, Kindle Edition

There’s a bold new Janet in town. Let Lady Miss Jacqueline spell it out for you: F-I-E-R-C-E. But t… read more

Similar categories in Keke Palmer's Keri on the Loose (Southern Belle Insults, #4) book and Mindy Kaling's Please Like Me (But Keep Away)

  • humor
  • short stories
  • audiobook
Cover of Parable (The One, #2) by Jess Walter

28. Parable (The One, #2)

By: Jess Walter

4.29

Format: 27 pages, Kindle Edition

That’s not cool! #1 New York Times bestselling author Jess Walter finds his beloved Millie sleeping… read more

Similar categories in Jess Walter's Parable (The One, #2) book and Mindy Kaling's Please Like Me (But Keep Away)

  • biography
  • memoir
  • biography memoir
  • short stories
  • nonfiction
  • essays
  • audiobook
Cover of Speed Grieving (The One, #6) by Allison  Ellis

29. Speed Grieving (The One, #6)

By: Allison Ellis

3.80

Format: 52 pages, Kindle Edition

From a suddenly widowed but resourceful young mother comes this darkly funny, poignant, and true ex… read more

Similar categories in Allison Ellis's Speed Grieving (The One, #6) book and Mindy Kaling's Please Like Me (But Keep Away)

  • biography
  • memoir
  • biography memoir
  • short stories
  • nonfiction
  • audiobook
Cover of The Visitor (The One, #5) by Dodai Stewart

30. The Visitor (The One, #5)

By: Dodai Stewart

3.40

Format: 32 pages, Kindle Edition

Maybe it’s true: love is just around the corner. But in this bittersweet true story, what’s a hopef… read more

Similar categories in Dodai Stewart's The Visitor (The One, #5) book and Mindy Kaling's Please Like Me (But Keep Away)

  • memoir
  • biography memoir
  • short stories
  • nonfiction
  • essays
  • audiobook
"Movies, TV shows, and romance novels are always subtly (and not so subtly) preaching that, for fairy-tale princesses, happily every after means leaving Home. That none of the details matter if you're…"

-Dodai Stewart, The Visitor (The One, #5)

Cover of Alicia (The Fairer Sex #3) by Michelle    Miller

31. Alicia (The Fairer Sex #3)

By: Michelle Miller

3.24

Format: 22 pages, Kindle Edition

An aspiring artist gets a seven-figure offer that could change her life forever in this provocative… read more

Similar categories in Michelle Miller's Alicia (The Fairer Sex #3) book and Mindy Kaling's Please Like Me (But Keep Away)

  • short stories
  • audiobook

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I Choose Darkness

Jenny Lawson

3.97

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Movie Star: They Always Say They're Single

Jessica Simpson

3.02

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Ken Liu

3.48

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Emma Donoghue

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Paris Hilton

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Sally Hepworth

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Britney Spears

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