12 best-selling biography books like Dad Is Fat by Jim Gaffigan

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Dad Is Fat

By: Jim Gaffigan

3.50

Format: 218 pages, ebook

In Dad is Fat, stand-up comedian Jim Gaffigan, who's best known for his legendary riffs on Hot Pock…

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1. Yes Please

By: Amy Poehler

4.11

Format: None pages, Hardcover

In Amy Poehler's highly anticipated first book, Yes Please, she offers up a big juicy stew of perso… read more

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  • biography
  • memoir
  • humor
  • nonfiction
  • comedy
  • audiobook
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2. Dad Is Fat

By: Jim Gaffigan

3.50

Format: 218 pages, ebook

In Dad is Fat, stand-up comedian Jim Gaffigan, who's best known for his legendary riffs on Hot Pock… read more

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  • parenting
  • biography
  • memoir
  • humor
  • nonfiction
  • comedy
  • audiobook
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3. Bossypants

By: Tina Fey

2.74

Format: None pages, Kindle Edition

Before Liz Lemon, before "Weekend Update," before "Sarah Palin," Tina Fey was just a young girl wit… read more

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  • biography
  • memoir
  • humor
  • nonfiction
  • comedy
  • audiobook
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4. Why Not Me?

By: Mindy Kaling

3.67

Format: None pages, Paperback

From the author of the beloved New York Timesbestselling book Is Everyone Hanging Out Without Me? a… read more

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  • biography
  • memoir
  • humor
  • nonfiction
  • comedy
  • audiobook
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5. Girl Walks into a Bar . . .: Comedy Calamities, Dating Disasters, and a Midlife Miracle

By: Rachel Dratch

4.25

Format: None pages,

In this side-splitting memoir, the former Saturday Night Livestar recounts the hilarious adventures… read more

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

6. Seriously... I'm Kidding

By: Ellen DeGeneres

4.36

Format: None pages, Hardcover

"Sometimes the greatest things are the most embarrassing." Ellen Degeneres' winning, upbeat candor … read more

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7. The Girl with the Lower Back Tattoo

By: Amy Schumer

4.09

Format: 372 pages,

The Emmy Award-winning comedian, actress, writer, and star of Inside Amy Schumer and the acclaimed … read more

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8. The Bedwetter: Stories of Courage, Redemption, and Pee

By: Sarah Silverman

4.50

Format: 158 pages, Hardcover

From the outrageously filthy and oddly innocent comedienne Sarah Silverman comes a memoir--her firs… read more

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9. Scrappy Little Nobody

By: Anna Kendrick

4.03

Format: None pages,

A collection of humorous autobiographical essays by the Academy Award-nominated actress and star of… read more

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10. Sh*t My Dad Says

By: Justin Halpern

3.90

Format: None pages, Hardcover

After being dumped by his longtime girlfriend, twenty-eight-year-old Justin Halpern found himself l… read more

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11. Daddy, Stop Talking! And Other Things My Kids Want But Won't Be Getting

By: Adam Carolla

3.73

Format: None pages, Hardcover

The comedian, actor, television host, podcast king, and New York Timesbestselling author of Preside… read more

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12. The Bassoon King: My Life in Art, Faith, and Idiocy

By: Rainn Wilson

5.00

Format: 29 pages, Hardcover

Rainn Wilson's memoir about growing up geeky and finally finding his place in comedy, faith, and li… read more

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13. Is Everyone Hanging Out Without Me?

By: Mindy Kaling

3.92

Format: 32 pages, Hardcover

Mindy Kaling has lived many lives: the obedient child of immigrant professionals, a timid chubster … read more

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14. The Greatest Love Story Ever Told

By: Megan Mullally

3.65

Format: 269 pages, Hardcover

At last, the full story behind Megan Mullally and Nick Offerman's epic romance, including stories, … read more

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  • biography
  • memoir
  • humor
  • nonfiction
  • comedy
  • audiobook
"You know what? I've never had any money, and I've always lived like a king."

-Megan Mullally, The Greatest Love Story Ever Told

"Get out of your house. Get off of your phone. Then go and participate in things that thrill you."

-Megan Mullally, The Greatest Love Story Ever Told

"It may seem a little obvious that Megan would feel that in her music or that I would feel it in woodworking, but there are so many domestic places, so many little ways that you can make your existenc…"

-Megan Mullally, The Greatest Love Story Ever Told

"I hate it, how high-stakes the fashion aspect of it has become. A long time ago, Janeane Garofalo wore cutoffs and a T-shirt to an awards show, and that’s always been my gold standard. I wish everyon…"

-Megan Mullally, The Greatest Love Story Ever Told

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15. Saint Richard Parker

By: Merlin Franco

4.34

Format: 366 pages, Kindle Edition

His search for love and enlightenment across India, Singapore, Thailand, Malaysia, and Indonesia...… read more

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  • humor
  • comedy
"See you later, tailgater."

-Merlin Franco, Saint Richard Parker

"Dark is beautiful, brother."

-Merlin Franco, Saint Richard Parker

"Tell me, son, what do you seek?"

-Merlin Franco, Saint Richard Parker

"A saint has control over his anger and itches."

-Merlin Franco, Saint Richard Parker

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16. Being Henry: The Fonz . . . and Beyond

By: Henry Winkler

4.14

Format: 246 pages, Hardcover

From Emmy-award winning actor, author, comedian, producer, and director Henry Winkler, a deeply tho… read more

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  • biography
  • memoir
  • humor
  • nonfiction
  • audiobook
"It’s so funny about time - you get into these nice little grooves with people you love, and you think it’ll go on forever. But time goes so fast, and nothing goes on forever."

-Henry Winkler, Being Henry: The Fonz . . . and Beyond

"If you don't nail your feet to the ground, you can just believe - and you want to believe. It's so enticing. It felt so good. You could just become a gigantic balloon in the Thanksgiving Day parade a…"

-Henry Winkler, Being Henry: The Fonz . . . and Beyond

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17. 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
  • 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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18. A Very Punchable Face

By: Colin Jost

4.21

Format: 312 pages, Hardcover

If there’s one trait that makes someone well suited to comedy, it’s being able to take a punch—meta… read more

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  • biography
  • memoir
  • humor
  • nonfiction
  • comedy
  • audiobook
"As Lorne says, 'Careers are made by choices."

-Colin Jost, A Very Punchable Face

"Every public golf course on Staten Island has a secret alter ego."

-Colin Jost, A Very Punchable Face

"When you go to auditions and you fail to prepare, prepare to fail.' -Paula Abdul"

-Colin Jost, A Very Punchable Face

"I now hate the phrase ‘That will work.’ It’s such a mediocre goal to set for yourself."

-Colin Jost, A Very Punchable Face

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19. I'd Like to Play Alone, Please: Essays

By: Tom Segura

4.01

Format: 229 pages, Hardcover

A #2 NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER From a massively successful stand-up comedian and co-host of chart-… read more

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  • biography
  • memoir
  • humor
  • nonfiction
  • comedy
  • audiobook
"I'm also, depending on who you ask, VERY funny or not at all"

-Tom Segura, I'd Like to Play Alone, Please: Essays

Cover of When I Was Your Age: Life Lessons, Funny Stories & Questionable Parenting Advice from a Professional Clown by Kenan Thompson

20. 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

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  • biography
  • memoir
  • humor
  • nonfiction
  • comedy
  • audiobook
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21. When Life Gives You Pears: The Healing Power of Family, Faith, and Funny People

By: Jeannie Gaffigan

4.18

Format: 320 pages, Hardcover

The Big Sick meets Dad is Fat in this funny and heartfelt New York Times bestselling memoir from wr… read more

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

12 Top audiobook books like Dad Is Fat by Jim Gaffigan

Transform Your Habits

Yes Please

Amy Poehler

4.11

Transform Your Habits

Dad Is Fat

Jim Gaffigan

3.50

Transform Your Habits

Bossypants

Tina Fey

2.74

Transform Your Habits

Why Not Me?

Mindy Kaling

3.67

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12 must-read nonfiction books like When Life Gives You Pears: The Healing Power of Family, Faith, and Funny People by Jeannie Gaffigan

Transform Your Habits

Dad Is Fat

Jim Gaffigan

3.50

Transform Your Habits

Believe Me: My Battle with the Invisible Disability of Lyme Disease

Michele Bender , Yolanda Hadid

3.79

Loud in the House of Myself: Memoir of a Strange Girl

Stacy Pershall

3.93

Transform Your Habits

Books for Living

Will Schwalbe

4.15

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