5 must-read memoir books like If It's Not Funny It's Art by Demetri Martin

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If It's Not Funny It's Art

By: Demetri Martin

3.75

Format: 192 pages, Paperback

The New York Times bestselling author/comedian of This Is a Book and Point Your Face at This is bac…

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Cover of Egghead; or, You Can't Survive on Ideas Alone by Bo Burnham, Chance Bone

1. Egghead; or, You Can't Survive on Ideas Alone

By: Bo Burnham , Chance Bone

4.04

Format: 240 pages, Hardcover

A strange and charming collection of hilariously absurd poetry, writing, and illustration from one … read more

Similar categories in Bo Burnham's Egghead; or, You Can't Survive on Ideas Alone book and Demetri Martin's If It's Not Funny It's Art

  • art
  • humor
  • comics
  • nonfiction
  • adult
  • comedy
"I put a chameleon on a red dildo... He blushed"

-Bo Burnham, Egghead; or, You Can't Survive on Ideas Alone

"Mmmmmm I like that thing you do with your tongue. What do you call it? Speaking? Yeah, I dig it"

-Bo Burnham, Egghead; or, You Can't Survive on Ideas Alone

"Forever and An Instant met up one day, Had a short, but lovely talk, then each went on it's way."

-Bo Burnham, Egghead; or, You Can't Survive on Ideas Alone

"Forever and an Instant Forever and an instant met up one day, had a short but lovely talk, then each went on its way."

-Bo Burnham, Egghead; or, You Can't Survive on Ideas Alone

Cover of Teaching My Mother How to Give Birth by Warsan Shire

2. Teaching My Mother How to Give Birth

By: Warsan Shire

4.25

Format: 37 pages, Paperback

What elevates 'teaching my mother how to give birth', what gives the poems their disturbing brillia… read more

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  • adult
  • nonfiction
"Her body is one long sigh."

-Warsan Shire, Teaching My Mother How to Give Birth

"[…] but she cannot make him eat, like you."

-Warsan Shire, Teaching My Mother How to Give Birth

"My body is burning with the shame of not belonging, […]"

-Warsan Shire, Teaching My Mother How to Give Birth

"No one leaves home unless homes is the mouth of a shark."

-Warsan Shire, Teaching My Mother How to Give Birth

Cover of Preacher, Volume 1: Gone to Texas by Garth Ennis, Steve Dillon, Joe R. Lansdale

3. Preacher, Volume 1: Gone to Texas

By: Garth Ennis , Steve Dillon , Joe R. Lansdale

4.18

Format: 336 pages, Comics

Alternate Cover Edition One of the most celebrated comics titles of the late 1990s, PREACHER is… read more

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  • graphic novels
  • comics
"I thought you an' I'd already settled the roles in the fucker/fuckee relationship! I guess I thought wrong!"

-Garth Ennis, Preacher, Volume 1: Gone to Texas

" Criminal: You can suck my dick, motherfucker! Detective Bridges: You suck mine! [shoves barrel of pistol in the Criminal's mouth] An' you get used to it, cause you get to Rykers you're gonna find a …"

-Garth Ennis, Preacher, Volume 1: Gone to Texas

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4. Scott Pilgrim, Volume 6: Scott Pilgrim's Finest Hour

By: Bryan Lee O'Malley

4.43

Format: 245 pages, Paperback

It's finally here! Six years and almost one-thousand pages have all led to this epic finale! With s… read more

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  • graphic novels
  • humor
  • comics
"Alright, go away. I have a tiny world to save."

-Bryan Lee O'Malley, Scott Pilgrim, Volume 6: Scott Pilgrim's Finest Hour

"Do you want to have sex? I think we should have sex. CASUAL sex."

-Bryan Lee O'Malley, Scott Pilgrim, Volume 6: Scott Pilgrim's Finest Hour

"Scott: I don't think I'm ready to be a grown-up. Kim: I don't think you are either, buddy. But hey, you'll get it. It just takes practice."

-Bryan Lee O'Malley, Scott Pilgrim, Volume 6: Scott Pilgrim's Finest Hour

"I feel like im in this river just getting swept along... And if I hold on to anyone, if I'm holding on for dear life, I'm not getting anywhere. I'm stuck. ...I never wanted to get stuck"

-Bryan Lee O'Malley, Scott Pilgrim, Volume 6: Scott Pilgrim's Finest Hour

Cover of A Thousand Mornings: Poems by Mary Oliver

5. A Thousand Mornings: Poems

By: Mary Oliver

4.21

Format: 82 pages, Hardcover

In A Thousand Mornings, Mary Oliver returns to the imagery that has come to define her life’s work,… read more

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  • adult
  • nonfiction
"they won't be false and they won't be true, but hey'll be real."

-Mary Oliver, A Thousand Mornings: Poems

"When a man says he hears angels singing, he hears angels singing."

-Mary Oliver, A Thousand Mornings: Poems

"When death is about to happen does the body grow heavier, or lighter?"

-Mary Oliver, A Thousand Mornings: Poems

"From the poem: The First Time Percy Came Back Yes, it’s all different,"

-Mary Oliver, A Thousand Mornings: Poems

Cover of Seinfeldia: How a Show About Nothing Changed Everything by Jennifer Keishin Armstrong

6. Seinfeldia: How a Show About Nothing Changed Everything

By: Jennifer Keishin Armstrong

4.29

Format: None pages,

The hilarious behind-the-scenes story of two guys who went out for coffee and dreamed up Seinfeld--… read more

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  • humor
  • nonfiction
  • comedy
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7. Ghost World

By: Daniel Clowes

3.82

Format: None pages, Paperback

Ghost Worldhas become a cultural and generational touchstone, and continues to enthrall and inspire… read more

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  • graphic novels
  • comics
Cover of A Dirty Job (Grim Reaper, #1) by Christopher Moore

8. A Dirty Job (Grim Reaper, #1)

By: Christopher Moore

4.03

Format: 387 pages, Hardcover

Charlie Asher is a pretty normal guy with a normal life, married to a bright and pretty woman who a… read more

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  • humor
  • adult
  • comedy
"So Now You're Death: Here's What You'll Need"

-Christopher Moore, A Dirty Job (Grim Reaper, #1)

"He wanted her to experience all the glorious cheese of life."

-Christopher Moore, A Dirty Job (Grim Reaper, #1)

"Mr. Asher, you can resist who you are for only so long. Finally, you just decide to go with fate."

-Christopher Moore, A Dirty Job (Grim Reaper, #1)

"What the hell good was it to be the Lord of the Underworld if there was fuzz on your underdone toast."

-Christopher Moore, A Dirty Job (Grim Reaper, #1)

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9. Comedy Comedy Comedy Drama

By: Bob Odenkirk

3.60

Format: 284 pages, Hardcover

In this hilarious, heartfelt memoir, the star of Mr. Show, Breaking Bad, Better Call Saul, and Nob… read more

Similar categories in Bob Odenkirk's Comedy Comedy Comedy Drama book and Demetri Martin's If It's Not Funny It's Art

  • humor
  • nonfiction
  • memoir
  • comedy
"The 'better angels of our nature' may be the ones we want leading us forward, but the worser angels are the ones that we seem to want to watch onscreen."

-Bob Odenkirk, Comedy Comedy Comedy Drama

"I figured I'd work in forestry, since I like the outdoors. In fact, in high school I filled out some kind of career-planning assessment and it said just that: 'Go into the forest and don't come back."

-Bob Odenkirk, Comedy Comedy Comedy Drama

"Cads kill me. Men who go through life making wisecracks, being overtly rude, taking advantage, being self-obsessed disasters. They're just funny to me. Because of this hobbyhorse, one of my favorite …"

-Bob Odenkirk, Comedy Comedy Comedy Drama

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10. Garlic and the Vampire

By: Bree Paulsen

4.30

Format: 160 pages, Hardcover

A farm-fresh debut graphic novel starring a heroine who is braver than she realizes. Garlic feel… read more

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  • graphic novels
  • comics
Cover of I Will Judge You by Your Bookshelf by Grant Snider

11. I Will Judge You by Your Bookshelf

By: Grant Snider

3.74

Format: 128 pages, Hardcover

A look at the culture and fanaticism of book lovers, from the beloved New York Times illustrator … read more

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  • art
  • graphic novels
  • humor
  • comics
  • nonfiction
  • adult
"A book closed is just a block of paper."

-Grant Snider, I Will Judge You by Your Bookshelf

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12. Stories from the Tenants Downstairs

By: Sidik Fofana

3.79

Format: 213 pages, Hardcover

Set in a Harlem high rise, a stunning debut about a tight-knit cast of characters grappling with th… read more

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  • adult
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13. Where the Body Was

By: Ed Brubaker

4.14

Format: 144 pages, Hardcover

Like a true crime podcast crossed with a long-lost diary, Where the Body Was is unlike anything Bru… read more

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  • graphic novels
  • comics
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14. Roaming

By: Jillian Tamaki

3.77

Format: 443 pages, Paperback

Spring break, 2009. High school best friends Zoe and Dani are now freshman college students, meetin… read more

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  • graphic novels
  • adult
Cover of Lunar New Year Love Story by Gene Luen Yang

15. Lunar New Year Love Story

By: Gene Luen Yang

4.41

Format: 352 pages, Paperback

Graphic novel superstars Gene Luen Yang and LeUyen Pham join forces in this heartwarming rom-com ab… read more

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  • graphic novels
  • comics
Cover of Revenge of the Librarians by Tom Gauld

16. Revenge of the Librarians

By: Tom Gauld

3.94

Format: 180 pages, Hardcover

Confront the spectre of failure, the wraith of social media, and other supernatural enemies of the … read more

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  • art
  • graphic novels
  • humor
  • comics
  • adult
  • comedy
Cover of No Brainer (Diary of a Wimpy Kid, #18) by Jeff Kinney

17. No Brainer (Diary of a Wimpy Kid, #18)

By: Jeff Kinney

4.30

Format: 224 pages, Hardcover

In No Brainer , book 18 of the Diary of a Wimpy Kid series from #1 international bestselling author… read more

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  • graphic novels
  • humor
  • comedy
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18. How Do You Live?

By: Genzaburo Yoshino

4.01

Format: 288 pages, Hardcover

Anime master Hayao Miyazaki’s favorite childhood book, in English for the first time. First pub… read more

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"you can't become a great man without having great thoughts."

-Genzaburo Yoshino, How Do You Live?

"We must not forget to make a habit of modesty and restraint in our lives."

-Genzaburo Yoshino, How Do You Live?

"You take many things from the world, but I wonder what you will give back in return?"

-Genzaburo Yoshino, How Do You Live?

"There is nothing more beautiful than people nurturing goodwill toward their fellow beings."

-Genzaburo Yoshino, How Do You Live?

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19. Garlic and the Witch

By: Bree Paulsen

4.36

Format: 160 pages, Hardcover

Bree Paulsen's brave little protagonist, Garlic, is back in this charmingly illustrated standalone … read more

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  • graphic novels
  • comics
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20. What You Need to Be Warm

By: Neil Gaiman

4.20

Format: 32 pages, Hardcover

During the coldest season, when the world feels scary—what do you remember about being warm? Baked … read more

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  • art
  • graphic novels
  • comics
  • nonfiction
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21. Inne i spegelsalen

By: Liv Strömquist

4.24

Format: 144 pages, Paperback

Vi lever i en tid besatt av fysisk skönhet. Fotografier - hur vi ser ut på bild - har blivit allt v… read more

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  • graphic novels
  • humor
  • nonfiction
  • comics
Cover of Happily Ever After & Everything In Between by Debbie Tung

22. Happily Ever After & Everything In Between

By: Debbie Tung

4.09

Format: 147 pages, Hardcover

From the bestselling author of Quiet Girl in a Noisy World and Book Love comes a funny and adorable… read more

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  • memoir
  • graphic novels
  • humor
  • comics
  • nonfiction
  • adult
  • comedy
Cover of Not Forever, But For Now by Chuck Palahniuk

23. Not Forever, But For Now

By: Chuck Palahniuk

2.98

Format: 256 pages, Hardcover

From the bestselling author of Fight Club comes a hilarious horror satire about a family of profess… read more

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"We're bright young things, and no bright young thing wants to squander his life as a custodian to the dead."

-Chuck Palahniuk, Not Forever, But For Now

"The predators must prey. The prey must be predated. They only wish to be preyed upon by someone who'll do the job properly."

-Chuck Palahniuk, Not Forever, But For Now

"Religion ... is merely what people invent when they wake late at night filled with ancient terror of being found out in their little nest of grasses and torn to shreds by the inevitable."

-Chuck Palahniuk, Not Forever, But For Now

Cover of Freaks, Gleeks, and Dawson's Creek: How Seven Teen Shows Transformed Television by Thea Glassman

24. Freaks, Gleeks, and Dawson's Creek: How Seven Teen Shows Transformed Television

By: Thea Glassman

3.84

Format: None pages, Audiobook

The untold stories of seven revolutionary teen shows (The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air, My So-Called Lif… read more

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  • adult
  • nonfiction
Cover of Sorry I Ruined Your Childhood: Berkeley Mews Comics (Volume 1) by Ben Zaehringer

25. Sorry I Ruined Your Childhood: Berkeley Mews Comics (Volume 1)

By: Ben Zaehringer

3.99

Format: 144 pages, Paperback

Berkeley Mews' appealing, accessible art style belies a cartoon world of dark humor, dry wit, and i… read more

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  • graphic novels
  • humor
  • comics
  • adult
  • comedy
Cover of The World Deserves My Children by Natasha Leggero

26. The World Deserves My Children

By: Natasha Leggero

3.70

Format: 240 pages, Hardcover

A laugh-out-loud funny collection of insightful and razor-sharp essays on motherhood in our post-ap… read more

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  • humor
  • nonfiction
  • memoir
  • comedy
"I meet twenty-three-year-olds who need to watch a ten-second video on their phones to figure out how much milk to put in their coffee."

-Natasha Leggero, The World Deserves My Children

Cover of Why Don't You Write My Eulogy Now So I Can Correct It?: A Mother's Suggestions by Patricia Marx

27. Why Don't You Write My Eulogy Now So I Can Correct It?: A Mother's Suggestions

By: Patricia Marx

3.46

Format: 112 pages, Hardcover

The perfect Mother's Day gift: A collection of witty one-line advice New Yorker writer Patricia Mar… read more

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  • memoir
  • graphic novels
  • humor
  • comics
  • nonfiction
"Some people like meat well done, but they are wrong."

-Patricia Marx, Why Don't You Write My Eulogy Now So I Can Correct It?: A Mother's Suggestions

Cover of Slug and Other Stories by Megan Milks

28. Slug and Other Stories

By: Megan Milks

3.95

Format: 250 pages, Paperback

A woman metamorphoses into a giant slug; another quite literally eats her heart out; a wasp falls i… read more

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Cover of The Book of Onions: Comics to Make You Cry Laughing and Cry Crying by Jake Thompson

29. The Book of Onions: Comics to Make You Cry Laughing and Cry Crying

By: Jake Thompson

4.12

Format: 128 pages, Paperback

The Book of Onions  is a collection of darkly funny comics from Jake Thompson, creator of the celeb… read more

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  • graphic novels
  • humor
  • comics
Cover of If It's Not Funny It's Art by Demetri Martin

30. If It's Not Funny It's Art

By: Demetri Martin

3.75

Format: 192 pages, Paperback

The New York Times bestselling author/comedian of This Is a Book and Point Your Face at This is bac… read more

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  • art
  • memoir
  • graphic novels
  • humor
  • comics
  • nonfiction
  • adult
  • comedy
Cover of Marvel's Voices: Pride by Luciano Vecchio

31. Marvel's Voices: Pride

By: Luciano Vecchio

4.18

Format: 232 pages, Paperback

Stories from the world outside your window, by diverse creators who are making theirs Marvel — and … read more

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  • graphic novels
  • comics

12 Best adult books like If It's Not Funny It's Art by Demetri Martin

Transform Your Habits

Egghead; or, You Can't Survive on Ideas Alone

Bo Burnham , Chance Bone

4.04

Transform Your Habits

Teaching My Mother How to Give Birth

Warsan Shire

4.25

Transform Your Habits

A Thousand Mornings: Poems

Mary Oliver

4.21

Transform Your Habits

A Dirty Job (Grim Reaper, #1)

Christopher Moore

4.03

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The Elephant Tree

R.D. Ronald

3.41

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The Angel of Indian Lake (The Indian Lake Trilogy, #3)

Stephen Graham Jones

4.21

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You Like It Darker

Stephen King

4.32

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Kate Alice Marshall

3.68

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