Obviously: Stories from My Timeline
By: Akilah Hughes
3.92
Format: 288 pages, Hardcover
"A refreshingly funny and blisteringly unsentimental coming-of-age memoir." - John Green, #1 New Yo…
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1. My Lovely Wife in the Psych Ward
By: Mark Lukach
4.29
Format: 256 pages, ebook
A heart-wrenching, yet hopeful, memoir of a young marriage that is redefined by mental illness and … read more
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- nonfiction
- biography
- memoir
- audiobook
2. You're Never Weird on the Internet
By: Joss Whedon , Felicia Day
3.76
Format: 6 pages, Hardcover
From online entertainment mogul, actress, and "queen of the geeks" Felicia Day, a funny, quirky, an… read more
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- biography
- memoir
- humor
- autobiography
- biography memoir
- nonfiction
- audiobook
3. How to Be Black
By: Baratunde R. Thurston
4.00
Format: 208 pages, Hardcover
Baratunde Thurston shares his 30-plus years of expertise in being black, with helpful essays like "… read more
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4. You'll Never Believe What Happened to Lacey: Crazy Stories about Racism
By: Amber Ruffin
4.42
Format: 215 pages, Hardcover
Writer and performer on Late Night with Seth Meyers Amber Ruffin writes with her sister Lacey Lamar… read more
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- biography
- memoir
- humor
- nonfiction
- essays
- comedy
- audiobook
"There are worse stories than this and better ones. The reaction always varies because you can only put up with what you can put up with when you can put up with it."-Amber Ruffin, You'll Never Believe What Happened to Lacey: Crazy Stories about Racism
"I have never been able to understand why white people have such a low tolerance for hearing about racism. I mean, we have to live it! The least you could do is nod your head."-Amber Ruffin, You'll Never Believe What Happened to Lacey: Crazy Stories about Racism
"We are not into trying to educate white America, but may we accidentally did. Maybe white readers learned that just because your Black friends aren't sitting you down, going over all their trauma wit…"-Amber Ruffin, You'll Never Believe What Happened to Lacey: Crazy Stories about Racism
"There is no motivation for this action. It seems like this story is missing a part because people just aren’t this nonsensically cruel. But where you see no motivation, you understand racism a little…"-Amber Ruffin, You'll Never Believe What Happened to Lacey: Crazy Stories about Racism
5. Bad Vibes Only (and Other Things I Bring to the Table)
By: Nora McInerny
3.84
Format: 224 pages, Hardcover
Nora McInerny does not dance like no one is watching. In fact, she dances like everyone is watching… read more
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- biography
- memoir
- humor
- biography memoir
- nonfiction
- essays
- audiobook
"He can say he forgives me, sure, but I know better. In therapy, I work on forgiving myself."-Nora McInerny, Bad Vibes Only (and Other Things I Bring to the Table)
"How frightening to know that your brain can betray you this way, that the vessel for our sense of self is often faulty and prone to error. How awful to know that death may come for us over and over, …"-Nora McInerny, Bad Vibes Only (and Other Things I Bring to the Table)
"To admit this—a hopelessly unfashionable addiction to the appearance of my body—is a crime in some circles. It's much more becoming to "embrace your flaws" or—even better—to not see your body's flaws…"-Nora McInerny, Bad Vibes Only (and Other Things I Bring to the Table)
6. It Was an Ugly Couch Anyway: And Other Thoughts on Moving Forward
By: Elizabeth Passarella
3.98
Format: 256 pages, Paperback
A collection of refreshingly honest and hilarious essays from Southern Living columnist Elizabeth P… read more
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- memoir
- humor
- biography memoir
- nonfiction
- essays
- audiobook
"The whole crux of the Christian faith is that we cannot save ourselves... I know that I can't fix the brokenness inside me or overcome my own sin. For people who don't share my faith, this sounds tot…"-Elizabeth Passarella, It Was an Ugly Couch Anyway: And Other Thoughts on Moving Forward
"Epilogue: "I don't need these. Not any of this." "I want this camel. This is all I'm taking just to remember him by." "Sometimes you hold on to a big thing, an overwhelming thing because you believe …"-Elizabeth Passarella, It Was an Ugly Couch Anyway: And Other Thoughts on Moving Forward
7. The World Record Book of Racist Stories
By: Amber Ruffin
4.40
Format: 217 pages, Hardcover
From the New York Times bestselling authors of You’ll Never Believe What Happened to Lacey, comedia… read more
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- biography
- memoir
- humor
- nonfiction
- essays
- comedy
- audiobook
8. Go Back to Where You Came From: And Other Helpful Recommendations on How to Become American
By: Wajahat Ali
4.17
Format: 272 pages, Hardcover
This is just one of the many warm, lovely, and helpful tips that Wajahat Ali and other children of … read more
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- biography
- memoir
- humor
- autobiography
- biography memoir
- nonfiction
- audiobook
"The Whiteness doesn't want us to be American. But since it can't remove all of us, it will always find ways to dominate the rest of us and make our lives uncomfortable."-Wajahat Ali, Go Back to Where You Came From: And Other Helpful Recommendations on How to Become American
"Nearly 30 percent of the enslaved were originally Muslim, which means Muslims' stories, labor, tears, pain, and dreams have fertilized this country's soil from the beginning."-Wajahat Ali, Go Back to Where You Came From: And Other Helpful Recommendations on How to Become American
"Like many great works of theater, I believe America is simultaneously a riotous comedy and a heartbreaking tragedy. Our hamartia, our fatal flaw, is racism. It haunts us every day."-Wajahat Ali, Go Back to Where You Came From: And Other Helpful Recommendations on How to Become American
"Hope can be dangerous because it means exposing yourself to the possibility of success, to allow yourself to imagine a happy ending, only to be confronted by cold, brutal disappointment."-Wajahat Ali, Go Back to Where You Came From: And Other Helpful Recommendations on How to Become American
9. Outofshapeworthlessloser: A Memoir of Figure Skating, F*cking Up, and Figuring It Out
By: Gracie Gold
4.10
Format: 352 pages, Hardcover
In this explosive tell-all memoir, an Olympic figure skater reveals her battle to survive mental il… read more
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- biography
- memoir
- autobiography
- biography memoir
- nonfiction
- audiobook
10. Quietly Hostile: Essays
By: Samantha Irby
3.70
Format: 290 pages, Paperback
Samantha Irby invites us to share in the gory particulars of her real life, all that festers behind… read more
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- memoir
- humor
- nonfiction
- essays
- comedy
- audiobook
"[...] and my face is sore from smiling so hard in an effort to appear friendly and nonthreatening."-Samantha Irby, Quietly Hostile: Essays
"I'm so embarrassed by everything all the time, humiliated even by the need to breathe air where other people can see me"-Samantha Irby, Quietly Hostile: Essays
"I want to push back against this idea that it's not real love if you're not passionately chattering at each other all the time, that it's just as valid (and romantic!) to know instinctively when to s…"-Samantha Irby, Quietly Hostile: Essays
"I lived in blissful solitude for a long time...and you learn a lot about yourself and what you require for life when it's just you that you have to think about...You can buy frozen fish sticks and ea…"-Samantha Irby, Quietly Hostile: Essays
11. The Second: Race and Guns in a Fatally Unequal America
By: Carol Anderson
4.33
Format: 272 pages, Hardcover
From the New York Times bestselling author of White Rage, an unflinching, critical new look at the … read more
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- nonfiction
12. My Squirrel Days
By: Ellie Kemper
3.37
Format: 240 pages, Hardcover
Comedian and star of The Office and Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt Ellie Kemper delivers a hilarious, re… read more
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- biography
- memoir
- humor
- autobiography
- biography memoir
- nonfiction
- essays
- comedy
- audiobook
"... Being a Mom is hard, but trying to remain rational while hungry is even harder."-Ellie Kemper, My Squirrel Days
"Some people think they can barge in and give you their opinion even though you didn't ask for it."-Ellie Kemper, My Squirrel Days
"I knew that I needed to quiet my mind; lucky for me, there is no place to quiet your mind like the northernmost edge of Manhattan's Times Square."-Ellie Kemper, My Squirrel Days
"One of my great hobbies in life is feeling sorry for myself. Nothing makes me feel more alive than when I suspect I have been wronged. Oh, the energy!"-Ellie Kemper, My Squirrel Days
13. My Name’s Yours, What’s Alaska?: A Memoir
By: Alaska Thunderfuck 5000
4.25
Format: 264 pages, Hardcover
Alaska Thunderfuck spills the tea on her meteoric rise from timid Pennsylvania kid to drag supersta… read more
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- memoir
- humor
- autobiography
- biography memoir
- nonfiction
- audiobook
14. Inverse Cowgirl
By: Alicia Roth Weigel
3.80
Format: 227 pages, Paperback
From a celebrated activist on the forefront of fighting for intersex representation and rights—and … read more
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- biography memoir
- nonfiction
- memoir
- audiobook
15. Wannabe: Reckonings with the Pop Culture That Shapes Me
By: Aisha Harris
3.82
Format: 288 pages, Hardcover
"Aisha Harris is one of our smartest, most entertaining modern cultural critics. The nine pieces of… read more
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- nonfiction
- memoir
- essays
- audiobook
16. Please Don't Sit on My Bed in Your Outside Clothes: Essays
By: Phoebe Robinson
3.86
Format: 352 pages, Hardcover
New York Times bestselling author, comedian, actress, and producer Phoebe Robinson is back with a n… read more
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- memoir
- humor
- biography memoir
- nonfiction
- essays
- comedy
- audiobook
17. I Did a New Thing: 30 Days to Living Free (A Feeding the Soul Book)
By: Tabitha Brown
4.19
Format: 256 pages, Hardcover
The #1 New York Times bestselling author of Feeding the Soul (Because It’s My Business) presents an… read more
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- humor
- nonfiction
- memoir
- audiobook
18. Midlife Bites: Anyone Else Falling Apart, Or Is It Just Me?
By: Jen Mann
3.95
Format: 243 pages, Paperback
A smart, personal, darkly funny examination of what it's like to be at the crossroads of a midlife … read more
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- biography
- memoir
- humor
- biography memoir
- nonfiction
- essays
- audiobook
19. Soundtrack of Silence: Love, Loss, and a Playlist for Life
By: Matt Hay
4.18
Format: 272 pages, Hardcover
An inspiring memoir of a young man who discovered he was going completely deaf just at the moment h… read more
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- biography
- memoir
- autobiography
- biography memoir
- nonfiction
- audiobook
20. Legitimate Kid: A Memoir
By: Aida Rodríguez
3.70
Format: 256 pages, Hardcover
A poignant and moving memoir-in-essays from stand-up comedian Aida Rodriguez on the power of overco… read more
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- biography memoir
- nonfiction
- comedy
- audiobook
21. Obviously: Stories from My Timeline
By: Akilah Hughes
3.92
Format: 288 pages, Hardcover
"A refreshingly funny and blisteringly unsentimental coming-of-age memoir." - John Green, #1 New Yo… read more
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- memoir
- coming of age
- humor
- autobiography
- biography memoir
- nonfiction
- essays
- comedy
- audiobook
