19 must-read nonfiction books like The Best of the Rejection Collection: 297 Cartoons That Were Too Dark, Too Weird, or Too Dirty for The New Yorker by Matthew Diffee

Cover of The Best of the Rejection Collection: 297 Cartoons That Were Too Dark, Too Weird, or Too Dirty for The New Yorker by Matthew Diffee

The Best of the Rejection Collection: 297 Cartoons That Were Too Dark, Too Weird, or Too Dirty for The New Yorker

By: Matthew Diffee

3.36

Format: 384 pages, Paperback

They’re back: the funniest cartoons you’ll never see in The New Yorker. Now in its second edition, …

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Cover of Travels by Michael Crichton

1. Travels

By: Michael Crichton

3.84

Format: 352 pages,

Often I feel I go to some distant region of the world to be reminded of who I really am. When Mich… read more

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  • nonfiction
Cover of Bonk: The Curious Coupling of Science and Sex by Mary Roach

2. Bonk: The Curious Coupling of Science and Sex

By: Mary Roach

4.20

Format: 288 pages, Paperback

In ?Bonk,?the best-selling author of Stiffturns her outrageous curiosity and insight on the most al… read more

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  • humor
  • nonfiction
Cover of The World According to Garp by John Irving

3. The World According to Garp

By: John Irving

4.10

Format: 610 pages, Hardcover

This is the life and times of T. S. Garp, the bastard son of Jenny Fields—a feminist leader ahead o… read more

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  • humor
"...energy begets energy."

-John Irving, The World According to Garp

"Bonkie bit Garp!" Garp bit Bonkie"

-John Irving, The World According to Garp

"In the world according to Garp, we are all terminal cases"

-John Irving, The World According to Garp

"...the demands of writing and of real life are not always similar."

-John Irving, The World According to Garp

Cover of Daily Rituals: How Artists Work by Mason Currey

4. Daily Rituals: How Artists Work

By: Mason Currey

5.00

Format: None pages, Hardcover

Franz Kafka, frustrated with his living quarters and day job, wrote in a letter to Felice Bauer in … read more

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  • art
  • nonfiction

5. Fever 1793

By: Laurie Halse Anderson

3.38

Format: None pages,

It's late summer 1793, and the streets of Philadelphia are abuzz with mosquitoes and rumors of feve… read more

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6. Cautionary Verses

By: Hilaire Belloc , None

3.48

Format: None pages, Unknown Binding

Do you remember Matilda who told such dreadful lies, Rebecca who slammed doors for fun and perished… read more

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7. The Hotel New Hampshire

By: John Irving

5.00

Format: None pages, Paperback

"The first of my father's illusions was that bears could survive the life lived by human beings, an… read more

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Cover of At Home: A Short History of Private Life by Bill Bryson

8. At Home: A Short History of Private Life

By: Bill Bryson

3.99

Format: 497 pages, Hardcover

“Houses aren’t refuges from history. They are where history ends up.” Bill Bryson and his family… read more

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  • humor
  • nonfiction
"That's really what history mostly is, masses of people doing ordinary things."

-Bill Bryson, At Home: A Short History of Private Life

"It is perhaps little wonder that the end of Victorianism almost exactly coincided with the invention of psychoanalysis."

-Bill Bryson, At Home: A Short History of Private Life

"It is always quietly thrilling to find yourself looking at a world you know well but have never seen from such an angle before."

-Bill Bryson, At Home: A Short History of Private Life

"At one time he [Cornelius Vanderbilt] personally controlled some 10 percent of all the money in circulation in the United States."

-Bill Bryson, At Home: A Short History of Private Life

Cover of Monsters: A Fan's Dilemma by Claire Dederer

9. Monsters: A Fan's Dilemma

By: Claire Dederer

3.79

Format: 257 pages, Hardcover

From the author of the New York Times best seller Poser and the acclaimed memoir Love and Trouble, … read more

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  • art
  • nonfiction
"Biography used to be something you sought out, yearned for, actively pursued. Now it falls on your head all day long."

-Claire Dederer, Monsters: A Fan's Dilemma

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10. It's Lonely at the Centre of the Earth

By: Zoe Thorogood

4.21

Format: 196 pages, Paperback

Cartoonist Zoe Thorogood records 6 months of her own life as it falls apart in a desperate attempt … read more

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  • graphic novels
  • comics
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"And maybe that 'something' is a piece of my stupid little soul trapped in a book with very divisive reviews on Goodreads!"

-Zoe Thorogood, It's Lonely at the Centre of the Earth

"You're going to spend infinitely more time being dead than alive, so it's probably best to make peace with it while you can."

-Zoe Thorogood, It's Lonely at the Centre of the Earth

Cover of Number One Is Walking: My Life in the Movies and Other Diversions by Steve Martin

11. Number One Is Walking: My Life in the Movies and Other Diversions

By: Steve Martin

3.72

Format: 256 pages, Hardcover

Number One Is Walking is Steve Martin’s cinematic legacy―an illustrated memoir of his legendary act… read more

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  • humor
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  • comics
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12. 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
Cover of Revenge of the Librarians by Tom Gauld

13. 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
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  • cartoon
Cover of All the Beauty in the World: The Metropolitan Museum of Art and Me by Patrick Bringley

14. All the Beauty in the World: The Metropolitan Museum of Art and Me

By: Patrick Bringley

4.07

Format: 240 pages, ebook

A fascinating, revelatory portrait of the Metropolitan Museum of Art and its treasures by a former … read more

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  • nonfiction
"Much of the greatest art, I find, seeks to remind us of the obvious."

-Patrick Bringley, All the Beauty in the World: The Metropolitan Museum of Art and Me

"Nobody has ever been so much themselves over a span of three thousand years as the ancient Egyptians,"

-Patrick Bringley, All the Beauty in the World: The Metropolitan Museum of Art and Me

"It feels like the more I explore, the more I will see, the more I’ll understand how very little I’ve seen."

-Patrick Bringley, All the Beauty in the World: The Metropolitan Museum of Art and Me

Cover of The Defector (Apollo Murders, #2) by Chris Hadfield

15. The Defector (Apollo Murders, #2)

By: Chris Hadfield

4.02

Format: 368 pages, Hardcover

From New York Times bestselling author, astronaut, and fighter pilot Chris Hadfield comes a rivetin… read more

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Cover of All the Living and the Dead by Hayley Campbell

16. All the Living and the Dead

By: Hayley Campbell

4.25

Format: 288 pages, Hardcover

A compelling and compassionate exploration of the death industry and the people—embalmers, detecti… read more

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  • nonfiction
"Death shows us what is buried in the living. By shielding ourselves from what happens past the moment of death we deny ourselves a deeper understanding of who we truly are."

-Hayley Campbell, All the Living and the Dead

Cover of The Heat Will Kill You First: Life and Death on a Scorched Planet by Jeff Goodell

17. The Heat Will Kill You First: Life and Death on a Scorched Planet

By: Jeff Goodell

4.32

Format: 400 pages, Hardcover

The world is waking up to a new wildfires are now seasonal in California, the Northeast is getting… read more

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Cover of We Carry Their Bones: The Search for Justice at the Dozier School for Boys by Erin Kimmerle

18. We Carry Their Bones: The Search for Justice at the Dozier School for Boys

By: Erin Kimmerle

3.88

Format: 256 pages, Hardcover

Forensic anthropologist Erin Kimmerle investigates of the notorious Dozier Boys School--the true st… read more

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  • nonfiction
Cover of The Fortunes of Jaded Women by Carolyn Huynh

19. The Fortunes of Jaded Women

By: Carolyn Huynh

3.64

Format: 272 pages, Hardcover

Everyone in Orange County’s Little Saigon knew that the Duong sisters were cursed. It started with… read more

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Cover of Subpar Parks: America's Most Extraordinary National Parks and Their Least Impressed Visitors by Amber Share

20. Subpar Parks: America's Most Extraordinary National Parks and Their Least Impressed Visitors

By: Amber Share

3.97

Format: 224 pages, Hardcover

Based on the wildly popular Instagram account, Subpar Parks features both the greatest hits and bra… read more

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  • graphic novels
  • humor
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Cover of But Have You Read the Book?: 52 Literary Gems That Inspired Our Favorite Films by Kristen  Lopez

21. But Have You Read the Book?: 52 Literary Gems That Inspired Our Favorite Films

By: Kristen Lopez

3.36

Format: 240 pages, Hardcover

For film buffs and literature lovers alike, Turner Classic Movies presents an essential guide to 52… read more

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  • nonfiction
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22. Department of Mind-Blowing Theories

By: Tom Gauld

4.04

Format: 160 pages, Hardcover

'Tom Gauld is always funny, but he's funny in a way that makes you feel smarter. Which is especiall… read more

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  • humor
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  • cartoon
Cover of Do Let's Have Another Drink!: The Dry Wit and Fizzy Life of Queen Elizabeth the Queen Mother by Gareth Russell

23. Do Let's Have Another Drink!: The Dry Wit and Fizzy Life of Queen Elizabeth the Queen Mother

By: Gareth Russell

4.09

Format: 240 pages, Hardcover

For fans of The Crown and Ninety-Nine Glimpses of Princess Margaret , a deliciously entertaining co… read more

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24. Ruined

By: Sarah Vaughn

3.64

Format: 336 pages, Hardcover

For fans of Bridgerton comes a Regency-era romance graphic novel about the unexpected passion that … read more

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  • comics
Cover of You Died: An Anthology of the Afterlife by Kel McDonald

25. You Died: An Anthology of the Afterlife

By: Kel McDonald

3.84

Format: 270 pages, Paperback

Death—the one aspect of life we all have in common—is waiting for everyone, yet our practices, beli… read more

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  • comics
Cover of Cat Massage Therapy Vol. 2 by Haru Hisakawa

26. Cat Massage Therapy Vol. 2

By: Haru Hisakawa

4.38

Format: 128 pages, Paperback

Having developed an addiction to the cats' comforting and therapeutic massages, Nekoyama and his fe… read more

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  • humor
  • comics
Cover of Assume the Worst: The Graduation Speech You'll Never Hear by Carl Hiaasen

27. Assume the Worst: The Graduation Speech You'll Never Hear

By: Carl Hiaasen

3.75

Format: 64 pages, Hardcover

This is Oh, the Places You’ll Never Go–the ultimate hilarious, cynical, but absolutely realistic vi… read more

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  • nonfiction
"To sum up: Figure out what you're good at, and get better at it. Along the way, don't waste your time on people whose decency isn't apparent when you first meet for a cup of coffee. Be an astute judg…"

-Carl Hiaasen, Assume the Worst: The Graduation Speech You'll Never Hear

Cover of The Best of the Rejection Collection: 297 Cartoons That Were Too Dark, Too Weird, or Too Dirty for The New Yorker by Matthew Diffee

28. The Best of the Rejection Collection: 297 Cartoons That Were Too Dark, Too Weird, or Too Dirty for The New Yorker

By: Matthew Diffee

3.36

Format: 384 pages, Paperback

They’re back: the funniest cartoons you’ll never see in The New Yorker. Now in its second edition, … read more

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  • graphic novels
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Cover of Bipolar Bear and the Terrible, Horrible, No Good, Very Bad Health Insurance: A Fable for Grownups by Kathleen Founds

29. Bipolar Bear and the Terrible, Horrible, No Good, Very Bad Health Insurance: A Fable for Grownups

By: Kathleen Founds

3.98

Format: 200 pages, Paperback

A graphic novel about navigating the US medical insurance system and receiving fair and adequate co… read more

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  • graphic novels
  • humor
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Cover of Wild Life by Opal Wei

30. Wild Life

By: Opal Wei

3.21

Format: 304 pages, Paperback

They're walking on the wild side… The Plan was simple: find a cure for the cancer that nearly to… read more

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Cover of Your Caption Has Been Selected: More Than Anyone Could Possibly Want to Know About The New Yorker Cartoon Caption Contest by Lawrence Wood

31. Your Caption Has Been Selected: More Than Anyone Could Possibly Want to Know About The New Yorker Cartoon Caption Contest

By: Lawrence Wood

4.15

Format: 288 pages, Hardcover

Every week thousands of people enter The New Yorker cartoon-caption contest in hopes of seeing thei… read more

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  • nonfiction
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12 Best humor books like The Best of the Rejection Collection: 297 Cartoons That Were Too Dark, Too Weird, or Too Dirty for The New Yorker by Matthew Diffee

Transform Your Habits

Bonk: The Curious Coupling of Science and Sex

Mary Roach

4.20

Transform Your Habits

The World According to Garp

John Irving

4.10

Transform Your Habits

At Home: A Short History of Private Life

Bill Bryson

3.99

Transform Your Habits

Number One Is Walking: My Life in the Movies and Other Diversions

Steve Martin

3.72

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Happiness Falls

Angie Kim

3.75

Transform Your Habits

Pineapple Street

Jenny Jackson

3.57

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Romantic Comedy

Curtis Sittenfeld

3.64

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The Husbands

Holly Gramazio

3.53

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