17 must-read nonfiction books like Why We Don't Suck by Denis Leary

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Why We Don't Suck

By: Denis Leary

3.70

Format: 256 pages, Hardcover

From the author of the bestselling Why We Suck comes a searing comic look at these divisive times, …

"Let’s face it, we’ve always been great. Complicated, yes. Imperfect? You bet your ass. Btu the thing that makes us great is our striving to become perfect. Always moving forward to try to solve our problems and right our wrongs."

-Denis Leary, Why We Don't Suck

"Let’s face it, we’ve always been great. Complicated, yes. Imperfect? You bet your ass. Btu the thing that makes us great is our striving to become perfect. Always moving forward to try to solve our problems and right our wrongs."

-Denis Leary, Why We Don't Suck

"Let’s face it, we’ve always been great. Complicated, yes. Imperfect? You bet your ass. Btu the thing that makes us great is our striving to become perfect. Always moving forward to try to solve our problems and right our wrongs."

-Denis Leary, Why We Don't Suck

If you liked the nonfiction plot in Why We Don't Suck by Denis Leary , here is a list of 17 books like this:

Cover of Slash by Anthony Bozza, Slash

1. Slash

By: Anthony Bozza , Slash

4.00

Format: 458 pages, Hardcover

From one of the greatest rock guitarists of our era comes a memoir that redefines sex, drugs, and r… read more

Similar categories in Anthony Bozza's Slash book and Denis Leary's Why We Don't Suck

  • nonfiction
  • biography
  • memoir
"Restlessness is a fickle catalyst; it can drive you to achieve or it can coax your demise, and sometimes the choice isn't yours"

-Anthony Bozza, Slash

"Notes and chords have become my second language and, more often than not, that vocabulary expresses what I feel when language fails me. The guitar is my conscience, too - whenever I've lost my way, i…"

-Anthony Bozza, Slash

"Once you’ve lived a little you will find that whatever you send out into the world comes back to you in one way or another. It may be today, tomorrow, or years from now, but it happens; usually when …"

-Anthony Bozza, Slash

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2. Unqualified

By: Anna Faris , Chris Pratt

3.47

Format: 306 pages, Hardcover

Anna Faris has advice for you. And it's great advice, because she's been through it all, and she wa… read more

Similar categories in Anna Faris's Unqualified book and Denis Leary's Why We Don't Suck

  • biography
  • memoir
  • humor
  • nonfiction
  • comedy
  • audiobook
"If your closest friends stop showing up to your barbecues, you're probably in a bad relationship."

-Anna Faris, Unqualified

"[Talking about Chatroulette] Unfortunately, like so many things, it got ruined by rampant penises."

-Anna Faris, Unqualified

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3. The Sociopath Next Door

By: Martha Stout

3.77

Format: 256 pages, Paperback

Who is the devil you know? Is it your lying, cheating ex-husband?Your sadistic high school gym teac… read more

Similar categories in Martha Stout's The Sociopath Next Door book and Denis Leary's Why We Don't Suck

  • nonfiction
  • audiobook
"I saw a werewolf drinking a pina colada at Trader Vic's. His hair was perfect."

-Martha Stout, The Sociopath Next Door

"I am sure that if the devil existed, he would want us to feel very sorry for him."

-Martha Stout, The Sociopath Next Door

"Conscience- protects the privileges of intimacy, makes ,friends keep their promises, prevents the angered spouse from striking back."

-Martha Stout, The Sociopath Next Door

"As for the boys..."vulnerable fathers turn to time-honored defensive responses to maintain the function that father knows best' Parents, especially fathers, teach their sons to obey authority no matt…"

-Martha Stout, The Sociopath Next Door

Cover of The Wealthy Barber: The Common Sense Guide to Successful Financial Planning by David Chilton

4. The Wealthy Barber: The Common Sense Guide to Successful Financial Planning

By: David Chilton

4.02

Format: 197 pages, Paperback

"Quite simply the best financial self-help book." --Money Book Club, Book-of-the-Month Club Even i… read more

Similar categories in David Chilton's The Wealthy Barber: The Common Sense Guide to Successful Financial Planning book and Denis Leary's Why We Don't Suck

  • nonfiction
Cover of The Dirt: Confessions of the World's Most Notorious Rock Band by Tommy Lee, Neil Strauss, Vince Neil, Nikki Sixx, None

5. The Dirt: Confessions of the World's Most Notorious Rock Band

By: Tommy Lee , Neil Strauss , Vince Neil , Nikki Sixx , None

4.31

Format: 110 pages, Paperback

Whiskey and porn stars, hot reds and car crashes, black leather and high heels, overdoses and death… read more

Similar categories in Tommy Lee's The Dirt: Confessions of the World's Most Notorious Rock Band book and Denis Leary's Why We Don't Suck

  • nonfiction
  • biography
  • memoir
Cover of I Was Told There'd Be Cake by Sloane Crosley

6. I Was Told There'd Be Cake

By: Sloane Crosley

3.87

Format: 172 pages,

From the author of the novel, The Clasp, hailed by Michael Chabon, Heidi Julavits, and J. Courtney … read more

Similar categories in Sloane Crosley's I Was Told There'd Be Cake book and Denis Leary's Why We Don't Suck

  • memoir
  • humor
  • nonfiction
  • comedy
  • audiobook
Cover of Thanks, Obama: My Hopey, Changey White House Years by David Litt

7. Thanks, Obama: My Hopey, Changey White House Years

By: David Litt

3.91

Format: 337 pages, ebook

Remember when presidents spoke in complete sentences instead of in unhinged tweets? David Litt does… read more

Similar categories in David Litt's Thanks, Obama: My Hopey, Changey White House Years book and Denis Leary's Why We Don't Suck

  • biography
  • memoir
  • politics
  • humor
  • nonfiction
  • audiobook

8. I'm a Stranger Here Myself: Notes on Returning to America after Twenty Years Away

By: Bill Bryson

3.42

Format: None pages,

After living in Britain for two decades, Bill Bryson recently moved back to the United States with … read more

Similar categories in Bill Bryson's I'm a Stranger Here Myself: Notes on Returning to America after Twenty Years Away book and Denis Leary's Why We Don't Suck

  • biography
  • memoir
  • humor
  • nonfiction
  • audiobook
Cover of The Liberal Redneck Manifesto: Draggin' Dixie Outta the Dark by Trae Crowder, Drew Morgan, Corey Ryan Forrester

9. The Liberal Redneck Manifesto: Draggin' Dixie Outta the Dark

By: Trae Crowder , Drew Morgan , Corey Ryan Forrester

4.24

Format: 212 pages, Hardcover

The Liberal Rednecks--a three-man stand-up comedy group doing scathing political satire--celebrate … read more

Similar categories in Trae Crowder's The Liberal Redneck Manifesto: Draggin' Dixie Outta the Dark book and Denis Leary's Why We Don't Suck

  • memoir
  • politics
  • humor
  • nonfiction
  • comedy
  • audiobook

10. The Last One

By: Alexandra Oliva

2.62

Format: None pages, Hardcover

Survival is the name of the game as the line blurs between reality TV and reality itself in Alexand… read more

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11. 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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12. Always Looking Up: The Adventures of an Incurable Optimist

By: Michael J. Fox

4.50

Format: None pages,

There are many words to describe Michael J. Fox: Actor. Husband. Father. Activist. But readers of A… read more

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Cover of Suburban Dicks (Suburban Dicks, #1) by Fabian Nicieza

13. Suburban Dicks (Suburban Dicks, #1)

By: Fabian Nicieza

3.93

Format: 400 pages, Kindle Edition

From the co-creator of 'Deadpool' comes a hilariously entertaining debut featuring two unlikely and… read more

Similar categories in Fabian Nicieza's Suburban Dicks (Suburban Dicks, #1) book and Denis Leary's Why We Don't Suck

  • humor
  • audiobook
Cover of Surely You Can't Be Serious: The True Story of Airplane! by David Zucker

14. Surely You Can't Be Serious: The True Story of Airplane!

By: David Zucker

4.17

Format: 352 pages, Hardcover

Surely You Can't Be Serious is an in-depth and hysterical look at the making of 1980's comedy class… read more

Similar categories in David Zucker's Surely You Can't Be Serious: The True Story of Airplane! book and Denis Leary's Why We Don't Suck

  • biography
  • memoir
  • pop culture
  • humor
  • nonfiction
  • comedy
  • audiobook
Cover of Everyone You Hate is Going to Die: And Other Comforting Thoughts on Family, Friends, Sex, Love, and More Things That Ruin Your Life by Daniel Sloss

15. Everyone You Hate is Going to Die: And Other Comforting Thoughts on Family, Friends, Sex, Love, and More Things That Ruin Your Life

By: Daniel Sloss

3.94

Format: 259 pages, Hardcover

From one of today’s hottest young comedians, a transgressive and hilarious deep-dive into his favor… read more

Similar categories in Daniel Sloss's Everyone You Hate is Going to Die: And Other Comforting Thoughts on Family, Friends, Sex, Love, and More Things That Ruin Your Life book and Denis Leary's Why We Don't Suck

  • biography
  • memoir
  • humor
  • nonfiction
  • comedy
  • audiobook
"Focus on the now...Life is a series of infinite Nows."

-Daniel Sloss, Everyone You Hate is Going to Die: And Other Comforting Thoughts on Family, Friends, Sex, Love, and More Things That Ruin Your Life

"My point is that life is long, and parts of it can be immensely shitty. You shouldn't focus on the future because you've got little control over it. All you can do is make sure the steps you take now…"

-Daniel Sloss, Everyone You Hate is Going to Die: And Other Comforting Thoughts on Family, Friends, Sex, Love, and More Things That Ruin Your Life

"A lot of people like to listen to people talk about death because we don't do it enough...We make it taboo, and I think that gives it too much power...I hope that for some of you, this made sense. Th…"

-Daniel Sloss, Everyone You Hate is Going to Die: And Other Comforting Thoughts on Family, Friends, Sex, Love, and More Things That Ruin Your Life

"I'm thirty years old, and I have signed five separate divorce papers. None of them were mine. Don't worry. I was merely autographing the papers of people whose divorces I've caused. They lined up, in…"

-Daniel Sloss, Everyone You Hate is Going to Die: And Other Comforting Thoughts on Family, Friends, Sex, Love, and More Things That Ruin Your Life

Cover of All Things Aside: Absolutely Correct Opinions by Iliza Shlesinger

16. All Things Aside: Absolutely Correct Opinions

By: Iliza Shlesinger

3.92

Format: 256 pages, Hardcover

All Things Aside is a punchy, honest, incisive book that shares a view of the world through the eye… read more

Similar categories in Iliza Shlesinger's All Things Aside: Absolutely Correct Opinions book and Denis Leary's Why We Don't Suck

  • biography
  • memoir
  • humor
  • nonfiction
  • comedy
  • audiobook
"I feel like the 3D and vampire obsessions are two things in entertainment that keep coming back around. Like every ten years, executives are like “ All right, new group of horny weirdos, let’s revive…"

-Iliza Shlesinger, All Things Aside: Absolutely Correct Opinions

"My biggest argument to the "we don't know what's in the vaccine" folks (who have hopefully decided to go along with science by the time this book comes out) is "remember what you were okay with drink…"

-Iliza Shlesinger, All Things Aside: Absolutely Correct Opinions

"I looked into their new mom gift baskets. The basket included... a scarf. A fucking scarf. My first thought was that this company bulk ordered them for something else, and couldn't get rid of them, s…"

-Iliza Shlesinger, All Things Aside: Absolutely Correct Opinions

Cover of Stalling for Time: My Life as an FBI Hostage Negotiator by Gary Noesner

17. Stalling for Time: My Life as an FBI Hostage Negotiator

By: Gary Noesner

3.92

Format: 372 pages, Kindle Edition

An enraged man abducts his estranged wife and child, holes up in a secluded mountain cabin, threate… read more

Similar categories in Gary Noesner's Stalling for Time: My Life as an FBI Hostage Negotiator book and Denis Leary's Why We Don't Suck

  • nonfiction
  • biography
  • memoir
  • audiobook
Cover of Thank You for My Service by Mat Best

18. Thank You for My Service

By: Mat Best

4.17

Format: 213 pages, Kindle Edition

In this hilarious and personal memoir, readers ride shotgun alongside former Army Ranger, private m… read more

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  • biography
  • memoir
  • humor
  • nonfiction
  • comedy
  • audiobook
Cover of Stay Hungry by Sebastian Maniscalco

19. Stay Hungry

By: Sebastian Maniscalco

3.93

Format: 304 pages, ebook

From comedian and actor Sebastian Maniscalco—star of the film About My Father with Robert DeNiro—an… read more

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  • biography
  • memoir
  • humor
  • nonfiction
  • comedy
  • audiobook
Cover of Why We Don't Suck by Denis Leary

20. Why We Don't Suck

By: Denis Leary

3.70

Format: 256 pages, Hardcover

From the author of the bestselling Why We Suck comes a searing comic look at these divisive times, … read more

Similar categories in Denis Leary's Why We Don't Suck book and Denis Leary's Why We Don't Suck

  • biography
  • memoir
  • pop culture
  • politics
  • humor
  • nonfiction
  • comedy
  • audiobook
"Let’s face it, we’ve always been great. Complicated, yes. Imperfect? You bet your ass. Btu the thing that makes us great is our striving to become perfect. Always moving forward to try to solve our p…"

-Denis Leary, Why We Don't Suck

Cover of That's Bold of You: How To Thrive as Your Most Vibrant, Weird, and Real Self by Case Kenny

21. That's Bold of You: How To Thrive as Your Most Vibrant, Weird, and Real Self

By: Case Kenny

4.25

Format: 298 pages, Paperback

From best-selling author and podcaster Case Kenny… Have you ever been called “too much” or told to… read more

Similar categories in Case Kenny's That's Bold of You: How To Thrive as Your Most Vibrant, Weird, and Real Self book and Denis Leary's Why We Don't Suck

  • nonfiction
"Attraction is the minimum. I want a love where the only thing more contagious than our laughter is our zest for life."

-Case Kenny, That's Bold of You: How To Thrive as Your Most Vibrant, Weird, and Real Self

14 must-read audiobook books like Why We Don't Suck by Denis Leary

Transform Your Habits

Unqualified

Anna Faris , Chris Pratt

3.47

Transform Your Habits

The Sociopath Next Door

Martha Stout

3.77

Transform Your Habits

I Was Told There'd Be Cake

Sloane Crosley

3.87

Transform Your Habits

Thanks, Obama: My Hopey, Changey White House Years

David Litt

3.91

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19 best-selling nonfiction books like Slash by Anthony Bozza, Slash

Transform Your Habits

Tommyland

Tommy Lee , Anthony Bozza

3.69

Transform Your Habits

Slash

Anthony Bozza , Slash

4.00

Transform Your Habits

The Beatles Anthology

The Beatles , John Lennon , Paul McCartney , Ringo Starr , George Harrison

4.38

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Walk This Way: The Autobiography of Aerosmith

Stephen Davis , Aerosmith

4.04

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