15 best-selling nonfiction books like No Job for a Man: A Memoir by John Ross Bowie

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No Job for a Man: A Memoir

By: John Ross Bowie

4.29

Format: 304 pages, Hardcover

A darkly witty, deeply affecting, and finely crafted memoir by the Big Bang Theory and Speechless s…

If you liked the nonfiction plot in No Job for a Man: A Memoir by John Ross Bowie , here is a list of 15 books like this:

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1. You Couldn't Ignore Me If You Tried: The Brat Pack, John Hughes, and Their Impact on a Generation

By: Susannah Gora

3.87

Format: 337 pages, Hardcover

You can quote lines from Sixteen Candles (“Last night at the dance, my little brother paid a buck t… read more

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  • nonfiction
  • biography
  • memoir
  • audiobook
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2. The Big Nowhere (L.A. Quartet, #2)

By: James Ellroy

4.26

Format: 224 pages, Paperback

1950s Los Angeles: The City of Angels has become the city of the Angel of Death. Communist witch-hu… read more

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Cover of Girl Walks into a Bar . . .: Comedy Calamities, Dating Disasters, and a Midlife Miracle by Rachel Dratch

3. 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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  • nonfiction
  • biography
  • memoir
  • audiobook

4. American Housewife

By: Helen Ellis

3.91

Format: 144 pages, ebook

A sharp, funny, delightfully unhinged collection of stories set in the dark world of domesticity, A… read more

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5. 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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6. So That Happened: My Unexpected Life in Hollywood

By: Jon Cryer

4.80

Format: 360 pages, Audio CD

If it can happen in show business, it's happened to Jon Cryer. Now he's opening up for the first ti… read more

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7. Mother. Wife. Sister. Human. Warrior. Falcon. Yardstick. Turban. Cabbage.

By: Rob Delaney

4.45

Format: 864 pages, Hardcover

Who is that hairy guy in the green Speedo? Rob Delaney is a father, a husband, a comedian, a writer… read more

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8. Misfit: Growing Up Awkward in the '80s

By: Gary Gulman

4.14

Format: 289 pages, Hardcover

A tour de force of comedy and reflection about the perilous journey from kindergarten to twelfth gr… read more

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  • nonfiction
  • biography
  • memoir
  • audiobook
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9. Sure, I'll Join Your Cult: A Memoir of Mental Illness and the Quest to Belong Anywhere

By: Maria Bamford

3.77

Format: 287 pages, Hardcover

A brutally honest and hilariously frenetic memoir about show business, mental health, and the comfo… read more

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  • nonfiction
  • biography
  • memoir
  • audiobook
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10. Unreliable Narrator: Me, Myself, and Impostor Syndrome

By: Aparna Nancherla

3.60

Format: 304 pages, Hardcover

A hilarious and insightful collection of essays exploring impostor syndrome, from the inside and ou… read more

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  • nonfiction
  • biography
  • memoir
  • audiobook
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11. Hi Honey, I'm Homo!: Sitcoms, Specials, and the Queering of American Culture

By: Matt Baume

4.35

Format: 272 pages, Paperback

There's a secret storyline hidden across some of the most popular sitcoms of the 20th century. F… read more

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  • nonfiction
  • audiobook
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12. Waxing On: The Karate Kid and Me

By: Ralph Macchio

4.02

Format: 241 pages, Hardcover

Since The Karate Kid first crane-kicked its way into the pop culture stratosphere in June 1984, the… read more

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  • nonfiction
  • biography
  • memoir
  • audiobook
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13. Joyful Recollections of Trauma

By: Paul Scheer

4.23

Format: 256 pages, Hardcover

From award-winning actor and comedian Paul Scheer, a candid and humorous memoir-in-essays on coming… read more

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  • nonfiction
  • biography
  • memoir
  • audiobook
"I didn’t need a girlfriend when I had Blockbuster."

-Paul Scheer, Joyful Recollections of Trauma

"But not acknowledging my trauma took away my triumph. I survived, and I wanted to make surviving the abuse part of my story. I want to wear my former shame with pride."

-Paul Scheer, Joyful Recollections of Trauma

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14. Still Just a Geek: An Annotated Memoir

By: Wil Wheaton

4.03

Format: 436 pages, Hardcover

Celebrated actor, personality, and all-around nerd, Wil Wheaton updates his memoir of collected blo… read more

Similar categories in Wil Wheaton's Still Just a Geek: An Annotated Memoir book and John Ross Bowie's No Job for a Man: A Memoir

  • nonfiction
  • biography
  • memoir
  • audiobook
"If there’s a red dwarf in Canis Major, and it isn’t named Clifford, I’m going to say a swear word."

-Wil Wheaton, Still Just a Geek: An Annotated Memoir

"So don't you ever let a person make you feel bad because you love something they decided is only for nerds. You're loving a thing that's for you>. "

-Wil Wheaton, Still Just a Geek: An Annotated Memoir

"Still, I accepted this invitation to speak tonight because if one of my fundamental rules for living a successful and happy life is: don't be the smartest person in the room, it's corollary is: if yo…"

-Wil Wheaton, Still Just a Geek: An Annotated Memoir

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15. All the Women in My Brain: And Other Concerns

By: Betty Gilpin

3.92

Format: 256 pages, Hardcover

Like Jenny Lawson and Caitlin Moran, Emmy-nominated actress and writer Betty Gilpin delivers a ligh… read more

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  • nonfiction
  • biography
  • memoir
  • audiobook
"... it is going to take centuries to stop the chorus of people telling you that your highest purpose as a woman is to minimize your waistline and being, Your realizing that that's bullshit before the…"

-Betty Gilpin, All the Women in My Brain: And Other Concerns

"In my humble, probably wrong, select-all-delete opinion, we womenfolk today are faced with a decision: Salem or Barbie. We can either rip off the internal trapdoor that your Alanis Plath of Arc has b…"

-Betty Gilpin, All the Women in My Brain: And Other Concerns

"With no proof whatsoever, just somehow knowing as 1,000 percent fact - I come from a long line of women who stayed in bed all day. Or who dreamed about it when society forced them to a luncheon or cr…"

-Betty Gilpin, All the Women in My Brain: And Other Concerns

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16. My Life as a Goddess: A Memoir through (Un) Popular Culture

By: Guy Branum

4.00

Format: 289 pages, Kindle Edition

“Smart, fast, clever, and funny (As f*ck!)” (Tiffany Haddish), this collection of side-splitting an… read more

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  • nonfiction
  • biography
  • memoir
  • audiobook
"At what point does the narcissism and cruelty of childhood stop being adorable and start being a possible symptom of a mental disorder? I cannot answer this question. I don't understand Lori, despite…"

-Guy Branum, My Life as a Goddess: A Memoir through (Un) Popular Culture

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17. Youth Group

By: Jordan Morris

4.12

Format: 256 pages, Paperback

When Kay reluctantly agreed to join the youth group at Stone Mission Church in Orange County Califo… read more

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Cover of What's Next: A Backstage Pass to The West Wing, Its Cast and Crew, and Its Enduring Legacy of Service by Melissa Fitzgerald

18. What's Next: A Backstage Pass to The West Wing, Its Cast and Crew, and Its Enduring Legacy of Service

By: Melissa Fitzgerald

4.49

Format: 608 pages, Hardcover

A behind-the-scenes look into the creation and legacy of The West Wing  as told by cast members Mel… read more

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  • nonfiction
  • memoir
  • audiobook
Cover of No Job for a Man: A Memoir by John Ross Bowie

19. No Job for a Man: A Memoir

By: John Ross Bowie

4.29

Format: 304 pages, Hardcover

A darkly witty, deeply affecting, and finely crafted memoir by the Big Bang Theory and Speechless s… read more

Similar categories in John Ross Bowie's No Job for a Man: A Memoir book and John Ross Bowie's No Job for a Man: A Memoir

  • nonfiction
  • biography
  • memoir
  • audiobook
Cover of Welcome to Pawnee: Stories of Friendship, Waffles, and Parks and Recreation by Jim O'Heir

20. Welcome to Pawnee: Stories of Friendship, Waffles, and Parks and Recreation

By: Jim O'Heir

3.86

Format: 272 pages, Hardcover

Jim O’Heir, best known for his role as Jerry (or Garry/Larry/Terry/Barry) on Parks and Recreation a… read more

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  • nonfiction
  • memoir
Cover of Play Nice: The Rise, Fall, and Future of Blizzard Entertainment by Jason Schreier

21. Play Nice: The Rise, Fall, and Future of Blizzard Entertainment

By: Jason Schreier

4.30

Format: 384 pages, Hardcover

New York Times bestselling author and the gaming industry's preeminent investigative journalist Jas… read more

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  • nonfiction
  • biography
  • audiobook

14 Best audiobook books like No Job for a Man: A Memoir by John Ross Bowie

Transform Your Habits

You Couldn't Ignore Me If You Tried: The Brat Pack, John Hughes, and Their Impact on a Generation

Susannah Gora

3.87

Transform Your Habits

Girl Walks into a Bar . . .: Comedy Calamities, Dating Disasters, and a Midlife Miracle

Rachel Dratch

4.25

Transform Your Habits

Misfit: Growing Up Awkward in the '80s

Gary Gulman

4.14

Transform Your Habits

Sure, I'll Join Your Cult: A Memoir of Mental Illness and the Quest to Belong Anywhere

Maria Bamford

3.77

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17 Top audiobook books like Still Just a Geek: An Annotated Memoir by Wil Wheaton

Transform Your Habits

I Am Spock

Leonard Nimoy

3.84

Transform Your Habits

You're Never Weird on the Internet

Joss Whedon , Felicia Day

3.76

Transform Your Habits

The Fifty-Year Mission: The Next 25 Years: From The Next Generation to J. J. Abrams: The Complete, Uncensored, and Unauthorized Oral History of Star Trek

Mark A. Altman , Edward Gross

4.00

Transform Your Habits

A Stitch in Time

Andrew Jordt Robinson

3.50

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