23 Top nonfiction books like This Might Be Too Personal by Alyssa Shelasky

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This Might Be Too Personal

By: Alyssa Shelasky

3.91

Format: 256 pages, Hardcover

A frisky, feminine, funny, and profoundly genuine essay collection on relationships, sex, motherhoo…

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1. SantaLand Diaries

By: David Sedaris

4.26

Format: 112 pages, Paperback

'Santaland Diaries' contains six of David Sedaris' most profound Christmas stories, from Dinah, the… read more

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2. Lots of Candles, Plenty of Cake

By: Anna Quindlen

4.01

Format: 448 pages, Hardcover

In this irresistible memoir, the #1 New York Times bestselling author writes about her life and the… read more

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3. Grief Is for People

By: Sloane Crosley

3.91

Format: 208 pages, Hardcover

Following the death of her closest friend, Sloane Crosley explores multiple kinds of loss in this d… read more

Similar categories in Sloane Crosley's Grief Is for People book and Alyssa Shelasky's This Might Be Too Personal

  • memoir
  • biography memoir
  • nonfiction
  • essays
  • audiobook
"Grief is for people, not things."

-Sloane Crosley, Grief Is for People

"Suicide is a tax on human consciousness."

-Sloane Crosley, Grief Is for People

"How will he know you loved him," she asks, "unless you try to destroy yourself?"

-Sloane Crosley, Grief Is for People

"Pictures should be of what you see, not of what the world sees when it sees you."

-Sloane Crosley, Grief Is for People

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4. All Fours

By: Miranda July

3.81

Format: 336 pages, Hardcover

The New York Times–bestselling author of The First Bad Man returns with an irreverently sexy, tende… read more

Similar categories in Miranda July's All Fours book and Alyssa Shelasky's This Might Be Too Personal

  • humor
  • audiobook
"But maybe the road split between: a life spent longing vs. a life that was continually surprising"

-Miranda July, All Fours

"Maybe we shouldn't do that," Jordi said. "Flatten ourselves like that. Erratic doesn't have to mean crazy or irresponsible. Shouldn't we be normalizing change?"

-Miranda July, All Fours

"I guess any calling, no mater what it is, is a kind of unresolved ache," I said, giving in to knowing more than him. "It's a problem that you can't fix, but there is some relief in knowing you will c…"

-Miranda July, All Fours

"For me lying created just the right amount of problems and what you saw was just one of my four or five faces- each real, each with different needs. The only dangerous lie was one that asked me to co…"

-Miranda July, All Fours

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5. The Guest

By: Emma Cline

3.29

Format: 304 pages, Hardcover

A young woman pretends to be someone she isn't in this stunning novel by the New York Times bestsel… read more

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  • audiobook
"Younger men had to make everything mean something, had to turn every choice and preference into a referendum on their personality."

-Emma Cline, The Guest

"He assumed her attention when he spoke. He had his insecurities, his anxieties. But underlying it all was the certainty that the world would be generous in its orientation toward him."

-Emma Cline, The Guest

"All the women in the show hated each other, hated each other so much, just so they could avoid hating their husbands. Only their little dogs, blinking from their laps, seemed real: they were the wome…"

-Emma Cline, The Guest

Cover of Glossy: Ambition, Beauty, and the Inside Story of Emily Weiss's Glossier by Marisa Meltzer

6. Glossy: Ambition, Beauty, and the Inside Story of Emily Weiss's Glossier

By: Marisa Meltzer

3.32

Format: 304 pages, Hardcover

The bombshell exposé that reveals—for the first time—exactly what happened at Glossier, one of Amer… read more

Similar categories in Marisa Meltzer's Glossy: Ambition, Beauty, and the Inside Story of Emily Weiss's Glossier book and Alyssa Shelasky's This Might Be Too Personal

  • biography memoir
  • nonfiction
  • memoir
  • audiobook
"Glossier is about much more than aesthetic appearance; it has become a way for people to feel connected to bigger beliefs, to feel like their daily choices are having an impact, and that they are put…"

-Marisa Meltzer, Glossy: Ambition, Beauty, and the Inside Story of Emily Weiss's Glossier

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7. 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

Similar categories in Maria Bamford's Sure, I'll Join Your Cult: A Memoir of Mental Illness and the Quest to Belong Anywhere book and Alyssa Shelasky's This Might Be Too Personal

  • memoir
  • humor
  • autobiography
  • biography memoir
  • nonfiction
  • audiobook
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8. 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

Similar categories in Nora McInerny's Bad Vibes Only (and Other Things I Bring to the Table) book and Alyssa Shelasky's This Might Be Too Personal

  • 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)

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9. I'm Mostly Here to Enjoy Myself: One Woman's Pursuit of Pleasure in Paris

By: Glynnis MacNicol

3.59

Format: 288 pages, Hardcover

When you’re a woman smack in so-called “middle age” you are not promised anything at all other than… read more

Similar categories in Glynnis MacNicol's I'm Mostly Here to Enjoy Myself: One Woman's Pursuit of Pleasure in Paris book and Alyssa Shelasky's This Might Be Too Personal

  • biography memoir
  • nonfiction
  • memoir
  • audiobook
Cover of The Kingdom of Prep: The Inside Story of the Rise and (Near) Fall of J.Crew by Maggie Bullock

10. The Kingdom of Prep: The Inside Story of the Rise and (Near) Fall of J.Crew

By: Maggie Bullock

4.02

Format: 368 pages, Hardcover

One of Vogue's most anticipated books of 2023. A quintessentially American fashion narrative abo… read more

Similar categories in Maggie Bullock's The Kingdom of Prep: The Inside Story of the Rise and (Near) Fall of J.Crew book and Alyssa Shelasky's This Might Be Too Personal

  • nonfiction
  • audiobook
Cover of I've Tried Being Nice: Essays by Ann Leary

11. I've Tried Being Nice: Essays

By: Ann Leary

3.90

Format: 240 pages, Hardcover

New York Times bestselling author Ann Leary offers a literary feast of humor and wisdom told from t… read more

Similar categories in Ann Leary's I've Tried Being Nice: Essays book and Alyssa Shelasky's This Might Be Too Personal

  • memoir
  • humor
  • autobiography
  • biography memoir
  • nonfiction
  • essays
  • audiobook
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12. I Shouldn’t Be Telling You This [But I'm Going to Anyway]

By: Chelsea Devantez

4.08

Format: 272 pages, Hardcover

A dynamic memoir-in-essays by comedian, screenwriter, and podcaster Chelsea Devantez, detailing her… read more

Similar categories in Chelsea Devantez's I Shouldn’t Be Telling You This [But I'm Going to Anyway] book and Alyssa Shelasky's This Might Be Too Personal

  • memoir
  • humor
  • autobiography
  • biography memoir
  • nonfiction
  • essays
  • audiobook
Cover of Once Upon a Time: The Captivating Life of Carolyn Bessette-Kennedy by Elizabeth Beller

13. Once Upon a Time: The Captivating Life of Carolyn Bessette-Kennedy

By: Elizabeth Beller

3.86

Format: 352 pages, Hardcover

The life and legacy of Carolyn Bessette-Kennedy, wife of John F. Kennedy Jr., are reexamined in thi… read more

Similar categories in Elizabeth Beller's Once Upon a Time: The Captivating Life of Carolyn Bessette-Kennedy book and Alyssa Shelasky's This Might Be Too Personal

  • biography memoir
  • nonfiction
  • memoir
  • audiobook
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14. Too Much Is Not Enough

By: Andrew Rannells

4.14

Format: 290 pages, Kindle Edition

From the star of Broadway's The Book of Mormon and HBO's Girls, the heartfelt and hilarious coming-… read more

Similar categories in Andrew Rannells's Too Much Is Not Enough book and Alyssa Shelasky's This Might Be Too Personal

  • memoir
  • humor
  • autobiography
  • biography memoir
  • nonfiction
  • audiobook
Cover of Uncle of the Year: And Other Debatable Triumphs by Andrew  Rannells

15. Uncle of the Year: And Other Debatable Triumphs

By: Andrew Rannells

4.05

Format: 272 pages, Hardcover

Candid, hilarious essays from the star of The Book of Mormon, Girls, and Big Mouth on anxiety, ambi… read more

Similar categories in Andrew Rannells's Uncle of the Year: And Other Debatable Triumphs book and Alyssa Shelasky's This Might Be Too Personal

  • memoir
  • humor
  • biography memoir
  • nonfiction
  • essays
  • audiobook
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16. No One Tells You This

By: Glynnis MacNicol

3.91

Format: 294 pages, Hardcover

If the story doesn’t end with marriage or a child, what then?This question plagued Glynnis MacNicol… read more

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  • memoir
  • autobiography
  • biography memoir
  • nonfiction
  • audiobook
"We're always drawn to the clearest articulation of what we think we lack."

-Glynnis MacNicol, No One Tells You This

"And I knew the simple act of reading would give my mind a certain sort of peace nothing else could."

-Glynnis MacNicol, No One Tells You This

"We're the first generation that can make enough of our own money to live the way we want. I feel like we have a responsibility to figure out what this means."

-Glynnis MacNicol, No One Tells You This

"This is why people have babies...because it's exhausting not to know what you're supposed to do next. A baby is basically a nonnegotiable map for the next two decades."

-Glynnis MacNicol, No One Tells You This

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17. Men Have Called Her Crazy: A Memoir

By: Anna Marie Tendler

3.65

Format: 304 pages, Hardcover

A powerful memoir that reckons with mental health as well as the insidious ways men impact the live… read more

Similar categories in Anna Marie Tendler's Men Have Called Her Crazy: A Memoir book and Alyssa Shelasky's This Might Be Too Personal

  • biography memoir
  • nonfiction
  • memoir
  • audiobook
Cover of Wannabe: Reckonings with the Pop Culture That Shapes Me by Aisha   Harris

18. 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

Similar categories in Aisha Harris's Wannabe: Reckonings with the Pop Culture That Shapes Me book and Alyssa Shelasky's This Might Be Too Personal

  • nonfiction
  • memoir
  • essays
  • audiobook
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19. Adult Drama: And Other Essays

By: Natalie Beach

3.14

Format: 272 pages, Hardcover

Named a Most Anticipated Book in... Harper’s Bazaar Elle Bookpage Vulture’s “Into It” From the wri… read more

Similar categories in Natalie Beach's Adult Drama: And Other Essays book and Alyssa Shelasky's This Might Be Too Personal

  • memoir
  • biography memoir
  • nonfiction
  • essays
  • audiobook
Cover of First Love: Essays on Friendship by Lilly Dancyger

20. First Love: Essays on Friendship

By: Lilly Dancyger

4.07

Format: 224 pages, Hardcover

A bold, poignant essay collection that treats women’s friendships as the love stories they truly ar… read more

Similar categories in Lilly Dancyger's First Love: Essays on Friendship book and Alyssa Shelasky's This Might Be Too Personal

  • memoir
  • biography memoir
  • nonfiction
  • essays
  • audiobook
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21. Little Rabbit

By: Alyssa Songsiridej

3.74

Format: 256 pages, Hardcover

When the unnamed narrator of Little Rabbit first meets the choreographer at an artists' residency i… read more

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Cover of Foolish: Tales of Assimilation, Determination, and Humiliation by Sarah  Cooper

22. Foolish: Tales of Assimilation, Determination, and Humiliation

By: Sarah Cooper

3.59

Format: 272 pages, Hardcover

In this hilariously revealing debut memoir, comedian Sarah Cooper charts her rise from lip-synching… read more

Similar categories in Sarah Cooper's Foolish: Tales of Assimilation, Determination, and Humiliation book and Alyssa Shelasky's This Might Be Too Personal

  • memoir
  • humor
  • biography memoir
  • nonfiction
  • audiobook
Cover of Well, This Is Exhausting by Sophia Benoit

23. Well, This Is Exhausting

By: Sophia Benoit

3.44

Format: 336 pages, Hardcover

From Bustle columnist and Twitter sensation Sophia Benoit, this “charming and often laugh-out-loud … read more

Similar categories in Sophia Benoit's Well, This Is Exhausting book and Alyssa Shelasky's This Might Be Too Personal

  • memoir
  • humor
  • biography memoir
  • nonfiction
  • essays
  • audiobook
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24. Liars

By: Sarah Manguso

3.89

Format: 272 pages, Hardcover

A searing novel about being a wife, a mother, and an artist, and how marriage makes liars out of us… read more

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  • audiobook
"I was in charge of everything and in control of nothing."

-Sarah Manguso, Liars

"I needed my suffering to be acknowledged. After that, maybe I’d think about getting through it."

-Sarah Manguso, Liars

Cover of Uneducated: A Memoir of Flunking Out, Falling Apart, and Finding My Worth by Christopher Zara

25. Uneducated: A Memoir of Flunking Out, Falling Apart, and Finding My Worth

By: Christopher Zara

3.93

Format: 272 pages, Hardcover

67% of Americans do not have a college degree. Christopher Zara is one of them. Boldly honest, wry… read more

Similar categories in Christopher Zara's Uneducated: A Memoir of Flunking Out, Falling Apart, and Finding My Worth book and Alyssa Shelasky's This Might Be Too Personal

  • memoir
  • autobiography
  • biography memoir
  • nonfiction
  • audiobook
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26. Name Your Price

By: Holly James

3.72

Format: 352 pages, Paperback

Sparks ignite as a pair of broke exes get locked in a house together on a reality show for a chance… read more

Similar categories in Holly James's Name Your Price book and Alyssa Shelasky's This Might Be Too Personal

  • humor
  • audiobook
Cover of Living My Best Life, Hun: Following Your Dreams Is No Joke by London Hughes

27. Living My Best Life, Hun: Following Your Dreams Is No Joke

By: London Hughes

4.26

Format: 304 pages, Hardcover

From stand-up comedian, actress, and host of  The Netflix Afterparty,  London Hughes, comes an upli… read more

Similar categories in London Hughes's Living My Best Life, Hun: Following Your Dreams Is No Joke book and Alyssa Shelasky's This Might Be Too Personal

  • humor
  • nonfiction
  • memoir
  • audiobook
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28. Big Fan

By: Alexandra Romanoff

4.09

Format: 176 pages, Paperback

A political strategist, tainted by a scandalous ex, finds an unexpected career detour when her teen… read more

Similar categories in Alexandra Romanoff's Big Fan book and Alyssa Shelasky's This Might Be Too Personal

  • audiobook
Cover of This Might Be Too Personal by Alyssa Shelasky

29. This Might Be Too Personal

By: Alyssa Shelasky

3.91

Format: 256 pages, Hardcover

A frisky, feminine, funny, and profoundly genuine essay collection on relationships, sex, motherhoo… read more

Similar categories in Alyssa Shelasky's This Might Be Too Personal book and Alyssa Shelasky's This Might Be Too Personal

  • memoir
  • humor
  • autobiography
  • biography memoir
  • nonfiction
  • essays
  • audiobook
Cover of From Here to the Great Unknown: A Memoir by Lisa Marie Presley

30. From Here to the Great Unknown: A Memoir

By: Lisa Marie Presley

4.48

Format: 304 pages, Hardcover

Born to an American myth and raised in the wilds of Graceland, Lisa Marie Presley tells her whole s… read more

Similar categories in Lisa Marie Presley's From Here to the Great Unknown: A Memoir book and Alyssa Shelasky's This Might Be Too Personal

  • memoir
  • autobiography
  • biography memoir
  • nonfiction
  • audiobook

28 must-read audiobook books like This Might Be Too Personal by Alyssa Shelasky

Transform Your Habits

Grief Is for People

Sloane Crosley

3.91

Transform Your Habits

All Fours

Miranda July

3.81

Transform Your Habits

The Guest

Emma Cline

3.29

Transform Your Habits

Glossy: Ambition, Beauty, and the Inside Story of Emily Weiss's Glossier

Marisa Meltzer

3.32

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Transform Your Habits

Strip Tees: A Memoir of Millennial Los Angeles

Kate Flannery

3.67

Transform Your Habits

Butts: A Backstory

Heather Radke

3.75

Transform Your Habits

Leslie F*cking Jones

Leslie Jones

4.11

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Come and Get It

Kiley Reid

3.38

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