11 must-read nonfiction books like Avoiding Adulthood: Irresponsible Advice for Begrudging Grown-Ups (Life Is Hard... So Why Not Cheat?) by Paul Hawkins

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Avoiding Adulthood: Irresponsible Advice for Begrudging Grown-Ups (Life Is Hard... So Why Not Cheat?)

By: Paul Hawkins

3.61

Format: 226 pages, Kindle Edition

“Ridiculously entertaining!” - Christopher Shevlin, Author of Amazon UK's (Humour) #1 bestselling '…

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1. There's a (Slight) Chance I Might Be Going to Hell: A Novel of Sewer Pipes, Pageant Queens, and Big Trouble

By: Laurie Notaro , laurie-notaro

4.06

Format: None pages, Paperback

The first novel from the New York Times bestselling author of The Idiot Girls' Action-Adventure Clu… read more

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  • humor

2. We Thought You Would Be Prettier: True Tales of the Dorkiest Girl Alive

By: Laurie Notaro

3.43

Format: 42 pages, Paperback

She thought she'd have more time. Laurie Notaro figured she had at least a few good years left. But… read more

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3. Waiter to the Rich and Shameless: Confessions of a Five-Star Beverly Hills Server

By: Paul Hartford

3.50

Format: 519 pages,

A down-and-out musician chops off his hair to become a server at the top of the Hollywood food chai… read more

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4. Food: A Love Story

By: Jim Gaffigan

3.71

Format: 340 pages, Hardcover

“What are my qualifications to write this book? None really. So why should you read it? Here’s why:… read more

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  • humor
  • nonfiction
"I'm a fan of relaxing, and when i get tired of relaxing I like to do nothing."

-Jim Gaffigan, Food: A Love Story

"There are people who eat only organic food, and then there are people who don’t have tons of money to waste."

-Jim Gaffigan, Food: A Love Story

"In America we have gone way beyond sustenance. Eating is an activity. 'Why don’t we get lunch, and then we’ll grab some pizza."

-Jim Gaffigan, Food: A Love Story

"I love the phrase "I have a sweet tooth." I always want to say, "You're ordering it for your tooth? That's interesting, because it's going straight to your butt. I think your butt owed your tooth an …"

-Jim Gaffigan, Food: A Love Story

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5. The Silver Chair (Chronicles of Narnia, #4)

By: C.S. Lewis , Pauline Baynes

3.96

Format: 243 pages, Paperback

Jill and Eustace must rescue the Prince from the evil Witch. NARNIA...where owls are wise, where… read more

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"Life isn't all fricasseed frogs and eel pie."

-C.S. Lewis, The Silver Chair (Chronicles of Narnia, #4)

"It's expression was solemn, its complexion muddy."

-C.S. Lewis, The Silver Chair (Chronicles of Narnia, #4)

"You would not have called to me unless I had been calling to you," said the Lion."

-C.S. Lewis, The Silver Chair (Chronicles of Narnia, #4)

"Though under earth, and throneless now I be Yet while I lived all earth was under me."

-C.S. Lewis, The Silver Chair (Chronicles of Narnia, #4)

6. Housebroken: Admissions of an Untidy Life

By: Laurie Notaro

4.06

Format: 255 pages,

#1 New York Timesbestselling author Laurie Notaro isn't exactly a domestic goddess--unless that mea… read more

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7. Tent for Seven: A Camping Adventure Gone South Out West

By: Marty Ohlhaut

4.41

Format: 250 pages, Paperback

Riveting true story about the power of family and the majesty of the wilderness Marty Ohlhaut lo… read more

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  • nonfiction
"Had I known just how memorable our trip was about to be, we never would have left the house."

-Marty Ohlhaut, Tent for Seven: A Camping Adventure Gone South Out West

"It was that melancholy time of afternoon, when spirits seem suspended between the day’s activities and the night’s reminiscence."

-Marty Ohlhaut, Tent for Seven: A Camping Adventure Gone South Out West

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8. The Idiot Girls' Action-Adventure Club: True Tales from a Magnificent and Clumsy Life

By: Laurie Notaro

3.86

Format: 240 pages, Kindle Edition

Introducing Laurie Notaro, the leader of the Idiot Girls’ Action-Adventure Club. Every day she fear… read more

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  • humor
  • nonfiction
"Oh, boy. Now you see what you've done, Monica Lewinsky, you stupid, stupid tart, I thought. Because of you, I have to explain to my Nana, while she's in a hospital bed with an enlarged gallbladder, w…"

-Laurie Notaro, The Idiot Girls' Action-Adventure Club: True Tales from a Magnificent and Clumsy Life

"It was 1976. It was one of the darkest days of my life when that nurse, Mrs. Shimmer, pulled out a maxi pad that measured the width and depth of a mattress and showed us how to use it. It had a belt …"

-Laurie Notaro, The Idiot Girls' Action-Adventure Club: True Tales from a Magnificent and Clumsy Life

"Dr. Bone Specialist came in, made me stand up and hobble across the room, checked my reflexes, and then made me lie down on the table. He bent my right knee this way and that, up and down, all the wa…"

-Laurie Notaro, The Idiot Girls' Action-Adventure Club: True Tales from a Magnificent and Clumsy Life

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9. Excuse Me While I Disappear: Tales of Midlife Mayhem

By: Laurie Notaro

3.97

Format: 243 pages, Kindle Edition

A laugh-out-loud spin on the realities, perks, opportunities, and inevitable courses of midlife. L… read more

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  • humor
  • nonfiction
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10. Mad Cows and Englishmen: at large in Galicia

By: Liza Grantham

4.31

Format: None pages, Kindle Edition

Imagine living on an island in where the sun shines down almost every day of the year and a cool br… read more

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11. The Meet Cute Method

By: Portia MacIntosh

3.94

Format: 193 pages, Kindle Edition

The brand new laugh-out-loud romantic comedy from the bestselling author of Life's A Beach and Stuc… read more

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  • humor
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12. Third Wheel

By: Nick Spalding

3.72

Format: 303 pages, Kindle Edition

In this madcap tale from the bestselling author of Dumped, Actually, two’s company for Jake and his… read more

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  • humor
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13. Understanding the British: A hilarious guide from Apologising to Wimbledon

By: Adam Fletcher

3.94

Format: 193 pages, Kindle Edition

The British are not who you think they are... In fact, they’re not even who they think they are...… read more

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  • humor
  • nonfiction
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14. A Rosie Life In Italy: Why Are We Here?

By: Rosie Meleady

4.23

Format: 370 pages, Kindle Edition

Wedding planner Rosie is struggling with her grey, rain-soaked life in Ireland. Everyone dismisses … read more

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  • humor
  • nonfiction
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15. Lacks Self-Control: True Stories I Waited Until My Parents Died to Tell

By: Roy Sekoff

3.63

Format: 202 pages, Paperback

A rollicking collection of true tales from the founding editor of the Huffington Post. If David … read more

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  • humor
  • nonfiction
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16. Travels with Denise : That Wasn’t Meant To Happen! (Never a Dull Moment)

By: Sharon Hayhurst

4.45

Format: 282 pages, Kindle Edition

When Denise is captured by a policeman on her first day of school and kicked off the bus for having… read more

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17. Hot Pools, Paua Shells & a Pandemic: Travels around the world

By: Lisa Rose Wright

4.48

Format: 354 pages, Kindle Edition

“Slugger Stewart and Slammer Lisa made short work of our big bathroom and laundry room demolition.”… read more

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18. I Hate Your Face ...And Other Things I Wish I Could Tell My Coworkers

By: Connie O'Reyes

3.60

Format: 283 pages, Kindle Edition

Connie has had bad luck with coworkers ever since her lemonade stand partners pushed her out at the… read more

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  • humor
  • nonfiction
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19. overheard at waitrose: poetry of the public

By: Idiocratea

3.73

Format: 128 pages, Kindle Edition

Following the boom of the popular British meme, this poetic compilation of quotes overheard at Wait… read more

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20. Fancy A Cuppa? British Slang 101: The Hilarious Guide to British Slang (Includes Must-Know Swear Words, Funny Expressions & Cockney Rhyming Slang) (Hilarious Slang 101)

By: Jeff Watson

4.15

Format: 106 pages, Kindle Edition

Do You Enjoy Good Ol’ Belly Laugh? Love a Witty/Sarcastic Sense of Humour?Are you a fan of British … read more

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21. Put The Kettle On: An American’s Guide to British Slang, Telly and Tea

By: Trish Taylor

4.03

Format: 156 pages, Kindle Edition

Do you love all things British and have a quirky sense of humor? Watch British TV and sometimes fi… read more

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  • nonfiction
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22. Avoiding Adulthood: Irresponsible Advice for Begrudging Grown-Ups (Life Is Hard... So Why Not Cheat?)

By: Paul Hawkins

3.61

Format: 226 pages, Kindle Edition

“Ridiculously entertaining!” - Christopher Shevlin, Author of Amazon UK's (Humour) #1 bestselling '… read more

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