13 must-read comedy books like Raised Eyebrows: My Years Inside Groucho's House by Steve Stoliar

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Raised Eyebrows: My Years Inside Groucho's House

By: Steve Stoliar

4.04

Format: 417 pages, Hardcover

Presents an intimate portrait of the legendary comedian by a young fan who became Groucho's persona…

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1. Brief Encounters: Conversations, Magic Moments, and Assorted Hijinks

By: Dick Cavett , Jimmy Fallon

3.64

Format: 267 pages, Hardcover

Dick Cavett is back, sharing his reflections and reminiscences about Hollywood legends, American cu… read more

Similar categories in Dick Cavett's Brief Encounters: Conversations, Magic Moments, and Assorted Hijinks book and Steve Stoliar's Raised Eyebrows: My Years Inside Groucho's House

  • biography
  • memoir
  • humor
  • nonfiction
  • comedy
Cover of Seinfeldia: How a Show About Nothing Changed Everything by Jennifer Keishin Armstrong

2. Seinfeldia: How a Show About Nothing Changed Everything

By: Jennifer Keishin Armstrong

4.29

Format: None pages,

The hilarious behind-the-scenes story of two guys who went out for coffee and dreamed up Seinfeld--… read more

Similar categories in Jennifer Keishin Armstrong's Seinfeldia: How a Show About Nothing Changed Everything book and Steve Stoliar's Raised Eyebrows: My Years Inside Groucho's House

  • nonfiction
  • humor
  • history
  • comedy
Cover of Raised Eyebrows: My Years Inside Groucho's House by Steve Stoliar

3. Raised Eyebrows: My Years Inside Groucho's House

By: Steve Stoliar

4.04

Format: 417 pages, Hardcover

Presents an intimate portrait of the legendary comedian by a young fan who became Groucho's persona… read more

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  • history
  • biography
  • memoir
  • film
  • humor
  • nonfiction
  • comedy
Cover of Super Mario: How Nintendo Conquered America by Jeff   Ryan

4. Super Mario: How Nintendo Conquered America

By: Jeff Ryan

4.50

Format: 182 pages,

The story of Nintendo's rise and the beloved icon who made it possible. Nintendo has continually s… read more

Similar categories in Jeff Ryan's Super Mario: How Nintendo Conquered America book and Steve Stoliar's Raised Eyebrows: My Years Inside Groucho's House

  • nonfiction
  • history
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5. The Stars My Destination

By: Neil Gaiman , Alfred Bester

4.06

Format: 258 pages, Hardcover

In this pulse-quickening novel, Alfred Bester imagines a future in which people "jaunte" a thousand… read more

Similar categories in Neil Gaiman's The Stars My Destination book and Steve Stoliar's Raised Eyebrows: My Years Inside Groucho's House

"Millions for defense, but not one cent for survival."

-Neil Gaiman, The Stars My Destination

"Don't ask the world to stop moving because you have doubts."

-Neil Gaiman, The Stars My Destination

"I've handed life and death back to the people who do the living and the dying."

-Neil Gaiman, The Stars My Destination

"If you can have everything at fifty that you wanted when you were fifteen, you're happy."

-Neil Gaiman, The Stars My Destination

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6. The Comedians: Drunks, Thieves, Scoundrels, and the History of American Comedy

By: Kliph Nesteroff

3.81

Format: 336 pages, Hardcover

In The Comedians, comedy historian Kliph Nesteroff brings to life a century of American comedy with… read more

Similar categories in Kliph Nesteroff's The Comedians: Drunks, Thieves, Scoundrels, and the History of American Comedy book and Steve Stoliar's Raised Eyebrows: My Years Inside Groucho's House

  • history
  • biography
  • humor
  • nonfiction
  • comedy

7. The Wayfinders: Why Ancient Wisdom Matters in the Modern World

By: Wade Davis

4.40

Format: None pages, Paperback

Every culture is a unique answer to a fundamental question: What does it mean to be human and alive… read more

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8. John Wayne: The Life and Legend

By: Scott Eyman

3.99

Format: 32 pages, Hardcover

Drawing on interviews that author Scott Eyman conducted with John Wayne before his death and more t… read more

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9. Showtime: Magic, Kareem, Riley, and the Los Angeles Lakers Dynasty of the 1980s

By: Jeff Pearlman

3.78

Format: None pages, Hardcover

TheNew York Timesbestselling author of Sweetnessdelivers the first all-encompassing account of the … read more

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10. Time and Again (Time, #1)

By: Jack Finney

3.67

Format: 363 pages, Paperback

One of the most beloved tales of our time! Science fiction, mystery, a passionate love story, and a… read more

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11. I Want My MTV: The Uncensored Story of the Music Video Revolution

By: Craig Marks , Rob Tannenbaum

3.99

Format: 240 pages,

Remember the first time you saw Michael Jackson dance with zombies in "Thriller"? Diamond Dave kara… read more

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12. Dangerously Funny: The Uncensored Story of The Smothers Brothers Comedy Hour

By: David Bianculli

3.86

Format: 138 pages,

A behind-the-scenes look at the rise and fall of The Smothers Brothers Comedy Hour the provocative,… read more

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13. Cinema Speculation

By: Quentin Tarantino

4.06

Format: 391 pages, Hardcover

The long-awaited first work of nonfiction from the author of the #1 New York Times bestselling Once… read more

Similar categories in Quentin Tarantino's Cinema Speculation book and Steve Stoliar's Raised Eyebrows: My Years Inside Groucho's House

  • history
  • biography
  • memoir
  • film
  • nonfiction
"Elvis movies weren't real movies, they were "Elvis Presley movies"

-Quentin Tarantino, Cinema Speculation

"Who wants to spend three months making a fucked-up version of their movie?"

-Quentin Tarantino, Cinema Speculation

"I don't know how he died, where he died, or where he's buried. But I do know I should've thanked him."

-Quentin Tarantino, Cinema Speculation

"Then the movie started playing like a real movie. But frankly, a more real movie than we were used to."

-Quentin Tarantino, Cinema Speculation

Cover of Creativity: A Short and Cheerful Guide by John Cleese

14. Creativity: A Short and Cheerful Guide

By: John Cleese

3.88

Format: 112 pages, Hardcover

____________________________ We can all be more creative. John Cleese shows us how. Creativity is … read more

Similar categories in John Cleese's Creativity: A Short and Cheerful Guide book and Steve Stoliar's Raised Eyebrows: My Years Inside Groucho's House

  • humor
  • nonfiction
  • comedy
"Getting discouraged is a total waste of your time."

-John Cleese, Creativity: A Short and Cheerful Guide

" But once it's been agreed when that real-world decision has to happen, why make it before the deadline arrives? Why Well, it would be foolish, because if you can wait longer, two incredibly importan…"

-John Cleese, Creativity: A Short and Cheerful Guide

Cover of Unruly: The Ridiculous History of England's Kings and Queens by David   Mitchell

15. Unruly: The Ridiculous History of England's Kings and Queens

By: David Mitchell

4.16

Format: 433 pages, ebook

A rollicking history of England's earliest kings and queens, a story of narcissists, excessive behe… read more

Similar categories in David Mitchell's Unruly: The Ridiculous History of England's Kings and Queens book and Steve Stoliar's Raised Eyebrows: My Years Inside Groucho's House

  • history
  • biography
  • humor
  • nonfiction
  • comedy
"The defeat of the Armada in 1588 was Elizabeth's high point. Things went downhill after that. Militarily the triumph against Spain was rather undermined the following year when Elizabeth sent her own…"

-David Mitchell, Unruly: The Ridiculous History of England's Kings and Queens

"There were a couple of positives: in 1554, the Queen Regent's Prerogative Act was passed which made explicit, for the first time, that when a woman inherited the throne - became the sovereign, queen …"

-David Mitchell, Unruly: The Ridiculous History of England's Kings and Queens

"Standing jaggedly on Senlac Hill, where Harold Godwinson died, possibly as a result of having taken an arrow to the eye - though possibly more boringly than that, some historians have felt constraine…"

-David Mitchell, Unruly: The Ridiculous History of England's Kings and Queens

"Queen Mary was known as Bloody Mary because of the large number of people she killed. And also because of misogyny. She was the first properly crowned woman to rule as queen regnant, not just queen c…"

-David Mitchell, Unruly: The Ridiculous History of England's Kings and Queens

Cover of Misfit: Growing Up Awkward in the '80s by Gary Gulman

16. 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

Similar categories in Gary Gulman's Misfit: Growing Up Awkward in the '80s book and Steve Stoliar's Raised Eyebrows: My Years Inside Groucho's House

  • biography
  • memoir
  • humor
  • nonfiction
  • comedy
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17. Being Henry: The Fonz . . . and Beyond

By: Henry Winkler

4.14

Format: 246 pages, Hardcover

From Emmy-award winning actor, author, comedian, producer, and director Henry Winkler, a deeply tho… read more

Similar categories in Henry Winkler's Being Henry: The Fonz . . . and Beyond book and Steve Stoliar's Raised Eyebrows: My Years Inside Groucho's House

  • history
  • biography
  • memoir
  • humor
  • nonfiction
"It’s so funny about time - you get into these nice little grooves with people you love, and you think it’ll go on forever. But time goes so fast, and nothing goes on forever."

-Henry Winkler, Being Henry: The Fonz . . . and Beyond

"If you don't nail your feet to the ground, you can just believe - and you want to believe. It's so enticing. It felt so good. You could just become a gigantic balloon in the Thanksgiving Day parade a…"

-Henry Winkler, Being Henry: The Fonz . . . and Beyond

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18. Cunk on Everything: The Encyclopedia Philomena

By: Philomena Cunk

3.86

Format: 304 pages, Hardcover

From the star of the “deeply funny, unexpectedly informative” (The Daily Beast) Netflix mockumentar… read more

Similar categories in Philomena Cunk's Cunk on Everything: The Encyclopedia Philomena book and Steve Stoliar's Raised Eyebrows: My Years Inside Groucho's House

  • nonfiction
  • humor
  • history
  • comedy
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19. Harold

By: Steven Wright

3.48

Format: 256 pages, Hardcover

A uniquely humorous and deeply profound novel from a legendary stand-up comedian that follows the t… read more

Similar categories in Steven Wright's Harold book and Steve Stoliar's Raised Eyebrows: My Years Inside Groucho's House

  • humor
  • comedy
"Looking at the wingless angel Harold firmly believed her shadow should be in color."

-Steven Wright, Harold

"She smelled too. Like a 22 year old girl. He tried to place that smell but he couldn't. It seemed like a mixture of skin lotion and confidence."

-Steven Wright, Harold

"In Ms Yuka's class he once wrote a poem about it called: 'Listen' The last lines were - I know you know you do it, it doesn't matter to you at all you just want to keep on talking a verbal waterfall"

-Steven Wright, Harold

"Harold thought how weird and strange it must be to be a girl. He was glad he wasn’t one because he didn’t think he would be able to do that. Or he wouldn’t want to do that. It’s probably good that yo…"

-Steven Wright, Harold

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20. Fiction Land

By: R.R. Haywood

4.03

Format: 344 pages, Kindle Edition

From multimillion bestselling Washington Post, Wall Street Journal, Amazon and Audible author RR Ha… read more

Similar categories in R.R. Haywood's Fiction Land book and Steve Stoliar's Raised Eyebrows: My Years Inside Groucho's House

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

21. 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 Steve Stoliar's Raised Eyebrows: My Years Inside Groucho's House

  • history
  • biography
  • memoir
  • film
  • humor
  • nonfiction
  • comedy
Cover of A Polaroid Guy in a Snapchat World by David Spade

22. A Polaroid Guy in a Snapchat World

By: David Spade

3.61

Format: None pages, Audiobook

Fifty-something David Spade is letting it all hang out. Older (yes), wiser (debatable), in A Polaro… read more

Similar categories in David Spade's A Polaroid Guy in a Snapchat World book and Steve Stoliar's Raised Eyebrows: My Years Inside Groucho's House

  • biography
  • memoir
  • humor
  • nonfiction
  • comedy
Cover of All About Me! My Remarkable Life in Show Business by Mel Brooks

23. All About Me! My Remarkable Life in Show Business

By: Mel Brooks

4.24

Format: 480 pages, Hardcover

At 95, the legendary Mel Brooks continues to set the standard for comedy across television, film, a… read more

Similar categories in Mel Brooks's All About Me! My Remarkable Life in Show Business book and Steve Stoliar's Raised Eyebrows: My Years Inside Groucho's House

  • history
  • biography
  • memoir
  • film
  • humor
  • nonfiction
  • comedy
"I didn’t realize it but I might have created the first cell phone. Had I patented it, I probably would have made so much money that I wouldn’t have had to write this book."

-Mel Brooks, All About Me! My Remarkable Life in Show Business

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24. Becky Lynch: The Man—Not Your Average Average Girl

By: Rebecca Quin

4.51

Format: 367 pages, Hardcover

This compelling and deeply personal memoir from WWE superstar Rebecca Quin—a.k.a. The Man, a.k.a. B… read more

Similar categories in Rebecca Quin's Becky Lynch: The Man—Not Your Average Average Girl book and Steve Stoliar's Raised Eyebrows: My Years Inside Groucho's House

  • nonfiction
  • biography
  • memoir
"If you bring forth what is within you, what you bring forth will complete you. If you do not bring forth what is within you, what you bring forth will destroy you"

-Rebecca Quin, Becky Lynch: The Man—Not Your Average Average Girl

"Then and there, I vowed to lose weight so I might have a chance of actually being like my mom when I grew up. But then I got hungry and sad and just wanted pizza. Beauty was my mom's domain. Pizza wa…"

-Rebecca Quin, Becky Lynch: The Man—Not Your Average Average Girl

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25. The Friday Afternoon Club: A Family Memoir

By: Griffin Dunne

4.19

Format: 400 pages, Hardcover

At nine, Sean Connery saved him from drowning. At thirteen, desperate to hook up with Janis Joplin,… read more

Similar categories in Griffin Dunne's The Friday Afternoon Club: A Family Memoir book and Steve Stoliar's Raised Eyebrows: My Years Inside Groucho's House

  • history
  • nonfiction
  • biography
  • memoir
"At the moment when Mrs. Griffin had been notified of her husband’s death, she was in bed with her lover at the Hotel del Coronado in California, and took the news that she was a widow rather well. Sh…"

-Griffin Dunne, The Friday Afternoon Club: A Family Memoir

Cover of Entrances and Exits by Michael    Richards

26. Entrances and Exits

By: Michael Richards

4.12

Format: 425 pages, Hardcover

The man who brought the kavorka to the Seinfeld show through one of the most remarkable and beloved… read more

Similar categories in Michael Richards's Entrances and Exits book and Steve Stoliar's Raised Eyebrows: My Years Inside Groucho's House

  • biography
  • memoir
  • humor
  • nonfiction
  • comedy
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27. Speaking of Harpo

By: Susan Fleming Marx

4.11

Format: 312 pages, Kindle Edition

Susan Fleming appeared in three Broadway shows and twenty-eight films before she turned her back on… read more

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  • history
  • biography
  • memoir
  • film
  • nonfiction
Cover of Somebody Feed Phil the Book: The Official Companion Book with Photos, Stories, and Favorite Recipes from Around the World (A Cookbook) by Phil Rosenthal

28. Somebody Feed Phil the Book: The Official Companion Book with Photos, Stories, and Favorite Recipes from Around the World (A Cookbook)

By: Phil Rosenthal

4.23

Format: None pages, Audiobook

The ultimate collection of must-have recipes, stories, and behind-the-scenes photos from the belove… read more

Similar categories in Phil Rosenthal's Somebody Feed Phil the Book: The Official Companion Book with Photos, Stories, and Favorite Recipes from Around the World (A Cookbook) book and Steve Stoliar's Raised Eyebrows: My Years Inside Groucho's House

  • humor
  • nonfiction
  • memoir
Cover of Houdini!!!: The Career of Ehrich Weiss by Kenneth Silverman

29. Houdini!!!: The Career of Ehrich Weiss

By: Kenneth Silverman

4.09

Format: 544 pages, Paperback

In the most comprehensive biography written about the great illusionist yet, author Ken Silverman, … read more

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  • history
  • biography
  • nonfiction
Cover of This Was Hollywood: Forgotten Stars and Stories (Turner Classic Movies) by Carla Valderrama

30. This Was Hollywood: Forgotten Stars and Stories (Turner Classic Movies)

By: Carla Valderrama

4.22

Format: 240 pages, Hardcover

In this one-of-a-kind Hollywood history, Carla Valderrama -- creator of Instagram's celebrated @Thi… read more

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  • history
  • biography
  • nonfiction
  • film
Cover of Miracle and Wonder: Conversations with Paul Simon by Malcolm Gladwell

31. Miracle and Wonder: Conversations with Paul Simon

By: Malcolm Gladwell

4.56

Format: None pages, Audiobook

What happens when Paul Simon, widely considered one of the greatest songwriters in music history, a… read more

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  • history
  • nonfiction
  • biography
  • memoir

15 Best history books like Raised Eyebrows: My Years Inside Groucho's House by Steve Stoliar

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Seinfeldia: How a Show About Nothing Changed Everything

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4.29

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Steve Stoliar

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4.50

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Roland Merullo

4.18

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3.88

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Martin Short

4.11

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