5 Top memoir books like Possible Side Effects by Augusten Burroughs

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Possible Side Effects

By: Augusten Burroughs

3.90

Format: 144 pages,

National Bestseller From the #1 New York Timesbestselling author of Running with Scissorscomes Augu…

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1. Squirrel Seeks Chipmunk: A Modest Bestiary

By: David Sedaris , Ian Falconer

3.75

Format: None pages, Hardcover

Featuring David Sedaris's unique blend of hilarity and heart, this new collection of keen-eyed anim… read more

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  • humor
  • essays
  • short stories
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2. When You Are Engulfed in Flames

By: David Sedaris

4.27

Format: 359 pages, Hardcover

It's early autumn 1964. Two straight-A students head off to school, and when only one of them retur… read more

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  • memoir
  • humor
  • short stories
  • nonfiction
  • essays
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3. Possible Side Effects

By: Augusten Burroughs

3.90

Format: 144 pages,

National Bestseller From the #1 New York Timesbestselling author of Running with Scissorscomes Augu… read more

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  • biography
  • memoir
  • humor
  • biography memoir
  • short stories
  • nonfiction
  • essays
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4. Bossypants

By: Tina Fey

2.74

Format: None pages, Kindle Edition

Before Liz Lemon, before "Weekend Update," before "Sarah Palin," Tina Fey was just a young girl wit… read more

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  • nonfiction
  • humor
  • biography
  • memoir
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5. Look Me in the Eye: My Life with Asperger's

By: John Elder Robison

4.23

Format: 128 pages, Hardcover

Ever since he was small, John Robison had longed to connect with other people, but by the time he w… read more

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  • biography memoir
  • nonfiction
  • biography
  • memoir
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6. Lies That Chelsea Handler Told Me

By: Chelsea Handler , Sarah Colonna , Josh Wolf , Dave Mallow , Johnny Kansas , Stephanie Stehling , None , None , None , None , None , None , None , None

3.76

Format: 8 pages, Audio CD

A hilarious #1 bestselling collection of essays from those nearest and dearest to comedian Chelsea … read more

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  • biography
  • memoir
  • humor
  • short stories
  • nonfiction
  • essays

7. My Friend Leonard

By: James Frey

4.15

Format: 399 pages, Paperback

The New York Timesbestselling follow-up to the #1 New York Timesbestseller A Million Little Pieces-… read more

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  • biography memoir

8. Barrel Fever: Stories and Essays

By: David Sedaris

3.65

Format: 448 pages, Paperback

In David Sedaris's world, no one is safe and no cow is sacred. A manic cross between Mark Leyner, F… read more

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9. 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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10. A Million Little Pieces

By: James Frey

3.72

Format: 134 pages,

Intense, unpredictable, and instantly engaging, this is a story of drug and alcohol abuse and rehab… read more

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11. Dress Your Family in Corduroy and Denim

By: David Sedaris

3.71

Format: 234 pages, Paperback

David Sedaris plays in the snow with his sisters. He goes on vacation with his family. He gets a jo… read more

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12. Let's Explore Diabetes with Owls

By: David Sedaris

3.85

Format: 370 pages, Hardcover

A guy walks into a bar car and... From here the story could take many turns. When this guy is David… read more

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13. I Know I Am, But What Are You?

By: Samantha Bee

3.85

Format: 370 pages, Hardcover

Candid, outspoken, laugh-out-loud funny essays from the much-loved Samantha Bee, the Most Senior Co… read more

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14. Naked

By: David Sedaris

4.15

Format: None pages, Paperback

Welcome to the hilarious, strange, elegiac, outrageous world of David Sedaris. In Naked, Sedaris tu… read more

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15. I Like You: Hospitality Under the Influence

By: Amy Sedaris

4.15

Format: None pages,

Are you lacking direction in how to whip up a swanky soiree for lumberjacks? A dinner party for whi… read more

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16. Pieces: A Collection of New Voices

By: Stephen Chbosky , Aury Wallington , Jason Rekulak , Martin Wilson , Davy Rothbart , None , None , None , None , None , None , None , None , None , None , None

3.60

Format: 224 pages, Paperback

MTV has discovered the authors of tomorrow. Read them today in Pieces. This unique short-story coll… read more

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17. Letters from a Nut

By: Jerry Seinfeld , Ted L. Nancy

3.82

Format: 384 pages, Hardcover

Who is Ted L. Nancy? He's a concerned hotel guest searching for a lost tooth... He's a superstitiou… read more

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18. Me Talk Pretty One Day

By: David Sedaris

4.33

Format: 192 pages, Paperback

David Sedaris' move to Paris from New York inspired these hilarious pieces, including the title ess… read more

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19. Are You There, Vodka? It's Me, Chelsea

By: Chelsea Handler

4.00

Format: None pages, Hardcover

When Chelsea Handler needs to get a few things off her chest, she appeals to a higher power - vodka… read more

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20. Saint Richard Parker

By: Merlin Franco

4.34

Format: 366 pages, Kindle Edition

His search for love and enlightenment across India, Singapore, Thailand, Malaysia, and Indonesia...… read more

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  • humor
"See you later, tailgater."

-Merlin Franco, Saint Richard Parker

"Dark is beautiful, brother."

-Merlin Franco, Saint Richard Parker

"Tell me, son, what do you seek?"

-Merlin Franco, Saint Richard Parker

"A saint has control over his anger and itches."

-Merlin Franco, Saint Richard Parker

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21. The Most Popular President Who Ever Lived [So Far]

By: Nancy Omeara

4.33

Format: 79 pages, Kindle Edition

Tired of the "them or us" politics that the Democrats and Republicans are pushing down our throats?… read more

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  • humor
"It became increasingly common to resolve international tensions by legal means. The chant “Criminal Trials, Not Missiles"

-Nancy Omeara, The Most Popular President Who Ever Lived [So Far]

"Written twenty years after she held office, this abridged biography is being released now, prior to taking place. Maybe we can learn from history before it happens."

-Nancy Omeara, The Most Popular President Who Ever Lived [So Far]

"I wheeled and dealed with leaders from all over the world on behalf of the American people. In fact, my favorite headline from Washington Speaks magazine was “She Walks, She Talks, She Negotiates"

-Nancy Omeara, The Most Popular President Who Ever Lived [So Far]

"Educate not Legislate Refusing to pass unnecessary laws requires a converse – encouraging education and understanding. We started by slashing the salaries of legislators (Dubbed “Bloodbath on the Bel…"

-Nancy Omeara, The Most Popular President Who Ever Lived [So Far]

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Squirrel Seeks Chipmunk: A Modest Bestiary

David Sedaris , Ian Falconer

3.75

Transform Your Habits

When You Are Engulfed in Flames

David Sedaris

4.27

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Possible Side Effects

Augusten Burroughs

3.90

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Bossypants

Tina Fey

2.74

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The Complete Guide to Asperger's Syndrome

Tony Attwood

4.23

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Possible Side Effects

Augusten Burroughs

3.90

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Uniquely Human: A Different Way of Seeing Autism

Barry M. Prizant , Tom Fields-Meyer

3.87

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Magical Thinking: True Stories

Augusten Burroughs

4.26

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