7 Best humor books like Magical Thinking: True Stories by Augusten Burroughs

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Magical Thinking: True Stories

By: Augusten Burroughs

4.26

Format: 192 pages,

From the #1 bestselling author of Running with Scissors and Dry--a contagiously funny, heartwarming…

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1. The Revenge of the Baby-Sat (Calvin and Hobbes, #5)

By: Bill Watterson

4.66

Format: 128 pages, Paperback

FOR USE IN SCHOOLS AND LIBRARIES ONLY. The best of the popular comic strip collected in one volume … read more

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  • humor
"The score is still Q to 12!"

-Bill Watterson, The Revenge of the Baby-Sat (Calvin and Hobbes, #5)

"The only permanent rule in Calvinball is that you can never play it the same way twice!"

-Bill Watterson, The Revenge of the Baby-Sat (Calvin and Hobbes, #5)

"I don't think I'd have been in such a hurry to reach adulthood if I'd known the whole thing was going to be ad-libbed."

-Bill Watterson, The Revenge of the Baby-Sat (Calvin and Hobbes, #5)

"I wish people were more like animals. Animals don't try to change you or make you fit in. They just enjoy the pleasure of your company. Animals aren't conditional about friendships. Animals like you …"

-Bill Watterson, The Revenge of the Baby-Sat (Calvin and Hobbes, #5)

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2. 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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3. 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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4. Magical Thinking: True Stories

By: Augusten Burroughs

4.26

Format: 192 pages,

From the #1 bestselling author of Running with Scissors and Dry--a contagiously funny, heartwarming… read more

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

6. 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
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7. Holidays on Ice

By: David Sedaris

4.40

Format: None pages,

David Sedaris's beloved holiday collection is new again with six more pieces, including a never bef… read more

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  • memoir
  • humor
  • short stories
  • nonfiction
  • essays

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. Eating the Dinosaur

By: Chuck Klosterman

3.33

Format: 161 pages,

Chuck Klosterman has chronicled rock music, film, and sports for almost fifteen years. He's covered… read more

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10. 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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11. One Year to an Organized Life: From Your Closets to Your Finances, the Week-by-Week Guide to Getting Completely Organized for Good

By: Regina Leeds

3.47

Format: 1 pages, Audio CD

Who would you be if you felt at peace and had more time and money? An organized life enables you to… read more

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12. 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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13. 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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14. 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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15. 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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16. 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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17. I Am America

By: Stephen Colbert , Glenn Eichler , Tom Purcell , Paul Dinello , Frank Lesser , Allison Silverman , None , None , Michael Brumm , None , None , None , None , None

3.83

Format: None pages, Hardcover

Congratulations--just by opening the cover of this book you became 25% more patriotic. From Stephen… read more

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18. Zombie Spaceship Wasteland

By: Patton Oswalt

3.62

Format: 176 pages,

Prepare yourself for a journey through the world of Patton Oswalt, one of the most creative, insigh… read more

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19. 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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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]

15 Top nonfiction books like Look Me in the Eye: My Life with Asperger's by John Elder Robison

Transform Your Habits

The Complete Guide to Asperger's Syndrome

Tony Attwood

4.23

Transform Your Habits

Possible Side Effects

Augusten Burroughs

3.90

Transform Your Habits

Uniquely Human: A Different Way of Seeing Autism

Barry M. Prizant , Tom Fields-Meyer

3.87

Transform Your Habits

Magical Thinking: True Stories

Augusten Burroughs

4.26

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