13 Best memoir books like Even This I Get to Experience by Norman Lear

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Even This I Get to Experience

By: Norman Lear

4.54

Format: None pages, Hardcover

"This is, flat out, one of the best Hollywood memoirs ever written... An absolute treasure." --Book…

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Cover of Pegasus Bridge: June 6, 1944 by Stephen E. Ambrose

1. Pegasus Bridge: June 6, 1944

By: Stephen E. Ambrose

4.14

Format: 199 pages, Paperback

In the early morning hours of June 6, 1944, a small detachment of British airborne troops stormed t… read more

Similar categories in Stephen E. Ambrose's Pegasus Bridge: June 6, 1944 book and Norman Lear's Even This I Get to Experience

  • nonfiction
  • history
Cover of Hank & Jim: The Fifty-Year Friendship of Henry Fonda and James Stewart by Scott Eyman

2. Hank & Jim: The Fifty-Year Friendship of Henry Fonda and James Stewart

By: Scott Eyman

3.78

Format: 479 pages, Hardcover

New York Timesbestselling author Scott Eyman tells the story of the remarkable friendship of two Ho… read more

Similar categories in Scott Eyman's Hank & Jim: The Fifty-Year Friendship of Henry Fonda and James Stewart book and Norman Lear's Even This I Get to Experience

  • history
  • biography
  • nonfiction
  • biography memoir
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3. Terms of Endearment

By: Larry McMurtry

2.43

Format: None pages,

An Oscar-winning story of a memorable mother and her fiesty daughter who find the courage and humor… read more

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4. Even This I Get to Experience

By: Norman Lear

4.54

Format: None pages, Hardcover

"This is, flat out, one of the best Hollywood memoirs ever written... An absolute treasure." --Book… read more

Similar categories in Norman Lear's Even This I Get to Experience book and Norman Lear's Even This I Get to Experience

  • history
  • biography
  • memoir
  • autobiography
  • biography memoir
  • nonfiction
  • tv

5. A Fine Romance

By: Candice Bergen

3.40

Format: None pages, Hardcover

In the follow-up to Knock Wood--her bestselling "engaging, intelligent, and wittily self-deprecatin… read more

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6. My Name Is Barbra

By: Barbra Streisand

4.20

Format: 1040 pages, Hardcover

The long-awaited memoir by the superstar of stage, screen, recordings, and television. Barbra St… read more

Similar categories in Barbra Streisand's My Name Is Barbra book and Norman Lear's Even This I Get to Experience

  • history
  • biography
  • memoir
  • autobiography
  • biography memoir
  • nonfiction
"Fame is a hollow trophy. No matter who you are, you can only eat one pastrami sandwich at a time."

-Barbra Streisand, My Name Is Barbra

"Once again I was struck by the power of music. Somehow, it can be the connective tissue between souls."

-Barbra Streisand, My Name Is Barbra

"There are some things I hope we can all agree upon: The antidote to lies is truth, the remedy to war is peace, and the solution to hate is love."

-Barbra Streisand, My Name Is Barbra

"Language gives us an insight into the way women are viewed in a male-dominated society . . . A man is commanding—a woman is demanding. A man is forceful—a woman is pushy. A man is uncompromising—a wo…"

-Barbra Streisand, My Name Is Barbra

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7. 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 Norman Lear's Even This I Get to Experience

  • history
  • biography
  • memoir
  • autobiography
  • biography memoir
  • 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

Cover of You Never Know: A Memoir by Tom Selleck

8. You Never Know: A Memoir

By: Tom Selleck

4.05

Format: 352 pages, Hardcover

There are many miles from the business school and basketball court at the University of Southern Ca… read more

Similar categories in Tom Selleck's You Never Know: A Memoir book and Norman Lear's Even This I Get to Experience

  • history
  • biography
  • memoir
  • autobiography
  • biography memoir
  • nonfiction
  • tv
Cover of Directed by James Burrows: Five Decades of Stories from the Legendary Director of Taxi, Cheers, Frasier, Friends, Will & Grace, and More by James Burrows

9. Directed by James Burrows: Five Decades of Stories from the Legendary Director of Taxi, Cheers, Frasier, Friends, Will & Grace, and More

By: James Burrows

3.86

Format: 368 pages, Hardcover

"Being directed by the Jimmy Burrows, while on Friends, was like hitting the jackpot. I'm delighte… read more

Similar categories in James Burrows's Directed by James Burrows: Five Decades of Stories from the Legendary Director of Taxi, Cheers, Frasier, Friends, Will & Grace, and More book and Norman Lear's Even This I Get to Experience

  • history
  • biography
  • memoir
  • autobiography
  • biography memoir
  • nonfiction
  • tv
Cover of Shakespeare: The Man Who Pays the Rent by Judi Dench

10. Shakespeare: The Man Who Pays the Rent

By: Judi Dench

4.56

Format: 400 pages, Hardcover

Discover the work of the greatest writer in the English language as you've never encountered it bef… read more

Similar categories in Judi Dench's Shakespeare: The Man Who Pays the Rent book and Norman Lear's Even This I Get to Experience

  • history
  • biography
  • memoir
  • autobiography
  • biography memoir
  • nonfiction
"There's magic to be mined in mistakes."

-Judi Dench, Shakespeare: The Man Who Pays the Rent

"[Judi Dench, referring to departed colleagues] Where are all those people? Can't believe it. How can it happen? They were so alive and -- so present, so vital. That's why we have to love the now, hav…"

-Judi Dench, Shakespeare: The Man Who Pays the Rent

Cover of Elizabeth Taylor: The Grit & Glamour of an Icon by Kate Andersen Brower

11. Elizabeth Taylor: The Grit & Glamour of an Icon

By: Kate Andersen Brower

4.16

Format: 512 pages, Hardcover

From the #1 New York Times bestselling author of The Residence and First Women, the first ever auth… read more

Similar categories in Kate Andersen Brower's Elizabeth Taylor: The Grit & Glamour of an Icon book and Norman Lear's Even This I Get to Experience

  • history
  • biography
  • memoir
  • autobiography
  • biography memoir
  • nonfiction
Cover of Churchill's Secret Warriors: The Explosive True Story of The Special Forces Desperadoes of WWII by Damien Lewis

12. Churchill's Secret Warriors: The Explosive True Story of The Special Forces Desperadoes of WWII

By: Damien Lewis

4.41

Format: 416 pages, Hardcover

In the bleak moments after defeat on mainland Europe in winter 1939, Winston Churchill knew that Br… read more

Similar categories in Damien Lewis's Churchill's Secret Warriors: The Explosive True Story of The Special Forces Desperadoes of WWII book and Norman Lear's Even This I Get to Experience

  • history
  • biography
  • nonfiction
Cover of Nazi Wives: The Women at the Top of Hitler's Germany by James Wyllie

13. Nazi Wives: The Women at the Top of Hitler's Germany

By: James Wyllie

3.82

Format: 288 pages, Hardcover

Nazi Wives is a fascinating look at the personal lives, psychological profiles, and marriages of th… read more

Similar categories in James Wyllie's Nazi Wives: The Women at the Top of Hitler's Germany book and Norman Lear's Even This I Get to Experience

  • history
  • biography
  • nonfiction
Cover of In My Time of Dying: How I Came Face to Face with the Idea of an Afterlife by Sebastian Junger

14. In My Time of Dying: How I Came Face to Face with the Idea of an Afterlife

By: Sebastian Junger

3.92

Format: 176 pages, Hardcover

A near-fatal health emergency leads to this powerful reflection on death—and what might follow—by t… read more

Similar categories in Sebastian Junger's In My Time of Dying: How I Came Face to Face with the Idea of an Afterlife book and Norman Lear's Even This I Get to Experience

  • nonfiction
  • biography
  • memoir
"Everyone has a relationship with death whether they want one or not; refusing to think about death is its own kind of relationship. When we hear about another person's death, we are hearing a version…"

-Sebastian Junger, In My Time of Dying: How I Came Face to Face with the Idea of an Afterlife

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15. The Busy Body

By: Kemper Donovan

3.53

Format: 336 pages, Hardcover

It's a dream assignment. Former Senator Dorothy Gibson, aka that woman, is the most talked-about pe… read more

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Cover of Once Upon a Time: The Captivating Life of Carolyn Bessette-Kennedy by Elizabeth Beller

16. 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 Norman Lear's Even This I Get to Experience

  • history
  • biography
  • memoir
  • biography memoir
  • nonfiction
Cover of The Friday Afternoon Club: A Family Memoir by Griffin Dunne

17. 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 Norman Lear's Even This I Get to Experience

  • history
  • biography
  • memoir
  • autobiography
  • biography memoir
  • nonfiction
"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

18. 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 Norman Lear's Even This I Get to Experience

  • biography
  • memoir
  • autobiography
  • biography memoir
  • nonfiction
  • tv
Cover of A Very Private School: A Memoir by Charles     Spencer

19. A Very Private School: A Memoir

By: Charles Spencer

4.09

Format: 304 pages, Hardcover

In this poignant memoir, Charles Spencer recounts the trauma of being sent away from home at age ei… read more

Similar categories in Charles Spencer's A Very Private School: A Memoir book and Norman Lear's Even This I Get to Experience

  • history
  • biography
  • memoir
  • autobiography
  • biography memoir
  • nonfiction
Cover of Funeral Daze (Danny Teakwell, #2) by Dorian Box

20. Funeral Daze (Danny Teakwell, #2)

By: Dorian Box

4.54

Format: 364 pages, Kindle Edition

2023 Publishers Weekly BookLife Prize Semifinalist 2023 Readers' Favorite Medal for Humor Fiction … read more

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Cover of Chasing Hope: A Reporter's Life by Nicholas D. Kristof

21. Chasing Hope: A Reporter's Life

By: Nicholas D. Kristof

4.55

Format: 480 pages, Hardcover

From New York Times columnist, Pulitzer Prize winner, and best-selling author Nicholas D. Kristof, … read more

Similar categories in Nicholas D. Kristof's Chasing Hope: A Reporter's Life book and Norman Lear's Even This I Get to Experience

  • history
  • biography
  • memoir
  • autobiography
  • biography memoir
  • nonfiction

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Pegasus Bridge: June 6, 1944

Stephen E. Ambrose

4.14

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Scott Eyman

3.78

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4.54

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My Name Is Barbra

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4.20

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T.R. Pearson , Warren Littlefield

3.66

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Hits, Flops, and Other Illusions: My Fortysomething Years in Hollywood

Ed Zwick

4.03

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The Church of Baseball: The Making of Bull Durham: Home Runs, Bad Calls, Crazy Fights, Big Swings, and a Hit

Ron Shelton

4.23

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Barry Sonnenfeld

4.00

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