18 must-read autobiography books like My Happy Days in Hollywood: A Memoir by Garry Marshall

Cover of My Happy Days in Hollywood: A Memoir by Garry Marshall

My Happy Days in Hollywood: A Memoir

By: Garry Marshall

3.74

Format: 384 pages, Hardcover

With the television hits The Odd Couple, Happy Days, Laverne & Shirley, and Mork & Mindy, and movie…

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1. I Must Say: My Life as a Humble Comedy Legend

By: Martin Short

4.11

Format: 336 pages, Hardcover

In this engaging memoir, written with heart, wisdom, and a huge helping of hilarity, Martin Short s… read more

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  • biography
  • memoir
  • autobiography
  • biography memoir
  • nonfiction
  • adult
  • audiobook
"To my beloved friends, there’s simply no life without you guys. Thanks for the advice and the love and the billion dinners and laughs. Without you all . . . I’d look for new friends and get them."

-Martin Short, I Must Say: My Life as a Humble Comedy Legend

Cover of Still Foolin' 'Em: Where I've Been, Where I'm Going, and Where the Hell Are My Keys by Billy Crystal

2. Still Foolin' 'Em: Where I've Been, Where I'm Going, and Where the Hell Are My Keys

By: Billy Crystal

4.50

Format: None pages, Hardcover

Hilarious and heartfelt observations on aging from one of America's favorite comedians as he turns … read more

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  • biography
  • memoir
  • autobiography
  • nonfiction
  • audiobook
Cover of My Lucky Life in and Out of Show Business by Dick Van Dyke

3. My Lucky Life in and Out of Show Business

By: Dick Van Dyke

4.17

Format: None pages, Hardcover

Dick Van Dyke, indisputably one of the greats of the golden age of television, is admired and belov… read more

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  • biography
  • memoir
  • autobiography
  • biography memoir
  • nonfiction
  • audiobook
Cover of My Happy Days in Hollywood: A Memoir by Garry Marshall

4. My Happy Days in Hollywood: A Memoir

By: Garry Marshall

3.74

Format: 384 pages, Hardcover

With the television hits The Odd Couple, Happy Days, Laverne & Shirley, and Mork & Mindy, and movie… read more

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  • biography
  • memoir
  • autobiography
  • biography memoir
  • nonfiction
  • adult
  • audiobook

5. This Time Together: Laughter and Reflection

By: Carol Burnett

4.18

Format: 200 pages, Hardcover

A touching and hilarious memoir by the author of Carrie and Me: A Mother Daughter Love Story,This T… read more

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6. My Mother Was Nuts

By: Penny Marshall

2.00

Format: None pages, Hardcover

Most people know Penny Marshall as the director of Big and A League of Their Own. What they don't k… read more

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7. Unsinkable: A Memoir

By: Debbie Reynolds , Dorian Hannaway

4.33

Format: 57 pages, Audio

The definitive memoir by legendary actress and performer Debbie Reynolds--an entertaining and movin… read more

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8. Robin Williams: When the Laughter Stops 1951 - 2014

By: Emily Herbert

3.59

Format: 32 pages, Paperback

A thoughtful look at the brilliant life and tragic death of a comedy icon At midday on August 11, 2… read more

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9. My Anecdotal Life: A Memoir

By: Carl Reiner

5.00

Format: None pages, Paperback

More than once, Carl Reiner has had friends say, "Hey, Reiner, you ought to write those things down… read more

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10. Andy and Don: The Making of a Friendship and a Classic American TV Show

By: Daniel de Visé

4.33

Format: 192 pages, Hardcover

A lively and revealing biography of Andy Griffith and Don Knotts, celebrating the powerful real-lif… read more

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

By: Ed Zwick

4.03

Format: 304 pages, Hardcover

This heartfelt and wry career memoir from the director of Blood Diamond, The Last Samurai, Legends … read more

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  • biography
  • memoir
  • autobiography
  • biography memoir
  • nonfiction
  • audiobook
"One of Patsy Broderick's choicer comments was to describe my writing as ' limp as a penis ."

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

"I called Matthew Broderick. The radiophone was working again. 'Hi, Matthew, I hear you want to talk about the script. Over .' 'Yeah, well, I have a lot of notes…' He neglected to say “ over ."

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

"From the moment we met Patsy Broderick was contemptuous, demeaning, and volatile. As Matthew sat in opaque silence, I was forced to defend, in excruciating detail, my rationale for every line in ever…"

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

Cover of Being Henry: The Fonz . . . and Beyond by Henry Winkler

12. 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

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

13. 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

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  • biography
  • memoir
  • autobiography
  • biography memoir
  • nonfiction
  • audiobook
Cover of Worthy by Jada Pinkett Smith

14. Worthy

By: Jada Pinkett Smith

3.64

Format: 416 pages, Hardcover

A gripping, painfully honest, and ultimately inspirational memoir from global superstar and creator… read more

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  • biography
  • memoir
  • autobiography
  • biography memoir
  • nonfiction
  • adult
  • audiobook
Cover of Dying of Politeness: A Memoir by Geena Davis

15. Dying of Politeness: A Memoir

By: Geena Davis

4.04

Format: None pages, Audio CD

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  • biography
  • memoir
  • autobiography
  • biography memoir
  • nonfiction
  • adult
  • audiobook
Cover of If You Would Have Told Me by John Stamos

16. If You Would Have Told Me

By: John Stamos

3.81

Format: 333 pages, Hardcover

If you would have told a young John Stamos flipping burgers at his dad’s fast-food joint that one d… read more

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  • biography
  • memoir
  • autobiography
  • biography memoir
  • nonfiction
  • adult
  • audiobook
Cover of Inside Out by Demi Moore

17. Inside Out

By: Demi Moore

3.91

Format: 262 pages, Hardcover

A NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER A Daily Mail Book of the Year. A Mail on Sunday Book of the Year. F… read more

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  • biography
  • memoir
  • autobiography
  • biography memoir
  • nonfiction
  • adult
  • audiobook
"We all suffer, and we all triumph, and we all get to choose how we hold both."

-Demi Moore, Inside Out

"I belong. Here. In myself. In this house. On this planet. I'm in my mid-50s now, I've outlived both of my parents, I know that what I walked through was a lot, especially coming from where I came fro…"

-Demi Moore, Inside Out

"They divorce and years later the dad mellow as men tend to when they get older. You know the kind. They're assholes when their young then they get sweet when they age. It's the mother who seems bitte…"

-Demi Moore, Inside Out

Cover of The Boys: A Memoir of Hollywood and Family by Ron Howard

18. The Boys: A Memoir of Hollywood and Family

By: Ron Howard

4.27

Format: 393 pages, Hardcover

Happy Days, The Andy Griffith Show, Gentle Ben—these shows captivated millions of TV viewers in the… read more

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  • biography
  • memoir
  • autobiography
  • biography memoir
  • nonfiction
  • adult
  • audiobook
Cover of Leave the Gun, Take the Cannoli: The Epic Story of the Making of The Godfather by Mark Seal

19. Leave the Gun, Take the Cannoli: The Epic Story of the Making of The Godfather

By: Mark Seal

4.36

Format: 432 pages, Hardcover

This “wickedly pacey page-turner” (Total Film) unfurls the behind-the-scenes story of the making of… read more

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  • nonfiction
  • biography
  • memoir
  • audiobook
Cover of Oscar Wars: A History of Hollywood in Gold, Sweat, and Tears by Michael        Schulman

20. Oscar Wars: A History of Hollywood in Gold, Sweat, and Tears

By: Michael Schulman

4.09

Format: 589 pages, Hardcover

The author of the New York Times bestseller Her Becoming Meryl Streep returns with a lively histor… read more

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  • adult
  • nonfiction
  • audiobook
Cover of All About Me! My Remarkable Life in Show Business by Mel Brooks

21. 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

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  • biography
  • memoir
  • autobiography
  • biography memoir
  • nonfiction
  • audiobook
"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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22. In Pieces

By: Sally Field

3.94

Format: 11 pages, Audiobook

10 hours, 41 minutes One of the most celebrated, beloved, and enduring actors of our time, Sall… read more

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  • biography
  • memoir
  • autobiography
  • biography memoir
  • nonfiction
  • adult
  • audiobook
Cover of Bits and Pieces: My Mother, My Brother, and Me by Whoopi Goldberg

23. Bits and Pieces: My Mother, My Brother, and Me

By: Whoopi Goldberg

4.33

Format: 256 pages, Hardcover

From multi-award winner Whoopi Goldberg comes a new and unique memoir of her family and their influ… read more

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  • biography
  • memoir
  • autobiography
  • biography memoir
  • nonfiction
  • audiobook
"Listen. The confines of this neighbourhood do not represent the confines of your life. You can go and do and be whatever you want. But, whatever you choose, be yourself."

-Whoopi Goldberg, Bits and Pieces: My Mother, My Brother, and Me

Cover of Always Look on the Bright Side of Life: A Sortabiography by Eric Idle

24. Always Look on the Bright Side of Life: A Sortabiography

By: Eric Idle

3.90

Format: 290 pages, Hardcover

We know him best for his unforgettable roles on Monty Python - from the Flying Circus to The Meanin… read more

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  • biography
  • memoir
  • autobiography
  • biography memoir
  • nonfiction
  • audiobook
"Laughter is the only sane response to pathological lying."

-Eric Idle, Always Look on the Bright Side of Life: A Sortabiography

"I have British teeth. They are like British politics: they go in all directions at once."

-Eric Idle, Always Look on the Bright Side of Life: A Sortabiography

"If one of the best ways to appreciate life is to have an unhappy childhood, I was very fortunate."

-Eric Idle, Always Look on the Bright Side of Life: A Sortabiography

"Once you’re in the circus you’re all in the circus, and of course it turns out that they are real people too."

-Eric Idle, Always Look on the Bright Side of Life: A Sortabiography

Cover of What This Comedian Said Will Shock You by Bill Maher

25. What This Comedian Said Will Shock You

By: Bill Maher

4.27

Format: 400 pages, Hardcover

The hilarious and controversial host of HBO’s Real Time with Bill Maher has written his funniest, m… read more

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  • nonfiction
  • biography
  • memoir
  • audiobook
Cover of Rebel Rising by Rebel Wilson

26. Rebel Rising

By: Rebel Wilson

3.91

Format: 335 pages, Kindle Edition

From the scene-stealing star of Pitch Perfect and Bridesmaids comes a refreshingly candid, hilariou… read more

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  • biography
  • memoir
  • autobiography
  • biography memoir
  • nonfiction
  • audiobook
"Would this performance feel internally like I was going to die? Yes. But my desire to win, my desire to be somebody, is so strong that it compels me to do the hardest thing possible: to perform in pu…"

-Rebel Wilson, Rebel Rising

"People would come up to me on the street and say, 'I just want to thank you for being so brave!' Why am I so fucking brave? I'm not going off to fight in a war! I'm not running into a burning buildin…"

-Rebel Wilson, Rebel Rising

Cover of The Path to Paradise: A Francis Ford Coppola Story by Sam Wasson

27. The Path to Paradise: A Francis Ford Coppola Story

By: Sam Wasson

3.80

Format: 400 pages, Hardcover

The New York Times bestselling author of Fifth Avenue, Five A.M. and The Big Goodbye returns with t… read more

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  • nonfiction
  • biography
  • audiobook
Cover of Mike Nichols: A Life by Mark  Harris

28. Mike Nichols: A Life

By: Mark Harris

4.48

Format: 688 pages, Hardcover

A magnificent biography of one of the most protean creative forces in American entertainment histor… read more

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  • biography
  • memoir
  • biography memoir
  • nonfiction
  • audiobook
Cover of My Days: Happy and Otherwise by Marion Ross

29. My Days: Happy and Otherwise

By: Marion Ross

3.98

Format: 336 pages, Hardcover

For eleven seasons, Marion Ross was head of one of America’s favorite television households. Now me… read more

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  • biography
  • memoir
  • autobiography
  • biography memoir
  • nonfiction
  • audiobook
Cover of Into Every Generation a Slayer Is Born: How Buffy Staked Our Hearts by Evan Ross Katz

30. Into Every Generation a Slayer Is Born: How Buffy Staked Our Hearts

By: Evan Ross Katz

3.97

Format: 400 pages, Hardcover

Explore the history and cultural impact of a groundbreaking television show adored by old and new f… read more

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  • adult
  • nonfiction
  • audiobook
Cover of Inside Comedy: The Soul, Wit, and Bite of Comedy and Comedians of the Last Five Decades by David      Steinberg

31. Inside Comedy: The Soul, Wit, and Bite of Comedy and Comedians of the Last Five Decades

By: David Steinberg

3.61

Format: 352 pages, Hardcover

The world of comedy and comedians of the last five decades. By the man the New York Times calls "a … read more

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  • nonfiction
  • biography
  • memoir
  • audiobook

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My Happy Days in Hollywood: A Memoir

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