14 must-read biography memoir books like Drama: An Actor's Education by John Lithgow

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Drama: An Actor's Education

By: John Lithgow

3.93

Format: 336 pages, Hardcover

Through the vivid stories in "Drama", John Lithgow shares a backstage history of his struggle, cris…

"My snobbery made me do it."

-John Lithgow, Drama: An Actor's Education

If you liked the biography memoir plot in Drama: An Actor's Education by John Lithgow , here is a list of 14 books like this:

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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

Similar categories in Martin Short's I Must Say: My Life as a Humble Comedy Legend book and John Lithgow's Drama: An Actor's Education

  • biography
  • memoir
  • humor
  • autobiography
  • biography memoir
  • nonfiction
  • comedy
  • 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

Similar categories in Billy Crystal's Still Foolin' 'Em: Where I've Been, Where I'm Going, and Where the Hell Are My Keys book and John Lithgow's Drama: An Actor's Education

  • biography
  • memoir
  • humor
  • autobiography
  • nonfiction
  • comedy
  • audiobook
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3. The Golden Spruce: A True Story of Myth, Madness, and Greed

By: John Vaillant

4.38

Format: None pages, Paperback

When a shattered kayak and camping gear are found on an uninhabited island in the Pacific Northwest… read more

Similar categories in John Vaillant's The Golden Spruce: A True Story of Myth, Madness, and Greed book and John Lithgow's Drama: An Actor's Education

  • nonfiction
Cover of Drama: An Actor's Education by John Lithgow

4. Drama: An Actor's Education

By: John Lithgow

3.93

Format: 336 pages, Hardcover

Through the vivid stories in "Drama", John Lithgow shares a backstage history of his struggle, cris… read more

Similar categories in John Lithgow's Drama: An Actor's Education book and John Lithgow's Drama: An Actor's Education

  • biography
  • memoir
  • film
  • humor
  • theatre
  • autobiography
  • biography memoir
  • nonfiction
  • comedy
  • audiobook
"My snobbery made me do it."

-John Lithgow, Drama: An Actor's Education

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5. On the Move: A Life

By: Oliver Sacks

4.02

Format: 397 pages, Hardcover

When Oliver Sacks was twelve years old, a perceptive schoolmaster wrote in his report: “Sacks will … read more

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  • biography
  • memoir
  • autobiography
  • biography memoir
  • nonfiction
  • audiobook
"In 1966, after arriving in New York, I read two of Luria's books, Higher Cortical Functions in Man and Human Brain and Psychological Processes. The latter, which contained very full case histories of…"

-Oliver Sacks, On the Move: A Life

"Individuality is deeply imbued in us from the very start, at the neuronal level. Even at a motor level, researchers have shown, an infant does not follow a set pattern of learning to walk or how to r…"

-Oliver Sacks, On the Move: A Life

6. A Life in Parts

By: Bryan Cranston

4.03

Format: None pages, Hardcover

A poignant, intimate, funny, inspiring memoir--both a coming-of-age story and a meditation on creat… read more

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7. The Serpent's Secret (Kiranmala and the Kingdom Beyond, #1)

By: Sayantani DasGupta

2.56

Format: 201 pages, Hardcover

MEET KIRANMALA: INTERDIMENSIONAL DEMONSLAYER (But she doesn't know it yet.) On the morning of her t… read more

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8. The Bassoon King: My Life in Art, Faith, and Idiocy

By: Rainn Wilson

5.00

Format: 29 pages, Hardcover

Rainn Wilson's memoir about growing up geeky and finally finding his place in comedy, faith, and li… read more

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9. It's a Long Story: My Life

By: Willie Nelson

3.71

Format: 244 pages, Hardcover

The definitive autobiography of Willie Nelson "Unvarnished. Funny. Leaving no stone unturned." . . … read more

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10. 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
  • humor
  • autobiography
  • biography memoir
  • nonfiction
  • 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

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11. The Extraordinary Life of an Ordinary Man: A Memoir

By: Paul Newman

3.89

Format: 297 pages, Hardcover

NEW YORK TIMES BEST SELLER - The raw, candid, unvarnished memoir of an American icon. The greatest … read more

Similar categories in Paul Newman's The Extraordinary Life of an Ordinary Man: A Memoir book and John Lithgow's Drama: An Actor's Education

  • biography
  • memoir
  • film
  • autobiography
  • biography memoir
  • nonfiction
  • audiobook
Cover of Don't Tell Anybody the Secrets I Told You: A Memoir by Lucinda Williams

12. Don't Tell Anybody the Secrets I Told You: A Memoir

By: Lucinda Williams

3.96

Format: 272 pages, Hardcover

The iconic singer-songwriter and three-time Grammy winner opens up about her traumatic childhood in… read more

Similar categories in Lucinda Williams's Don't Tell Anybody the Secrets I Told You: A Memoir book and John Lithgow's Drama: An Actor's Education

  • biography
  • memoir
  • autobiography
  • biography memoir
  • nonfiction
  • audiobook
Cover of An Afro-Indigenous History of the United States (ReVisioning History) by Kyle T. Mays

13. An Afro-Indigenous History of the United States (ReVisioning History)

By: Kyle T. Mays

4.09

Format: 272 pages, Hardcover

The first intersectional history of the Black and Native American struggle for freedom in our count… read more

Similar categories in Kyle T. Mays's An Afro-Indigenous History of the United States (ReVisioning History) book and John Lithgow's Drama: An Actor's Education

  • nonfiction
  • audiobook
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14. Robin

By: Dave Itzkoff

4.11

Format: 527 pages, Kindle Edition

From New York Times culture reporter Dave Itzkoff, the definitive biography of Robin Williams – a c… read more

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  • biography
  • memoir
  • film
  • humor
  • biography memoir
  • nonfiction
  • comedy
  • audiobook
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15. Talking to My Angels

By: Melissa Etheridge

3.95

Format: 224 pages, Hardcover

Twenty years after the success of her first memoir, the New York Times bestseller The Truth Is . . … read more

Similar categories in Melissa Etheridge's Talking to My Angels book and John Lithgow's Drama: An Actor's Education

  • biography
  • memoir
  • biography memoir
  • nonfiction
  • audiobook
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16. 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
  • humor
  • 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

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17. 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

Similar categories in Eric Idle's Always Look on the Bright Side of Life: A Sortabiography book and John Lithgow's Drama: An Actor's Education

  • biography
  • memoir
  • humor
  • autobiography
  • biography memoir
  • nonfiction
  • comedy
  • 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 So Many Steves: Afternoons with Steve Martin by Steve Martin

18. So Many Steves: Afternoons with Steve Martin

By: Steve Martin

3.83

Format: 3 pages, Audiobook

Steve Martin is more candid than he’s ever been about his creative life in this engrossing audio-bi… read more

Similar categories in Steve Martin's So Many Steves: Afternoons with Steve Martin book and John Lithgow's Drama: An Actor's Education

  • biography
  • memoir
  • humor
  • autobiography
  • biography memoir
  • nonfiction
  • comedy
  • audiobook
Cover of Entrances and Exits by Michael    Richards

19. 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

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  • biography
  • memoir
  • humor
  • autobiography
  • biography memoir
  • nonfiction
  • comedy
  • audiobook
Cover of Wanderlust: An Eccentric Explorer, an Epic Journey, a Lost Age by Reid Mitenbuler

20. Wanderlust: An Eccentric Explorer, an Epic Journey, a Lost Age

By: Reid Mitenbuler

4.32

Format: 512 pages, Hardcover

The mesmerizing, larger-than-life tale of an eccentric adventurer who traversed some of the greates… read more

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  • biography memoir
  • biography
  • nonfiction
  • audiobook
Cover of Chita: A Memoir by Chita Rivera

21. Chita: A Memoir

By: Chita Rivera

4.16

Format: 320 pages, Hardcover

The long-awaited and wildly entertaining memoir of the star of stage and screen, the legendary Chit… read more

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  • biography
  • memoir
  • theatre
  • autobiography
  • biography memoir
  • nonfiction
  • audiobook

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Transform Your Habits

I Must Say: My Life as a Humble Comedy Legend

Martin Short

4.11

Transform Your Habits

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

Billy Crystal

4.50

Transform Your Habits

Drama: An Actor's Education

John Lithgow

3.93

Transform Your Habits

On the Move: A Life

Oliver Sacks

4.02

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The Making of Another Major Motion Picture Masterpiece

Tom Hanks

3.70

Transform Your Habits

My Name Is Barbra

Barbra Streisand

4.20

Transform Your Habits

Being Henry: The Fonz . . . and Beyond

Henry Winkler

4.14

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Steve Martin

3.72

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