12 Top autobiography books like Before & Laughter: A Life Changing Book by Jimmy Carr

Before & Laughter: A Life Changing Book

By: Jimmy Carr

4.06

Format: 358 pages, Paperback

*A memoir and self-help manual by one of the country's most treasured comedians* In his mid-twen…

"Here’s my advice for dealing with family trauma: accept the apology you’re never going to get and move on. There, I just saved you £25,000 in therapy. You’re welcome."
-Jimmy Carr, Before & Laughter: A Life Changing Book
"Here’s my advice for dealing with family trauma: accept the apology you’re never going to get and move on. There, I just saved you £25,000 in therapy. You’re welcome."
-Jimmy Carr, Before & Laughter: A Life Changing Book
"Have you ever been to the Parthenon in Athens? If you’ve seen a photo, it’s nice, right? The photo is nice, but the real thing is fucking amazing. That’s like you. The best photo of you is nothing like being in the room with you."
-Jimmy Carr, Before & Laughter: A Life Changing Book
"Have you ever been to the Parthenon in Athens? If you’ve seen a photo, it’s nice, right? The photo is nice, but the real thing is fucking amazing. That’s like you. The best photo of you is nothing like being in the room with you."
-Jimmy Carr, Before & Laughter: A Life Changing Book

If you liked the autobiography plot in Before & Laughter: A Life Changing Book by Jimmy Carr , here is a list of 12 books like this:

1. Mack the Life: The Autobiography

By: Lee Mack

3.75

Format: 320 pages, Hardcover

A brilliant, heartfelt and hilarious insight into the life of one of our most popular comedians. … read more

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biography
memoir
humor
autobiography
biography memoir
nonfiction
comedy
audiobook

2. Back Story

By: David Mitchell

5.00

Format: 500 pages, Paperback

David Mitchell, who you may know for his inappropriate anger on every TV panel show except Never Mi… read more

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3. Life & Laughing: My Story

By: Michael McIntyre

3.85

Format: 132 pages, Hardcover

Michael McIntyre has become Britain's biggest comedy star. His debut stand-up DVD was the fastest s… read more

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4. We Need to Talk About...

By: Kevin Bridges

4.14

Format: 438 pages, Kindle Edition

Aged just 17, Kevin Bridges walked on stage for the first time in a Glasgow comedy club and brought… read more

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5. The Sound of Laughter

By: Peter Kay

3.00

Format: 9 pages, Paperback

Peter Kay's unerring gift for observing the absurdities and eccentricities of family life has earne… read more

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6. Unruly: The Ridiculous History of England's Kings and Queens

By: David Mitchell

4.16

Format: 433 pages, ebook

A rollicking history of England's earliest kings and queens, a story of narcissists, excessive behe… read more

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biography
humor
nonfiction
comedy
audiobook

"The defeat of the Armada in 1588 was Elizabeth's high point. Things went downhill after that. Militarily the triumph against Spain was rather undermined the following year when Elizabeth sent her own…"
-David Mitchell, Unruly: The Ridiculous History of England's Kings and Queens
"There were a couple of positives: in 1554, the Queen Regent's Prerogative Act was passed which made explicit, for the first time, that when a woman inherited the throne - became the sovereign, queen …"
-David Mitchell, Unruly: The Ridiculous History of England's Kings and Queens
"Standing jaggedly on Senlac Hill, where Harold Godwinson died, possibly as a result of having taken an arrow to the eye - though possibly more boringly than that, some historians have felt constraine…"
-David Mitchell, Unruly: The Ridiculous History of England's Kings and Queens
"Queen Mary was known as Bloody Mary because of the large number of people she killed. And also because of misogyny. She was the first properly crowned woman to rule as queen regnant, not just queen c…"
-David Mitchell, Unruly: The Ridiculous History of England's Kings and Queens

7. And Away...

By: Bob Mortimer

4.33

Format: 323 pages, Hardcover

Bob Mortimer’s life was trundling along happily until suddenly in 2015 he was diagnosed with a hear… read more

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biography
memoir
humor
autobiography
biography memoir
nonfiction
comedy
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"Always enter your shoes before wearing them."
-Bob Mortimer, And Away...

8. A Funny Life

By: Michael McIntyre

4.20

Format: 300 pages, Kindle Edition

The Sunday Times top 10 bestseller.Laugh along with Michael McIntyre as he lifts the curtain on his… read more

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biography
memoir
humor
autobiography
biography memoir
nonfiction
comedy
audiobook

9. Before & Laughter: A Life Changing Book

By: Jimmy Carr

4.06

Format: 358 pages, Paperback

*A memoir and self-help manual by one of the country's most treasured comedians* In his mid-twen… read more

Similar categories in Jimmy Carr's Before & Laughter: A Life Changing Book book and Jimmy Carr's Before & Laughter: A Life Changing Book

self help
personal development
biography
memoir
humor
autobiography
biography memoir
nonfiction
comedy
audiobook

"Here’s my advice for dealing with family trauma: accept the apology you’re never going to get and move on. There, I just saved you £25,000 in therapy. You’re welcome."
-Jimmy Carr, Before & Laughter: A Life Changing Book
"Have you ever been to the Parthenon in Athens? If you’ve seen a photo, it’s nice, right? The photo is nice, but the real thing is fucking amazing. That’s like you. The best photo of you is nothing li…"
-Jimmy Carr, Before & Laughter: A Life Changing Book
"But here’s the thing about being human: if we put off doing anything risky for long enough, fear will attach itself. Then what happens is that fear will attract even more fear until the fear becomes …"
-Jimmy Carr, Before & Laughter: A Life Changing Book
"If you can be with a loved one when they die, you should. Her hands getting cold as the circulation shuts down, her breathing getting heavy, the death rattle. Bearing witness to a death is an incredi…"
-Jimmy Carr, Before & Laughter: A Life Changing Book

10. Straight Outta Crawley: Memoirs of a Distinctly Average Human Being

By: Romesh Ranganathan

3.87

Format: 247 pages, Kindle Edition

At the age of 9, Romesh Ranganathan delivered his first ever stand-up set at a Pontin's holiday cam… read more

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biography
memoir
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autobiography
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nonfiction
comedy
audiobook

11. Watching Neighbours Twice a Day...: How ’90s TV (Almost) Prepared Me For Life

By: Josh Widdicombe

3.91

Format: 304 pages, Kindle Edition

'A wonderful blend of nostalgia, hilarity and personal anecdotes that only Josh Widdicombe could de… read more

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biography
memoir
humor
autobiography
biography memoir
nonfiction
comedy
audiobook

12. Gotta Get Theroux This: My Life and Strange Times in Television

By: Louis Theroux

3.86

Format: 416 pages, Hardcover

In 1994 fledgling journalist Louis Theroux was given a one-off gig on Michael Moore's TV Nation, pr… read more

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biography
memoir
humor
autobiography
biography memoir
nonfiction
audiobook

13. The Audacity

By: Katherine Ryan

4.16

Format: 294 pages, Kindle Edition

From the star of the hit Netflix series The Duchess comes a brilliantly funny, fiercely honest, and… read more

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biography
memoir
humor
autobiography
biography memoir
nonfiction
comedy
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14. The Diary of a CEO: The 33 Laws of Business and Life

By: Steven Bartlett

4.19

Format: 368 pages, Hardcover

A galvanizing playbook for success from Steven Bartlett, one of the world’s most exciting entrepren… read more

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self help
nonfiction
personal development
audiobook

15. A Class Act: Life as a Working-Class Man in a Middle-Class World

By: Rob Beckett

4.10

Format: 288 pages, Hardcover

Rob Beckett never seems to fit in. At work, in the middle-class world of television he’s the laddie… read more

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memoir
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autobiography
biography memoir
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comedy
audiobook

16. James Acaster's Guide to Quitting Social Media

By: James Acaster

3.39

Format: 304 pages, Hardcover

This is a self help book like no other. Because you are not helping yourself, James Acaster is help… read more

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self help
biography
memoir
humor
autobiography
nonfiction
comedy
audiobook

"I knew I had a problem when I found myself saying, to my reflection, in my laptop screen, 'What has two gigantic thumbs and needs to quit social media?' 'This guy'... before bursting into laughter, t…"
-James Acaster, James Acaster's Guide to Quitting Social Media
"Even without a profile, searching your name on twitter is extremely common, especially if you're a celebrity, as I am and will be until the day I die. I shamefully admit that after quitting twitter, …"
-James Acaster, James Acaster's Guide to Quitting Social Media

17. T.V.: Big Adventures on the Small Screen

By: Peter Kay

4.23

Format: 302 pages, Kindle Edition

*The long-awaited return of the comedy national treasure*Blockbusters, Baywatch … Mastermind, Moonl… read more

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memoir
humor
autobiography
nonfiction
comedy
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18. That Moment When...: Life Stories From Way Back Then

By: Mo Gilligan

3.99

Format: 320 pages, Hardcover

There's Mo to life... In 2016 a totally broke Mo Gilligan recorded and posted a funny video online … read more

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nonfiction
biography
comedy
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19. As Good As It Gets: Life Lessons from a Reluctant Adult

By: Romesh Ranganathan

3.91

Format: 272 pages, Paperback

Confronted by the realities of adulthood, Romesh Ranganathan must face an uncomfortable this is no… read more

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memoir
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comedy
audiobook

20. Happy Sexy Millionaire: Unexpected Truths about Fulfillment, Love, and Success

By: Steven Bartlett

4.15

Format: 224 pages, Hardcover

"This book will change your life if you let it." - Tom Bilyeu, Co-Founder/CEO of Impact Theory & C… read more

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"The fairy tales of how life is ‘supposed to be going’ will fuck up your life. You don’t have to go to university at 18, get a job at 21, buy a house at 30, get married at 35 and have kids at 36. Ever…"
-Steven Bartlett, Happy Sexy Millionaire: Unexpected Truths about Fulfillment, Love, and Success