24 Top nonfiction books like A Pocketful of Happiness by Richard E. Grant

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A Pocketful of Happiness

By: Richard E. Grant

4.36

Format: 352 pages, Hardcover

Born in Swaziland in 1957, Richard E. Grant moved to the UK to pursue his acting career, and has be…

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1. You Are Here

By: David Nicholls

4.08

Format: 368 pages, Hardcover

Sometimes you need to get lost to find your way . . . Michael is coming undone. Adrift after his… read more

Similar categories in David Nicholls's You Are Here book and Richard E. Grant's A Pocketful of Happiness

  • adult
  • audiobook
"It’s true I do have time and freedom and I love it, sometimes. But the notion that I should be “making the most of it"

-David Nicholls, You Are Here

"You were traumatised.’ ‘I wonder if people use that word too much.’ ‘It’s the right word for something traumatic.’ ‘But it wasn’t war. People get beaten up every Friday night.’ ‘And are traumatised b…"

-David Nicholls, You Are Here

"she went on a solo trip to Italy, role-playing a character in a Forster novel. In Florence, she read performatively in cafés and sat in the cool of exquisite churches, straining for some kind of spir…"

-David Nicholls, You Are Here

"Books saw her through the pupal stage of thirteen to sixteen, frowning at Kafka and Woolf, then tearing through John Irving and Maeve Binchy, widely read in the proper sense, making no distinction be…"

-David Nicholls, You Are Here

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2. 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

Similar categories in David Mitchell's Unruly: The Ridiculous History of England's Kings and Queens book and Richard E. Grant's A Pocketful of Happiness

  • nonfiction
  • biography
  • 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

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3. Water

By: John Boyne

4.33

Format: 176 pages, Hardcover

The first thing Vanessa Carvin does when she arrives on the island is change her name. To the local… read more

Similar categories in John Boyne's Water book and Richard E. Grant's A Pocketful of Happiness

  • family
  • audiobook
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4. Managing Expectations: A Memoir in Essays

By: Minnie Driver

4.09

Format: 288 pages, ebook

A MARIE CLAIRE BEST MEMOIR OF THE YEAR - A USA TODAY MUST READ BOOK - A W MAGAZINE MOST ANTICIPATED… read more

Similar categories in Minnie Driver's Managing Expectations: A Memoir in Essays book and Richard E. Grant's A Pocketful of Happiness

  • biography
  • memoir
  • autobiography
  • biography memoir
  • nonfiction
  • adult
  • audiobook
"We all pretend until pretense becomes practiced and I suppose, looks like reality."

-Minnie Driver, Managing Expectations: A Memoir in Essays

"I think again of that thing no one tells you about birth, that as your body offers up your child to the outside world your very first job as a mother is to let go. I really never thought about the fa…"

-Minnie Driver, Managing Expectations: A Memoir in Essays

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5. So Late in the Day

By: Claire Keegan

4.00

Format: 47 pages, Hardcover

After an uneventful Friday at the Dublin office, Cathal faces into the long weekend and takes the b… read more

Similar categories in Claire Keegan's So Late in the Day book and Richard E. Grant's A Pocketful of Happiness

  • adult
  • audiobook
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6. The Twat Files: a Life of Mistakes - No Regrets

By: Dawn French

3.87

Format: 363 pages, Kindle Edition

Discover the truth behind the many, many times Dawn French has been a complete twat over the last s… read more

Similar categories in Dawn French's The Twat Files: a Life of Mistakes - No Regrets book and Richard E. Grant's A Pocketful of Happiness

  • biography
  • memoir
  • autobiography
  • biography memoir
  • nonfiction
  • audiobook
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7. Ready For Absolutely Nothing

By: Susannah Constantine

3.91

Format: 348 pages, Kindle Edition

'A rollicking ride . . . What a life' SUNDAY TIMESEssential reading for anyone who secretly just wa… read more

Similar categories in Susannah Constantine's Ready For Absolutely Nothing book and Richard E. Grant's A Pocketful of Happiness

  • biography
  • memoir
  • autobiography
  • biography memoir
  • nonfiction
  • audiobook
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8. Oh Miriam!: Stories from an Extraordinary Life

By: Miriam Margolyes

4.08

Format: 321 pages, Hardcover

'Oh Miriam! risks the curse of the sequel, and pulls it off . . . A force of nature, a tour de farc… read more

Similar categories in Miriam Margolyes's Oh Miriam!: Stories from an Extraordinary Life book and Richard E. Grant's A Pocketful of Happiness

  • biography
  • memoir
  • autobiography
  • biography memoir
  • nonfiction
  • adult
  • audiobook
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9. A Heart That Works

By: Rob Delaney

4.62

Format: 192 pages, Paperback

New York Times  Bestseller *  The New Yorker   Best Books of 2022 *  Entertainment Weekly  Best Boo… read more

Similar categories in Rob Delaney's A Heart That Works book and Richard E. Grant's A Pocketful of Happiness

  • biography
  • memoir
  • autobiography
  • biography memoir
  • nonfiction
  • family
  • audiobook
"I felt like I was being asked to find an individual lentil in a warehouse that a tornado had just torn through"

-Rob Delaney, A Heart That Works

"Why don't you just leave open the possibility that others love you, whether you like it or not, and that the people who'd like you to stick around aren't, to a man, wrong."

-Rob Delaney, A Heart That Works

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10. Madly, Deeply: The Diaries of Alan Rickman

By: Alan Rickman

3.58

Format: 469 pages, Hardcover

Madly Deeply is a rare invitation into the mind of Alan Rickman—one of the most magnetic, beloved … read more

Similar categories in Alan Rickman's Madly, Deeply: The Diaries of Alan Rickman book and Richard E. Grant's A Pocketful of Happiness

  • biography
  • memoir
  • media tie in
  • autobiography
  • biography memoir
  • nonfiction
  • adult
  • audiobook
"The trouble with death is that there is no next."

-Alan Rickman, Madly, Deeply: The Diaries of Alan Rickman

"Why was I dreaming about having got myself a Saturday job at Woolworth's??"

-Alan Rickman, Madly, Deeply: The Diaries of Alan Rickman

"The walls we are surrounded by, the objects we fill the spaces with, the lives they all describe."

-Alan Rickman, Madly, Deeply: The Diaries of Alan Rickman

"Savoy Grill with Emma[Thompson]. A very easy, enjoyable meal with an easy enjoyable person. She says 'fuck' a lot. Much laughter."

-Alan Rickman, Madly, Deeply: The Diaries of Alan Rickman

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11. The Last Devil to Die (Thursday Murder Club, #4)

By: Richard Osman

4.49

Format: 421 pages, Hardcover

Shocking news reaches the Thursday Murder Club. An old friend in the antiques business has been … read more

Similar categories in Richard Osman's The Last Devil to Die (Thursday Murder Club, #4) book and Richard E. Grant's A Pocketful of Happiness

  • audiobook
"His authentic indifference seems to delight them."

-Richard Osman, The Last Devil to Die (Thursday Murder Club, #4)

"I think Psychopaths wear lipstick too,' says Joyce."

-Richard Osman, The Last Devil to Die (Thursday Murder Club, #4)

"I love you,' he says. Because what else is there to say?"

-Richard Osman, The Last Devil to Die (Thursday Murder Club, #4)

"Sure,' says Ron. 'She wants to kill me. Bake her some scones."

-Richard Osman, The Last Devil to Die (Thursday Murder Club, #4)

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12. A Pocketful of Happiness

By: Richard E. Grant

4.36

Format: 352 pages, Hardcover

Born in Swaziland in 1957, Richard E. Grant moved to the UK to pursue his acting career, and has be… read more

Similar categories in Richard E. Grant's A Pocketful of Happiness book and Richard E. Grant's A Pocketful of Happiness

  • biography
  • memoir
  • film
  • media tie in
  • autobiography
  • biography memoir
  • nonfiction
  • family
  • adult
  • audiobook
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13. Comfort Eating: What We Eat When Nobody's Looking

By: Grace Dent

4.17

Format: None pages, Hardcover

Have you ever wondered why eating cheese can sometimes feel like a cuddle? Or how a good curry can … read more

Similar categories in Grace Dent's Comfort Eating: What We Eat When Nobody's Looking book and Richard E. Grant's A Pocketful of Happiness

  • nonfiction
  • audiobook
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14. The Satsuma Complex

By: Bob Mortimer

3.68

Format: 301 pages, Kindle Edition

'My name is Gary. I’m a thirty-year-old legal assistant with a firm of solicitors in London. To des… read more

Similar categories in Bob Mortimer's The Satsuma Complex book and Richard E. Grant's A Pocketful of Happiness

  • audiobook
"And off she toddled back into the flat, banging Lassoo in the face with the door as he followed behind her. He looked up at me as if to say, 'That's your fucking fault."

-Bob Mortimer, The Satsuma Complex

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15. This Much is True

By: Miriam Margolyes

4.09

Format: 427 pages, Kindle Edition

BAFTA-winning actor, voice of everything from Monkey to the Cadbury's Caramel Rabbit, creator of a … read more

Similar categories in Miriam Margolyes's This Much is True book and Richard E. Grant's A Pocketful of Happiness

  • biography
  • memoir
  • autobiography
  • biography memoir
  • nonfiction
  • audiobook
"...it is the vulnerabilities in people, rather more than their strengths, which allow us to love them."

-Miriam Margolyes, This Much is True

"And I was in love with him because, when he ended it, I can remember the feeling of being annihilated - a pure, wrenching grief and loss."

-Miriam Margolyes, This Much is True

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16. Karma: My Autobiography

By: Boy George

3.62

Format: 296 pages, Kindle Edition

THE OFFICIAL STORY OF A MUSICAL ICON - TOLD IN FULL FOR THE FIRST TIME IN HIS OWN WORDS'In what mig… read more

Similar categories in Boy George's Karma: My Autobiography book and Richard E. Grant's A Pocketful of Happiness

  • biography
  • memoir
  • autobiography
  • biography memoir
  • nonfiction
  • adult
  • audiobook
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17. I’m Not as Well as I Thought I Was

By: Ruby Wax

3.76

Format: 256 pages, Hardcover

Checking into a psychiatric institution wasn't exactly on Ruby Wax's agenda for 2022 - writing abou… read more

Similar categories in Ruby Wax's I’m Not as Well as I Thought I Was book and Richard E. Grant's A Pocketful of Happiness

  • biography
  • memoir
  • autobiography
  • nonfiction
  • audiobook
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18. Berserker!

By: Adrian Edmondson

4.32

Format: 406 pages, Kindle Edition

From brutal schooldays to '80s anarchy, through The Young Ones and beyond, Berserker! is the one-of… read more

Similar categories in Adrian Edmondson's Berserker! book and Richard E. Grant's A Pocketful of Happiness

  • biography
  • memoir
  • autobiography
  • biography memoir
  • nonfiction
  • audiobook
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19. Did I Ever Tell You This?

By: Sam Neill

4.06

Format: 398 pages, Hardcover

In this unexpected memoir, written in a creative burst of just a few months in 2022, Sam Neill tell… read more

Similar categories in Sam Neill's Did I Ever Tell You This? book and Richard E. Grant's A Pocketful of Happiness

  • biography
  • memoir
  • film
  • autobiography
  • biography memoir
  • nonfiction
  • adult
  • audiobook
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20. 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

Similar categories in Peter Kay's T.V.: Big Adventures on the Small Screen book and Richard E. Grant's A Pocketful of Happiness

  • biography
  • memoir
  • autobiography
  • nonfiction
  • audiobook
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21. Menopausing: The Positive Roadmap to Your Second Spring

By: Davina McCall

4.31

Format: 303 pages, Kindle Edition

Menopause affects every woman, and yet so many approach it with shame, fear, misinformation or sile… read more

Similar categories in Davina McCall's Menopausing: The Positive Roadmap to Your Second Spring book and Richard E. Grant's A Pocketful of Happiness

  • nonfiction
  • audiobook
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22. Rising to the Surface

By: Lenny Henry

3.58

Format: 328 pages, Hardcover

The rise and fall and triumphant rise from the ashes of Lenny Henry during the 80s and 90s. 'Mo… read more

Similar categories in Lenny Henry's Rising to the Surface book and Richard E. Grant's A Pocketful of Happiness

  • biography
  • memoir
  • autobiography
  • nonfiction
  • audiobook
Cover of Getting Better: Life lessons on going under, getting over it, and getting through it by Michael Rosen

23. Getting Better: Life lessons on going under, getting over it, and getting through it

By: Michael Rosen

4.00

Format: 252 pages, Kindle Edition

In our lives, terrible things may happen. Michael Rosen has grieved the loss of a child, lived with… read more

Similar categories in Michael Rosen's Getting Better: Life lessons on going under, getting over it, and getting through it book and Richard E. Grant's A Pocketful of Happiness

  • biography
  • memoir
  • autobiography
  • biography memoir
  • nonfiction
  • audiobook
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24. The Full English: A Journey in Search of a Country and its People

By: Stuart Maconie

4.08

Format: 352 pages, Hardcover

Three years before George Orwell made his expedition to the far and frozen North JB Priestley – who… read more

Similar categories in Stuart Maconie's The Full English: A Journey in Search of a Country and its People book and Richard E. Grant's A Pocketful of Happiness

  • nonfiction
  • biography
  • audiobook
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25. Old Rage

By: Sheila Hancock

4.08

Format: 272 pages, Hardcover

Sheila Hancock looked like she was managing old age. She had weathered and even thrived in widowhoo… read more

Similar categories in Sheila Hancock's Old Rage book and Richard E. Grant's A Pocketful of Happiness

  • biography
  • memoir
  • autobiography
  • nonfiction
  • audiobook
Cover of Erotic Vagrancy: Everything about Richard Burton and Elizabeth Taylor by Roger Lewis

26. Erotic Vagrancy: Everything about Richard Burton and Elizabeth Taylor

By: Roger Lewis

3.72

Format: 605 pages, Hardcover

Thirteen years in the writing, Erotic Vagrancy doesn't only surpass every other biography of Elizab… read more

Similar categories in Roger Lewis's Erotic Vagrancy: Everything about Richard Burton and Elizabeth Taylor book and Richard E. Grant's A Pocketful of Happiness

  • biography
  • memoir
  • film
  • biography memoir
  • nonfiction
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27. Playing Under the Piano: From Downton to Darkest Peru

By: Hugh Bonneville

3.97

Format: 384 pages, Hardcover

A The Times (UK) and Sunday Times Best Book of the Year A moving, laugh-out-loud memoir from one o… read more

Similar categories in Hugh Bonneville's Playing Under the Piano: From Downton to Darkest Peru book and Richard E. Grant's A Pocketful of Happiness

  • biography
  • memoir
  • autobiography
  • biography memoir
  • nonfiction
  • adult
  • audiobook
Cover of Pru and Me: The Amazing Marriage of Prunella Scales and Timothy West by Timothy West

28. Pru and Me: The Amazing Marriage of Prunella Scales and Timothy West

By: Timothy West

4.44

Format: 344 pages, Hardcover

A heartwarming, first-hand account of one of the most celebrated marriages in the history of Britis… read more

Similar categories in Timothy West's Pru and Me: The Amazing Marriage of Prunella Scales and Timothy West book and Richard E. Grant's A Pocketful of Happiness

  • nonfiction
  • memoir
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29. What

By: John Cooper Clarke

4.02

Format: 64 pages, Hardcover

'Nothing short of dazzling' – Alex Turner Dr John Cooper Clarke's dazzling, scabrous voice has rev… read more

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30. My Family: The Memoir

By: David Baddiel

4.41

Format: 427 pages, Kindle Edition

A searingly honest, funny and moving family memoir in which David Baddiel exposes his mother’s idio… read more

Similar categories in David Baddiel's My Family: The Memoir book and Richard E. Grant's A Pocketful of Happiness

  • nonfiction
  • biography
  • memoir
  • audiobook

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Transform Your Habits

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David Nicholls

4.08

Transform Your Habits

Managing Expectations: A Memoir in Essays

Minnie Driver

4.09

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So Late in the Day

Claire Keegan

4.00

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Oh Miriam!: Stories from an Extraordinary Life

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3.58

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Barbra Streisand

4.20

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