16 Top biography books like Your Dad Stole My Rake: And Other Family Dilemmas by Tom Papa

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Your Dad Stole My Rake: And Other Family Dilemmas

By: Tom Papa

3.80

Format: 304 pages, Hardcover

It's hard being a person, especially in a family, and no one knows that better than stand-up comedi…

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1. Canada

By: Mike Myers

3.92

Format: 304 pages, Hardcover

Comedy superstar Mike Myers writes from the (true patriot) heart about his 52-year relationship wit… read more

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  • biography
  • memoir
  • humor
  • biography memoir
  • nonfiction
  • comedy
  • audiobook
"...the strength of a democracy is not how well we agree but how well we disagree."

-Mike Myers, Canada

Cover of Thanks for the Money: How to Use My Life Story to Become the Best Joel McHale You Can Be by Joel McHale, Brad Stevens, Boyd Vico

2. Thanks for the Money: How to Use My Life Story to Become the Best Joel McHale You Can Be

By: Joel McHale , Brad Stevens , Boyd Vico

3.40

Format: 320 pages, Hardcover

Joel McHale pulls back the curtain on his personal journey to stardom! Here, for the first time, Jo… read more

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  • biography
  • memoir
  • humor
  • biography memoir
  • nonfiction
  • adult
  • comedy
  • audiobook
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3. Born Standing Up: A Comic's Life

By: Steve Martin

3.88

Format: 207 pages, Hardcover

In the midseventies, Steve Martin exploded onto the comedy scene. By 1978 he was the biggest concer… read more

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  • biography
  • memoir
  • humor
  • biography memoir
  • nonfiction
  • adult
  • comedy
  • audiobook
"I did stand-up comedy for eighteen years."

-Steve Martin, Born Standing Up: A Comic's Life

"...teaching is, after all, a form of show business."

-Steve Martin, Born Standing Up: A Comic's Life

"How many people have never raised their hand before?"

-Steve Martin, Born Standing Up: A Comic's Life

"Thankfully, persistence is a great substitute for talent."

-Steve Martin, Born Standing Up: A Comic's Life

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4. The Pluto Files: The Rise and Fall of America's Favorite Planet

By: Neil deGrasse Tyson

3.94

Format: 160 pages, Paperback

When the Rose Center for Earth and Space at the American Museum of Natural History reclassified Plu… read more

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  • nonfiction
  • audiobook
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5. Dad Is Fat

By: Jim Gaffigan

3.50

Format: 218 pages, ebook

In Dad is Fat, stand-up comedian Jim Gaffigan, who's best known for his legendary riffs on Hot Pock… read more

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  • parenting
  • biography
  • memoir
  • humor
  • nonfiction
  • comedy
  • audiobook
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6. I'm Fine...and Other Lies

By: Whitney Cummings

3.57

Format: 160 pages, Hardcover

Well, well, well. Look at you, ogling my book page. . . . I presume if you're reading this it means… read more

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  • biography
  • memoir
  • humor
  • nonfiction
  • comedy
  • audiobook
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7. Jewish Noir: Contemporary Tales of Crime and Other Dark Deeds

By: None

3.98

Format: None pages, Paperback

A unique collection of all-new stories by award-winning authors. This anthology includes the work o… read more

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8. Ali in Wonderland: And Other Tall Tales

By: Ali Wentworth

3.51

Format: 235 pages,

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9. On Such a Full Sea

By: Chang-rae Lee

3.00

Format: None pages, Hardcover

Against a vividly imagined future America, Lee tells a stunning, surprising, and riveting story tha… read more

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10. Food: A Love Story

By: Jim Gaffigan

3.71

Format: 340 pages, Hardcover

“What are my qualifications to write this book? None really. So why should you read it? Here’s why:… read more

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  • biography
  • memoir
  • humor
  • biography memoir
  • nonfiction
  • essays
  • adult
  • comedy
  • audiobook
"I'm a fan of relaxing, and when i get tired of relaxing I like to do nothing."

-Jim Gaffigan, Food: A Love Story

"There are people who eat only organic food, and then there are people who don’t have tons of money to waste."

-Jim Gaffigan, Food: A Love Story

"In America we have gone way beyond sustenance. Eating is an activity. 'Why don’t we get lunch, and then we’ll grab some pizza."

-Jim Gaffigan, Food: A Love Story

"I love the phrase "I have a sweet tooth." I always want to say, "You're ordering it for your tooth? That's interesting, because it's going straight to your butt. I think your butt owed your tooth an …"

-Jim Gaffigan, Food: A Love Story

11. The Little Old Lady Who Struck Lucky Again!

By: Catharina Ingelman-Sundberg

3.46

Format: 32 pages, Paperback

You're never too old to have some fun . . . The little old lady is back! This time, Martha Andersso… read more

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12. My Point... And I Do Have One

By: Ellen DeGeneres

3.53

Format: 256 pages, Paperback

With the unpredictable wit and engaging warmth that has won her a loyal following, and the undeniab… read more

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13. Life of the Party: Stories of a Perpetual Man-Child

By: Bert Kreischer

4.03

Format: 325 pages, Hardcover

A collection of outrageous stories by the standup comic, TV host, and inspiration for the movie Nat… read more

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14. I'll Mature When I'm Dead: Dave Barry's Amazing Tales of Adulthood

By: Dave Barry

3.63

Format: 56 pages,

Dave Barry is a Pulitzer Prize-winning columnist and author; the author of 30 books, many of them b… read more

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15. I Am America

By: Stephen Colbert , Glenn Eichler , Tom Purcell , Paul Dinello , Frank Lesser , Allison Silverman , None , None , Michael Brumm , None , None , None , None , None

3.83

Format: None pages, Hardcover

Congratulations--just by opening the cover of this book you became 25% more patriotic. From Stephen… read more

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16. UFOs, JFK & Elvis: Conspiracies You Don't Have to Be Crazy to Believe

By: Richard Belzer

3.00

Format: None pages, Paperback

I'm not asking you to believe every conspiracy theory you'll find in this book. . . . I didn't writ… read more

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17. Misfit: Growing Up Awkward in the '80s

By: Gary Gulman

4.14

Format: 289 pages, Hardcover

A tour de force of comedy and reflection about the perilous journey from kindergarten to twelfth gr… read more

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  • biography
  • memoir
  • humor
  • biography memoir
  • nonfiction
  • comedy
  • audiobook
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18. The Antisocial Network: The GameStop Short Squeeze and the Ragtag Group of Amateur Traders That Brought Wall Street to Its Knees

By: Ben Mezrich

3.61

Format: 304 pages, Hardcover

Named a Best Book of the Year by New York Post! From one of our most innovative and celebrated aut… read more

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  • nonfiction
  • audiobook
"Because so many people were betting against GameStop —and brick-and-mortar retail in general — the overall short position was enormous, almost comically so. At certain points over the past six months…"

-Ben Mezrich, The Antisocial Network: The GameStop Short Squeeze and the Ragtag Group of Amateur Traders That Brought Wall Street to Its Knees

"And as a long-short fund, he'd also been obligated to take short positions — betting against companies — which was a tactic that, to most experts in finance, was uncontroversial. The thinking went, w…"

-Ben Mezrich, The Antisocial Network: The GameStop Short Squeeze and the Ragtag Group of Amateur Traders That Brought Wall Street to Its Knees

"Which meant, if somehow GameStop did start to go up, the people who had shorted the company would begin to feel pressure to buy; the more the stock went up, the heavier that pressure became. As the s…"

-Ben Mezrich, The Antisocial Network: The GameStop Short Squeeze and the Ragtag Group of Amateur Traders That Brought Wall Street to Its Knees

"Keith was sophisticated enough to understand the inherent risk of options; buying options wasn't as dangerous as short selling, because your potential for loss was capped, because you could always le…"

-Ben Mezrich, The Antisocial Network: The GameStop Short Squeeze and the Ragtag Group of Amateur Traders That Brought Wall Street to Its Knees

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19. Pay Dirt (V.I. Warshawski, #22)

By: Sara Paretsky

4.08

Format: 400 pages, Hardcover

Legendary detective V.I. Warshawski uncovers a mystery with roots dating back to the Civil War in t… read more

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  • audiobook
Cover of It Was an Ugly Couch Anyway: And Other Thoughts on Moving Forward by Elizabeth Passarella

20. It Was an Ugly Couch Anyway: And Other Thoughts on Moving Forward

By: Elizabeth Passarella

3.98

Format: 256 pages, Paperback

A collection of refreshingly honest and hilarious essays from Southern Living columnist Elizabeth P… read more

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  • biography
  • memoir
  • humor
  • biography memoir
  • nonfiction
  • essays
  • adult
  • audiobook
"The whole crux of the Christian faith is that we cannot save ourselves... I know that I can't fix the brokenness inside me or overcome my own sin. For people who don't share my faith, this sounds tot…"

-Elizabeth Passarella, It Was an Ugly Couch Anyway: And Other Thoughts on Moving Forward

"Epilogue: "I don't need these. Not any of this." "I want this camel. This is all I'm taking just to remember him by." "Sometimes you hold on to a big thing, an overwhelming thing because you believe …"

-Elizabeth Passarella, It Was an Ugly Couch Anyway: And Other Thoughts on Moving Forward

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21. Your Dad Stole My Rake: And Other Family Dilemmas

By: Tom Papa

3.80

Format: 304 pages, Hardcover

It's hard being a person, especially in a family, and no one knows that better than stand-up comedi… read more

Similar categories in Tom Papa's Your Dad Stole My Rake: And Other Family Dilemmas book and Tom Papa's Your Dad Stole My Rake: And Other Family Dilemmas

  • parenting
  • biography
  • memoir
  • humor
  • biography memoir
  • nonfiction
  • essays
  • adult
  • comedy
  • audiobook
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22. I'd Like to Play Alone, Please: Essays

By: Tom Segura

4.01

Format: 229 pages, Hardcover

A #2 NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER From a massively successful stand-up comedian and co-host of chart-… read more

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  • biography
  • memoir
  • humor
  • biography memoir
  • nonfiction
  • essays
  • comedy
  • audiobook
"I'm also, depending on who you ask, VERY funny or not at all"

-Tom Segura, I'd Like to Play Alone, Please: Essays

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23. Everyone But Myself

By: Julie Chavez

3.89

Format: 240 pages, Paperback

Like so many mothers, Julie Chavez ran herself ragged trying to meet the needs of everyone else, un… read more

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  • parenting
  • biography
  • memoir
  • biography memoir
  • nonfiction
  • adult
  • audiobook
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24. All Things Aside: Absolutely Correct Opinions

By: Iliza Shlesinger

3.92

Format: 256 pages, Hardcover

All Things Aside is a punchy, honest, incisive book that shares a view of the world through the eye… read more

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  • biography
  • memoir
  • humor
  • nonfiction
  • essays
  • comedy
  • audiobook
"I feel like the 3D and vampire obsessions are two things in entertainment that keep coming back around. Like every ten years, executives are like “ All right, new group of horny weirdos, let’s revive…"

-Iliza Shlesinger, All Things Aside: Absolutely Correct Opinions

"My biggest argument to the "we don't know what's in the vaccine" folks (who have hopefully decided to go along with science by the time this book comes out) is "remember what you were okay with drink…"

-Iliza Shlesinger, All Things Aside: Absolutely Correct Opinions

"I looked into their new mom gift baskets. The basket included... a scarf. A fucking scarf. My first thought was that this company bulk ordered them for something else, and couldn't get rid of them, s…"

-Iliza Shlesinger, All Things Aside: Absolutely Correct Opinions

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25. Subculture Vulture: A Memoir in Six Scenes

By: Moshe Kasher

4.12

Format: 320 pages, Hardcover

A riotous, whirlwind tour through deep American subcultures ranging from Burning Man to Alcoholics … read more

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  • biography
  • memoir
  • humor
  • biography memoir
  • nonfiction
  • comedy
  • audiobook
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26. The Comedians in Cars Getting Coffee Book

By: Jerry Seinfeld

3.77

Format: 352 pages, Hardcover

A celebration of and behind-the-scenes look at Jerry Seinfeld’s groundbreaking streaming series Com… read more

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  • biography
  • memoir
  • humor
  • nonfiction
  • comedy
  • audiobook
Cover of Olivia Newton-John. Don't Stop Believin by Newton John Olivia

27. Olivia Newton-John. Don't Stop Believin

By: Newton John Olivia

3.94

Format: 336 pages, Hardcover

THE NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER With candour, humour and warmth, legendary musician, actress, activis… read more

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  • biography
  • memoir
  • biography memoir
  • nonfiction
  • audiobook
Cover of First Love: Essays on Friendship by Lilly Dancyger

28. First Love: Essays on Friendship

By: Lilly Dancyger

4.07

Format: 224 pages, Hardcover

A bold, poignant essay collection that treats women’s friendships as the love stories they truly ar… read more

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  • memoir
  • biography memoir
  • nonfiction
  • essays
  • audiobook
Cover of The Crown Jewel Mystery (A Sherlock Holmes and Lucy James Mystery #0.5) by Anna Elliott

29. The Crown Jewel Mystery (A Sherlock Holmes and Lucy James Mystery #0.5)

By: Anna Elliott

4.25

Format: 119 pages, Kindle Edition

A young American actress arrives in London hoping to learn her identity, just as Sherlock Holmes is… read more

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  • audiobook
Cover of The Jubilee Problem (Sherlock Holmes and Lucy James Mystery #4) by Anna Elliott

30. The Jubilee Problem (Sherlock Holmes and Lucy James Mystery #4)

By: Anna Elliott

4.46

Format: 424 pages, Kindle Edition

Queen Victoria needs help, and only Sherlock Holmes can save her.Sherlock and Lucy receive a royal … read more

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  • audiobook
Cover of You're Gonna Die Alone (& Other Excellent News) by Devrie Brynn Donalson

31. You're Gonna Die Alone (& Other Excellent News)

By: Devrie Brynn Donalson

3.99

Format: 244 pages, Hardcover

A refreshingly honest, wonderfully humorous, and entirely inspiring exploration of change, fear, an… read more

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  • biography
  • memoir
  • humor
  • nonfiction
  • essays
  • audiobook

6 Top adult books like Your Dad Stole My Rake: And Other Family Dilemmas by Tom Papa

Transform Your Habits

Thanks for the Money: How to Use My Life Story to Become the Best Joel McHale You Can Be

Joel McHale , Brad Stevens , Boyd Vico

3.40

Transform Your Habits

Born Standing Up: A Comic's Life

Steve Martin

3.88

Transform Your Habits

Food: A Love Story

Jim Gaffigan

3.71

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It Was an Ugly Couch Anyway: And Other Thoughts on Moving Forward

Elizabeth Passarella

3.98

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17 Top fiction books like Jewish Noir: Contemporary Tales of Crime and Other Dark Deeds by

Transform Your Habits

The Lonely Silver Rain (Travis McGee #21)

John D. MacDonald

4.25

Transform Your Habits

Gun Games (Peter Decker/Rina Lazarus, #20)

Faye Kellerman

3.84

Transform Your Habits

The Beauty Queen of Jerusalem

Anthony Berris , Sarit Yishai-Levi

3.94

Transform Your Habits

Jewish Noir: Contemporary Tales of Crime and Other Dark Deeds

None

3.98

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