14 Best adult books like Waxing On: The Karate Kid and Me by Ralph Macchio

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Waxing On: The Karate Kid and Me

By: Ralph Macchio

4.02

Format: 241 pages, Hardcover

Since The Karate Kid first crane-kicked its way into the pop culture stratosphere in June 1984, the…

If you liked the adult plot in Waxing On: The Karate Kid and Me by Ralph Macchio , here is a list of 14 books like this:

1. Dirty Daddy: The Chronicles of a Family Man Turned Filthy Comedian

By: Bob Saget

3.65

Format: 448 pages, ebook

Millions of viewers know and love Bob Saget from his role as the sweetly neurotic father on the sma… read more

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2. Stories I Only Tell My Friends

By: Rob Lowe

2.82

Format: 3 pages, Hardcover

A wryly funny and surprisingly moving account of an extraordinary life lived almost entirely in the… read more

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3. So That Happened: My Unexpected Life in Hollywood

By: Jon Cryer

4.80

Format: 360 pages, Audio CD

If it can happen in show business, it's happened to Jon Cryer. Now he's opening up for the first ti… read more

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4. Out of the Corner

By: Jennifer Grey

3.81

Format: 331 pages, Hardcover

A deeply candid and refreshingly spirited memoir of identity lost and found from the star of the ic… read more

Similar categories in Jennifer Grey's Out of the Corner book and Ralph Macchio's Waxing On: The Karate Kid and Me

  • biography
  • memoir
  • pop culture
  • media tie in
  • autobiography
  • biography memoir
  • nonfiction
  • adult
  • audiobook
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5. 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

Similar categories in Henry Winkler's Being Henry: The Fonz . . . and Beyond book and Ralph Macchio's Waxing On: The Karate Kid and Me

  • biography
  • memoir
  • pop culture
  • 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

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6. Brat: An '80s Story

By: Andrew McCarthy

3.61

Format: 223 pages, Hardcover

Most people know Andrew McCarthy from his movie roles in Pretty in Pink, St. Elmo's Fire, Weekend a… read more

Similar categories in Andrew McCarthy's Brat: An '80s Story book and Ralph Macchio's Waxing On: The Karate Kid and Me

  • biography
  • memoir
  • pop culture
  • media tie in
  • autobiography
  • biography memoir
  • nonfiction
  • adult
  • audiobook
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7. Walking with Sam: A Father, a Son, and Five Hundred Miles Across Spain

By: Andrew McCarthy

4.03

Format: 256 pages, Hardcover

An intimate, funny, and poignant travel memoir following  New York Times  bestselling author and ac… read more

Similar categories in Andrew McCarthy's Walking with Sam: A Father, a Son, and Five Hundred Miles Across Spain book and Ralph Macchio's Waxing On: The Karate Kid and Me

  • biography
  • memoir
  • biography memoir
  • nonfiction
  • audiobook
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8. Dying of Politeness: A Memoir

By: Geena Davis

4.04

Format: None pages, Audio CD

None read more

Similar categories in Geena Davis's Dying of Politeness: A Memoir book and Ralph Macchio's Waxing On: The Karate Kid and Me

  • biography
  • memoir
  • autobiography
  • biography memoir
  • nonfiction
  • adult
  • audiobook
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9. I'm No Philosopher, But I Got Thoughts: Mini-Meditations for Saints, Sinners, and the Rest of Us

By: Kristin Chenoweth

3.52

Format: 224 pages, Hardcover

Aristotle. Socrates. Descartes. And now, Chenoweth. (How about some women, am I right?) From tel… read more

Similar categories in Kristin Chenoweth's I'm No Philosopher, But I Got Thoughts: Mini-Meditations for Saints, Sinners, and the Rest of Us book and Ralph Macchio's Waxing On: The Karate Kid and Me

  • biography
  • memoir
  • autobiography
  • nonfiction
  • audiobook
"I actually find questions a lot more interesting than answers. Questions are usually honest while answers are frequently BS. A question is a starting point, a door that swings open and invites a host…"

-Kristin Chenoweth, I'm No Philosopher, But I Got Thoughts: Mini-Meditations for Saints, Sinners, and the Rest of Us

"There’s a difference between humiliation and humility. Humiliation lies. Humility speaks truth. Humiliation silences you. Humility empowers you. Humiliation is a byproduct of conflict with someone el…"

-Kristin Chenoweth, I'm No Philosopher, But I Got Thoughts: Mini-Meditations for Saints, Sinners, and the Rest of Us

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10. 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

Similar categories in John Stamos's If You Would Have Told Me book and Ralph Macchio's Waxing On: The Karate Kid and Me

  • biography
  • memoir
  • pop culture
  • autobiography
  • biography memoir
  • nonfiction
  • adult
  • audiobook
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11. Surely You Can't Be Serious: The True Story of Airplane!

By: David Zucker

4.17

Format: 352 pages, Hardcover

Surely You Can't Be Serious is an in-depth and hysterical look at the making of 1980's comedy class… read more

Similar categories in David Zucker's Surely You Can't Be Serious: The True Story of Airplane! book and Ralph Macchio's Waxing On: The Karate Kid and Me

  • biography
  • memoir
  • pop culture
  • media tie in
  • nonfiction
  • audiobook
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12. 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 Ralph Macchio's Waxing On: The Karate Kid and Me

  • biography
  • memoir
  • media tie in
  • autobiography
  • biography memoir
  • nonfiction
  • adult
  • audiobook
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13. Love, Pamela

By: Pamela Anderson

3.80

Format: 256 pages, Hardcover

To live and dream is a wicked dance. My dreams often come true -- a curse, and a blessing. Pa… read more

Similar categories in Pamela Anderson's Love, Pamela book and Ralph Macchio's Waxing On: The Karate Kid and Me

  • biography
  • memoir
  • autobiography
  • biography memoir
  • nonfiction
  • adult
  • audiobook
"She told me that you get to have only one true love, and once you've found it, whether you kept it or lost it, you'd never recover...Accepting that was the hardest part."

-Pamela Anderson, Love, Pamela

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14. Waxing On: The Karate Kid and Me

By: Ralph Macchio

4.02

Format: 241 pages, Hardcover

Since The Karate Kid first crane-kicked its way into the pop culture stratosphere in June 1984, the… read more

Similar categories in Ralph Macchio's Waxing On: The Karate Kid and Me book and Ralph Macchio's Waxing On: The Karate Kid and Me

  • biography
  • memoir
  • pop culture
  • media tie in
  • autobiography
  • biography memoir
  • nonfiction
  • adult
  • martial arts
  • audiobook
Cover of No Time Like the Future: An Optimist Considers Mortality by Michael J. Fox

15. No Time Like the Future: An Optimist Considers Mortality

By: Michael J. Fox

4.13

Format: 256 pages, Hardcover

A moving account of resilience, hope, fear and mortality, and how these things resonate in our live… read more

Similar categories in Michael J. Fox's No Time Like the Future: An Optimist Considers Mortality book and Ralph Macchio's Waxing On: The Karate Kid and Me

  • biography
  • memoir
  • autobiography
  • biography memoir
  • nonfiction
  • adult
  • audiobook
Cover of Live Wire: Long-Winded Short Stories by Kelly Ripa

16. Live Wire: Long-Winded Short Stories

By: Kelly Ripa

3.78

Format: 320 pages, Hardcover

An instant  New York Times  bestseller from Kelly Ripa—a sharp, funny, and honest collection of rea… read more

Similar categories in Kelly Ripa's Live Wire: Long-Winded Short Stories book and Ralph Macchio's Waxing On: The Karate Kid and Me

  • biography
  • memoir
  • autobiography
  • biography memoir
  • nonfiction
  • adult
  • audiobook
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17. What Have We Here?: Portraits of a Life

By: Billy Dee Williams

4.04

Format: 288 pages, Hardcover

A film legend recalls his remarkable life of nearly eight decades—a heralded actor who's played the… read more

Similar categories in Billy Dee Williams's What Have We Here?: Portraits of a Life book and Ralph Macchio's Waxing On: The Karate Kid and Me

  • biography
  • memoir
  • media tie in
  • autobiography
  • biography memoir
  • nonfiction
  • adult
  • audiobook
Cover of When I Was Your Age: Life Lessons, Funny Stories & Questionable Parenting Advice from a Professional Clown by Kenan Thompson

18. When I Was Your Age: Life Lessons, Funny Stories & Questionable Parenting Advice from a Professional Clown

By: Kenan Thompson

3.83

Format: 240 pages, Hardcover

When I Was Your Age  is a hilarious, heartwarming and surprising ode to growing up, getting older a… read more

Similar categories in Kenan Thompson's When I Was Your Age: Life Lessons, Funny Stories & Questionable Parenting Advice from a Professional Clown book and Ralph Macchio's Waxing On: The Karate Kid and Me

  • biography
  • memoir
  • pop culture
  • autobiography
  • biography memoir
  • nonfiction
  • adult
  • audiobook
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19. Friends, Lovers, and the Big Terrible Thing

By: Matthew Perry

3.91

Format: 250 pages, Hardcover

“Hi, my name is Matthew, although you may know me by another name. My friends call me Matty. And I … read more

Similar categories in Matthew Perry's Friends, Lovers, and the Big Terrible Thing book and Ralph Macchio's Waxing On: The Karate Kid and Me

  • biography
  • memoir
  • pop culture
  • autobiography
  • biography memoir
  • nonfiction
  • adult
  • audiobook
"Addiction is like the Joker. It just wants to see the whole world burn."

-Matthew Perry, Friends, Lovers, and the Big Terrible Thing

"I wasn't fully me yet; I was just parts of me (and not the best parts, either)."

-Matthew Perry, Friends, Lovers, and the Big Terrible Thing

"My mother is beautiful; she was a star in every room she entered. And she's certainly the reason I'm funny."

-Matthew Perry, Friends, Lovers, and the Big Terrible Thing

"Addiction, the big terrible thing, is far too powerful for anyone to defeat alone. But together, one day at a time, we can beat it down."

-Matthew Perry, Friends, Lovers, and the Big Terrible Thing

Cover of Beyond the Wand: The Magic & Mayhem of Growing Up a Wizard by Tom Felton

20. Beyond the Wand: The Magic & Mayhem of Growing Up a Wizard

By: Tom Felton

4.29

Format: 288 pages, Hardcover

From the magical moments on set as Draco Malfoy to the challenges of growing up in the spotlight, g… read more

Similar categories in Tom Felton's Beyond the Wand: The Magic & Mayhem of Growing Up a Wizard book and Ralph Macchio's Waxing On: The Karate Kid and Me

  • biography
  • memoir
  • autobiography
  • biography memoir
  • nonfiction
  • adult
  • audiobook
Cover of The Kick-A** Book of Cobra Kai: An Official Behind-the-Scenes Companion by Rachel Bertsche

21. The Kick-A** Book of Cobra Kai: An Official Behind-the-Scenes Companion

By: Rachel Bertsche

4.00

Format: 224 pages, Hardcover

Calling all badasses - tie on your headbands and tighten your cores! The only official guide to the… read more

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17 must-read audiobook books like Waxing On: The Karate Kid and Me by Ralph Macchio

Transform Your Habits

Out of the Corner

Jennifer Grey

3.81

Transform Your Habits

Being Henry: The Fonz . . . and Beyond

Henry Winkler

4.14

Transform Your Habits

Brat: An '80s Story

Andrew McCarthy

3.61

Transform Your Habits

Walking with Sam: A Father, a Son, and Five Hundred Miles Across Spain

Andrew McCarthy

4.03

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Transform Your Habits

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

Transform Your Habits

Number One Is Walking: My Life in the Movies and Other Diversions

Steve Martin

3.72

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