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Matched genres: Memoir, Essays

Title Year Ratings Rating
Tasteful Nudes and Other Misguided Attempts at Personal Growth and Validation
Humor , Nonfiction , Memoir , Comedy , Essays , Biography , Autobiography
Dave Hill
2012 1.1K 3.77
The Library Book
Nonfiction , Books About Books , Essays , Short Stories , Memoir , History , Anthologies
Rebecca Gray
2012 1.4K 3.76
Will Not Attend: Lively Stories of Detachment and Isolation
Humor , Nonfiction , Memoir , Essays , Comedy , Short Stories , Biography Memoir
Adam Resnick
2014 2.1K 3.76
What My Mother and I Don't Talk About: Fifteen Writers Break the Silence (What We Don't Talk About, #1)
Nonfiction , Essays , Memoir , Feminism , Short Stories , Audiobook , Self Help
Michele Filgate
2019 17.3K 3.76
I Just Want to Pee Alone: A Collection of Humorous Essays by Kick Ass Mom Bloggers
Parenting , Humor , Nonfiction , Essays , Comedy , Short Stories , Memoir
Stacey Hatton
2013 2.4K 3.76
Lies That Chelsea Handler Told Me
Nonfiction , Humor , Memoir , Comedy , Biography , Audiobook , Essays
Chelsea Handler
2011 49.9K 3.76
Dear Fahrenheit 451: Love and Heartbreak in the Stacks
Nonfiction , Books About Books , Humor , Memoir , Essays , Audiobook , Short Stories
Annie Spence
2017 11.0K 3.76
The Trip to Echo Spring: On Writers and Drinking
Nonfiction , Biography , Memoir , Writing , Essays , History , Travel
Olivia Laing
2013 3.5K 3.75
Paris to the Moon
Travel , Nonfiction , Memoir , France , Essays , Biography Memoir , Biography
Adam Gopnik
2001 15.3K 3.75
Lots of Candles, Plenty of Cake
Memoir , Nonfiction , Biography , Essays , Audiobook , Biography Memoir , Humor
Anna Quindlen
2012 18.5K 3.75
Goodbye to All That: Writers on Loving and Leaving New York
Nonfiction , Essays , New York , Memoir , Short Stories , Travel , Writing
Sari Botton
2013 3.7K 3.75
Sister Mother Husband Dog: Etc.
Memoir , Nonfiction , Essays , Humor , Biography Memoir , Biography , Audiobook
Delia Ephron
2013 2.4K 3.74
Monsters: A Fan's Dilemma
Nonfiction , Essays , Art , Audiobook , Feminism , Memoir , Philosophy
Claire Dederer
2023 17.2K 3.74
So Here’s the Thing…: Notes on Growing Up, Getting Older, and Trusting Your Gut
Nonfiction , Memoir , Politics , Audiobook , Biography , Essays , Feminism
Alyssa Mastromonaco
2019 4.1K 3.74
Eat Joy: Stories & Comfort Food from 31 Celebrated Writers
Food , Nonfiction , Essays , Cookbooks , Short Stories , Cooking , Memoir
Natalie Eve Garrett
2019 1.4K 3.74
I Feel Bad About My Neck, And Other Thoughts on Being a Woman
Nonfiction , Memoir , Humor , Essays , Audiobook , Biography , Feminism
Nora Ephron
2006 81.8K 3.74
Sex, Drugs, and Cocoa Puffs: A Low Culture Manifesto
Nonfiction , Essays , Humor , Pop Culture , Music , Cultural , Memoir
Chuck Klosterman
2004 72.0K 3.74
Manhood for Amateurs
Nonfiction , Essays , Memoir , Biography , Parenting , Audiobook , Biography Memoir
Michael Chabon
2009 8.0K 3.73
Autumn (Seasons Quartet, #1)
Nonfiction , Essays , Memoir , Short Stories , Scandinavian Literature , Biography , Literature
Karl Ove Knausgård
2017 8.1K 3.73
Notes from an Apocalypse
Nonfiction , Memoir , Travel , Essays , Philosophy , Climate Change , Science
Mark O'Connell
2020 2.7K 3.73
Meet Me at Emotional Baggage Claim
Humor , Nonfiction , Audiobook , Memoir , Essays , Biography , Chick Lit
Lisa Scottoline
2012 2.1K 3.73
Unfinished Business: Notes of a Chronic Re-reader
Nonfiction , Essays , Books About Books , Memoir , Literature , Literary Criticism , Biography
Vivian Gornick
2020 1.1K 3.73
Unfinished Business: Notes of a Chronic Re-reader
Nonfiction , Essays , Books About Books , Memoir , Literature , Literary Criticism , Biography
Vivian Gornick
2020 1.1K 3.73
One Day We'll All Be Dead and None of This Will Matter
Nonfiction , Essays , Memoir , Humor , Audiobook , Feminism , Canada
Scaachi Koul
2017 13.2K 3.73
Mortified
Nonfiction , Humor , Memoir , Biography , Comedy , Essays , Autobiography
David Nadelberg
2006 1.5K 3.73
I'll Mature When I'm Dead: Dave Barry's Amazing Tales of Adulthood
Humor , Nonfiction , Audiobook , Essays , Comedy , Memoir , Biography
Dave Barry
2010 3.9K 3.73
The Polysyllabic Spree
Nonfiction , Essays , Books About Books , Humor , Memoir , British Literature , Music
Nick Hornby
2004 7.0K 3.73
The Flaneur: A Stroll through the Paradoxes of Paris
Nonfiction , Travel , France , History , Essays , Walking , Memoir
Edmund White
2001 2.3K 3.72
The Flaneur: A Stroll through the Paradoxes of Paris
Nonfiction , Travel , France , History , Essays , Walking , Memoir
Edmund White
2001 2.3K 3.72
Women and Other Monsters: Building a New Mythology
Nonfiction , Feminism , Mythology , Essays , Audiobook , Memoir , History
Jess Zimmerman
2021 2.9K 3.72
Happy Birthday or Whatever: Track Suits, Kim Chee, and Other Family Disasters
Memoir , Nonfiction , Humor , Biography , Essays , Asian Literature , Biography Memoir
Annie Choi
2007 1.4K 3.72
One in a Millennial: On Friendship, Feelings, Fangirls, and Fitting In
Nonfiction , Audiobook , Memoir , Essays , Pop Culture , Humor , Feminism
Kate Kennedy
2024 18.6K 3.72
Stop Dressing Your Six-Year-Old Like a Skank: And Other Words of Delicate Southern Wisdom
Humor , Nonfiction , Essays , Southern , Memoir , Chick Lit , Contemporary
Celia Rivenbark
2006 3.8K 3.72
In Fifty Years We'll All Be Chicks . . . And Other Complaints from an Angry Middle-Aged White Guy
Humor , Nonfiction , Comedy , Biography , Memoir , Audiobook , Essays
Adam Carolla
2010 9.2K 3.72
Don't Get Too Comfortable: The Indignities of Coach Class, The Torments of Low Thread Count, The Never-Ending Quest for Artisanal Olive Oil, and Other First World Problems
Nonfiction , Humor , Essays , Memoir , Audiobook , Comedy , Short Stories
David Rakoff
2006 10.5K 3.72
The Folded Clock: A Diary
Memoir , Nonfiction , Essays , Biography , Biography Memoir , Diary , Writing
Heidi Julavits
2015 3.8K 3.71
Dear Friend, from My Life I Write to You in Your Life
Memoir , Nonfiction , Essays , China , Mental Health , Writing , Biography
Yiyun Li
2017 2.4K 3.71
The Loneliest Americans
Nonfiction , Memoir , History , Politics , Race , Audiobook , Essays
Jay Caspian Kang
2021 2.4K 3.71
Making It Up As I Go Along
Nonfiction , Essays , Humor , Memoir , Chick Lit , Audiobook , Ireland
Marian Keyes
2016 3.0K 3.71
We're Just Like You, Only Prettier: Confessions of a Tarnished Southern Belle
Humor , Nonfiction , Southern , Chick Lit , Memoir , Essays , Comedy
Celia Rivenbark
2005 4.6K 3.71
My Life with Bob: Flawed Heroine Keeps Book of Books, Plot Ensues
Nonfiction , Memoir , Books About Books , Biography , Biography Memoir , Essays , Travel
Pamela Paul
2017 4.5K 3.71
How to Be a Heroine: Or, What I've Learned from Reading Too Much
Nonfiction , Books About Books , Memoir , Feminism , Biography , Essays , Womens
Samantha Ellis
2014 4.5K 3.71
Hypocrite in a Pouffy White Dress: Tales of Growing up Groovy and Clueless
Memoir , Nonfiction , Humor , Biography , Chick Lit , Biography Memoir , Essays
Susan Jane Gilman
2005 8.2K 3.71
The Possessed: Adventures With Russian Books and the People Who Read Them
Nonfiction , Memoir , Essays , Russia , Books About Books , Travel , Literature
Elif Batuman
2010 5.8K 3.71
My Custom Van: And 50 Other Mind-Blowing Essays That Will Blow Your Mind All Over Your Face
Humor , Nonfiction , Comedy , Essays , Memoir , Biography , Short Stories
Michael Ian Black
2008 3.0K 3.71
I Came All This Way to Meet You: Writing Myself Home
Memoir , Nonfiction , Writing , Audiobook , Essays , Travel , Biography Memoir
Jami Attenberg
2022 2.3K 3.70
The Pretty One: On Life, Pop Culture, Disability, and Other Reasons to Fall in Love With Me
Disability , Nonfiction , Memoir , Essays , Audiobook , Race , African American
Keah Brown
2019 1.3K 3.70
The Potty Mouth at the Table
Humor , Nonfiction , Memoir , Essays , Comedy , Short Stories , Biography
Laurie Notaro
2013 3.1K 3.70
How to Be Alone: If You Want To, and Even If You Don't
Nonfiction , Memoir , Self Help , Essays , Audiobook , Biography , Mental Health
Lane Moore
2018 6.4K 3.69
South and West: From a Notebook
Nonfiction , Essays , Memoir , Travel , Audiobook , Biography Memoir , American
Joan Didion
2017 14.3K 3.69