Humorous Memoirs and Non-Fiction

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Me Talk Pretty One Day
Me Talk Pretty One Day 4.01 avg rating — 714,078 ratings
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Bossypants
Bossypants
by: Tina Fey
3.96 avg rating — 1,041,921 ratings
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Dress Your Family in Corduroy and Denim
Dress Your Family in Corduroy and Denim 4.11 avg rating — 286,479 ratings
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A Walk in the Woods: Rediscovering America on the Appalachian Trail
A Walk in the Woods: Rediscovering America on the Appalachian Trail 4.07 avg rating — 436,093 ratings
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Naked
Naked 4.10 avg rating — 271,050 ratings
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Running with Scissors
Running with Scissors 3.77 avg rating — 400,422 ratings
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Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas: A Savage Journey to the Heart of the American Dream
Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas: A Savage Journey to the Heart of the American Dream 4.07 avg rating — 370,571 ratings
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When You Are Engulfed in Flames
When You Are Engulfed in Flames 4.08 avg rating — 215,525 ratings
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High in School
High in School 3.61 avg rating — 1,958 ratings
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How Not to Murder Your Grumpy
How Not to Murder Your Grumpy 4.08 avg rating — 102 ratings
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The Life and Times of the Thunderbolt Kid
The Life and Times of the Thunderbolt Kid 3.94 avg rating — 67,457 ratings
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44 Chapters About 4 Men
44 Chapters About 4 Men 3.77 avg rating — 11,761 ratings
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Let's Pretend This Never Happened: A Mostly True Memoir
Let's Pretend This Never Happened: A Mostly True Memoir 3.90 avg rating — 198,655 ratings
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Is Everyone Hanging Out Without Me?
Is Everyone Hanging Out Without Me? 3.86 avg rating — 509,668 ratings
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In a Sunburned Country
In a Sunburned Country 4.07 avg rating — 119,149 ratings
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I Talk Slower Than I Think: An Antidote to Helicopter Parenting
I Talk Slower Than I Think: An Antidote to Helicopter Parenting 4.24 avg rating — 51 ratings
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Notes from a Small Island
Notes from a Small Island 3.92 avg rating — 117,835 ratings
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Stiff: The Curious Lives of Human Cadavers
Stiff: The Curious Lives of Human Cadavers 4.06 avg rating — 234,437 ratings
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Born a Crime: Stories From a South African Childhood
Born a Crime: Stories From a South African Childhood 4.49 avg rating — 778,682 ratings
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Cheaper by the Dozen
Cheaper by the Dozen really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 44,227 ratings
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Eats, Shoots & Leaves: The Zero Tolerance Approach to Punctuation
Eats, Shoots & Leaves: The Zero Tolerance Approach to Punctuation 3.87 avg rating — 106,064 ratings
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Dry
Dry 4.03 avg rating — 97,570 ratings
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I'm a Stranger Here Myself: Notes on Returning to America After Twenty Years Away
I'm a Stranger Here Myself: Notes on Returning to America After Twenty Years Away 3.90 avg rating — 68,627 ratings
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Yes Please
Yes Please 3.85 avg rating — 548,517 ratings
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Are You There, Vodka? It's Me, Chelsea
Are You There, Vodka? It's Me, Chelsea 3.84 avg rating — 167,247 ratings
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Eat, Pray, Love
Eat, Pray, Love 3.64 avg rating — 1,819,743 ratings
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The Idiot Girls' Action-Adventure Club: True Tales from a Magnificent and Clumsy Life
The Idiot Girls' Action-Adventure Club: True Tales from a Magnificent and Clumsy Life 3.86 avg rating — 18,846 ratings
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Born Standing Up: A Comic's Life
Born Standing Up: A Comic's Life 3.88 avg rating — 105,641 ratings
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High Heels and Dirty Deals - Globetrotting Tales of Debauchery from a binge-drinking Nymphomaniac
High Heels and Dirty Deals - Globetrotting Tales of Debauchery from a binge-drinking Nymphomaniac 3.78 avg rating — 72 ratings
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I Was Told There'd Be Cake: Essays
I Was Told There'd Be Cake: Essays 3.47 avg rating — 41,649 ratings
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Wishful Drinking
Wishful Drinking 3.82 avg rating — 91,323 ratings
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Go West, Young Woman!: From Military Wife to Country Life
Go West, Young Woman!: From Military Wife to Country Life 4.08 avg rating — 366 ratings
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My Family and Other Animals (Corfu Trilogy, #1)
My Family and Other Animals (Corfu Trilogy, #1) 4.17 avg rating — 61,491 ratings
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A Year in Provence (Provence, #1)
A Year in Provence (Provence, #1) really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 81,420 ratings
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America (The Book): A Citizen's Guide to Democracy Inaction
America (The Book): A Citizen's Guide to Democracy Inaction 4.01 avg rating — 96,833 ratings
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The Lost Continent: Travels in Small-Town America
The Lost Continent: Travels in Small-Town America 3.81 avg rating — 63,776 ratings
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Bonk: The Curious Coupling of Science and Sex
Bonk: The Curious Coupling of Science and Sex 3.85 avg rating — 59,577 ratings
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Queen of the Road: The True Tale of 47 States, 22,000 Miles, 200 Shoes, 2 Cats, 1 Poodle, a Husband, and a Bus with a Will of Its Own
Queen of the Road: The True Tale of 47 States, 22,000 Miles, 200 Shoes, 2 Cats, 1 Poodle, a Husband, and a Bus with a Will of Its Own 3.56 avg rating — 2,026 ratings
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Hyperbole and a Half: Unfortunate Situations, Flawed Coping Mechanisms, Mayhem, and Other Things That Happened
Hyperbole and a Half: Unfortunate Situations, Flawed Coping Mechanisms, Mayhem, and Other Things That Happened 4.17 avg rating — 213,853 ratings
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A Girl Named Zippy: Growing Up Small in Mooreland, Indiana
A Girl Named Zippy: Growing Up Small in Mooreland, Indiana 3.80 avg rating — 37,392 ratings
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The Sex Lives of Cannibals: Adrift in the Equatorial Pacific
The Sex Lives of Cannibals: Adrift in the Equatorial Pacific 3.87 avg rating — 25,978 ratings
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The Funny Thing Is...
The Funny Thing Is... 3.56 avg rating — 10,860 ratings
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I Guess We Missed The Boat
I Guess We Missed The Boat 4.23 avg rating — 77 ratings
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The Egg and I (Betty MacDonald Memoirs, #1)
The Egg and I (Betty MacDonald Memoirs, #1) 3.88 avg rating — 10,147 ratings
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Official Book Club Selection: A Memoir According to Kathy Griffin
Official Book Club Selection: A Memoir According to Kathy Griffin 3.79 avg rating — 37,774 ratings
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'Tis
'Tis 3.74 avg rating — 65,407 ratings
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My Horizontal Life: A Collection of One-Night Stands
My Horizontal Life: A Collection of One-Night Stands 3.79 avg rating — 111,293 ratings
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The Mother Tongue: English and How It Got That Way
The Mother Tongue: English and How It Got That Way 3.91 avg rating — 43,554 ratings
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My Point... And I Do Have One
My Point... And I Do Have One 3.63 avg rating — 8,800 ratings
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Nickel and Dimed: On (Not) Getting By in America
Nickel and Dimed: On (Not) Getting By in America 3.65 avg rating — 194,443 ratings
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Mama Makes Up Her Mind and Other Dangers of Southern Living
Mama Makes Up Her Mind and Other Dangers of Southern Living 3.96 avg rating — 5,054 ratings
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How to Be a Woman
How to Be a Woman 3.71 avg rating — 109,843 ratings
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I Love Everybody (and Other Atrocious Lies): True Tales of a Loudmouth Girl
I Love Everybody (and Other Atrocious Lies): True Tales of a Loudmouth Girl 3.93 avg rating — 11,088 ratings
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Dave Barry's Complete Guide to Guys
Dave Barry's Complete Guide to Guys 3.86 avg rating — 4,243 ratings
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My Life and Hard Times
My Life and Hard Times 4.09 avg rating — 3,582 ratings
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Furiously Happy: A Funny Book About Horrible Things
Furiously Happy: A Funny Book About Horrible Things 3.89 avg rating — 171,413 ratings
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Killing Yourself to Live: 85% of a True Story
Killing Yourself to Live: 85% of a True Story 3.85 avg rating — 28,395 ratings
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Boy: Tales of Childhood (Roald Dahl's Autobiography, #1)
Boy: Tales of Childhood (Roald Dahl's Autobiography, #1) 4.07 avg rating — 72,259 ratings
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Last Words
Last Words 3.97 avg rating — 14,619 ratings
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It's Always Something
It's Always Something 4.10 avg rating — 10,543 ratings
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Getting Over Your Ovaries: How to Make 'The Change of Life' Your Bitch
Getting Over Your Ovaries: How to Make 'The Change of Life' Your Bitch 4.85 avg rating — 34 ratings
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Round Ireland with a Fridge
Round Ireland with a Fridge 3.81 avg rating — 20,289 ratings
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Moab Is My Washpot (Memoir, #1)
Moab Is My Washpot (Memoir, #1) 3.93 avg rating — 24,904 ratings
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The Know-It-All
The Know-It-All 3.76 avg rating — 29,485 ratings
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Positive Vision: Enjoying the Adventures and Advantages of Poor Eyesight
Positive Vision: Enjoying the Adventures and Advantages of Poor Eyesight 4.74 avg rating — 34 ratings
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Trucking in English
Trucking in English 4.03 avg rating — 103 ratings
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The Geography of Bliss: One Grump's Search for the Happiest Places in the World
The Geography of Bliss: One Grump's Search for the Happiest Places in the World 3.84 avg rating — 38,200 ratings
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All Creatures Great and Small (All Creatures Great and Small #1-2)
All Creatures Great and Small (All Creatures Great and Small #1-2) 4.35 avg rating — 155,352 ratings
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Look Me in the Eye
Look Me in the Eye 3.92 avg rating — 69,099 ratings
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We're Just Like You, Only Prettier: Confessions of a Tarnished Southern Belle
We're Just Like You, Only Prettier: Confessions of a Tarnished Southern Belle 3.71 avg rating — 4,665 ratings
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The Year of Living Biblically: One Man's Humble Quest to Follow the Bible as Literally as Possible
The Year of Living Biblically: One Man's Humble Quest to Follow the Bible as Literally as Possible 3.76 avg rating — 68,668 ratings
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Foreigner On My Own Front Porch: A Satirical Memoir
Foreigner On My Own Front Porch: A Satirical Memoir 4.40 avg rating — 72 ratings
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Foreigner in My Own Backyard
Foreigner in My Own Backyard 4.10 avg rating — 188 ratings
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Actor. Writer. Whatever.
Actor. Writer. Whatever. 4.28 avg rating — 53 ratings
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Bunny on a Bike
Bunny on a Bike 4.18 avg rating — 61 ratings
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In Fifty Years We'll All Be Chicks . . . And Other Complaints from an Angry Middle-Aged White Guy
In Fifty Years We'll All Be Chicks . . . And Other Complaints from an Angry Middle-Aged White Guy 3.72 avg rating — 9,238 ratings
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Fear and Loathing: On the Campaign Trail '72
Fear and Loathing: On the Campaign Trail '72 4.13 avg rating — 24,126 ratings
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Marley and Me: Life and Love With the World’s Worst Dog
Marley and Me: Life and Love With the World’s Worst Dog 4.14 avg rating — 475,387 ratings
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If Chins Could Kill: Confessions of a B Movie Actor
If Chins Could Kill: Confessions of a B Movie Actor 3.95 avg rating — 18,644 ratings
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If Life Is a Bowl of Cherries What Am I Doing in the Pits?
If Life Is a Bowl of Cherries What Am I Doing in the Pits? 4.03 avg rating — 14,676 ratings
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Comedian Gone Wrong
Comedian Gone Wrong really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 1,447 ratings
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Adolf Hitler: My Part in His Downfall (War Memoirs, #1)
Adolf Hitler: My Part in His Downfall (War Memoirs, #1) 4.04 avg rating — 8,723 ratings
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Hypocrite in a Pouffy White Dress: Tales of Growing up Groovy and Clueless
Hypocrite in a Pouffy White Dress: Tales of Growing up Groovy and Clueless 3.71 avg rating — 8,178 ratings
84.
A Very Punchable Face
A Very Punchable Face 4.20 avg rating — 65,953 ratings
85.
Into Thin Air: A Personal Account of the Mt. Everest Disaster
Into Thin Air: A Personal Account of the Mt. Everest Disaster 4.26 avg rating — 550,919 ratings
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The Idiot Girl and the Flaming Tantrum of Death: Reflections on Revenge, Germophobia, and Laser Hair Removal
The Idiot Girl and the Flaming Tantrum of Death: Reflections on Revenge, Germophobia, and Laser Hair Removal 3.86 avg rating — 6,775 ratings
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Rush Limbaugh is a Big Fat Idiot
Rush Limbaugh is a Big Fat Idiot 3.91 avg rating — 9,264 ratings
88.
The Innocents Abroad, Or, the New Pilgrims' Progress
The Innocents Abroad, Or, the New Pilgrims' Progress 3.84 avg rating — 14,583 ratings
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This Is Your Captain Speaking: My Fantastic Voyage Through Hollywood, Faith and Life
This Is Your Captain Speaking: My Fantastic Voyage Through Hollywood, Faith and Life 3.59 avg rating — 1,393 ratings
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Everything I Never Wanted to Be: A Memoir of Alcoholism and Addiction, Faith and Family, Hope and Humor
Everything I Never Wanted to Be: A Memoir of Alcoholism and Addiction, Faith and Family, Hope and Humor 3.75 avg rating — 2,275 ratings
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What Has He Done Now?: Tales from a North West Childhood in the 60s and Early 70s
What Has He Done Now?: Tales from a North West Childhood in the 60s and Early 70s 3.56 avg rating — 889 ratings
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You Got to Dance With Them What Brung You
You Got to Dance With Them What Brung You 4.23 avg rating — 508 ratings
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Wait Till Next Year
Wait Till Next Year 4.05 avg rating — 11,205 ratings
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Dave Barry Hits Below the Beltway
Dave Barry Hits Below the Beltway 3.76 avg rating — 1,209 ratings
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Made in America: An Informal History of the English Language in the United States
Made in America: An Informal History of the English Language in the United States 3.92 avg rating — 15,799 ratings
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My Fair Lazy: One Reality Television Addict's Attempt to Discover If Not Being A Dumb Ass Is the New Black, or, a Culture-Up Manifesto
My Fair Lazy: One Reality Television Addict's Attempt to Discover If Not Being A Dumb Ass Is the New Black, or, a Culture-Up Manifesto 3.91 avg rating — 13,914 ratings
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Belle Weather: Mostly Sunny with a Chance of Scattered Hissy Fits
Belle Weather: Mostly Sunny with a Chance of Scattered Hissy Fits 3.82 avg rating — 2,757 ratings
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Separate Things: A Memoir
Separate Things: A Memoir 4.16 avg rating — 86 ratings
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Not a Perfect Fit: Stories from Jane's World
Not a Perfect Fit: Stories from Jane's World 3.95 avg rating — 316 ratings
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Hard Aground . . . Again: Inspiration for the Navigationally Challenged and Spiritually Stuck
Hard Aground . . . Again: Inspiration for the Navigationally Challenged and Spiritually Stuck 4.88 avg rating — 16 ratings
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