Humorous Memoirs and Non-Fiction
Funny *and* true(ish).
1 Me Talk Pretty One Day
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3.92 of 5 stars 3.92 avg rating — 351,327 ratings
2 Dress Your Family in Cordur...
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3 High in School
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4 How Not to Murder Your Grumpy
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5 Naked
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4.06 of 5 stars 4.06 avg rating — 126,611 ratings
6 Running with Scissors
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7 Bossypants
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3.93 of 5 stars 3.93 avg rating — 218,397 ratings
8 Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas
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4.09 of 5 stars 4.09 avg rating — 120,607 ratings
9 I Talk Slower Than I Think:...
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10 A Walk in the Woods: Redisc...
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11 The Life and Times of the T...
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12 When You Are Engulfed in Fl...
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13 High Heels and Dirty Deals ...
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14 The Idiot Girls' Action-Adv...
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15 Cheaper by the Dozen
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16 Notes from a Small Island
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17 I'm a Stranger Here Myself:...
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18 In a Sunburned Country
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19 Dry
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3.96 of 5 stars 3.96 avg rating — 45,198 ratings
20 Eat, Pray, Love
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21 Bright Lights, Big Ass
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22 I Was Told There'd Be Cake
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23 Stiff: The Curious Lives of...
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24 Are You There Vodka? It's M...
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25 Eats, Shoots & Leaves: The ...
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26 My Family and Other Animals...
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27 A Girl Named Zippy
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28 Mama Makes Up Her Mind and ...
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29 The Lost Continent: Travels...
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30 Trucking in English
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31 A Year in Provence
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32 Official Book Club Selectio...
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33 My Life and Hard Times
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34 Bunny on a Bike
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35 Getting Over Your Ovaries -...
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36 How to Be a Woman
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37 The Sex Lives of Cannibals:...
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38 Killing Yourself to Live: 8...
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38 Wishful Drinking
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40 Fear and Loathing on the Ca...
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41 We're Just Like You, Only P...
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42 Actor. Writer. Whatever.
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43 Bossypants
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44 Bonk: The Curious Coupling ...
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45 The Egg and I
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46 Hypocrite in a Pouffy White...
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47 The Mother Tongue: English ...
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48 The Funny Thing Is...
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49 The Geography of Bliss: One...
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50 Let's Pretend This Never Ha...
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51 Nickel and Dimed: On (Not) ...
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52 My Horizontal Life: A Colle...
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53 I Love Everybody
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54 In Fifty Years We'll All Be...
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55 Moab Is My Washpot
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56 Look Me in the Eye: My Life...
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57 If Chins Could Kill: Confes...
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58 Dave Barry's Complete Guide...
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59 My Point...And I Do Have One
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60 'Tis
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61 Born Standing Up: A Comic's...
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62 It's Always Something
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63 America (The Book): A Citiz...
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64 Everything I Never Wanted t...
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64 Triggered: A Memoir of Obse...
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66 Whatever You Do, Don't Run:...
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67 Adolf Hitler: My Part in Hi...
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68 Confetti Covered Quicksand
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69 Round Ireland with a Fridge
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70 Is Everyone Hanging Out Wit...
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71 Cold Comfort Farm
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72 Kick Me: Adventures in Adol...
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73 Wait Till Next Year
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74 Rush Limbaugh Is A Big Fat ...
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75 Dave Barry Hits Below the B...
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76 The Aqua Net Diaries: Big H...
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77 Kiss and Tell: A Romantic R...
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77 Memoirs of a Trumpet Teacher
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77 The Uncommon Thread
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77 Seven in a Jeep
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81 Eating Smoke: One Man's Des...
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81 Memoirs of a Gas Station: A...
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3.22 of 5 stars 3.22 avg rating — 109 ratings
81 Into Thin Air: A Personal A...
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81 Ms. Cheevious in Hollywood
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85 Men Are Better Than Women
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86 Are You Dave Gorman?
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4.12 of 5 stars 4.12 avg rating — 1,815 ratings
87 Fargo Rock City: A Heavy Me...
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3.76 of 5 stars 3.76 avg rating — 7,380 ratings
88 The Know-It-All: One Man's ...
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3.77 of 5 stars 3.77 avg rating — 16,021 ratings
89 Devil in the Details: Scene...
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3.51 of 5 stars 3.51 avg rating — 2,536 ratings
89 You Got to Dance with Them ...
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91 Freud Ego
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4.14 of 5 stars 4.14 avg rating — 14 ratings
92 Helping Me Help Myself: One...
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3.38 of 5 stars 3.38 avg rating — 776 ratings
92 The Book of Vice: Very Naug...
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3.41 of 5 stars 3.41 avg rating — 1,077 ratings
94 Bitter is the New Black
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3.91 of 5 stars 3.91 avg rating — 26,256 ratings
95 Made in America: An Informa...
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3.86 of 5 stars 3.86 avg rating — 6,263 ratings
96 The Idiot Girl and the Flam...
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3.88 of 5 stars 3.88 avg rating — 3,436 ratings
97 Belle Weather: Mostly Sunny...
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3.83 of 5 stars 3.83 avg rating — 1,118 ratings
98 Cycling Back To Happiness: ...
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2.5 of 5 stars 2.50 avg rating — 6 ratings
98 Our Hearts Were Young and G...
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4.09 of 5 stars 4.09 avg rating — 577 ratings
98 Act Like a Lady, Think Like...
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3.73 of 5 stars 3.73 avg rating — 12,128 ratings
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