50 Books like This American Woman

Funny in Farsi

by Firoozeh Dumas • 2003

A seven-year-old Iranian girl moves to California. Disneyland awes her. Hostages change everything.

3.84

28k+

🧳 Immigrant Memoir 🇮🇷 Iranian Diaspora 🌏 Culture Shock 🗣️ Language Barriers 😂 Comedic Memoir

Funny in Farsi 94%

A seven-year-old Iranian girl moves to California. Disneyland awes her. Hostages change everything.

by Firoozeh Dumas 2003

3.84

28k+ ratings

🧳 Immigrant Memoir 🇮🇷 Iranian Diaspora 🌏 Culture Shock 🗣️ Language Barriers 😂 Comedic Memoir

Unfinished

by Priyanka Chopra Jonas • 2021

A brother's secret entry, a Miss World crown, and a barrier-breaking career across two continents.

3.68

11k+

🎬 Bollywood Memoir 🌟 Hollywood Breakthrough 🌏 Cultural Duality 💪 Female Ambition 🖤 Grief And Resilience

Unfinished 93%

A brother's secret entry, a Miss World crown, and a barrier-breaking career across two continents.

by Priyanka Chopra Jonas 2021

3.68

11k+ ratings

🎬 Bollywood Memoir 🌟 Hollywood Breakthrough 🌏 Cultural Duality 💪 Female Ambition 🖤 Grief And Resilience

Growing Up Laughing

by Marlo Thomas • 2010

Comedy giants sat at her father's table. Their lessons helped break television's rules for women.

3.85

2k+

🌟 Celebrity Memoir 🎭 Comedy History 🎬 Hollywood Memoir 🎤 Women In Comedy ✊ Feminist Memoir

Growing Up Laughing 92%

Comedy giants sat at her father's table. Their lessons helped break television's rules for women.

by Marlo Thomas 2010

3.85

2k+ ratings

🌟 Celebrity Memoir 🎭 Comedy History 🎬 Hollywood Memoir 🎤 Women In Comedy ✊ Feminist Memoir

Bossypants

by Tina Fey • 2011

How a scarred, self-doubting improv nerd became SNL's head writer and the force behind 30 Rock.

3.96

1.1M+

🎤 Comedy Memoir 👩‍🎤 Women In Comedy 🎬 Hollywood Memoir 😂 Self-Deprecating Humor 🤔 Imposter Syndrome

Bossypants 92%

How a scarred, self-doubting improv nerd became SNL's head writer and the force behind 30 Rock.

by Tina Fey 2011

3.96

1.1M+ ratings

🎤 Comedy Memoir 👩‍🎤 Women In Comedy 🎬 Hollywood Memoir 😂 Self-Deprecating Humor 🤔 Imposter Syndrome

What in the World?!

by Leanne Morgan • 2024

Canceled sitcom. Shrimp-grilling husband. Makeup counter. Her hilarious detour to sold-out theaters.

4.34

16k+

🏡 Southern Memoir 🎤 Comedian Memoir 🌟 Second Acts 👶 Motherhood Humor 🏘️ Small Town Life

What in the World?! 92%

Canceled sitcom. Shrimp-grilling husband. Makeup counter. Her hilarious detour to sold-out theaters.

by Leanne Morgan 2024

4.34

16k+ ratings

🏡 Southern Memoir 🎤 Comedian Memoir 🌟 Second Acts 👶 Motherhood Humor 🏘️ Small Town Life

How To Be A Woman

by Caitlin Moran • 2011

Feminism without lectures: a memoir of body hair, bad outfits, and refusing to apologize.

3.71

110k+

📖 Feminist Memoir 🔥 Modern Feminism 🪞 Body Image 🩺 Women's Health 🎤 Comedy Memoir

How To Be A Woman 92%

Feminism without lectures: a memoir of body hair, bad outfits, and refusing to apologize.

by Caitlin Moran 2011

3.71

110k+ ratings

📖 Feminist Memoir 🔥 Modern Feminism 🪞 Body Image 🩺 Women's Health 🎤 Comedy Memoir

The Happiest Refugee

by Anh Do • 2010

Fleeing Vietnam as a toddler, facing pirates and storms, he became Australia's most joyful newcomer.

4.25

18k+

🛶 Refugee Memoir 🧳 Immigrant Experience 🧱 Family Resilience 🧧 Vietnamese Diaspora 🎤 Comedy Career

The Happiest Refugee 92%

Fleeing Vietnam as a toddler, facing pirates and storms, he became Australia's most joyful newcomer.

by Anh Do 2010

4.25

18k+ ratings

🛶 Refugee Memoir 🧳 Immigrant Experience 🧱 Family Resilience 🧧 Vietnamese Diaspora 🎤 Comedy Career

Americanized

by Sara Saedi • 2018

She thought she was American. Her sister's confession at thirteen proved otherwise.

3.91

3k+

🗽 Immigrant Memoir 🇮🇷 Iranian Diaspora 🪪 Cultural Identity 🏛️ Immigration System 📋 Undocumented Youth

Americanized 92%

She thought she was American. Her sister's confession at thirteen proved otherwise.

by Sara Saedi 2018

3.91

3k+ ratings

🗽 Immigrant Memoir 🇮🇷 Iranian Diaspora 🪪 Cultural Identity 🏛️ Immigration System 📋 Undocumented Youth

Girl Walks into a Bar . . .

by Rachel Dratch • 2012

Rachel Dratch was 43, single, and done with baby dreams. A Hawaii fling changed everything.

3.63

28k+

🎤 Comedian Memoir 🎬 Hollywood Memoir 😂 Comic Personal Essays 🔄 Midlife Reinvention 👩‍👦 Solo Motherhood

Girl Walks into a Bar . . . 92%

Rachel Dratch was 43, single, and done with baby dreams. A Hawaii fling changed everything.

by Rachel Dratch 2012

3.63

28k+ ratings

🎤 Comedian Memoir 🎬 Hollywood Memoir 😂 Comic Personal Essays 🔄 Midlife Reinvention 👩‍👦 Solo Motherhood

Let's Pretend This Never Happened

by Jenny Lawson • 2012

Taxidermy, panic attacks, and corporate HR: one woman's messy, hilarious survival manual.

3.90

202k+

🧠 Mental Illness Memoir 🖤 Dark Humor Memoir 🌾 Rural Upbringing ✍️ Personal Essays 👯 Female Friendships

Let's Pretend This Never Happened Summary

Let's Pretend This Never Happened 91%

Taxidermy, panic attacks, and corporate HR: one woman's messy, hilarious survival manual.

by Jenny Lawson 2012

3.90

202k+ ratings

🧠 Mental Illness Memoir 🖤 Dark Humor Memoir 🌾 Rural Upbringing ✍️ Personal Essays 👯 Female Friendships

Persian Girls

by Nahid Rachlin • 2006

One sister left Iran for America. One stayed through revolution. Letters bridged the distance.

3.92

4k+

🧳 Iranian Diaspora 🌍 Immigrant Memoirs 🪞 Dual Identity 👭 Sisterhood Bonds 👩 Iranian Women

Persian Girls 91%

One sister left Iran for America. One stayed through revolution. Letters bridged the distance.

by Nahid Rachlin 2006

3.92

4k+ ratings

🧳 Iranian Diaspora 🌍 Immigrant Memoirs 🪞 Dual Identity 👭 Sisterhood Bonds 👩 Iranian Women

The Upstairs Wife

by Rafia Zakaria • 2015

A family memoir that is also the history of Pakistan, seen from the women's quarters.

3.78

1k+

🧳 Partition Of India 🧕 Muslim Women 🏡 Family Memoir 🗳️ Women In Politics 🏛️ Pakistani Politics

The Upstairs Wife 91%

A family memoir that is also the history of Pakistan, seen from the women's quarters.

by Rafia Zakaria 2015

3.78

1k+ ratings

🧳 Partition Of India 🧕 Muslim Women 🏡 Family Memoir 🗳️ Women In Politics 🏛️ Pakistani Politics

Love Language

by Linda Marigliano • 2023

She hid her boyfriend, her pain, and her real self until her jaw locked shut.

3.97

677

👨‍👩‍👧 Immigrant Families 🎵 Music Memoirs 🍝 Food Memoirs 🎭 People-Pleasing 🚧 Boundary Setting

Love Language 91%

She hid her boyfriend, her pain, and her real self until her jaw locked shut.

by Linda Marigliano 2023

3.97

677 ratings

👨‍👩‍👧 Immigrant Families 🎵 Music Memoirs 🍝 Food Memoirs 🎭 People-Pleasing 🚧 Boundary Setting

Sure, I'll Join Your Cult

by Maria Bamford • 2023

Every group she joined to feel better was a cult: recovery, Hollywood, even her family.

3.71

25k+

🧠 Mental Illness Memoir 😈 Dark Humor 🗣️ Confessional Memoir 🏚️ Family Dysfunction 🔄 Recovery Narratives

Sure, I'll Join Your Cult 91%

Every group she joined to feel better was a cult: recovery, Hollywood, even her family.

by Maria Bamford 2023

3.71

25k+ ratings

🧠 Mental Illness Memoir 😈 Dark Humor 🗣️ Confessional Memoir 🏚️ Family Dysfunction 🔄 Recovery Narratives

Perfectly You

by Mariana Atencio • 2019

Why fitting in fails: a journalist's case for being real on camera and the career it built.

3.97

244

🗺️ Immigrant Memoir 💼 Career Journeys 📖 Owning Your Story 🤝 Authenticity At Work 💪 Resilience Building

Perfectly You 91%

Why fitting in fails: a journalist's case for being real on camera and the career it built.

by Mariana Atencio 2019

3.97

244 ratings

🗺️ Immigrant Memoir 💼 Career Journeys 📖 Owning Your Story 🤝 Authenticity At Work 💪 Resilience Building

A Nation of Idiots

by Daksh Tyagi • 2019

India doesn't produce citizens. It produces conformists. And the training starts at birth.

3.87

515

🇮🇳 Indian Society 🗳️ Indian Politics 🎭 Political Satire 🐑 Social Conformity 📺 Media Criticism

A Nation of Idiots 91%

India doesn't produce citizens. It produces conformists. And the training starts at birth.

by Daksh Tyagi 2019

3.87

515 ratings

🇮🇳 Indian Society 🗳️ Indian Politics 🎭 Political Satire 🐑 Social Conformity 📺 Media Criticism

Jokes My Father Never Taught Me

by Rain Pryor • 2006

Richard Pryor's daughter on the chaos behind the comedy, and finding her own voice in between.

3.86

642

🧬 Biracial Identity 🧒 Children Of Celebrities 💊 Fame And Addiction 🏥 Parental Illness 🔗 Generational Trauma

Jokes My Father Never Taught Me 91%

Richard Pryor's daughter on the chaos behind the comedy, and finding her own voice in between.

by Rain Pryor 2006

3.86

642 ratings

🧬 Biracial Identity 🧒 Children Of Celebrities 💊 Fame And Addiction 🏥 Parental Illness 🔗 Generational Trauma

Fierce Attachments

by Vivian Gornick • 1987

Decades of walks, a mother and daughter, and a bond that felt like a locked room.

4.02

21k+

👩‍👧 Mother-Daughter Bonds 📖 Literary Memoir 🏭 Working Class Memoir 🌱 Women's Coming Of Age 💡 Intellectual Awakening

Fierce Attachments 91%

Decades of walks, a mother and daughter, and a bond that felt like a locked room.

by Vivian Gornick 1987

4.02

21k+ ratings

👩‍👧 Mother-Daughter Bonds 📖 Literary Memoir 🏭 Working Class Memoir 🌱 Women's Coming Of Age 💡 Intellectual Awakening

You Can’t Be Serious

by Kal Penn • 2021

His first day in Hollywood, his back was on fire. His next job, he served President Obama.

4.20

10k+

🎬 Hollywood Memoir 🌍 Immigrant Experience 🧧 Asian American Identity 🗣️ Code-Switching 🔄 Career Pivots

You Can’t Be Serious 91%

His first day in Hollywood, his back was on fire. His next job, he served President Obama.

by Kal Penn 2021

4.20

10k+ ratings

🎬 Hollywood Memoir 🌍 Immigrant Experience 🧧 Asian American Identity 🗣️ Code-Switching 🔄 Career Pivots

Lipstick Jihad

by Azadeh Moaveni • 2005

A pink headscarf, a bugged apartment: she returned to Iran to belong, but the country disagreed.

3.70

5k+

🧳 Iranian Diaspora 🇮🇷 Post-Revolutionary Iran 🌉 Hyphenated Identities 👩 Women In Iran 🎤 Foreign Correspondence

Lipstick Jihad 91%

A pink headscarf, a bugged apartment: she returned to Iran to belong, but the country disagreed.

by Azadeh Moaveni 2005

3.70

5k+ ratings

🧳 Iranian Diaspora 🇮🇷 Post-Revolutionary Iran 🌉 Hyphenated Identities 👩 Women In Iran 🎤 Foreign Correspondence

Bad Habits

by Jenny McCarthy • 2012

Catholic schoolgirl. Playboy model. Mom. One woman's escape from the faith that raised her.

3.61

2k+

⛪ Catholic Upbringing 🔨 Religious Deconstruction 😰 Catholic Guilt 🌌 Spiritual Seeking 🎬 Hollywood Tell-All

Bad Habits 91%

Catholic schoolgirl. Playboy model. Mom. One woman's escape from the faith that raised her.

by Jenny McCarthy 2012

3.61

2k+ ratings

⛪ Catholic Upbringing 🔨 Religious Deconstruction 😰 Catholic Guilt 🌌 Spiritual Seeking 🎬 Hollywood Tell-All

Battle Hymn of the Tiger Mother

by Amy Chua • 2011

Straight As, zero sleepovers, hours of daily music. The daughters excelled, then one rebelled.

3.67

54k+

🧳 Immigrant Parenting 🧱 Authoritarian Parenting 🧨 Cultural Clash 👩‍👧 Mother-Daughter Conflict 🧧 Asian American Experience

Battle Hymn of the Tiger Mother 91%

Straight As, zero sleepovers, hours of daily music. The daughters excelled, then one rebelled.

by Amy Chua 2011

3.67

54k+ ratings

🧳 Immigrant Parenting 🧱 Authoritarian Parenting 🧨 Cultural Clash 👩‍👧 Mother-Daughter Conflict 🧧 Asian American Experience

The 52 Week Project

by Lauren Keenan • 2020

Fifty-two uncomfortable firsts in one year: how a mother rebuilt the identity she'd lost.

3.35

379

🎪 Stunt Memoir 🆕 New Experiences 🚧 Comfort Zones 👩‍👧‍👦 Working Mothers 😊 Positive Psychology

The 52 Week Project 91%

Fifty-two uncomfortable firsts in one year: how a mother rebuilt the identity she'd lost.

by Lauren Keenan 2020

3.35

379 ratings

🎪 Stunt Memoir 🆕 New Experiences 🚧 Comfort Zones 👩‍👧‍👦 Working Mothers 😊 Positive Psychology

Poser

by Claire Dederer • 2010

Yoga undid her. Here is why a Seattle mother spent years trying to nail a backbend.

3.57

6k+

👩‍👧 Modern Motherhood 🧘‍♀️ Mom Perfectionism 💔 Generational Divorce 🧘 Yoga Memoir ✍️ Art And Motherhood

Poser 91%

Yoga undid her. Here is why a Seattle mother spent years trying to nail a backbend.

by Claire Dederer 2010

3.57

6k+ ratings

👩‍👧 Modern Motherhood 🧘‍♀️ Mom Perfectionism 💔 Generational Divorce 🧘 Yoga Memoir ✍️ Art And Motherhood

Kabul Beauty School

by Deborah Rodriguez • 2007

Fleeing abuse, a hairdresser opens a Kabul beauty school that turns Afghan women into breadwinners.

3.67

26k+

🧕 Afghan Women 💰 Economic Independence 🔧 Vocational Training 🏚️ Post-Taliban Afghanistan 📖 Cultural Memoir

Kabul Beauty School 91%

Fleeing abuse, a hairdresser opens a Kabul beauty school that turns Afghan women into breadwinners.

by Deborah Rodriguez 2007

3.67

26k+ ratings

🧕 Afghan Women 💰 Economic Independence 🔧 Vocational Training 🏚️ Post-Taliban Afghanistan 📖 Cultural Memoir

Born a Crime

by Trevor Noah • 2016

His birth was a felony. His mother's parenting philosophy was even more illegal.

4.49

819k+

🇿🇦 Apartheid South Africa 🧬 Mixed Race Identity 🗣️ Code Switching 😂 Humor And Adversity 💪 Poverty And Resilience

Born a Crime 91%

His birth was a felony. His mother's parenting philosophy was even more illegal.

by Trevor Noah 2016

4.49

819k+ ratings

🇿🇦 Apartheid South Africa 🧬 Mixed Race Identity 🗣️ Code Switching 😂 Humor And Adversity 💪 Poverty And Resilience

Disaster Preparedness

by Heather Havrilesky • 2010

She planned for every disaster except the one that actually happened: growing up.

3.53

764

😂 Comic Memoir 🌱 Coming Of Age 👨‍👩‍👧 Family Dysfunction 😟 Anxiety And Coping 💼 Work And Identity

Disaster Preparedness 91%

She planned for every disaster except the one that actually happened: growing up.

by Heather Havrilesky 2010

3.53

764 ratings

😂 Comic Memoir 🌱 Coming Of Age 👨‍👩‍👧 Family Dysfunction 😟 Anxiety And Coping 💼 Work And Identity

Good Time Girl

by Heather Gay • 2024

Branded a party girl by her church, she turned the accusation into her freedom.

3.57

4k+

⛪ Mormon Memoir 💔 Religious Deconstruction 📺 Reality Tv Memoir ✊ Good Girl Rebellion 🔄 Midlife Reinvention

Good Time Girl 90%

Branded a party girl by her church, she turned the accusation into her freedom.

by Heather Gay 2024

3.57

4k+ ratings

⛪ Mormon Memoir 💔 Religious Deconstruction 📺 Reality Tv Memoir ✊ Good Girl Rebellion 🔄 Midlife Reinvention

Real Estate

by Deborah Levy • 2021

She wanted a room of her own. At sixty, she realized she needed the whole house.

4.28

11k+

🧠 Feminist Memoir 🖋️ Writer's Memoir 🏠 Home And Identity 🦸‍♀️ Female Autonomy 🍂 Aging And Reinvention

Real Estate 90%

She wanted a room of her own. At sixty, she realized she needed the whole house.

by Deborah Levy 2021

4.28

11k+ ratings

🧠 Feminist Memoir 🖋️ Writer's Memoir 🏠 Home And Identity 🦸‍♀️ Female Autonomy 🍂 Aging And Reinvention

A Cup of Water Under My Bed

by Daisy Hernández • 2014

A childhood translating for her parents gave her everything except a language for her bisexuality.

4.12

2k+

✈️ Immigrant Memoir 🌈 Coming Out Stories 🗣️ Language And Identity 🇺🇸 Assimilation 💰 Class Consciousness

A Cup of Water Under My Bed 90%

A childhood translating for her parents gave her everything except a language for her bisexuality.

by Daisy Hernández 2014

4.12

2k+ ratings

✈️ Immigrant Memoir 🌈 Coming Out Stories 🗣️ Language And Identity 🇺🇸 Assimilation 💰 Class Consciousness

Home in the World

by Amartya Sen • 2021

What shaped a Nobel economist: Tagore's open-air school, a Kolkata coffee house, and a cancer ward.

4.15

825

💰 Economic Inequality 🇮🇳 Indian History ✊🏽 Anti-Colonial Thought 🌍 Multicultural Identity 🔗 Polymathic Thinking

Home in the World 90%

What shaped a Nobel economist: Tagore's open-air school, a Kolkata coffee house, and a cancer ward.

by Amartya Sen 2021

4.15

825 ratings

💰 Economic Inequality 🇮🇳 Indian History ✊🏽 Anti-Colonial Thought 🌍 Multicultural Identity 🔗 Polymathic Thinking

The Princess Diarist

by Carrie Fisher • 2016

She was nineteen, he was a married star. The diaries Carrie Fisher kept on the Star Wars set.

3.70

92k+

🎬 Hollywood Memoir 😂 Comic Memoir 🌟 Fame And Identity 🎭 Behind The Scenes 📝 Diary Memoir

The Princess Diarist 90%

She was nineteen, he was a married star. The diaries Carrie Fisher kept on the Star Wars set.

by Carrie Fisher 2016

3.70

92k+ ratings

🎬 Hollywood Memoir 😂 Comic Memoir 🌟 Fame And Identity 🎭 Behind The Scenes 📝 Diary Memoir

Old Rage

by Sheila Hancock • 2022

Sheila Hancock, 89, plans her funeral, rages at Brexit, and finds the pandemic strangely stoic.

4.06

984

🇬🇧 British Memoirs 🎭 Celebrity Memoirs 🗳️ Political Commentary 🕯️ Quaker Spirituality ⚒️ Class Consciousness

Old Rage 90%

Sheila Hancock, 89, plans her funeral, rages at Brexit, and finds the pandemic strangely stoic.

by Sheila Hancock 2022

4.06

984 ratings

🇬🇧 British Memoirs 🎭 Celebrity Memoirs 🗳️ Political Commentary 🕯️ Quaker Spirituality ⚒️ Class Consciousness

You're Never Weird on the Internet

by Felicia Day • 2015

A home-schooled gamer's path from World of Warcraft addiction to running her own media company.

4.07

51k+

🖥️ Internet Culture 🎮 Gaming Culture 🎯 Perfectionism ✊ Feminist Memoir 👩‍💻 Female Creators

You're Never Weird on the Internet Summary

You're Never Weird on the Internet 90%

A home-schooled gamer's path from World of Warcraft addiction to running her own media company.

by Felicia Day 2015

4.07

51k+ ratings

🖥️ Internet Culture 🎮 Gaming Culture 🎯 Perfectionism ✊ Feminist Memoir 👩‍💻 Female Creators

Bits and Pieces

by Whoopi Goldberg • 2024

Her mother lost her memory. Then she taught Whoopi Goldberg everything that mattered.

4.28

17k+

🎭 Celebrity Memoir 💕 Mother-Daughter Bonds 🏙️ Working Class Roots 💡 Everyday Wisdom 🏠 Unconventional Families

Bits and Pieces 90%

Her mother lost her memory. Then she taught Whoopi Goldberg everything that mattered.

by Whoopi Goldberg 2024

4.28

17k+ ratings

🎭 Celebrity Memoir 💕 Mother-Daughter Bonds 🏙️ Working Class Roots 💡 Everyday Wisdom 🏠 Unconventional Families

Eat, Pray, Love

by Elizabeth Gilbert • 2006

Italy for pleasure. India for prayer. Bali to see if the two can coexist.

3.65

1.9M+

✈️ Travel Memoir 🙏 Spiritual Memoir 🎒 Solo Female Travel 🍝 Food And Travel 🧘 Meditation Practice

Eat, Pray, Love 90%

Italy for pleasure. India for prayer. Bali to see if the two can coexist.

by Elizabeth Gilbert 2006

3.65

1.9M+ ratings

✈️ Travel Memoir 🙏 Spiritual Memoir 🎒 Solo Female Travel 🍝 Food And Travel 🧘 Meditation Practice

Red Paint

by Sasha taqwšəblu LaPointe • 2022

Medicine failed her. She drove to the Skagit River and let ancestral waters do the healing.

4.12

3k+

🪶 Indigenous Memoir 🧬 Intergenerational Trauma 🌿 Cultural Reclamation ✍🏽 Native Women Writers 🕯️ Ancestral Healing

Red Paint 90%

Medicine failed her. She drove to the Skagit River and let ancestral waters do the healing.

by Sasha taqwšəblu LaPointe 2022

4.12

3k+ ratings

🪶 Indigenous Memoir 🧬 Intergenerational Trauma 🌿 Cultural Reclamation ✍🏽 Native Women Writers 🕯️ Ancestral Healing

Fashion Is Freedom

by Tala Raassi • 2016

Punished for a miniskirt in Tehran, she launched a swimwear line anyway.

3.49

142

🪡 Fashion Entrepreneurship 🌍 Immigrant Memoirs 🇮🇷 Iranian Diaspora 💼 Women In Business 👗 Fashion Memoir

Fashion Is Freedom 90%

Punished for a miniskirt in Tehran, she launched a swimwear line anyway.

by Tala Raassi 2016

3.49

142 ratings

🪡 Fashion Entrepreneurship 🌍 Immigrant Memoirs 🇮🇷 Iranian Diaspora 💼 Women In Business 👗 Fashion Memoir

We Were Dreamers

by Simu Liu • 2022

Fired from accounting, he answered a Craigslist ad for Asian extras. Today he's Shang-Chi.

4.33

31k+

🛬 Immigrant Memoir 🎬 Actor Memoir 🎯 Parental Expectations 🌏 Asian Representation 🎨 Starving Artist

We Were Dreamers 90%

Fired from accounting, he answered a Craigslist ad for Asian extras. Today he's Shang-Chi.

by Simu Liu 2022

4.33

31k+ ratings

🛬 Immigrant Memoir 🎬 Actor Memoir 🎯 Parental Expectations 🌏 Asian Representation 🎨 Starving Artist

Windswept & Interesting

by Billy Connolly • 2021

A Glasgow welder walked onstage with a banjo. The man who walked off was someone else.

4.40

11k+

🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 Scottish Memoir 🎤 Comedian Memoir 🃏 Humor As Survival 💪 Sobriety Journey 🎨 Creative Reinvention

Windswept & Interesting 90%

A Glasgow welder walked onstage with a banjo. The man who walked off was someone else.

by Billy Connolly 2021

4.40

11k+ ratings

🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 Scottish Memoir 🎤 Comedian Memoir 🃏 Humor As Survival 💪 Sobriety Journey 🎨 Creative Reinvention

Girl With No Job

by Claudia Oshry • 2021

From Instagram thirst trap to cancelled to stand-up: a disgraced influencer's comic survival story.

3.81

22k+

📱 Celebrity Memoir 🌐 Internet Culture 🚫 Cancel Culture 💪 Body Image 🤣 Self-Deprecating Humor

Girl With No Job 90%

From Instagram thirst trap to cancelled to stand-up: a disgraced influencer's comic survival story.

by Claudia Oshry 2021

3.81

22k+ ratings

📱 Celebrity Memoir 🌐 Internet Culture 🚫 Cancel Culture 💪 Body Image 🤣 Self-Deprecating Humor

Your Mom's Gonna Love Me

by Matt Rife • 2024

Bad teeth, small town, zero connections: the raw rules for outworking your flaws to sell out arenas.

3.83

10k+

🎤 Stand-Up Comedy 📚 Comedy Memoirs 🥊 Underdog Mentality 💪 Hustle Culture 😅 Self-Deprecation

Your Mom's Gonna Love Me 90%

Bad teeth, small town, zero connections: the raw rules for outworking your flaws to sell out arenas.

by Matt Rife 2024

3.83

10k+ ratings

🎤 Stand-Up Comedy 📚 Comedy Memoirs 🥊 Underdog Mentality 💪 Hustle Culture 😅 Self-Deprecation

And Then One Day

by Naseeruddin Shah • 2014

His birth year was a mystery. Bollywood wanted a hero. He gave them an actor instead.

4.02

2k+

🎬 Bollywood Memoir 🇮🇳 Indian Cinema 🎭 Acting Memoir 🎥 Parallel Cinema 🎨 Artistic Integrity

And Then One Day 90%

His birth year was a mystery. Bollywood wanted a hero. He gave them an actor instead.

by Naseeruddin Shah 2014

4.02

2k+ ratings

🎬 Bollywood Memoir 🇮🇳 Indian Cinema 🎭 Acting Memoir 🎥 Parallel Cinema 🎨 Artistic Integrity

We Have Always Been Here

by Samra Habib • 2019

Arranged marriage at sixteen. Queer awakening in secret. Then a camera gave her a voice.

4.16

20k+

🛬 Immigrant Memoir 🏳️‍🌈 Queer Faith 🕌 Muslim Memoir 💔 Religious Trauma 🫂 Inclusive Islam

We Have Always Been Here 90%

Arranged marriage at sixteen. Queer awakening in secret. Then a camera gave her a voice.

by Samra Habib 2019

4.16

20k+ ratings

🛬 Immigrant Memoir 🏳️‍🌈 Queer Faith 🕌 Muslim Memoir 💔 Religious Trauma 🫂 Inclusive Islam

Finding My Badass Self

by Sherry Stanfa-Stanley • 2017

52 scary firsts in one year, at age 52. The nude beach was the easy part.

4.03

168

🔄 Midlife Reinvention 📅 Year-Long Challenges 🤸 Comfort Zone Challenges 😄 Humor As Resilience 🧪 Personal Experiments

Finding My Badass Self 90%

52 scary firsts in one year, at age 52. The nude beach was the easy part.

by Sherry Stanfa-Stanley 2017

4.03

168 ratings

🔄 Midlife Reinvention 📅 Year-Long Challenges 🤸 Comfort Zone Challenges 😄 Humor As Resilience 🧪 Personal Experiments

Guns & Thighs

by Ram Gopal Varma • 2015

His hits were accidental. His flops were deliberate. A Bollywood director's argument for failure.

3.68

871

🇮🇳 Indian Cinema 🎬 Filmmaking Memoir 💥 Artistic Failure 💡 Creative Process 🎞️ Film Philosophy

Guns & Thighs 90%

His hits were accidental. His flops were deliberate. A Bollywood director's argument for failure.

by Ram Gopal Varma 2015

3.68

871 ratings

🇮🇳 Indian Cinema 🎬 Filmmaking Memoir 💥 Artistic Failure 💡 Creative Process 🎞️ Film Philosophy

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2.56

455

🛡️ Domestic Abuse Survival 🎙️ Political Tell-All 🌏 South Asian Women's Memoirs 🙏 Faith And Resilience 🎭 Manipulation And Gaslighting

Reham Khan 90%

An abusive first husband. A charismatic second who used black magic and conspired with the first.

by Reham Khan 2018

2.56

455 ratings

🛡️ Domestic Abuse Survival 🎙️ Political Tell-All 🌏 South Asian Women's Memoirs 🙏 Faith And Resilience 🎭 Manipulation And Gaslighting

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A family's flight from the Secret War, told by the daughter born in a refugee camp.

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The Latehomecomer 90%

A family's flight from the Secret War, told by the daughter born in a refugee camp.

by Kao Kalia Yang 2008

4.18

9k+ ratings

🏞️ Hmong Diaspora 🌏 Refugee Narratives 🕰️ Intergenerational Memory 📜 Cultural Preservation 🧭 Immigrant Identity

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Orphaned at twenty, widowed decades later. The memoir that reveals grief as just another tough room.

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I Must Say 90%

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by Martin Short 2014

4.12

19k+ ratings

🎙️ Comedy Memoirs 🇨🇦 Canadian Comedy 🕊️ Grief And Loss 🛡️ Humor As Resilience 🏙️ Second City Alumni

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Caring less is a skill. A comedian's blunt playbook for anxiety, bad dates, and toxic friends.

4.05

18k+

🎭 Comedy Self-Help 👯 Female Friendships 🧠 Anxiety Coping 💔 Modern Dating 💗 Self-Acceptance

How to Giggle 90%

Caring less is a skill. A comedian's blunt playbook for anxiety, bad dates, and toxic friends.

by Hannah Berner 2025

4.05

18k+ ratings

🎭 Comedy Self-Help 👯 Female Friendships 🧠 Anxiety Coping 💔 Modern Dating 💗 Self-Acceptance

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