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The Mother of Black Hollywood: A Memoir by Jenifer Lewis

The Mother of Black Hollywood: A Memoir

Jenifer Lewis

336 pages • first pub 2017 (editions)

5.0alex_to's review
nonfiction memoir emotional funny reflective medium-paced
Sure, I'll Join Your Cult: A Memoir of Mental Illness and the Quest to Belong Anywhere by Maria Bamford

Sure, I'll Join Your Cult: A Memoir of Mental Illness and the Quest to Belong Anywhere

Maria Bamford

282 pages • first pub 2023 (editions)

5.0alex_to's review
nonfiction memoir emotional funny informative medium-paced
Leslie F*cking Jones by Leslie Jones

Leslie F*cking Jones

Leslie Jones

288 pages • first pub 2023 (editions)

5.0alex_to's review
nonfiction memoir emotional funny reflective medium-paced
Birdie and Harlow: Life, Loss, and Loving My Dog So Much I Didn't Want Kids (... Until I Did) by Taylor Wolfe

Birdie and Harlow: Life, Loss, and Loving My Dog So Much I Didn't Want Kids (... Until I Did)

Taylor Wolfe

264 pages • first pub 2023 (editions)

5.0alex_to's review
nonfiction essays memoir self help emotional funny sad fast-paced
Hello, Molly! by Molly Shannon

Hello, Molly!

Molly Shannon

304 pages • first pub 2022 (editions)

5.0alex_to's review
nonfiction memoir emotional funny inspiring medium-paced
We Are Never Meeting in Real Life. by Samantha Irby

We Are Never Meeting in Real Life.

Samantha Irby

275 pages • first pub 2017 (editions)

5.0alex_to's review
nonfiction essays lgbtqia+ memoir funny lighthearted medium-paced
Kid Gloves: Nine Months of Careful Chaos by Lucy Knisley

Kid Gloves: Nine Months of Careful Chaos

Lucy Knisley

247 pages • first pub 2019 (editions)

5.0alex_to's review
nonfiction graphic novel memoir reflective fast-paced
So You Want to Talk About Race by Ijeoma Oluo

So You Want to Talk About Race

Ijeoma Oluo

256 pages • first pub 2018 (editions)

5.0alex_to's review
nonfiction politics race sociology challenging informative reflective medium-paced
Dolly Parton, Songteller: My Life in Lyrics by Dolly Parton

Dolly Parton, Songteller: My Life in Lyrics

Dolly Parton

380 pages • first pub 2020 (editions)

5.0alex_to's review
nonfiction biography memoir music informative lighthearted medium-paced
It's Not Always Depression: Working the Change Triangle to Listen to the Body, Discover Core Emotions, and Connect to Your Authentic Self by Hilary Jacobs Hendel, Diana Fosha

It's Not Always Depression: Working the Change Triangle to Listen to the Body, Discover Core Emotions, and Connect to Your Authentic Self

Hilary Jacobs Hendel, Diana Fosha

296 pages • first pub 2018 (editions)

5.0alex_to's review
nonfiction psychology self help informative slow-paced