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12 books with a reading profile close to Beyond the Wand: The Magic & Mayhem of Growing Up a Wizard by Tom Felton. Practical and clear-cut; an easy read.

1

You'll Grow Out of It

by Jessi Klein

Also practical and clear-cut · entertainment, memoir

Jessi Klein documents her refusal to adhere to the cultural scripts of conventional femininity through a series of chronological essays.
2

We're Going to Need More Wine

by Gabrielle Union

Also clear-cut · entertainment, memoir

In this series of personal essays, Gabrielle Union discusses her experiences navigating Hollywood as a Black woman while managing the complexities of family and identity.
3

Have I Told You This Already?: Stories I Don’t Want to Forget to Remember

by Lauren Graham

Also practical and clear-cut · entertainment, memoir

Lauren Graham reflects on her decades in the entertainment industry through a series of personal essays covering her early career struggles and current life in Los Angeles.
4

Mennonite in a Little Black Dress: A Memoir of Going Home

by Rhoda Janzen

Also practical and clear-cut · entertainment, memoir

Rhoda Janzen’s life collapses when her husband of fifteen years leaves her for a man he met online, shortly before she suffers serious injuries in a car accident.
5

Born Standing Up: A Comic's Life

by Steve Martin

Also clear-cut · entertainment, memoir

Steve Martin recounts his beginnings as a magician at Disneyland and Knott’s Berry Farm, tracing the fifteen-year evolution of his stand-up career.
6

The Best of Me

by David Sedaris

Also clear-cut · entertainment, memoir

This collection spans three decades of David Sedaris's personal essays, curated by the author to represent his most effective comedic work.
7

The Misadventures of Awkward Black Girl

by Issa Rae

Also practical and clear-cut · entertainment, memoir

Issa Rae uses this collection of personal essays to chronicle her experiences navigating social navigation, identity, and digital culture.
8

And Away...

by Bob Mortimer

Also practical and clear-cut · entertainment, memoir

Bob Mortimer, the comedian best known as half of Reeves and Mortimer and for the fishing show Gone Fishing, wrote this memoir of his life.
9

The Bedwetter: Stories of Courage, Redemption, and Pee

by Sarah Silverman

Also clear-cut · entertainment, memoir

Sarah Silverman recounts her development from a precocious child in New Hampshire to a stand-up comedian in New York City.
10

Shrill: Notes from a Loud Woman

by Lindy West

Also clear-cut · entertainment, memoir

Lindy West chronicles her life as a fat woman navigating a culture that demands female silence and aesthetic conformity.
11

Hello, Molly!: A Memoir

by Molly Shannon

Also practical and clear-cut · entertainment, memoir

Molly Shannon details the childhood tragedy and domestic environment that shaped her comedic career.
12

Stories I Only Tell My Friends

by Rob Lowe

Also practical and clear-cut · entertainment, memoir

Rob Lowe recounts his transition from a standard Midwestern upbringing to the epicenter of 1980s Hollywood stardom.

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