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Books like How to Be a Woman

12 books with a reading profile close to How to Be a Woman by Caitlin Moran. Clear-cut; an easy read.

1

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.
2

Killing Yourself to Live: 85% of a True Story

by Chuck Klosterman

entertainment, memoir

Chuck Klosterman chronicles a 6,557-mile road trip across America, visiting the locations where famous rock musicians died.
3

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.
4

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.
5

The Life and Times of the Thunderbolt Kid

by Bill Bryson

Also clear-cut · entertainment, memoir

Bill Bryson recounts his childhood in 1950s Des Moines, Iowa, detailing the mundane eccentricities of a mid-century American upbringing.
6

The Year of Living Biblically: One Man's Humble Quest to Follow the Bible as Literally as Possible

by A.J. Jacobs

entertainment, memoir

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7

Possible Side Effects

by Augusten Burroughs

entertainment, memoir

In this collection of autobiographical essays, Augusten Burroughs details the chaotic friction of daily life and the peculiar outcomes of his own decision-making.
8

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.
9

Squirrel Seeks Chipmunk

by David Sedaris

Also clear-cut · entertainment, memoir

David Sedaris shifts his focus from personal memoirs to a collection of modern animal fables featuring anthropomorphized creatures.
10

You'll Grow Out of It

by Jessi Klein

Also clear-cut · entertainment, memoir

Jessi Klein documents her refusal to adhere to the cultural scripts of conventional femininity through a series of chronological essays.
11

Stories I Only Tell My Friends

by Rob Lowe

Also clear-cut · entertainment, memoir

Rob Lowe recounts his transition from a standard Midwestern upbringing to the epicenter of 1980s Hollywood stardom.
12

And Away...

by Bob Mortimer

Also 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.

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