Books like Shrill: Notes from a Loud Woman
12 books with a reading profile close to Shrill: Notes from a Loud Woman by Lindy West. Clear-cut; an easy read.
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1
I Can't Make This Up: Life Lessons
by Kevin Hart
Also clear-cut · entertainment, memoir
In this memoir, Kevin Hart recounts his trajectory from a difficult childhood in North Philadelphia to becoming a global comedy icon.
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2
How to Be a Woman
Also clear-cut · entertainment, memoir
Caitlin Moran combines personal history with political commentary to address the everyday realities of modern femininity.
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3
We're Going to Need More Wine
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.
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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.
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5
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.
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6
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.
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Beyond the Wand: The Magic & Mayhem of Growing Up a Wizard
by Tom Felton
Also clear-cut · entertainment, memoir
Tom Felton chronicles his decade spent playing Draco Malfoy, charting his transition from a suburban childhood into the global spotlight of the Harry Potter film franchise.
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8
Possible Side Effects
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.
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9
If You Would Have Told Me
by John Stamos
Also clear-cut · entertainment, memoir
John Stamos charts his trajectory from a teenager working at his family’s Orange County burger flip to a ubiquitous television star and occasional Beach Boys percussionist.
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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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11
Yearbook
by Seth Rogen
Also clear-cut · entertainment, memoir
Yearbook is a collection of autobiographical essays detailing Seth Rogen’s life from his childhood in Vancouver to his career in Hollywood.
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Killing Yourself to Live: 85% of a True Story
entertainment, memoir
Chuck Klosterman chronicles a 6,557-mile road trip across America, visiting the locations where famous rock musicians died.
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