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12 books with a reading profile close to The Boys: A Memoir of Hollywood and Family by Ron Howard. Practical and clear-cut; an easy read.

1

Dolly Parton Songteller: My Life in Lyrics

by Dolly Parton

Also clear-cut · memoir, accessible

Dolly Parton Songteller documents the stories and inspirations behind 175 of the artist’s musical compositions.
2

Open Book

by Jessica Simpson

Also practical and clear-cut · memoir, accessible

Jessica Simpson details her transition from a child performer in the Texas gospel circuit to a mainstream pop star and fashion entrepreneur.
3

Going There

by Katie Couric

Also practical and clear-cut · memoir, accessible

Katie Couric looks back on her career in television, from her start as a local news desk assistant to co-hosting NBC's Today show for fifteen years and later anchoring the CBS Evening News.
4

Paris: A Memoir for Young Women in the Age of Influencers

by Paris Hilton

Also practical and clear-cut · memoir, accessible

Paris Hilton details the evolution of her public persona, beginning with her ADHD diagnosis and the subsequent years she spent within the troubled teen industry.
5

YOUNG MAN IN A HURRY

by Gavin Newsom

Also clear-cut · memoir, accessible

Gavin Newsom traces the intersection of his family’s multi-generational history in San Francisco and his own rise through California’s political hierarchy.
6

The Truths We Hold: An American Journey

by Kamala Harris

Also practical and clear-cut · memoir, accessible

Kamala Harris outlines her professional trajectory from a courtroom prosecutor to the United States Senate, focusing on the core principles she identifies as the foundation of American democracy.
7

Under the Tuscan Sun: At Home in Italy

by Frances Mayes

Also practical and clear-cut · memoir, accessible

Frances Mayes chronicles her purchase and restoration of Bramasole, a dilapidated villa in the countryside of Cortona, Italy.
8

You'll Grow Out of It

by Jessi Klein

Also practical and clear-cut · memoir, accessible

Jessi Klein documents her refusal to adhere to the cultural scripts of conventional femininity through a series of chronological essays.
9

And Away...

by Bob Mortimer

Also practical and clear-cut · memoir, accessible

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.
10

We Were Dreamers: An Immigrant Superhero Origin Story

by Simu Liu

Also clear-cut · memoir, accessible

In this memoir, Simu Liu recounts his family’s move from Harbin, China, to Ontario, Canada.
11

Being Henry: The Fonz . . . and Beyond

by Henry Winkler

Also practical and clear-cut · memoir, accessible

In this memoir, Henry Winkler recounts his transition from a childhood shaped by undiagnosed dyslexia to his unexpected stardom as Arthur Fonzarelli on Happy Days.
12

Troublemaker: Surviving Hollywood and Scientology

by Leah Remini

Also clear-cut · memoir, accessible

Leah Remini details her thirty-year history within the Church of Scientology, beginning with her childhood move to the Sea Org in Clearwater, Florida.

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