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12 books with a reading profile close to The Disaster Artist: My Life Inside The Room, the Greatest Bad Movie Ever Made by Greg Sestero. Practical and clear-cut; an easy read.

1

Yearbook

by Seth Rogen

Also practical and 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.
2

Slash

by Slash

Also practical and clear-cut · entertainment, memoir

Saul Hudson details his evolution from a BMX-riding British immigrant in Los Angeles into the lead guitarist of Guns N’ Roses.
3

Bossypants

by Tina Fey

Also practical and clear-cut · entertainment, memoir

Tina Fey details her progression from a self-described awkward child in Pennsylvania to the first female head writer at Saturday Night Live.
4

I Was Told There'd Be Cake: Essays

by Sloane Crosley

Also practical · entertainment, memoir

Sloane Crosley narrates the minor humiliations and logistical failures of early adulthood in New York City.
5

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.
6

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.
7

Why Not Me?

by Mindy Kaling

Also practical and clear-cut · entertainment, memoir

In this collection of essays, Mindy Kaling outlines her experiences navigating the heights of Hollywood while maintaining her personal identity.
8

Bad Mormon: A Memoir

by Heather Gay

Also practical and clear-cut · entertainment, memoir

Heather Gay recounts her experiences as a high-profile member of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints and her eventual departure from its rigid cultural structures.
9

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.
10

The Sex Lives of Cannibals: Adrift in the Equatorial Pacific

by J. Maarten Troost

Also practical and clear-cut · entertainment, memoir

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11

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.
12

SantaLand Diaries

by David Sedaris

Also practical · entertainment, memoir

David Sedaris recounts his seasonal employment as Crumpet the Elf at the Macy's department store in New York City.

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