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12 books with a reading profile close to Yes Please by Amy Poehler. Clear-cut; an easy read.

1

Clapton: The Autobiography

by Eric Clapton

Also clear-cut · memoir, narrative

Eric Clapton details his life from a secluded childhood in Surrey to his status as a central figure in blues and rock music.
2

Troublemaker: Surviving Hollywood and Scientology

by Leah Remini

Also clear-cut · memoir, narrative

Leah Remini details her thirty-year history within the Church of Scientology, beginning with her childhood move to the Sea Org in Clearwater, Florida.
3

Taste: My Life Through Food

by Stanley Tucci

Also clear-cut · memoir, narrative

Stanley Tucci chronicles his life through the lens of specific meals, beginning with his childhood in an Italian-American household in Westchester, New York.
4

Under the Tuscan Sun: At Home in Italy

by Frances Mayes

Also clear-cut · memoir, narrative

Frances Mayes chronicles her purchase and restoration of Bramasole, a dilapidated villa in the countryside of Cortona, Italy.
5

Me Talk Pretty One Day

by David Sedaris

Also clear-cut · memoir, narrative

David Sedaris organizes this collection around his move from New York to Normandy and the resulting linguistic displacement.
6

Barrel Fever: Stories and Essays

by David Sedaris

Also clear-cut · memoir, narrative

This collection serves as the debut volume for David Sedaris, blending fictional short stories with autobiographical essays.
7

My Life in France

by Julia Child

Also clear-cut · memoir, narrative

After moving to post-war Paris in 1948 with her husband Paul, Julia Child discovers a lifelong vocation in French cuisine.
8

Tell Me Everything

by Minka Kelly

Also clear-cut · memoir, narrative

In this memoir, Minka Kelly recounts a childhood defined by instability, poverty, and a complicated relationship with her mother, a high-end stripper and domestic violence survivor.
9

Orange Is the New Black

by Piper Kerman

Also clear-cut · memoir, narrative

Piper Kerman recounts the year she spent in a minimum-security federal prison in Danbury, Connecticut, following a decade-old conviction for drug money laundering.
10

Unmasked: My Life Solving America's Cold Cases

by Paul Holes

Also clear-cut · memoir, narrative

Paul Holes traces his twenty-four-year career as a cold case investigator, centered primarily on the decades-long pursuit of the Golden State Killer.
11

Kabul Beauty School: An American Woman Goes Behind the Veil

by Deborah Rodriguez

Also clear-cut · memoir, narrative

Deborah Rodriguez, an American hairdresser from Michigan, traveled to Afghanistan in 2002 as part of a humanitarian aid mission following the fall of the Taliban.
12

When Stars Are Scattered

by Victoria Jamieson

Also clear-cut · memoir, narrative

This graphic novel follows the daily life of Omar and his younger brother, Hassan, in Dadaab, a refugee camp in Kenya.

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