18 books like Born a Crime

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Bossypants Tina Fey · 2011 · ★ 4.0 · 277p · ≈ 9h · Moderate Tina Fey’s new book Bossypants is short, messy, and impossibly funny (an apt description of the comedian herself). From her humble roots growing up in Pennsylvania to her days doing amateur improv in Chicago to her early sketches on Saturday Night Live, Fey gives us a fascinating glimpse behind the curtain of modern comedy with equal doses of wit, candor, and self-deprecation. Some of the… Shares: Television personalities, Comedians, Comedy, Biography & Memoir

Nada the Lily H. Rider Haggard · 1890 · ★ 3.9 · 325p · ≈ 10h · Challenging Nada the Lily is a historical novel by English writer H. Rider Haggard, published in 1892. Inspired by Haggards time in South Africa (1875–82). It was illustrated by Charles H. M. Kerr. Shares: South africa, History

The Fry Chronicles Stephen Fry · 2010 · ★ 3.7 · 448p · ≈ 14h · Moderate The popular actor, comedian, and writer traces his unlikely Cambridge education, his relationships with such contemporaries as Hugh Laurie and Emma Thompson, and his hedonistic rise to stardom. Shares: Television personalities, Comedians, Biography & Memoir

Leslie F*cking Jones Leslie Jones · 2023 · ★ 4.1 · 288p · ≈ 9h · Moderate “Now, I’m gonna be honest: Some of the details might be vague because a btch is fifty-five and she’s smoked a ton of weed. But while bits might be a touch hazy, I can promise you the underlying truth is REAL. Whether I’m talking about my childhood growing up in the South, my early stand-up days driving from gig to gig through the darkest parts of our country and praying I wouldn’t get murdered,… Shares: Comedians, Humor, Biography & Memoir

Le rire; essai sur la signification du comique Henri Bergson · 1901 · 149p · ≈ 4h · Challenging En este ensayo Henri Bergson analiza las diversas cosas que provocan la risa con el fin de determinar los elementos humorísticos que nos hacen reí. Bergson describe la risa como un ser vivo que tiene un objetivo en gran parte social. Henri Bergson (1859-1941) fue el primer gran filósofo del siglo XX. Su originalísima obra, a menudo situada entre el análisis psicológico, la sociología, la… Shares: Comedy, Performing Arts, Humor

Nigger Dick Gregory · 1965 · ★ 4.3 · 209p · ≈ 6h · Moderate Gregory told his story in an extremely honest way. It starts off almost in a reflective state, with him speaking to his mother in his own way. He moves on to talk about his childhood, which was unpleasant to say the least. How he, along with many other people who live under those conditions, survived it is a testament to itself. He had a lot of help along the way from friends, family, associates,… Shares: Comedians, Humor, Biography & Memoir

What I Know For Sure Oprah Winfrey · 2014 · ★ 4.5 · 228p · ≈ 7h · Moderate "After film critic Gene Siskel asked her, "What do you know for sure?" Oprah Winfrey began writing the "What I Know For Sure" column in O, The Oprah Magazine. Saying that the question offered her a way to take "stock of her life," Oprah has penned one column a month over the last fourteen years, years in which she retired The Oprah Winfrey Show (the highest-rated program of its kind in history),… Shares: Television personalities, Biography & Memoir

The autobiography of an unknown South African Naboth Mokgatle · 1971 · 349p · ≈ 11h · Moderate The Autobiography of an Unknown South African by Naboth Mokgatle offers a detailed and rich narrative of the author's life and his tribal roots, providing a vivid glimpse into the customs, traditions, and history of the Bafokeng people of South Africa. Mokgatle begins with his family history, recounting the circumstances of his birth in 1911 in Phokeng, a tribal village in the Rustenburg district… Shares: South africa, Biography & Memoir

The Princess Diarist Carrie Fisher · 2016 · ★ 3.9 · 270p · ≈ 9h · Moderate In 1976, Carrie Fisher was a teenager filming a movie, with an all-consuming crush on her costar. And it just happened to become one of the most famous films of all time -- the first Star wars movie. When she recently discovered the journals she had kept, she found them full of plaintive love poems, unbridled musings with youthful naiveté, and a vulnerability that she barely recognized. In… Shares: Personal Memoirs, Essays, Humor, Biography & Memoir

Time flies Bill Cosby · 1987 · ★ 3.5 · 176p · ≈ 5h · Moderate Tempus fugit, a Latin phrase usually translated as "time flies"; an admonition against procrastination Shares: Comedians, Humor, Biography & Memoir

The Other Brother Geoff Elliott · 2005 · 201p · ≈ 6h · Moderate The Other Brother is a 2002 American comedy-drama film written and directed by Mandel Holland and starring Mekhi Phifer, Andre Blake, Michele Morgan and Tangi Miller. Shares: South africa, Biography & Memoir

Works [37 plays, 4 poems, sonnets] William Shakespeare · 1797 · 968p · ≈ 32h · Demanding Shares: Comedy, Performing Arts, Biography & Memoir Shares: Comedy, Performing Arts, Biography & Memoir

The four men; a farrago Hilaire Belloc · 1900 · ★ 3.8 · 310p · ≈ 10h · Challenging A “Farrago” is a “confused mixture,” an apt subtitle for this 1911 semi-fictional travelogue and love song to Hilaire Belloc’s home County of Sussex. It is full to bursting with humor, songs (often including scores), speeches, drawings, fables, digressions, poetry, and legends, often partially or wholly invented, but all in service of Belloc’s deep belief in “the character of enduring things.”… Shares: Comedy, Humor

Mémoires Giacomo Casanova · 1830 · ★ 3.8 · 10p · ≈ 20m · Challenging "The name of Giacomo Casanova, Chevalier de Seingalt (1725-98), is now synonymous with amorous exploits, and there are plenty of these, vividly narrated, in his memoirs. But Casanova was not just an energetic lover. In his time he was a diplomat, businessman, trainee priest, traveler, prisoner, magician, confidence man, gambler, professional entertainer, and charlatan. He financed business… Shares: Personal Memoirs, Biography & Memoir, History

The Transatlantic Zombie Sarah J. Lauro · 2015 · 284p · ≈ 9h · Moderate Our most modern monster and perhaps our most American, the zombie that is so prevalent in popular culture today has its roots in African soul capture mythologies. The Transatlantic Zombie provides a more complete history of the zombie than has ever been told, explaining how the myth’s migration to the New World was facilitated by the transatlantic slave trade, and reveals the real-world import of… Shares: Performing Arts, History

Committed Elizabeth Gilbert · 2010 · ★ 3.5 · 300p · ≈ 10h · Moderate At the end of her bestselling memoir "Eat, Pray, Love", Elizabeth Gilbert fell in love with Felipe - a Brazilian-born man of Australian citizenship who'd been living in Indonesia when they met. Resettling in America, the couple swore eternal fidelity to each other, but also swore to never, ever, under any circumstances get legally married. (Both survivors of difficult divorces. Enough said.) But… Shares: Personal Memoirs, Humor, Biography & Memoir

Yet again Sir Max Beerbohm · 1909 · 86p · ≈ 2h · Challenging This book is perfectly adapted and layout for a pleasant reading on a tablet, smartphone or computer. To improve your reading experience, this digital version has been edited and formatted according to the requirements of this platform. Shares: Essays

And Even Now Sir Max Beerbohm · 1920 · 150p · ≈ 5h · Challenging This book is perfectly adapted and layout for a pleasant reading on a tablet, smartphone or computer. To improve your reading experience, this digital version has been edited and formatted according to the requirements of this platform. Shares: Essays

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