- This is the audiobook I'm listening to right now. And it is. So. Good.
As discussed in a previous post, I am an audiobook fiend. Also, a great fan of stand-up comedy. So it's no surprise that I adore comedians' memoirs. Following are a few that I have greatly enjoyed (in alphabetical order by the authors' last names). And because they are all in my Audible library, I can send you any one of them for free! Let me know if you'd like me to shoot one to you by text or email—it's very easy to do. And you won't be sorry. (If you click on the titles, you can listen to a sample.)
Some of the above may not be pure memoirs, and there are countless funny memoirs by the likes of David Sedaris, Julia Sweeney, Jonathan Ames, and others that aren't included because the authors aren't really stand-up comedians. But it's a solid list, and I'd be happy to share any one of the titles with you. (You can contact me directly here.)
- If at Birth You Don't Succeed: My Adventures with Disaster and Destiny, Zach Anner
- Nothing's Sacred, Lewis Black
- Drunk with Power, Margaret Cho
- Girl Walks into a Bar...: Comedy Calamities, Dating Disasters, and a Midlife Miracle, Rachel Dratch
- Bossypants, Tina Fey
- Dear Mrs. Fitzsimmons (The Audiobook), Greg Fitzsimmons
- A Bad Idea I'm About to Do: True Tales of Seriously Poor Judgment and Stunningly Awkward Adventure, Chris Gethard
- I Can't Make This Up: Life Lessons, Kevin Hart
- Is Everyone Hanging Out Without Me? (And Other Concerns), by Mindy Kaling
- Kasher in the Rye: The True Tale of a White Boy from Oakland Who Became a Drug Addict, Criminal, Mental Patient, and Then Turned 16, Moshe Kasher
- I Can Barely Take Care of Myself: Tales from a Happy Life Without Kids, Jen Kirkman
- I Know What I'm Doing and Other Lies I Tell Myself: Dispatches from a Life Under Construction, Jen Kirkman
- You'll Grow Out of It, Jessi Klein
- Attempting Normal, Mark Maron
- Born Standing Up: A Comic's Life, Steve Martin
- Born a Crime: Stories from a South African Childhood, Trevor Noah
- Yes Please, Amy Poehler
- You Can't Touch My Hair and Other Things I Still Have to Explain, Phoebe Robinson
- The Bedwetter: Stories of Courage, Redemption, and Pee, Sarah Silverman
Some of the above may not be pure memoirs, and there are countless funny memoirs by the likes of David Sedaris, Julia Sweeney, Jonathan Ames, and others that aren't included because the authors aren't really stand-up comedians. But it's a solid list, and I'd be happy to share any one of the titles with you. (You can contact me directly here.)
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