I work in a museum and do research and reading as a large part of my job- the dream! But it means I get pretty burnt out of reading and unmotivated to read books in my spare time. However, I find when I don't feel like reading I can always enjoy a celebrity memoir. Do you have a celebrity memoir you reccomend?
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I’m Glad My Mom Died by Jeanette McCurdy.
Spare by Prince Harry
I really enjoyed Nichelle Nichols’s Beyond Uhura, if you’re a fan of Star Trek.
If Chins Could Kill: Confessions of a B Movie Actor by Bruce Campbell. I remember it being fun and it’s sort of sequel Making Love The Bruce Campbell way was the same and also different.
Open: An Autobiography by Andre Agassi
Born to Run by Bruce Springsteen is a great one!
Broken Horses by Brandi Carlile
Scar tissue by Anthony Kiedis
The Storyteller: Tales of Life and Music by Dave Grohl
Finding Me by Viola Davis
Hello, Molly: A Memoir by Molly Shannon
Taste: My Life Through Food by Stanley Tucci
born a crime by trevor noah
Not My Father’s Son by Alan Cumming (from tv shows Traitors, The Good Wife)
Friends, Lovers, and the Big Terrible Thing by Matthew Perry (RIP)
If You Would Have Told Me by John Stamos
Trevor Noah’s was excellent, as was Andre Agassi’s.
Songs My Mother Taught Me by Marlon Brando
These are all very different but I liked them all.
I’m Glad My Mom Died (Jeannette Mccurdy)
The Woman in Me (Britney Spears)
Down the Drain (Julia Fox)
Crying in Hmart (Michelle Zauner)
Born Standing Up – Steve Martin
It’s so Easy and Other Lies – Duff Mckagan
Porcelain – Moby (this one didn’t age so well, but is a great read)
Coming Home – Brittney Griner
One Life- Megan Rapinoe
Hello Molly by Molly Shannon
The Princess Diarist by Carrie Fischer
Love, Loss, and What We Ate by Padma Lakshmi
Finding Me by Viola Davis
Wishful Drinking, Shockaholic, or The Princess Diarist by Carrie Fisher
Just Kids by Patti Smith. I was shocked how much this one moved me.
Putting it Together by James Lapine
I’ve read a ton of celeb memoirs and most of my favorites have been mentioned but here are a few more.
I’m Your Huckleberry – Val Kilmer
Open Book – Jessica Simpson
A Very Punchable Face – Colin Jost
The Friday Afternoon Club – Griffin Dunne
This Will Only Hurt a Little by Busy Phillips
Trevor Noah’s Born A Crime, esp on audio read by Trevor
Crying in H Mart!
“What Remains” by Carole Radziwill is really beautiful.
“Dear Girls” by Ali Wong is another good one!
My Life in France, by Julia Child. A great read.
Surrender by Bono. The audio version is amazing. He’s so emotional when he reads, and he sings!