Need Suggestions: Good (preferably funny) non-fiction books to read

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Achilles Rhyme
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10:13p, 11/24/14
The last book I read was Flashboys by Michael Lewis. I'm currently reading Creativity, Inc. by Ed Catmull.

I'd like to read a light-hearted, funny non-fiction book for a change. Some of the books that I've read in the past that remind me of this would be Kitchen Confidential (by Anthony Bourdain), Born Standing Up (by Steve Martin), The Psychopath Test (by Jon Ronson), to name a few.


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UnderoosAg
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11:19p, 11/24/14
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I loved Kitchen Confidential. Try Stiff: The Curious Lives of Human Cadavers, by Mary Roach and Surely You're Joking, Mr.Feynman by Richard Feynman
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12:55a, 11/25/14
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The Freakanomics books are pretty funny and informative.

A Walk in the Woods (author walks Appalachian trail) ... Laugh out loud funny.
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1:51a, 11/25/14
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Dad is fat by Jim gaffigan
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8:35a, 11/25/14
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Yes Please by Amy Poehler was a fun quick read! I think I still like Bossypants (Tina Fey) better, but I definitely recommend both if you haven't read either!
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6:50p, 11/25/14
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If you're a golfer, try "Somewhere in Ireland, aA Village is Missing its Idiot" by David Feherty
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Jacques
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6:58p, 11/25/14
J Maarten Troost--getting stoned with savages and sex lives of the cannibals
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Jacques
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7:17p, 11/25/14
A short walk in the Hindu Kush--newby
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9:20p, 11/25/14
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quote:
A Walk in the Woods (author walks Appalachian trail) ... Laugh out loud funny.
I was going to post this. Bill Bryson is the Author.

He also wrote in a Sunburned Country, which is about Australia.
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9:23p, 11/25/14
Any David Sedaris book
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9:42p, 11/25/14
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Re: Sedaris, Me Talk Pretty One Day was funnier, to me, than Dress Your Family in Corduroy.
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9:45p, 11/25/14
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A Walk in the Woods!
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10:10p, 11/25/14
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Ball Four - Jim Bouton
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6:25a, 11/26/14
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Anything by Dave berry
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6:42p, 11/26/14
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The Yellow Green Beret, it's free on Kindle.
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9:28p, 11/26/14
(kind of non-fiction)

Let's Pretend this Never Happened (a mostly true memoir) by Jenny Lawson (a.k.a. "The Bloggess")

So hilarious!! (and her blog is hilarious as well!)
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In reply to aggiechick • 9:35a, 11/27/14
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(kind of non-fiction)

Let's Pretend this Never Happened (a mostly true memoir) by Jenny Lawson (a.k.a. "The Bloggess")

So hilarious!! (and her blog is hilarious as well!)


Yep. I want a beyonce.

+1 on David Sedaris as well.
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5:53p, 11/27/14
I read 'Surely You're Joking, Mr. Feynman' last year. It was a pretty good read!

As for the Freakonomics books; I liked the 1st one. Didn't care too much for the 2nd one.
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9:31p, 11/29/14
Just finished reading 'Is Everyone Hanging Out Without Me?' by Mindy Kaling - pretty funny book!

I'll be checking out 'The History of the World in 6 Glasses' by Tom Standage next.
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10:36p, 11/29/14
Playing for Pizza
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3:10a, 11/30/14
Bossypants by Tina Fey is one of my favorite autobiographies
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5:08a, 11/30/14
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People I want to punch in the throat is a funny and easy read.
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8:45a, 11/30/14
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We listened to Yes Please on audio book on our Thanksgiving trip and enjoyed it. Got a little self-indulgent at times, but had some really funny parts as well.
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9:47a, 11/30/14
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Sh*t My Dad Says by Halpern
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7:07p, 11/30/14
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Paddle Your Own Canoe: One Man's Fundamentals for Delicious Living by Nick Offerman was pretty funny.
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7:48p, 11/30/14
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Who's Your Caddy by Rick Reilly is pretty fantastic. He caddies for a couple pros, and then guys like Deepak Chopra and Donald Trump. Pretty interesting, funny take on the biography through the lens of golf.

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In reply to combat wombat™ • 8:34p, 11/30/14
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A Walk in the Woods (author walks Appalachian trail) ... Laugh out loud funny.
I was going to post this. Bill Bryson is the Author.

He also wrote in a Sunburned Country, which is about Australia.


Sunburned Country
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In reply to wesag • 9:39a, 12/1/14
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I'm never going to Australia. EVERYTHING will kill you!
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10:43a, 12/1/14
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Exactly.



Lost in Aspen is a funny book about an undercover reporter in Aspen who drives a cab.
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Lucky Jack Aubrey
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11:26a, 12/2/14
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Second Playing for Pizza. A Year in Provence is really good too. Also, I Never Met a Story I Didn't Like, by Todd Snider.
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