Memoirs are one of the most frequently requested genres at the library. When you're looking for a laugh, go to these hilarious memoirs!
- Dry by Augusten Burroughs: An advertising executive remembers his childhood with an eccentric foster family and his early adult experiences of trying to forge an independent life for himself.
- Bossypants by Tina Fey: The breakout star of Saturday Night Live and 30 Rock gives a humorous account of her life as well as behind the scenes stories from her hit shows.
- Fiction Ruined My Family by Jeanna Darst: A memoir of having grown up in an eccentric family of faded wealth and gentility in which the father's faded dreams of being a famous writer puts his family in the poor house.
- Wishful Drinking by Carrie Fisher: Based on Fisher's one woman show, this memoir covers growing up with celebrity parents, her early success in Star Wars, her battle with addiction and mental illness, turbulent romances, being a single mother, and her struggle for recovery and healing.
- Let's Pretend This Never Happened by Jenny Lawson: A memoir of growing up in rural Texas, awkward high school years, and the author's relationship with her long suffering husband.
