Depression And Humor Books | Summaries & Audio

Depression the Comedy

by Jessica Holmes • 2018

A comedian's depression hid in plain sight. The recovery was as funny as it was hard.

3.45

139

🌧️ Depression Memoir 😂 Mental Health And Humor 🎤 Comedian Memoir 🧸 Parenting With Depression 😰 Social Anxiety

Depression the Comedy 90%

A comedian's depression hid in plain sight. The recovery was as funny as it was hard.

by Jessica Holmes 2018

3.45

139 ratings

🌧️ Depression Memoir 😂 Mental Health And Humor 🎤 Comedian Memoir 🧸 Parenting With Depression 😰 Social Anxiety

Sure, I'll Join Your Cult

by Maria Bamford • 2023

Every group she joined to feel better was a cult: recovery, Hollywood, even her family.

3.71

25k+

🧠 Mental Illness Memoir 😈 Dark Humor 🗣️ Confessional Memoir 🏚️ Family Dysfunction 🔄 Recovery Narratives

Sure, I'll Join Your Cult 89%

Every group she joined to feel better was a cult: recovery, Hollywood, even her family.

by Maria Bamford 2023

3.71

25k+ ratings

🧠 Mental Illness Memoir 😈 Dark Humor 🗣️ Confessional Memoir 🏚️ Family Dysfunction 🔄 Recovery Narratives

Hi, Anxiety

by Kat Kinsman • 2016

A trembling hand extended: one journalist's messy memoir of anxiety behind the social media smiles.

3.64

1k+

📖 Anxiety Memoir 💬 Mental Health Stigma 😂 Humor As Coping 🛠️ Coping Strategies 🧒 Childhood Influences

Hi, Anxiety 89%

A trembling hand extended: one journalist's messy memoir of anxiety behind the social media smiles.

by Kat Kinsman 2016

3.64

1k+ ratings

📖 Anxiety Memoir 💬 Mental Health Stigma 😂 Humor As Coping 🛠️ Coping Strategies 🧒 Childhood Influences

Embracing Your Limitations

by Lawrence Mooney • 2022

Self-help feeds on your dissatisfaction. The exit: stop chasing dreams and accept your limits.

3.29

🚫 Anti-Self-Help 🤗 Self-Acceptance 📉 Lowered Expectations 🛑 Anti-Ambition 🏡 Simple Living

Embracing Your Limitations 89%

Self-help feeds on your dissatisfaction. The exit: stop chasing dreams and accept your limits.

by Lawrence Mooney 2022

3.29

82 ratings

🚫 Anti-Self-Help 🤗 Self-Acceptance 📉 Lowered Expectations 🛑 Anti-Ambition 🏡 Simple Living

Heart and Brain

by Nick Seluk • 2017

Heart wants fun. Brain wants safety. Your life, a compromise between two impossible roommates.

4.30

3k+

💻 Webcomic Collection 😰 Anxiety Comics 😮‍💨 Adulting Struggles 🤡 Self-Deprecating Humor 🤔 Overthinking

Heart and Brain 89%

Heart wants fun. Brain wants safety. Your life, a compromise between two impossible roommates.

by Nick Seluk 2017

4.30

3k+ ratings

💻 Webcomic Collection 😰 Anxiety Comics 😮‍💨 Adulting Struggles 🤡 Self-Deprecating Humor 🤔 Overthinking

Unreliable Narrator

by Aparna Nancherla • 2023

Off stage, she was still performing. A comedian on the exhausting act of looking okay.

3.58

2k+

🎤 Comedian Memoirs 🎭 Impostor Syndrome 🤫 Introversion 🪞 Body Image 💯 Perfectionism

Unreliable Narrator 88%

Off stage, she was still performing. A comedian on the exhausting act of looking okay.

by Aparna Nancherla 2023

3.58

2k+ ratings

🎤 Comedian Memoirs 🎭 Impostor Syndrome 🤫 Introversion 🪞 Body Image 💯 Perfectionism

Let's Pretend This Never Happened

by Jenny Lawson • 2012

Taxidermy, panic attacks, and corporate HR: one woman's messy, hilarious survival manual.

3.90

202k+

🧠 Mental Illness Memoir 🖤 Dark Humor Memoir 🌾 Rural Upbringing ✍️ Personal Essays 👯 Female Friendships

Let's Pretend This Never Happened Summary

Let's Pretend This Never Happened 88%

Taxidermy, panic attacks, and corporate HR: one woman's messy, hilarious survival manual.

by Jenny Lawson 2012

3.90

202k+ ratings

🧠 Mental Illness Memoir 🖤 Dark Humor Memoir 🌾 Rural Upbringing ✍️ Personal Essays 👯 Female Friendships

I'm a Joke and So Are You

by Robin Ince • 2018

A comedian investigates why we joke to survive anxiety, grief, and the awkwardness of being alive.

3.93

1k+

🎤 Stand Up Comedy 😰 Anxiety And Creativity 🧠 Neuroscience Of Humor 💀 Humor And Grief 🔪 Comedy As Social Critique

I'm a Joke and So Are You 88%

A comedian investigates why we joke to survive anxiety, grief, and the awkwardness of being alive.

by Robin Ince 2018

3.93

1k+ ratings

🎤 Stand Up Comedy 😰 Anxiety And Creativity 🧠 Neuroscience Of Humor 💀 Humor And Grief 🔪 Comedy As Social Critique

How to Be Miserable

by Randy J. Paterson • 2016

Forty everyday strategies for misery, decoded: see which are yours, then do the opposite.

3.99

3k+

🧠 Behavioral Activation 🙃 Anti-Self-Help 🪤 Wellbeing Traps 📱 Digital Minimalism 🎢 Hedonic Adaptation

How to Be Miserable 88%

Forty everyday strategies for misery, decoded: see which are yours, then do the opposite.

by Randy J. Paterson 2016

3.99

3k+ ratings

🧠 Behavioral Activation 🙃 Anti-Self-Help 🪤 Wellbeing Traps 📱 Digital Minimalism 🎢 Hedonic Adaptation

It's Kind of a Funny Story

by Ned Vizzini • 2006

Craig got into the best school in Manhattan. Then his mind tried to kill him.

4.07

263k+

🏥 Teen Psychiatric Ward 🌧️ Teenage Depression 🤝 Found Family 🎨 Art As Therapy 😅 Darkly Comic

It's Kind of a Funny Story 88%

Craig got into the best school in Manhattan. Then his mind tried to kill him.

by Ned Vizzini 2006

4.07

263k+ ratings

🏥 Teen Psychiatric Ward 🌧️ Teenage Depression 🤝 Found Family 🎨 Art As Therapy 😅 Darkly Comic

The Instant Millionaire

by Mark Fisher • 1997

A childhood among taxidermied animals prepared her for the absurdity of adulthood and anxiety.

3.63

4k+

🧠 Anxiety Memoir 😈 Dark Comedy 🏚️ Eccentric Family 🌻 Southern Memoir 🏠 Domestic Humor

The Instant Millionaire 88%

A childhood among taxidermied animals prepared her for the absurdity of adulthood and anxiety.

by Mark Fisher 1997

3.63

4k+ ratings

🧠 Anxiety Memoir 😈 Dark Comedy 🏚️ Eccentric Family 🌻 Southern Memoir 🏠 Domestic Humor

5 Very Good Reasons to Punch a Dolphin in the Mouth and Other Useful Guides

by Matthew Inman • 2010

A web designer quits to draw crude comics about punching dolphins and life's absurdities.

4.04

13k+

🖥️ Webcomic Collection 🤪 Absurdist Humor 🌀 Surreal Cartoons 😈 Irreverent Satire 🔞 Adult Cartoons

5 Very Good Reasons to Punch a Dolphin in the Mouth and Other Useful Guides Summary

5 Very Good Reasons to Punch a Dolphin in the Mouth and Other Useful Guides 88%

A web designer quits to draw crude comics about punching dolphins and life's absurdities.

by Matthew Inman 2010

4.04

13k+ ratings

🖥️ Webcomic Collection 🤪 Absurdist Humor 🌀 Surreal Cartoons 😈 Irreverent Satire 🔞 Adult Cartoons

The Noonday Demon

by Andrew Solomon • 2000

From personal breakdown to global atlas: the biology, history, and politics of depression.

4.19

16k+

🩺 Clinical Depression 📖 Memoir And Science 💊 Integrated Treatment ⚖️ Health Inequity 🆘 Suicide Prevention

The Noonday Demon 88%

From personal breakdown to global atlas: the biology, history, and politics of depression.

by Andrew Solomon 2000

4.19

16k+ ratings

🩺 Clinical Depression 📖 Memoir And Science 💊 Integrated Treatment ⚖️ Health Inequity 🆘 Suicide Prevention

Darkness Visible

by William Styron • 1990

Depression is not sadness. A Pulitzer-winning novelist on the illness that feels like drowning.

3.99

32k+

🩺 Clinical Depression ✍️ Literary Memoir 🏥 Psychiatric Memoir 🌅 Depression Recovery 🛑 Suicide Prevention

Darkness Visible 88%

Depression is not sadness. A Pulitzer-winning novelist on the illness that feels like drowning.

by William Styron 1990

3.99

32k+ ratings

🩺 Clinical Depression ✍️ Literary Memoir 🏥 Psychiatric Memoir 🌅 Depression Recovery 🛑 Suicide Prevention

Eleanor Oliphant Is Completely Fine

by Gail Honeyman • 2017

Eleanor Oliphant lives alone, drinks alone, and tells herself she prefers it that way.

4.23

1.4M+

🗣️ Quirky Narrator 💔 Traumatic Childhood 🤝 Unlikely Friendship 🏠 Found Family 🖤 Mother Wound

Eleanor Oliphant Is Completely Fine Summary

Eleanor Oliphant Is Completely Fine 88%

Eleanor Oliphant lives alone, drinks alone, and tells herself she prefers it that way.

by Gail Honeyman 2017

4.23

1.4M+ ratings

🗣️ Quirky Narrator 💔 Traumatic Childhood 🤝 Unlikely Friendship 🏠 Found Family 🖤 Mother Wound

Humor Me

by Chris Duffy • 2026

Comedy is for professionals. Humor is a skill anyone can build, and it changes everything.

3.68

488

🏥 Laughter Therapy 🎭 Improv Thinking 🎤 Comedy Craft 👀 Attention And Noticing 🤝 Social Bonding

Humor Me 88%

Comedy is for professionals. Humor is a skill anyone can build, and it changes everything.

by Chris Duffy 2026

3.68

488 ratings

🏥 Laughter Therapy 🎭 Improv Thinking 🎤 Comedy Craft 👀 Attention And Noticing 🤝 Social Bonding

I Must Say

by Martin Short • 2014

Orphaned at twenty, widowed decades later. The memoir that reveals grief as just another tough room.

4.12

19k+

🎙️ Comedy Memoirs 🇨🇦 Canadian Comedy 🕊️ Grief And Loss 🛡️ Humor As Resilience 🏙️ Second City Alumni

I Must Say 88%

Orphaned at twenty, widowed decades later. The memoir that reveals grief as just another tough room.

by Martin Short 2014

4.12

19k+ ratings

🎙️ Comedy Memoirs 🇨🇦 Canadian Comedy 🕊️ Grief And Loss 🛡️ Humor As Resilience 🏙️ Second City Alumni

Everyone You Hate is Going to Die

by Daniel Sloss • 2021

A comedian's case for why being alone, heartbroken, and uncomfortable is the real goal.

3.92

8k+

🤬 Anti-Self-Help 🎤 Comedic Memoir 💔 Modern Dating ☣️ Toxic Relationships 🩹 Breakup Recovery

Everyone You Hate is Going to Die Summary

Everyone You Hate is Going to Die 88%

A comedian's case for why being alone, heartbroken, and uncomfortable is the real goal.

by Daniel Sloss 2021

3.92

8k+ ratings

🤬 Anti-Self-Help 🎤 Comedic Memoir 💔 Modern Dating ☣️ Toxic Relationships 🩹 Breakup Recovery

The Suicide Shop

by Jean Teulé • 2008

A suicide shop's gloom business is upended when the owner's youngest son is born smiling.

3.46

25k+

🖤 Dark Humor 💀 Whimsical Death 🌞 Relentless Optimist 📖 Satirical Fable 🌍 In Translation

The Suicide Shop 88%

A suicide shop's gloom business is upended when the owner's youngest son is born smiling.

by Jean Teulé 2008

3.46

25k+ ratings

🖤 Dark Humor 💀 Whimsical Death 🌞 Relentless Optimist 📖 Satirical Fable 🌍 In Translation

Cobb's Anatomy

by Irvin S. Cobb • 1912

A 1912 comic anatomy of everything that aches, sheds, swells, or embarrasses you in public.

3.78

✍️ Humorous Essays 🤡 Self-Deprecating Humor 🫃 Body Humor 🎭 Social Satire 🇺🇸 American Humor

Cobb's Anatomy 88%

A 1912 comic anatomy of everything that aches, sheds, swells, or embarrasses you in public.

by Irvin S. Cobb 1912

3.78

60 ratings

✍️ Humorous Essays 🤡 Self-Deprecating Humor 🫃 Body Humor 🎭 Social Satire 🇺🇸 American Humor

And Here's the Kicker

by Mike Sacks • 2009

21 humorists on finding a comedic voice, editing brutally, and making a living being funny.

4.05

2k+

🎭 Humor Writing 📖 Interview Anthology 🧠 Comedy Theory 🎯 Truth In Comedy 👀 Outsider Humor

And Here's the Kicker 87%

21 humorists on finding a comedic voice, editing brutally, and making a living being funny.

by Mike Sacks 2009

4.05

2k+ ratings

🎭 Humor Writing 📖 Interview Anthology 🧠 Comedy Theory 🎯 Truth In Comedy 👀 Outsider Humor

Only a Joke Can Save Us

by Todd McGowan • 2017

When lack and excess collide, laughter erupts. A philosopher shows why that shock is liberating.

4.32

🎭 Comedy Theory 🛋️ Psychoanalytic Theory 📖 Continental Philosophy 🎬 Film Analysis 🔍 Ideology Critique

Only a Joke Can Save Us 87%

When lack and excess collide, laughter erupts. A philosopher shows why that shock is liberating.

by Todd McGowan 2017

4.32

37 ratings

🎭 Comedy Theory 🛋️ Psychoanalytic Theory 📖 Continental Philosophy 🎬 Film Analysis 🔍 Ideology Critique

Against Depression

by Peter D. Kramer • 2005

Depression is not depth or creativity: it is brain damage, and treating it restores the self.

3.86

520

🏥 Clinical Depression 🧠 Depression Biology 🔄 Neuroplasticity And Mood 🏷️ Mental Health Stigma 💊 Biological Psychiatry

Against Depression 87%

Depression is not depth or creativity: it is brain damage, and treating it restores the self.

by Peter D. Kramer 2005

3.86

520 ratings

🏥 Clinical Depression 🧠 Depression Biology 🔄 Neuroplasticity And Mood 🏷️ Mental Health Stigma 💊 Biological Psychiatry

I'm More Dateable than a Plate of Refried Beans

by Ginny Hogan • 2022

Five Tinder accounts, one photo, all racing a plate of cold refried beans. Guess who won.

3.38

419

📱 Modern Dating 🧍‍♀️ Singlehood 📝 Satirical Essays 😅 Self-Deprecating Humor 👀 Observational Comedy

I'm More Dateable than a Plate of Refried Beans Summary

I'm More Dateable than a Plate of Refried Beans 87%

Five Tinder accounts, one photo, all racing a plate of cold refried beans. Guess who won.

by Ginny Hogan 2022

3.38

419 ratings

📱 Modern Dating 🧍‍♀️ Singlehood 📝 Satirical Essays 😅 Self-Deprecating Humor 👀 Observational Comedy

Furiously Happy

by Jenny Lawson • 2015

When despair says forever, fight back with taxidermy, defiant joy, and inappropriate laughter.

3.89

176k+

🧠 Mental Illness Memoir ✨ Defiant Joy 💜 Radical Self-Acceptance 🎭 Imposter Syndrome 🎙️ Confessional Humor

Furiously Happy 87%

When despair says forever, fight back with taxidermy, defiant joy, and inappropriate laughter.

by Jenny Lawson 2015

3.89

176k+ ratings

🧠 Mental Illness Memoir ✨ Defiant Joy 💜 Radical Self-Acceptance 🎭 Imposter Syndrome 🎙️ Confessional Humor

Don't Worry, It Gets Worse

by Alida Nugent • 2013

A degree, a childhood bedroom, a strip poker party: the twenties are mostly improvising.

3.38

4k+

🌀 Quarterlife Crisis 🎓 Post-College Life 😅 Self-Deprecating Humor 📱 Millennial Experience 🪞 Body Image

Don't Worry, It Gets Worse 87%

A degree, a childhood bedroom, a strip poker party: the twenties are mostly improvising.

by Alida Nugent 2013

3.38

4k+ ratings

🌀 Quarterlife Crisis 🎓 Post-College Life 😅 Self-Deprecating Humor 📱 Millennial Experience 🪞 Body Image

A Heartbreaking Work of Staggering Genius

by Dave Eggers • 2000

Orphaned at 21, raising his 8-year-old brother: a grief memoir that knows it's a memoir.

3.69

184k+

🪦 Parental Loss 🖤 Grief Memoir 👬 Brothers 🏠 Unconventional Families 🔄 Meta Memoir

A Heartbreaking Work of Staggering Genius Summary

A Heartbreaking Work of Staggering Genius 87%

Orphaned at 21, raising his 8-year-old brother: a grief memoir that knows it's a memoir.

by Dave Eggers 2000

3.69

184k+ ratings

🪦 Parental Loss 🖤 Grief Memoir 👬 Brothers 🏠 Unconventional Families 🔄 Meta Memoir

The Life-Changing Magic of Not Giving a F**k

by Sarah Knight • 2015

Most of what you stress about is optional. Here's how to stop, without becoming a jerk.

3.40

41k+

🙅 Stop People Pleasing 😂 Humorous Self-Help 🚧 Boundary Setting 📋 Priority Management 🧹 Mental Decluttering

The Life-Changing Magic of Not Giving a F**k Summary

The Life-Changing Magic of Not Giving a F**k 87%

Most of what you stress about is optional. Here's how to stop, without becoming a jerk.

by Sarah Knight 2015

3.40

41k+ ratings

🙅 Stop People Pleasing 😂 Humorous Self-Help 🚧 Boundary Setting 📋 Priority Management 🧹 Mental Decluttering

My Mess Is a Bit of a Life

by Georgia Pritchett • 2021

An anxious Succession writer's memoir. Doom-notes. Therapy. A son who lost his words. Darkly funny.

3.82

6k+

🧠 Anxiety Memoirs 🎤 Women In Comedy 📝 Vignette Memoir 🖤 Dark Humor 🇬🇧 British Humor

My Mess Is a Bit of a Life 87%

An anxious Succession writer's memoir. Doom-notes. Therapy. A son who lost his words. Darkly funny.

by Georgia Pritchett 2021

3.82

6k+ ratings

🧠 Anxiety Memoirs 🎤 Women In Comedy 📝 Vignette Memoir 🖤 Dark Humor 🇬🇧 British Humor

I Like You

by Amy Sedaris • 2006

The entertaining guide that treats your guests like customers and your home like a garage sale.

3.88

40k+

🏠 Domestic Satire 📝 Humorous Essays 😐 Deadpan Humor 🧘 Solo Living 🧶 Diy Crafts Humor

I Like You 87%

The entertaining guide that treats your guests like customers and your home like a garage sale.

by Amy Sedaris 2006

3.88

40k+ ratings

🏠 Domestic Satire 📝 Humorous Essays 😐 Deadpan Humor 🧘 Solo Living 🧶 Diy Crafts Humor

Based on a True Story

by Norm Macdonald • 2016

SNL stardom from a barber-shop town, ruinous gambling nights, and a memoir that admits it's lying.

4.03

20k+

🎤 Stand-Up Comedy 📖 Comedic Memoir 🎬 Snl Alumni 🎰 Gambling Addiction 🎭 Show Business

Based on a True Story 87%

SNL stardom from a barber-shop town, ruinous gambling nights, and a memoir that admits it's lying.

by Norm Macdonald 2016

4.03

20k+ ratings

🎤 Stand-Up Comedy 📖 Comedic Memoir 🎬 Snl Alumni 🎰 Gambling Addiction 🎭 Show Business

The Laughing Cure

by Brian King • 2016

Even fake laughter relieves real pain for hours. A comedian shows you why and how.

3.82

😂 Laughter Therapy 🎭 Psychology Of Humor 😌 Stress Reduction 💪 Emotional Resilience 🧠 Mind-Body Connection

The Laughing Cure 87%

Even fake laughter relieves real pain for hours. A comedian shows you why and how.

by Brian King 2016

3.82

56 ratings

😂 Laughter Therapy 🎭 Psychology Of Humor 😌 Stress Reduction 💪 Emotional Resilience 🧠 Mind-Body Connection

Choke

by Chuck Palahniuk • 2001

A sex addict fakes choking in restaurants to pay for his dying mother's care.

3.71

222k+

🚬 Transgressive Fiction 😈 Dark Satire 🃏 Con Artist Protagonist 🤝 Codependent Friendship 💔 Mother-Son Dysfunction

Choke 87%

A sex addict fakes choking in restaurants to pay for his dying mother's care.

by Chuck Palahniuk 2001

3.71

222k+ ratings

🚬 Transgressive Fiction 😈 Dark Satire 🃏 Con Artist Protagonist 🤝 Codependent Friendship 💔 Mother-Son Dysfunction

How to Giggle

by Hannah Berner • 2025

Caring less is a skill. A comedian's blunt playbook for anxiety, bad dates, and toxic friends.

4.05

18k+

🎭 Comedy Self-Help 👯 Female Friendships 🧠 Anxiety Coping 💔 Modern Dating 💗 Self-Acceptance

How to Giggle 87%

Caring less is a skill. A comedian's blunt playbook for anxiety, bad dates, and toxic friends.

by Hannah Berner 2025

4.05

18k+ ratings

🎭 Comedy Self-Help 👯 Female Friendships 🧠 Anxiety Coping 💔 Modern Dating 💗 Self-Acceptance

Tough Titties

by Laura Belgray • 2023

Failed at careers, therapy, and love. Still ended up happy. The case against self-improvement.

3.50

2k+

😂 Anti-Self-Help ✍️ Humorous Memoir 👙 Body Image 🌟 External Validation 🐢 Late Blooming

Tough Titties 87%

Failed at careers, therapy, and love. Still ended up happy. The case against self-improvement.

by Laura Belgray 2023

3.50

2k+ ratings

😂 Anti-Self-Help ✍️ Humorous Memoir 👙 Body Image 🌟 External Validation 🐢 Late Blooming

The Simpsons and Philosophy

by William Irwin • 2001

Nietzsche through Ned Flanders. Aristotle through Homer. A course in Western thought, in yellow.

3.45

4k+

📺 Tv Criticism 🧩 Applied Philosophy 🎬 Pop Culture Criticism 🤡 Satire ⚖️ Ethics And Morality

The Simpsons and Philosophy 87%

Nietzsche through Ned Flanders. Aristotle through Homer. A course in Western thought, in yellow.

by William Irwin 2001

3.45

4k+ ratings

📺 Tv Criticism 🧩 Applied Philosophy 🎬 Pop Culture Criticism 🤡 Satire ⚖️ Ethics And Morality

Murphy

by Samuel Beckett • 1938

Strapped into his rocking chair, Murphy seeks a silence where bodies and lovers cannot follow.

3.80

7k+

🖋️ Modernist Fiction 🎭 Absurdist Comedy 🧠 Mind Body Split 🏥 Mental Asylum 🏃 Futile Pursuit

Murphy 87%

Strapped into his rocking chair, Murphy seeks a silence where bodies and lovers cannot follow.

by Samuel Beckett 1938

3.80

7k+ ratings

🖋️ Modernist Fiction 🎭 Absurdist Comedy 🧠 Mind Body Split 🏥 Mental Asylum 🏃 Futile Pursuit

A Thousand Naked Strangers

by Kevin Hazzard • 2016

A failed salesman joins EMS on impulse, knowing zero medicine. Atlanta's streets teach the rest.

3.96

14k+

🚑 Emergency Medicine 🚨 First Responder Memoir 😈 Dark Humor 💀 Witnessing Death 🔥 Occupational Burnout

A Thousand Naked Strangers 87%

A failed salesman joins EMS on impulse, knowing zero medicine. Atlanta's streets teach the rest.

by Kevin Hazzard 2016

3.96

14k+ ratings

🚑 Emergency Medicine 🚨 First Responder Memoir 😈 Dark Humor 💀 Witnessing Death 🔥 Occupational Burnout

Truth in Advertising

by John Kenney • 2013

A copywriter who fakes sincerity for a living must finally show up for his dying father.

3.74

3k+

🎬 Advertising Satire 📖 Literary Satire 👴 Parental Estrangement 🕳️ Midlife Crisis 💔 Fear Of Intimacy

Truth in Advertising 87%

A copywriter who fakes sincerity for a living must finally show up for his dying father.

by John Kenney 2013

3.74

3k+ ratings

🎬 Advertising Satire 📖 Literary Satire 👴 Parental Estrangement 🕳️ Midlife Crisis 💔 Fear Of Intimacy

Magical Thinking

by Augusten Burroughs • 2004

Tang commercials, an undertaker boyfriend, steroids, and the deep conviction his mind runs reality.

3.96

57k+

📝 Personal Essays 🖤 Dark Humor 🏳️‍🌈 Gay Memoir 💔 Childhood Trauma 🧠 Coping Mechanisms

Magical Thinking 87%

Tang commercials, an undertaker boyfriend, steroids, and the deep conviction his mind runs reality.

by Augusten Burroughs 2004

3.96

57k+ ratings

📝 Personal Essays 🖤 Dark Humor 🏳️‍🌈 Gay Memoir 💔 Childhood Trauma 🧠 Coping Mechanisms

Leaves of Grass

by Walt Whitman • 1855

A lisp, a Paris classroom, a profane brother: Sedaris on how language betrays and bonds us.

4.11

117k+

📄 Essay Collections 💔 Family Dysfunction 👀 Observational Humor 🗣️ Language Memoirs ✈️ Expat Life

Leaves of Grass 87%

A lisp, a Paris classroom, a profane brother: Sedaris on how language betrays and bonds us.

by Walt Whitman 1855

4.11

117k+ ratings

📄 Essay Collections 💔 Family Dysfunction 👀 Observational Humor 🗣️ Language Memoirs ✈️ Expat Life

This is Where I Leave You

by Jonathan Tropper • 2003

Seven days of shiva. Four squabbling siblings. One marriage in ashes. Judd Foxman's week from hell.

3.88

149k+

🎭 Family Dramedy 🖤 Dark Comedy 🏚️ Dysfunctional Family ⚔️ Sibling Rivalry 🏡 Returning Home

This is Where I Leave You 87%

Seven days of shiva. Four squabbling siblings. One marriage in ashes. Judd Foxman's week from hell.

by Jonathan Tropper 2003

3.88

149k+ ratings

🎭 Family Dramedy 🖤 Dark Comedy 🏚️ Dysfunctional Family ⚔️ Sibling Rivalry 🏡 Returning Home

The Vitamin Cure for Depression

by Bo H. Jonsson • 2012

A Stone Age brain on a modern diet: the mismatch that looks like depression.

4.00

🧠 Nutritional Psychiatry 🧪 Orthomolecular Medicine 💊 Antidepressant Critique 🧬 Evolutionary Mismatch 🌿 Functional Medicine

The Vitamin Cure for Depression 87%

A Stone Age brain on a modern diet: the mismatch that looks like depression.

by Bo H. Jonsson 2012

4.00

15 ratings

🧠 Nutritional Psychiatry 🧪 Orthomolecular Medicine 💊 Antidepressant Critique 🧬 Evolutionary Mismatch 🌿 Functional Medicine

Acne

by Laura Chinn • 2022

Ten, a pimple, decades hiding: she found the one career that didn't care about faces.

4.28

1k+

🩹 Severe Acne 🏚️ Family Dysfunction 🎭 Dark Humor Memoir 🧴 Body Image Memoir 🎬 Hollywood Memoirs

Acne 87%

Ten, a pimple, decades hiding: she found the one career that didn't care about faces.

by Laura Chinn 2022

4.28

1k+ ratings

🩹 Severe Acne 🏚️ Family Dysfunction 🎭 Dark Humor Memoir 🧴 Body Image Memoir 🎬 Hollywood Memoirs

Humour

by Terry Eagleton • 2019

From gloating superiority to utopian carnival, a philosopher surveys every major theory of laughter.

3.19

603

🎭 Philosophy Of Humor 📜 History Of Laughter 📖 Literary Theory 🤝 Humor And Society 🗳️ Humor And Politics

Humour 87%

From gloating superiority to utopian carnival, a philosopher surveys every major theory of laughter.

by Terry Eagleton 2019

3.19

603 ratings

🎭 Philosophy Of Humor 📜 History Of Laughter 📖 Literary Theory 🤝 Humor And Society 🗳️ Humor And Politics

I See You've Called in Dead

by John Kenney • 2025

An obituary writer posts his own death notice by mistake. Suspended, he crashes strangers' funerals.

4.09

52k+

🖤 Dark Comedy 👥 Male Friendship 💔 Processing Grief 🌱 Late Blooming 😐 Deadpan Humor

I See You've Called in Dead 87%

An obituary writer posts his own death notice by mistake. Suspended, he crashes strangers' funerals.

by John Kenney 2025

4.09

52k+ ratings

🖤 Dark Comedy 👥 Male Friendship 💔 Processing Grief 🌱 Late Blooming 😐 Deadpan Humor

So Sad Today

by Melissa Broder • 2016

A vomit fetish, an open marriage, and the internet addiction that makes it all bearable.

3.80

18k+

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3.80

18k+ ratings

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Grief's ugly secret: behind the flowers and tears, a circus of shame, relief, greed, and guilt.

4.05

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The Farewell Chronicles 87%

Grief's ugly secret: behind the flowers and tears, a circus of shame, relief, greed, and guilt.

by Anneli Rufus 2005

4.05

57 ratings

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Why TV breeds irony, cruises feel empty, and what writers can do about it.

4.13

55k+

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A Supposedly Fun Thing I'll Never Do Again Summary

A Supposedly Fun Thing I'll Never Do Again 87%

Why TV breeds irony, cruises feel empty, and what writers can do about it.

by David Foster Wallace 1997

4.13

55k+ ratings

📺 Television Criticism 🌐 Postmodern Culture 💰 American Consumerism 😊 Manufactured Happiness 😏 Irony And Cynicism

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Your flaws are not bugs: a funny, practical toolkit for staying sane when life falls apart.

4.09

6k+

😰 Anxiety Coping 😞 Depression Management 🧩 Adhd Self-Help 🥄 Chronic Illness 🎨 Creative Self-Help

How to Be Okay When Nothing Is Okay Summary

How to Be Okay When Nothing Is Okay 87%

Your flaws are not bugs: a funny, practical toolkit for staying sane when life falls apart.

by Jenny Lawson 2026

4.09

6k+ ratings

😰 Anxiety Coping 😞 Depression Management 🧩 Adhd Self-Help 🥄 Chronic Illness 🎨 Creative Self-Help

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