New York Times chart topper Chelsea, Chelsea, Bang, Bang by Chelsea Handler is not for everyone. She has a bit of a potty mouth and is what well-meaning handbooks for girls warn against as "promiscuous." Which, really, is what makes her so fun to read. Until the waiting lists come down, recommend these other humorous accounts of bad girls living large:
Official Book Club Selection by Kathy Griffin
Self-proclaimed D-list comedian Griffin candidly discusses her childhood, career struggles, and painful and public divorce. And then dishes about every celebrity she’s ever met and every civilian who’s ever done her wrong.
Chocolate, Please: My Adventures in Food, Fat, and Freaks by Lisa Lampanelli
The "Queen of Mean’s" politically incorrect memoir has several recurring themes–eating too much will make you fat, a good man is hard to find (insert joke here), and you’ve got to have a thick skin and great material to make it as a lady comic.
The Idiot Girls’ Action-Adventure Club by Laurie Notaro
From the horrors of a high school reunion to the morning after archaeology of a hard night out partying, everywoman Notaro collects some of her best essays from the Arizona Republic to paint a deliciously unflattering portrait of herself.
Tiny Ladies in Shiny Pants by Jill Soloway
Soloway, writer and co-executive producer of Six Feet Under, uses examples from her own drama-filled life to segue into rants about breast implants, Hollywood, and the perils of being yourself.
It’s Not Me, It’s You: Subjective Recollections from a Terminally Optimistic, Chronically Sarcastic and Occasionally Inebriated Woman by Stefanie Wilder-Taylor
How does a nice Jewish girl from Queens became a Hollywood writer and producer and proud (if a little tipsy) mother of three? Chelsea Handler herself blurbs, "More fun than an all little person nativity scene." Is there higher praise than that?
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