All About Me! by Mel Brooks
All My Patients Are Under the Bed by Dr. Louis J. Camuti
All Over But the Shoutin' by Rick Bragg
American on Purpose by Craig Ferguson
Angela's Ashes by Frank McCourt
Augusta, Gone by Martha Tod Dudman
Ava's Man by Rick Bragg
Black Boy by Richard Wright
Black Like Me by John Howard Griffin
Blackbird by Jennifer Lauck
Born Standing Up by Steve Martin
Bossypants by Tina Fey
Boy by Roald Dahl
All Over But the Shoutin' by Rick Bragg
American on Purpose by Craig Ferguson
Angela's Ashes by Frank McCourt
Augusta, Gone by Martha Tod Dudman
Ava's Man by Rick Bragg
Black Boy by Richard Wright
Black Like Me by John Howard Griffin
Blackbird by Jennifer Lauck
Born Standing Up by Steve Martin
Bossypants by Tina Fey
Boy by Roald Dahl
By Myself by Lauren Bacall
Capote's Women by Laurence Leamer
The Color of Water by James McBride
Couldn't Keep it to Myself by Wally Lamb
Death Be Not Proud by John Gunther
Dewey by Vicki Myron
Don't Let's Go to the Dogs Tonight by Alexandra Fuller
Don't Sing at the Table by Adriana Trigiani
Down Came the Rain by Brooke Shields
The Egg and I by Betty MacDonald
The End go Your Life Book Club by Will Schwalbe
Falling Leaves by Yen Mah
A Father's Story by Lionel Dahmer
The Color of Water by James McBride
Couldn't Keep it to Myself by Wally Lamb
Death Be Not Proud by John Gunther
Dewey by Vicki Myron
Don't Let's Go to the Dogs Tonight by Alexandra Fuller
Don't Sing at the Table by Adriana Trigiani
Down Came the Rain by Brooke Shields
The Egg and I by Betty MacDonald
The End go Your Life Book Club by Will Schwalbe
Falling Leaves by Yen Mah
A Father's Story by Lionel Dahmer
A Girl From Yamhill by Beverly Cleary
A Girl Named Zippy by Haven Kimmel
The Girl With the Lower Back Tattoo by Amy Schumer
The Glass Castle by Jeanette Walls
The Greatest Love Story Ever Told by Megan Mullally and Nick Offerman
Growing Up by Russel Baker
A Girl Named Zippy by Haven Kimmel
The Girl With the Lower Back Tattoo by Amy Schumer
The Glass Castle by Jeanette Walls
The Greatest Love Story Ever Told by Megan Mullally and Nick Offerman
Growing Up by Russel Baker
Hands of My Father by Myron Uhlberg
Having Our Say by The Delany Sisters
A Hell of a Life by Maureen Stapleton
Here Comes Trouble by Michael Moore
Hillbilly Elegy by J.D. Vance
Here Comes Trouble by Michael Moore
Hillbilly Elegy by J.D. Vance
Home is Burning by Dan Marshall
Hypocrite in a Pouffy White Dress by Susan Jane Gilman
I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings by Maya Angelou
I'll Fly Away by Wally Lamb
The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks by Rebecca Skloot
Hypocrite in a Pouffy White Dress by Susan Jane Gilman
I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings by Maya Angelou
I'll Fly Away by Wally Lamb
The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks by Rebecca Skloot
In the Frame by Helen Mirren
In Such Good Company by Carol Burnett
In Cold Blood by Truman Capote
Into the Wild by Jon Krakauer
Is Everyone Hanging Out Without Me? by Mindy Kaling
Just Kids by Patti Smith
In Cold Blood by Truman Capote
Into the Wild by Jon Krakauer
Is Everyone Hanging Out Without Me? by Mindy Kaling
Just Kids by Patti Smith
The Kid Stays in the Picture by Robert Evans
Kiss Me Like a Stranger by Gene Wilder
Kiss Me Like a Stranger by Gene Wilder
Lessons on Becoming Myself by Ellen Burstyn
Let's Pretend This Never Happened by Jenny Lawson
The Liar's Club by Mary Karr
The Liar's Club by Mary Karr
Life Among the Savages by Shirley Jackson
Limbo by A. Manette Ansay
Lizzie Borden by Edward D. Radin
Look Up for Yes by Julia Tavalaro
A Loss of Words by Lou Ann Walker
A Lotus Grows in the Mud by Goldie Hawn
Mama's Bank Account by Kathryn Forbes
Manhattan Country Doctor by Dr. Milton Jonathan Slocum
Margaret Sanger by Elyse Topalian
Marley and Me by John Grogan
The Mascot by Mark Kurzem
Maus I and II by Art Spiegelman
ME by Katharine Hepburn
Midnight in the Garden of Good and Evil by John Berendt
Mom's Cancer by Brian Fries
Limbo by A. Manette Ansay
Lizzie Borden by Edward D. Radin
Look Up for Yes by Julia Tavalaro
A Loss of Words by Lou Ann Walker
A Lotus Grows in the Mud by Goldie Hawn
Mama's Bank Account by Kathryn Forbes
Manhattan Country Doctor by Dr. Milton Jonathan Slocum
Margaret Sanger by Elyse Topalian
Marley and Me by John Grogan
The Mascot by Mark Kurzem
Maus I and II by Art Spiegelman
ME by Katharine Hepburn
Midnight in the Garden of Good and Evil by John Berendt
Mom's Cancer by Brian Fries
A Moveable Feast by Ernest Hemingway
The Movies, Mr. Griffith and Me by Lillian Gish
My Life on the Road by Gloria Steinem
My Lobotomy by Howard Dully
My Life on the Road by Gloria Steinem
My Lobotomy by Howard Dully
My Extraordinary Life by Sissy Spacek
My Mother Was Nuts by Penny Marshall
Name Drop by Ross Mathews
Night by Elie Wiesel
Official Book Club Selection by Kathy Griffin
My Mother Was Nuts by Penny Marshall
Name Drop by Ross Mathews
Night by Elie Wiesel
Official Book Club Selection by Kathy Griffin
On Writing by Stephen King
Oscar Wars by Michael Schulman
One Child by Torey Hayden
One Child by Torey Hayden
One Writer's Beginnings by Eudora Welty
Persepolis 1 and 2 by Marjane Satrapi
Persepolis 1 and 2 by Marjane Satrapi
The Prince of Frogtown by Rick Bragg
The Prize Winner of Defiance, Ohio by Terry Ryan
Seven Stories of Christmas Love by Leo Buscaglia
She Always Knew How: Mae West by Charlotte Chandler
The Shepherd, the Angel, and Walter the Christmas Miracle Dog by Dave Barry
Stop-Time by Frank Conroy
The Story of My Life by Helen Keller
The Prize Winner of Defiance, Ohio by Terry Ryan
Seven Stories of Christmas Love by Leo Buscaglia
She Always Knew How: Mae West by Charlotte Chandler
The Shepherd, the Angel, and Walter the Christmas Miracle Dog by Dave Barry
Stop-Time by Frank Conroy
The Story of My Life by Helen Keller
Sunshine and Shadow by Mary Pickford
Survival in Auschwitz by Primo Levi
Sweet and Low by Rich Cohen
Survival in Auschwitz by Primo Levi
Sweet and Low by Rich Cohen
The Tattooist of Auschwitz by Heather Morris
Teacher Man by Frank McCourt
The Tender Bar by J.R. Moehringer
Teacher Man by Frank McCourt
The Tender Bar by J.R. Moehringer
They Went That-A-Way by Malcolm Forbes
This 'N That by Bette Davis
This 'N That by Bette Davis
This is Going to Hurt by Adam Kay
The Times We Had by Marion Davies
Then Again by Diane Keaton
'Tis by Frank McCourt
Too Close to the Falls by Catherine Gildiner
Truth and Beauty by Ann Patchett
Tuesdays With Morrie by Mitch Albom
Unbearable Lightness by Portia de Rossi
Unbroken by Laura Hillenbrand
The Undertaker's Daughter by Kate Mayfield
Watch Me by Anjelica Huston
When the Crocodile Eats the Sun by Peter Godwin
The Woman Warrior by Maxine Hong Kingston
Yes Please by Amy Poehler
You Don't Have to Say You Love Me by Sherman Alexie
The Times We Had by Marion Davies
Then Again by Diane Keaton
'Tis by Frank McCourt
Too Close to the Falls by Catherine Gildiner
Truth and Beauty by Ann Patchett
Tuesdays With Morrie by Mitch Albom
Unbearable Lightness by Portia de Rossi
Unbroken by Laura Hillenbrand
The Undertaker's Daughter by Kate Mayfield
Watch Me by Anjelica Huston
When the Crocodile Eats the Sun by Peter Godwin
The Woman Warrior by Maxine Hong Kingston
Yes Please by Amy Poehler
You Don't Have to Say You Love Me by Sherman Alexie
Hillbilly Elegy by J.D. Vance
Name Drop by Ross Mathews
You'll Never Eat Lunch in This Town Again by Julia Phillips
You'll Never Eat Lunch in This Town Again by Julia Phillips
My Extraordinary Ordinary Life by Sissy Spacek
MOVIES:
Alive
All That Jazz
All the Money in the World
Amadeus
Amistad
Apollo 13
The Aviator
Awakenings
The Basketball Diaries
A Beautiful Mind
Beyond the Sea
Blow
Bohemian Rhapsody
Braveheart
Bukowski: Born Into This
Burke and Hare
Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid
Capote
Captain Phillips
Catch Me if You Can
Chaplin
Citizen Kane
Conviction
Dallas Buyers Club
De Palma
MOVIES:
Alive
All That Jazz
All the Money in the World
Amadeus
Amistad
Apollo 13
The Aviator
Awakenings
The Basketball Diaries
A Beautiful Mind
Beyond the Sea
Blow
Bohemian Rhapsody
Braveheart
Bukowski: Born Into This
Burke and Hare
Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid
Capote
Captain Phillips
Catch Me if You Can
Chaplin
Citizen Kane
Conviction
Dallas Buyers Club
De Palma
The Dig
Dixie Chicks: Shut Up and Sing
Donnie Brasco
Dragon: The Bruce Lee Story
Elaine Stritch: Shoot Me
The Elephant Man
Dixie Chicks: Shut Up and Sing
Donnie Brasco
Dragon: The Bruce Lee Story
Elaine Stritch: Shoot Me
The Elephant Man
Elvis (2022)
Elizabeth
Escape From Alcatraz
Elizabeth
Escape From Alcatraz
The Fabelmans
Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas
First Man
Frida
Gandhi
Ghosts of Mississippi
Gia
Girl, Interrupted
The Glenn Miller Story
Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas
First Man
Frida
Gandhi
Ghosts of Mississippi
Gia
Girl, Interrupted
The Glenn Miller Story
The Good Nurse
Goodfellas
Gorillas in the Mist
Green Book
Grey Gardens
Heavenly Creatures
Hoffa
Hotel Rwanda
I Knew it Was You
I, Tonya
In the Name of the Father
In the Valley of Elah
The Irishman
JFK
Joan of Arc (1999)
Joan Rivers: Piece of Work
The King's Speech
La Bamba
La Vie en Rose
The Laramie Project
Lee Daniels' The Butler
Life With Judy Garland: Me and My Shadows
Man on the Moon
The Man Who Invented Christmas
Goodfellas
Gorillas in the Mist
Green Book
Grey Gardens
Heavenly Creatures
Hoffa
Hotel Rwanda
I Knew it Was You
I, Tonya
In the Name of the Father
In the Valley of Elah
The Irishman
JFK
Joan of Arc (1999)
Joan Rivers: Piece of Work
The King's Speech
La Bamba
La Vie en Rose
The Laramie Project
Lee Daniels' The Butler
Life With Judy Garland: Me and My Shadows
Man on the Moon
The Man Who Invented Christmas
McQueen
Midnight Express
Milk
Monster
The Most Hated Woman In America
Munich
My Left Foot
Ned Kelly
Norman Lear: Just Another Version of You
Not Without My Daughter
Patton
The Pianist
Pollock
The Queen
Ray
Rocketman
Roma
Rudy
The Ryan White Story
Salinger
Saving Mr. Banks
Schindler's List
Seabiscuit
Secretariat
Selena
Shine
The Sound of Music
Steel Magnolias
Sybil
That Guy...Who Was In That Thing
This Boy's Life
Tuesdays with Morrie
12 Years a Slave
Midnight Express
Milk
Monster
The Most Hated Woman In America
Munich
My Left Foot
Ned Kelly
Norman Lear: Just Another Version of You
Not Without My Daughter
Patton
The Pianist
Pollock
The Queen
Ray
Rocketman
Roma
Rudy
The Ryan White Story
Salinger
Saving Mr. Banks
Schindler's List
Seabiscuit
Secretariat
Selena
Shine
The Sound of Music
Steel Magnolias
Sybil
That Guy...Who Was In That Thing
This Boy's Life
Tuesdays with Morrie
12 Years a Slave
The Two Popes
The Untouchables
The Untouchables
Val
Walk the Line
What's Love Got to Do With It?
Won't You Be My Neighbor?
Woody Allen: a Documentary
You Don't Know Jack
Zodiac
SEMI-BIOGRAPHICAL BOOKS:
The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian by Sherman Alexie
Ask the Dust by John Fante
Walk the Line
What's Love Got to Do With It?
Won't You Be My Neighbor?
Woody Allen: a Documentary
You Don't Know Jack
Zodiac
SEMI-BIOGRAPHICAL BOOKS:
The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian by Sherman Alexie
Ask the Dust by John Fante
A Bright Ray of Darkness by Ethan Hawke
The Bell Jar by Sylvia Plath
The Chisellers by Brendan O'Carroll
Factotum by Charles Bukowski
A Farewell to Arms by Ernest Hemingway
The Bell Jar by Sylvia Plath
The Chisellers by Brendan O'Carroll
Factotum by Charles Bukowski
A Farewell to Arms by Ernest Hemingway
The Fixer by Bernard Malamud
The Granny by Brendan O'Carroll
Half Broke Horses by Jeannette Walls
Ham on Rye by Charles Bukowski
Hollywood by Charles Bukowski
The Hottest State by Ethan Hawke
The House on Mango Street by Sandra Cisneros
It's Kind of a Funny Story by Ned Vizzini
The Lemon Jelly Cake by Madeline Babcot Smith
The Mammy by Brendan O'Carroll
Of Human Bondage by W. Somerset Maugham
On the Road by Jack Kerouac
Post Office by Charles Bukowski
Sutton by J.R. Moehringer
The Things They Carried by Tim O'Brien
A Tree Grows in Brooklyn by Betty Smith
The Granny by Brendan O'Carroll
Half Broke Horses by Jeannette Walls
Ham on Rye by Charles Bukowski
Hollywood by Charles Bukowski
The Hottest State by Ethan Hawke
The House on Mango Street by Sandra Cisneros
It's Kind of a Funny Story by Ned Vizzini
The Lemon Jelly Cake by Madeline Babcot Smith
The Mammy by Brendan O'Carroll
Of Human Bondage by W. Somerset Maugham
On the Road by Jack Kerouac
Post Office by Charles Bukowski
Sutton by J.R. Moehringer
The Things They Carried by Tim O'Brien
A Tree Grows in Brooklyn by Betty Smith
The Two Mrs. Grenvilles by Dominick Dunne
Women by Charles Bukowski
The Young Wan by Brendan O'Carroll
updated 11/2023
Women by Charles Bukowski
The Young Wan by Brendan O'Carroll
updated 11/2023
All choices are based solely on the books and movies I have read or seen.
