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In today's episode, Jill is joined by Melissa, Megan, and Briana to talk about a genre they all love: memoirs! From celebrity memoirs like Eddie Izzard's "Believe Me" to a behind-the-scenes peek at the romance publishing business with "Romance Is My Day Job" by Patience Bloom to the difficult but necessary books of kidnapping survivors like Elizabeth Smart and Jaycee Dugard, this episode has a little bit of everything for readers.
Books Mentioned In Today's Episode
From cradle to stage by Virginia Hanlon Grohl
I Can't Make This Up by Kevin hart
The Awkward Thoughts of W. Kamau Bell by W. Kamau Bell
Theft by Finding by David Sedaris
Holidays on Ice by David Sedaris
Yes, Please by Amy Poehler
Believe Me by Eddie Izzard
Vacationland by John Hodgman
Redefining Realness by Janet Mock
Surpassing Certainty by Janet Mock
Spoiler Alert by Michael Ausiello
Wishful Drinking by Carrie Fisher
The Princess Diarist by Carrie Fisher
The Keys by DJ Kahlad
Born a Crime by Trevor Noah
Hillbilly Elegy by JD Vance
Morgue by Vince DiMaio
Smoke Gets In Your Eyes by Caitlin Doughtey
From Here to Eternity by Caitlin Doughtey
Romance Is My Day Job by Patience Bloom
Crack the Cube by Ian Scheffler
I Will Find You by Joanna Connors
A Stolen Life by Jaycee Dugard
My Story by Elizabeth Smart
Hope by Gina DeJesus and Amanda Berry
The Happiness Project by Gretchen Rubin
When Breath Becomes Air by Paul Kalanithi
On Writing by Stephen King
Growing Up Fisher by Joely Fisher
North by Scott Jurek
Unqualified by Anna Faris
What Happened by Hillary Rodham Clinton
Hunger by Roxane Gay
We Were Eight Years In Power by Ta-Nehisi Coates
Between the World and Me by Ta-Nehisi Coates
Promise Me, Dad by Joe Biden
The Giant of the Senate by Al Franken
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