Laughter is the best medicine and these comedians know it! For National Humor Month, recognize the therapeutic value of laughter with some of the funniest women to grace stage and screen. Not only will these memoirs make you laugh, you'll get an insight into what it takes to be a woman in the world of comedy, which is no cakewalk. In these collections of essays, anecdotes, and personal stories, the authors impart their wisdom, as well as their sense of humor, on readers.
Bonus: Each of the authors on this list narrate their audiobook, so you can have the pleasure of hearing them share their stories in their own voice, literally.
From Saturday Night Live alums to stars of blockbuster comedy films, here are five hilarious memoirs by funny ladies to read this National Humor Month.
Hello, Molly! by Molly Shannon
A candid, compulsively readable, hilarious, and heartbreaking memoir of resilience and redemption by comedic genius Molly Shannon.
Witty, winning, and told with tremendous energy and heart, Hello, Molly!, written with Sean Wilsey, sheds new and revelatory light on the life and work of one of our most talented and free-spirited performers.
"[An] incredibly charming memoir...For every story of loss, of striving, and of doubling down in Hello, Molly!, there is also a determination to find joy and pleasure, to foster community, and to laugh." — Time
Bossypants by Tina Fey
Spirited and whip-smart, these laugh-out-loud autobiographical essays are "a masterpiece" from the Emmy Award-winning actress and comedy writer known for 30 Rock, Mean Girls, and SNL (Sunday Telegraph).
Tina Fey reveals all, and proves what we've always suspected: you're no one until someone calls you bossy.
"I hope that's not really the cover. That's really going to hurt sales." ― Don Fey, Father of Tina Fey
Yes Please by Amy Poehler
#1 New York Times Bestseller • The much anticipated first book from comedic genius, actress, media darling, star of Parks and Recreation, alum of Saturday Night Live, and all around awesome lady, Amy Poehler. Honest, personal, real, and righteous, Yes Please is full of words to live by.
“Demonstrates the skill of this excellent comic actress, a funny woman who roots hilarity in specifics.” — Washington Post
Scrappy Little Nobody by Anna Kendrick
The New York Times bestselling collection of humorous autobiographical essays by the Academy Award nominated actress and star of Up in the Air and Pitch Perfect.
"This A-list firecracker does it all—blockbusters, indies, dramas, musicals, and, now, a memoir—with sleight-of-hand dexterity and fearsome wit. . . . Scrappy Little Nobody is a fizzy, funny collection of personal essays that very successfully approximates what it’s like to spend time with Kendrick (long a Twitter fave, now to more than 5 million) and, as such, seems likely to have extremely widespread appeal." — ELLE
The Last Black Unicorn by Tiffany Haddish
NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • From stand-up comedian, actress, and breakout star of Girls Trip, Tiffany Haddish, comes The Last Black Unicorn, a sidesplitting, hysterical, edgy, and unflinching collection of (extremely) personal essays, as fearless as the author herself.
By turns hilarious, filthy, and brutally honest, The Last Black Unicorn shows the world who Tiffany Haddish really is—humble, grateful, down-to-earth, and funny as hell. And now, she’s ready to inspire others through the power of laughter.
"I can't get enough of Tiffany. Whatever God gave her in the energy department needs to be bottled up and sold so everybody can instantly feel good. Once you hear her story and her approach to life you literally feel like you can do anything." ― Charlamagne Tha God