Books like You're Never Weird on the Internet (Almost)

A warm, hyperactive hug of a memoir that celebrates the messy, beautiful reality of being a geek. These 12 books are the closest matches in mood, pace and themes, with what each one shares with You're Never Weird on the Internet (Almost).

uplifting
vulnerable
warm
energetic

01
Yes Please
Amy Poehler
Like sitting down for a boisterous, wine-fueled dinner with your funniest, wisest friend who isn't afraid to tell you the messy truth.
Shares:
- uplifting
- warm
- energetic
- self-deprecating
02
Not that kind of girl
Lena Dunham
A hyper-articulate, unapologetically messy dispatch from the trenches of young womanhood.
Shares:
- self-deprecating
- earnest
- wry
03
Shrill
Lindy West
A hilarious, battle-tested manifesto for taking up space and refusing to apologize for it.
Shares:
- vulnerable
- warm
- wry
04
It Gets Worse
Shane Dawson
A chaotic, laugh-out-loud trip through the most mortifying moments of a millennial internet icon's life.
Shares:
- vulnerable
- self-deprecating
05
Finding Me
Viola Davis
A fiercely honest, deeply cathartic journey through profound trauma to a place of radical self-acceptance.
Shares:
- vulnerable
06
Little Weirds
Jenny Slate
A tender, surreal exploration of heartbreak and healing that feels like sitting in a sunlit garden with your weirdest, most empathetic friend.
Shares:
- vulnerable
- earnest
- quirky
07
Why not me?
Mindy Kaling
A hilarious, cocktail-hour catch-up with your most successful, unapologetically ambitious friend.
Shares:
- energetic
- self-deprecating
- earnest
08
The last black unicorn
Tiffany Haddish
A fiercely funny, unfiltered ride through trauma and triumph that feels like a late-night conversation with your most resilient friend.
Shares:
- energetic
09
Furiously Happy
Jenny Lawson
A wildly tangential, laugh-out-loud manifesto on fighting crippling depression with weaponized absurdity.
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- uplifting
- vulnerable
10
I'm Glad My Mom Died
Jennette McCurdy
A darkly hilarious and devastatingly raw reckoning with a toxic upbringing that finds hard-won freedom in the aftermath of grief.
Shares:
- vulnerable
11
Talking as fast as I can
Lauren Graham
A highly caffeinated, deeply comforting chat with a witty friend who has great stories and doesn't take herself too seriously.
Shares:
- self-deprecating
- earnest
- wry
12
How to fail at almost everything and still win big
Scott Adams
A wry, contrarian playbook for turning a string of embarrassing failures into a personalized system for success.
Shares:
- wry

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