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Last refreshed 2026-02-27. We keep tuning this list as new titles land and reader interest shifts.

  1. This Is Going to Hurt

    1. This Is Going to Hurt

    This Is Going to Hurt: Secret Diaries of a Medical Resident
  2. If You Ask Me

    2. If You Ask Me

    If You Ask Me: (And of Course You Won't)
  3. The House in the Cerulean Sea

    3. The House in the Cerulean Sea

    The House in the Cerulean Sea: Hardcover – March 17, 2020
  4. Scrappy Little Nobody

    4. Scrappy Little Nobody

    Scrappy Little Nobody: Paperback – August 22, 2017
  5. Go the Fuck to Sleep

    5. Go the Fuck to Sleep

    Go the Fuck to Sleep: Hardcover – June 14, 2011
  6. Based on a True Story

    6. Based on a True Story

    Based on a True Story: A Memoir
  7. Cork Dork

    7. Cork Dork

    Cork Dork: A Wine-Fueled Adventure Among the Obsessive Sommeliers, Big Bottle Hunters, and Rogue Scientists Who Taught Me to Live for Taste
  8. Raw Dog

    8. Raw Dog

    Raw Dog: The Naked Truth About Hot Dogs
  9. I'm Just a Person

    9. I'm Just a Person

    I'm Just a Person: Paperback – Illustrated, May 16, 2017
  10. Stupid Things I Won't Do When I Get Old

    10. Stupid Things I Won't Do When I Get Old

    Stupid Things I Won't Do When I Get Old: A Highly Judgmental, Unapologetically Honest Accounting of All the Things Our Elders Are Doing Wrong
  11. It Looked Different on the Model

    11. It Looked Different on the Model

    It Looked Different on the Model: Epic Tales of Impending Shame and Infamy
  12. The Murder at World's End

    12. The Murder at World's End

    The Murder at World's End: A Novel
  13. How to Be a Heroine

    13. How to Be a Heroine

    How to Be a Heroine: Or, What I've Learned from Reading too Much
  14. Man Up!

    14. Man Up!

    Man Up!: Tales of My Delusional Self-Confidence
  15. Housebroken

    15. Housebroken

    Housebroken: Admissions of an Untidy Life
  16. Boyslut

    16. Boyslut

    Boyslut: A Memoir and Manifesto
  17. If My Dogs Were a Pair of Middle-Aged Men

    17. If My Dogs Were a Pair of Middle-Aged Men

    If My Dogs Were a Pair of Middle-Aged Men: Hardcover – September 26, 2017
  18. It's Not Easy Bein' Me

    18. It's Not Easy Bein' Me

    It's Not Easy Bein' Me: A Lifetime of No Respect but Plenty of Sex and Drugs
  19. Kanye West Owes Me $300

    19. Kanye West Owes Me $300

    Kanye West Owes Me $300: And Other True Stories from a White Rapper Who Almost Made It Big
  20. The Keys

    20. The Keys

    The Keys: A Memoir
  21. Gettysburg

    21. Gettysburg

    Gettysburg: A Testing of Courage
  22. Funny Man

    22. Funny Man

    Funny Man: Mel Brooks
  23. Writings from The New Yorker 1927-1976

    23. Writings from The New Yorker 1927-1976

    Writings from The New Yorker 1927-1976: Paperback – November 7, 2006
  24. Reports of His Death Have Been Greatly Exaggerated

    24. Reports of His Death Have Been Greatly Exaggerated

    Reports of His Death Have Been Greatly Exaggerated: A Novel

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