Best Books by Celebrities. Any genre.

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Anonymous wrote:I enjoyed Mackenzie Phillips' "High on Arrival." I never watched her show One Day at a Time and am only a casual fan of the Mamas and the Papas, but I found her book totally readable, despite the hideous subject matter (drug abuse, incest).

There is a special place in Hell for John Phillips and hopefully he is burning in it.

I watched the reruns of One Day At a Time when I was a kid. I've not read this book though, it sounds like very strong meat.

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Anonymous wrote:Slash of Guns and Roses was good.
As was Sammy Hagar's.

Who is Sammy Hagar?

Um lead singer in 90s for Van Halen.
Red rocker.
No offense, but how old are you?

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Anonymous wrote:I loved Matthew McConaughey’s Green Lights.

Terrible book. Complete grandiose waste of time.

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Rob Delaney’s memoir about his son’s death is well done.

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Kathleen Buhle’s book

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Slash of Guns and Roses was good.
As was Sammy Hagar's.

Who is Sammy Hagar?

Um lead singer in 90s for Van Halen.
Red rocker.
No offense, but how old are you?

Also lead singer for Montrose in 70/80s. (Bad Motor Scooter)

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Land of Stories

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I loved Matthew McConaughey’s Green Lights.

Terrible book. Complete grandiose waste of time.

Blasphemy

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Slash of Guns and Roses was good.
As was Sammy Hagar's.

I had forgotten Slash had written a bio. That has got to be worth reading.

I'll have to check this out. I love Gn' R but frankly, I'm astonished that they're all still alive, given the debauchery and sheer amount of substances they all consumed in their heyday. Some years ago, I read Duff McKagan's memoir "It's So Easy, and Other Lies" and enjoyed it. He is very lucky to be alive, having cheated death from alcoholic pancreatitis. It was inspiring to hear about how he clawed his life back and his continuing journey with sobriety.

Was just coming here to post this one. That was a great book. I loved his complete health turnaround and how he stunned his doctors. Then as he was getting healthy discovering reading and going to college. And I ugly cried when his dog died.

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Trevor Noah, Born a Crime. Fascinating, funny and moving.

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I rarely read books by celebrities but I’m currently reading and enjoying Noah’s Born a Crime after learning about it here. A few years ago I listened to Shonda Rhime’s “Year of Yes” and loved it.

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Does Catherine Steadman count as a celebrity? I really like her thrillers.

Has anyone read any of David Duchovny's books?

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Anonymous wrote:Open by Andre Agassi -- Extraordinarily candid memoir about forgiveness and finding your authentic self. You don't have to be a tennis player to enjoy this book.

+1 plus all the Brooke Shields' books are great

I liked Spare by Prince Harry - same ghost writer as the Andre Agassi bio (JR Moehringer, whose own memoir "The Tender Bar" is excellent)

I've read quite a few of the Real Housewives bios and can't recommend any of them.

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Anonymous wrote:I loved Matthew McConaughey’s Green Lights.

Terrible book. Complete grandiose waste of time.

+1 so annoying. If I had to hear him croon out "Green lights" one more time. ugh

Jessica Simpson book was surprisingly good. I did the audiobook.

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Anonymous wrote:Trevor Noah, Born a Crime. Fascinating, funny and moving.

Great book.

For fiction, I liked Tom Hanks' story stories.