Shockaholic
by Carrie Fisher | 
Things I Overheard While Talking to Myself
by Alan Alda | 
Dear Fatty
by Dawn French | 
700 Sundays
by Billy Crystal | 
At My Mother's Knee... And Other Low Joints
by Paul O'Grady | 
This Is Just My Face
by Gabourey Sidibe | 
If You Ask Me
by Betty White |
Rickles' Book
by Don Rickles | 
No Laughing Matter
by Joseph Heller | 
Anybody Can Do Anything
by Betty MacDonald |
Never Have Your Dog Stuffed
by Alan Alda | 
My Own Two Feet
by Beverly Cleary | 
American on Purpose
by Craig Ferguson | 
In Spite of Myself
by Christopher Plummer | 
Encyclopedia of an Ordinary Life
by Amy Krouse Rosenthal | 
Kitchen Confidential
by Anthony Bourdain | 
Dry
by Augusten Burroughs | 
The Life and Times of the Thunderbolt Kid
by Bill Bryson | 
Let's Pretend This Never Happened
by Jenny Lawson | 
Why Not Me?
by Mindy Kaling |
In 2006 Russell Brand exploded onto the international comedy scene. He has been named Time Out's Comedian of the Year, Best Newcomer at the British Comedy Awards, and Most Stylish Man by GQ's Men. His UK stand-up tour was sold out and his BBC Radio 6 show became a cult phenomenon, the second most popular podcast of the year. Before the fame, however, Russell's life was anything but glamorous. His father left when he was three months old, he was bulimic at age 12, and began drinking heavily and taking drugs by age 16. He regularly visited prostitutes in Soho, began cutting himself, took drugs on stage during his stand-up shows, and even set himself on fire while on crack cocaine. In 2003 Russell was told that he would be in prison, a mental hospital, or dead within six months unless he went into rehab. He has now been clean for three years, and hasn't looked back since. This is Russell's amazing story.