Books like Unsinkable by Debbie Reynolds

Amy Poehler’s memoir‑essay collection blends humor, candid anecdotes, and poetic reflections on acting, comedy, and womanhood, offering an intimate look at her creative life.

Tina Fey’s memoir blends sharp wit with personal anecdotes, charting her rise from Pennsylvania to Saturday Night Live fame while offering candid insights into comedy, gender dynamics, and the juggling act of fame and family.

Carrie Fisher reflects on her teenage years, early fame, and the impact of her love for science‑fiction, captured in unpublished journals that reveal her humor, vulnerability, and personal struggles.

Amy Schumer’s new memoir blends sharp humor with candid reflections on her teenage years, family, relationships, and sexuality, revealing the moments that forged her bold, stand‑up comedian persona.

Amanda Lindhout’s memoir chronicles her daring travels across the globe, her fifteen‑month captivity in Somalia, and her transformation into a force for hope and education in the Horn of Africa.

Barbara Ehrenreich revisits her teenage journals to trace a personal journey from scientific curiosity to mystical encounters, blending memoir with philosophical inquiry.

Spinster is a reflective memoir by Kate Bolick that explores her personal journey as a single woman, examining the lives of preceding bold single dames and the evolving attitudes toward women in contemporary society.

Jessica Valenti’s memoir, "Sex Object," recounts her New York City adolescence and young adulthood, exposing the everyday and extreme ways sexism shapes women’s lives through stories of harassment, assault, and personal struggle.

In suburban Greenwich, Connecticut, former image consultant Emily Charlton teams up with supermodel Karolina Hartwell and stay‑at‑home mother Miriam to navigate scandal, social media, and the glittering pressures of elite neighborhood life.

A candid memoir of Patton Oswalt’s mid‑career addiction to film, tracing his rise from stand‑up comedian to sitcom actor while detailing the influence of L.A.’s New Beverly Cinema and the city’s fledgling comedy scene.

Sonia Sotomayor’s memoir traces her journey from a Bronx housing project to becoming the first Hispanic woman on the U.S. Supreme Court, revealing the grit, mentorship, and self‑belief that propelled her success.

Grace Jones shares a candid, autobiographical tour of her groundbreaking career as a model, singer, and actress, revealing the evolution of her iconic persona and the cultural impact she made from the 1970s to today.

Anjelica Huston reflects on her Hollywood rise, love affairs, Academy Award success, and family life in her engaging memoir.

The life story of Coretta Scott King—wife of Martin Luther King Jr., founder of the Martin Luther King Jr. Center for Nonviolent Social Change (The King Center), and singular twentieth-century American civil and human rights activist—as told fully for the first time, toward the end of her life, to Rev. Dr. Barbara Reynolds. Born in 1927 to daringly enterprising parents in the Deep South, Coretta Scott had always felt called to a special purpose. While enrolled as one of the first black scholarship students recruited to Antioch College, she became politically and socially active and committed to the peace movement. As a graduate student at the New England Conservatory of Music, determined to pursue her own career as a concert singer, she met Martin Luther King Jr., a Baptist minister insistent that his wife stay home with the children. But in love and devoted to shared Christian beliefs as well as shared racial and economic justice goals, she married Dr. King, and events promptly thrust her into a maelstrom of history throughout which she was a strategic partner, a standard bearer, and so much more. As a widow and single mother of four, she worked tirelessly to found and develop The King Center as a citadel for world peace, lobbied for fifteen years for the US national holiday in honor of her husband, championed for women's, workers’ and gay rights and was a powerful international voice for nonviolence, freedom and human dignity. Coretta’s is a love story, a family saga, and the memoir of an extraordinary black woman in twentieth-century America, a brave leader who, in the face of terrorism and violent hatred, stood committed, proud, forgiving, nonviolent, and hopeful every day of her life. ([source][1]) [1]: https://us.macmillan.com/books/9781250159939

Patrick Swayze chronicles his Texas roots, career milestones from "North & South" to Hollywood hits, and his lifelong partnership with wife Lisa Niemi, while candidly sharing his battle with cancer.

Jane Fonda’s memoir, My Life so Far, chronicles her journey as an actress, feminist, and political activist, organized into three chapters that map pivotal phases of her life.

A candid memoir in which celebrated African‑American actress Cicely Tyson shares her journey through the world of film and stage, reflecting on her career, convictions, and the evolving landscape of American entertainment.

Kathleen Feeley's biography of Mary Pickford traces her journey from stage child to Hollywood icon, showing how she shaped and was shaped by the rise of industrial capitalism, consumer culture, and the evolving role of women in early 20th‑century America.

Sachi Parker, the only child of actress Shirley MacLaine, tells the vivid, intimate story of her extraordinary childhood and the unique bond she shares with her famous mother.

Alexandra Petri turns her witty, life‑chasing journalism into a humorously candid memoir, sharing irreverent adventures and the strange lesson that embracing awkward moments can lead to unexpected joy.