Read about another entry on the list.Bossypants, by Tina Fey
With a résumé that includes Saturday Night Live, Mean Girls, 30 Rock, and two consecutive years hosting the Golden Globes alongside Amy Poehler, Fey has established herself as one of the top names in comedy. As such, it would have been easy for her to deliver a half-baked autobiography and get away with it, but with Bossypants she did something much more special. It’s not only impressive how revealing and hilarious the book is, but also how thorough. It begins with her childhood and ends with her contemplating the future, and each subject is approached with the same disarming honesty and charming humor. Fey was already a respected figure before Bossypants, but anyone who reads it will come out the other end a true Fey-phile.
Deborah Netburn recommended Bossypants and four other books to Natalie Portman when the Oscar-winning actor became a new mother in 2011. It is one of Randi Zuckerberg's six favorite books.
--Marshal Zeringue
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