Books like…

Books Like Notes from a Small Island

by Bill Bryson · about this book

Loved Notes from a Small Island by Bill Bryson? If its nonfiction, funny and first person narrator hooked you, these 20 books hit the same notes — starting with A Carnival of Snackery: Diaries 2003-2020, Under the Tuscan Sun and The Princess Diarist. Every pick is matched by what’s actually inside the book, not just its genre, and we skip other books by the same author so you find someone new.

What’s inside Notes from a Small Island: Nonfiction · Funny · First Person Narrator · Travel Writing · Dry Humor

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   A Carnival of Snackery: Diaries 2003-2020

   David Sedaris

   Travel Writing · Self-Deprecating Humor · Dry Humor · Nonfiction · Funny

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   Under the Tuscan Sun

   Frances Mayes

   Travel Writing · Nonfiction · Charming · Nostalgic · First Person Narrator

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   The Princess Diarist

   Carrie Fisher

   Self-Deprecating Humor · Nonfiction · Nostalgic · Dry Humor · First Person Narrator

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4. 

   I Left the House Today!

   Cassandra Calin

   Self-Deprecating Humor · Nonfiction · Lighthearted · Charming · Funny

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5. 

   Super Chill: A Year of Living Anxiously

   Adam Ellis

   Self-Deprecating Humor · Nonfiction · Funny · Lighthearted · Dry Humor

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   Beyond the Wand

   Tom Felton

   Self-Deprecating Humor · Nostalgic · Nonfiction · First Person Narrator · Male Lead

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7. 

   Eat, Pray, Love

   Elizabeth Gilbert

   Travel Writing · Nonfiction · Self-Deprecating Humor · First Person Narrator · Food Culture

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8. 

   Book Love

   Debbie Tung

   Self-Deprecating Humor · Lighthearted · Nonfiction · Charming · Situational Comedy

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9. 

   Fowl Language: Welcome to Parenting

   Brian Gordon

   Self-Deprecating Humor · Lighthearted · Funny · Dry Humor · Situational Comedy

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10. 

    What's Up, Beanie?: Acutely Relatable Comics

    Alina Tysoe

    Self-Deprecating Humor · Lighthearted · Funny · Charming · Situational Comedy

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11. 

    Diary of an Awesome Friendly Kid: Rowley Jefferson's Journal

    Jeff Kinney

    Funny · Lighthearted · Charming · First Person Narrator · Male Lead

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12. 

    Talking to Dragons

    Patricia C. Wrede

    Dry Humor · Lighthearted · First Person Narrator · Charming · Funny

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    High Fidelity

    Nick Hornby

    Self-Deprecating Humor · Dry Humor · Funny · First Person Narrator · Male Lead

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14. 

    Heart and Brain: An Awkward Yeti Collection

    Nick Seluk, The Awkward Yeti

    Self-Deprecating Humor · Lighthearted · Funny · Charming · Situational Comedy

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    Friends, Lovers, and the Big Terrible Thing: A Memoir

    Matthew Perry

    Self-Deprecating Humor · Nonfiction · First Person Narrator · Male Lead · Funny

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    Confessions of a Shopaholic

    Sophie Kinsella

    Self-Deprecating Humor · Lighthearted · Funny · First Person Narrator · Situational Comedy

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17. 

    The Unselected Journals of Emma M. Lion

    Beth Brower

    Dry Humor · Lighthearted · Funny · First Person Narrator · Charming

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18. 

    Vera Wong's Unsolicited Advice for Murderers

    Jesse Q. Sutanto

    Lighthearted · Funny · Charming · Situational Comedy · Food Culture

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19. 

    We Solve Murders

    Richard Osman

    Dry Humor · Charming · Lighthearted · Funny · Male Lead

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20. 

    Uncommon Type: Some Stories

    Tom Hanks

    Nostalgic · Lighthearted · Charming · Dry Humor · Funny

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