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May 2009

David Sedaris Read-a-Likes

David Sedaris writes humorous stories about himself and his family. Here are some other authors who write about unusual and quirky situations and families.

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 Call Number  Author  Title  Date
081 VOW Vowell, Sarah Take the cannoli : stories from the New World 2000
320.973 STE Stewart, Jon America (the book) : a citizen's guide to democracy inaction 2004
362.196 KAR Karbo, Karen The stuff of life : a daughter's memoir 2003
362.196 TRA Traig, Jennifer Devil in the details : scenes from an obsessive girlhood 2004
814.54 MAR Markoe, Merrill What the dogs have taught me and other amazing things I've learned 1992
814.54 WAL Wallace, David Foster A supposedly fun thing I'll never do again : essays and arguments 1997
817.54 MIR Rosen, Michael J. Mirth of a nation : the best contemporary humor 2000
818 MAC MacDonald, Betty Bard The egg and I, by Betty MacDonald 1945
973.92 BRY Bryson, Bill I'm a stranger here myself : notes on returning to America after twenty years away 1999
BIOGRAPHY BURROUGHS Burroughs, Augusten Dry 2003
BIOGRAPHY BURROUGHS Burroughs, Augusten Running with scissors 2002
BIOGRAPHY BURROUGHS Burroughs, Augusten Magical thinking 2004
BIOGRAPHY EGGERS Eggers, Dave A heartbreaking work of staggering genius 2000
BIOGRAPHY KIMMEL Kimmel, Haven A girl named Zippy : growing up small in Mooreland, Indiana 2001
BIOGRAPHY REICHL Reichl, Ruth Tender at the bone : growing up at the table 1999
BIOGRAPHY SPERO Spero, Wendy Microthrills : true stories from a life of small highs 2006
FICTION BENNETT Bennett, Alan The clothes they stood up in 2001
FICTION BOYLE Boyle, T. Coraghessan After the plague 2001
FICTION HORNBY Hornby, Nick About a boy 1998
FICTION LODGE Lodge, David Thinks-- 2001
FICTION LOH Loh, Sandra Tsing If you lived here, you'd be home by now 1997
FICTION TOWNSEND Townsend, Sue The Adrian Mole diaries 1986
SCI-FIC FANTASY MUNROE Munroe, Jim Flyboy action figure comes with gasmask 1998
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