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Chelsea Handler

Chelsea Handler Book Recommendations

Chelsea Handler is an American comedian, actress, writer, television host, producer, and activist.

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11 Books Recommended

Barrel Fever

Stories and Essays

by David Sedaris

"[The author] is fucking hilarious and there's nothing I prefer to do more than laugh. If this book doesn't make you laugh, I'll refund you the money." - Chelsea Handler (Source)

Essential Enneagram

The Definitive Personality Test and Self-Discovery Guide

by David Daniels

"Great if you're in love with yourself and can't wait to find out more." - Chelsea Handler (Source)

Moonwalking with Einstein

The Art and Science of Remembering Everything

by Joshua Foer

"It has changed my life and made me embarrass myself much less when meeting someone twice." - Chelsea Handler (Source)

Also recommended by:

Bill Gates, Sahil Lavingia

Anna Karenina

by Leo Tolstoy

"I don't know if I have to expound on why I love this book, but everyone should read [this author], and this was the first one of his works I read. So, it's like a first boyfriend. Or my first Cabbage Patch Kid." - Chelsea Handler (Source)

Men Explain Things to Me

by Rebecca Solnit

"Goes deep with statistics, personal stories, and others’ accounts of how brutal this world can be for women." - Chelsea Handler (Source)

Man's Search for Meaning

by Viktor E. Frankl

"One of those beautiful accounts of a terrible time in our history. His calm and sagaciousness, while witnessing one horror after another played out during his time in three separate concentration camps, is awe inspiring." - Chelsea Handler (Source)

On Booze

by F. Scott Fitzgerald

"Just because..." - Chelsea Handler (Source)

The House of Mirth

by Edith Wharton

"A timeless story we have seen play out for hundreds of years — yet, it feels like it would only apply to modern day society in the form of a Kardashian." - Chelsea Handler (Source)

Also recommended by:

Mindy Kaling

Slavery

All you Need to Know

by James Walvin

"A great, comprehensive introduction for the many people who don't know the history of The Atlantic Slave Trade or the history of slavery." - Chelsea Handler (Source)

Mawson's Will

The Greatest Polar Survival Story Ever Written

by Lennard Bickel

"One man's story of surviving in Antartica when he lost everyone and everything and still managed to make it back to his ship under the worst possible conditions." - Chelsea Handler (Source)

Also recommended by:

Saagar Enjeti

Sit Down to Rise Up

How Radical Self-Care Can Change the World

by Shelly Tygielski

"Incredible." - Chelsea Handler (Source)