Best Fall Books from Celebrities
Drew Barrymore
Collecting cookbooks has become a passion for the A-list actress and daytime TV host (she has a closet dedicated to them), so it’s only fitting her latest endeavor is a cookbook-meets-lifestyle guide called Rebel Homemaker(November 2, Dutton).
Will Smith
From timid West Philadelphia kid to Hollywood box-office mega-star, the Fresh Prince gets real about his emotional reckoning with the pressures of performance and high-stakes entertaining in Will (November 9, Penguin Press).
Barack Obama and Bruce Springsteen
An expansion of their Spotify podcast of the same name, Renegades: Born in the USA (October 26, Crown) is a collection of conversations, photographs, handwritten lyrics, speeches and candid and entertaining dialogue between the two longtime friends.
Dave Grohl
The FooFighters’ frontman’s The Storyteller (Dey Street) offers musings on a life of music, reflections on his childhood (teaching himself to drum on pillows) and thoughtful memories of being on the road with Nirvana, dancing with AC/DC, meeting PaulMcCartney and drumming for Tom Petty.
Stanley Tucci
The award-winning actor goes beyond foodie films, documentaries and his bestselling cookbooks in Taste: My Life Through Food (Gallery Books), a memoir packed with savory stories of burned dishes and five-star food, falling in love over dinner and the power of a home-cooked meal.
Tamron Hall
A serial killer terrorizes Chicago as a young crime reporter works to solve the deaths of two Black girls in As the Wicked Watch (October 26, William Morrow), the first in a new mystery series by the Emmy-winning talk show host.
Mel Brooks
Infused with nostalgia and his signature hilarity, the trailblazing Brooks has written his first memoir, All About Me!: My Remarkable Life in Show Business (November 30, Ballantine), an entertaining reflection of the 95-year-old EGOT winner’s career alongside other showbiz greats. He’s also recorded the audiobook version.
Hayley Mills
In Forever Young (Grand Central Publishing), the Pollyanna and Parent Trap star reflects on her iconic roles and Tinseltown memories, including losing Disney money, turning down the Lolita role, bulimia struggles and more.
Jamie Foxx
Who’s more entertaining than Jamie? In Act Like You Got Some Sense: And Other Things My Daughters Taught Me (Grand Central Publishing) Academy- and Grammy-Award winner reflects on the lessons he earned growing up with his no-nonsense grandmother who raised him and struggling through Hollywood—and how both periods of life made him a better dad.
Michael Imperioli and Steve Schirripa
Stars of the cultural phenomenon/HBO mob series The Sopranos, Imperioli (Christopher Moltisanti) and Schirripa (Bobby Baccalieri) give fans of the Emmy-winning series something to talk about with Woke Up This Morning: The Definitive Oral History of The Sopranos. The two revisit key moments, favorite scenes, acting performances and more as they both reflect on a show that changed television and pay tribute to the late James Gandolfini.
Sutton Foster
What began as a way to escape bullying in her early performing days has become a therapeutic lifeline for the Tony-Award-winning Foster. In Hooked: How Crafting Saved My Life (Grand Central Publishing), the Younger star talks about how cross-stitching, crocheting, collages, drawing and more helped her navigate stressful, emotional and fraught moments in her life.
Jane Goodall
Sixty years after the primatologist began pioneering research of chimpanzees, Goodall’s The Book of Hope (October 19, Celadon Books) explores the resilience of the human spirit and its enduring optimism.
Katie Couric
The media mogul and iconic journalist is Going There (October 26, Little, Brown and Company) in this personal memoir of life behind the scenes. Next, 10 More Books From the Biggest and Brightest Celebrities
