Adult Braces

"West blends her signature sharp wit with endearing vulnerability in this luminous memoir. . . The result is a madcap, rewarding journey that demystifies the unsexy work of self-actualization."—Publishers Weekly, STARRED REVIEW

"Amid the humor [in Adult Braces] are moments of great insight, many clearly born of keeping a careful eye out. . . A well-realized, candid memoir that reveals an unconventional approach to life."—Kirkus Reviews, STARRED REVIEW

"Lindy West is best known for her humor and sharp wit, and Adult Braces has much of both, but it also offers a lovely, unexpected sweetness."
 —BookPage, STARRED REVIEW

"West’s relatable and kind book is sure to leave readers with a newfound openness toward their own hearts, minds, and bodies."—Booklist, STARRED REVIEW

"Lindy is doing the kind of naked self-examination that most people are too chickenshit to do even under the guidance of a trained therapist, and somehow also manages to make it hilarious? All killer, no filler."—Samantha Irby, New York Times bestselling author of Quietly Hostile

“Lindy West’s funniest, fiercest, tenderest excavation yet—a road trip through rock bottom, revelation, and the wild relief of reimagining what a life can hold. Every chapter is a gut punch wrapped in a cackle. I didn’t read this book so much as inhale it, and by the end I felt braced, bolstered, cracked open, and stitched back together.”—Suleika Jaouad, author of The Book of Alchemy and Between Two Kingdoms

"Lindy’s writing is so generous, I feel like she’s handing over her entire heart and inviting me to romp around in her ventricles. Nobody is funnier and nobody can describe their own foibles with more clarity. I’d shove this book into the hands of anyone else who could use a laugh on their way to learning to love themselves a little more."—Lisa Hanawalt, creator of Tuca & Bertie

“A memoir more tender, hilarious, disarming, tear-inducing, complicated, human, and unf*ckwithably real than I expected. And this is Lindy West, so let’s be honest — I was expecting a lot.”—Angela Garbes, bestselling author of Essential Labor

PRAISE FOR SHIT, ACTUALLY

"Sidesplittingly funny."—Seattle Times

PRAISE FOR THE WITCHES ARE COMING

"Searingly smart... [with an] overarching tone of swashbuckling courage: West knows what she wants to say, and she really doesn't care what you think... a stirring manifesto for honesty... and an exhortation to give a damn."—LA Times

"With her signature wit, brio, and laser-like clarity of vision, one of our foremost thinkers on gender unveils her unifying theory of America: that our steady diet of pop culture created by and for embittered, entitled white men has stoked our sociopolitical moment. Adam Sandler, South Park, and Pepe the Frog all come under West's withering scrutiny in this funny, hyper-literate analysis of the link between meme culture and male mediocrity."—Esquire

PRAISE FOR SHRILL

"Both sharp-toothed and fluid....To see so much of West's writing in one place is to appreciate her range. She can eviscerate the status quo with raunchy humor....She can attack entrenched sexism with skilled polemic....And she can leave both of those modes behind to write poignantly about growing up, losing her father, and falling in love....West is propulsively entertaining."—Slate

"There's some beautiful, joyful writing here: West defies cliches both by being persistently hilarious and deeply loving"—Washington Post