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Why Not Me?

Mindy Kaling

  • 240 pages · about 4 hours
  • First published 2015
  • 7 editions
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1 About this book

Why Not Me? is a 2015 humor book by actress and writer Mindy Kaling. The book consists mostly of humorous observational essays based on Kaling's life, and it also includes one chapter of fiction.

The book spent 16 weeks on The New York Times Best Sellers list.

Summary adapted from Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0)

Good for readers who want: humor and a true life story.

  • Humor
  • Biography
  • Actors, biography
  • Humor, essays
  • American wit and humor
  • Conduct of life
  • Adulthood
  • Actors

2 About Mindy Kaling

Born 1979

Vera Mindy Chokalingam (born June 24, 1979), known professionally as Mindy Kaling , is an American actress, comedian, screenwriter, and producer. Known for her work on television, she has received a Tony Award and six nominations at the Primetime Emmy Awards. Among other honors, she has also received the National Medal of the Arts in 2021 and the Producers Guild of America's Norman Lear Achievement in Television Award in 2023.

Bio adapted from Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0)

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