Books recommended by Mindy Kaling
Mindy Kaling is an American actress, writer, producer, and author, best known for her role as Kelly Kapoor in the NBC sitcom The Office. She has also written several books, including novels and essay collections that showcase her humor and insight into life.
Her book recommendations tend to lean towards witty essays on love, relationships, identity, and growing up, often with a strong focus on women’s experiences. Her writing style is characterized by humor, vulnerability, and a conversational tone, making her books relatable and engaging reads.
- The Girl in the Green Raincoat: Tess Monaghan, Book 11 (by Laura Lippman). Recommended by Mindy Kaling
- Alexander McQueen: Savage Beauty (by Andrew Bolton). Recommended by Mindy Kaling
- You Can't Be Serious: (by Kal Penn). Recommended by Mindy Kaling
- Yes Please: (by Amy Poehler). Recommended by Mindy Kaling
- Interpreter of Maladies: (by Jhumpa Lahiri). Recommended by Mindy Kaling
- Cravings: Recipes for All the Food You Want to Eat (by Chrissy Teigen). Recommended by Mindy Kaling
- 11/22/63: A Novel (by Stephen King). Recommended by Mindy Kaling
- It's All Good: Delicious, Easy Recipes That Will Make You Look Good and Feel Great (by Gwyneth Paltrow). Recommended by Mindy Kaling
- Lady Gaga X Terry Richardson: (by Lady Gaga). Recommended by Mindy Kaling
- Look, I Made a Hat: Collected Lyrics (1981-2011) with Attendant Comments, Amplifications, Dogmas, Harangues, Digressions, Anecdotes and Miscellany (by Stephen Sondheim). Recommended by Mindy Kaling
- The Marriage Plot: A Novel (by Jeffrey Eugenides). Recommended by Mindy Kaling
- My Father's Daughter: Delicious, Easy Recipes Celebrating Family & Togetherness (by Gwyneth Paltrow). Recommended by Mindy Kaling
- The Dukan Diet: 2 Steps to Lose the Weight, 2 Steps to Keep It Off Forever (by Pierre Dukan). Recommended by Mindy Kaling
- The Lowland: (by Jhumpa Lahiri). Recommended by Barack Obama , Mindy Kaling
- Harriet the Spy: (by Louise Fitzhugh). Recommended by Gretchen Rubin , Mindy Kaling
- She Said: Breaking the Sexual Harassment Story That Helped Ignite a Movement (by Jodi Kantor). Recommended by Kara Swisher , Kathryn Minshew , Mindy Kaling
- Lean In: Women, Work, and the Will to Lead (by Sheryl Sandberg). Recommended by Alicia Keys , Arianna Huffington , Jim Collins , Mark Zuckerberg , Oprah Winfrey , Richard Branson , Mindy Kaling , John Doerr
- Infinite Jest: A Novel (by David Foster Wallace). Recommended by Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez , Amelia Boone , Peter Attia , Mindy Kaling
- The House of Mirth: (by Edith Wharton). Recommended by Chelsea Handler , Mindy Kaling
- Bossypants: (by Tina Fey). Recommended by Sheryl Sandberg , Mindy Kaling , Tom Hanks