Chelsea Handler delivers her signature blend of raunchy humor, self-deprecating wit, and unfiltered honesty as she reflects on everything from dating misadventures to therapy breakthroughs. The essays are punchy and relatable, filled with moments that toe the line between hilarious and cringe-worthy. Handler’s candid voice keeps the tone conversational, like catching up with a brutally honest friend over cocktails.

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Read if you love:
🚨Essay type chapters
🚨 self help/motivation
🚨 women who root for other women
🚨 boundary setting

This book is full of self motivation and growth and is pleasantly and surprisingly different than all her other books. In my 20's I was glued to her earlier books.

For those who are fans and have read (most of) her other books, you can see how much she has grown as a human-- she has the ability to be apologetic about past mistakes, misses, transgressions but is unapologetic speaking to much of the human experience. I definitely played back so much of this as I was reading it and certainly teared up at the end when she writes that letter about/to herself. I got the sense she was tearing up herself as well. Absolutely perfect read.

She talks about life with her dogs, therapy and working on herself, spoiling herself and finding her happiest place. She talks relationships and setting boundaries becoming a step father (you just have to read it) and her tight knit family that she adores.

She writes with love and humor and it’s everything I needed.

Thank you NetGalley, Chelsea Handler, and publisher for the arc.

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I have been a fan of Chelsea Handler since she had Chelsea Lately in the early 2000s. I always enjoy reading her books and getting little glimpses into her life, childhood and family.

I did a combo of listening to and reading I’ll Have What Shes Having which is Chelsea’s latest book. I loved the audio because hearing Chelsea tell the stories makes them come alive. But even when I was reading I still had her voice in my head.

Overall I enjoyed this one. It was fun and light and full of bits of wisdom and being true to herself. It felt like I could have been just chatting with a friend. I found myself laughing and smiling and even bookmarking/saving bits to have my friends also listen to them. I learned more about Chelsea and found myself being an even bigger fan. She also had me adding Mallorca to my bucket list of travel destinations.

“Not everyone is meant to be in your life forever. Some people are only here to get you from one chapter to the next, and sometimes you are the person helping someone get from one chapter to the next. Be grateful for the experience and be graceful when it’s over.”

Thank you The Dial Press for this eARC copy to read and review.

Another great visit into Chelsea’s world. If you’re a fan of previous books or her shows, this is for you! It reads like a great check in with an old friend you don’t hear from nearly enough.

Chelsea Handler's books are reliably entertaining reads. What stands out about this book is the importance of therapy, embracing unexpected relationships, going for things even when people tell you not to (house in Whistler), and taking care of others. It wasn't as funny as I expected it to be, but it was certainly entertaining and a great road trip listen (with earbuds, not for the kids)!

Chelsea Handler does it again. All of her books are laugh out loud funny and this one is no different. I love her stories with Poopsie, Oopsie and Wooopsie. Another great installment from Chelsea.

I have read many of Chelsea's books and they are always funny. This one is a little different. There is some haha's moments in it, but it read more like an insight to her life, how she grew up and what kind of life and thought that shaped her into who she is today. I love seeing the relationship she has with her stepdaughters and how deeply she cared for them, that family that you choose to have.
I'd definitely recommend this if you are a fan of hers.
Thank you NetGalley and Random House Publishing Group - Random House for an ARC of this books. All opinions are my own.

I’ve been a longtime fan of Chelsea- she’s a feminist icon I’ve admired since I was younger. I’ve watched her show and read all of her previous books, so I was excited to dive into this one.

While it was still an enjoyable read, it didn’t quite hit the mark for me. I was expecting something more lighthearted and humorous, in line with her earlier work. Instead, this leaned more toward self-help, which caught me off guard and wasn’t exactly what I was looking for.

Thank you to NetGalley for the ARC!

In I'll Have What She's Having, Chelsea Handler opened up about her life story and added humor in the mix. As many people know, Chelsea is a famous comedian and was a late-night TV host. So, this book is filled with funny stories and she doesn’t hold anything back. She revealed a personal story she experienced with Jane Fonda and how she wasn’t afraid to be real and call Chelsea out on her behavior at one of her parties. She blamed her and didn’t appreciate the drugs she was on at the time. She told her to watch herself and not to allow her environment to ruin her. She told her with her gifts she could easier throw them all in the trash if she wasn’t careful. She also discussed her dating life and her struggles with not having kids. She opened up about her attraction to Andrew Cuomo and how she tried to get his attention with sexting and later learned how he behaved behind closed doors.




One of her first stories was about hard lemonade. When she was ten years old, she decided to make money by opening up a lemonade business. She asked her older sister to join her and she demanded 50-50. Chelsea would be the primary business owner and she would make the tough decisions. She chose to add gin, whiskey, and tequila to the hard lemonade. The first day they made 13 dollars and she had to split it. Chelsea hated that so she chose to fire her. She found her replacement, Nelson a neighbor. The first day they made 33 dollars. The first week it turned into 359 and she gave him $3.59 as his commission. He was proud of the payment and compared that he would have to have lost 5 teeth to the tooth fairy to make that much. She admired his work ethic but she didn’t have the heart to tell him the tooth fairy wasn’t real.


I would recommend this book to anyone who enjoys humor and they have watched her show before or one of her specials. This book enclosed tons of humorous scenes and no doubt she acts just as crazy in real life. There was dating stories, sex, love, breakup, step-like kid’s experiences, and all sorts of things. Some of the stories are naughty and some are just down right outrageous. I liked how she was transparent about her life and wasn’t scared to be real and open. Fans will enjoy the humor and getting to see some of her life and stories.

Thanks to Netgalley and Random House Publishing Group for the E-ARC. I have read all of Chelsea's books and this one by far has been the best. I love seeing a person grow and still at the core being themselves but growing those things that were not our best into something better. I totally get so much of the stuff she says about kids even though I have one myself but that doesn't mean that what she says is not true. I love how it still has humor but it talks about a lot of other stuff that is so much better.

I really wanted to like this one, but it fell a bit flat for me. The writing style didn’t quite resonate, and it wasn’t as funny as I had hoped. While I can see what the author was going for, it just didn’t land the way I expected.

Sheer perfection. Laugh out loud, honest, brutal hilarity from start to finish. Chelsea's books are always pitch perfect, and this was no different!! A must-read!

I really like Chelsea's writing style and seeing her authentically come through in her writing. While much of the writing felt therapized, I did appreciate her confidence and reflective nature. I thought some of the stories about past relationships were insightful, but I found her chapters talking about the kids in her life to be the most interesting. Overall, I love to read anything Chelsea writes.

Chelsea Handler is funny and it comes through just as much on the page as it does on TV. Fans should check this out.

📖 Book Review

🥂I’ll Have What She’s Having
By @chelseahandler
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This book was about self love and not apologizing for being yourself. It was about boundaries and the impact someone can have on your life but not remain in your life forever. She takes ownership of her life and creating her own future. I have loved Chelsea Handler since I saw her on Chelsea Lately. This book was not my favorite by her it (seemed more series less comedy) but it did have some laugh out moments and I will read anything she writes.

Thank you @netgalley @randomhouse and @chelseahandler for this copy of the book in exchange for my honest review.

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Chelsea Handler is a talented comic, author, producer, TV host, and a few other things I haven’t mentioned. In her latest book, “I’ll Have What She’s Having,” Chelsea tries to add a new classification to her resume: self-help guru. Fortunately for readers, the book still has a good bit of the “old” Chelsea. As she describes, her self-help efforts helped her, but others will find them primarily a collection of worn-out, trite truisms.

“I’ll Have What She’s Having” comprises 49 essays. Some of them are only one or two paragraphs long, which makes referring to them as “essays” somewhat of a stretch. Many refer to specific incidents in Chelsea’s life, although she’s not very good about providing dates. Those biographical incidents are mostly described in chronological order. A few of them date from her childhood days, but most occur since the COVID shutdown of 2020. She includes occasional entries from a daily journal she’s kept. Most of these add little to the book. (“July 17: Feeling better today. Grateful for my strength of mind, and for books.”) She also includes highlighted observations between some essays. These add even less. (“Just like my face, there is light and there is darkness, and they very consistently follow each other around, like partners.”)

At its best, “I’ll Have What She’s Having” will remind readers of the humorous moments in Chelsea’s earlier books. During the COVID epidemic, she and several relatives spent part of the summer in a rental house in Maine. The trip included a memorable visit to former President Bush’s compound in Kennebunkport and a non-political meeting with the ex-president. Earlier, she describes moving to California as a 19-year-old. Her brother arranged for a traveling companion (whom she calls “Dipsy Doodle”) whose first question was whether they should stop in Harlem to get cocaine for the ride. Needless to say, the trip didn’t go well from there. Another comic highlight describes the fallout from an interview Chelsea gave with Andy Cohen in which she mentioned a threesome involving her former boyfriend, broadcasting executive Ted Harbert, and a masseuse.

Despite the humorous moments in “I’ll Have What She’s Having,” Chelsea also includes many serious ones. She does not pull punches and lays out her emotions. She goes into detail about her romance with the comic Jo Koy and their eventual breakup. However, the best essays in the book describe Chelsea’s relationship with the three daughters of a former boyfriend. Because both the boyfriend and his ex-wife traveled extensively, Chelsea wound up caring for the three girls, whom she dubbed Poopsie, Whoopsie, and Oopsie, a lot. As time passed, they even called her “Father,” because they viewed her as a friendly stepfather who would take the place of their absent father. Even after Chelsea broke up with their father, she remained in touch with them, apparently until now. The essays that describe Chelsea’s relationship with the girls are especially touching, and readers will recognize that she came to view them as the children she never had.

At its best, “I’ll Have What She’s Having” is funny and touching at times. However, much of the book is laden with descriptions of how Chelsea handled difficult moments, some of them trivial. An encounter in which a passerby berates her for not putting money in a parking meter turns into a conversation in which she pleasantly berates him for his attitude. She even notes he seemed young enough that with the “right direction,” his attitude could improve. I would have left a long time before this man did and chalked the whole incident up to another kooky celebrity. However, Chelse felt that this man was worth the time she spent trying to adjust his attitude and, later, the time she spent writing about him in this book.

While the parking meter incident may have been the most annoying essay in “I’ll Have What She’s Having,” others seemed merely pointless. One essay entitled “My Man” describes what she hopes for in an ideal man. (“Please bring me someone who can teach me things.”) This reads like something a middle school girl would write in her diary about qualities in her future husband, not a woman in her 40s. In another essay, she writes, “My middle name is Joy, and I now understand that joy is my purpose in life… Once I identified my purpose, my bright bulb and effulgence began to shine.” I didn’t find passages like this especially shiny.

While I appreciate Chelsea Handler’s desire to impart some life wisdom to readers, she chose an unsuitable vehicle. Instead of organizing her material by topics and presenting her thoughts in an organized fashion, Chelsea’s writing is scattershot. Valid, insightful observations are mixed with sophomoric aphorisms. As a self-help guide, “I’ll Have What She’s Having” is a mess. Fortunately, Chelsea combined this material with some of her usual wit and frank biographical material. That material is entertaining and, sometimes, insightful. Chelsea Handler’s latest book merits a marginal recommendation, but readers won’t be having the Chelsea they’ve enjoyed in her previous works.

NOTE: The publisher graciously provided me with a copy of this book through NetGalley. However, the decision to review the book and the contents of this review are entirely my own.

I have read a few of Chelsea‘s books, and I have to admit this one was my least favorite. I feel as if maybe she is running out of things to write about.

I honestly couldn’t get through this book. From what I read it were a lot of thoughts that could have stayed in a personal journal. She casted herself as the hero of her story while displaying her narcissist tendencies and resentment towards men. It felt extremely preachy and like a book of personal affirmations. I put it down and haven’t felt the need to pick it up to finish it.

I've read other Chelsea Handler books and loved them. Sadly, this isn't her usual humorous book, it's more a self help book. Well, not even that...more Chelsea's all-knowing judgement of others, which is rich coming from someone who is only now becoming an aware person.


Thank you to NetGalley for the ARC for an honest review.

I have always thoroughly enjoyed Chelsea Handler's books and this one lived up to the others immediately, just a good laugh when you need it most.