David Lynch's

Room to Dream (Random House)

The creative force behind such cult classics as Blue Velvet and Twin Peaks adds color to cultural critic Kristine McKenna's text with personal anecdotes ("Marriage doesn't fit into the art life," says Lynch, who has been married four times) that feature Hollywood titans, including Anthony Hopkins and Isabella Rossellini.

Mark and Jay Duplass's Like Brothers (Ballantine)

In this hilarious joint memoir, the brothers—writers, directors, actors, and co-founders of their eponymous production company— describe their childhood and professional relationship, and the years they spent "trying to make a decent piece of art together" before finally hitting their groove.

Retta's So Close to Being the Sh*t, Y'all Don't Even Know (St. Martin's)

The Parks and Recreation star recounts growing up the child of poor, hardworking Liberian parents, and making it big. The memoir is rife with unvarnished truisms: "Bitch, stop wasting time fearing the worst," she writes. "Living through the worst is never as hard as fearing it."