Actually, Nevermind
Taylor Tomlinson
Sep 2026 · Simon and Schuster · Narrated by Taylor Tomlinson
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INSTANT NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER · Excerpted in The New Yorker · Featured on The Today show, The Drew Barrymore Show, The New York Times Modern Love podcast, Late Night with Seth Meyers, and more
“Very funny, but it packs a real punch. It takes a lot of balls to write a book this honest.”
—Josh Silver, New York Times bestselling author of Fruit Fly
“One of the most acclaimed, in-demand superstars of comedy” (Jason Zinoman, The New York Times) Taylor Tomlinson explores all the things she’s changed her mind about, from the serious to the absurd, in her hilarious, heartfelt, and brilliant debut.
As she approaches thirty-four—the same age her mother, Angela, was at her death—Tomlinson grapples with fear and ambition, identity and doubt, and all the ways her mind has changed since the day her mom died.
In these sharply observed, uproariously funny, and moving original essays, Tomlinson leads readers through a tour of her brain and her shifting opinions about everything from love and relationships, mental health and therapy, religion and sex, food and body image, being the eldest daughter and the only woman in late-night TV, to ghosts, morning people, and more.
With the same unflinching honesty that fuels her beloved stand-up specials, she captures the dizzying contradictions of adulthood in the modern world: wanting independence while craving reassurance, chasing self-improvement while resisting change, and finally learning that certainty can be overrated. “True wisdom,” writes Tomlinson, “is accepting how little you know, and real maturity is becoming as flexible as possible. (Emotionally, not physically. Real maturity also means needing to stretch way more).”
A “fearless” (NPR) comedian who “makes even the heaviest subjects seem spikily funny” (Jason Zinoman, The New York Times), Tomlinson now brings her natural storytelling gifts and incisive wit to the page in Actually, Nevermind.
“Very funny, but it packs a real punch. It takes a lot of balls to write a book this honest.”
—Josh Silver, New York Times bestselling author of Fruit Fly
“One of the most acclaimed, in-demand superstars of comedy” (Jason Zinoman, The New York Times) Taylor Tomlinson explores all the things she’s changed her mind about, from the serious to the absurd, in her hilarious, heartfelt, and brilliant debut.
As she approaches thirty-four—the same age her mother, Angela, was at her death—Tomlinson grapples with fear and ambition, identity and doubt, and all the ways her mind has changed since the day her mom died.
In these sharply observed, uproariously funny, and moving original essays, Tomlinson leads readers through a tour of her brain and her shifting opinions about everything from love and relationships, mental health and therapy, religion and sex, food and body image, being the eldest daughter and the only woman in late-night TV, to ghosts, morning people, and more.
With the same unflinching honesty that fuels her beloved stand-up specials, she captures the dizzying contradictions of adulthood in the modern world: wanting independence while craving reassurance, chasing self-improvement while resisting change, and finally learning that certainty can be overrated. “True wisdom,” writes Tomlinson, “is accepting how little you know, and real maturity is becoming as flexible as possible. (Emotionally, not physically. Real maturity also means needing to stretch way more).”
A “fearless” (NPR) comedian who “makes even the heaviest subjects seem spikily funny” (Jason Zinoman, The New York Times), Tomlinson now brings her natural storytelling gifts and incisive wit to the page in Actually, Nevermind.
INSTANT NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER · Excerpted in The New Yorker · Featured on The Today show, The Drew Barrymore Show, The New York Times Modern Love podcast, Late Night with Seth Meyers, and more
“Very funny, but it packs a real punch. It takes a lot of balls to write a book this honest.”
—Josh...
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October 2, 2026
I baught this book because I enjoyed her comedy specials and wanted to support her art without having to go to a live event. I listened to this book because I like listening to people talk on long car rides, but don't like talk radio. I took away from this book a better understanding of bipolar people. All in all, I got more value out of this purchase than I paid for it.
About the author
Taylor Tomlinson is an internationally touring comedian who has released four critically acclaimed hour-long comedy specials for Netflix—Quarter-Life Crisis, Look at You, Have It All, and most recently Prodigal Daughter. The former host of After Midnight, Tomlinson has been named one of The Hollywood Reporter’s 100 Most Powerful Women in Entertainment, Forbes’s 30 Under 30, Time’s 100 Next, and Variety’s10 Comics to Watch. She lives in Los Angeles.
Taylor Tomlinson is an internationally touring comedian who has released four critically acclaimed hour-long comedy specials for Netflix—Quarter-Life Crisis, Look at You, Have It All, and most recently Prodigal Daughter. The former host of After Midnight, Tomlinson has been named one of The Holly...
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