BOOKSRevelations from celeb tell-alls including Britney Spears, Matthew Perry and Kerry WashingtonCelebrities are serving up juicy gossip and deep personal revelations in memoirs and tell-alls. Here's what we've read in the dishiest celeb books in 2023, starting with "The Woman In Me," by Britney Spears.In Spears' memoir (Gallery Books, 288 pp., out now), the pop star details the unyielding drama in her life through triumphant performances, severe depression, betrayal by family, her agonizing 13-year conservatorship and recent return to the charts with Elton John.She writes of being so in love with Justin Timberlake that "it was pathetic," and she opened up about an abortion she had while in a relationship with the singer.After getting pregnant with Timberlake's child, Spears, then 19, decided on abortion, mostly because of Timberlake's apprehension (He "definitely wasnβt happy about the pregnancy," she recalls). Because of the frenzy surrounding the pairβs romance, going to a doctor or hospital would risk their privacy. Only Spears, her assistant/family friend Felicia Culotta and Timberlake knew about the procedure. Spears describes the βexcruciating crampsβ she experienced after taking the appointed pills and laying on the bathroom floor βsobbing and screamingβ for hours because βthe pain was unbelievable.β Timberlake joined her on the bathroom floor and strummed his guitar to soothe her.Courtesy Simon & Schuster"If You Would Have Told Me," by John StamosThe "Full House" star looks back on the highs and lows of his not-so-picture-perfect life in his debut memoir. "For as many high points as Iβve had in my life, Iβve had a lot of low points, and those are the moments that people can relate to me," Stamos tells USA TODAY. "Itβs a deep dive into a life that I thought wasnβt worthy of a book, but as I wrote it, I realized maybe it is and maybe people will learn a little bit from my experience."Henry Holt And Company"Thicker Than Water," by Kerry WashingtonIn her memoir, the Emmy-nominated actress known for her roles in ABC's "Scandal," "Django Unchained" and "Save the Last Dance" writes about her life, her career and her lifelong journey to find herself. She opens up about her family and early life, finding her footing in acting and her personal struggles, such as facing her insecurities and being what she wants and not what she thinks others want her to be."Being an actor is a great blessing," she writes "because you get to step into a character, usually at the most pivotal points in their life β you learn their biggest lessons, integrate them into your own understanding and, if you're lucky, move on to another character in another transformative moment."Courtesy Hachette Book Group"Friends, Lovers, and the Big Terrible Thing," by Matthew PerryThe "Friends" star chronicles his battles with alcohol and drugs like Vicodin, Xanax and OyxContin, which led to frequent hospital visits and trips to rehab. Perry details an array of health complications stemming from his substance use, including alcohol-induced erectile dysfunction and pancreatitis at age 30. But one of the most eye-opening experiences in his journey was when he nearly died at age 49 after his colon exploded from opioid use.As a result, the actor was in a coma, on life support, for two weeks. What followed was five months in the hospital and nine more with a colostomy bag β a traumatic experience that ultimately "miraculously remove(d) my desire to take drugs.""My therapist said to me, βThe next time you think about OxyContin, I want you to think about living out the rest of your days with a colostomy bag,'" he writes.FlatironβSurrender: 40 Songs, One Story,βby Bono.Throughout the 40 chapters of βSurrenderβ β each named for a U2 song with accompanying sketches by Bono β the man born Paul Hewson tunnels his way through personal heartache, including the death of his beloved mother as a teen and his knotty relationship with his βda."Bonoβs love for his bandmates is sprinkled among remembrances in numerous chapters, but his recounting of a 1993 incident during the bandβs Zoo TV tour in Sydney is as heart wrenching as it is detailed. Having βovershot the runway with drink and drugs,β bassist Adam Clayton missed the taping of a TV performance with U2. Band manager Paul McGuinness informed the group that Clayton would survive, but was βnot OKβ after the bassist was found unconscious in his hotel room. The band performed for the first time without a founding member, but, Bono says, βWe got through. We recovered. AdamΒ has been in recoveryΒ ever since.WERNER SLOCUM, Associated PressβThe Stories We Tell: Every Piece of Your Story Matters,βby Joanna Gaines.The TV host, Magnolia Network co-founder and Magnolia Journal editor-in-chief (to name a few of her gigs), felt all of the βgoing, going, goingβ left her feeling depleted. "I think part of that led me to the journey of writing down my story and writing this book, because I was like, βWhy am I feeling like I have everything I've ever wanted, but I'm feeling so empty?ββIn her metamorphosis, Gaines has learned to shed the desire to be seen as perfect, a mask for any feelings of unworthiness. "I am so aware of these feelings now that I'm like, 'Oh no, no, no, I don't have to prove to anybody anything.' I am enough, period.Brian Ach/Invision/AP"Beyond the Wand: The Magic and Mayhem of Growing Up a Wizard," by Tom Felton.Β The "Harry Potter" star shares the storyΒ how he wandered away from his rehabilitation facility in Malibu, California one nightΒ in an attempt to trek several miles toΒ a bar he frequented in West Hollywood.Β He wasn't initially going to write about the incident, but a co-star and close friend talked him into it.Β "Emma (Watson) was a big force of encouragement to be like, 'This will resonate with people,' " Felton says in an interview about the book. "It wouldn't really seem right just to talk about all the fluffy stuff. ... After encouragement, I was given a bit more confidence in myself to go, 'You know what? This happened, and this is part of my life.' "Grand Central"Waxing On: The Karate Kid and Me," by Ralph Macchio.The "Karate Kid" and "Cobra Kai" star says writing his memoirΒ "was far more emotional than I expected," as he revisits memories with his onscreen mentor Mr. Miyagi (the late Pat Morita). "There was that special relationship/connection that when I looked at him, it was nothing but love, from the aspect of understanding we had something special," Macchio says in an interview.Dutton"Dying of Politeness," by Geena Davis.The Academy Award winner details her humble Massachusetts upbringing,Β starryΒ film career, three marriages, extensiveΒ archery training and many, manyΒ instances of detrimentalΒ politeness along the way. In herΒ book, DavisΒ allegesΒ she suffered harassment while working with Bill Murray on the 1990 film "Quick Change." She writes thatΒ the comedian pressured her into lettingΒ him give her aΒ massage in a hotel suite during herΒ meeting for her role.Β Another day,Β Murray screamed at her in front of more than 300 people on setΒ while she waitedΒ for wardrobe. "I was shaking all over, dying from shame," Davis writes, adding Murray intendedΒ "to make sure I knew my place.HarperOne"Boldly Go: Reflections on a Life of Awe and Wonder," by William ShatnerIn the book, the "Star Trek" legend who played Captain Kirk reflects on a minor fight he had with co-star Leonard Nimoy and their strained relationship toward the end of his life. "I kept trying to get ahold of him, sending himΒ messages. When you get really ill, you don't want toΒ see anybody. Maybe that was it. And he died, and I thought, 'What happened?' " Shatner said. "But his daughter (Julie) came to me and said, 'HeΒ loved you.'Β The universe is sending me messages back that whatever happened, he loved me as I loved him. Like a brother. He was my brother. We shared a lifetime.JOSH EDELSON, AFP Via Getty Images"Making a Scene," by Constance WuWu is done hiding her emotions. After years of internalizing that good girlsΒ stay quietΒ β that Asian women in particular should beΒ passive βΒ she is sharing her truths, unforgivingly and poignantly.Β At the time of the "Fresh Off the Boat" controversy,Β Wu attributed her "reckless" tweets to her frustration about leavingΒ another project β a statement that isΒ partially true. In reality, it was a response to more years of tolerating aΒ toxic, abusive work environment."My reaction on Twitter definitely seemed uncharacteristic," Wu admits, adding that she was privately processing a bout ofΒ trauma at the time. "But it made me realize that it wasn't uncharacteristic. I swallowed abuse for so long, and when you repress your feelings, they don't just go away because you willed them to. That's not how feelings work.Scribner"Live Wire: Long-Winded Short Stories,"by Kelly RipaRipa gets candid about co-hosting morning show "Live!" with Regis Philbin for a decade until he retired in 2011. The two rarely socialized off camera and rumors of a "feud" ran amok, with Philbin claiming in 2017 that Ripa wasΒ "very offended"Β by his exit and never invited him back on the show. (In actuality, he appeared on a 2015 Halloween episode of "Live," in whichΒ Ripa hugged PhilbinΒ and invited him to her house.)Β "It was somehow this false narrative that I had abandoned someone that I was very close to β that we were best friends and I had abandoned him. And none of that was true," Ripa said.Dey Street"Rated X: How Porn Liberated Me From Hollywood,"by Maitland WardWard spent her late adolescence on television, playing Jessica Forrester on βThe Bold and The BeautifulβΒ and Rachel McGuire on β90s teen sitcomΒ βBoy Meets World.βΒ In her book, she talks aboutΒ coming to terms with her bisexuality, which was difficult given her conservative background.Β βWhen I got into the adult industry and I was able to do scenes (with women), it was so fun to be able to show it to the world and not be ashamed or embarrassed anymore,β Ward says.Atria'Like a Rolling Stone,"by Jann S. WennerFor more than five decades, as co-founder of Rolling Stone magazine, Wenner lived the life of a rock star, palling around withΒ Bono, Bob Dylan and John Belushi. He was also a friend of John Lennon's and was bereft at the news of the music icon's 1980 murder.Β During a week of depression that βthis great man at the center of everythingβ was gone, Wenner listened to βDouble Fantasyβ in his dark office and taped an NBC News special to discuss Lennonβs impact. Yoko Ono, Lennonβs widow, saw the interview and invited Wenner to the Dakota the next day. Ono βgave me an account of the killer calling out Johnβs name and then the gun coming outβ¦She had Johnβs glasses with dried blood on them. She wanted me to look at them and hold them.Courtesy Brown, Little"I'm Glad My Mom Died,"by Jennette McCurdyThe "iCarly" starΒ uses dark humor to exploreΒ the traumas of early fame in an industry she never wanted to join. It was all forΒ her "narcissistic" mother,Β Debbie, who, before dying of breast cancer in 2013,Β allegedly steered her daughter into compromising situations. Instead of providing love and support, McCurdy says her mother conditioned her into eating disorders and administered breast and genital examinations βΒ allegedly to check for cancerous lumps βΒ until she was 16.Simon & Schuster"Call Me Crazy,"by Anne HecheMore than two decades beforeΒ Anne Heche's tragic death, she wroteΒ about her life, struggles with mental health and childhood abuse in a memoir titledΒ "Call Me Crazy."Β Now gaining new attention, the book is out of print, butΒ excerpts can be found in Google BooksΒ β and someΒ of them are eerie and heartbreaking in the wake of her death.Β "I loved that I had another sister," she wrote. "I used to fantasize that I would go to heaven and meet her. 'When I go to heaven Iβm going to meet her and weβll be friends,'Β I would say with a smile to everyone I met, like it was a good thing that she was dead. It gave me something to look forward to.Jordan Strauss, Jordan Strauss/Invision/AP"Still Alright,"by Kenny LogginsThe book challenged Loggins to remember anecdotes about his fertile music career: As a folk-pop troubadour with Jim Messina in the β70s, undeniable czar of movie soundtracks in the '80s, thoughtful environmentalist in the β90s and current yacht-rock hero. Tales of drug use and salty language throughout are the inverse of Logginsβ image of the blazer-sporting adult contemporary soft-rocker.Β βItβs hard to believe from where Iβm sitting β how did I get this old?β says Loggins, 74. βIt happens so fast when youβre looking back.Leslie Hassler/Getty ImagesβRadical Love,βby Zachary LeviThe "Shazam!" starΒ opens up aboutΒ his struggles with anxiety and depressionand the three weeksΒ he spent at a mental healthΒ facility after havingΒ whatΒ he cheekily refers to as a "wholeΒ big fun breakdown."One of his most difficult struggles was the abuse he experienced from his mother:Β Levi writes that his therapists speculate she likely suffered from a borderline personality disorder with narcissistic tendencies.Β During one particularly painful exchange, Levi writes that his mom told him, "I'd be happier today if you were dead.Jeremy Cowart"How to Be a Boss B----: Stop Apologizing for Who You Are and Get the Life You Want,"by Christine QuinnThe star ofΒ Netflix's "Selling Sunset" tackles self-help topics like relationships and finance with humor and surprising pearlsΒ of wisdom.Β When asked if she's still with the OΒ GroupΒ β a majorΒ cliffhanger at the endΒ ofΒ Season 5Β βΒ Quinn bluntly states "absolutely not." She writes, "That was not a healthy environment. It's toxic. It's a cult. I have no desire. Bon voyage.LISA O'CONNOR, AFP Via Getty ImagesβMiss Memory Lane: A Memoir,βby Colton HaynesThe star ofΒ βTeen Wolfβ and βArrowβ bares his soul in his new memoir, whichΒ captures the 33-year-oldβs virulent childhood with βtwo drug-addicted parents,β who βmet in rehab and kind of escaped and had this wild love story.β Haynes recounts first being sexually abused by his uncle at 6-years-old and internalizing the guilt, which contributed to the βangerβ Haynes carried through his life.Β βI just always felt like I was trying to prove something.Β Now, Iβm almost 34, and I realized that a lot of the issues that I've had really (are) from childhood trauma.Courtesy Of Atria BooksβMean Baby: A Memoir of Growing Up,βby Selma BlairBlair gets excruciatingly candid about the traumatic experiences that have shaped her life, tackling issues such as alcoholism, sexual violence and suicide. Blair reveals she got βvery drunkβ during a Passover celebration at the age of 7, laying the groundwork for a pattern of alcohol dependence.Blair illustrates how her alcoholism compromised her sexual autonomy as a young woman, making her acutely vulnerable to the harrowing realities of rape.Β βI have been raped, multiple times, because I was too drunk to say the words βPlease. Stop,ββ Blair writes. βIt was always awful, and it was always wrong, and I came out of each event quiet and ashamed.Amy Hagedorn"The Office BFFs: Tales of 'The Office' from Two Best Friends Who Were There,"byΒ Jenna Fischer and Angela KinseyInspired by their "Office" rewatch podcast "Office Ladies," the book combines some stories listeners of the podcast will recognize with new details about the making of the show.The authors share some rather hair-raising on-set anecdotes β like the time actor and guest directorΒ Bryan Cranston accidentally almost killed the entire cast. "We want you to know that we see the irony that Bryan Cranston, aka Walter White Sr. or 'Heisenberg' as he was known in crystal methamphetamine circles, was an accessory to almost murdering the entire cast of 'The Office,' " Fischer writes. "I assure you this is pure coincidence.Dey Street"Out of the Corner," by Jennifer GreyGrey writes of her "fervent cheerleader" Madonna, as the "Like a Virgin" singer dealt with a messy divorce from Sean Penn and Grey picked up the pieces of her rocky relationship with Matthew Broderick (Penn even left Grey an angry voicemail after she warned Winona Ryder about him, she writes). As the two ventured into "single lady dom," Madonna threw Grey a "slut party" where she invited "sexy" Alec Baldwin as a surprise birthday present.Courtesy Of Ballantine Books"Managing Expectations," by Minnie DriverDriver dishes about her head-spinning experiencelanding a prime role in βGood Will Hunting,β dating costarΒ Matt DamonΒ and fielding gross, dismissive comments about her attractiveness from disgraced producerΒ Harvey Weinstein. (This, she writes, from a man βwhose shirts were always aggressively encrusted with egg/tuna fish/mayo.β)Patrick T. Fallon, AFP Via Getty ImagesβDouble Talkinβ Jive," by Matt SorumThe drummer for Guns Nβ Roses, Velvet Revolver and The Cult dishes on all things rock 'n' roll.Β Who wouldnβt be hooked reading even just his preface about getting tossed out of the after-party at the wedding of John Stamos and Rebecca Romijn? Dave Coulier also gets knocked out in the midst of the mayhem, by the way.Mark Maryanovich"Finding Me," by Viola DavisDavis' rawΒ new memoirΒ reveals anything but glamour on her path toΒ fame and glory. Davis was born the fifth of six children on a plantation in St. Matthews, South Carolina, into deep, dysfunctional poverty. When her family relocated to Central Falls, Rhode Island, they moved into a dilapidated home where they frequently went without electricity, gas, hot water or a phone. No money and the freezing cold meant laundry would often go unwashed for weeks. βThat, compounded with the bed-wetting, made for a home with a horrific smell,β Davis writes. And it was infested with rats. βThe rats were so bad, they ate the faces off my dolls.HarperOne"Tough: My Journey To True Power,"by Terry CrewsIn his new memoir, Crews challenges masculinity that's defined primarily by toughness, which Crews grew up believing was elemental, and which he now sees as manufactured. It was masculinity he saw modeled by a father who beat his mother, by neighborhood peers who used violence to instill fear and fellow football players who treated women as property.Β "I had grown up and lived my entire adult life with a false idea of what it meant to be tough. I walked around this world with my chest puffed out like I was the alpha male. I saw myself only as strong and powerful. In fact, I was weak and powerless, and everything I did was driven by shame, insecurity, and fear," Crews writes.Penguin Random House"Hello, Molly!"by Molly ShannonThe actress perhaps best known forΒ throwing herself onto a pile of metal chairs on βSaturday Night LiveβΒ as the overzealous Catholic school girl Mary Katherine GallagherΒ gets serious in her moving memoir. The book opens with a car crash in the summer of 1969Β that claimed the lives ofΒ Shannon's mom, her 25-year-old cousin and 3-year-old sister. Shannon was just 4 at the time. Her father, JimΒ Shannon, whoΒ had been drinking, was behind the wheel.Β "There is no way to know exactly what happened that night, though my gut tells me he fell asleep at the wheel," writes Shannon.Ecco"Love Me as I Am," by Garcelle BeauvaisBeauvais, whoΒ is known for her roles in "The Jamie Foxx Show," Eddie Murphy'sΒ 1988 comedy "Coming to America" andΒ "The Real Housewives of Beverly Hills,"Β recounts her immigration as a child to lily-white Boston from her native Haiti, her beginnings as a model in New York andher encounter with Bill Cosby. "This was really a feeling, once I had took that sip of the Sambuca β I wasn't a drinker, I was so young β thatΒ something didn't feel right," she said in an interview. "I don't know if it's the island instincts or just my gut saying 'This doesn't feel right and you need to get out of here as fast as you can.' And that's what I did.Courtesy Of Amistad"Deaf Utopia,"by Nyle DiMarcoΒ The actor, activist, model and producer chronicles his whirlwind life in a new memoir, from his immersion in Deaf culture at birth to his auspicious rise to fame, winning both "America's Next Top Model" in 2015 and "Dancing With the Stars" in 2016. He also writes candidly of his father's physical abuse. "That process of writing about my father was complicated and complex," DiMarco tells USA TODAY. "It opened a lot of wounds. I, of course, wanted to keep that in the past. But in this case, it felt right to move forward in the writing of the book, just because it is so much a part of my story and makes me who I am today.William Morrow"Brighter by the Day: Waking Up to New Hopes and Dreams," by Robin RobertsTheΒ "Good Morning America" host, who has battled breast cancer and myelodysplastic syndromes, writes of her health crises and those of her longtime partner,Β AmberΒ Laign, who was diagnosed with breast cancerΒ in late 2021. "I know people feel that I'm always upbeat, I'm always happy," saysΒ Roberts, 61. "That's not the case. It is the majority of the time because I've gotten in a habit of being optimistic.Β It's a muscle that gets stronger with use."Β DANNY WEISS/ABC"Love That Story: Observations From a Gorgeously Queer Life," by Jonathan Van NessIn their latest book,Β Van NessΒ invites readers along for a journey acrossΒ 11 educational chapters involving queer history, body shaming and impostor syndrome.Β Think of thisΒ bookΒ as a peek inside their brain and why they think the way they do. "I want to write what I've been learning about, what's been driving me," the ebullient Van Ness says. "I want to give insights into where I am, and why I am this way, and what I've learned to make me think this way.HarperOne"Enough Already: Learning to Love the Way I Am Today,"by Valerie BertinelliBertinelli's latest bookserved as a vessel for her anguish afterΒ the death of her first husband,Β Rock & Roll Hall of FameΒ memberΒ EddieΒ Van Halen.Β She refers to Van HalenΒ as a "soulmate," but he isn't her only one.Β "I think weΒ meet up withΒ with souls that we're meant to work through things together," she says, explaining that she believes part of the pair's purpose was to bring into the worldΒ their only child,Β musician Wolfgang Van HalenΒ (aka Wolfie), 31. "I can't make people understand this,Β because it's so personal, butΒ I've never felt love like that," she says.Mariner"Blood, Sweat & Chrome: The Wild and True Story of 'Mad Max: Fury Road,'" byΒ Kyle BuchananThis researched book exhaustively details how filmmaker George Miller created theΒ long-awaited fourth movieΒ in his "Mad Max" franchise and reveals that stars Tom Hardy and Charlize Theron had a tense working relationship.Β Tensions exploded one day when Hardy showed up three hours late. Theron and theirΒ cast mates had been waiting in full hair and makeup in Furiosa's truck, the War Rig, when he walked onto set. She proceeded to swear at Hardy, calling him "disrespectful" and demanding he be fined "a hundred thousand dollars for every minute that he's held up the crew." He charged up to her and said, 'What did you say to me?' " camera operator Mark Goellnicht recalls. "He was quite aggressive. She really felt threatened, and that was the turning point because then she said, 'I want someone as protection.' She then had a producer that was assigned to be with her all the time."Jasin Boland, Warner Bros. Pictures"Putting the Rabbit in the Hat," by Brian CoxThe "Succession" star's memoir made waves the moment it hit shelves in the U.K. In the book,Β Johnny Depp was labeledΒ "overrated,"Β action star Steven Seagal calledΒ "ludicrous in real life," and Edward Norton "a nice lad but a bit of a pain because he fancies himself a writer-director."Β Cox also playfully ponders why so many of his revered acting contemporaries landed roles in the franchiseΒ he jokingly callsΒ "Harry (expletive) Potter."Β "It's a hard lesson to learn, but an agent of mine once told me, 'You know Brian, not everybody likes you,' " says Cox, who insists he simply expresses his opinions.Grand Central Publishing"Things I Should Have Said,"by Jamie Lynn SpearsAll eyes were on what Jamie Lynn Spears had to sayabout her big sister Britney Spears and the 13-year conservatorship that came to an end last November.Β When their parents helped establish Britney's conservatorship in 2008,Β Jamie Lynn said the "only intent" was to keep Britney "safe at a time when she couldnβt do that for herself." But Jamie Lynn pointed out it "seemed that almost everyone on the team was more interested in keeping the money coming in than in getting her the help she needed.Worthy PublishingβComedy Comedy Comedy Drama,"by Bob OdenkirkThe "Better Call Saul" star's memoir is often a very funny read. But itβs easy to see how Odenkirk'sΒ sometimes mordant, self-deprecating humor could have read mournful had he not recovered from the heart attack that felled him on set last year.Β Odenkirk says he knew as early as 2018 that he had plaque buildup in his βwidowmakerβ artery, but that conflicting advice from two doctors persuadedΒ him to not start medication right away.Β βThe reason I even went to a second doctor was the first doctor was not very forthcoming,β Odenkirk says. βHe wouldnβt consult about it, he wouldnβt talk about the medication, he wouldn't talk about my condition. He was a person who, from my estimation, was tired of being a doctor.Random House"Under Construction: Because Living My Best Life Took a Little Work,"by Chrishell StauseThe "Selling Sunset" starΒ gave readers a glimpse inside herΒ public breakups, including with her now-ex-husbandΒ Justin HartleyΒ ("This Is Us"), which played out on screen in 2020,Β and currentΒ boss andΒ "Selling Sunset" co-starΒ Jason OppenheimΒ in December 2021, five months after going Instagram-official."Our brains are so programmed to think of relationships as successes or failures, and the only version of success is if youΒ ride off into the sunset together forever," she says. "I really think there's a new version of that, where it's if you enter into something with respect and love, and you exit something with respect and love, I think that's a success. Not everything is meant to be forever.Gallery"This Will Be Funny Later,"by Jenny PentlandBeing the child of a celebrity has its perks: famous friends, incredible wealth, private schools. But as Pentland, the now-46-year-old daughter ofΒ Roseanne Barr,Β tells it, those βperksβ arenβt all theyβre cracked up to be. βI grew up in comedy clubs and mental institutions,β Pentland writes.Β But perhaps the weirdest thing was finding out she had an older sister Barr had given up for adoption, and seeing her for the first time on the cover of a tabloid magazine.Β βThe first time I ever saw my sister Brandiβs face was in the prom picture her high school boyfriend shared on the front page of the National Enquirer while I was standing in line at the grocery store after school," Pentland writes.Trinity BlythFeatured Weekly Ad