Mindy Kaling

Mindy Kaling viveu muitas vidas: a filha obediente de profissionais liberais imigrantes, uma gordinha tímida com medo de bicicleta, e, por fim, roteirista e atriz de comédias propensa a puxar briga com os amigos e colegas de trabalho usando a frase: “Posso dizer só mais uma coisa a respeito...

Freaked out by her fortieth birthday, the creator and executive producer of Never Have I Ever reflects on the importance of good friends--and the mortifying obligations it takes to keep them. Yes, Mindy Kaling is the genial Hollywood celebrity who posted twelve selfies from a single Oscar party...

Is almost $2,000 a lot to drop on someone else’s dinner, just to be a big shot? Hell yeah! But what if nobody notices that you--one of Time magazine’s “100 Most Influential People” in the world--picked up the tab? In this meditation on celebrity, power, and a simple thank-you, Mindy...

After a friend real-talks Mindy into hiring a baby nurse, she finds the help she needs--and so much more--in this soulful essay by the acclaimed writer, actress, producer, and director. Becoming a new mother after losing her own, Mindy Kaling needs help--like someone to answer the questions What...

What if only kind of knowing your family’s heritage is actually kind of lame? For Mindy Kaling, the number one bestselling author of Why Not Me?, the search for an answer begins with an Edible Arrangement of chocolate-covered strawberries and a Hindu priest. Like Kelly Kapoor on The Office...

There comes a moment in every woman’s life when she realizes the lighting isn’t getting worse—she is. Mindy Kaling has arrived. When restaurant menus, receipts, and Instagram captions become mysteriously unreadable, Mindy embarks on an eye exam that leaves her with reading glasses, dry...

In this hilarious essay, navigating Los Angeles’s cutthroat private school admissions becomes an unexpectedly personal education for New York Times bestselling author Mindy Kaling, where the parents are interviewed, everyone pretends to be relaxed, and nobody is fooling anyone. As Mindy...

Fashionable clothes and validation were great while they lasted. But what happens when acclaimed writer, actress, producer, and director Mindy Kaling can no longer fit into sample sizes? In this liberating essay, she learns that maybe there’s something more valuable. Being romantically dumped...

A fabulous vacation destination? A winter wonderland? That big fat lie is exposed once and for all in a bracing essay by Mindy Kaling. Mindy takes her family to Vail for a privileged experience she never had as a child. Instead of a wholesome family memory, it’s a slushy, expensive, and...

NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • In this hilarious instant classic, the creator of The Mindy Project and Never Have I Ever invites readers on a tour of her life and her unscientific observations on romance, friendship, and Hollywood. “[Kaling is] like Tina Fey’s cool little sister. Or perhaps...

#1 NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • From the author of Is Everyone Hanging Out Without Me? and creator of The Mindy Project and Never Have I Ever comes a hilarious collection of essays about her ongoing journey to find contentment and excitement in her adult life. “This is Kaling at the height of...

All Mindy Kaling wants is a night out…but what does the scary stranger in the driver’s seat of her ride want? Find out in a nerve-racking minidrama by the New York Times bestselling author of Why Not Me? When Mindy and her best friend, B.J. Novak, are approached on a dark street by a Charles...

A totally relatable essay on showing up to adult life alone, by the singular (and single) writer, producer, and star of Late Night. In lieu of a perfect, hypothetical future husband, Mindy Kaling is thinking a lot about being single. Pros? She can marathon any Christine Baranski show she wants...