#108 in Biography & memoir
Friends, Lovers, and the Big Terrible Thing
- NYT bestseller · 33 weeks on the list, peaked at #1
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About the book
Friends, Lovers, and the Big Terrible Thing is a memoir by the American-Canadian actor Matthew Perry. It was released by Macmillan Publishers on November 1, 2022, a year before Perry's death on October 28, 2023. In the book, Perry details his decades-long struggle with alcoholism and addiction. Perry also details his personal life, including his relationships and time on the Friends TV series, in which he starred as Chandler Bing. The book was made available in digital, paperback, and hardcover formats, with Perry himself narrating the audiobook edition. Lisa Kudrow, who worked with Perry on Friends starring as Phoebe Buffay, provided the foreword, in which she describes Perry as "sweet, sensitive and rational".
Where the score comes from
The sources average 7.5 across 328 ratings — not yet many, so the reader vote carries 69% of the weight and the rest pulls toward the Biography & memoir average of 8.1. That is how 7.7 comes out.
| Source | Average | Ratings | Weight |
|---|---|---|---|
| Open Library | 8.0 | 17 | 5% |
| Hardcover | 7.5 | 311 | 95% |
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