GUIDES
9 Must-read Books from Your Favorite YouTube CreatorsSELP-HELF BY COLLEEN BALLINGER
Colleen Ballinger is a woman of many faces, but
arguably her most notorious is that of Miranda Sings.
Miranda’s channel features Miranda, being Miranda,
doing Miranda things, such as being as confident
and entertaining as she is oblivious and talentless.
With her book, “Selp-Helf,” Miranda seeks to impart
on readers everywhere what they can do to be more
like her, as we all aspire to be. With this satirical spin
on the self-help genre, Ballinger doles out the laughs
while helping readers come to terms with the harsh
truths of life, like the fact that a well-done cateye
look is fine, but you need whiskers to really pull it off.
Miranda Sings videos put the spotlight on her and her
wacky ways, but “Selp-Helf” brings it all together in
one solid book that readers can dig into and enjoy at
their own pace as they make the transformation they
have been waiting on for so long.
NERDY NUMMIES BY ROSANNA PANSINO
There is little that needs to be said about Rosanna
Pansino that can’t be gathered from a quick scroll
through her uploads: she’s nerdy, she’s a top-notch
cook and she’s a pint-sized pack of adorable. Her
channel, Nerdy Nummies, highlights techniques, reci-
pes and even spins on classics that can help viewers
make their own fun, festive and geeky food to blow
away their friends.
Pansino’s book by the same name brings all of that
and more directly into the kitchen, so readers can
enjoy recipes, both old and new, in a clear and concise
manner. A cookbook tends to be easier to parse than
a video, but anyone who picks up a copy of “Nerdy
Nummies” is in for much more than an average cook-
book. Pansino packs all of her enthusiasm and humor
in between the covers here, helping readers not only
to make D-20 cookies, apple pi or robot brownie pops,
but to also have a fun time doing it. The books trans-
forms her signature content into something not only
entertaining but practical as well.