Not My Type, E. Jean Carroll
Not My Type, E. Jean Carroll
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Not My Type
One Woman vs. a President

Bestseller

Author: E. Jean Carroll

Narrator: E. Jean Carroll

Unabridged: 12 hr 2 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Published: 06/17/2025

Includes: Bonus Material Bonus Material Included


Synopsis

AN INSTANT INDIE, USA TODAY, AND NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER!

“The world knows that Carroll prevailed in her gazillion-dollar lawsuits against Trump for defamation and sexual abuse. But hearing her describe that courtroom battle in her own smoky, mirth-filled drawl is an experience too delicious for the printed page. Which is why you shouldn’t read Not My Type—you should listen to it.”—The Washington Post

"How can a memoir about being sexually assaulted and taking the assailant—a former president of the United States—to civil court for both the attack and defamation be so hilarious and life-affirming? Probably only E. Jean Carroll could pull that one off, and she delivers it best in her own voice." — Slate

A hilarious, hopeful, revelatory behind the scenes account of the trials that riveted the nation

You’ve heard about the tantrums, the seething, the storming out of court, yes. But what about E. Jean’s side of the story? What about the flight suits, the bottle of green Chartreuse, and the bob?

Not My Type puts you in a better seat than the jury box.

You will hear Alina Habba, Esq., “Trump’s most beautiful attorney,” asking E. Jean to “list” the people she has “slept with”—a list which turns out to be so marvelous, it is worth twice the price of this book. You will experience the fear and loathing of E. Jean’s “psychiatric evaluations,” and hear how she tries to cheer up Trump’s gloomy, $750-an-hour shrink by telling him about the strange white tablet Hunter S. Thompson gave her.

You will be in on the choosing of the “clothes for court,” and the creation of “the look”: a look that will help the jury connect the younger E. Jean who is attacked by Trump in Bergdorf’s with the older E. Jean who sits in the courtroom.

It’s all here: two dazzling trials, the full-tilt high stakes, the laugh-out-loud commentary, and the inspiring fact that a woman is never too old to get even.

“Carroll reads with emotion as she relives her traumas and triumphs, her voice alternately cracking from the strain of holding back tears, dripping with exquisite snark or overflowing with joy. The result is a moving and serious listening experience that is also a lot of fun.” — BookPage (Starred Review)

"Delightful . . . We already know that E. Jean Carroll looked smashing when she went to court versus Donald J. Trump. But her irrepressible voice was, necessarily, repressed...Now she is saying pretty much everything." —The New York Times Book Review

"Buoyant." —The New York Times

About E. Jean Carroll

E. Jean Carroll is a journalist and the author of five books, including a biography of Hunter S. Thompson. She has written for Rolling Stone, Outside, Vanity Fair, Esquire, New York, and The Atlantic. She was named one of Time's Most Influential People in the World in 2024. She throws the ball for her dogs at her cabin in the mountains in upstate New York.


Reviews

Goodreads review by Ron on June 20, 2025

This week, while Trump was busy telling America one of his cringy penis jokes, E. Jean Carroll released a memoir titled “Not My Type.” It’s a shocking and shockingly hilarious account of one woman’s fight for justice against a sexual predator who moonlights as president of the United States. The wor......more

Goodreads review by Jenny on June 18, 2025

I’ve been a fan of E. Jean Carroll for decades; clipped and saved her most pungent advice columns in a shoe box (Bass suede bucks), read anything with her byline, and of course followed her recent lawsuits against Trump, and ordered and finished her book in one day — and it did not disappoint. Full......more

Goodreads review by Michele L Smith on June 18, 2025

My She-ro E-Jean shows exactly what it is to be the kind of “good” woman produced during the baby boom and gen x years. She also shows us how to shed that mantle, take up space, and the price she paid for holding the patriarchy from those same generations accountable. I admire her bravery and chutzpa......more

Goodreads review by Bri on June 26, 2025

There's no Kings in America but E. Jean Carroll is a Queen for this. Why don't victims come forward? This woman won millions of dollars from one of the most powerful men in the world and SHE'S still the one paying for it. Some of her closest friends told her decades ago to never say a word or she'd be......more

Goodreads review by Reader on June 21, 2025

E. Jean is astute, brave, and witty AF! I was not expecting to laugh so much while reading a book about DJT’s sexual assault, a defamation case, and the one woman who was seemingly able to inflict misery on the old coot. Apparently she has a Substack- and I fully intend to investigate it. E Jean is......more


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Praise for Not My Type

"Shockingly hilarious... a thriver from a bygone era when writers knew how to really live and propel their prose with rocket fuel... Carroll has written what may be the last great work of New Journalism... employs all her wit, erudition and insight."
Ron Charles, Book Club Newsletter, Washington Post

“E. Jean Carroll gives her all to the narration of the audiobook, sometimes exulting, sometimes near tears, engaging the reader in every detail of her experience…”
Kirkus

"Frothy, delicious, inspirational."
Laura Miller, Slate

"Fascinating on so many levels...so, so funny...such keen and hilarious observations."
Katie Couric

"Uses quick asides, charming anecdotes, goofball humor and court transcripts to detail her fight against the most powerful man in America, it feels hopeful...She’s still so wholly E. Jean. Right there, on the page. Erratic. Funny. Full of life...A field guide for fighting fascism and winning, and not just winning but triumphing and remaining wholly, exuberantly, exasperatingly human."
Lyz Lenz, MSNBC

"Screamingly funny."
Andy Borowitz

"A breezy read, packed with revenge, joy and barbed wit."
The Guardian

"A memoir of love and friendship, a photo party, a movie set and―though sprinkled with social media posts―a mash note to Ye Olde New Journalism. [Carroll] is a Tom Wolfette armored in a “navy-blue Dior-inspired Zara suit” and Revlon’s Toast of New York lipstick, punctuating her observations with a 'whoooooooosh!' and a 'Swaaaaaaaaaaaaak!'"
Alexandra Jacobs, The New York Times Book Review

"Blending courtroom transcripts with her raw, often humorous stream-of-consciousness, Carroll brings an intimate and comedic lens to the trials... From debates over doors, to listing lovers, to the moment Trump misidentified Carroll as his ex-wife Marla Maples, despite insisting he'd never seen her and that 'she's not my type,' there are threads of humor in what Carroll described as a 'very surreal' experience."
Newsweek

"A hilariously funny romp...Laughter for Carroll, as this glorious book makes clear, is about life."
The Arts Fuse, Boston

"Carroll is telling the complete story, from her perspective, of Trump's assault in 1996, and how her long fight for justice largely hinged on her looking the part."
People

"Charming."
New York Times Editors Choice

"Carroll’s account of the trial is delivered in her idiosyncratic, buoyant style. The memoir opens with a Trump attorney asking her to list all of the people she’s ever slept with (“As I am excessively fond of my lovers, my answers to her question give me several minutes of happiness,” she writes), and includes courtroom transcripts that are peppered with her colorful commentary."
The New York Times


Awards

  • BookPage Best Books of the Year
  • NPR Best Book of the Year