Substacks recommended by Chris Stanton

Recommended by Chris Stanton

You Need to Watch This!

By You Need to Watch This by Beth Lisogorsky

I find the good stuff for you. So you don't have to.

Not Normal

By Lindsey Smith

Humorous personal essays and satire straight from my not-normal brain to yours.

No F*cks Given® with Sarah Knight

Permission to live your best life and advice on how to do it, from a bestselling author of sweary self-help. (Me!)

Good Humor

Humor essays, interviews with Funny AF Women and comedy videos from an empty nester mom still waiting for her kids to text her back.

Substack Writers at Work with Sarah Fay

Where real Substack growth happens—with leading Substack Strategist Sarah Fay and the Substack DNA Growth Framework™️

gotham girl

By Alisa Kennedy Jones

gotham girl is a reader-supported newsletter for inquisitive readers from bestselling author Alisa Kennedy Jones. "One of America’s funniest, most singular voices on Substack" — The New York Times

Strange Alchemy

By Ernie Schenck

Every week, we go deep on creativity, this powerfully disruptive and yet so little understood force. With a consistently over 60% open rate, Strange Alchemy is a must read for thousands of readers. It's not magic. It's not science. It's creativity.

things that happened!

By Tina Neidlein

stories + less

Going Solo at the End of the World

By Marya Hornbacher

Solo traveler and New York Times bestselling author goes rogue to bring readers a first-person report from the far reaches of the American road.

How to Evolve

By Ros Barber

Master the language that shapes your reality—whether you're creating your life, a book, or both. Come for the insights, stay for the personal upgrade.

💩 Pandora's Box of Shit

By Sara

Let's plunge the depths of this messy and explosive toilet called life! Dare to open the lid?

No Dikkering Around

By Scott Dikkers

The no-nonsense daily jolt for the writer, performer, and raconteur who wants to get things done. (May contain some nonsense.)

Mistakes Were Made

By Lee Bacon

My books have been translated into 25 languages and optioned for the screen. Follow my misadventures in publishing. Learn from my wins. Laugh at my mistakes.

I thought I was already recommending Mistakes Were Made, which means I made a mistake. Lee is a fantastic and funny writer whose work I look forward to reading every week.

- Chris Stanton

Carol’s Stories for Good

By Carol VanDenHende’s Stories for Good

Welcome to my Substack, where we explore the inspiring intersections of resilience, creativity, and the human spirit. I’m Carol Van Den Hende, an award-winning author, speaker, and strategist. My mission is to inspire hope & empathy for people and planet!

The Next Write Thing

By Nan Tepper

Essays about my formerly dysfunctional life, the family I came from and how I recovered. It's funny, sometimes a bit dark, and very, very real.

Middle-Aged Lady Mom

By Shelly

Humorous, observational, sometimes irrelevant, always relatable parenthood non-advice.

Good Material

By Isabel Kaplan

For people who like their essays personal and their humor dark, a newsletter about the body and the world and what to do with either of them. From novelist Isabel Kaplan.

Oops, My Brain

By Natalie Mead

The land of unhappy heads.

Dave Barry’s Substack

It's pretty random.

Still looking for the Joke

By Merrill Markoe

I probably started writing the piece you are about to read because I thought it contained something funny. Fingers crossed I was correct in this assumption.

Knott, A Newsletter

By Andrew

Writing by Andrew Knott. Parenting, humor, and a little bit of randomness.

New World Porter

By Alexander Porter

Humour + helpful life stuff + relatable stories from a Leukemia survivor because laughter is the best medicine (a claim disputed by 100% of doctors).

Alexander is a terrific writer who always makes me laugh.

- Chris Stanton

Creative Letters

By Robin Cangie (she/her)

A daily note of encouragement for creative people doing hard things

I Already Spent the $200

By Joseph C Simmons

Former comedian turned husband and father Joseph C. Simmons writes on how his life got to this. Please subscribe to have a few laughs or at least learn from his mistakes.