--- title: Anna Kendrick's New Book Has An Aptly Hilarious Title description: The collection of essays already sounds pitch perfect canonical: https://time.com/4306763/anna-kendrick-book/ author: Megan Lasher article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2016-04-25T20:13:43.000Z article:modified_time: 2026-04-13T09:02:18.971Z og:title: Anna Kendrick's New Book Has a Hilariously Apt Title og:description: It is a collection of essays og:url: https://time.com/4306763/anna-kendrick-book/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltbcd1b193765541af/698890855f570fd322b20a03/anna-kendrick-book-memoir.jpg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 675 og:image:alt: "Mr. Right" New York Premiere og:type: article twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:title: Anna Kendrick's New Book Has a Hilariously Apt Title twitter:description: It is a collection of essays twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltbcd1b193765541af/698890855f570fd322b20a03/anna-kendrick-book-memoir.jpg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  # Anna Kendrick's New Book Has a Hilariously Apt Title by [Megan Lasher](https://time.com/author/megan-lasher/) ## Megan Lasher Apr 25, 2016 8:13 PM UTC  Actress Anna Kendrick attends the "Mr. Right" New York premiere at AMC Lincoln Square Theater on April 6, 2016 in New York City. Actress Anna Kendrick attends the "Mr. Right" New York premiere at AMC Lincoln Square Theater on April 6, 2016 in New York City.Michael Stewart—FilmMagic/Getty by [Megan Lasher](https://time.com/author/megan-lasher/) ## Megan Lasher Apr 25, 2016 8:13 PM UTC _Pitch Perfect_ star Anna Kendrick just revealed a lot more info about her forthcoming book via [Twitter](https://twitter.com/AnnaKendrick47/status/724639387443548160). The autobiographical collection of essays, which will be called _Scrappy Little Nobody_, won’t be your average celebrity memoir. Instead, Kendrick plans to highlight her self-deprecating sense of humor: “Because I get uncomfortable when people have high expectations, I’d like to use this opportunity to showcase my ineptitude, pettiness and the frequency with which I embarrass myself,” she writes on [the site for the book.](http://scrappylittlenobody.com/) > [](https://twitter.com/AnnaKendrick47/status/724639387443548160) Fans [can pre-order the book](http://scrappylittlenobody.com/), which will be released in November. Anna Kendrick's New Book Has An Aptly Hilarious Title ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/4306763/anna-kendrick-book/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/4306763/anna-kendrick-book/"},"headline":"Anna Kendrick's New Book Has a Hilariously Apt Title","datePublished":"2016-04-25T20:13:43.000Z","dateModified":"2026-04-13T09:02:18.971Z","description":"It is a collection of essays","url":"https://time.com/4306763/anna-kendrick-book/","keywords":["motto","News"],"thumbnailUrl":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltbcd1b193765541af/698890855f570fd322b20a03/anna-kendrick-book-memoir.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Megan Lasher","jobTitle":"","url":"https://time.com/author/megan-lasher/"}],"articleSection":"","image":[{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltbcd1b193765541af/698890855f570fd322b20a03/anna-kendrick-book-memoir.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","width":1200,"height":675,"headline":"\"Mr. Right\" New York Premiere","caption":"Actress Anna Kendrick attends the \"Mr. Right\" New York premiere at AMC Lincoln Square Theater on April 6, 2016 in New York City.","creditText":"Michael Stewart—FilmMagic/Getty","representativeOfPage":true}],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/tag/motto/","name":"motto"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/4306763/anna-kendrick-book/","name":"Anna Kendrick's New Book Has a Hilariously Apt Title"}}]}] ```