The World's Worst Assistant

Sona Movsesian

Jul 2022 · Sold by Penguin

About this ebook

***An Instant New York Times Bestseller***

A Goodreads Choice Nominee for Best Humor Book 

One of Vulture's Best Comedy Books of 2022 | One of Business Insider's Best Books About Celebrities | One of NPR's Books We Love in 2022 | One of Hudson's Best Books of 2022 | One of Audible's Best of Audiobooks of 2022

From Conan O’Brien’s longtime assistant and cohost of his podcast, Conan O'Brien Needs a Friend, a completely hilarious and irreverent how-to guide for becoming a terrible, yet unfireable employee, spilling her trade secrets for minimizing effort while maximizing the rewards.
 
Sona Movsesian didn’t wake up one day and decide to become the World’s Worst Assistant. Achieving such greatness is a gradual process--one that starts with long hours and hard work before it eventually descends into sneaking low-dosage edibles into your lunch and napping on your boss’s couch. 
 
With a foreword from Conan O’Brien, The World’s Worst Assistant is populated with hysterical black-and-white illustrations, comics, and more. It’s a mixture of how-tos (like How to Nap at Work and How to Watch TV at Your Desk), tips for becoming untouchable (like memorizing social security and credit card numbers and endearing yourself to friends and family), and incredible personal stories from Sona’s twelve years spent working for Conan that put their adorable closeness and professional dysfunction on display. In these pages, Sona will explain her descent from eager, hard-working, ambitious, detail-orientated assistant to self-awarded title-holder for the worst in history.

This book is irresistible fun you’ll want to give to every young professional in your life. For readers of heartfelt humor like that of Phoebe Robinson and Colin Jost, The World’s Worst Assistant is a chance for fans, viewers, and listeners of Conan’s shows and podcast to fall in love with Sona and Conan all over again.

Ratings and reviews

just the few pages me a descriptive idea of how bad of a assistant she was but how hard made up for it. definitely a buy

I have not read it yet but I am giving a 5 stars already!

Hace mucho no leo un libro que me guste tanto. Supe de la existencia de Sona hace unos meses cuando empecé a escuchar el podcast. Me volví adicto al podcast y, en uno de los episodios, Sona menciona que había escrito este libro. Asi que lo encontre y lo compre. No solo me gusto mucho, me pareció super agradable y entretenido. También tiene momentos muy graciosos. Seguramente en algún momento no lejano lo lea de vuelta, y cuando vuelva a Estados Unidos lo pienso comprar en la primera librería que lo vea.

About the author

Over her thirteen years of assisting Conan O’Brien, Sona Movsesian has become a regular feature of all things Team Coco and a fan favorite. Now, Sona cohosts Conan’s podcast, Conan O’Brien Needs a Friend, and stars in a regular IGTV show hosted on @TeamCoco every Friday, “Sona Fixes Your Life.” Sona lives in LA with her husband and twin sons. She regularly forgets to put Conan’s appointments in his calendar.