The Best Awful There Is

The Best Awful There Is
Cover to "The Best Awful" renamed edition
AuthorCarrie Fisher
LanguageEnglish
GenreAutobiographical novel
PublisherSimon & Schuster
Publication date
January 2004
Publication placeUnited States
Media typePrint (hardback and paperback)
Pages269 (hardback edition) & 288 (paperback edition)
ISBN0-684-80913-3 (hardback edition) & ISBN 0-7432-6930-6 (paperback edition)
OCLC51086674
813/.54 21
LC ClassPS3556.I8115 B4 2003
Preceded byPostcards from the Edge 

The Best Awful There Is (retitled The Best Awful as a paperback), is a 2004 novel by actress and author Carrie Fisher. It is a sequel to her debut novel Postcards from the Edge.

Like most of Fisher's books, this novel is semi-autobiographical and fictionalizes events from her real life. The book features the protagonist character Suzanne Vale that first appeared in Postcards from the Edge. The book fictionalizes the author's relationship with Bryan Lourd, the father of her daughter Billie Lourd.

The Best Awful There Is was later published with the shorter title The Best Awful and is now largely known by this title.