Only Say Good Things: Surviving Playboy and Finding Myself

An instant New York Times bestseller and one of People’s Best Celebrity Memoirs of 2024, Only Say Good Things by former Playboy Playmate Crystal Harris offers an honest account of life inside the Playboy mansion. At twenty-one, Crystal was chosen by Hugh Hefner to be one of his “girlfriends,” gaining access to fame and luxury but losing her sense of identity in a culture of control and competition. Under Hefner’s strict rules—from appearance to curfew—she and the other women were objectified and pitted against each other. This memoir reveals the toxic environment behind the Playboy image, Hefner’s final days, and Crystal’s journey toward reclaiming her independence and self-worth.