These are a few of my favorite writers who have published work in print and on the web. I hope you enjoy their work as much as I do.
Essays and Articles
Don’t Eat Before Reading This – Anthony Bourdain
Tasteless – David Sedaris
Turbulance – David Sedaris
Stadium Pal – David Sedaris
Family Business – Simon Rich
I Love Girl – Simon Rich
Day of Judgement – Simon Rich
Amazing Proposal Stories – Simon Rich
Animals – Simon Rich
Center of the Universe – Simon Rich
Animal Tales – Simon Rich
Surprise Rocks Disney Trial – Woody Allen
Tails of Manhattan – Woody Allen
The Road to Recovery – Amy Ozols
Where I Live – Amy Ozols
Nation Shocked by Pre-natal Shooting – The Onion
Baggage-Handling Mix-Up Sends Dirty Bomb To St. Louis – The Onion
Ten Ways to Stop Feeling Like a Failure – Laura Tong
How to Find the Best Freelancer for Your Project – LinkedIn Vladamir Covic
I‘m Sorry Your Nana “Dyed” in a “Comma” – Feedback On Your Grade 6 Creative Writing Essay – Colleen Landry
An FAQ About Your New Birth Control: The Music of Rush – Leslie Ylinen
A Dog’s Guide to Licking Your Own Penis – Ryan Zaharako
Humor Books
Spoiled Brats: Stories – Simon Rich
Free-Range Chickens – Simon Rich
The Last Girlfriend on Earth: And Other Love Stories – Simon Rich
The Baby Boom: How It Got That Way… And It Wasn’t My Fault.. And I’ll Never Do It Again – P.J. O’Rourke
Me Talk Pretty One Day – David Sedaris
When You Are Engulfed in Flames – David Sedaris
Naked – David Sedaris
Dress Your Family in Corduroy and Denim – David Sedaris
Barrel Fever: Stories and Essays – David Sedaris
Holidays on Ice – David Sedaris
Fish Whistle: Little Short Essays by Daniel Pinkwater – Daniel Pinkwater
Forever, Erma: Best-Loved Writing from America’s Favorite Humorist – Erma Bombeck
Let’s Pretend This Never Happened: A Mostly True Memoir – Jenny Lawson
What I’d Say to the Martians: And Other Veiled Threats – Jack Handey
I Shudder: And Other Reactions to Life, Death and New Jersey – Paul Rudnick
Biff America: Steep, Deep & Dyslexic – Jeffrey Bergeron
The 50 Funniest American Writers: An Anthology of Humor from Mark Twain to The Onion – Andy Borowitz
Seriously… I’m Kidding – Ellen DeGeneres
The Bedwetter: Stories of Courage, Redemption and Pee – Sarah Silverman
I Remember Nothing: And Other Reflections – Nora Ephron
Are You There, Vodka? It’s Me, Chelsea – Chelsea Handler
Chelsea Chelsea Bang Bang – Chelsea Handler
Lies That Chelsea Handler Told Me – Chelsea’s Family, Friends and Other Victims
Dave Barry’s Greatest Hits – Dave Barry
Happy Accidents – David Boyne
Bossypants – Tina Fey
Mark Twain: The Complete Works – Mark Twain
Popular Novels
Sycamore Row – John Grisham
Last Night in Twisted River – John Irving
Until I Find You – John Irving
Enemies and Playmates – Darcia Helle
Hell’s Angels: A Strange and Terrible Saga – Hunter S. Thompson
The Sun Also Rises – Ernest Hemingway
The Old Man and the Sea – Ernest Hemingway
Slaughterhouse Five: A Novel – Kurt Vonnegut
Kidnapped – Robert Louis Stephenson
The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde – Robert Louis Stephenson
Treasure Island – Robert Louis Stephenson
The Phantom of the Opera – Gaston Leroux
Dracula – Bram Stoker
The Jungle – Upton Sinclair
Moby Dick – Herman Melville
The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes – Sir Arthur Conan Doyle
Other Books
On Writing – A Memoir of the Craft – Stephen King
Memorable Quotations from James Thurber – James Thurber
Stiff: The Curious Lives of Human Cadavers – Mary Roach
Spook: Science Tackles the Afterlife – Mary Roach
My Planet: Finding Humor in the Oddest Places – Mary Roach
The Wrecking Crew: The Inside Story of Rock and Roll’s Best Kept Secret – Kent Hartman
Stuntman! My Car-Crashing, Plane-Jumping, Bone-Breaking, Death-Defying Hollywood Life – Hal Needham
The Purpose Driven Life – Rick Warren
Holy Bible, King James Version – Zondervan
The Varieties of Religious Experience – William James
Younger Next Year – Chris Crowley and Harry Lodge
Bird by Bird: Some Instructions on Writing and Life – Anne Lamott
The Autobiographer’s Handbook – edited by Jennifer Traig
The Purpose Driven Life: What on Earth Am I Here For? – Rick Warren
Autobiographies and Life Stories
Freedom Found: My Life Stories – Warren Miller
Kitchen Confidential Updated Edition: Adventures in the Culinary Underbelly – Anthony Bourdain
The Wrecking Crew – Kent Hartman
Kristofferson: The Wild American – Stephen Miller
My Marathon: Reflections on a Gold Medal Life – Frank Shorter
Sam Phillips: The Man Who Invented Rock ‘n’ Roll – Peter Guralnick
This Wheel’s on Fire: Levon Helm and the Story of the Band – Levon Helm
Clapton: The Autobiography – Eric Clapton
John Wayne: The Life and Legend – Scott Eyman
To Be Loved – Berry Gordy
Frank: The Voice – James Kaplan
Q: The Autobiography of Quincy Jones – Quincy Jones
Hope: Entertainer of the Century – Richard Zoglin
Becoming Richard Pryor – Scott Saul
Tune In: The Beatles: All These Years – Mark Lewisohn
Bill Graham Presents: My Life Inside Rock and Out – Bill Graham
Simple Dreams: A Musical Memoir – Linda Ronstadt
The Road to Woodstock – Michael Lang
Somebody to Love? A Rock and Roll Memoir – Grace Slick
Crosby, Stills & Nash: The Biography – Dave Zimmer
Live From New York: The Complete, Uncensored History of Saturday Night Live as Told by Its Stars, Writers and Guests – James Andrew Miller
And Here’s the Kicker: Conversations with 21 Top Humor Writers–The New Unexpurgated Version! – Mike Sacks
Mike Wallace: A Life – Peter Rader
Sweet Judy Blue Eyes: My Life in Music – Judy Collins
Life – Keith Richards
My Life and Work: The Autobiography of Henry Ford – Henry Ford
The Autobiography of Benjamin Franklin – Benjamin Franklin
Doc: A Novel – Mary Doria Russell
Epitaph: A Novel of the O.K. Corral – Mary Doria Russell
Up All Night: Ted Turner, CNN, and the Birth of 24-Hour News – Lisa Napoli
Mission: Jimmy Stewart and the Fight for Europe – Robert Matzen
Crazy Horse and Custer: The Parallel Lives of Two American Warriors – Stephen Ambrose
Johnny Carson – Henry Bushkin
The Greatest Generation – Tom Brokaw
They Made America: From the Steam Engine to the Search Engine: Two Centuries of Innovators – Harold Evans
Indianapolis: The True Story of the Worst Sea Disaster in U.S. Naval History and the Fifty-Year Fight to Exonerate an Innocent Man – Lynn Vincent and Sara Vladic
The S**t Pile
These are books that I don’t recommend buying. Save your money.
Bright Spots & Landmines: The Diabetes Guide I Wish Someone Had Handed Me – Adam Brown
Me: Elton John Official Autobiography – Elton John
Behind the Candelabra: My Life With Liberace – Scott Thorson
My Lucky Life In and Out of Show Business: A Memoir – Dick Van Dyke
Long Ago and Far Away: James Taylor – His Life and Music: Long Ago and Far Away – His Life and Music – Timothy White
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