Favorite Writers And others not worth mentioning

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 Dog 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