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Comedians

A list of books by comedians mentioned on the Joe Rogan Experience Podcast

Seinlanguage
by Jerry Seinfeld
I’m Fine…And Other Lies
by Whitney Cummings
Dear Mrs. Fitzsimmons: Tales of Redemption from an Irish Mailbox
by Greg Fitzsimmons
Life of the Party: Stories of a Perpetual Man-Child
by Bert Kreischer
I Hate Your Guts
by Jim Norton
Happy Endings: The Tales of a Meaty-Breasted Zilch
by Jim Norton
Brother Sam: The Short, Spectacular Life of Sam Kinison
by Bill Kinison
Kasher in the Rye: The True Tale of a White Boy from Oakland Who Became a Drug Addict, Criminal, Mental Patient, and Then Turned 16
by Moshe Kasher
Professional Idiot: A Memoir
by Stephen ‘Steve-O’ Glover
Comic Insights: The Art of Stand-Up Comedy
by Franklyn Ajaye
I Want You to Shut the F#ck Up: How the Audacity of Dopes Is Ruining America
by D.L. Hughley with Michael Malice
Black Man, White House: An Oral History of the Obama Years
by D. L. Hughley with Michael Malice
Sick in the Head: Conversations About Life and Comedy
by Judd Apatow
The Awkward Thoughts of W. Kamau Bell
by W. Kamau Bell
The Jerusalem Syndrome: My Life as a Reluctant Messiah
by Marc Maron
Girl Logic: The Genius and the Absurdity
by Iliza Shlesinger
This Is Not Fame: A “From What I Re-Memoir”
by Doug Stanhope
Digging Up Mother: A Love Story
by Doug Stanhope
Born Standing Up: A Comic’s Life
by Steve Martin
The Todd Glass Situation
by Todd Glass
Your Dad Stole My Rake: And Other Family Dilemmas
by Tom Papa
The Coloring Book: A Comedian Solves Race Relations in America
by Colin Quinn
Fun With Pedophiles: The Best of Baiting
by Doug Stanhope
Stay Hungry
by Sebastian Maniscalco
True Story: A Novel
by Bill Maher
A Polaroid Guy in a Snapchat World
by David Spade
Enter Talking
by Joan Rivers
I Can’t Make This Up: Life Lessons
by Kevin Hart
Rabbit: The Autobiography of Ms. Pat
by Patricia Williams & Jeannine Amber

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Pryor Convictions: And Other Life Sentences
by Richard Pryor

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Last Words
by George Carlin with Tony Hendra
Too Fat to Fish
by Artie Lange with Anthony Bozza
You’re Doing Great!…And Other Reasons to Stay Alive
by Tom Papa

(to be released May 2020)
How to Be a Stand-Up Comic
by Richard Belzer