41 Good, Bad or Meh Books Written By Celebrities

Check out these talented little actor authors. Or is it author actors? We’re not quite sure
41 Good, Bad or Meh Books Written By Celebrities

It seems like these famous folks got a little sick of the cameras and decided to get typing! Good on them, those multifaceted little darlings. 

And we’re not jealous in the slightest! We’re content in knowing that our “not-so-camera-friendly writer faces” solely belong behind a keyboard. So what if these stage and screen adorners think they can venture into the keyboard game. We don’t wish failure upon their books at all.

Jimmy Kimmel

WRITTEN AND ILLUSTRATED BY JIMMY KIMMEL The SERIOUS GOOSE

Steve Martin

THE ALPHABET FROM A TO Y WITH BONUS LETTER Z! S SOAP by STEVE MARTIN and ROZ CHAST cc of EACH AND EVERY ONE 26 A STAR! LETTERS- COUNT 'EM!

Ray Romano

with Richard and Robert Romano Romano Locke Ray illustrated by Gary Raymie, Dickie, and the Bean Why I Love and Hate My Brothers Romano Ray CD reads the book INSIDE

Ricky Gervais

Fanimals fited MORE Material FI Free Flanimal Poster Inside RICKY GERVAIS Author of the New York Times Best Seller FLANIMALS and the creator of the Golden Globe-winning comedy The Office Copyrighted Material

Jeff Foxworthy

JEFF FOX WORTHY Dirt on My Shirt Illustrated by STEVE BJÖRKMAN

Jay Leno

JAY LENO LF ROAST BEEF COULD FLY KISS the JAY LENO CD Illustrated by inside S.B. WHITEHEAD reads the book

Judd Apatow

COMEDY NERD CRACKED.COM JUDD APATOW WROTE TWO BOOKS THAT ARE COLLECTIONS OF COMEDIAN INTERVIEWS. The're called Sick in the Head and, uh, Sicker In The Head, and they're pretty much what you'd expect based on the description - it's Apatow interviewing comedians like Kevin Hart, Norman Lear, and Whitney Cummings.

Jerry Seinfeld

COMEDY NERD CRACKED.COM JERRY SEINFELD WROTE A BRAND-NEW BOOK A FEW YEARS BACK--IN 2020. It's called Is This Anything?, and it has a bunch of Seinfeld's jokes from throughout his comedy career, organized by decade.

Colin Quinn

COMEDY NERD CRACKED.COM COLIN QUINN HAS A BOOK THAT'S, WELL, BASICALLY ONE GIANT ROAST OF THE USA. It's called Overstated: A Coast-to-Coast Roast of the Fifty States and, apparently, calls us out on how we actually live and points out the hypocrisies inherent in what we claim to believe and what we actually do.

Kathy Griffin

COMEDY NERD CRACKED.COM KATHY GRIFFIN WROTE A BOOK ALL ABOUT HER RUN-INS WITH MAJOR CELEBS. The book, titled, uh, Kathy Griffin's Celebrity Run-Ins, is full of stories like the one where she sent Lindsay Lohan a half-eaten salad or the one where she petted Celine Dion's hair.

Aziz Ansari

COMEDY NERD CRACKED.COM AZIZ ANSARI CO-AUTHORED A SURPRISINGLY SERIOUS BOOK ABOUT LOVE. Titled Modern Romance, he teamed up with sociologist Eric Klinenberg to write it -- and it's full of charts, focus group data, and the like.

Patton Oswalt

COMEDY NERD CRACKED.COM PATTON OSWALT IS APPARENTLY ADDICTED TO MOVIES, AND WROTE A BOOK ABOUT THAT. It's named, Silver Screen Fiend, and according to the description, it's about how silver screen celluloid became Patton's life schoolbook, informing his notions of acting, writing, comedy, and relationships.

Amy Schumer

COMEDY NERD CRACKED.COM AMY SCHUMER WROTE THE GIRL WITH THE LOWER BACK TATTOO. It's a collection of essays that, apparently, will have readers wincing with recognition, nodding their head in solidarity, and laughing out loud, according to the publisher's official description.

Marc Maron

COMEDY NERD CRACKED.COM MARC MARON WROTE A MEMOIR CALLED ATTEMPTING NORMAL. According to the publisher, the book is Marc Maron's journey through the wilderness of his own mind, a collection of explosively, painfully, addictively funny stories.

Amy Poehler

COMEDY NERD CRACKED.COM AMY POEHLER WROTE A MEMOIR CALLED SIMPLY YES PLEASE. It pretty much covers the arc of her career, and also contains a bunch of her sayings, like calling people 'sweetheart' makes most people enraged or Other people are not medicine.

LeBron James

Children's books written by celebrities LEBRON JAMES I PROMISE by NINA MATA New You I Promise by LeBron James The basketball superstar wrote a book asking kids to make promises to themselves today that could lead to success when they grow up, such as staying in school, trying their best in everything, and making a better Space Jam. CRACKED.COM

Kristen Bell

Children's books written by celebrities #1 New York Гатых DestasCisn KRISTEN BELL & BENJAMIN HART The World Needs More PURPLE PEOPLE ILLUSTRATIONS in DANIEL WISEMEN The World Needs More Purple People by Kristen Bell and Benjamin Hart The Good Place star teamed up with Hart to tell a story about purple people who ask really good questions to encourage a child's curiosity, ability to relate to others, and outright silliness. (Why the people have to be the color purple isn't really explained.) CRACKED.COM

Jamie Lee Curtis

Children's books written by celebrities Today I Feel Silly & Other MOODS That Make My Day by Jamie Lee Curtis illustrated وا Laura Cornell Today I Feel Silly & Other Moods That Make My Day by Jamie Lee Curtis Curtis' book is written to help children recognize, celebrate, and manage their various feelings and moods that can shift throughout each day. CRACKED.COM

Jimmy Fallon

Children's books written by celebrities 41 NEW YORK TIMES Brother YOUR BABY'S FIRST WORD WILL BE DADA JIMMY FALLON моо Your Baby's First Word Will Be DADA by Jimmy Fallon The Tonight Show host regales us with a tale about the secret campaign that all fathers go on to get their child's first word to be Dada. Yeah, it's lighthearted, but it still feels like Mama erasure. CRACKED.COM

Kevin Hart

Children's books written by celebrities ACTOR AND COMEDIAN KEVIN HART MARCUS MAKES A MOVIE ILLUSTRATED BY DAVID COOPER Marcus Makes a Movie by Kevin Hart The comedian tells a middle-school appropriate story about a kid who hates being in after-school film class, until he realizes he can make a movie about a superhero he created. (No word on whether Dwayne Johnson shows up to upstage Marcus.) CRACKED.COM

Spike Lee

Children's books written by celebrities Please please.baby Spike Lee 8 Tonya Lewis Lee by Please, Madir Melson Baby, Please Kids will - K Del by Spike Lee and Tonya Lewis Lee The filmmaker and his wife teamed up to tell a story about the silly and occasionally frustrating trials of raising a baby. The title is a quote from Lee's She's Gotta Have It, a story that is definitely not for kids. CRACKED.COM

Lupita Nyong’o

Children's books written by celebrities LUPITA NYONG'O Sulwe AT New North Instruction BY VASHTI HARRISON Sulwe by Lupita Nyong'o The award-winning actor tells the tale of a shooting star that helps a little girl love herself and see herself as beautiful, teaching children to see their outer and inner beauty regardless of skin color. CRACKED.COM

Kristi Yamaguchi

Children's books written by celebrities THE NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER Dream Big, Dream BiG Little Pig! Little Pig! by Kristi Yamaguchi KRISTI YAMAGUCHI ILLUSTRATED BY TIM BOWERS The ice skating star wrote a kid's book about a pig that wants to be (what else?) an ice skating star. Write what you know, folks. CRACKED.COM

Seth Meyers

Children's books written by celebrities Seth Meyers TEL I'm Not Scared, YOU'RE Scared! pictures by Rob SayeghJr. I'm Not Scared, YOU'RE Scared! by Seth Meyers The talk show host wrote a story about an anxiety-ridden bear who has to overcome his fears so they don't rule over his life. (No word of a sequel book with the Charmin Bears to discuss toilet training dread.) CRACKED.COM

Julianne Moore

Children's books written by celebrities Freckleface Strawberry Julianne Moore Illustrated by LeUyen Pham Freckleface Strawberry by Julianne Moore Inspired by her childhood, Moore has a series of books about a freckled redhead that goes on adventures while learning to love who she is and how she's built. (While Freckleface Strawberry is a bit on the nose for a name, it's at least more creative than Ginger.) CRACKED.COM

B.J. Novak

Children's books written by celebrities The Book With No Pictures B.J. Novak The Book With No Pictures by B.J. Novak The actor and writer from The Office pulls a twist on the usual children's book by offering no pictures, to illustrate (wordplay!) how the written word can create enough fun on its own. CRACKED.COM

Natalie Portman

Children's books written by celebrities Natalie Permans EARLES The Tortoise The Three Country Mouse and the Hare Little Pigs and City Mouse Natalie Portman's Fables by Natalie Portman Portman does her own take on the classic stories of The Tortoise and the Hare, The Three Little Pigs, and Country Mouse and City Mouse, because no one stopped her. CRACKED.COM

Lil Nas X

Children's books written by celebrities LIL NAS X С is for COUNTRY by Theodore Toulor II С is four Country by Lil Nas X The rapper teaches kids the alphabet in different ways such as A is for Adventure, В is for Boots, and F is for feathers. And fringe. And fake fur. CRACKED.COM

Dolly Parton

Children's books written by celebrities DOLLY PARTON COAT OF MANY COLORS illustrated by Brooke Boynnon-Hoghes Coat of Many Colors by Dolly Parton Using lyrics from her hit song of the same name, Parton tells a story of a young girl who gets from her mom a winter coat made up with rags. While the girl is mocked for being poor, she celebrates the coat since it was made lovingly in every stitch. Excuse us, we gotta go cry and call our moms now. CRACKED.COM

Channing Tatum

Children's books written by celebrities CHANNING TATUM The One and Only Sparkella 40 - - KIM BARNES The One and Only Sparkella by Channing Tatum This story is about the relationship between a creative little girl and her dad, reflecting Tatum's relationship with his daughter. CRACKED.COM

Keanu Reeves

Keanu Reeves wrote BRZRKR, a comic book about an immortal, 80,000-year-old warrior. KEANU REEVES MATT KINDT RON GARNEY BILL CRABTREE BRZRKR VOLUME ONE The main character, the Berzerker, does the U.S. government's dirty work so he can find out the truth about who he is. I had this image in my head of a guy fighting through the ages because of his father's compulsion to violence, he says. CRACKED.COM

Kareem Abdul-Jabbar

Kareem Abdul-Jabbar co-wrote a novel about Sherlock Holmes' brother Mycroft. to KAREEM ABDUL-JABBAR and ANNA WATERHOUSE MYCROFT - AND SHERLOCK It's a murder mystery set in the days of Mycroft's youth that kind of functions as an origin story. CRACKED.COM

The Doors

The Doors' keyboardist, Ray Manzarek, wrote a book about how Jim Morrison's death was basically a hoax. Ray Manzarek The Poet in Exile A Nows Place FOR Per Lem an FM ... Pe let book - stried m It's presented as a totally fictional novel, but it's pretty obviously about Morrison and the Doors - and in the novel, Jordan (the stand-in for Morrison) fakes his own death so he can reset his life. CRACKED.COM

Lynne Cheney

Dick Cheney's wife Lynne published a lesbian romance novel. SISTERS LYNNE CHENET - - THE NOVEL OFA STRONG AND BEAUTIFUL WOMAN WHO BROKE ALLTHE RULES OF THE AMERICAN FRONTIER Sisters was considered so controversial, Cheney persuaded the publisher not to re-issue it in the 2004 re-election year (it was written about 25 years earlier). CRACKED.COM

Anthony Bourdain

Anthony Bourdain published a graphic novel about a sushi chef who's also a murderer. ANTHON BOURDAIN GET JIRO! - LANGOON LOFF OSS ROSE TELEBRODIA The blurb for Get Jiro! starts with In a not-too-distant future L.A. where master chefs rule the town like crime lords and people literally kill for a seat at the best restaurants, a bloody culinary war is raging. CRACKED.COM

Bill O’Reilly

Bill O'Reilly wrote a novel about a deranged TV anchor who kills people. FOR O'REILLY O'Rei - 17 the - PART THAT Red - Tacking A office Even from - R e.g THE CARD AGAINET CAMPERS THOSE WHO TRESPASS A Novel et It's called Those Who Trespass: A Novel of Television and Murder, and it's about an Irish-American TV host who gets fired and then starts stalking and killing his former co-workers. CRACKED.COM

Boris Johnson

Boris Johnson wrote a ridiculously racist novel about suicide bombers. Boris Johnson Seventy Two Virgins Efforteesly brilliane page-turner. DANK TELEGRAPH Seventy-Two Virgins is about Islamofascists (that's what the book calls them) trying to assassinate the U.S. President on a visit to Britain. They're foiled by a conservative Member of Parliament with shaggy hair who likes making classical allusions (coincidentally, that could also describe Johnson). CRACKED.COM

Jim Carrey

Jim Carrey co-wrote kind of an autobiographical novel. JIM CARREY AND YACHON MEMOIRS AND MISINFORMATION NOVEL We say kind of because Memoirs and Misinformation is about a movie star named Jim Carrey, but the plot has him fighting aliens with Gwyneth Paltrow (and it's hard to imagine Gwyneth Paltrow doing that). CRACKED.COM

Richard Kiel

Richard Kiel, who played Jaws in Bond movies, spent 25 years researching and co-writing a book. The True Story of Cassius Glav KENTUCKYZION THE FORMIDABLE The LIGENDARY WHITE PLANTATION CONNER WEREHANCEDHESTORY AND CAUSEDMCIUASIMAD RICHARD KIEL PAMELA WALLACE The True Story of Cassius Clay: Kentucky Lion tells the story of Cassius Clay, a Kentucky abolitionist who lost his friends, his wife, and his son fighting slavery. CRACKED.COM

LeVar Burton

Aftermath by LeVar Burton is a sci-fi novel about civil war in the U.S. *DEFTLY CRAFTED ADDS NEW DEPTH AND PERSPECTIVE TO THE SCIENCE FICTION GENRE Denver Post LEVAR BURTON AFTERMATH ROVERN OF THE FUTURE In the book, civil war breaks out after an earthquake and the assassination of the first African-American U.S. president. Somehow, the plot features an evil scientist kidnapping non-white Americans to harvest their organs. CRACKED.COM

Tyra Banks

Tyra Banks' book Modelland is truly weird sci-fi YA fiction. TYRA BANKS Modelland It's about Tookie, a regular girl who somehow gets a SMIZE, an artifact that could get her to Modelland, a boarding school in the skies that trains young models. CRACKED.COM

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