In case you didn’t know, every month I do a bit of a run down of the interesting readings and signings at our local big box book stores. After perusing some of the recent and upcoming literary releases, it occurred to me that some of the authors who regularly or semi-regularly (or seldomly) appear in the comedy posts on this blog are about to, or recently have just released books of their own. With that in mind, I compiled a by-no-means-comprehensive list of new and recently released books written by comedians, some of which are funny, some of which are not (intentionally and unintentionally).

Coming Soon
Mr. Funny Pants – Michael Showalter (Feb. 22, 2011)
An Object of Beauty – Steve Martin (Nov 23, 2010)
Dear Mrs. Fitzsimmons – Greg Fitzsimmons (Nov 9, 2010)
In Fifty Years We’ll All Be Chicks – Adam Carolla (Nov 2, 2010)
They Call Me Baba Booey – Gary Dell’Abate (Nov 2, 2010)
Untitled Book of Humorous Essays – Mindy Kaling (2011)

Recent Releases
Sleepwalk with Me – Mike Birbiglia (Oct 12, 2010)
Booky Wook 2 – Russell Brand
How to Beat Up Anybody – Judah Friedlander (Oct 5, 2010)
I’m Not High – Jim Breuer (Oct 5, 2010)
Earth (The Book) – Jon Stewart (Sep 21, 2010)
Sexy Book of Sexy Sex – Kristen Schaal (July 28, 2010)

Slightly Older Releases
The Bedwetter – Sarah Silverman (Apr. 20, 2010)
I Know I Am, But What Are You – Samantha Bee (Jun 1, 2010)
I Drink For A Reason (Aug. 31, 2009)
My Custom Van – Michael Ian Black (Jul 14, 2009)
The Will to Whatevs (Feb 10, 2009)

And now we resume your regularly scheduled CMJ programming.