The Hundred Greatest Books That I've Readby Steve MartinThe New Yorker - Shouts and Murmurs September 21, 1998 1. The A-Bomb and Your School Desk 2. Little Lulu, No. 24, January, 1954 3. Weekly Reader humor column 4. Women Love It If You're Funny. (ad) 5. Robert Orben's Patter for Magicians 6. The book that starts, "It was the best of times, it was the worst of times." 7. Silas Marner (first and last page only) 8. The Catcher in the Rye 9. Sex for Teenagers (pamphlet) 10. The Nude (serious art photos) 11. Lolita (movie only) 12. Owner's Manual, 1966 Mustang 13. Showmanship for Magicians, by Darid Fitzkee 14. Republic, by Plato 15. Steal This Book, by Abbie Hoffman 16. Fasting with Incense, by "Free" 17. Being and Nothingness, by J. P. Sartre 18. Being and Nothingness, Cliffs Notes 19. Complete Works of e. e. cummings 20. Complete Works of Shelley 21. How for Two Years to Never Once Speak to the Girl of Your Dreams, Even Though You Sit Across From Her Every Day in the College Library, by D. James 22. How to Seduce Women by Being Withdrawn, Falsely Poetic, and Moody (same author) 23. Hamlet (screenplay) 24. The Banjo and Marijuana: Delusions of Grandeur, by Snuffy Grubbs 25. Howl by Allen Ginsberg 26. Why It's Not Important to Get a Fancy Table at a Restaurant, by D. Jones 27. Journey to Ixtlan, by C. Castaneda 28. Who to Call When You're Busted for Peyote, by Officer E R. Gainsly 29. What to Read on Your Summer Vacation (pamphlet) 30. Tess of the D'Urbervilles 31. The Idiot 32. "The Playboy Advisor" (letters about stereo equipment only) 33. What Night-Club Audiences Are Like in Utah, by Tippy Tibbs 34. 50 Great Spots for Self-Immolation in Bryce Canyon, by Tippy Tibbs (deceased) 35. Great Laundromats of the Southwest, General Services Administration 36. Using Hypnotism to Eliminate the Word "Like"from Your Vocabulary 37. "The Hollywood Hot 100" (article) 38. How to Not Let Anyone Know You're Having a Panic Attack, by E.K.G. 39. "The Hollywood Hot 100" (rechecking) 40. "Whatever Happened To... ?" (article) 41. If You're Not Happy When Everything Good Is Happening to You, You Must Be Insane, by Loopy d'Lulu 42. The Nouveau Riche and Its Attraction to Silver Bathroom Wallpaper, by Paige Rense 43-49. How to Bid at Sotheby's (seven volumes) 50. Thinking You're a Genius in the Art Market Until 1989, by Gregor Ito 51. Beating the Experts at Chinese Ceramics, by Taiwan Tony 52. Selling Your Fake Chinese Ceramics, by Taiwan Tony 53. Windows for Dummies 54. Windows for ldiots 55. Windows for the Subhuman 56. Fifty Annoying Sinus Injections You Can Legally Give Bill Gates 57. Romeo and Juliet 58. Great Love Poems 59. Martha Stewart's Marriage Book 60. Men Are from Mars, Women Are from Venus, by John Gray (gift) 61. How Come You Don' Listen to Me No Mo'?, by Dr. Crady Ulose (gift) 62. Ten Lousy Things Men Do to Be Rotten, by Dr. Laura Sleshslinger (gift) 63. Crummy Men Who Can't Think and Don' Do Nothin', by J. Delius (gift) 64. Prenup Loopholes, by Anon., Esq. 65. How to Survive a Broken Heart 66. Be a Man, Get Over It! 67. Diagnostic Manual of Mental Disordes, American Psychiatric Association 68. Get Ready to Live!, by H. Camper 69. Omelette-Olga: Mnemonic Devices for Remembering Waitresses' Names 70. Victoria's Secret fall catalogue 71. Your Stomach, and Why It's So Fat 72. Inappropriate Dating and Your Hair, by Spraon Brown 73. Male Menopause, by Jed Diamond 74. The Male Within, by Dr. Ken Justin 75. It's a Guy Thing, by "Jesse" (convicted felon) 76. What Breasts Can Make You Do 77. Owner's Manual for the Harley-Davidson Sportster 883 78. 100 Worst Movies of the Eighties 79. Bonding with the Feminine 80. Bringing Out the Feminine 81. Loving Your Anima 82. Show Tunes You Can Whistle, by Keith 83. Life Begins at Forty, Too Bad You're Fifty, by Trini Montana 84. It's Time to Leave Childish Humor Behind, by Ayed Lykta Dooya 85. Ulysses (first sentence only) 86. Vanity Fair, September issue 87. Your Prostate, by Dr. Pokey d'Hole 88. Glasses or Eye Surgery? (pamphlet) 89. Tingling Feet. A Diet Cure 90. Ringing in the Ears (pamphlet) 91. Hearing in Restaurants, by Dr. S. Louder 92. Those Itchy, Itchy Eyes (E-mail) 93. Arthritis! (Internet download) 94. Arrhythmia Can Be Fun (billboard) 95. The User's Guide to Prescription Drugs 96. Why It's Important to Get a Fancy Table at a Restaurant, by D. Jones 97. Final Exit, Hemlock Society 98. Those Fabulous Sixties!, by Guru Bob 99. Staying Current Through Insane Contract Demands 100. Celebrity Secrets for Crying During Interviews (audio book) |
