Books that started as Blogs
Whiter Shades Of Pale: The Stuff White People Like Coast To Coast: From Seattle's Sweaters To Maine's Microbrews
$24.95 – Paperback book / Hardie Grant
In 2008, Christian Lander wrote the 23-week New York Times bestseller Stuff White People Like. Christian Lander has now traveled the nation, speaking about the book, and also obtaining further knowledge of the White Peop... Buy or find out more →
Understand Rap: Explanations Of Confusing Rap Lyrics That You and Your Grandma Can Understand
$15.95 – Paperback book / Abrams
Rap songs are famous for their double entendres, clever turns of phrase, and general ingenuity, but that doesn’t mean things always make sense the first time around. Enter Understand Rap, a very funny pop-cultural refere... Buy or find out more →
Stuff White People Like
$24.95 – Paperback book / Hardie Grant
They say that being able to laugh at yourself is good for you. If that’s true, Christian Lander must be very healthy indeed. This book is a spin-off from a cult blog that takes the piss out of all the things that culture... Buy or find out more →
Escape From Cubicle Nation: From Corporate Prisoner To Thriving Entrepeneur
$22.95 – Paperback book / Berkley
Despite grim headlines about the economy, you DON’T have to stay in a job you intensely hate. There’s a better opportunity waiting out there, and escaping from cubicle nation is easier than you think.
Pamela Slim spe... Buy or find out more →
Awkward Family Photos
$22.99 – Paperback book / Hodder Headline
Based on the hit website, AwkwardFamilyPhotos.com (“painful, regrettable, horrifyingly awesome snaps of family bonding, you will laugh so hard that people in adjoining offices will ask what’s wrong with you”—Esquire), th... Buy or find out more →
The Internet Is A Playground
$24.95 – Paperback book / Fontaine Press
David Thorne has quickly established himself as the world’s leading internet troublemaker. Since his emailed efforts to settle an overdue bill with a drawing of a spider achieved massive worldwide online exposure in 2008... Buy or find out more →
The Pioneer Woman Cooks: Recipes From An Accidental Ranch Wife
$49.99 – Hardcover book / Harper Collins
Paula Deen meets Erma Bombeck in The Pioneer Woman Cooks, Ree Drummond’s spirited, homespun cookbook. Drummond colorfully traces her transition from city life to ranch wife through recipes, photos, and pithy commentary b... Buy or find out more →
This Is Why You're Fat: Where Dreams Become Heart Attacks
$19.99 – Paperback book / Harper Collins
Food was once the providence of celebrated chefs and critical connoisseurs. Cooking shows featured all gourmet creations and web sites displayed artfully photographed delights.
Then something changed.
Perhaps it was the ... Buy or find out more →
The Sartorialist
$35.00 – Paperback book / Particular Books
Scott Schuman just wanted to take photographs of people on the street who looked great. His now famous blog ['the bellwether American site that turned photo blogging into an art form'New York Times] was an attempt to sho... Buy or find out more →
F**K You Penguin
$19.99 – Hardcover book / Harper Collins
In recent years, people of all walks of life have been forced to confront animal cuteness wherever they go: in blockbuster films, on computer desktops and, as pets everywhere have become more and more emboldened, in thei... Buy or find out more →
I Can Has Cheezburger?
$29.99 – Hardcover book / Hodder Headline
Fresh from teh internets, here come LOLcats.
www.icanhascheezburger.com was founded in January 2007 as a place to collect “LOLcats”—pictures of cats with funny captions. It has gone on to become a singular sensation, cap... Buy or find out more →