Books from "The Colbert Report" (Current Season)

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Books and Movies on "The Colbert Report" (Current Season)

"I don't trust books. They're all fact, no heart." says Stephen Colbert. Now, while this may be true, Stephen has a lot of authors on his show who have written books that I want to read. So here's a list from the current season.

You can also find book lists from earlier seasons as well as the list of books from the current season of The Daily Show in my list of lenses below.

Week of November 2, 2009 

The Hawk and the Dove: Paul Nitze, George Kennan, and the History of the Cold War

Amazon Price: $18.15 (as of 11/14/2009) Buy Now

My Paper Chase: True Stories of Vanished Times

Amazon Price: $18.47 (as of 11/14/2009) Buy Now

Our Choice: A Plan to Solve the Climate Crisis

Amazon Price: $15.78 (as of 11/14/2009) Buy Now

Week of October 26, 2009 

Brother West: Living and Loving Out Loud, A Memoir

Amazon Price: $17.13 (as of 11/15/2009) Buy Now

Why Does E=mc2?: (And Why Should We Care?)

Amazon Price: $16.32 (as of 11/15/2009) Buy Now

The Book of Basketball: The NBA According to The Sports Guy

Amazon Price: $15.00 (as of 11/15/2009) Buy Now

Week of October 12, 2009 

Note: Stephen and the crew are on break the week of October 19, 2009

The World Is Blue: How Our Fate and the Ocean's Are One

Amazon Price: $17.16 (as of 11/14/2009) Buy Now

The Fat Studies Reader

Amazon Price: $19.44 (as of 11/14/2009) Buy Now

The Tao of Wu

Amazon Price: $16.47 (as of 11/14/2009) Buy Now

What to Expect When You're Expected: A Fetus's Guide to the First Three Trimesters

Amazon Price: $10.20 (as of 11/14/2009) Buy Now

Week of September 28, 2009 

Half the Sky: Turning Oppression into Opportunity for Women Worldwide

Amazon Price: $15.97 (as of 11/14/2009) Buy Now

Speech-less: Tales of a White House Survivor

Amazon Price: $17.16 (as of 11/14/2009) Buy Now

The Greatest Show on Earth: The Evidence for Evolution

Amazon Price: $16.20 (as of 11/14/2009) Buy Now

Drinking with George: A Barstool Professional's Guide to Beer

Amazon Price: $16.49 (as of 11/14/2009) Buy Now

Week of September 21, 2009 

The Guinea Pig Diaries: My Life as an Experiment

Amazon Price: $16.50 (as of 11/15/2009) Buy Now

Capitalism: A Love Story [Blu-ray]

Amazon Price: (as of 11/15/2009) Buy Now

Ken Burns: National Parks - America's Best Idea

Amazon Price: $79.99 (as of 11/15/2009) Buy Now

Week of September 14, 2009 

Stephen and his crew are FINALLY back from holidays!

Embryonic (2 CD/1 DVD)

Amazon Price: (as of 11/15/2009) Buy Now

Born Round: The Secret History of a Full-time Eater

Amazon Price: $15.98 (as of 11/15/2009) Buy Now

The Men Who Stare at Goats

You can get a reprint of the "First Earth Battalion Field Manual" over at this CafePress store: http://www.cafepress.com/1eb.58467615

Amazon Price: $10.08 (as of 11/15/2009) Buy Now

Week of August 17, 2009 

Reflections on the Revolution In Europe: Immigration, Islam, and the West

Amazon Price: $19.80 (as of 11/15/2009) Buy Now

The Evolution of God

Amazon Price: $17.15 (as of 11/15/2009) Buy Now

Week of August 10, 2009 

Blind Trust

Amazon Price: $14.09 (as of 11/14/2009) Buy Now

Songs Around The World (CD + DVD)

Amazon Price: $11.99 (as of 11/14/2009) Buy Now

Week of August 3, 2009 

Week of July 27, 2009 

Appelknyckarjazz

Amazon Price: $29.49 (as of 11/15/2009) Buy Now

Who's to Say What's Obscene?: Politics, Culture, and Comedy in America Today

Amazon Price: $12.71 (as of 11/15/2009) Buy Now

The Hurt Locker [Blu-ray]

Amazon Price: (as of 11/15/2009) Buy Now

Week of July 20, 2009 

Superstition: Belief in the Age of Science

Amazon Price: $16.47 (as of 11/14/2009) Buy Now

Free: The Future of a Radical Price

Amazon Price: $21.59 (as of 11/14/2009) Buy Now

Week of July 13, 2009 

Stephen and the show were on vacation the week of July 6, 2009.

The Return of Depression Economics and the Crisis of 2008

Amazon Price: $16.47 (as of 11/14/2009) Buy Now

Life Inc.: How the World Became a Corporation and How to Take It Back

Amazon Price: $17.16 (as of 11/14/2009) Buy Now

Busted: Life Inside the Great Mortgage Meltdown

Amazon Price: $9.03 (as of 11/14/2009) Buy Now

Week of June 29, 2009 

The Pluto Files: The Rise and Fall of America's Favorite Planet

Amazon Price: $16.29 (as of 11/14/2009) Buy Now

No Shortcuts to the Top: Climbing the World's 14 Highest Peaks

Amazon Price: $10.17 (as of 11/14/2009) Buy Now

Week of June 22, 2009 

The American Future: A History

Amazon Price: $19.79 (as of 11/14/2009) Buy Now

The Accidental Guerrilla: Fighting Small Wars in the Midst of a Big One

Amazon Price: $18.45 (as of 11/14/2009) Buy Now

Shop Class as Soulcraft: An Inquiry Into the Value of Work

Amazon Price: $16.83 (as of 11/14/2009) Buy Now

Weeks of June 8 and June 15, 2009 

It's been pretty sparse on authors for the last two weeks. For the week of June 8, 2009 - Stephen was in Iraq visiting the troops. All his interviews were with military personal in Iraq. And for the week of June 15, 2009 - while he was back in the studio, he had on a funny collection of people who weren't authors.

You can check out the episode descriptions and details over at TV.com.

Week of June 1, 2009 

The week of May 25, 2009 was a week of repeats because of the American Memorial Day Holiday.

Food, Inc.

Amazon Price: $14.99 (as of 11/14/2009) Buy Now

Bible Illuminated: The Book New Testament

Amazon Price: $23.10 (as of 11/14/2009) Buy Now

Week of May 18, 2009 

Lost in the Meritocracy: The Undereducation of an Overachiever

Amazon Price: $16.47 (as of 11/15/2009) Buy Now

21st Century Breakdown

Amazon Price: $13.99 (as of 11/15/2009) Buy Now

Confessions of an Alien Hunter: A Scientist's Search for Extraterrestrial Intelligence

Amazon Price: $17.82 (as of 11/15/2009) Buy Now

Week of May 11, 2009 

In Defense of Food: An Eater's Manifesto

Amazon Price: $9.47 (as of 11/15/2009) Buy Now

Roadsinger (To Warm You Through The Night)

Amazon Price: $11.99 (as of 11/15/2009) Buy Now

Week of May 4, 2009 

Star Trek [Theatrical Release]

Amazon Price: (as of 11/14/2009) Buy Now

Chasing Ghosts: Failures and Facades in Iraq: A Soldier's Perspective

Amazon Price: $5.26 (as of 11/14/2009) Buy Now

Week of April 27, 2009 

The Hazards of Love

Amazon Price: $14.49 (as of 11/14/2009) Buy Now

Dumb Money: How Our Greatest Financial Minds Bankrupted the Nation

Amazon Price: $9.99 (as of 11/14/2009) Buy Now

The End of Overeating: Taking Control of the Insatiable American Appetite

Amazon Price: $14.01 (as of 11/14/2009) Buy Now

Week of April 20, 2009 

This American Life: Season Two

Amazon Price: $14.99 (as of 11/14/2009) Buy Now

Week of April 13, 2009 

Bodies: Big Ideas/Small Books

Amazon Price: $10.08 (as of 11/14/2009) Buy Now

Oh, Johnny: A Novel

Amazon Price: $18.25 (as of 11/14/2009) Buy Now

Can a Catholic Support Him? Asking the Big Questions about Barack Obama

Amazon Price: $7.19 (as of 11/14/2009) Buy Now

Book Lists from Other Seasons of "The Colbert Report" 

I've been keeping track of authors appearing on The Daily Show and The Colbert Report for a few years now. Below are my other lenses from earlier seasons.

Week of April 6, 2009 

American Character: A Photographic Journey

Amazon Price: $29.20 (as of 11/14/2009) Buy Now

Banquo's Ghosts

Amazon Price: $17.13 (as of 11/14/2009) Buy Now

Week of March 30, 2009 

Week of March 16, 2009 

Stephen and the Colbert Nation were on Spring Break the week of March 23, 2009

The Graveyard Book

Amazon Price: $10.52 (as of 11/14/2009) Buy Now

The Lost City of Z: A Tale of Deadly Obsession in the Amazon

Amazon Price: $18.15 (as of 11/14/2009) Buy Now

Engaging the Muslim World

Amazon Price: $17.79 (as of 11/14/2009) Buy Now

Week of March 9, 2009 

Sea Sew

New album from the amazing Irish chanteuse, Lisa Hannigan. Wonderful stuff! Visit her website at http://www.lisahannigan.ie/

Amazon Price: $12.99 (as of 11/15/2009) Buy Now

The Thirteen American Arguments: Enduring Debates That Define and Inspire Our Country

Amazon Price: $10.20 (as of 11/15/2009) Buy Now

The Life You Can Save: Acting Now to End World Poverty

Amazon Price: $14.96 (as of 11/15/2009) Buy Now

Week of March 2, 2009 

Everything That Happens Will Happen Today

Amazon Price: $13.99 (as of 11/14/2009) Buy Now

Food Matters: A Guide to Conscious Eating with More Than 75 Recipes

Amazon Price: $16.50 (as of 11/14/2009) Buy Now

Celine Dion's Let's Talk About Love: A Journey to the End of Taste (33 1/3)

Amazon Price: $5.90 (as of 11/14/2009) Buy Now

The Invention of Air

Amazon Price: $17.13 (as of 11/14/2009) Buy Now

Week of February 23, 2009 

Why Him? Why Her?: Finding Real Love By Understanding Your Personality Type

Amazon Price: $16.50 (as of 11/15/2009) Buy Now

The Great Decision: Jefferson, Adams, Marshall, and the Battle for the Supreme Court

Amazon Price: $17.79 (as of 11/15/2009) Buy Now

This Old Road

Amazon Price: $13.99 (as of 11/15/2009) Buy Now

Week of February 9, 2009 

Colbert and crew are on holiday the week of Feb 16, 2009.

Dear Science

Amazon Price: $12.99 (as of 11/14/2009) Buy Now

The Lost Ships of Robert Ballard: An Unforgettable Underwater Tour by the World's Leading Deep-Sea Explorer

Amazon Price: $25.60 (as of 11/14/2009) Buy Now

The Stuff of Thought: Language as a Window into Human Nature

Amazon Price: $10.40 (as of 11/14/2009) Buy Now

Angels and Ages: A Short Book About Darwin, Lincoln, and Modern Life

Amazon Price: $16.47 (as of 11/14/2009) Buy Now

Week of February 2, 2009 

Lincoln on Race and Slavery

Amazon Price: $16.47 (as of 11/14/2009) Buy Now

The Pink Panther 2 [Blu-ray]

Amazon Price: $23.99 (as of 11/14/2009) Buy Now

How We Decide

Amazon Price: $16.50 (as of 11/14/2009) Buy Now

Week of January 26, 2009 

Man on Wire

Amazon Price: $10.17 (as of 11/14/2009) Buy Now

Electric Arguments

Amazon Price: $13.99 (as of 11/14/2009) Buy Now

The Art Instinct: Beauty, Pleasure, and Human Evolution

Amazon Price: $16.50 (as of 11/14/2009) Buy Now

Week of January 19, 2009 

Praise Song for the Day: A Poem for Barack Obama's Presidential Inauguration

Amazon Price: $5.36 (as of 11/15/2009) Buy Now

What Obama Means: ...for Our Culture, Our Politics, Our Future

Amazon Price: $18.69 (as of 11/15/2009) Buy Now

American Lion: Andrew Jackson in the White House

Amazon Price: $23.10 (as of 11/15/2009) Buy Now

Week of January 12, 2009 

The Ascent of Money: A Financial History of the World

Amazon Price: $19.77 (as of 11/14/2009) Buy Now

Obey: Supply & Demand : The Art of Shepard Fairey

Amazon Price: (as of 11/14/2009) Buy Now

Week of January 4, 2009 

Colbert's back! Welcome to Season 5, Nation!

Remix: Making Art and Commerce Thrive in the Hybrid Economy

Amazon Price: $17.13 (as of 11/15/2009) Buy Now

Links for The Colbert Report 

Colbert Nation
ColbertNation.com was relaunched recently as the central point for all things Colbert. Good stuff!
Colbert Report on TV.com
Extensive listing of episodes, news, downloads, pics and reviews about the Colbert Report.
Truthiness
Extensive entry on "truthiness", a word that Colbert recently re-popularlized, from Wikipedia.
Indecision 2008
From "The Daily Show" and "The Colbert Report", a website dedicated to making fun of the American Democratic process, in all of its ceremony and pomposity. Here, you'll find political satire, sardonic blogging, useless graphs, ridiculous polls, and absolutely nothing to help you decide.

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    ILoveNature ILoveNature Aug 11, 2009 @ 6:45 am
    Steven Colbert is so HOT!! I live for the few seconds when he run across the stage (to his guest).

    Steven Colbert for President!!
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    siengchung siengchung Aug 7, 2009 @ 7:54 am
    Alot nice book, let me pick one that i interesting......
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    dannym29 dannym29 Aug 5, 2009 @ 3:53 pm
    Hi,

    Well done this is a brilliant lens, it is very informative and makes for brilliant reading.
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    SimeyC SimeyC Aug 4, 2009 @ 8:11 pm
    Great idea for a Lens - I have a similar one based on the top ten Amazon books - I've lensrolled this lens!
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    Jul 8, 2009 @ 2:07 pm
    up nice lens, ,,, ;)
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    mynameiskate mynameiskate Dec 22, 2008 @ 1:39 am | in reply to whitechristmas
    Hi! Off the top of my head, I'm not sure which book you're thinking of. The absolute best female historian is Doris Kearns Goodwin who has been on the Colbert Report a couple of times. But her books don't have pink book jackets.

    I went back through my lenses (I have 3 - 2006, 2007 and 2008). There are a couple w/ pink dust jackets but most of them arent' actually written by a woman.

    Do you have any more info? Modern history and politics? Or where she was from? There is Ariel Levy's Female Chauvinist Pigs and the Rise of Raunch Culture - listed on here http://www.squidoo.com/colbert-report-book-list-archive in October or Naomi Wolf's "Letters to a Young Patriot" listed here http://www.squidoo.com/colbert-report-book-list-2007 during Sept?

    If you have any more info, let me know! Good luck!!
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    whitechristmas whitechristmas Dec 20, 2008 @ 3:18 am
    Hi, I was wondering if you could help me. My boyfriend and I were watching either the Colbert Report or the Daily show and there was this woman one the show to discuss her new book, but for the life of me I cannot find it anywhere. I remember very little about the book, it had a pink dust cover, it was a about politics/history and obviously written by a woman. I think it was during the writers strike, but i honestly can't remember when we watched this episode, but he really wants this books and I want to get it for him for christmas. If you could help direct me to find this book, that would be awesome!
    Thank You!!
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    Aika Aika Dec 11, 2008 @ 7:21 pm
    Well done lens for a book worm like me. :)
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    middle_kingdom middle_kingdom Dec 9, 2008 @ 7:05 pm
    This is a great list of books. You have put a lot of work into this and it shows. I'd love for you to visit my lens and say hello when you get the chance.
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