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Book List from "The Colbert Report" with Stephen Colbert

1 - I can do better 2 - Jury's out 3 - Pretty darn good 4 - Splendiferous 5 - Awesometastic (by 24 people)   Your rating: 1 - I can do better 2 - Jury's out 3 - Pretty darn good 4 - Splendiferous 5 - Awesometastic

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Authors and their Books on "The Colbert Report" with Stephen Colbert

 

"I don't trust books. They're all fact, no heart."'
~ Stephen Colbert

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 with some other show links as well. 

Also, if you like the books from The Colbert Report, you might like to check out the list of books from The Daily Show with Jon Stewart

Week of July 14, 2008 

Words of Wisdom

Amazon Price: (as of 07/26/2008)

Let Them In: The Case for Open Borders

Amazon Price: $15.30 (as of 07/26/2008)

Friendly Fire

Amazon Price: $11.53 (as of 07/26/2008)

Saving Graces: Finding Solace and Strength from Friends and Strangers

Amazon Price: $10.17 (as of 07/26/2008)

Links for The Colbert Report 

Colbert Nation
Un-official official site of the Colbert Report. Some good episode recaps and extra info about interviewees here.
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.

Week of June 23, 2008 

The Colbert Report is on vacation for two weeks; Stephen will be back on July 14, 2008!

This Land Is Their Land: Reports from a Divided Nation

Amazon Price: $16.32 (as of 07/26/2008)

Hancock [Theatrical Release]

Amazon Price: (as of 07/26/2008)

Up from Zero: Politics, Architecture, and the Rebuilding of New York

Amazon Price: (as of 07/26/2008)

Fire-Breathing Liberal: How I Learned to Survive (and Thrive) in the Contact Sport of Congress

Amazon Price: $17.13 (as of 07/26/2008)

Week of June 16, 2008 

Only a Theory: Evolution and the Battle for America's Soul

Amazon Price: $17.13 (as of 07/26/2008)

The Future of the Internet--And How to Stop It

Amazon Price: $19.80 (as of 07/26/2008)

The Brief Wondrous Life of Oscar Wao

Amazon Price: $14.97 (as of 07/26/2008)

Surprised by Hope

Amazon Price: (as of 07/26/2008)

Week of June 9, 2008 

Life in the Valley of Death: The Fight to Save Tigers in a Land of Guns, Gold, and Greed

This was one of my very favourite interviews that Stephen has conducted. Mainly because the guy almost made Stephen cry with his super-touching story about being a stutterer as a child and the only creatures he could talk to without his stutter were his animals. So he made them a promise that when he grew up and found his voice, he would give them one. Darn-it .. now I'm getting weepy too! Fabbo interview - go find it on the Comedy Network.

Amazon Price: $17.13 (as of 07/26/2008)

The Ten-Cent Plague: The Great Comic-Book Scare and How It Changed America

Amazon Price: $17.16 (as of 07/26/2008)

Week of June 2, 2008 

One Man's America: The Pleasures and Provocations of Our Singular Nation

Amazon Price: $17.79 (as of 07/26/2008)

The Enchantress of Florence: A Novel

Amazon Price: $17.16 (as of 07/26/2008)

Week of May 26, 2008 

Personal Faith, Public Policy

Amazon Price: $12.80 (as of 07/26/2008)

My Beautiful Mommy

Amazon Price: $15.64 (as of 07/26/2008)

Week of May 12, 2008 

Stephen is on vacation the week of May 19, 2008.

What Really Sank the Titanic: New Forensic Discoveries

Amazon Price: $15.61 (as of 07/26/2008)

Leave Us Alone: Getting the Government's Hands Off Our Money, Our Guns, Our Lives

Amazon Price: $17.79 (as of 07/26/2008)

The Candy Bombers: The Untold Story of the Berlin Airlift and America's Finest Hour

Amazon Price: $19.77 (as of 07/26/2008)

Week of May 5, 2008 

The Downhill Lie: A Hacker's Return to a Ruinous Sport

Amazon Price: $14.96 (as of 07/26/2008)

Just Before Sunrise

Amazon Price: $18.98 (as of 07/26/2008)

The Ten Most Beautiful Experiments

Amazon Price: $15.61 (as of 07/26/2008)

Week of April 28, 2008 

The Reminder

Amazon Price: $10.99 (as of 07/26/2008)

Grace (Eventually): Thoughts on Faith

Amazon Price: $11.20 (as of 07/26/2008)

The Fall and Rise of the Islamic State (Council on Foreign Relations)

Amazon Price: $15.61 (as of 07/26/2008)

World Made by Hand: A Novel

Amazon Price: $16.32 (as of 07/26/2008)

Week of April 21, 2008 

My Life With the Saints

Amazon Price: $10.85 (as of 07/26/2008)

The Age of American Unreason

Amazon Price: $17.16 (as of 07/26/2008)

For One More Day

Amazon Price: $9.60 (as of 07/26/2008)

Just Who Will You Be?: Big Question. Little Book. Answer Within. (ROUGHCUT)

Amazon Price: $10.17 (as of 07/26/2008)

Week of April 14, 2008 

Stephen was in Philadelphia all this week, covering THE Democratic primary. All of the guests were political, but hometown band, The Roots performed.

Rising Down

Amazon Price: $12.99 (as of 07/26/2008)

Taking the Hill: From Philly to Baghdad to the United States Congress

Amazon Price: $14.55 (as of 07/26/2008)

Week of April 7, 2008 

Don't Start the Revolution Without Me!

Amazon Price: $16.47 (as of 07/26/2008)

Memo to the President Elect: How We Can Restore America's Reputation and Leadership

Amazon Price: $17.79 (as of 07/26/2008)

Dreams and Shadows: The Future of the Middle East

Amazon Price: $17.79 (as of 07/26/2008)

Week of March 31, 2008 

Why We're Liberals: A Political Handbook for Post-Bush America

Amazon Price: $16.47 (as of 07/26/2008)

Accelerate

Amazon Price: $9.99 (as of 07/26/2008)

Here Comes Everybody: The Power of Organizing Without Organizations

Amazon Price: $17.13 (as of 07/26/2008)

Week of March 17th, 2008 

Week of March 24, 2008 was a week of repeats :(

Chasing the Flame: Sergio Vieira de Mello and the Fight to Save the World

Amazon Price: $21.75 (as of 07/26/2008)

Welcome to My Living Room

Amazon Price: $14.99 (as of 07/26/2008)

Tapestry

Amazon Price: (as of 07/26/2008)

Why Women Should Rule the World

Amazon Price: $16.47 (as of 07/26/2008)

Week of March 10, 2008 

Out of Iraq: A Practical Plan for Withdrawal Now

This was a really great show. Colbert provided a segment on all the background about the McGovern candidacy in the late 60's/early 70's for those of us who didn't know. And then had a really respectful interview with McGovern. Well done!

Amazon Price: (as of 07/26/2008)

His Panic: Why Americans Fear Hispanics in the U.S.

Amazon Price: $16.47 (as of 07/26/2008)

Gang Leader for a Day: A Rogue Sociologist Takes to the Streets

Amazon Price: $17.13 (as of 07/26/2008)

Week of March 3, 2008 

Elephant, the Tiger, and the Cell Phone, The: The Emerging 21st- Century Power

Amazon Price: $18.15 (as of 07/26/2008)

The Fortune Cookie Chronicles: Adventures in the World of Chinese Food

The interview with Jennifer 8 Lee was so CHARMING! She was delightful and Stephen let someone talk for once. I can't wait to read this book!!

Amazon Price: $16.49 (as of 07/26/2008)

Get Lifted

Amazon Price: $8.97 (as of 07/26/2008)

Week of February 25, 2008 

Finding Oprah's Roots: Finding Your Own

Amazon Price: $13.57 (as of 07/26/2008)

Week of February 11, 2008 

Stephen was off the week of February 18, 2008 - presumably in Oscar-solidarity with Jon.

Ending Aging: The Rejuvenation Breakthroughs That Could Reverse Human Aging in Our Lifetime

Amazon Price: $17.79 (as of 07/26/2008)

The Lucifer Effect: Understanding How Good People Turn Evil

Amazon Price: $12.24 (as of 07/26/2008)

Warped Passages: Unraveling the Mysteries of the Universe's Hidden Dimensions

Amazon Price: $10.85 (as of 07/26/2008)

The Race Card: How Bluffing About Bias Makes Race Relations Worse

Amazon Price: $17.16 (as of 07/26/2008)

The Full Body Project: Photographs by Leonard Nimoy

Amazon Price: $29.70 (as of 07/26/2008)

Week of February 4, 2008 

Red Letter Christians: A Citizen's Guide to Faith and Politics

Amazon Price: $13.59 (as of 07/26/2008)

The Bush Tragedy

Amazon Price: $17.16 (as of 07/26/2008)

National Review

Amazon Price: $38.00 (as of 07/26/2008)

Face to Face with Frogs (Face to Face with Animals)

Amazon Price: $11.53 (as of 07/26/2008)

Week of January 28, 2008 

The Rest Is Noise: Listening to the Twentieth Century

Amazon Price: $19.80 (as of 07/26/2008)

Our Inner Ape: A Leading Primatologist Explains Why We Are Who We Are

Amazon Price: (as of 07/26/2008)

A Nation of Sheep

Amazon Price: $17.15 (as of 07/26/2008)

The Logic of Life: The Rational Economics of an Irrational World

Amazon Price: $16.50 (as of 07/26/2008)

Week of January 21, 2008 

The Geography of Bliss: One Grump's Search for the Happiest Places in the World

Amazon Price: $17.15 (as of 07/26/2008)

The Tipping Point: How Little Things Can Make a Big Difference

Amazon Price: $10.19 (as of 07/26/2008)

Mother Jones

Amazon Price: $15.00 (as of 07/26/2008)

Fortune (1-year)

Amazon Price: $29.98 (as of 07/26/2008)

Week of January 14, 2008 

Your Inner Fish: A Journey into the 3.5-Billion-Year History of the Human Body

Amazon Price: $16.32 (as of 07/26/2008)

Children of Jihad: A Young American's Travels Among the Youth of the Middle East

Amazon Price: $14.55 (as of 07/26/2008)

You're Wearing That?: Understanding Mothers and Daughters in Conversation

Amazon Price: $10.17 (as of 07/26/2008)

Love and Sex with Robots: The Evolution of Human-Robot Relationships

Amazon Price: $16.47 (as of 07/26/2008)

Week of January 7, 2008 

Woot! He's back! The strike may not be over, but Colbert is in the house!

America Works: Critical Thoughts on the Exceptional U.S. Labor Market

Amazon Price: $13.57 (as of 07/26/2008)

The New Republic

Amazon Price: $59.97 (as of 07/26/2008)

Smells Like Dead Elephants: Dispatches from a Rotting Empire

Amazon Price: $11.20 (as of 07/26/2008)

Commentary - Ny

Amazon Price: $50.00 (as of 07/26/2008)

Creating a World Without Poverty: Social Business and the Future of Capitalism

Amazon Price: $17.16 (as of 07/26/2008)

Week of November 5, 2007 

Note: these are the books from guests who were originally scheduled for the show this week. But because of the writers' strike, they are showing repeats. Once the strike is over, I'll update this. So since it's all repeats, now might be a good time to buy a book :)

Love and Sex with Robots: The Evolution of Human-Robot Relationships

Amazon Price: $16.47 (as of 07/26/2008)

The Very Best of Jackson Browne

Amazon Price: $22.99 (as of 07/26/2008)

Week of October 29, 2007 

A Life Decoded: My Genome: My Life

Amazon Price: $17.13 (as of 07/26/2008)

Week of October 15, 2007 

Please note: The Colbert Report is on vacation the week of October 22!

Washington Monthly

Amazon Price: $29.95 (as of 07/26/2008)

Curveball: Spies, Lies, and the Con Man Who Caused a War

Amazon Price: $17.79 (as of 07/26/2008)

How Life Imitates Chess: Making the Right Moves, from the Board to the Boardroom

Amazon Price: $17.13 (as of 07/26/2008)

Week of October 8, 2007