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==Books== Carolla and Drew Pinsky co-wrote (with [[Marshall Fine]]) the [[self-help]] book ''The Dr. Drew and Adam Book: A Survival Guide to Life and Love,'' published in 1998.<ref>{{cite book|title=The Dr. Drew and Adam Book|url=https://archive.org/details/drdrewadamboo00pins|url-access=registration|publisher=[[Dell Pub.]]|access-date=March 14, 2012|isbn = 978-0440508366|year = 1998}}</ref> The book is a compilation of some of the advice the pair compiled while producing Loveline.<ref>{{cite news |last=Cruz |first=Clarissa |title=Book Review: The Dr. Drew and Adam Book: A Survival Guide to Life and Love |url=https://ew.com/article/1998/10/30/dr-drew-and-adam-book-survival-guide-life-and-love/ |access-date=March 14, 2012 |newspaper=[[Entertainment Weekly]] |date=October 30, 1998 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110928011510/http://www.ew.com/ew/article/0,,285444,00.html |archive-date=September 28, 2011 |url-status=live }}</ref> In November 2010, Carolla's ''In Fifty Years We'll All Be Chicks... And Other Complaints from an Angry Middle-Aged White Guy'' was published by [[Crown Publishing Group|Crown Archetype]] and debuted at number eight on [[The New York Times Best Seller list|''The New York Times'' Best Seller list]] for hardcover non-fiction on November 21, 2010.<ref name=NYTBestSellerList11-21-2010>{{cite news |title=''The New York Times'' Best Seller list for November 21, 2010 |url=http://www.hawes.com/2010/2010-11-21.pdf |newspaper=[[The New York Times]] |access-date=March 15, 2012 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120528052721/http://www.hawes.com/2010/2010-11-21.pdf |archive-date=May 28, 2012 |url-status=live }}</ref> The book was compiled from rants Carolla had delivered on his radio show and podcast along with some new material and was dictated to and [[ghostwriter|ghost-written]] by Mike Lynch.<ref name=BookProcess>{{cite web |title=Book Talk w/ Mike Lynch |url=http://www.adamcarolla.com/past-shows/book-talk-w-mike-lynch |publisher=[[The Adam Carolla Show (podcast)|The Adam Carolla Show]] |date=November 1, 2010 |access-date=March 18, 2012 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130708190343/http://www.adamcarolla.com/past-shows/book-talk-w-mike-lynch |archive-date=July 8, 2013 |url-status=dead }}</ref> Carolla published a short, illustrated e-book entitled ''Rich Man, Poor Man'' in January 2012. The book details some similarities in the experiences of the very rich and the very poor which are not shared by the middle class.<ref name=DanielGross>{{cite news |last=Gross |first=Daniel |author-link=Daniel Gross (journalist) |title=Adam Carolla's Rich Man, Poor Man |url=https://finance.yahoo.com/blogs/daniel-gross/adam-carolla-rich-man-poor-man-150936949.html |work=[[Yahoo! Finance]] |date=February 2, 2012 |access-date=March 18, 2012 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120206033159/http://finance.yahoo.com/blogs/daniel-gross/adam-carolla-rich-man-poor-man-150936949.html |archive-date=February 6, 2012 |url-status=live }}</ref> The book was illustrated by Michael Narren.<ref name=RichMan_PoorMan>{{cite book |title=Rich Man, Poor Man |date = January 17, 2012|publisher = Crown Archetype|url=https://www.amazon.com/Rich-Man-Poor-ebook/dp/B006T5HD0A/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1326112534&sr=8-1 |access-date=March 18, 2012 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120121145159/http://www.amazon.com/Rich-Man-Poor-ebook/dp/B006T5HD0A |archive-date=January 21, 2012 |url-status=live }}</ref> Carolla's book ''Not Taco Bell Material'' was published by Crown Archetype on June 12, 2012.<ref name=NotTacoBellMaterial>{{cite web |title=Not Taco Bell Material |url=http://www.randomhouse.com/book/212426/not-taco-bell-material-by-adam-carolla |publisher=[[Random House]] |access-date=March 15, 2012 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120511181038/http://www.randomhouse.com/book/212426/not-taco-bell-material-by-adam-carolla |archive-date=May 11, 2012 |url-status=live}}</ref> In ''President Me: The America That's in My Head,'' Carolla presents the comedian's fantasy of the United States with him at the helm.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/entertainment/books/adam-carolla-outlines-his-america-in-new-book-president-me/2014/05/23/e5a7f80e-dabf-11e3-b745-87d39690c5c0_story.html |title=Adam Carolla outlines his America in new book, 'President Me'|first=John|last=Wilwol|newspaper=The Washington Post|access-date=April 11, 2017}}</ref> When asked in separate interviews, both before and after the book's release, about whether the "if-I-were-king" critique of America was a serious piece, he said it's both: "Well, there's a lot of jokes in it, but you know, it's like... Well, if you have a fat friend you may make a lot of fat jokes about your fat friend, but he's still fat".<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.foxnews.com/on-air/oreilly/index.html|title=The O'Reilly Factor|website=[[Fox News]]|date=May 12, 2014|access-date=May 13, 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140513031315/http://www.foxnews.com/on-air/oreilly/index.html|archive-date=May 13, 2014|url-status=dead}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=http://funemploymentradio.com/2013/08/27/funemployment-radio-episode-929/ |title=Funemployment Radio Comedy Podcast β Adam Carolla |publisher=Funemploymentradio.com |date=August 27, 2013 |access-date=February 3, 2014 |archive-date=November 13, 2013 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131113061841/http://funemploymentradio.com/2013/08/27/funemployment-radio-episode-929/ |url-status=dead }}</ref> In ''Daddy, Stop Talking!: And Other Things My Kids Want But Won't Be Getting,'' Carolla writes about modern parenting. Carolla describes what he believes adults must do if they don't want to have to support their kids forever. Carolla uses his own childhood as a cautionary tale, and decries [[helicopter parenting]].<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.cbsnews.com/news/comedian-adam-carolla-on-new-book-daddy-stop-talking/|title=Adam Carolla's parenting advice in "Daddy Stop Talking!"|date=May 26, 2015|website=www.cbsnews.com|language=en|access-date=October 24, 2019}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.wbur.org/hereandnow/2015/06/17/daddy-stop-talking-adam-carolla|title=In 'Daddy, Stop Talking,' Adam Carolla Takes On Parenting|website=www.wbur.org|date=June 17, 2015 |language=en|access-date=October 24, 2019}}</ref> Carolla's book, ''I'm Your Emotional Support Animal: Navigating Our All Woke, No Joke Culture'', was published by [[Post Hill Press]] on June 16, 2020.<ref>{{cite web |title = I'm Your Emotional Support Animal: Navigating Our All Woke, No Joke Culture |url = https://www.barnesandnoble.com/w/im-your-emotional-support-animal-adam-carolla/1135615127 |website = barnesandnoble.com |date =n.d. |access-date = October 27, 2021}}</ref> Carolla's latest book, ''Everything Reminds Me of Something'', was published by [[Post Hill Press]] on July 19, 2022.<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://radio.foxnews.com/2022/07/24/even-more-of-adam-carolla-on-comedy-cancel-culture-and-america/|title=Even More Of Adam Carolla On Comedy, Cancel Culture And America|date=2022-07-24|work=Fox News Radio|access-date=2022-07-25|language=en-US}}</ref>
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