Editing Neal Boortz (section)

=== Author ===
[[Image:Neal Boortz.jpg|thumb|left|Boortz on a book tour for ''Somebody's Gotta Say It'']]
Boortz's first foray into authorship was in 1997 with ''The Commencement Speech You Need To Hear'', in which he delivers his opinions on various topics in the form of a commencement speech he would give to new college graduates, if ever invited to do so.<ref name="tcsynth"/> His second book, entitled ''The Terrible Truth About Liberals'', was published in 1998, and contains reprinted material from his first book, along with a significant amount of new material.<ref name="ttal"/>

His third book (co-authored by Georgia Congressman [[John Linder]]) entitled ''[[The FairTax Book]]'', explains the proposal to implement a national retail sales tax in lieu of the federal income taxes, payroll taxes, estate tax, etc.<ref name="ftb">{{cite book|first=Neal|last=Boortz|author2=Linder, John|year=2006|title=[[The FairTax Book|The FairTax Book: Saying Goodbye to the Income Tax and the IRS]]|edition=Paperback|publisher=[[Regan Books]]|isbn=0-06-087549-6 }}</ref> The hardcover version held the #1 non-fiction spot on the ''[[New York Times]]'' bestseller list for the last two weeks of August 2005 and remained in the top ten for seven weeks.<ref name="bookvol">Matt Kempner, "''The FairTax Book'' author from Atlanta is pumping up volume on sales of book." ''The Atlanta Journal-Constitution'', August 20, 2005.</ref> The paperback released in May 2006 contains additional information, an afterword and several revisions of misstatements made in the hardcover edition. It also spent several weeks on the ''[[New York Times]]'' bestseller list.<ref name="bookvol"/> Boortz claims to have donated 100% of his royalties from the FairTax book to charity and has commented on his radio show that he has not made one cent from the book.<ref name="boortzbook"/> As of July 2006, Boortz claims his charitable donations from book proceeds exceed one hundred thousand US dollars.<ref name="boortzbook">{{cite web|url=http://boortz.com/nuze/200509/09202005.html|last=Boortz|first=Neal|title=Nealz Nuze|publisher=Cox Radio|date=2005-09-07|access-date=2006-08-07|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20060831050128/http://boortz.com/nuze/200509/09202005.html|archive-date=2006-08-31}}</ref> 

His fourth book entitled ''Somebody's Gotta Say It'' was released on February 20, 2007,<ref name="sgsi">{{cite book|first=Neal|last=Boortz|year=2007|title=Somebody's Gotta Say It|edition=Paperback|publisher=Regan Books|isbn=978-0-06-087820-7|url=https://archive.org/details/somebodysgottasa0000boor_a0x2}}</ref> and debuted at #2 spot on the ''[[New York Times]]'' bestseller list, second only to Barack Obama's ''[[Audacity of Hope]]''.<ref name="boortzbook2">{{cite web|url=http://www.accessatlanta.com/blogs/content/shared-blogs/accessatlanta/radiotalk/entries/2007/02/28/31_boortz_debut.html|last=Ho|first=Rodney|title=3/1: Boortz debuts at No. 2 (UPDATED)|publisher=The Atlanta Journal-Constitution|date=2005-09-07|access-date=2007-02-28|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070302141311/http://www.accessatlanta.com/blogs/content/shared-blogs/accessatlanta/radiotalk/entries/2007/02/28/31_boortz_debut.html |archive-date=March 2, 2007|url-status=dead}}</ref> He occasionally writes columns on the Internet news/commentary site ''[[Townhall.com]]'' and other online magazines.{{cn|date=September 2024}}

His 2008 book is titled ''[[FairTax: The Truth]]''.<ref name="tftt">{{cite book|first=Neal|last=Boortz|author2=Linder, John|year=2008|title=The FairTax: The Truth|edition=Paperback|publisher=[[Regan Books]]|isbn=978-0-06-154046-2|url=https://archive.org/details/isbn_9780061540462}}</ref> This book attempts to answer the critics of the Fair Tax proposal and claims to correct some of its myths and misrepresentations. It achieved #4 on the ''New York Times'' Best Seller list for the week of March 2, 2008 for paperback nonfiction.{{cn|date=September 2024}}

After Boortz retired from talk radio in January 21, 2013, ''Maybe I Should Just Shut Up and Go Away!'' was published in hardcover by Carpenter's Son Publishing in Franklin Tennessee.{{cn|date=September 2024}}