Books spawned from blogs?

January 14, 2007 10:16 AM

I want a list of blogs that have been published as books.

I only know of two:

Overheard in New York
&
Belle de Jour


Surely there are several more!

posted by mjao to computers & internet (61 comments total)

The Smoking Gun?
posted by miss lynnster at 10:21 AM on January 14, 2007

Freakonomics -- http://www.freakonomics.com/blog/
posted by seinfeld at 10:21 AM on January 14, 2007

Lifehacker
The Long Tail (research blog turned book)
posted by superfem at 10:25 AM on January 14, 2007

The Julie/Julia Project blog spawned this here book.
posted by brain cloud at 10:29 AM on January 14, 2007

The woman behind http://wanderingscribe.blogspot.com/ has a book out soon.
posted by fire&wings at 10:30 AM on January 14, 2007

One more...

The Story About the Baby begat The Poo Bomb.
posted by brain cloud at 10:31 AM on January 14, 2007

That Things My Girlfriend and I Have Argued About book.

Also, that Washingtonienne chick wrote a book that was apparently dreadful. Gotta be the shortest-lived blog that got a book deal though.

The SaveNancy woman wrote a book.
posted by dobbs at 10:34 AM on January 14, 2007

Fark has a book coming out, if that counts as a blog.
posted by tjenks at 10:36 AM on January 14, 2007

Wendy McClure, aka Poundy, wrote a book from some of her blogged material called I'm Not the New Me.
posted by xo at 10:38 AM on January 14, 2007

Postsecret?
posted by Jeanne at 10:38 AM on January 14, 2007

The Yarn Harlot has published several books.
posted by rhiannon at 10:43 AM on January 14, 2007

The Yarn Harlot has several books with most of the material coming from her blog.
posted by saffry at 10:44 AM on January 14, 2007

jinx
posted by saffry at 10:44 AM on January 14, 2007

Gordon Atkinson, the author of the blog Real Live Preacher, wrote a book titled RealLivePreacher.com that is mostly a collection of essays from his blog.
posted by RichardP at 10:45 AM on January 14, 2007

Salam Pax, the Baghdad Blogger, "Where is Raed?"

Colby Buzzell, "My War"
posted by A189Nut at 10:46 AM on January 14, 2007

Lifehacker
posted by champthom at 10:51 AM on January 14, 2007

Mimi Smartypants published.
posted by WCityMike at 10:54 AM on January 14, 2007

Anonymous Lawyer
posted by phoenixy at 10:54 AM on January 14, 2007

Section of Language Log have been published as Far from the Madding Gerund and other dispaches from Language Log.
posted by leahwrenn at 10:56 AM on January 14, 2007

Oh, also: Joel on Software has been made into two books.
posted by phoenixy at 10:57 AM on January 14, 2007

Vegan Lunch Box just put out a book of collected recipes.
posted by deeparch at 11:06 AM on January 14, 2007

I think Dooce is being published, isn't it/she?
Also I understand the New York Hack (blog by female taxi driver) is writing a book.
posted by loiseau at 11:07 AM on January 14, 2007

Vitamin Q.
posted by Schlimmbesserung at 11:08 AM on January 14, 2007

Happy Cruelty Day and Girls Are Pretty are pretty directly related.
posted by redsparkler at 11:09 AM on January 14, 2007

Save Karyn
posted by essexjan at 11:14 AM on January 14, 2007

Random Acts of Reality, "a Blog based in London, England, written by an E.M.T working for the London Ambulance Service."
posted by stereo at 11:19 AM on January 14, 2007

Straight Up and Dirty, from the blog Greek Tragedy.

Tales from the Scale is a series of essays derived from various weight-loss blogs, including Lose the Buddha.
posted by LoriFLA at 11:20 AM on January 14, 2007

Girl with a one track mind
posted by londonboots at 11:35 AM on January 14, 2007

Chocolate & Zucchini has a cookbook coming out.
posted by SoftRain at 11:38 AM on January 14, 2007

I haven't read the book, but Break Up Babe was a pretty entertaining blog. I'd link to it, but it's no longer active.
posted by echo0720 at 11:45 AM on January 14, 2007

From Chunk to Hunk: Diary of a Fat Man by Fred Anderson.

He blogged about his weightloss journey, turned it into a book, and then a year or so after the book was released, published it's contents online for free.
posted by 10ch at 11:48 AM on January 14, 2007

Nice Cup of Tea and A Sit Down.
posted by ClarissaWAM at 11:49 AM on January 14, 2007

Tertia has written a book which is based at least in part on her weblog.
posted by amf at 11:53 AM on January 14, 2007

It's Your Time You're Wasting by Frank Chalk.

Wasting Police Time by David Copperfield.
posted by TheophileEscargot at 12:07 PM on January 14, 2007

Raymond Chen, who writes the Old New Thing blog, has a book of the same name coming out, which consists mostly of blog entries.

Also, the guy who writes Waiter Rant has a book deal, although no book yet.
posted by smackfu at 12:11 PM on January 14, 2007

post secret.
posted by ifjuly at 12:15 PM on January 14, 2007

Not exactly a blog, but Selected Amazon Reviews by Kevin Killian.
posted by roll truck roll at 12:37 PM on January 14, 2007

Cool Tools
Inconspicuous Consumption
posted by spasm at 12:41 PM on January 14, 2007

Bitter is the New Black (which sucked, I refuse to link to it, please don't buy it)
Why Girls are Weird
Found
Lileks' books (Interior Desecrations, Gallery of Regrettable Food)
Television Without Pity
posted by Sweetie Darling at 1:10 PM on January 14, 2007

Big Dead Place
posted by The corpse in the library at 1:37 PM on January 14, 2007

Stuff On My Cat and the book.
PostSecret and these three books.

Julie and Julia and the Yarn Harlot books are good reads.
posted by booksherpa at 1:44 PM on January 14, 2007

The Book of Ratings from the late lamented Brunching ShuttlecocksUntitled: A Bad Teen Novel from the late, lamented Hissyfit
posted by bink at 1:49 PM on January 14, 2007

...and, to make up for the missing line break in my previous post, here's a link to the Things My Girlfriend and I Have Argued About book mentioned early in the thread.
posted by bink at 1:52 PM on January 14, 2007

Baghdad Burning : Girl Blog from Iraq by Riverbend.
posted by initapplette at 1:53 PM on January 14, 2007

Bill Simmons of ESPN.com got published: Now I Can Die in Peace.
posted by LouMac at 2:11 PM on January 14, 2007

Not sure if this is exactly what you mean, but there are a number of blogs that have been collected in a book, the humbly titled: "The Very Best Weblog Writing Ever"

Little Yellow Different has entries in this book and others.
posted by Durhey at 2:13 PM on January 14, 2007

In addition to "Girl with a one-track mind", you've also got the titilating:

Belle de Jour: The Intimate Adventures of a London Call Girl

and

Belle de Jour: The Further Adventures of a London Call Girl

(Apoligies, no link, I'm at work!)
posted by ranglin at 2:14 PM on January 14, 2007

Eric Idle's The Greedy Bastard Diary: A Comic Tour of America.

From Publishers Weekly:
During his eponymous tour, playwright, novelist and "third tallest member of Monty Python" Idle posted a daily Internet diary--"a lap dance across America via laptop"--whose entries he's polished and updated for this book.
posted by Fuzzy Monster at 3:56 PM on January 14, 2007

At Last There is Nothing Left to Say by Canadian musician Matthew Good, a printed version of his "manifestos" from the late 90s (which may predate the word "blog", not sure). His website is currently down, but last time I was there he had his manifestos somewhere.
posted by good in a vacuum at 4:14 PM on January 14, 2007

The Mommy Blog > Mommy Confidential: Adventures from the Wonderbelly of Motherhood (up for a Lulu Blooker).

That Lulu blooker link is a good place to find other popular blogs that have made it to print.
posted by ceri richard at 4:35 PM on January 14, 2007

Beauty and the Biz: The International Adventures of America's Third-to-Next Top Model is a compillation of entries from Elyse Sewell's very entertaining blog (and photos) about modelling abroad.
posted by twoporedomain at 4:41 PM on January 14, 2007

"The Lost Blogs," kinda, although not really, since they were never actually blogs.
posted by diddlegnome at 6:18 PM on January 14, 2007

if you count usenet posting before blogs existed as "blogging," then feast your eyes on this magnificent compendium of one author's usenet posts...

How to Good-Bye Depression: If You Constrict Anus 100 Times Everyday. Malarkey? or Effective Way?
posted by Señor Pantalones at 6:30 PM on January 14, 2007

Wil Wheaton's blog entries have been collected into two books - Dancing Barefoot and Just a Geek.
posted by gemmy at 6:43 PM on January 14, 2007

soulemama soulemama.typepad.com) has one coming soon
Angrychicken (angrychicken.typepad.com) also

And Heidi at 101cookbooks.com has a new cookbook coming
posted by chickaboo at 7:02 AM on January 15, 2007

Also, I believe that the wiater from WaiterRant has a book deal.
posted by tjenks at 9:48 AM on January 15, 2007

Though it seems he's completely sold the hell out, The Mixerman Diaries might fit your criteria.
posted by TheNewWazoo at 10:34 AM on January 15, 2007

The Broke Diaries
posted by SisterHavana at 1:32 PM on January 15, 2007

Just Another Soldier: A Year on the Ground in Iraq

My War: Killing Time in Iraq

The Blog of War: Front-Line Dispatches from Soldiers in Iraq and Afghanistan
posted by SenshiNeko at 2:41 PM on January 15, 2007

ApartmentTherapy.com just released a book too.
posted by softlord at 5:34 AM on January 18, 2007

Cleolinda, who writes the Movies in 15 Minutes parodies, has a book out with parodies not available online. The book came about when a publisher spotted her M15M blog and suggested publication.
posted by divabat at 5:09 AM on January 20, 2007