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Neil Strauss Books in Order

Explore Neil Strauss books in order, with publication details and book summaries to help you choose where to start and plan your next read.

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Marilyn Manson recounts his upbringing, transformation into a rock performer, and life on tour in this memoir written with Neil Strauss. Backstage episodes and personal memories explore religion, provocation, ambition, and the costs of fame.

Don't Try This at Home

by Dave Navarro

2004

Navarro and Neil Strauss assemble a portrait of people captured in a photo booth over a year in the musician's life. The visitors' images and voices reveal a world of loneliness, excess, vulnerability and eccentric personalities.

The Game

by Neil Strauss

2005

Neil Strauss describes his immersion in a community of pickup artists and the techniques they use to approach women. His account follows an experiment in identity, confidence, and seduction that raises questions about intimacy and manipulation.

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This graphic novel follows aspiring adult film star Claudia Corvette through an industry shaped by ambition, exploitation, and celebrity. Neil Strauss and illustrator Bernard Chang use satire and dark humor to examine the pursuit of money and fame.

Rules of the Game

by Neil Strauss

2007

Neil Strauss combines exercises for meeting potential partners with accounts of his own dating experiences. The collection presents a structured challenge, conversational routines, and reflections on the social techniques explored in The Game.

Emergency

by Neil Strauss

2009

Neil Strauss investigates survival skills and personal preparedness after losing confidence in everyday security. His memoir follows training in wilderness survival and encounters with people seeking independence from institutions amid fears of economic and political upheaval.

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Neil Strauss assembles excerpts from his interviews with musicians, actors, and other public figures. These conversations explore fame, addiction, death, creativity, and the unexpected personal moments that emerge behind carefully managed celebrity images.

The Truth

by Neil Strauss

2015

Neil Strauss examines his struggles with commitment through a personal investigation of monogamy, desire, and relationships. His memoir considers alternative arrangements and the emotional consequences of his behavior as he questions what lasting intimacy requires.

The Dirt

by Tommy Lee

The members of Mötley Crüe recount their rise, fame, relationships, and destructive excesses in this collaborative autobiography with Neil Strauss. Shifting personal accounts bring together the band's musical career and its members' experiences of addiction and life backstage.

Standalone Neil Strauss books

  1. Book cover for "The Long Hard Road Out of Hell"
  2. Book cover for "Don't Try This at Home"

    Don't Try This at Home

    by Dave Navarro

    2004A Year in the Life of Dave Navarro
  3. Book cover for "The Game"

    The Game

    by Neil Strauss

    2005Penetrating the Secret Society of Pickup Artists
  4. Book cover for "How to Make Money Like a Porn Star"
  5. Book cover for "Rules of the Game"

    Rules of the Game

    by Neil Strauss

    2007
  6. Book cover for "Emergency"

    Emergency

    by Neil Strauss

    2009This Book Will Save Your Life
  7. Book cover for "Everyone Loves You When You're Dead"

    Everyone Loves You When You're Dead

    by Neil Strauss

    2011Journeys into Fame and Madness
  8. Book cover for "The Truth"

    The Truth

    by Neil Strauss

    2015Sex, Love, Commitment, and the Puzzle of the Male Mind
  9. Book cover for "The Dirt"

    The Dirt

    by Tommy Lee

    Publication date unknownConfessions of the World's Most Notorious Rock Band

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