Mel Brooks Book Recommendations & Book Mentions
This list consists of recommendations or mentions of books spotted in media, social media accounts, podcasts or other public websites.
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Mel Brooks is an actor, director, and writer. Writer, Director, Actor, Producer and failed Dairy Farmer.
The Art of Cooking Omelettes
Madame Romaine De LyonMel BrooksIt’s an incredible cookbook with hundreds of French omelette recipes. I’m a bit of an omelette connoisseur, and every night before I go to sleep I love dreaming about which omelette I’ll have for breakfast the next day.
Hardcover, 2013
$24.95$12.48 + Free shipping50% off your first book
Sondheim: Lyrics: Edited by Peter Gethers with Russell Perreault
Stephen SondheimMel BrooksWriting both music and lyrics for a Broadway show is not easy to do—I know, because I’ve done it. But Stephen Sondheim could do it all and made it look easy. He was an incredible gift to the Broadway stage. He will be sorely missed.
Hardcover, 2020
$14.95$7.47 + Free shipping50% off your first book
Robinson Crusoe
Daniel DefoeMel Brooks“Robinson Crusoe"... is my comfort read. I must have read it over a hundred times, and it never fails me... When I read the last page and put the book down I always feel great. Defoe delivers the exact ending that you were hoping for.
Hardcover, 2018
$22.99$11.49 + Free shipping50% off your first book
The Diary of Samuel Pepys: A Pepys Anthology
Samuel PepysMel Brooks“The Diary of Samuel Pepys” is an incredible look at real day-to-day life during the British Restoration period in the 1600s from the bubonic plague to the Great Fire of London.
Paperback, 2010
$11.99$5.99 + Free shipping50% off your first book
The Twelve Chairs
Ilya IlfMel BrooksOne of the funniest books I ever read is called “The Twelve Chairs.” I liked it so much I made a movie of it!.. It’s a crazy picaresque adventure set during the turbulent times immediately following the Russian Revolution.
Paperback, 2011
$22.95$11.48 + Free shipping50% off your first book
Dead Souls
Nikolai GogolMel BrooksIt was a revelation.... hysterically funny and incredibly moving at the same time... It truly raised the bar of what I considered to be important writing. It was a life-changing gift, and I still read it once a year to remind myself of what great comic writing can be.
Paperback, 1997
$18.00$9.00 + Free shipping50% off your first book
The Last Lion: Winston Spencer Churchill: Defender of the Realm, 1940-1965
Paul ReidMel BrooksIt has everything you ever wanted to know about Churchill’s feelings while he was leading his country through the most perilous times.
Hardcover, 2012
$50.00$25.00 + Free shipping50% off your first book
Minecraft: The Island: An Official Minecraft Novel
Max BrooksMel BrooksDon't miss my son Max reading & signing his new book #MinecraftTheIsland this weekend at The Grove in LA! https://t.co/MgX56vEjyF
Paperback, 2019
$10.99$5.49 + Free shipping50% off your first book