Al Franken Books in Order
Al Franken has written 8 books, published between 1992 and 2017. The first book is I'm Good Enough, I'm Smart Enough, & Doggone It, People Like Me! (1992) and the newest is Al Franken, Giant of the Senate (2017). Publication order is the reading order below.
- Books
- 8
- Published
- 1992–2017
- Confirmed
- 1 of 8 titles
- Pages on record
- 2,397 in 7 of 8 books
- Reading time
- 40–60 hours
Reading time is an estimate, not a recorded figure: 2,397 pages at 300 words a page, read at 200–300 words a minute, covering the 7 of 8 titles with a page count on record.
Al Franken, born Alan Stuart Franken on 21 May 1951, is an American comedian, screenwriter, actor and Democratic politician who represented Minnesota in the United States Senate from 2009 until resigning in 2018. Franken wrote for Saturday Night Live from 1975 to 1980 and again from 1985 to 1995, briefly joining the cast, then hosted a radio show and wrote satirical books about the American right. Catalogued titles include Rush Limbaugh is a Big Fat Idiot (1996), Why Not Me? (1999), Lies & the Lying Liars Who Tell Them (2003), The Truth with Jokes (2005) and Al Franken, Giant of the Senate (2017). Subjects include political satire and presidential campaigns.
How many Al Franken books are there?
Al Franken has 8 books, released between 1992 and 2017.
Al Franken Books in Publication Order
The table lists all 8 Al Franken books in the order they were published, with the release year, the page count where one is on record, and how many independent book listings confirm each title. Catalogue data as of September 2026.
- 1I'm Good Enough, I'm Smart Enough, & Doggone It, People Like Me!1992 · 352 pages · confirmed 1/419923521/4
- 2Rush Limbaugh is a Big Fat Idiot1996 · 336 pages · confirmed 1/419963361/4
- 3Why Not Me?1999 · 320 pages · confirmed 1/419993201/4
- 4Oh, the Things I Know!: A Guide to Success, Or, Failing That, Happiness2002 · 176 pages · confirmed 1/420021761/4
- 5Lies & the Lying Liars Who Tell Them: A Fair & Balanced Look at the Right2003 · 421 pages · confirmed 1/420034211/4
- 6The Truth with Jokes2005 · 386 pages · confirmed 1/420053861/4
- 72015–3/4
- 8Al Franken, Giant of the Senate2017 · 406 pages · confirmed 1/420174061/4
Al Franken books grouped by series
Each title below is a row in the publication-order table above. None of these groups has a reading-order page of its own on this site.
Landmarks in order
1 book- 125. Brave New Workshop
Standalone books
7 books7 Al Franken titles here are not listed as part of any series.
Do you have to read Al Franken books in order?
No. No source lists any of the 8 Al Franken books here as part of a series. The numbered table above gives them by publication date.
Where to start with Al Franken
Start with I'm Good Enough, I'm Smart Enough, & Doggone It, People Like Me! (1992), the earliest published title.
What is the newest Al Franken book?
Al Franken, Giant of the Senate (2017) is the newest Al Franken book released so far.
Is there a new Al Franken book coming?
No next Al Franken book is announced in the catalogue, which is a gap in the listings it merges rather than a sign that the run has ended.
Al Franken at a glance
- No recent titles
- The newest Al Franken title on record dates from 2017, 9 years ago. No later title is catalogued.
- Release pace
- Al Franken books have appeared about one every 4 years on average.
- Length
- 2,397 pages across the 7 of 8 books with a recorded length, a median of 352 pages each.
- Busiest decade
- Most Al Franken books, 3 of 8, were published in the 2000s.
What the Al Franken books are about
7 of the 8 Al Franken books carry subject tags in Open Library's catalogue. The subjects below are the ones that recur across them, most frequent first: humor is tagged on 4 of 7. The subjects are cataloguers’ headings, not a plot summary.
- Humor 4 of 7 books
- Politics and government 4 of 7 books
- Election 3 of 7 books
- Presidents 3 of 7 books
- American Political satire 2 of 7 books
- Presidential candidates 2 of 7 books