By Steve Martin

1. The A-Bomb and Your School Desk

2. Little Lulu, No. 24, January, 1954

3. Weekly Reader humor column

4. Women Love It If You're Funny. (ad)

5. Robert Orben's Patter for Magicians

6. The book that starts, "It was the best of times, it was the worst of times."

7. Silas Marner (first and last page only)

8. The Catcher in the Rye

9. Sex for Teenagers (pamphlet)

10. The Nude (serious art photos)

11. Lolita (movie only)

12. Owner's Manual, 1966 Mustang

13. Showmanship for Magicians, by Darid Fitzkee

14. Republic, by Plato

15. Steal This Book, by Abbie Hoffman

16. Fasting with Incense, by "Free"

17. Being and Nothingness, by J. P. Sartre

18. Being and Nothingness, Cliffs Notes

19. Complete Works of e. e. cummings

20. Complete Works of Shelley

21. How for Two Years to Never Once Speak to the Girl of Your Dreams, Even Though You Sit Across From Her Every Day in the College Library, by D. James

22. How to Seduce Women by Being Withdrawn, Falsely Poetic, and Moody (same author)

23. Hamlet (screenplay)

24. The Banjo and Marijuana: Delusions of Grandeur, by Snuffy Grubbs

25. Howl bv Allen Ginsberg

26. Why It's Not Important to Get a Fancy Table at a Restaurant, by D. Jones

27. Journey to Ixtlan, by C. Castaneda

28. Who to Call When You're Busted for Peyote, by Officer E R. Gainsly

29. What to Read on Your Summer Vacation (pamphlet)

30. Tess of the D'Urbervilles

31. The Idiot

32. "The Playboy Advisor" (letters about stereo equipment only)

33. What Night-Club Audiences Are Like in Utah, by Tippy Tibbs

34. 50 Great Spots for Self-Immolation in Bryce Canyon, by Tippy Tibbs (deceased)

35. Great Laundromats of the Southwest, General Services Administration

36. Using Hypnotism to Eliminate the Word "Like"from Your Vocabulary

37. "The Hollywood Hot 100' (article)

38. How to Not Let Anyone Know You're Having a Panic Attack, by E.K.G.

39. "The Hollywood Hot 100" (rechecking)

40. "Whatever Happened To... ?' (article)

41. If You're Not Happy When Everything Good Is Happening to You, You Must Be Insane, by Loopy d'Lulu

42. The Nouveau Riche and Its Attraction to Silver Bathroom Wallpaper, by Paige Rense

43-49. How to Bid at Sotheby's (seven volumes)

50. Thinking You're a Genius in the Art Market Until 1989, by Gregor Ito

51. Beating the Experts at Chinese Ceramics, by Taiwan Tony

52. Selling Your Fake Chinese Ceramics, by Taiwan Tony

53. Windows for Dummies

54. Windows for ldiots

55. Windows for the Subhuman

56. Fifty Annoying Sinus Injections You Can Legally Give Bill Gates

57. Romeo and Juliet

58. Great Love Poems

59. Martha Stewart's Marriage Book

60. Men Are from Mars, Women Are from Venus, by John Gray (gift)

61. How Come You Don' Listen to Me No Mo'?, by Dr. Crady Ulose (gift)

62. Ten Lousy Things Men Do to Be Rotten, by Dr. Laura Sleshslinger (gift)

63. Crummy Men Who Can't Think and Don' Do Nothin', by J. Delius (gift)

64. Prenup Loopholes, by Anon., Esq.

65. How to Survive a Broken Heart

66. Be a Man, Get Over It!

67. Diagnostic Manual of Mental Disordes, American Psychiatric Association

68. Get Ready to Live!, by H. Camper

69. Omelette-Olga: Mnemonic Devices for Remembering Waitresses' Names

70. Victoria's Secret fall catalogue

71. Your Stomach, and Why It's So Fat

72. Inappropriate Dating and Your Hair, by Spraon Brown

73. Male Menopause, by Jed Diamond

74. The Male Within, by Dr. Ken Justin

75. It's a Guy Thing, by "Jesse" (convicted felon)

76. What Breasts Can Make You Do

77. Owner's Manual for the Harley-Davidson Sportster 883

78. 100 Worst Movies of the Eighties

79. Bonding with the Feminine

80. Bringing Out the Feminine

81. Loving Your Anima

82. Show Tunes You Can Whistle, by Keith

83. Lift Begins at Forty, Too Bad You're Fifty, by Trini Montana

84. It's Time to Leave Childish Humor Behind, by Ayed Lykta Dooya

85. Ulysses (first sentence only)

86. Vanity Fair, September issue

87. Your Prostate, by Dr. Pokey d'Hole

88. Glasses or Eye Surgery? (pamphlet)

89. Tingling Feet.' A Diet Cure

90. Ringing in the Ears (pamphlet)

91. Hearing in Restaurants, by Dr. S. Louder

92. Those Itchy, Itchy Eyes (E-mail)

93. Arthritis! (Internet download)

94. Arrhythmia Can Be Fun (billboard)

95. The User's Guide to Prescription Drugs

96. Why It's Important to Get a Fancy Table at a Restaurant, by D. Jones

97. Final Exit, Hemlock Society

98. Those Fabulous Sixties!, by Guru Bob

99. Staying Current Through Insane Contract Demands

100. Celebrity Secrets for Crying During Interviews (audio book)

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This appeared in The New Yorker magazine on September 21, 1998, vol. 74, no. 28, p. 148, in the "Shouts & Murmurs" section.

This is an interesting piece because the progression of books actually follows events and stages in Steve's life.