This book gives blog addicts like yourself the power to walk in the shoes of a TV star, international journalist, criminal court lawyer, video sales clerk and a busy mom, among others. MTV's The Real World's cast member Neil Forrester gives new meaning to the phrase "Bite your tongue." Star Trek: The Next Generation actor Wil Wheaton gives his take on the Hollywood system and fleeting stardom. Web designer Heather B. Hamilton finds herself in the unemployment line after publishing work stories in her blog, Dooce.com. Humorist Choire Sicha gives advice on broken hearts and timeshares. Illustrator Mark Frauenfelder throws out his cell phone and uproots his family from Los Angeles to the sandy beaches of Rarotonga. Plus tales of creepy video store customers, online love lies, Iraqi politics, office pranks gone wrong, jury duty, a childhood meeting with Darth Vader and so much more.

More about this book:
Never Threaten To Eat Your Co-Workers on Grrl.com
Official Best of Blogs site

Books by Kathy Acker:

• Pussy, King of the Pirates
• Blood and Guts in High School
• Empire of the Senseless
• Bodies of Work : Essays

More about Kathy Acker:
Salon.com: Audio of "President Bush"
Interview with Kathy Acker

Books by Marisa Acocella:

• Just who the hell is SHE, anyway?

More about Marisa Acocella:
My review of SHE

Angry Women books:

• Angry Women - RE/Search #13
  Find out what makes performance artists such as Diamanda Galas, Annie Sprinkle and Karen Finley tick and ticked off.

• Angry Women in Rock, Vol. I - Juno Publications
  "Thirteen female musicians and producers, ranging in experience from the established to those of the young underground discuss their views on politics, sexuality, creativity, violence, authority, feminism, corruption and exploitation in the music industry, and many other topics."

• Angry Women in Rock, Vol. 2 - Juno Publications
  

Books by Sandra Bernhard:

• May I Kiss You on the Lips, Miss Sandra?
• I'm Still Here Damn It - audio CD
• Love, Love and Love
• Confessions of a Pretty Lady

More about Sandra Bernhard:
Reviews of Confessions of a Pretty Lady and Love, Love and Love

Books by Kristen Brennan:

• b*girls
  b*girls isn't a normal novel about typical high school girls. Author Kristen Brennan tells "the heart-touching story of two best friends who secretly hate each other's guts." Imagine the movie Heathers meets the dark side of The Babysitter's Club, and you've got the main aura of Dina and her hyperactive pals.

Books by Susie Bright:

• Sexwise
  Founding editor of the lesbian magazine, On Our Backs, this writer and performance artist dissects American sexual taboos and hands the remains to us on a sharp stick in her most recent book, Sexwise.
  
• Herotica 3
• Food, Sex, and Relationships
• The Sexual State of the Union

Books by Dianne Brill:

• Boobs, Boys and High Heels
  Being a girl is the best thing in the world. Take it from infamous socialite Dianne Brill! She's done it all: model, fashion designer, author and party girl. Read her tips on how to flirt, dress and be happy with who you are!

Books by Julia Cameron:

• The Artist's Way: A Spiritual Path to Higher Creativity
  If you've ever had writer's block, or just felt like an uncreative dolt, than you should read Julia Cameron's guidebook on reclaiming your Muse. The Artist's Way is one of the best books you can ever read to get you motivated to write, paint, play music, sculpt, dance or do whatever other creative talent that is lurking inside yourself right now. Some of the text is a tad New Agey, but if you stick to writing three pages every morning and try some of the exercises in the book, you might find yourself oozing with creative and crafty ideas in no time.
• The Vein of Gold : A Journey to Your Creative Heart
  While Artist's Way seems to center around the needs of writers, Vein of Gold seems to be more for artists. But both books are amazing in how they can literally get you off your butt, and on to doing something creative and inspiring.

Books by Lisa Carver:

• Dancing Queen
  Zine editor Lisa Carver lets us peek into her crazy life with essays about hairdressers, K-Mart and Lawrence Welk!
• Rollerderby: The Book
  

More about Lisa Carver:
Rollerderby official site
Read the The Lisa Files
Interview with Lisa on Monsterbit.com

Books by Exene Cervenka:

• Virtual Unreality
  Vocalist/lyricist of the LA punk band, X, publishes her handwritten poetry of a perfect world.
• Just Another War
  
• Make the Music Go Bang
  
• Forming
  
• A Beer on Every Page
  

More about Exene Cervenka:
Salon.com: Audio of "Surface to Air Serpents"

Books by Carol Clover:

• Men, Women and Chainsaws
  "The book is about the construction of gender in slasher movies, and it's really interesting. Lots of theory, but amazingly readable. Talks about women's roles in movies such as "Halloween" and "Nightmare on Elm Street." -- Kim McCleskey

Books by Susan Campo:

• Life After Death and Other Stories
  Strange and zany romp through the clubs, clothes and characters of LA's goth scene, complete with a Sid Vicious wanna be.
• Malingering
• Pretty Things

Books by Simon Doonan:

• Wacky Chicks : Life Lessons from Fearlessly Inappropriate and Fabulously Eccentric Women
  This book makes me proud of my wackiness. The Amy Sedaris interview alone is worth the book!

Books by Mary Gaitskill:

• Two Girls, Fat & Thin
• Because They Wanted to
• Bad Behavior

Books by Lynn Harris:

• Breakup Girl to the Rescue! :
  A Superhero's Guide to Love, and Lack Thereof
  "Not going through a breakup? Not a girl? Not a problem! Breakup Girl -- and this book -- will help everyone with any concern about love that requires a superhero's intervention. It's a fun read no matter where you are, or with whom. None of that Men are Pigs, Women are Nuts-type relationship advice here ... it's all based on BG's belief that we can all get along. (Maybe, in certain combinations, for only three months at a time, but still.)"

Hey, Day!:

• Hey, Day! - by Super Clea and Keva Marie
  Okay so you're bored. Now what? Check out Keva and Clea's book to get some ideas on turning oh-hums into a-has! These ultra-hip chicks used to run Foxy magazine, but now they're just having fun on their own. Read about George (their dog), guitar chords to learn and stickers to make. Their book, which really looks like a cool bound zine) gives you pointers of fun stuff to do every day of the year - from funky crafts to things to ponder.

Books by Cynthia Heimel:

• Get Your Tongue Out of My Mouth, I'm Kissing You Goodbye!
• If You Can't Live Without Me, Why Aren't You Dead Yet?
• Sex Tips for Girls
• When Your Phone Doesn't Ring, It'll Be Me
• The Call of the Wild Girl : Crucial New Sex Tips
• If You Leave Me, Can I Come Too?
• A girl's guide to chaos
• But Enough About You

Books by Tama Janowitz:

• Slaves of New York
  Meet Eleanor, who designs James Bond earrings and outrageous hats, and her boyfriend Stash, a chic graffiti artist. Together and apart they attend hipster downtown parties, fight a lot, make up (so they don't have to go through the hell of finding a new flat in NYC) and try to make a big success of themselves in the Big Apple during the early 1980s.
  
• By the Shores of Gitchee Gumee
  
• A Cannibal in Manhattan
  
• The Male Cross-Dresser Support Group
  
• A Certain Age: A Novel
  

Books by Pagan Kennedy:

• 'Zine
  Starting a zine is easy with a pirated use of a Xerox machine and el grande idea. Pagan knows this firsthand cause she did her own zine called "Pagan's Head." 'Zine has excerpts from her zine that covered every topic from dreadlock hair-care to her ongoing obsession with the Partridge Family.
  
• Pagan Kennedy's Living : A Handbook for Maturing Hipsters
  
• The Exes
  
• Spinsters
  
• Stripping : And Other Stories
  
• Platforms : A Microwaved Cultural Chronicle of the 1970s

Books by La Loca:

• Adventures on the Isle of Adolescence
  She is my goddess and I will gladly give her my soul to teach me how to write poems like her tales of skater boys, old movie theaters and dysfunctional family picnics.
  
• The Mayan
  

Books by Blake Nelson

• Girl
  Follow Portland teenage girl, Andrea Marr as she struggles to find love, solace in the punk music scene and an identity to call her own. If "My So-Called Life" was still on, Andrea would most likely be a character.
  

Rock She Wrote

• Rock She Wrote - edited by Evelyn McDonnell and Ann Powers
  Read about women who took the music journlaism world by storm. A collection of over 60 pieces from such heroines as Patti Smith, Mary Gaitskill, Ellen Willis and more. Check out Kim Gordon's (Sonic Youth) diatribe of touring with her essay, "Boys Are Smelly."

Books by Carla Sinclair

• Net Chick
  The BEST all-grrl guide to the Net, written by the editor of cyberculture zine, bOING bOING. It's chock full of Web site reviews and interviews with women on the Internet today. (There's even a photo of me in there, if you can find it!)
  
• Signal to Noise
• The Happy Mutant Handbook
• From Girls to Grrlz : A History of Women's Comics from Teens to Zines

More about Carla Sinclair:
A Cyberbunny's FAQ by Carla Sinclair
Interview with Carla
Net Chick review
Signal to Noise review

Books by Darcey Steinke

• Jesus Saves
• Suicide Blonde
  Step into the platforms of this doomed girlfriend who secretly follows her estranged & suicidal boyfriend into a world of drugs and prostitution.

Books by Cameron Tuttle

• The Bad Girls' Guide to Open Road
  Any book that shows you how to get out of a speeding ticket without crying and 14 ways to open a bottle on your car can't be bad. The Bad Girls' Guide to Open Road also gives you practical info on dealing with overheated engines and flat tires without making you feel like a wuss. Plus it has a Thelma and Louise feel to it that only us road goddesses can appreciate.
  
• The Bad Girl's Guide to Getting What You Want
  You must have this book. Seriously. Find out how to land the perfect pad, find a fab job, score free drinks (if you're into that bar scene) and plenty of advice on boys, kissing and, well, everything in between. Discover what you really mean when you say you want a better boyfriend. You might just need a therapist and a puppy instead.
• The Bad Girl's Guide to the Party Life
  This book cover is silver glitter. Heck, even if you don't open the book it's worth it just to wave in front of a bright light! Discover how to throw just about any kind of shindig whether it be a Rosemary's Baby Shower, a Marriage-Ender Bender or a Self-pity Party! Plus things to do with lemon wedges! And tips on how to crash a party!

Typical Girls

• Typical Girls: New Stories by Smart Women - edited by Susan Corrigan
  This obviously isn't your typical book of short stories by hip women. Typical Girls has short stories written by Guinevere Turner (actress in Go Fish), Poppy Z. Brite (the goth girl's Anne Rice), and Kristin Hirsh (former Throwing Muses singer). So get ready for stories with a rock-n-roll feminist touch.

Books by Vinnie

• Vinnie's Giant Roller Coaster Period Chart & Journal Sticker Book
  I've never personally tracked "my time of the month," but some women really like to do this. Perhaps it's a good way to document cases of PMS or to plan pool parties, but I suppose I never had a reason to pay attention to my flow. But now that Vinnie's Giant Roller Coaster Period Chart and Journal Sticker Book has hit the shelves (thanks to the cool kids at Chronicle Books) I may have to give my menstrual cycle its long-overdue appreciation. I've never been so proud to be a girl!
  

Books by Rebecca Wells

• Little Altars Everywhere
  As the prequel to Divine Secrets, this book gives you some background on the Walker family. Get ready for an emotional rollercoaster.
• Divine Secrets of the Ya-Ya Sisterhood
  After reading this book, you'll wish you kept a scrapbook about your adventures and tragedies involving childhood gal pals. Plus you may even want to sit down and chat with your mom about HER childhood. This is one book I not only had fun reading, but I plan to give as gifts to all my girlfriends.
  

More about Rebecca Wells:
Interview with Rebecca Wells

YELL-Oh Girls!

• YELL-Oh Girls!: Emerging Voices Explore Culture, Identity, and Growing Up Asian American - edited by Vickie Nam
  Growing up as an Asian-American girl isn't easy. Vickie Nam wanted to create an anthology of essays, stories, poems and artwork that was all about what it's like to be an Asian-American young woman these days. And she succeeds with a great read for any girl! The collection includes 80 brief selections by young women writers between 15 and 22 years of age, from all over the country. Some stories are sad and thought-provoking, while others will have you giggling on the floor.

Zines! books:

• Zines, Vol. I - RE/Search
  "In the past two decades a quiet revolution has gained force: over 50,00 "zines" (independent, not-for-profit self-publications) have emerged and spread - mostly through the mail, with little publicity. Flaunting off-beat interests, extreme personal revelations and social activism, zines directly counter the pseudo-communication and glossy lies of the mainstream media monoply. These interviews capture all the excited associated with uncensored freedom of expression, while offering insight, inspiration and delight."
  
• Zines, Vol. II - RE/Search