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Every book Joey Diaz recommended on podcasts
Across 2 podcasts. Every show Joey Diaz appears on, in one place — not just one.
Joey Diaz’s most recommended books
- The Essential Lenny Bruce by Lenny Bruce
- The Godfather by Mario Puzo
- Think and Grow Rich by Napoleon Hill
- Brother Sam's Universal Joke Book by Brother SAM
- Carrie by Stephen King
- Cujo by Stephen King
- Life by Unknown
- Murder Machine by Gene Mustain, Jerry Capeci
- On Writing by Stephen King
- Sleepers by Lorenzo Carcaterra
José Antonio Díaz, also known as Joey "CoCo" Diaz, is a Cuban American stand-up comedian, actor, podcaster, and author. After pursuing stand-up comedy full time in 1991 in Colorado and Seattle, he moved to Los Angeles in 1995, where he began acting, securing various film and television roles including BASEketball, Analyze That, Taxi, Rules Don't Apply, ER, and Maron. Across multiple appearances on podcasts such as This Past Weekend w/ Theo Von and The Joe Rogan Experience, Diaz discussed and recommended several books that impacted his life and comedic worldview. On This Past Weekend, he recommended Lenny Bruce's The Essential Lenny Bruce to Theo Von, telling him the book would reveal more about himself than he already knew. While speaking with Joe Rogan, Diaz frequently explored the works of Stephen King. He named Cujo and Carrie as his favorite Stephen King novels, recalling a conversation about how King almost threw Carrie away before his wife encouraged him to finish it. He also mentioned reading King's On Writing alongside Rogan. In another episode, Diaz and Rogan identified a quote about adversity as originating from Napoleon Hill's Think and Grow Rich. Furthermore, Diaz discussed being introduced to a book about Havana by a friend, while Rogan referenced Thomas Harris's The Silence of the Lambs to illustrate different writing styles during their shared conversations.
Books recommended by Joey Diaz
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The Essential Lenny Bruce
The Essential Lenny Bruce is a compilation of writings and routines by the influential and pioneering stand-up comedian Lenny Bruce, co-edited by John Cohen.
Recommended“the black one there the essential Lenny Bruce that one that book will tell you will tell you more about yourself than you know about yourself”
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The Godfather
The Godfather by Mario Puzo is an iconic crime novel chronicling the Corleone mafia family, examining power, loyalty, and the American criminal underworld.
Discussed“so when this Mario Puzo was [ __ ] the book was tremendous they sent it to what's-his-name”
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Think and Grow Rich
Think and Grow Rich by Napoleon Hill is a classic self-help guide focused on wealth creation, personal achievement, and the psychological principles of success.
Discussed“inside every seed of adversity is in and or inside every adversity is a seed of an equivalent benefit... Think and Grow Rich... Napoleon Hills book”
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Brother Sam's Universal Joke Book
Brother Sam's Universal Joke Book by Brother SAM is a biographical work detailing the life, career, and struggles of the late controversial comedian Sam Kinison, written by his brother Bill Kinison.
Discussed“you read the Brother Sam book Brother Sam you know about Sam and yes Sam Kon his brother Bill wrote best part of that [ __ ] story the best part of that whole story that every time I see Carl I give them a hug because I could relate is when they talked about how broke they were and”
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Carrie
Carrie by Stephen King is a classic horror novel about a bullied teenage girl with telekinetic powers who exacts terrifying revenge on her prom night.
Discussed“Could I read that? I think you turned me on to it. When I read that chapter on Kerry how he got written half a carry and threw it away and his wife found him finish it and it was about a girl with a paries of something crazy and like I was in shock. Great book. Kerry is a”
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Cujo
Cujo by Stephen King is a suspenseful horror novel about a mother and her young son trapped in a broken-down car by a rabid, killer Saint Bernard.
Discussed“Right. Kerry and Kujo my favorite Stephen King books who”
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Life
Life is a multi-layered title encompassing works such as Hanya Yanagihara's acclaimed novel, Claire Tomalin's memoir, and biographical histories.
Discussed“a friend of mine turned me onto a book named Havana life turned that was a small book a fascinating read”
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Murder Machine
Murder Machine by Gene Mustain and Jerry Capeci is a true crime book detailing the horrific crimes of mob hitman Roy DeMeo and his crew.
Discussed“like just you gave me that book murder machine you remember that book yeah yeah”
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On Writing
Stephen King's On Writing is a celebrated hybrid of memoir and practical manual that chronicles the author's formative struggles and recovery while offering direct, invaluable advice for aspiring writers on craft, discipline, and the mechanics of prose.
Discussed“Stephen King dog is a [ __ ] crazy [ __ ]. We both read on writing. Yeah. We both did.”
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Sleepers
Discussed“ever see the movie sleepers you ever see the movie sleepers which movie movie sleepers about the four kid heads explode no scanners the four kids who rob a hot dog man and by mistake a guy dies and they send them to a Jail who's in it uh look Allstar cast uh Brad Pit the N was the priest”
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The Iceman
The Iceman by Anthony Bruno details the dark life and crimes of notorious contract killer Richard Kuklinski.
Discussed“this one was by Anthony Bruno called the ican”
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The Silence of the Lambs
The Silence of the Lambs by Thomas Harris is a psychological thriller novel that centers on an FBI trainee seeking the help of an incarcerated serial killer to catch another murderer.
Discussed“you know you know writing has gone like when you read Silence of the Lambs right it's just plain writing but sometimes you read these books with the writers go a little too far with their [ __ ] it's just too much”
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The War of Art
Steven Pressfield's The War of Art serves as a profound guide for creatives, entrepreneurs, and thinkers seeking to understand and conquer the psychological barriers that hinder productivity and inspiration.
Discussed“just looking at your book I've been reading that book lately and it's messing with my head which one I even talked about on the podcast the war of of art oh yeah about resistance”
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Books Joey Diaz wrote
Appearances
Other mentions (10: passing, ad reads, own books)
“and it was the dude from the green book and the other guy the green B the brother the the guy who won the he was the book”
“I watched that [ __ ] thing again a couple weeks ago The Green Mile whatever the green book you know that dude's in the South he [ __ ] wanted to go sing in the South they wouldn't let him [ __ ] they wouldn't put him in a green room they wouldn't let him perform in the eat”
“tremendous the book is out May 5th May 2nd May 2 pre-order Amazon barondes & Nobles thrift.com and you save no delivery charge you go on thriftbooks.com or something”
“tremendous I was trying to write that book for [ __ ] 20 years”
“the United States is a beautiful place because a guy like me could write a book think about that”
“and uh i just remember being a kid in the back seat reading garfield going i'm going to die like i'm going to die”
“I'm gonna [ __ ] your wife in the ass read the book or the book I can't believe it read the book”
“you know there's a funny line in Goodfellas when he goes how can I go to school with all that goody-goody [ _ ] and saluting the flag”
“he goes bring the eyeballs to this lady what sleepers sleepers is a movie about for Irish kids that lay there was”
“we're like what's that movie Lee allowed to Caprio catch me if you can that he was that good right”