From legendary comedians such as Groucho Marx (a true bibliophile) to performers from the past decade like Simon Pegg, literature penned by stars of stand-up, sit-coms and comedy movies is plentiful. AbeBooks has autobiographies, diaries, memoirs, books for children and novels – all signed.

I think out of all these books I would most like to read Born Standing Up by Steve Martin. He was featured quite prominently in With Nails: The Film Diaries of Richard E. Grant and he is not your average Hollywood superstar. He also appears in Billy by Pamela Stephenson because Billy Connolly and Martin share an ability to make the banjo like few others.

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