John Waters Books

Liarmouth: A Feel-Bad Romance: A Novel Hardcover – May 3, 2022 by John Waters (Author) A hilariously filthy tale of sex, crime, and family dysfunction from the brilliantly twisted mind of John Waters, the legendary filmmaker and bestselling author of...

The Queer Film Guide: 100 great movies that tell LGBTQIA+ stories Hardcover – May 16, 2023by Kyle Turner (Author) Enjoy your night in with these movies that tell queer stories. Have you noticed something about every “100 Greatest Movies Ever...

Carsick Hardcover – Big Book, June 3, 2014 by John Waters (Author) By writer/film director John Waters. ISBN 978-0-374-29863-0. John Waters is putting his life on the line. Armed with wit, a pencil-thin mustache, and a cardboard sign that reads...

Make Trouble Hardcover – April 11, 2017 by John Waters (Author) From an icon of popular culture, here is inspiring advice for artists, graduates, and all who seek happiness and success on their own terms.   So what if you...

Role Models Paperback – Illustrated, April 26, 2011 by John Waters (Author) Role Models is a personal invitation into one of the most unique, perverse, and hilarious artistic minds of our time.   From the incomparable John Waters, a paean...

Shock Value Paperback – April 5, 2005 by John Waters (Author) To me, bad taste is what entertainment is all about. If someone vomits watching one of my films, it's like getting a standing ovation. Thus begins John Waters's autobiography....

Edited with text by Jenny He and Dara Jaffe. Foreword by Jacqueline Stewart. Text by Jeanine Basinger, B. Ruby Rich, David Simon, John Waters. Interview with Sean Baker, Debbie Harry, Barry Jenkins, Johnny Knoxville, Bruce LaBruce, Ricki Lake, Orville Peck,...

John Waters: Indecent Exposure Hardcover – October 16, 2018 by Kristen Hileman (Author), Jonathan D. Katz (Contributor), Robert Storr (Contributor), Wolfgang Tillmans (Contributor)   It has been more than fifty years since John Waters filmed his first short on the...

John Waters: Interviews (Conversations with Filmmakers Series) Paperback – September 13, 2011 by James Egan (Editor)   The films of John Waters (b. 1946) are some of the most powerful send-ups of conventional film forms and expectations since Luis Buñuel...