2015, this autobiographical book covers his attempts to form and maintain a long-term relationship following his years in the seduction community. It made the November 1, 2015 NYTimes bestseller list. Several detailed reviews were published in Grantland and the Chicago Tribune after its publication. In June, 2017, I Can't Make This Up: Life Lessons was published with co-author Kevin Hart and immediately was a #1 NY Times Bestseller. In 2019, Strauss launched To Live and Die in LA., a true crime podcast following the death of Adea Shabani. It hit No. 1 on the iTunes podcasts, and was in the top 10 for four months. On December 5, 2021, Strauss became the first mainstream author to mint a book on Ethereum titled Survive All Apocalypses: From Machine Uprisings to Bear Markets. Strauss also has a chapter of advice in Tim Ferriss' book Tools of Titans. Near the end of 2021 Strauss began working on a fictional "tell-all" book about the NFT collection The Bored Ape Yacht Club, entitled Bored and Dangerous. Notable works The Long Hard Road Out of Hell with Marilyn Manson (1998) The Dirt with Mötley Crüe (2001) How to Make Love Like a Porn Star: A Cautionary Tale with Jenna Jameson (2004) The Game: Penetrating the Secret Society of Pickup Artists (2005) How to Make Money Like a Porn Star, illustrated by Bernard Chang (2006) Rules of the Game (2007) Emergency: This Book Will Save Your Life (2009) Everyone Loves You When You're Dead: Journeys Into Fame and Madness (2011) The Truth: An Uncomfortable Book About Relationships (2015) I Can't Make This Up: Life Lessons (2017) Survive All Apocalypses: From Machine Uprisings to Bear Markets (2021) References External links American writers about music Celebrity biographers Jewish American writers Ghostwriters Columbia College (New York) alumni Latin School of Chicago alumni Living people Naturalised citizens of Saint Kitts and Nevis Pickup artists The New York Times writers Vassar College alumni Year of birth missing (living people)