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This selection of books is just that - a selection. It's by no means a complete listing of what's been written about Buster, nor will it ever become one - although it does include the most significant volumes. Most of the recent books are still in print, but many of the older ones have been unavailable for years. Try your local library!

The books are listed by publication date, the most recent first.

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Keep Your Eye On The Kid: The Early Years of Buster Keaton 

Keep Your Eye On The Kid: The Early Years of Buster Keaton
by Catherine Brighton
first published 2008

 

Silent Comedy
by Paul Merton
first published 2007

Buster Keaton: Interviews (Conversations with Filmmakers) (paperback) 

Buster Keaton: Interviews (Conversations with Filmmakers)
Kevin W. Sweeney (Editor)
first published 2007

Arbuckle and Keaton: Their 14 Film Collaborations 

Arbuckle and Keaton: Their 14 Film Collaborations
by James L. Neibaur
first published 2006

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Comedy Incarnate: Buster Keaton, Physical Humor and Bodily Coping
by Noel Carroll
first published 2006

Buster Keaton : Tempest In A Flat Hat (2004) Tempest In A Flat Hat (2005 paperback) 

Buster Keaton : Tempest In A Flat Hat
by Edward McPhereson
first published 2005

Buster Keaton Remembered (2001) 

Buster Keaton Remembered
by Eleanor Keaton & Jeffrey Vance
first published 2001

A-Z Of Silent Film Comedy (1999) 

A-Z Of Silent Film Comedy
by Glenn Mitchell
first published 1999

The Theatre And Cinema Of Buster Keaton (1999) 

The Theater And Cinema Of Buster Keaton
by Robert Knopf
first published 1999

Silent Echoes (1999) 

Silent Echoes : Discovering Early Hollywood Through The Films Of Buster Keaton
by John Bengston
first published 1999

Buster Keaton 

Buster Keaton's Sherlock Jr
edited by Andrew Horton
first published 1997

Keatons Silent Shorts : Beyond The Laughter (1996) 

Keaton's Silent Shorts : Beyond The Laughter
by Gabriella Oldham
first published 1996

Buster : A Legend In Laughter (1995) 

Buster : A Legend In Laughter
by Larry Edwards
first published 1995

The Sound Of Buster Keaton (1995) 

The Sound Of Buster Keaton
by David Macleod
first published 1995

Cut To The Chase (1995) Cut To The Chase (1997) 

Cut To The Chase
by Marion Meade
first published 1995

Buster Keaton : A Bio-Bibliography (1995) 

Buster Keaton : A Bio-Bibliography
by Joanna E. Rapf and Gary L. Green
first published 1995

The Complete Films Of Buster Keaton (1993) 

The Complete Films Of Buster Keaton
by Jim Kline
first published 1993

The Look Of Buster Keaton (1983) 

Le Regard De Buster Keaton (The Look Of Buster Keaton)
by Robert Benayoun
first published 1982

Keaton : The Man Who Wouldn Keaton : The Man Who Wouldn Keaton - The Man Who Wouldn The Man Who Wouldn 

Keaton : The Man Who Wouldn't Lie Down
by Tom Dardis
first published 1979

 

The Film Career Of Buster Keaton
by George Wead and George Lellis
first published 1977

Keaton - The Silent Features Close-Up (1977) 

Keaton : The Silent Features Close Up
by Daniel Moews
first published 1977

Buster Keatons The General (1975) 

Buster Keaton's The General
edited by Richard J. Anobile
first published 1975

The Best Of Buster (1976) 

The Best Of Buster
edited by Richard J. Anobile
first published 1976

The Silent Clowns (1975) The Silent Clowns (1979) The Silent Clowns (1989) 

The Silent Clowns
by Walter Kerr
first published 1975

The Day The Laughter Stopped (1975) The Day The Laughter Stopped (1976) The Day The Laughter Stopped (1991) 

The Day The Laughter Stopped
by David Yallop
first published 1975

The Parades Gone By... (1969) The Parades Gone By... (1982) 

The Parade's Gone By
by Kevin Brownlow
first published 1968

Buster Keaton (1969) 

Buster Keaton
by David Robinson
first published 1968

Keaton (1966) Keaton (1967) Keaton (1971) 

Keaton
by Rudi Blesh
first published 1966

Film 

Film by Samuel Beckett
by unknown
first published c1965

Buster Keaton (1967) 

Buster Keaton
by Jean Pierre Lebel
first published 1964

US first edition (1960) UK (1967) US (1982) 

My Wonderful World Of Slapstick
Buster Keaton with Charles Samuels
first published 1960

The General 

The General
by Joseph Warren
first published 1927


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