The following official Monty Python books authored by the team members have been published, mostly in large format: • ''
Monty Python's Big Red Book'' (1971) – Hardcover and paperback. Covers vary. •
The Brand New Monty Python Bok (1973) (Paperback edition issued as
The Brand New Monty Python Papperbok) •
Monty Python and the Holy Grail (Book) (1977) (First draft and shooting scripts, with Gilliam pictures, lobby cards, stills, correspondence and cost breakdown – the film script later republished separately as a standard paperback) • ''
Monty Python's The Life of Brian/MONTYPYTHONSCRAPBOOK'' (1979) (Expanded film script plus a lot of extra material published back-to-back with it – the film script later published separately as a standard paperback) •
The Complete Works of Shakespeare and Monty Python: Vol. 1 – Monty Python (1981) (a repackaging of both the
Big Red Book and the
Brand New Bok) • ''
Monty Python's The Meaning of Life'' (1983) (Expanded film script with photos) •
The Monty Python Gift Boks (1986) (Reissues of paperback editions of
Big Red Book and the
Brand New Papperbok wrapped in a mini poster) • ''
Monty Python's Flying Circus: Just the Words'' (1989) (Mostly complete transcripts of all 4 television series. Originally published in two volumes) •
The Fairly Incomplete & Rather Badly Illustrated Monty Python Song Book (1994) • ''Monty Python's Fliegender Zirkus – Sämtliche Deutschen Shows'' (1998) (Germany-only scriptbook for the two Fliegender Zirkus specials) •
A Pocketful of Python – Picked by Terry Jones (1999) (Terry Jones's favourite Python moments.) •
A Pocketful of Python – Picked by John Cleese (1999) (John Cleese's favourite Python moments.) •
A Pocketful of Python – Picked by Terry Gilliam (2000) (Terry Gilliam's favourite Python moments.) •
A Pocketful of Python – Picked by Michael Palin (2000) (Michael Palin's favourite Python moments.) •
A Pocketful of Python – Picked by Eric Idle (2002) (Eric Idle's favourite Python moments.) •
The Pythons Autobiography by The Pythons (2003) (Edited by Bob McCabe – a large-format, illustrated coffee table book, oral history of Monty Python told through collection of interviews from Python members and friends; later reissued as small, text-only paperback.) •
The Very Best of Monty Python (2006) (Full-colour paperback combining the five volumes of
A Pocketful of Python) •
Monty Python Live! (2009) (A combination of oral history and new Python comedy book including the complete illustrated libretto of Python's live shows) ==Records==