Brain Droppings is a 1997 book by comedian George Carlin. This was Carlin's "first real book" and contains much of Carlin's stand-up comedy material. According to the cover, the book contains "jokes, notions, doubts, opinions, questions, thoughts, beliefs, assertions, assumptions, and disturbing references" and "comedy, nonsense, satire, mockery, merriment, sarcasm, ridicule, silliness, bluster, and toxic alienation". For longtime Carlin fans, the book also contains complete versions of two of his famous monologues: "A Place for My Stuff" and "Baseball and Football", as well as the infamous Derek Sabo bit.
The hardcover edition was on the New York Times Bestseller List for 18 straight weeks. The following year, the paperback edition was published. It stayed on the New York Times bestseller list for 20 weeks. Both editions were published by Hyperion.
As of January 2001, the book had sold over 750,000 total copies.
In August 1998, Hyperion published a 1999 calendar containing quips and quotes from the book.
In May 2000, the book was released as an audiobook, in both CD and cassette tape formats. The audiobook received a Grammy award, Carlin's third, in February 2001. The audiobook edition was published by Highbridge Audio.
