Yearbook
Yearbook is the comedian Seth Rogen's 2021 essay collection, his first book, written across the COVID-19 lockdown of 2020. Rogen, who grew up in a left-wing Jewish household in Vancouver and broke into comedy in his teens before moving to Los Angeles to write for Judd Apatow, organizes the book around set pieces from his own life: bar mitzvah road trips, the night his stand-up career almost ended in front of an indifferent crowd of Jewish retirees, the long apprenticeship at Freaks and Geeks, the making of Superbad and Pineapple Express, the slow learning curve of becoming a director, and the international incident triggered by his 2014 film The Interview. Rogen writes with a comic's instinct for the unembellished punch line and a surprising amount of warmth toward his parents, his collaborators, and the strangers who have stopped him in airports for two decades. The audiobook, narrated by Rogen with a rotating cast of friends and family, became a bestseller in its own right.
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What you might want to know about Yearbook
The questions readers send us most often, answered without spoilers.
British sixth-former Georgia Warr is starting her last year of school sure of two things: that she has never had a crush, and that she is about to find one at university.
Yes. It is a collection of comedic essays about Rogen's life, his rise through Vancouver comedy clubs, and his career in Hollywood.
Yes. The audiobook features Rogen narrating with appearances from his friends, family, and frequent collaborators, and is widely cited as one of the best comedy audiobooks of recent years.
Yearbook was written by Alice Oseman, published in 2022 by fanbooks.
Yearbook is 160 pages in standard print editions, though page counts vary slightly between hardcover, paperback, and large-print formats.
At an average reading pace of about 250 words per minute, Yearbook takes most readers 2 to 3 hours to finish.
Yearbook is a standalone novel by Alice Oseman, not part of a series.
Yearbook is available in hardcover, paperback, ebook, and audiobook formats from Amazon, Bookshop.org, ThriftBooks, and most major bookstores.