Tyler Perry

===Books===
[[File:Tyler Perry.jpg|thumb|upright|Perry at a book signing in 2006]]
Perry's first book, ''[[Don't Make a Black Woman Take Off Her Earrings|Don't Make a Black Woman Take Off Her Earrings: Madea's Uninhibited Commentaries on Love and Life]]'', appeared on April 11, 2006. The book sold 30,000 copies.<ref>[http://www.thebookstandard.com/bookstandard/news/retail/article_display.jsp?vnu_content_id=1002382647 Exclusive: Tyler Perry's Madea Has Scored Again, This Time in Bookstores] {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20060910035733/http://www.thebookstandard.com/bookstandard/news/retail/article_display.jsp?vnu_content_id=1002382647 |date=September 10, 2006 }}</ref> The hardcover reached number one on the [[The New York Times Best Seller list|''New York Times'' Best Seller list]] and remained on the list for 12 weeks. It was voted Book of the Year, Best Humor Book at the 2006 [[Quill Awards]].<ref>{{cite news|title=Quill Awards winners named|url=https://articles.latimes.com/2006/oct/12/news/wk-quick12.5|access-date=May 24, 2013|newspaper=Los Angeles Times|date=October 12, 2006}}</ref>

His second book, ''Higher Is Waiting'', was published on November 14, 2017. It debuted at number 5 on the ''New York Times'' Best Seller list.<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.nytimes.com/books/best-sellers/2017/12/03/advice-how-to-and-miscellaneous/|title=Advice, How-To & Miscellaneous Books - Best Sellers - December 3, 2017 |newspaper=The New York Times}}</ref>