Top 10 Soap Opera Books

1. The Q Guide to Soap Operas

By Daniel R. Coleridge

2. Two-Faced (Confessions Of A Soap Opera Make-Up Artist)

by Timothy Alan
More than just a how-to book on make-up application, this book takes you behind the beautiful faces soap opera fans have come to know and love, and introduces us to what it takes to maintain the beauty they embody everyday on screen and off.

3. Watching Daytime Soap Operas

by Louise Spence
Based on many years of study the book looks at the ways women use soap operas in their lives.

4. The Soap Opera Book (Who's Who in Daytime Drama )

by Ellen Buckley and Nancy E. Rout
Published in 1993, this book served as a guide to actors & actresses on soap operas. Information and photos on over 350 soap opera stars. This is one of my favorite books. I only wish it had been updated with later editions.

5. Soap Opera

by Eileen Fulton
We know her best as Lisa on As the World Turns, now we get to see her as an author. This romance novel that was released in 1999 has all the ingredients of a soap opera as we get to konw Amanda Baker and follow her as she moves from the midwest to New York, where she becomes an actress on a soap opera and her off-screen life soon gets as complicated as it is on-screen.

6. From Soap Stars to Superstars

From Soap Stars to Superstars takes a look at the number of talented stars, that grace our movie theater screens and our televisions at night, who got their start doing daytime soaps.

7. Worlds Without End: The Art and History of the Soap Opera

by Ron Simon

8. From Daytime to Primetime: The History of American Television Programs

by James Roman

9. Super Aussie Soaps

by Andrew Mercado
Behind the Scenes of Australia's Best Loved TV Shows. Published in 2004 the book contains the history of Australian soap operas from 1958 to the early 2000s. Shows featured include Bellbird, Number 96, The Sullivans, Prisoner, Sons and Daughters, Neighbours, Home and Away and more.

10. Auditioning and Acting for the Camera

by John W. Shepard