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The Complete What's Your Poo Telling You
The #1 book about going #2 is now back in a bigger, thicker package for a whole new generation of curious readers. The Complete What's Your Poo Telling You celebrates ten years of constant sales with more than 40 descriptions of two dozen types of poo, plus sidebars, medical explanations, and loads of engrossing fun facts. Now printing in two-color with a new author introduction, this hardcover is the perfect gift for the bowel-movement obsessed.
160 pages, Hardcover
First published May 3, 2007
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November 13, 2025
This is part 1 of a 10 part series of my bathroom book reviews. I recently added a shelf to my guest bathroom with carefully selected books. Mysteries, activities, medical, comedy, etc all centered around bathrooms in some way. Something for everyone. Pretty great, right? So, this was a ton of fun. It beautifully blended humor with facts, also having tons of valuable and easily digestible input from a medical doctor. The illustrations were hilarious and it covered literally every single aspect of poop that you could ever want or need to know. The fun facts and history lessons were also a blast, too. Rabbits poot out over 500 pellets a day? Like, huh? If you’re like me, who was always told that I had ‘shit for brains,’ this is a book that you can’t not read.
December 21, 2015
I thought I would learn something new mixed in with a little bit of humor. The jokes get a little old after a while and begin to sound like a teenage boy wrote this. I guess if I wanted a real medical study, I shouldn't choose a book with a drawing of a toilet on the cover and titled "What's Your Poo Telling You?"
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March 7, 2008hmmm.
you need a book to tell you that you should not have consumed the mystery meat at the chinese restaurant? that eating 2 dozen "HELLFIRE hot wings" chased with 2 dozen beers is rough on digestion? that you need to mix in a little fiber now and again? that those little yellow pieces are kernels of corn?
an interesting world in which we live, yes?
you need a book to tell you that you should not have consumed the mystery meat at the chinese restaurant? that eating 2 dozen "HELLFIRE hot wings" chased with 2 dozen beers is rough on digestion? that you need to mix in a little fiber now and again? that those little yellow pieces are kernels of corn?
an interesting world in which we live, yes?
December 13, 2009
Everyone should have a copy of this in their bathroom. It is small enough to fit on your toilet tank, and it provides vital information about your excrement in a concise and entertaining manner. While the writing can be juvenile at times, the medical insight this book provides is indispensable.
Incidentally, if you're in someone's bathroom and they have this book on their toilet tank, don't pick it up.
Incidentally, if you're in someone's bathroom and they have this book on their toilet tank, don't pick it up.
November 11, 2008
Oddly enough, this is one of the very few books that I have not read, at least part of, in the bathroom. It was a really quick read, so that’s why.
I was under the impression that it had actual pictures of poop. Well, I was both relieved and a little disappointed that that was not the case. Also, rather than being mostly medical, this book was mostly silly with medical facts thrown in.
My favorite thing was the name for the different kinds of poops. We have all had a variety of poops throughout our lives, but how many of us name them? The authors give several names for each style. I laughed out loud.
One really interesting fact I would like to share with you: your mouth and your outgoing hole are lined with the same kind of cells. Who knew?! So spicy food that makes your mouth burn can do the same on the way out. And at that point it’s a lot harder to grab a glass of water to cool stuff down.
If you need a really good white elephant gift, I think this would be the best thing ever!
I was under the impression that it had actual pictures of poop. Well, I was both relieved and a little disappointed that that was not the case. Also, rather than being mostly medical, this book was mostly silly with medical facts thrown in.
My favorite thing was the name for the different kinds of poops. We have all had a variety of poops throughout our lives, but how many of us name them? The authors give several names for each style. I laughed out loud.
One really interesting fact I would like to share with you: your mouth and your outgoing hole are lined with the same kind of cells. Who knew?! So spicy food that makes your mouth burn can do the same on the way out. And at that point it’s a lot harder to grab a glass of water to cool stuff down.
If you need a really good white elephant gift, I think this would be the best thing ever!
January 14, 2008
Hilarious toilet reading....It will make you will laugh out loud while you asphyxiate yourself! If you don't like it, well then you're full of shit !!
October 29, 2023
I read this book on and off while atop the porcelain throne over the past few months. It was a fun experience — I laughed, I cried, I lost 10 pounds! Oh, and the book was pretty good too.
December 26, 2019
What fascinating factoids. Much more entertaining -- yet not altogether silly -- than a medical book, this little text takes a look at the history, culture, and, yes, biology of poo but also toileting in general. European customs of centuries past astound. And did you know that scientists track penguin migratory patterns by studying their (high contrast against the ice) droppings via satellite imagery?! Yeah, it's like that.
November 21, 2014
You guys! Mock me if you will, but this is a PERFECT bathroom book! Just the right combination of informative and snarky, and not too long. Bonus entertaining historical facts about poop!
...and I don't even generally enjoy poop jokes all that much. It was just so interesting! (And also funny.)
...and I don't even generally enjoy poop jokes all that much. It was just so interesting! (And also funny.)
March 4, 2010
come on we all look! at least now I have a reason to. Great bathroom read but really where else would it be appropriate to read?
December 6, 2019
very funny and informative to boot. toot? poot. whatever. insert #2 pun here.
pretty quick read but it does give you a lot of information to back up the jokes.
pretty quick read but it does give you a lot of information to back up the jokes.
August 12, 2018
This is a very interesting book with a lot of cool facts and information about different bowel movements. I actually took this book out of the bathroom to finish reading it.
February 5, 2021
Good read learned something new every time.
December 18, 2019
Fun Facts!!
August 9, 2020
Do YOU know all the different types of names and nicknames for all your...poos?...
You may think you do.
I thought I did.
I did not.
Hilariously entertaining on-the-sh*tter read
(don't forget your Squatty Potty!)
for all the names and nicknames, alone...
AND it's educational, too!
Hashtag: Know Your Poo!
What everyone's official stay-in-the-bathroom book should be! (IMO)
(That way all your friends can easily read it when they come over!)
Sidebar: I did, in fact, have to reevaluate where I store my toothbrush caddy upon completion of reading a particular page. 😬
(And, of course, after double-confirming the intel which was presented on said page.)
You may think you do.
I thought I did.
I did not.
Hilariously entertaining on-the-sh*tter read
(don't forget your Squatty Potty!)
for all the names and nicknames, alone...
AND it's educational, too!
Hashtag: Know Your Poo!
What everyone's official stay-in-the-bathroom book should be! (IMO)
(That way all your friends can easily read it when they come over!)
Sidebar: I did, in fact, have to reevaluate where I store my toothbrush caddy upon completion of reading a particular page. 😬
(And, of course, after double-confirming the intel which was presented on said page.)
May 3, 2010
I had this sitting on top of my crapper for a few weeks and have been rummaging through it whenever I needed to conduct some business. It basically goes through some poo characteristics and gives insight into what, in your diet, might be causing it, along with some fun facts about poo that you would probably didn't know.
I didn't give it more than 3 stars because, obviously, how high can you rate a book about poo? But it was entertaining and informative, so if your droppings are leaving you wanting to know more, it's worth checking out.
I didn't give it more than 3 stars because, obviously, how high can you rate a book about poo? But it was entertaining and informative, so if your droppings are leaving you wanting to know more, it's worth checking out.
October 31, 2007
A perfect bathroom book, complete with illustrations. It is of vital and infinitely humorous importance that we all know what exactly our fecal matter is attempting to communicate to us. I found myself peering into that porcelain well with renewed interest and vigor upon reading this epic novel.
My only regret is that the book was not scratch n' sniff.
My only regret is that the book was not scratch n' sniff.
January 6, 2008
This is a classic bathroom book, in every sense of the term. Surprisingly interesting, funny, and well-written, it never takes itself seriously but manages to provide real and useful health information (the author is an MD). The synonyms for different types of poo are just hilarious. Recommended for a quick bookstore read or for the man in your life who spends a lot of quality time on the can.
February 23, 2009
This book was quite interesting and unusual! While it was humorous, it also has a serious side that tells the reader exactly why your stool looks the way it does. It contains numerous interesting stool trivia. Once you've read this book you, too, will be looking at your poo in a whole new way for the rest of your life! My co-workers asked to read it and then ordered copies as Christmas gifts!
December 28, 2017
This was a gag xmas gift from my sister. It tells you a lot about our relationship. But, it also says that I spend way too much time discussing and analyzing my poo. Of course I actually read it. It was informative and definitely geared to an audience of dudes. I learned a lot about poo meanings and fun facts. More importantly, I learned to curb my sharing of toilet exploits.
August 19, 2018
For some reason I thought this would be a more medical book, but it was still fun to read at work with my coworkers. One of my younger male coworkers actually stole it from me for guy night, and he said he was going to use it as inspiration for a scrapbook... I didn’t really want to know what he meant to create.
This would make a fun bathroom book for some people.
This would make a fun bathroom book for some people.
September 24, 2008
This book really breaks it down. Pokes around the issues and flushes away any preconceptions you might have about poo. Most of all, it gives you a new arse-nal of terms such as "the corn-backed rattler".
February 24, 2018
Edifying and disgusting at the same time. People! You need to drink water and eat fiber!
Despite suggestions to the contrary, this would not make a good bathroom book -- because it will make you think of others taking a shit (an unpleasant thought).
Despite suggestions to the contrary, this would not make a good bathroom book -- because it will make you think of others taking a shit (an unpleasant thought).
October 18, 2008
LOL, awesome.
January 7, 2009
Wow. a lot.
July 9, 2010
This was pretty shitty.
January 28, 2012
I only gave it a deuce since it is a way to say poo. I actually love this book! It has changed my life
September 21, 2012
Great piece of literature.
January 25, 2018
This book is full of crap.
But seriously, for a fifteen minute read, there's some interesting "nuggets" (hee hee) of information to be found in here, not only about your health (which this book covers in a very basic fashion, don't come looking for answers to your health problems here), but random tidbits of info... like the fact that our CIA has secretly collected dumps from visiting world leaders to covertly analyze their health. In turn, our own U.S. presidents will usually travel with their own pooping facilities when visiting with other foreign leaders, to prevent them from doing to same thing. Now that's some shit.
All in all, a super quick, mildly amusing and vaguely informative little book, about a subject that is usually relegated to the land of toilet humor, but in fact tells us quite a bit about our bodies. And really, in the end, if there's one common denominator that ties us all together as human beings - the great equalizer, if you will - it's poo.
But seriously, for a fifteen minute read, there's some interesting "nuggets" (hee hee) of information to be found in here, not only about your health (which this book covers in a very basic fashion, don't come looking for answers to your health problems here), but random tidbits of info... like the fact that our CIA has secretly collected dumps from visiting world leaders to covertly analyze their health. In turn, our own U.S. presidents will usually travel with their own pooping facilities when visiting with other foreign leaders, to prevent them from doing to same thing. Now that's some shit.
All in all, a super quick, mildly amusing and vaguely informative little book, about a subject that is usually relegated to the land of toilet humor, but in fact tells us quite a bit about our bodies. And really, in the end, if there's one common denominator that ties us all together as human beings - the great equalizer, if you will - it's poo.
December 13, 2016
I received this book at a white elephant gift party. It was in my hand on the way to trash when I decided to read a page at random. I ended up reading the whole book.
This could have gone bad in so many ways but manages not too. Surprisingly intelligent, informative and funny without - oh, how many bad puns could I use here?
The authors are a Stanford MBA and a gastroenterologist. The topic, while not the most socially acceptable for conversation, is one in which we all deal with on a daily basis.
A much better read than Gulp: Adventures on the Alimentary Canal. I'm not sure how you could better class up this subject without being textbook boring. Well done.
This could have gone bad in so many ways but manages not too. Surprisingly intelligent, informative and funny without - oh, how many bad puns could I use here?
The authors are a Stanford MBA and a gastroenterologist. The topic, while not the most socially acceptable for conversation, is one in which we all deal with on a daily basis.
A much better read than Gulp: Adventures on the Alimentary Canal. I'm not sure how you could better class up this subject without being textbook boring. Well done.
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