--- title: It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia Cast Writes Self Help Book description: Because they're totally the kind of people who should be giving you advice canonical: https://time.com/3048504/always-sunny-self-help-book/ author: Samantha Grossman article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2014-07-28T20:47:53.000Z article:modified_time: 2026-04-13T07:11:58.936Z og:title: The Gang From 'It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia' Has Written Has Written a Self-Help Book og:description: Because they're totally the kind of people who should be giving you advice og:url: https://time.com/3048504/always-sunny-self-help-book/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt685756049bbcebbf/69869d793bc99984da1a4b58/153852011.jpg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 675 og:image:alt: FX Season Premiere Screenings For "It's Always Sunny In Philadelphia" And "The League" og:type: article twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:title: The Gang From 'It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia' Has Written Has Written a Self-Help Book twitter:description: Because they're totally the kind of people who should be giving you advice twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt685756049bbcebbf/69869d793bc99984da1a4b58/153852011.jpg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  # The Gang From _Always Sunny_ Has Written a Self-Help Book by [Samantha Grossman](https://time.com/author/samantha-grossman/) ## Samantha Grossman Jul 28, 2014 8:47 PM UTC  HOLLYWOOD, CA - OCTOBER 09: (L-R) Kaitlin Olson, Charlie Day, Rob McElhenney and Glenn Howerton attend the FX season premiere screenings for "It's Always Sunny In Philadelphia" and "The League" at ArcLight Cinemas Cinerama Dome on October 9, 2012 in Hollywood, California. (Photo by Jason LaVeris/FilmMagic) HOLLYWOOD, CA - OCTOBER 09: (L-R) Kaitlin Olson, Charlie Day, Rob McElhenney and Glenn Howerton attend the FX season premiere screenings for "It's Always Sunny In Philadelphia" and "The League" at ArcLight Cinemas Cinerama Dome on October 9, 2012 in Hollywood, California. (Photo by Jason LaVeris/FilmMagic)Jason LaVeris—FilmMagic / Getty Images by [Samantha Grossman](https://time.com/author/samantha-grossman/) ## Samantha Grossman Jul 28, 2014 8:47 PM UTC Dennis, Dee, Mac, Frank and Charlie from _Always Sunny_ have already taught us plenty of things: how to [sing a cappella](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=%5F83EJw%5FZ11o), how to excel at the [game of Flip Cup](http://31.media.tumblr.com/tumblr%5FlmwaqxpuU91qzq1ezo1%5F500.gif), and how[ not to act](http://i.imgur.com/PoyzEkK.png) on a first date, for example. Since they’re so good at teaching people how to live their lives, they’ve written a self-help book, which will be released in January. (It’s [available for pre-order](http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/0062225111/splitsider-20) on Amazon now.) The book is called _It’s Always Sunny in Philadelphia: The 7 Secrets of Awakening the Highly Effective Four-Hour Giant, Today_. Based on the [description](http://share.hc.com/book/9780062225115/Its-Always-Sunny-in-Philadelphia-by-The-Gang), it’s actually a bit hard to tell if it’s really a self-help book, or if it’s simply a book outlining the _story_ of the gang writing a self-help book: --- > “” --- But further details suggest that the book will indeed include some real advice: --- > “” --- We already knew they were [crab people](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XOEJLY2PWfg) — now we also know they’re book people. ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/3048504/always-sunny-self-help-book/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/3048504/always-sunny-self-help-book/"},"headline":"The Gang From Always Sunny Has Written a Self-Help Book","datePublished":"2014-07-28T20:47:53.000Z","dateModified":"2026-04-13T07:11:58.936Z","description":"Because they're totally the kind of people who should be giving you advice","url":"https://time.com/3048504/always-sunny-self-help-book/","keywords":["Newsfeed","Books","TV","FX"],"thumbnailUrl":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt685756049bbcebbf/69869d793bc99984da1a4b58/153852011.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Samantha Grossman","jobTitle":null,"url":"https://time.com/author/samantha-grossman/"}],"articleSection":"","image":[{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt685756049bbcebbf/69869d793bc99984da1a4b58/153852011.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","width":1200,"height":675,"headline":"FX Season Premiere Screenings For \"It's Always Sunny In Philadelphia\" And \"The League\"","caption":"FX Season Premiere Screenings For \"It's Always Sunny In Philadelphia\" And \"The League\"","creditText":"Jason LaVeris—FilmMagic / Getty Images","representativeOfPage":true}],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/tag/time-section-newsfeed/","name":"Newsfeed"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/3048504/always-sunny-self-help-book/","name":"The Gang From Always Sunny Has Written a Self-Help Book"}}]}] ```