Hef's Little Black Book

"[A] breezy, charming chronicle."
—Time Out New York

The legendary founder of Playboy magazine, Hugh Hefner invites you into his world with Hef's Little Black Book, an illustrated treasury of advice and maxims. The only book ever written by the iconic publisher and unabashed hedonist, Hef's Little Black Book features a new, updated Afterword from Hef himself. Dedicated Playboy readers and fans of The Girls Next Door, the hit reality TV series that takes you behind the doors of the Playboy Mansion, will not want to miss this fantastic guide to the very good life from the man who has lived it better than anyone.

Nearly six decades ago, Hugh Marston Hefner created Playboy magazine, which effectively ignited America’s sexual revolution. The greatest living symbol of the Good Life, Hef created a world for himself that most men have yearned to inhabit, if only briefly, just to know what it’s like to be him. In Hef ’s Little Black Book, this universally envied international icon offers a treasury of his often wry and heartfelt wisdom as it applies to the realms of romance, hedonism, ambition, business—and, of course, sex.

Accompanied by tantalizing never-before-seen photographs from his vast private archive, Hef ’s Little Black Book is the gateway to Hugh Hefner’s irresistibly beguiling world. If you don’t swing, don’t ring—lingerie and pajamas optional.

“[A] breezy, charming chronicle...This heavily illustrated ‘manual’ manages to be both gracious and unapologetic about Hef’s seemingly otherworldly existence. Many of the details...are truly hilarious....The whole Playboy approach seems like such harmless fun that it’s hard to imagine a time when he was seen as a revolutionary. His honesty...is striking.” - Time Out New York

“[A] breezy, charming chronicle...Both gracious and unapologetic about Hef’s...otherworldly existence....Striking.” - Time Out New York

“The 78-year-old Lothario remains alive and kicking under the satin sheets, an icon of popular culture, still pipe-smoking, still pajama-partying...Hef’s got class...simply because he sticks to his anachronistic habits and Casual Friday weeks....He’s decided to lay out what he’s learned in the ways of lovin’ in Hef’s Little Black Book, his very own version of The Rules...in swooning Anne Rice-like text....Hef provides more than a few surprises, and some wizened tips that are actually dead-on.” - New York Post