Steve Allen. Steve Allen's Private Joke File. Three Rivers Press
Harold J. Kennedy. No Pickle, No Performance: An Irreverent Theatrical Excursion from Tallulah to Travolta. Garden City, N.Y.: Doubleday, 1978. ISBN 0385132417
Steve Allen. Mark It and Strike It: An Autobiography. Holt, Rinehart and Winston, 1960.
Steve Allen. Hi-Ho Steverino!: My Adventures in the Wonderful Wacky World of TV. Fort Lee, NJ: Barricade Books, 1992. ISBN 0942637550
Ben Alba. Inventing Late Night: Steve Allen And the Original Tonight Show. Amherst, NY: Prometheus Books, 2005. ISBN 1591023424
| "Outre" (USA) | 1998, Iss. 11, pg. 28-33, 76, by: Dwayne Epstein, "Steve Allen: A Hip Spy in the House of Square, Part I" |
| "Outre" (USA) | 1998, Iss. 12, pg. 24-31, 74, by: Dwayne Epstein, "Steve Allen: A Hip Spy in the House of Square, Part II" |
| "Entertainment Weekly" (USA) | 5 January 2001, Vol. 1, Iss. 576, pg. 36-37, by: Josh Wolk, "Giants Of TV: Steve Allen" |
| "TV Guide" (USA) | 2 December 2000, Vol. 48, Iss. 49, pg. 30-34, by: Max Alexander, "Bravo, Steverino" |
| "Entertainment Weekly" (USA) | 10 November 2000, Vol. 1, Iss. 568, pg. 8-9, by: Ken Tucker, "Best Of Show" |
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