Charlie Sheen played a soldier in Platoon, a trader in Wall Street and the lead in two hit sitcoms. The Book of Sheen is his own account of the life around those roles.

Readical Key Points

• Sheen's first memoir, written in his own words; a New York Times bestseller
• Covers his childhood as the son of actor Martin Sheen, his film and television career, and his sobriety
• Content note: addresses addiction and recovery
• Hardcover, 368 pages, Gallery Books (2025)

Sheen starts with family: the third of Martin and Janet Sheen's four children, raised partly on location around the world and partly in Malibu, where he shot Super 8 films with friends and his brother Emilio. From there the book moves through his 1980s film breakthroughs, including Ferris Bueller's Day Off, Platoon and Wall Street, his years leading Spin City and Two and a Half Men, and the addiction that ran alongside the success.

The publisher presents it as candid and often funny, and it is written in the first person throughout. It suits fans of his films and sitcoms and readers of Hollywood memoir and recovery stories. It is a celebrity memoir written from inside the headlines rather than about them.

About the Author

Charlie Sheen is an actor known for his roles in films including Platoon, Wall Street and Major League, and in the television series Spin City, for which he won a Golden Globe Award, and Two and a Half Men. He was born Carlos Estevez.

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