Bright Shiny Morning is a novel written by James Frey, published in 2008.

Frey and Terry Richardson published a companion photo-book Wives, Wheels, Weapons excerpting three stories from the novel.

[1] The novel received a good review in The New York Times, which described James Frey as follows: “He got another chance.

He stepped up to the plate and hit one out of the park… He became a furiously good storyteller this time.”[2] One reviewer wrote: “Bottom line: If, despite the scandal, you loved A Million Little Pieces, you might want to devour Bright Shiny Morning.

Or timid.”[3] The New York Observer called it a “page turner”[4] but also stated that Frey “leads you into the hills high above Hollywood, shows you the most spectacular view of the hideousness that is Los Angeles, and then abandons you to make the only choice you can: to jump.” On August 2, 2008, The Guardian says "Irvine Welsh is entranced by James Frey's tale of redemption - 'the literary comeback of the decade'.