To Be or Not to Bop: Memoirs of Dizzy Gillespie is a 1979 book written by jazz musician, composer and band leader Dizzy Gillespie.

The University of Minnesota Press re-released the book in 2009.

This book tells about his life, and what he went through to make this music flourish.

The book introduces Dizzy and his friends like Charlie "Bird" Parker as they struggled to make money by playing.

Various compositions and albums have been named after Gillespie's book title.