The Monty Python comedy troupe branched off into a variety of different media after the success of their sketch comedy television series, Monty Python's Flying Circus.
The following official Monty Python books authored by the team members have been published, mostly in large format:
| Artist: | Monty Python |
| Studio: | 4 |
| Live: | 3 |
| Soundtrack: | 3 |
| Compilation: | 4 |
| Video: | 3 |
| Singles: | 13 |
| 1Option: | 7 |
| 1Option Name: | Box sets |
| Title | Album details | Peak chart positions | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| UK [1] | AUS [2] | NZ [3] | US [4] | |||
| Another Monty Python Record | 26 | — | — | — | ||
| Monty Python's Previous Record |
| 39 | — | — | — | |
| The Monty Python Matching Tie and Handkerchief |
| 49 | 82 | — | 48 | |
| Monty Python's Contractual Obligation Album |
| 13 | 3 | 23 | 164 | |
| "—" denotes releases that did not chart or were not released in that territory. | ||||||
| Title | Album details | Peak chart positions | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| UK | US | |||
| Monty Python's Flying Circus |
| — | 83 | |
| Monty Python Live at Drury Lane |
| 19 | — | |
| Monty Python Live at City Center |
| — | 186 | |
| "—" denotes releases that did not chart or were not released in that territory. | ||||
| Title | Album details | Peak chart positions | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| UK | AUS | NZ | US | |||
| The Album of the Soundtrack of the Trailer of the Film of Monty Python and the Holy Grail |
| 45 | — | — | 87 | |
| Monty Python's Life of Brian |
| 63 | 11 | — | 155 | |
| Monty Python's The Meaning of Life | — | 46 | 45 | — | ||
| "—" denotes releases that did not chart or were not released in that territory. | ||||||
| Title | Album details | Peak chart positions | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| UK | AUT [5] | GER [6] | SWI [7] | |||
| The Monty Python Instant Record Collection |
| — | — | — | — | |
| The Final Rip Off | — | — | — | — | ||
| Monty Python Sings |
| 35 | 19 | 21 | 33 | |
| The Ultimate Monty Python Rip Off |
| — | — | — | — | |
| "—" denotes releases that did not chart or were not released in that territory. | ||||||
| Title | Album details | |
|---|---|---|
| All of the Worst of Monty Python |
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| The Instant Monty Python CD Collection |
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| At the Movies |
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| Another Monty Python Box |
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| The Pythons Autobiography by The Pythons – The Interviews That Made The Book |
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| Monty Python’s Total Rubbish – The Complete Collection |
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| Live (Mostly) – One Down Five to Go |
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| Title | Year | Peak chart positions | Album | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| UK | AUS [8] | AUT [9] | BEL (FLA) [10] | GER | IRE [11] | NL [12] | NOR [13] | SWI [14] | ||||
| "Spam Song" | 1972 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | Another Monty Python Record | |
| "Eric the Half a Bee" | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | Monty Python's Previous Record | ||
| "Teach Yourself Heath" (flexi disc release) | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | |||
| Monty Python's Tiny Black Round Thing (flexi disc release) | 1974 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | Monty Python Live at Drury Lane | |
| "The Single" (US-only release) | 1975 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | rowspan="3" | |
| "Lumberjack Song" | 52 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | |||
| Python on Song | 1976 | 53 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| "Brian" / "Always Look on the Bright Side of Life" | 1979 | — | — 9 | — | — 30 | — | — | — 34 | — | — | Monty Python's Life of Brian | |
| "I Like Chinese" | 1980 | — | 32 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | Monty Python's Contractual Obligation Album | |
| "Galaxy Song" | 1983 | 77 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | Monty Python's The Meaning of Life | |
| "Always Look on the Bright Side of Life" (reissue) | 1991 | 3 | 119 | 2 | 35 | 3 | 1 | — | 5 | 3 | Monty Python Sings | |
| "I Like Chinese" (Germany-only reissue) | 1992 | — | — | — | — | 67 | — | — | — | — | ||
| "Galaxy Song" (with Stephen Hawking) | 2015 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| "—" denotes releases that did not chart or were not released in that territory. | ||||||||||||
In addition to their work as a group, the six members have collaborated with each other on numerous other film and television projects outside Monty Python.
| Year | Title | Director(s) | Graham Chapman | John Cleese | Terry Gilliam | Eric Idle | Terry Jones | Michael Palin | |
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| 1969 | The Magic Christian | Joseph McGrath | |||||||
| 1970 | The Rise and Rise of Michael Rimmer | Kevin Billington | |||||||
| 1971 | The Statue | Rod Amateau | |||||||
| 1977 | Jabberwocky | Terry Gilliam | |||||||
| 1978 | All You Need Is Cash | Eric Idle Gary Weis | |||||||
| 1981 | Time Bandits | Terry Gilliam | |||||||
| 1983 | The Crimson Permanent Assurance | Terry Gilliam | |||||||
| 1983 | Yellowbeard | Mel Damski | |||||||
| 1985 | Brazil | Terry Gilliam | |||||||
| 1988 | A Fish Called Wanda | Charles Crichton | |||||||
| 1988 | The Adventures of Baron Munchausen | Terry Gilliam | |||||||
| 1989 | Erik the Viking | Terry Jones | |||||||
| 1993 | Splitting Heirs | Robert Young | |||||||
| 1996 | The Wind in the Willows | Terry Jones | |||||||
| 1997 | Fierce Creatures | Robert Young Fred Schepisi | |||||||
| 2002 | Pinocchio | Roberto Benigni | |||||||
| 2003 | Concert for George | David Leland | |||||||
| 2006 | Who Is Harry Nilsson (And Why Is Everybody Talkin' About Him)? | John Scheinfeld | |||||||
| 2006 | Locked Out | Albert Dupontel | |||||||
| 2007 | Shrek the Third | Chris Miller | |||||||
| 2011 | Martin Scorsese | ||||||||
| 2012 | Bill Jones Jeff Simpson Ben Timlett | ||||||||
| 2015 | Absolutely Anything | Terry Jones |