Few people would argue that the HBO series The Sopranos is the greatest cultural phenomenon of our time. Its influence on television, on perceptions of psychotherapy, on fashion, on advertising, and on American culture and ethos in general are indisputable. Numerous books were written during the 8 years that the show originally aired, from examinations of the family (and, of course, the Family) to examinations of the psychology of The Sopranos to examinations of the language of the show. It was inevitable however, whether out of tribute or out of HBO's recent habit of issuing books for all its major shows, that a Sopranos book would be published. In May 2007 the first HBO-sanctioned book was published (appropriately called "The Book"), covering information and facts for the first 77 episodes of the show. Now that the final episodes have aired and gone down in television folklore, a new edition has been published titled, simply, "The Complete Book."