31 Best Comedy Books
Goal: Find the best Comedy books according to the internet (not just one person's opinion).
Method:
- Search for "best comedy books" and study the top 5+ pages.
- Add only the books mentioned 2+ times.
- Rank the results neatly here.
31 Best Comedy Books
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Is Everyone Hanging Out Without Me?
And Other Concerns
by Mindy Kaling
The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy
by Douglas Adams
Also recommended by:
Elon Musk, Shah Rukh Khan, Naval Ravikant, Seth Rogen, Richard Branson, Tim Ferriss, Evan Goldberg, Zack D'Aleo, Jack Edwards, Sahil Lavingia
A Confederacy of Dunces
by John Kennedy Toole
Also recommended by:
I Feel Bad About My Neck
by Nora Ephron
Let's Pretend This Never Happened
by Jenny Lawson
Catch-22
by Joseph Heller
Also recommended by:
Born a Crime
Stories from a South African Childhood
by Trevor Noah
Also recommended by:
A Walk in the Woods
Rediscovering America on the Appalachian Trail
by Bill Bryson
Also recommended by:
Hyperbole and a Half
Unfortunate Situations, Flawed Coping Mechanisms, Mayhem, and Other Things That Happened
by Allie Brosh
Also recommended by:
Carry On, Jeeves
Jeeves, Book 3
by PG Wodehouse
Cool, Calm & Contentious
Essays
by Merrill Markoe
Dear Committee Members
A Novel
by Julie Schumacher
I Can't Date Jesus
Love, Sex, Family, Race, and Other Reasons I've Put My Faith in Beyoncé
by Michael Arceneaux
Lamb
The Gospel According to Biff, Christ's Childhood Pal
by Christopher Moore
Priestdaddy
A Memoir
by Patricia Lockwood
Shrill
Notes from a Loud Woman
by Lindy West
The Awkward Thoughts of W. Kamau Bell
Tales of a 6' 4", African American, Heterosexual, Cisgender, Left-Leaning, Asthmatic, Black and Proud Blerd, Mama's Boy, Dad, and Stand-Up Comedian
by W. Kamau Bell
The Fran Lebowitz Reader
by Fran Lebowitz
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The Importance of Being Ernest
The Life of Actor Jim Varney (Stuff that Vern Doesn't Even Know)
by Justin Lloyd
The Misadventures of Awkward Black Girl
by Issa Rae
The Wangs Vs. The World
by Jade Chang
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Three Men In A Boat
(To Say Nothing of the Dog)
by Jerome K. Jerome
Vacationland
True Stories from Painful Beaches
by John Hodgman
We Are Never Meeting in Real Life.
Essays
by Samantha Irby
You Can't Touch My Hair
And Other Things I Still Have to Explain
by Phoebe Robinson
Sources
- 1
Books guaranteed to make you laugh | Funniest books of all time
penguin.co.uk
- 2
Humor - 35 Hilarious Books Guaranteed To Make You Laugh Out Loud - Hewlett-Woodmere Public Library
hwpl.org
- 3
Funny Books: NPR's Readers Pick The Best : NPR
npr.org
- 4
70 Funny Books to Get You Laughing in 2023 | Funniest Books of All Time
rd.com
- 5
Comedians Recommend Their Favorite Funny Books
vulture.com
