Thurber Prize Winners

The Thurber Prize for American Humor is the only recognition of the art of humor writing in the United States. A panel of national judges selects the ...more

Nominees

	Starting from Happy by Patricia Marx 2.53 avg rating — 630 ratings Thurber Prize Nominee for American Humor (2012)	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Pawnee: The Greatest Town in America by Leslie Knope 4.13 avg rating — 5,071 ratings Thurber Prize Nominee for American Humor (2012)	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Sleepwalk With Me and Other Painfully True Stories by Mike Birbiglia 3.85 avg rating — 14,312 ratings Thurber Prize Nominee for American Humor (2011)	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Sports from Hell: My Search for the World's Dumbest Competition by Rick Reilly 3.57 avg rating — 452 ratings Thurber Prize Nominee for American Humor (2011)	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Mennonite in a Little Black Dress: A Memoir of Going Home by Rhoda Janzen 3.19 avg rating — 32,549 ratings Thurber Prize Nominee for American Humor (2010)	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Why Is My Mother Getting a Tattoo?: And Other Questions I Wish I Never Had to Ask by Jancee Dunn (Goodreads Author) 3.57 avg rating — 791 ratings Thurber Prize Nominee for American Humor (2010)	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Wrack and Ruin by Don Lee (Goodreads Author) 3.51 avg rating — 373 ratings Thurber Prize Nominee for American Humor (2009)	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	I Was Told There'd Be Cake: Essays by Sloane Crosley (Goodreads Author) 3.47 avg rating — 41,782 ratings Thurber Prize Nominee for American Humor (2009)	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Idiot Girl and the Flaming Tantrum of Death: Reflections on Revenge, Germophobia, and Laser Hair Removal by Laurie Notaro (Goodreads Author) 3.86 avg rating — 6,798 ratings Thurber Prize Nominee for American Humor (2009)	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Ant Farm and Other Desperate Situations by Simon Rich 3.86 avg rating — 3,573 ratings Thurber Prize Nominee for American Humor (2008)	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Him Her Him Again the End of Him by Patricia Marx 2.84 avg rating — 1,986 ratings Thurber Prize Nominee for American Humor (2008)	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Walking in Circles Before Lying Down by Merrill Markoe 3.45 avg rating — 4,601 ratings Thurber Prize Nominee for American Humor (2007)	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	I Shouldn't Even Be Doing This and Other Things That Strike Me as Funny by Bob Newhart 3.82 avg rating — 4,196 ratings Thurber Prize Nominee for American Humor (2007)	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Time Won't Let Me by Bill Scheft 3.23 avg rating — 109 ratings Thurber Prize Nominee for American Humor (2006)	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Texas Hold 'Em: How I Was Born in a Manger, Died in the Saddle, and Came Back as a Horny Toad by Kinky Friedman 3.52 avg rating — 200 ratings Thurber Prize Nominee for American Humor (2006)	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Borowitz Report: The Big Book of Shockers by Andy Borowitz (Goodreads Author) 3.58 avg rating — 64 ratings Thurber Prize Nominee for American Humor (2005)	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Funny in Farsi: A Memoir of Growing Up Iranian in America by Firoozeh Dumas 3.84 avg rating — 27,274 ratings Thurber Prize Nominee for American Humor (2005)	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Day I Turned Uncool: Confessions of a Reluctant Grown-up by Dan Zevin (Goodreads Author) 3.33 avg rating — 469 ratings Thurber Prize Nominee for American Humor (2004)	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Me and Orson Welles by Robert Kaplow 3.48 avg rating — 590 ratings Thurber Prize Nominee for American Humor (2004)	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	It Takes a Village Idiot: A Memoir of Life After the City by Jim Mullen (Goodreads Author) 3.83 avg rating — 302 ratings Thurber Prize Nominee for American Humor (2001)	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Men My Mother Dated and Other Mostly True Tales by Brett Leveridge 3.32 avg rating — 34 ratings Thurber Prize Nominee for American Humor (2001)	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	In a Sunburned Country by Bill Bryson 4.08 avg rating — 120,426 ratings Thurber Prize Nominee for American Humor (2001)	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Trillionaire Next Door: The Greedy Investor's Guide to Day Trading by Andy Borowitz (Goodreads Author) 2.70 avg rating — 10 ratings Thurber Prize Nominee for American Humor (2001)	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Big Kiss: One Actor's Desperate Attempt to Claw His Way to the Top by Henry Alford 3.85 avg rating — 55 ratings Thurber Prize Nominee for American Humor (2001)	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Rush Limbaugh is a Big Fat Idiot by Al Franken 3.91 avg rating — 9,291 ratings Thurber Prize Nominee for American Humor (1997)	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Naked by David Sedaris 4.10 avg rating — 271,973 ratings Thurber Prize Nominee for American Humor (1997)	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Illegal by Paul Levine (Goodreads Author) 4.15 avg rating — 2,752 ratings Thurber Prize Nominee (0)	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars