Humor

A comic novel is usually a work of fiction in which the writer seeks to amuse the reader, sometimes with subtlety and as part of a carefully woven narrative, sometimes above all other considerations. It could indeed be said that comedy fiction is literary work that aims primarily to provoke laughter, but this isn't always as obvious as it first may seem. ...more

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A Waffle Lot of Love! (Narwhal and Jelly #10)
Warp, Rinse, Repeat (Tales of a Former Space Janitor, #6)
Garfield Crash Diet: His 78th Book
Our Long National Nightmare
Convent Wisdom: How Sixteenth-Century Nuns Could Save Your Twenty-First-Century Life
Do Aliens Speak Physics?: And Other Questions about Science and the Nature of Reality
Joke Farming: How to Write Comedy and Other Nonsense
The Encyclopedia of Ugly Fashion: A Hilarious Introspective of History’s Best Worst Fashion Trends
The Great British Bump-Off: Kill or Be Quilt
A Cure for the Hiccups
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    Delusions: Of Grandeur, of Romance, of Progress

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  • Scoring the Billionaire by Max Monroe
    Scoring the Billionaire (Billionaire Bad Boys, #3)
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    The Fifteen-Minute Rule (Dickson University, #3)
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  • Second Act Romance
    A Play for Love
    Everyone in My Family Has Killed Someone (Ernest Cunningham, #1)
    La muy catastrófica visita al zoo
    The Highland Fling
    A Crown of Ruin (Blood and Ash #6.5)
    The Unselected Journals of Emma M. Lion: Vol. 8
    The King's Ransom
    The Wizard's Cat (The Wizard's Butler, #2)
    And Then There Was You
    How to Age Disgracefully
    Echoes of Insurrection (The Firebird Chronicles, #6)
    The Burnout
    Call Me Anytime (The Protectors #1)
    Finlay Donovan Knocks 'Em Dead (Finlay Donovan, #2)
    Escaping Reality by Lisa Renee JonesThe 5th Wave by Rick YanceyReal by Katy EvansBranded by Abi KetnerThe Law of Attraction by N.M. Silber
    New Series (2013)
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    Beautiful Disaster by Jamie McGuireFifty Shades of Grey by E.L. JamesEasy by Tammara WebberThoughtless by S.C. StephensSlammed by Colleen Hoover
    I AM IN LOVE !!!
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    Can You Keep a Secret? by Sophie KinsellaWallbanger by Alice ClaytonBet Me by Jennifer CrusieMatch Me If You Can by Susan Elizabeth PhillipsNatural Born Charmer by Susan Elizabeth Phillips
    Humorous Romance Books
    3,156 books — 6,695 voters
    Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas by Hunter S. ThompsonGood Omens by Terry PratchettA Dirty Job by Christopher MooreChoke by Chuck PalahniukAmerican Gods by Neil Gaiman
    Best Dark Humor
    727 books — 1,635 voters

    The Ultimate Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy by Douglas AdamsCatch-22 by Joseph HellerGood Omens by Terry PratchettThe Princess Bride by William GoldmanThe Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy by Douglas Adams
    Funniest Novels of All Time
    1,422 books — 2,338 voters

    The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy (Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy, #1)
    Bossypants
    Me Talk Pretty One Day
    Good Omens: The Nice and Accurate Prophecies of Agnes Nutter, Witch
    Hyperbole and a Half: Unfortunate Situations, Flawed Coping Mechanisms, Mayhem, and Other Things That Happened
    Is Everyone Hanging Out Without Me? (And Other Concerns)
    Yes Please
    The Restaurant at the End of the Universe (The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy, #2)
    The Color of Magic (Discworld, #1; Rincewind, #1)
    Dress Your Family in Corduroy and Denim
    Let's Pretend This Never Happened: A Mostly True Memoir
    Lamb: The Gospel According to Biff, Christ’s Childhood Pal
    When You Are Engulfed in Flames
    Naked
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