Best Humor Writing (818 books)

The funniest books that actually contain insight, intellectual content, and masterful writing style.

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801	Miss Pettigrew Lives for a Day by Winifred Watson 3.98 avg rating — 18,433 ratings score: 15, and 1 person voted	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
802	Pulp by Charles Bukowski 3.67 avg rating — 43,714 ratings score: 14, and 1 person voted	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
803	The Tin Men by Michael Frayn 3.52 avg rating — 361 ratings score: 13, and 1 person voted	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
804	Headlong by Michael Frayn 3.66 avg rating — 5,007 ratings score: 12, and 1 person voted	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
804	Do Butlers Burgle Banks? by P.G. Wodehouse 3.91 avg rating — 943 ratings score: 12, and 1 person voted	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
806	Sweetness by Torgny Lindgren 3.69 avg rating — 1,307 ratings score: 10, and 1 person voted	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
807	The Good Fairies of New York by Martin Millar (Goodreads Author) 3.51 avg rating — 5,559 ratings score: 9, and 1 person voted	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
807	Versus by Ogden Nash 4.02 avg rating — 80 ratings score: 9, and 1 person voted	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
809	Haroun and the Sea of Stories by Salman Rushdie 3.98 avg rating — 37,575 ratings score: 8, and 1 person voted	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
810	Take Me to Your President by Leonard Wibberley 3.75 avg rating — 16 ratings score: 7, and 1 person voted	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
811	The Quest of Excalibur by Leonard Wibberley 4.09 avg rating — 44 ratings score: 6, and 1 person voted	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
812	Silverlock by John Myers Myers 3.92 avg rating — 1,605 ratings score: 5, and 1 person voted	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
812	Match Me If You Can (Chicago Stars, #6) by Susan Elizabeth Phillips (Goodreads Author) 4.12 avg rating — 48,169 ratings score: 5, and 1 person voted	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
814	A Fine and Private Place by Peter S. Beagle (Goodreads Author) 3.99 avg rating — 4,388 ratings score: 4, and 1 person voted	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
814	Onions in the Stew (Betty MacDonald Memoirs, #4) by Betty MacDonald 4.10 avg rating — 1,636 ratings score: 4, and 1 person voted	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
816	Lest Darkness Fall by L. Sprague de Camp 3.92 avg rating — 3,209 ratings score: 3, and 1 person voted	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
817	England England by Julian Barnes 3.31 avg rating — 6,444 ratings score: 2, and 1 person voted	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
817	Malice in Maggody (Arly Hanks, #1) by Joan Hess 3.81 avg rating — 3,625 ratings score: 2, and 1 person voted	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

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818 books · 796 voters · list created June 3rd, 2010 by Foxontherun (votes) .

Tags: collections, funny, humor, laugh, literature, memoir, non-fiction, short-stories, wit

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message 1: by Neil (new)

Mar 10, 2012 03:28PM

I must have stumbled on the wrong list. I thought this was supposed to be funny stuff!

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message 2: by Loveliest Evaris (new)

Dec 06, 2012 12:54PM

How is American Psycho funny? o_o

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message 3: by Neil (new)

Dec 06, 2012 03:05PM

Actually, it's a dodgy list anyway. Does nobody at Goodreads watch for this stuff?

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message 4: by P.J. (new)

Feb 05, 2013 11:49AM

"Lolita" is funny?

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message 5: by Neway (new)

May 12, 2013 05:07AM

surprised

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message 6: by Mead (new)

Dec 03, 2013 03:25PM

DITTO:
"Lolita" is funny?
Depends on your morals!
Mack

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message 7: by Luke (new)

Jul 23, 2015 03:18PM

It's impossible to take a list like this seriously when there's no Austen on the first page.

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message 8: by BookLovingLady (deceased Jan. 25, 2023...) (last edited Jul 23, 2015 10:00PM) (new)

Jul 23, 2015 09:57PM

Aubrey wrote: "It's impossible to take a list like this seriously when there's no Austen on the first page."

Ah well, the same goes for Henry Fielding. But in spite of this, I still like this list :-)

There are books on this list which I've read and can't for the life of me think why they would be considered funny. But then again, that's all a matter of opinion, I guess.

By the way, I too love Jane Austen's wit and (very) sharp pen.

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message 9: by Joshua (new)

Sep 12, 2017 02:49PM