The Greatest Humor Books of All Time

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This list represents a comprehensive and trusted collection of the greatest books. Developed through a specialized algorithm, it brings together 759 'best of' book lists to form a definitive guide to the world's most acclaimed books. For those interested in how these books are chosen, additional details can be found on the rankings page.

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Rank Book Authors Year Country Language Actions
12 Don Quixote Miguel de Cervantes 1605 Spanish Spanish
92 Tom Jones Henry Fielding 1749 British English
125 The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy Douglas Adams 1979 British English
154 Decameron Giovanni Boccaccio 1353 Italian Italian
158 Winnie the Pooh A. A. Milne 1926 British English
188 The Good Soldier Švejk Jaroslav Hašek 1921 Czech Czech
194 Lucky Jim Kingsley Amis 1954 British English
198 Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas Hunter S. Thompson 1971 American English
201 The Pickwick Papers Charles Dickens 1836 British English
208 A Confederacy of Dunces John Kennedy Toole 1980 American English
228 Cold Comfort Farm Stella Gibbons 1932 British English
249 The Adventures of Tom Sawyer Mark Twain 1876 American English
319 The World According to Garp John Irving 1978 American English
345 Pippi Longstocking Astrid Lindgren 1945 Swedish Swedish
404 The Phantom Tollbooth Norton Juster 1961 American English
450 Tartuffe Molière 1664 French French
485 Lysistrata Aristophanes -411 Greek Ancient greek
515 The Code of the Woosters P. G. Wodehouse 1938 British English
535 Excellent Women Barbara Pym 1952 British English
561 Charlie And The Chocolate Factory, Roald Dahl 1964 British English
569 Three Men in a Boat Jerome K. Jerome 1889 British English
586 Cannery Row John Steinbeck 1945 American English
593 Scoop Evelyn Waugh 1938 British English
626 The Cat in the Hat Dr. Seuss 1957 American English
629 The Importance of Being Earnest Oscar Wilde 1895 Irish English
642 A Midsummer Night's Dream William Shakespeare 1595 British English
673 The Princess Bride William Goldman 1973 American English
679 Gentlemen Prefer Blondes Anita Loos 1925 American English
682 The Colour of Magic Terry Pratchett 1983 British English
691 The Swindler Francisco de Quevedo 1626 Spanish Spanish
759 Three Trapped Tigers Guillermo Cabrera Infante 1965 Cuban Spanish
775 The Clouds Aristophanes -423 Greek Ancient greek
778 The Horse's Mouth Joyce Cary 1944 British English
787 The BFG Roald Dahl 1982 British English
791 Decline and Fall Evelyn Waugh 1928 British English
806 My Family And Other Animals Gerald Durrell 1956 British English
808 The Diary of a Nobody George Grossmith, Weedon Grossmith 1892 British English
809 Zuleika Dobson Max Beerbohm 1911 British English
810 Carry On, Jeeves P. G. Wodehouse 1925 British English
818 Zazie in the Metro Raymond Queneau 1959 French French
861 High Fidelity Nick Hornby 1995 British English
876 The Secret Diary of Adrian Mole Aged 13 3/4 Sue Townsend 1982 British English
905 The House at Pooh Corner A. A. Milne 1928 British English
907 Little Disturbances Grace Paley 1959 American English
926 Bridget Jones's Diary Helen Fielding 1996 British English
931 Love in a Cold Climate Nancy Mitford 1949 British English
942 Matilda Roald Dahl 1988 British English
950 Life on the Mississippi Mark Twain 1883 American English
995 A Connecticut Yankee In King Arthur's Court Mark Twain 1889 American English
1041 Our Man In Havana Graham Greene 1958 British English
1069 The American Way of Death Jessica Mitford 1963 American English
1125 Twelfth Night William Shakespeare 1602 British English
1133 Good Omens Terry Pratchett, Neil Gaiman 1990 British English
1144 Thank You, Jeeves P. G. Wodehouse 1934 British English
1150 Pnin Vladimir Nabokov 1957 Russian English
1166 Billy Liar Keith Waterhouse 1959 British English
1204 A Supposedly Fun Thing I'll Never Do Again David Foster Wallace 1997 American English
1205 The Adventures of Peregrine Pickle Tobias Smollett 1751 British English
1233 Get Shorty Elmore Leonard 1990 American English
1243 Some Experiences Of An Irish R.M. E.Œ. Somerville, Martin Ross 1899 Irish English
1249 The Twelve Chairs Ilya Ilf, Evgeniy Petrov 1928 Russian Russian
1255 A Modest Proposal and Other Satirical Works Jonathan Swift 1729 Irish English
1261 Birds of America Lorrie Moore 1998 American English
1280 All about H. Hatterr G. V. Desani 1948 Indian English
1282 Essays of E. B. White E. B. White 1977 American English
1289 Where the Sidewalk Ends Shel Silverstein 1974 American English
1310 Greguerias Ramón Gómez de la Serna 1910 Spanish Spanish
1335 Karlson On The Roof Astrid Lindgren 1955 Swedish Swedish
1405 The Loved One Evelyn Waugh 1948 British English
1413 Me Talk Pretty One Day David Sedaris 2000 American English
1437 Asterix the Gaul Rene Goscinny 1959 French French
1459 The Imaginary Invalid Molière 1673 French French
1480 Cheese Willem Elsschot 1933 Belgian Dutch
1495 The Works of Moliere Molière 1666 French French
1503 She Stoops to Conquer Oliver Goldsmith 1773 British English
1592 The Inimitable Jeeves P. G. Wodehouse 1923 British English
1632 Bai Ganyo Aleko Konstantinov 1895 Bulgarian Bulgarian
1660 The Graduate Charles Webb 1963 American English
1688 Surely You're Joking, Mr. Feynman! Richard P. Feynman 1985 American English
1690 The Twits Roald Dahl 1980 British English
1706 The Portable Dorothy Parker Dorothy Parker 1944 American English
1739 The Little Golden Calf Ilya Ilf, Evgeniy Petrov 1931 Russian Russian
1767 Towards The End Of The Morning Michael Frayn 1967 British English
1796 Changing Places David Lodge 1975 British English
1804 A Bullet In The Ballet Caryl Brahms &S. J. Simon 1937 British English
1841 Just William Richmal Crompton 1922 British English
1908 Handley Cross R. S. Surtees 1843 British English
1943 Kitchen Confidential Anthony Bourdain 2000 American English
1950 Home Sweet Homicide Craig Rice 1944 American English
2000 Dirk Gently's Holistic Detective Agency Douglas Adams 1987 British English
2053 Little Nicholas Rene Goscinny 1959 French French
2054 A Bear Called Paddington Michael Bond 1958 British English
2076 Aunt Julia and the Scriptwriter Mario Vargas Llosa 1977 Peruvian Spanish
2115 The Works of Max Beerbohm Max Beerbohm 1902 British English
2119 The Castafiore Emerald Hergé 1963 Belgian French
2147 The Would-Be Gentleman Molière 1670 French French
2148 The Miser Molière 1668 French French
2181 The Magic Pudding Norman Lindsay 1918 Australian English
2225 Much Ado about Nothing William Shakespeare 1600 British English
2225 The Knights Aristophanes -424 Greek Ancient greek
2225 Essays Charles Lamb 1823 British English
2239 Emil I Lönneberga Astrid Lindgren 1963 Swedish Swedish
2257 Baron Munchausen's Narrative Of His Marvelous Travels And Campaigns In Russia Rudolf Erich Raspe 1785 German German
2263 Camera Obscura Nicolaas Beets 1839 Dutch Dutch
2263 Miss Pettigrew Lives for a Day Winifred Watson 1938 British English
2263 The 13 Clocks James Thurber 1950 American English
2361 Lake Wobegon Days Garrison Keillor 1985 American English
2376 Freakonomics Steven D. Levitt, Stephen J. Dubner 2005 American English
2391 Green Eggs and Ham Dr. Seuss 1960 American English
2399 Joy in the Morning P. G. Wodehouse 1946 British English
2446 Mafalda Quino 1978 Argentinian Spanish
2472 Travels With Myself And Another Martha Gellhorn 1978 American English
2477 Bokhandlaren som slutade bada Fritiof Nilsson Piraten 1937 Swedish Swedish
2515 The Taming of the Shrew William Shakespeare 1590 British English
2544 A Mother's Kisses Bruce Jay Friedman 1964 American English
2556 Notes from a Small Island Bill Bryson 1995 American English
2573 Edward Lear's Book of Nonsense Edward Lear 1846 British English
2583 The Wind on the Moon Eric Linklater 1944 British English
2585 We're Going on a Bear Hunt Michael Rosen 1989 British English
2606 A Short History Of Nearly Everything Bill Bryson 2003 American English