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
2857 The Dog Of The South Charles Portis 1979 American English
2871 Surely You're Joking, Mr. Feynman! Richard P. Feynman 1985 American English
2879 The Comedy Of Errors William Shakespeare 1594 British English
2927 The Great Shark Hunt Hunter S. Thompson 1979 American English
2930 Tourist Season Carl Hiaasen 1986 American English
2975 Penrod Booth Tarkington 1914 American English
3001 Monsignor Quixote Graham Greene 1982 British English
3021 Queen Lucia E. F. Benson 1920 British English
3021 Diary Of A Provincial Lady E. M. Delafield 1930 British English
3021 Mr Blandings Builds His Dream House Eric Hodgkins 1946 American English
3021 Pictures From An Institution Randall Jarrell 1954 American English
3021 Whisky Galore Compton Mackenzie 1947 British English
3035 Less Than Angels Barbara Pym 1955 British English
3037 Heavy Weather P. G. Wodehouse 1933 British English
3041 England, Their England A. G. Macdonell 1933 British English
3040 Baron Munchausen's Narrative Of His Marvelous Travels And Campaigns In Russia Rudolf Erich Raspe 1785 German German
3062 Home Land Sam Lipsyte 2004 American English
3095 We're Going on a Bear Hunt Michael Rosen 1989 British English
3100 Ball Four Jim Bouton 1970 American English
3108 Dirk Gently's Holistic Detective Agency Douglas Adams 1987 British English
3111 Anagrams Lorrie Moore 1986 American English
3131 Little Nicholas Rene Goscinny 1959 French French
3157 The Castafiore Emerald Hergé 1963 Belgian French
3158 The Flounder Günter Grass 1977 German German
3178 Priestdaddy Patricia Lockwood 2017 American English
3204 Fever Pitch Nick Hornby 1992 British English
3208 Travels With My Aunt Graham Greene 1969 British English
3216 The Year of the Hare Arto Paasilinna 1975 Finnish Finnish
3226 Much Ado about Nothing William Shakespeare 1600 British English
3234 Freakonomics Steven D. Levitt, Stephen J. Dubner 2005 American English
3244 The Thurber Carnival James Thurber 1945 American English
3313 Roughing It Mark Twain 1872 American English
3319 Metzger's Dog Thomas Perry 1983 American English
3382 Like Life Lorrie Moore 1990 American English
3444 The Kandy Kolored Tangerine Flake Streamline Baby Tom Wolfe 1965 American English
3459 Captain Pantoja And The Special Service Mario Vargas Llosa 1973 Peruvian Spanish
3464 The Emperor's New Clothes Hans Christian Andersen 1837 Danish Danish
3502 The Works of Max Beerbohm Max Beerbohm 1902 British English
3584 The Would-Be Gentleman Molière 1670 French French
3608 The Knights Aristophanes -424 Greek Ancient greek
3618 Porterhouse Blue Tom Sharpe 1974 British English
3630 I And My Chimney Herman Melville 1856 American English
3630 The Happy Island Dawn Powell 1938 American English
3637 The Devil's Dictionary Ambrose Bierce 1906 American English
3637 Laughter Henri Bergson 1900 French French
3637 Till Eulenspiegel Hermann Bote 1510 German German
3637 The Ship Of Fools Sebastian Brant 1494 German English
3637 The Adventures Of Baron Munchausen Gottfried Burger 1785 German German
3637 Gallows Songs Christian Morgenstern 1905 German German
3637 Kuttel Daddeldu Joachim Ringelnatz 1920 German German
3637 Die Feuerzangenbowle Heinrich Spoerl 1933 German German
3637 Lausbubengeschichten Ludwig Thoma 1905 German German
3804 The Ponder Heart Eudora Welty 1954 American English
3805 The Miser Molière 1668 French French
3819 The Commitments Roddy Doyle 1987 Irish English
3831 Blott On The Landscape Tom Sharpe 1975 British English
3876 Fear and Loathing on the Campaign Trail '72 Hunter S. Thompson 1973 American English
3907 The Wind on the Moon Eric Linklater 1944 British English
3921 She Stoops to Conquer Oliver Goldsmith 1773 British English
3940 The Sweet Science A. J. Liebling 1956 American English
4060 Down With Skool! Geoffrey Willans 1953 British English
4096 Boyfriend Material Alexis Hall 2020 British English
4156 The Assemblywomen Aristophanes -391 Greek Ancient greek
4163 The Naked Civil Servant Quentin Crisp 1968 British English
4170 Trout Fishing In America Richard Brautigan 1967 American English
4172 Sandro of Chegem Fazil Iskander 1966 Russian Russian
4232 Gedichten Van Den Schoolmeester Gerrit van de Linde 1859 Dutch Dutch
4299 The Fairy Gunmother Daniel Pennac 1987 French French
4308 Augustus Carp, Esq. By Himself Henry Howarth Bashford 1924 British English
4308 No Bed For Bacon Caryl Brahms, S. J. Simon 1941 British English
4308 Caprice Ronald Firbank 1917 British English
4308 Brewster's Millions Richard Greaves 1902 British English
4308 The Westminster Alice Saki 1902 British English
4308 The Unbearable Bassington Saki 1912 British English
4308 Hurrah For St Trinian's Ronald Searle 1948 British English
4308 Something Fresh P. G. Wodehouse 1915 British English
4308 Piccadilly Jim P. G. Wodehouse 1917 British English
4308 Afternoon Men Anthony Powell 1931 British English
4308 The History Of Pompey The Little Francis Coventry 1751 British English
4365 Kitchen Confidential Anthony Bourdain 2000 American English
4366 The Clockmaker Thomas Chandler Haliburton 1800 Canadian English
4369 Crazy Rich Asians Kevin Kwan 2013 American English
4435 A Mother's Kisses Bruce Jay Friedman 1964 American English
4476 Comedies Of Aristophanes Aristophanes -425 Ancient greek
4479 Revenge Of The Lawn Richard Brautigan 1971 American English
4522 The Situation Is Hopeless, But Not Serious Paul Watzlawick 1983 American English
4537 Stiff Mary Roach 2003 American English
4554 A Naughty Boy G'afur G'ulоm 1940 Uzbek Uzbek
4560 The Unfortunate Fursey Mervyn Wall 1946 Irish English
4560 Return Of Fursey Mervyn Wall 1948 Irish English
4628 Heartburn Nora Ephron 1983 American English
4632 Paddy Clarke Ha Ha Ha Roddy Doyle 1993 Irish English
4662 The Fan Man William Kotzwinkle 1974 American English
4679 Skippy Dies Pauli Murray 2010 Irish English
4680 The Autobiography of Mark Twain Mark Twain 1924 American English
4682 Green Eggs and Ham Dr. Seuss 1960 American English
4715 Office Politics Wilfrid Sheed 1965 British English
4767 The White Deer James Thurber 1945 American English
4767 Turnabout Thorne Smith 1931 American English
4778 Look Back, Mrs. Lot! Ephraim Kishon 1969 Israeli Hebrew
4834 Vice Versa F. Anstey 1882 British English
4834 The Brass Bottle F. Anstey 1900 British English
4855 Best of Simple Langston Hughes 1961 American English
4892 Seven Men And Two Others Max Beerbohm 1919 British English
4955 Miss Hargreaves Frank Baker 1939 British English
4980 I Want My Hat Back Jon Klassen 2011 Canadian English
4984 The Norman Conquests Alan Ayckbourn 1973 British English
5005 The Magic Pudding Norman Lindsay 1918 Australian English
5033 I Feel Bad About My Neck Nora Ephron 2006 American English
5043 The Stray Lamb Thorne Smith 1929 American English
5043 In Brief Authority F. Anstey 1896 British English
5115 The Boat Who Wouldn't Float Farley Mowat 1969 Canadian English
5131 Die Vollidioten Eckhard Henscheid 1973 German German
5136 Poems Of Wine And Revelry Abu Nuwas 800 Multiple Arabic
5157 With Love And Irony Lin Yutang 1934 Chinese English
5171 Humour And Fantasy F. Anstey 1931 British Unknown
5188 The Night Life Of The Gods Thorne Smith 1931 American English
5238 Travels With Myself And Another Martha Gellhorn 1978 American English
5240 The Secret Life Of Walter Mitty James Thurber 1983 American English
5254 The Harpole Report J. L. Carr 1972 British English