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
5264 The Exploits Of Engelbrecht Maurice Richardson 1950 British English
5291 Cutting It Short Bohumil Hrabal 1976 Czech Czech
5294 Tante Jolesch Or The Decline Of The West In Anecdotes Friedrich Torberg 1975 Austrian German
5306 A Fairy Tale Of New York J. P. Donleavy 1973 Irish English
5331 Pushkin Hills Sergei Dovlatov 1983 Russian Russian
5335 The 14 Carat Roadster Jenő Rejtő 1939 Hungarian Hungarian
5358 Tropic Of Ruislip Leslie Thomas 1974 British English
5362 The Portable Dorothy Parker Dorothy Parker 1944 American English
5379 Bridge of Birds Barry Hughart 1984 American English
5411 Last Days of Summer Steve Kluger 1998 American English
5415 Bad Science Ben Goldacre 2008 British English
5430 Squire Haggard's Journal Michael Green 1975 British English
5437 The Office J.J. Voskuil 1996 Dutch Dutch
5449 Così Parlò Bellavista Luciano De Crescenzo 1977 Italian Italian
5485 The Painter Of Signs R. K. Narayan 1976 Indian English
5496 All Creatures Great And Small James Herriot 1972 British English
5529 Tales Of The Black Widowers Isaac Asimov 1974 American English
5532 Povídání O Pejskovi A Kočičce Josef Čapek 1936 Czech Czech
5532 Balada Z Hadrů Jan Werich, Jiří Voskovec 1935 Czech Czech
5532 Saturnin Zdeněk Jirotka 1942 Czech Czech
5532 Fimfárum Jan Werich 1963 Czech Czech
5532 Divadlo Járy Cimrmana Zdeněk Svěrák, Ladislav Smoljak, Jára Cimrman 1967 Czech Czech
5593 Love Among The Chickens P. G. Wodehouse 1906 British English
5607 Sex, Drugs, And Cocoa Puffs Chuck Klosterman 2003 American English
5621 Diary of a Wimpy Kid Jeff Kinney 2007 American English
5653 Nothing To See Here Kevin Wilson 2019 American English
5664 The Evolution Man Or How I Ate My Father Roy Lewis 1960 British English
5707 Mondscheintarif Ildikò von Kürthy 1999 German German
5721 Manhood For Amateurs Michael Chabon 2009 American English
5745 Can You Keep A Secret? Sophie Kinsella 2003 British English
5753 Angus, Thongs And Full Frontal Snogging Louise Rennison 1999 British English
5758 Concerning The Eccentricities Of Cardinal Pirelli Ronald Firbank 1926 British English
5813 John Dies At The End David Wong 2007 American English
5818 Epigrams Martial 86 Latin Latin
5839 The Braggart Soldier Plautus -204 Roman Latin
5857 The Servant Of Two Masters Carlo Goldoni 1746 Italian Italian
5864 The School for Wives Molière 1662 French French
5864 My Life and Hard Times James Thurber 1933 American English
5905 The Country Wife William Wycherley 1675 British English
5952 Inherent Vice Thomas Pynchon 2009 American English
5957 A Good Man In Africa William Boyd 1981 British English
5991 Twelfth Night William Shakespeare 1602 British English
6007 The Wonderful Farm Marcel Aymé 1939 French French
6007 Which Moped With Chrome Plated Handlebars At The Back Of The Yard? Georges Perec 1966 French French
6155 CivilWarLand in Bad Decline George Saunders 1996 American English
6164 Arguably Christopher Hitchens 2011 British English
6165 Slouching Towards Kalamazoo Peter De Vries 1983 American English
6167 Till Eulenspiegel Unknown 1977 German German
6187 The Tunnel Of Love Peter De Vries 1954 American English
6187 The Second Tree From The Corner E. B. White 1954 American English
6212 The Midnight Examiner William Kotzwinkle 1989 American English
6218 Indul A Bakterház Sándor Rideg 1973 Hungarian Hungarian
6294 Gaston André Franquin 1957 French French
6305 Dreaming Of Babylon Richard Brautigan 1977 American English
6317 Comfort Me With Apples Peter De Vries 1956 American English
6364 The Restraint Of Beasts Magnus Mills 1998 British English
6473 The Belles Lettres Papers Charles Simmons 1987 American English
6532 Born A Crime Trevor Noah 2016 South African English
6568 Baron Wenckheim’s Homecoming László Krasznahorkai 2016 Hungarian Hungarian
6570 Nice Work David Lodge 1988 British English
6638 Life With Jeeves P. G. Wodehouse 1983 British English
6638 The Curse Of Lono Hunter S. Thompson 1983 American English
6667 The Gashlycrumb Tinies Edward Gorey 1963 American English
6670 Complete Short Stories Mark Twain 1957 American English
6713 Bock I örtagård Fritiof Nilsson Piraten 1933 Swedish Swedish
6738 Titmuss Regained John Mortimer 1990 British English
6738 The Wimbledon Poisoner Nigel Williams 1990 British English
6738 My Misspent Youth Meghan Daum 2001 American English
6760 The Light Fantastic Terry Pratchett 1986 British English
6768 A Treasury Of American Folklore Benjamin A. Botkin 1944 American English
6822 The Pat Hobby Stories F. Scott Fitzgerald 1962 American English
6822 Donald Duck Carl Barks, Walt Disney 1942 American English
6822 Mark Twain's (Burlesque) Autobiography And First Romance Mark Twain 1871 American English
6832 The Uncommon Reader Alan Bennett 2007 British English
6879 Galantine De Volaille Pour Dames Frivoles San-Antonio 1987 French French
6906 The Van Roddy Doyle 1991 Irish English
6975 The Good Life Elsewhere Vladimir Lorchenkov 2008 Russian Russian
7005 The Collected Plays Of Noel Coward Noel Coward 1979 British English
7015 God Save The Mark Donald E. Westlake 1967 American English
7040 The Americans Are Coming Herb Curtis 1989 Canadian English
7054 The Divine Ryans Wayne Johnston 1990 Canadian English
7057 Write To Kill Daniel Pennac 1990 French Unknown
7063 Then We Came To The End Joshua Ferris 2007 American English
7188 Pete Pite Gábor Nógrádi 1981 Hungarian Unknown
7218 Poems, Plays, And Masques Ben Jonson 1601 British English
7218 Hudibras Samuel Butler (poet) 1663 British English
7218 The Prose Works Of Jonathan Swift Jonathan Swift 1701 Irish English
7218 Poems Of Jonathan Swift Jonathan Swift 1701 Irish English
7218 An Essay On The Dramatic Character Of Sir John Falstaff Maurice Morgann 1777 British English
7218 School For Husbands Molière 1661 French French
7218 The Precious Ridiculous Molière 1659 French French
7218 Roman Sonnets Giuseppe Gioacchino Belli 1830 Italian Italian
7218 Poems Of Thomas Hood Thomas Hood 1826 British English
7218 Gryll Grange Thomas Love Peacock 1861 British English
7218 Complete Works Lewis Carroll 1939 British English
7218 Complete Plays Of Gilbert And Sullivan W. S. Gilbert 1938 British English
7218 Bab Ballads W. S. Gilbert 1869 British English
7218 Essays Of Oscar Wilde Oscar Wilde 1909 Irish English
7218 Nervous People And Other Satires Mikhail Zoshchenko 1927 Russian Russian
7218 The Travels And Adventures Of Benjamin The Third Mendele Mokher Seforim 1878 Israeli Yiddish
7218 A Cool Million Nathanael West 1934 American English
7218 Lead Us Into Temptation Breandán Ó hEithir 1976 Irish English
7218 The Fortnight In September R. C. Sherriff 1931 British English
7590 Moo Jane Smiley 1995 American English
7617 Don't Get Too Comfortable David Rakoff 2005 Canadian English
7613 Aunt Julia And The Script Writer Mario Vargas Llosa 1977 Peruvian Spanish
7630 The Wee Free Men Terry Pratchett 2003 British English
7693 Heroes Like Us Thomas Brussig 1995 German German
7693 Das Superweib Hera Lind 1995 German German
7718 Complete Nonsense Edward Lear 1947 British English
7813 Shrill Lindy West 2016 American English
7821 Five Novels Ronald Firbank 1949 British English
7833 Elling Ingvar Ambjørnsen 1996 Norwegian Norwegian
7846 The Accidental Ali Smith 2005 British English
7873 Psmith, Journalist P. G. Wodehouse 1915 British English
7916 How To Talk About Books You Haven't Read Pierre Bayard 2007 French French
7927 Letters From The Earth Mark Twain 1962 American English
7958 Das Frühstücksei. Gesammelte Dramatische Geschichten Loriot 1997 German German
7986 B. Proudew Irena Dousková 1998 Czech Czech
8006 There Are Little Kingdoms Kevin Barry 2007 Irish English