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
16601 Martians, Go Home Fredric Brown 1955 American English
16595 The Pill Vs. The Springhill Mine Disaster Richard Brautigan 1968 American English
16621 Badjelly The Witch Spike Milligan 1973 New Zealander English
16746 Life With Father Howard Lindsay, Russell Crouse 1939 American English
16744 So Long And Thanks For All The Fish (Hitch Hiker's Guide To The Galaxy, No. 4) Douglas Adams 1984 British English
16635 The Most Of S. J. Perelman S. J. Perelman 1970 American English
16758 Some Tame Gazelle Barbara Pym 1950 British English
16739 The Misanthrope / Tartuffe Molière 1666 French French
16653 The Water Method Man John Irving 1972 American English
16687 De Witte Ernest Claes 1920 Belgian Dutch
16722 The Complete Tales And Poems Of Winnie The Pooh A. A. Milne 1926 British English
16620 Bunnicula Deborah Howe 1979 American English
16764 Manalive G. K. Chesterton 1912 British English
16702 Love And Freindship Jane Austen 1790 English English
17150 The Bear Comes Home Rafi Zabor 1997 American English
17150 George Mills Stanley Elkin 1982 American English
17150 Mrs. Ted Bliss Stanley Elkin 1995 American English
17150 Schott's Original Miscellany Ben Schott 2002 British English
17150 Killing Yourself to Live Chuck Klosterman 2005 American English
17150 Kruger's Alp Christopher Hope 1984 South African English
17150 Swing Hammer Swing! Jeff Torrington 1992 Scottish English
17150 In Trouble Again Redmond O'Hanlon 1988 British English
17150 Jaguars Ripped My Flesh Tim Cahill 1987 American English
17150 One Man's Mountains Tom Patey 1971 British English
17150 America John Stewart 2004 American English
17150 Take It Or Leave It Raymond Federman 1976 American English
17150 The Franchiser Stanley Elkin 1976 American English
17150 Creamy and Delicious Steve Katz 1970 American Unknown
17150 Mulligan Stew Gilbert Sorrentino 1979 American English
17150 Snobbery Joseph Epstein 2002 American English
17150 Enthusiasms Bernard Levin 1983 British English
17150 Airships Barry Hannah 1978 American English
17150 The Worst Witch Jill Murphy 1974 British English
17150 War Dances Sherman Alexie 2009 American English
17150 The Book With No Pictures B. J. Novak 2014 American English
16933 The Stainless Steel Rat Harry Harrison 1961 American English
17150 Raavan & Eddie Kiran Nagarkar 1995 Indian English
17150 You And I Padgett Powell 2011 American English
17150 Thraxas Martin Scott 1999 British English
17150 Nation Of Fools Balraj Khanna 1984 Indian English
17150 The Snapper Roddy Doyle 1990 Irish English
17150 1,000 Years Of Annoying The French Stephen Clarke 2010 British English
17150 And Away… Bob Mortimer 2021 British English
17150 Tall Tales And Wee Stories Bill Connolly 2019 Scottish English
17150 Wall And Piece Banksy 2005 British English
17150 The Good, The Bad, And The Multiplex Mark Kermode 2011 British English
17150 F*Ck Feelings Sarah Bennett, Michael Bennett 2015 American English
17150 A Light In The Attic (20th Anniversary Edition Book & Cd) Shel Silverstein 1981 American English
17150 One Man, Two Guvnors Richard Bean 2011 British English
17150 Vanya And Sonia And Masha And Spike Christopher Durang 2013 American English
16927 Harvey Mary Chase 1944 American English
16980 You Can't Take It With You George S. Kaufman, Moss Hart 1936 American English
17150 The End Of Vandalism Tom Drury 1994 American English
17150 Mister Monkey Francine Prose 2016 American English
17150 The Funny Man John Warner 2011 American English
17150 A Window In Thrums J. M. Barrie 1889 Scottish English
17150 Soapey Sponge's Sporting Tour Robert Smith Surtees 1853 British English
17150 Tales From Margaritaville Jimmy Buffett 1989 American English
17150 And So It Goes Charles J. Shields 2011 American English
16889 The Wit Of Oscar Wilde Oscar Wilde 1900 Irish English
17150 Plums Of P.G. Wodehouse P. G. Wodehouse 1993 British English
17150 Ние, мушмороците Viktor Samuilov 1981 Bulgarian Bulgarian
17150 Telephone Tales Gianni Rodari 1962 Italian Italian
17150 Мили бате! ... Писма на един дакел Stanka Pencheva 1971 Bulgarian Bulgarian
17150 Васко да Гама от село Рупча the Mormarev Brothers 1977 Bulgarian Bulgarian
17150 Войната на таралежите the Mormarev Brothers 1979 Bulgarian Bulgarian
16848 Тошко Африкански Angel Karaliichev 1952 Bulgarian Bulgarian
17150 Небивалици Donald Bissett 1968 British Russian
17150 Fearless Fourteen Janet Evanovich 2008 American English
16909 A Flea In Her Ear Georges Feydeau 1907 French French
17150 Consider The Following Bill Nye 1995 American English
17150 Ten Years In The Tub Nick Hornby 2013 British English
17150 The Undertaking Thomas Lynch 1997 American English
17150 Lost In Place Mark Salzman 1995 American English
17150 Franz Series Christine Nöstlinger 1979 Austrian German
17150 Some Adventures Of Captain Simon Suggs Johnson Jones Hooper 1845 American English
17150 Great Mambo Chicken And The Transhuman Condition Ed Regis 1990 American English
17150 Secret Life Of Saeed The Pessoptimist Emile Habibi 1974 Palestinian Arabic
17150 Budding Prospects T. C. Boyle 1984 American English
17150 Fup Jim Dodge 1983 American English
17150 The Crow Eaters Bapsi Sidhwa 1978 Pakistani English
17150 44 Scotland Street Collection Alexander McCall Smith 2005 British English
17150 Frindle Andrew Clements 1996 American English
17150 Vera Wong's Unsolicited Advice For Murderers Jesse Q. Sutanto 2023 British English
17150 We Are In A Book! Mo Willems 2010 American English
17150 Cloudy With A Chance Of Meatballs Judi Barrett 1978 American English
17150 The Day The Crayons Quit Drew Daywalt 2013 American English
17150 Let's Pretend This Never Happened Jenny Lawson 2012 American English
17150 A Man With One Of Those Faces Caimh McDonnell 2016 Irish English
17150 Everyone In My Family Has Killed Someone Benjamin Stevenson 2022 Australian English
17150 The Lost Continent Bill Bryson 1989 American English
17150 At Home Bill Bryson 2010 American English
17150 Lecciones De Química Bonnie Garmus 2022 American English
16847 Laughable Loves Milan Kundera 1969 Czech Czech
17150 An Abundance Of Katherines John Green 2006 American English
17150 The Bad Beginning Lemony Snicket 1999 American English
17150 Percy Jackson's Greek Gods Rick Riordan 2014 American English
17150 The Hammer Of Thor Rick Riordan 2016 American English
17150 Ralph: Or, What's Eating The Folks In Fatchakulla County? Ned Crabb 1985 American English
17150 101 Reykjavik Hallgrímur Helgason 1996 Icelandic Icelandic
17150 Fortunately, The Milk Neil Gaiman 2013 British English
17150 You Suck Christopher Moore 2007 American English
17150 The Long Dark Tea Time Of The Soul Douglas Adams 1988 British English
16955 Singular Travels, Campaigns And Adventures Of Baron Munchausen R. E. Raspe 1785 German German
17150 Dear Committee Members Julie Schumacher 2014 American English
17150 Still Life With Woodpecker Tom Robbins 1980 American English
17150 The Rum Diary Hunter S. Thompson 1998 American English
17150 The Antidote Oliver Burkeman 2012 British English
17150 The City Of Dreaming Books Walter Moers 2004 German German
17150 One Two Three Four Craig Brown 2020 British English
17150 Spud John van de Ruit 2005 South African English
17150 Berlin Blues Sven Regener 2001 German German
17150 Anita De Monte Laughs Last Xóchitl González 2024 Unknown Unknown
17150 Funny Girl Nick Hornby 2014 British English
17150 Charlie And The Chocolate Factory Richard R. George 1976 Unknown English
16859 Charlie And The Great Glass Elevator Roald Dahl 1972 British English
17150 About A Boy Nick Hornby 1998 British English
17150 Doppler Erlend Loe 2004 Norwegian Norwegian
17150 Scott Pilgrim Vs. The World Bryan Lee O'Malley 2004 Canadian English
17150 The Adventures Of Tom Sawyer F.H. Cornish Unknown Unknown