The Greatest Humor Books Since 2000

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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
1895 Me Talk Pretty One Day David Sedaris 2000 American English
1907 Consider The Lobster David Foster Wallace 2005 American English
2535 A Man Called Ove Fredrik Backman 2012 Swedish Swedish
3062 Home Land Sam Lipsyte 2004 American English
3177 Priestdaddy Patricia Lockwood 2017 American English
3233 Freakonomics Steven D. Levitt, Stephen J. Dubner 2005 American English
4098 Boyfriend Material Alexis Hall 2020 British English
4367 Kitchen Confidential Anthony Bourdain 2000 American English
4371 Crazy Rich Asians Kevin Kwan 2013 American English
4539 Stiff Mary Roach 2003 American English
4681 Skippy Dies Pauli Murray 2010 Irish English
4983 I Want My Hat Back Jon Klassen 2011 Canadian English
5036 I Feel Bad About My Neck Nora Ephron 2006 American English
5414 Bad Science Ben Goldacre 2008 British English
5606 Sex, Drugs, And Cocoa Puffs Chuck Klosterman 2003 American English
5620 Diary of a Wimpy Kid Jeff Kinney 2007 American English
5652 Nothing To See Here Kevin Wilson 2019 American English
5720 Manhood For Amateurs Michael Chabon 2009 American English
5744 Can You Keep A Secret? Sophie Kinsella 2003 British English
5812 John Dies At The End David Wong 2007 American English
5950 Inherent Vice Thomas Pynchon 2009 American English
6163 Arguably Christopher Hitchens 2011 British English
6531 Born A Crime Trevor Noah 2016 South African English
6567 Baron Wenckheim’s Homecoming László Krasznahorkai 2016 Hungarian Hungarian
6737 My Misspent Youth Meghan Daum 2001 American English
6831 The Uncommon Reader Alan Bennett 2007 British English
6974 The Good Life Elsewhere Vladimir Lorchenkov 2008 Russian Russian
7062 Then We Came To The End Joshua Ferris 2007 American English
7616 Don't Get Too Comfortable David Rakoff 2005 Canadian English
7629 The Wee Free Men Terry Pratchett 2003 British English
7812 Shrill Lindy West 2016 American English
7845 The Accidental Ali Smith 2005 British English
7915 How To Talk About Books You Haven't Read Pierre Bayard 2007 French French
8005 There Are Little Kingdoms Kevin Barry 2007 Irish English
8076 The Great Derangement Matt Taibbi 2008 American English
8171 A Long Way Down Nick Hornby 2005 British English
8249 Always Unreliable Clive James 2001 British English
8250 Funny in Farsi Firoozeh Dumas 2003 Iranian English
8268 That Time I Got Drunk And Saved A Demon Kimberly Lemming 2022 American English
8322 The Truth Terry Pratchett 2000 British English
8371 The Lecturer's Tale James Hynes 2001 American English
8411 Lost In A Good Book Jasper Fforde 2002 British English
8445 Generation Golf Florian Illies 2000 German German
8445 Russian Disco Wladimir Kaminer 2000 German German
8466 The Fiddler In The Subway Gene Weingarten 2010 American English
8549 Down Under Bill Bryson 2000 American English
8617 Civilisation Steve Braunias 2012 New Zealand English
8631 The 13 Storey Treehouse Andy Griffiths 2011 Australian English
8682 In Defense Of Sanity G. K. Chesterton 2011 British English
8866 Dungeon Crawler Carl Matt Dinniman 2020 American English
8898 Yoga For People Who Can’t Be Bothered To Do It Geoff Dyer 2003 British English
8974 A Short History Of Nearly Everything Bill Bryson 2003 American English
8991 Less Andrew Sean Greer 2017 American English
9056 Taking Off Emily Dickinson’s Clothes Billy Collins 2000 American English
9127 Lumberjanes Noelle Stevenson 2014 American English
9180 The Cocktail Collection Alice Clayton 2016 Unknown English
9181 Off To Be The Wizard Scott Meyer 2013 English
9220 Eats, Shoots and Leaves Lynne Truss 2003 British English
9239 Lightning Rods Helen DeWitt 2011 American English
9263 Can’t We Talk About Something More Pleasant? Roz Chast 2014 American English
9263 Absurdistan Gary Shteyngart 2006 Russian English
9310 The Devil Wears Prada Lauren Weisberger 2003 American English
9315 White Man Falling Mike Stocks 2006 British English
9343 Suzy Zeus Gets Organized Maggie Robbins 2000 American English
9348 Hera Lindsay Bird Hera Lindsay Bird 2016 New Zealand English
9375 Oh My God What A Complete Aisling Emer McLysaght, Sarah Breen 2017 Irish English
9541 Two Cures For Love Wendy Cope 2008 British English
9572 Pucked Helena Hunting 2015 Canadian English
9596 Písničky Bez Muziky Emanuel Frynta 2010 Czech Czech
9611 Leonard And Hungry Paul Rónán Hession 2019 Irish English
9622 We Are Never Meeting In Real Life. Samantha Irby 2017 American English
9646 Josh And Hazel's Guide To Not Dating Christina Lauren 2018 American English
9824 Mean Boy Lynn Coady 2006 Canadian English
9854 Dress Your Family In Corduroy And Denim David Sedaris 2004 American English
9959 Big Girl, Small Town Michelle Gallen 2020 Irish English
9966 Winner Of The National Book Award Jincy Willett 2003 American English
9978 Where’d You Go, Bernadette Maria Semple 2012 American English
9984 This Inevitable Ruin Matt Dinniman 2024 Unknown English
10092 We Have No Idea Daniel Whiteson, Jorge Cham 2017 Unknown English
10094 Confessions Of A Shopaholic Sophie Kinsella 2000 British English
10227 Grief Is For People Sloane Crosley 2024 Unknown English
10368 Cue The Sun! Emily Nussbaum 2024 Unknown English
10405 An Oral History Of Atlantis Ed Park 2025 Unknown English
10454 Calypso David Sedaris 2018 American English
10513 Funny Story Emily Henry 2024 American English
10519 The Bird Man And The Lap Dancer Eric Hansen 2004 American English
10564 Thief Of Time Terry Pratchett 2001 British English
10668 Lorne Susan Morrison 2025 Unknown English
10670 Maggie; Or, A Man And A Woman Walk Into A Bar Katie Yee 2025 Unknown English
10679 Spent Alison Bechdel 2025 American English
10698 How To Dodge A Cannonball Dennard Dayle 2025 Unknown English
10716 Paradise Logic Sophie Kemp 2025 Unknown English
10940 Bitches, Bimbos, And Ballbreakers Guerilla Girls 2003 American English
10996 állítsátok Meg Terézanyut! Zsuzsa Rácz 2015 Hungarian Hungarian
11213 Based On A True Story Norm Macdonald 2016 Canadian English
11230 Fargo Rock City Chuck Klosterman 2001 American English
11241 Vera, Or Faith Gary Shteyngart 2025 American English
11306 Run For The Hills Kevin Wilson 2025 Unknown English
11320 Lamb Christopher Moore 2002 American English
11330 Learning To Drive Katha Pollitt 2007 American English
11355 The Anthropocene Reviewed John Green 2021 American English
11426 Me And Earl And The Dying Girl Jesse Andrews 2012 American English
11483 Ninety Nine Glimpses Of Princess Margaret Craig Brown 2017 British English
11515 Le Recensement Des Intellos De Gauche Giacomo Papi 2019 Unknown French
11524 Dial A For Aunties Jesse Q. Sutanto 2021 Indonesian English
11611 The Complete Calvin And Hobbes Bill Watterson 2005 American English
11641 Damned If I Do Percival Everett 2013 American English
11644 On Animals Susan Orlean 2021 American English
11663 Lake Success Gary Shteyngart 2018 American English
11812 Yinka, Where Is Your Huzband? Elizabeth Blackburn 2022 Unknown English
11921 Lake Of Urine Guillermo Stitch 2020 British English
12067 Discontent Beatriz Serrano, Mara Faye Lethem 2023 Unknown English
12106 Dwelling Emily Hunt Kivel 2025 Unknown English
12226 Shades Of Grey Jasper Fforde 2009 British English
12231 Vulture Phoebe Greenwood 2025 Unknown English
12251 Beautiful People Simon Doonan 2005 British English
12296 The Payback Kashana Cauley 2025 American English
12313 Yes Please Amy Poehler 2014 American English
12319 Replaceable You Mary Roach 2025 American English
12379 Service John Tottenham 2025 Unknown English