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
2533 A Man Called Ove Fredrik Backman 2012 Swedish Swedish
3061 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
4097 Boyfriend Material Alexis Hall 2020 British English
4366 Kitchen Confidential Anthony Bourdain 2000 American English
4370 Crazy Rich Asians Kevin Kwan 2013 American English
4538 Stiff Mary Roach 2003 American English
4680 Skippy Dies Pauli Murray 2010 Irish English
4980 I Want My Hat Back Jon Klassen 2011 Canadian English
5033 I Feel Bad About My Neck Nora Ephron 2006 American English
5412 Bad Science Ben Goldacre 2008 British English
5603 Sex, Drugs, And Cocoa Puffs Chuck Klosterman 2003 American English
5617 Diary of a Wimpy Kid Jeff Kinney 2007 American English
5649 Nothing To See Here Kevin Wilson 2019 American English
5717 Manhood For Amateurs Michael Chabon 2009 American English
5741 Can You Keep A Secret? Sophie Kinsella 2003 British English
5809 John Dies At The End David Wong 2007 American English
5946 Inherent Vice Thomas Pynchon 2009 American English
6160 Arguably Christopher Hitchens 2011 British English
6529 Born A Crime Trevor Noah 2016 South African English
6565 Baron Wenckheim’s Homecoming László Krasznahorkai 2016 Hungarian Hungarian
6736 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
7615 Don't Get Too Comfortable David Rakoff 2005 Canadian English
7628 The Wee Free Men Terry Pratchett 2003 British English
7811 Shrill Lindy West 2016 American English
7844 The Accidental Ali Smith 2005 British English
7914 How To Talk About Books You Haven't Read Pierre Bayard 2007 French French
8004 There Are Little Kingdoms Kevin Barry 2007 Irish English
8075 The Great Derangement Matt Taibbi 2008 American English
8169 A Long Way Down Nick Hornby 2005 British English
8247 Always Unreliable Clive James 2001 British English
8248 Funny in Farsi Firoozeh Dumas 2003 Iranian English
8266 That Time I Got Drunk And Saved A Demon Kimberly Lemming 2022 American English
8320 The Truth Terry Pratchett 2000 British English
8368 The Lecturer's Tale James Hynes 2001 American English
8408 Lost In A Good Book Jasper Fforde 2002 British English
8442 Generation Golf Florian Illies 2000 German German
8442 Russian Disco Wladimir Kaminer 2000 German German
8462 The Fiddler In The Subway Gene Weingarten 2010 American English
8545 Down Under Bill Bryson 2000 American English
8613 Civilisation Steve Braunias 2012 New Zealand English
8627 The 13 Storey Treehouse Andy Griffiths 2011 Australian English
8678 In Defense Of Sanity G. K. Chesterton 2011 British English
8862 Dungeon Crawler Carl Matt Dinniman 2020 American English
8894 Yoga For People Who Can’t Be Bothered To Do It Geoff Dyer 2003 British English
8970 A Short History Of Nearly Everything Bill Bryson 2003 American English
8987 Less Andrew Sean Greer 2017 American English
9051 Taking Off Emily Dickinson’s Clothes Billy Collins 2000 American English
9122 Lumberjanes Noelle Stevenson 2014 American English
9176 The Cocktail Collection Alice Clayton 2016 Unknown English
9177 Off To Be The Wizard Scott Meyer 2013 English
9216 Eats, Shoots and Leaves Lynne Truss 2003 British English
9235 Lightning Rods Helen DeWitt 2011 American English
9259 Can’t We Talk About Something More Pleasant? Roz Chast 2014 American English
9259 Absurdistan Gary Shteyngart 2006 Russian English
9305 The Devil Wears Prada Lauren Weisberger 2003 American English
9310 White Man Falling Mike Stocks 2006 British English
9338 Suzy Zeus Gets Organized Maggie Robbins 2000 American English
9343 Hera Lindsay Bird Hera Lindsay Bird 2016 New Zealand English
9370 Oh My God What A Complete Aisling Emer McLysaght, Sarah Breen 2017 Irish English
9536 Two Cures For Love Wendy Cope 2008 British English
9567 Pucked Helena Hunting 2015 Canadian English
9591 Písničky Bez Muziky Emanuel Frynta 2010 Czech Czech
9606 Leonard And Hungry Paul Rónán Hession 2019 Irish English
9617 We Are Never Meeting In Real Life. Samantha Irby 2017 American English
9640 Josh And Hazel's Guide To Not Dating Christina Lauren 2018 American English
9819 Mean Boy Lynn Coady 2006 Canadian English
9849 Dress Your Family In Corduroy And Denim David Sedaris 2004 American English
9953 Big Girl, Small Town Michelle Gallen 2020 Irish English
9960 Winner Of The National Book Award Jincy Willett 2003 American English
9972 Where’d You Go, Bernadette Maria Semple 2012 American English
9978 This Inevitable Ruin Matt Dinniman 2024 Unknown English
10086 We Have No Idea Daniel Whiteson, Jorge Cham 2017 Unknown English
10088 Confessions Of A Shopaholic Sophie Kinsella 2000 British English
10221 Grief Is For People Sloane Crosley 2024 Unknown English
10363 Cue The Sun! Emily Nussbaum 2024 Unknown English
10400 An Oral History Of Atlantis Ed Park 2025 Unknown English
10449 Calypso David Sedaris 2018 American English
10508 Funny Story Emily Henry 2024 American English
10514 The Bird Man And The Lap Dancer Eric Hansen 2004 American English
10559 Thief Of Time Terry Pratchett 2001 British English
10663 Lorne Susan Morrison 2025 Unknown English
10665 Maggie; Or, A Man And A Woman Walk Into A Bar Katie Yee 2025 Unknown English
10674 Spent Alison Bechdel 2025 American English
10693 How To Dodge A Cannonball Dennard Dayle 2025 Unknown English
10711 Paradise Logic Sophie Kemp 2025 Unknown English
10935 Bitches, Bimbos, And Ballbreakers Guerilla Girls 2003 American English
10991 állítsátok Meg Terézanyut! Zsuzsa Rácz 2015 Hungarian Hungarian
11208 Based On A True Story Norm Macdonald 2016 Canadian English
11225 Fargo Rock City Chuck Klosterman 2001 American English
11236 Vera, Or Faith Gary Shteyngart 2025 American English
11300 Run For The Hills Kevin Wilson 2025 Unknown English
11315 Lamb Christopher Moore 2002 American English
11325 Learning To Drive Katha Pollitt 2007 American English
11350 The Anthropocene Reviewed John Green 2021 American English
11422 Me And Earl And The Dying Girl Jesse Andrews 2012 American English
11480 Ninety Nine Glimpses Of Princess Margaret Craig Brown 2017 British English
11512 Le Recensement Des Intellos De Gauche Giacomo Papi 2019 Unknown French
11521 Dial A For Aunties Jesse Q. Sutanto 2021 Indonesian English
11608 The Complete Calvin And Hobbes Bill Watterson 2005 American English
11638 Damned If I Do Percival Everett 2013 American English
11641 On Animals Susan Orlean 2021 American English
11660 Lake Success Gary Shteyngart 2018 American English
11810 Yinka, Where Is Your Huzband? Elizabeth Blackburn 2022 Unknown English
11919 Lake Of Urine Guillermo Stitch 2020 British English
12066 Discontent Beatriz Serrano, Mara Faye Lethem 2023 Unknown English
12105 Dwelling Emily Hunt Kivel 2025 Unknown English
12225 Shades Of Grey Jasper Fforde 2009 British English
12230 Vulture Phoebe Greenwood 2025 Unknown English
12250 Beautiful People Simon Doonan 2005 British English
12295 The Payback Kashana Cauley 2025 American English
12311 Yes Please Amy Poehler 2014 American English
12317 Replaceable You Mary Roach 2025 American English
12377 Service John Tottenham 2025 Unknown English