Humor

A comic novel is usually a work of fiction in which the writer seeks to amuse the reader, sometimes with subtlety and as part of a carefully woven narrative, sometimes above all other considerations. It could indeed be said that comedy fiction is literary work that aims primarily to provoke laughter, but this isn't always as obvious as it first may seem. ...more

New Releases Tagged "Humor"

A Waffle Lot of Love! (Narwhal and Jelly #10)
Warp, Rinse, Repeat (Tales of a Former Space Janitor, #6)
Garfield Crash Diet: His 78th Book
Our Long National Nightmare
Convent Wisdom: How Sixteenth-Century Nuns Could Save Your Twenty-First-Century Life
Do Aliens Speak Physics?: And Other Questions about Science and the Nature of Reality
Joke Farming: How to Write Comedy and Other Nonsense
The Encyclopedia of Ugly Fashion: A Hilarious Introspective of History’s Best Worst Fashion Trends
The Great British Bump-Off: Kill or Be Quilt
  • The Boys Are Back in Town by Karl Kling
    The Boys Are Back in Town: A Brody James Mystery
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    Release date: Oct 28, 2023
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    Takin' Care of Business: A Brody James Mystery
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    Release date: Jan 09, 2025
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  • Heroes, Inc. by Kyle Crocco
    Heroes, Inc.: The One With the Werewolf and Other Stories
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    Release date: Jan 28, 2026
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  • Second Act Romance
    A Play for Love
    Everyone in My Family Has Killed Someone (Ernest Cunningham, #1)
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    The Highland Fling
    A Crown of Ruin (Blood and Ash #6.5)
    The Unselected Journals of Emma M. Lion: Vol. 8
    The King's Ransom
    The Wizard's Cat (The Wizard's Butler, #2)
    And Then There Was You
    How to Age Disgracefully
    Echoes of Insurrection (The Firebird Chronicles, #6)
    The Burnout
    Call Me Anytime (The Protectors #1)
    Finlay Donovan Knocks 'Em Dead (Finlay Donovan, #2)
    To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper LeeA Story of Yesterday by Sergio CoboSheever's Journal, Diary of a Poison Master by K.  RitzThe Help by Kathryn StockettThe Hunger Games by Suzanne Collins
    All-Time Awesome Books
    12,068 books — 7,784 voters
    The Ultimate Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy by Douglas AdamsCatch-22 by Joseph HellerGood Omens by Terry PratchettThe Princess Bride by William GoldmanThe Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy by Douglas Adams
    Funniest Novels of All Time
    1,422 books — 2,339 voters

    The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy by Douglas AdamsGood Omens by Terry PratchettLamb by Christopher MooreThe Princess Bride by William GoldmanMe Talk Pretty One Day by David Sedaris
    Best Humorous Books
    4,345 books — 7,947 voters
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    1,488 books — 2,692 voters

    Beautiful Disaster by Jamie McGuireFifty Shades of Grey by E.L. JamesEasy by Tammara WebberThoughtless by S.C. StephensSlammed by Colleen Hoover
    I AM IN LOVE !!!
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    The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy (Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy, #1)
    Bossypants
    Me Talk Pretty One Day
    Good Omens: The Nice and Accurate Prophecies of Agnes Nutter, Witch
    Hyperbole and a Half: Unfortunate Situations, Flawed Coping Mechanisms, Mayhem, and Other Things That Happened
    Is Everyone Hanging Out Without Me? (And Other Concerns)
    Yes Please
    The Restaurant at the End of the Universe (The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy, #2)
    The Color of Magic (Discworld, #1; Rincewind, #1)
    Dress Your Family in Corduroy and Denim
    Let's Pretend This Never Happened: A Mostly True Memoir
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