Humour category: 17948 books
American on Purpose
The Improbable Adventures of an Unlikely Patriot
Language: English
Release Date: September 22, 2009
In his memoir American on Purpose, Craig Ferguson, host of The Late, Late Show, traces his journey from working-class Glasgow to the comedic limelight of Hollywood and American citizenship. Moving and achingly funny, American on Purpose moves from Ferguson’s early life as an alcoholic to his stint...
by Artie Lange, Anthony Bozza
Language: English
Release Date: November 11, 2008
Language: English
Release Date: November 11, 2008
Outrageous, raw, and painfully funny true stories straight from the life of the actor, comedian, and much-loved cast member of The Howard Stern Show—with a foreword by Howard Stern.
When Artie Lange joined the permanent cast of The Howard Stern Show in 2001, it was possibly the greatest thing...
Not That Kind of Girl
A Young Woman Tells You What She's "Learned"
Language: English
Release Date: September 30, 2014
**#1 NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • Includes two new essays!
NAMED ONE OF THE TEN BEST BOOKS OF THE YEAR BY MICHIKO KAKUTANI, THE NEW YORK TIMES • NAMED ONE OF THE BEST BOOKS OF THE YEAR BY *BUZZFEED, THE GLOBE AND MAIL, *AND LIBRARY JOURNAL
For readers of Nora Ephron, Tina Fey,...
by Chelsea Handler
Language: English
Release Date: March 4, 2014
Language: English
Release Date: March 4, 2014
Wherever Chelsea Handler travels, one thing is certain: she always ends up in the land of the ridiculous. Now, in this uproarious collection, she sneaks her sharp wit through airport security and delivers her most absurd and hilarious stories ever.
On safari in Africa, it's anyone's guess as...
Man Up!
Tales of My Delusional Self-Confidence
Language: English
Release Date: May 7, 2013
In this hilarious and inspirational memoir, Ross Mathews-best known as "Ross the Intern" from The Tonight Show with Jay Leno-chronicles his life growing up as an atypical kid in a small Northwestern farm town to living as an atypical adult in Los Angeles, to eventually being his loud, proud,...
by Neil Patrick Harris
Language: English
Release Date: October 14, 2014
Language: English
Release Date: October 14, 2014
NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • Tired of memoirs that only tell you what really happened?
Sick of deeply personal accounts written in the first person? Seeking an exciting, interactive read that puts the “u” back in “aUtobiography”? Then look no further than Neil Patrick Harris: Choose...
Self-Inflicted Wounds
Heartwarming Tales of Epic Humiliation
Language: English
Release Date: July 9, 2013
In her book Self-Inflicted Wounds, comedian, actress, and cohost of CBS’s daytime hit show The Talk, Aisha Tyler recounts a series of epic mistakes and hilarious stories of crushing personal humiliation, and the personal insights and authentic wisdom she gathered along the way.
The essays...
by Jessi Klein
Language: English
Release Date: July 12, 2016
Language: English
Release Date: July 12, 2016
PEOPLE'S BEST BOOK OF THE YEAR!
ONE OF NEW YORK TIMES' NOTABLE BOOKS OF 2016!
INSTANT NEW YORK TIMES AND USA TODAY BESTSELLER!
YOU'LL GROW OUT OF IT hilariously, and candidly, explores the journey of the twenty-first century woman.
As both a tomboy and a late bloomer, comedian...
by Gilbert Gottfried
Language: English
Release Date: April 26, 2011
Language: English
Release Date: April 26, 2011
Nobody ever reads this part of the book. Somebody at the publishing house explained to me that it's actually called the book flap. That sounded dirty, so I giggled for three hours. But it says in my contract that I have to write something over here in this tiny space, even though I don't think anyone...
Rob Delaney
Mother. Wife. Sister. Human. Warrior. Falcon. Yardstick. Turban. Cabbage.
Language: English
Release Date: November 5, 2013
From a Deadpool 2 fan favoritecomes a “hilarious, raw” (Rolling Stone) memoir about love, sex, parenthood, work, substance abuse, and everything else that makes life wonderful and/or horrible.
Updated with new material!
Rob Delaney is a comedy superstar. But if you’re ever watched...
I Like You Just the Way I Am
Stories About Me and Some Other People
Language: English
Release Date: June 17, 2014
A New York Times Best Seller!
By the actress, writer, and one of the funniest women on Twitter, an outrageous, hysterical memoir of acting on impulse, plotting elaborate hoaxes, and refusing to acknowledge boundaries in any form
Jenny Mollen is an actress and writer living in Los Angeles....
When I Stop Talking, You'll Know I'm Dead
Useful Stories from a Persuasive Man
Language: English
Release Date: April 7, 2010
Here is the story of Jerry Weintraub: the self-made, Brooklyn-born, Bronx-raised impresario, Hollywood producer, legendary deal maker, and friend of politicians and stars. No matter where nature has placed him--the club rooms of Brooklyn, the Mafia dives of New York's Lower East Side, the wilds of...
Roseannearchy
Dispatches from the Nut Farm
Language: English
Release Date: January 4, 2011
BESTSELLING AUTHOR AND TELEVISION STAR ROSEANNE BARR IS BACK—WITH A VENGEANCE—AND THE RESULT IS ROSEANNEARCHY.
Roseanne Barr is a force of nature. Whether taking the sitcom world by storm, challenging accepted social norms, or battling the wild pigs inhabiting her nut farm in Hawaii, she...
by Paul Mooney
Language: English
Release Date: November 3, 2009
Language: English
Release Date: November 3, 2009
OTHER COMEDIANS TELL JOKES. PAUL MOONEY TELLS THE TRUTH.
For more than forty years—whether writing for Richard Pryor and Saturday Night Live or performing stand-up to sold-out crowds around the country—Paul Mooney has been provocative, incisive . . . and absolutely hilarious. His comedy...