Comedy category: 18107 books

There is no fourth wall in popular performance. The show is firmly rooted in the here and now, and the performers address the audience directly, while the audience answer back with laughter, applause or heckling. Performer and role are interlaced, so that we are left uncertain about just how the persona...

If I came to Paris to be Henry Miller, to prove, somehow, to myself, to the world, that it is still possible to live a life of meaning, unique, free, inspired, then so far I have failed. But I have not just failed myself. There is a death wish in the air, an entire culture of death, ICBMs pointed east...

The Excellent Debut Book From Two of the Funniest People on the Internet! If you like tongue in cheek and ironic British humour, then this book has it in spades... Kev and Steve met on their first day at university in 2009. The conversation went something like this: Steve:...

The year is 1977. Over 7 days in October, this true-story, first person narrative takes place on the central coast of BC. During a record month of storms, the action picks up when the 2 spirited BC boys blitz across hundreds of kms of dangerous back roads to get to the closest cold beer store. Cool withdraws...

Teddy Ruspin is an absurd, humorous tale written in a rhyming children's storybook style but with humor that is most definitely for adults only. If you like comedy that is a little sick, twisted, and downright wrong then this is the book for you! With colorful, cute, and seemingly innocent photographs...

“I’ll never forget the words my granddad said before he kicked the bucket. He said ‘Grandson, watch how far I can kick this bucket.’” “The key to any marriage is spontaneity. You’ve got to be ready to leave at any time.” Bringing together some of the funniest, wittiest, and...

UNDIES IN A BUNCH, is a collection of true-taled short stories and abstract poems. In UNDIES IN A BUNCH, Louise Cazley recounts hilarious, unpleasant, bizarre and positive episodes of her life. Whether she is asking her mother to purchase her condoms at the youthful age of nine or expressing...

Burb Appeal Too is a humorous collection of essays based on Tina Traster's newspaper columns about moving from the city to the suburbs. In these brief stories, Traster uses keen detail, humor and pathos to tell how she has embraced and navigated life in a rural suburb north of Manhattan. In these stories...

Laugh all the way to your next birthday… and beyond! We all age, despite some of our best efforts, but any day above ground is a good day. Why not have a little fun? From well-known comedy writer Martha Bolton comes a refreshing book of jokes for older folks. Topics for laughter include: senior...

American author James Branch Cabell developed into a well-known fantasy writer later in his literary career, but his early novels focused on documenting (and slyly commenting upon) the lives of the American aristocracy in the early twentieth century. The Cords of Vanity follows the travails of a troubled protagonist whose creative aspirations slowly begin to tear him apart.

BOOK 3 . . . IT GETS FUNNIER BY THE BOOK Wha did mad Bert? The flexible fat man pon di cover a di book weh u a look pon?Well, back In 2012, the financial climate on planet earth was spiralling down to the dogs. Dr. Bert Kemp, a psychiatrist and a deep thinking philosopher closely studied the...

From actress, comedian, musician, and writer Charlyne Yi comes this collection of illustrated, interconnected short stories and anecdotes that blends comedy, fantastic adventures, and a storm of  feelings that will make you want to laugh and cry at the same time—reminiscent of the works of Demetri...

This series is not meant for the typical American mystery audience, but you may like it if you enjoy shows such as The Wrong Mans, Wallander (the Swedish version), Reno 911, Lilyhammer, Spies, and Dirk Gently's Holistic Detective Agency.   Why watch TV when you can read the first...

From multiple award-winning comedy writer, Angelina Assanti, comes her first non-fiction book. Determined to keep her sense of humor though cancer, she talks about what happens to a patient from diagnosis through treatment. Told she would only need surgery, she was shocked to learn she would also...