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Books Guaranteed to Make You Laugh

Not to get too philosophical, but it's hard to define what is truly funny. Is it something that has you falling on the floor laughing or something that has you chuckling inside while also pondering the absurdity of the human condition? What each of us defines as funny depends on the individual subject: some of us might think there's something funny about The Stranger by Camus, while others prefer Adam Sandler making fart sounds. The point is that humor works as a device that can make you laugh with reckless abandon, but also ponder this strange situation we call life. Not everything that's funny has to start off with "Knock knock," and these 25 books offer an opportunity to see how writers have used humor in different ways, to often-brilliant results.
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Are You There, Vodka? It's Me, Chelsea (Chelsea Handler)
Are You There, Vodka? It's Me, Chelsea
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Chelsea Handler
The Ask
The Ask
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The Best Laid Plans
The Best Laid Plans
3
Bossypants (Tina Fey)
Bossypants
4
Tina Fey
Boswell: A Modern Comedy (Stanley Elkin)
Boswell: A Modern Comedy
5
Stanley Elkin
Carry On, Jeeves (P. G. Wodehouse)
Carry On, Jeeves
6
P. G. Wodehouse
Catch-22 (Joseph Heller)
Catch-22
7
Joseph Heller
Christmas Pudding and Pigeon Pie (Nancy Mitford)
Christmas Pudding and Pigeon Pie
8
Nancy Mitford
Civilwarland in Bad Decline
Civilwarland in Bad Decline
9
The Complete Short Stories of Mark Twain
The Complete Short Stories of Mark Twain
10
A Confederacy of Dunces (John Kennedy Toole)
A Confederacy of Dunces
11
John Kennedy Toole
Dead Souls (Nikolai Gogol)
Dead Souls
12
Nikolai Gogol
Don't Get Too Comfortable (David Rakoff)
Don't Get Too Comfortable
13
David Rakoff
The Dud Avacado (Elaine Dundy)
The Dud Avacado
14
Elaine Dundy
Egghead (Bo Burnham)
Egghead
15
Bo Burnham
Flatscreen (Adam Wilson)
Flatscreen
16
Adam Wilson
Gentlemen Prefer Blondes (Anita Loos)
Gentlemen Prefer Blondes
17
Anita Loos
The Great Frustration (Fried)
The Great Frustration
18
Fried
Heartburn, Nora Ephron
Heartburn, Nora Ephron
19
The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy (Douglas Adams)
The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy
20
Douglas Adams
How to Be a Woman (Caitlin Moran)
How to Be a Woman
21
Caitlin Moran
Hyperbole and a Half (Allie Brosh)
Hyperbole and a Half
22
Allie Brosh
I Was Told There'd Be Cake (Sloane Crosley)
I Was Told There'd Be Cake
23
Sloane Crosley
I'm Down (Mishna Wolff)
I'm Down
24
Mishna Wolff
Let's Explore Diabetes With Owls (David Sedaris)
Let's Explore Diabetes With Owls
25
David Sedaris
Like You'd Understand, Anyway (Jim Shepard)
Like You'd Understand, Anyway
26
Jim Shepard
The Little Disturbances of Man
The Little Disturbances of Man
27
The Magic Christian
The Magic Christian
28
Me Talk Pretty One Day (David Sedaris)
Me Talk Pretty One Day
29
David Sedaris
Metropolitan Life
Metropolitan Life
30
The Most of S.J. Perelman (S.J. Perelman)
The Most of S.J. Perelman
31
S.J. Perelman
Not That Kind of Girl (Lena Dunham)
Not That Kind of Girl
32
Lena Dunham
The Portable Dorothy Parker (Dorothy Parker)
The Portable Dorothy Parker
33
Dorothy Parker
Portnoy's Complaint (Philip Roth)
Portnoy's Complaint
34
Philip Roth
The Sellout (Paul Beatty)
The Sellout
35
Paul Beatty
The Stench of Honolulu
The Stench of Honolulu
36
This Is a Book (Demetri Martin)
This Is a Book
37
Demetri Martin
White Noise (Don Delillo)
White Noise
38
Don Delillo
Woke Up Lonely
Woke Up Lonely
39
Yes Please (Amy Poehler)
Yes Please
40
Amy Poehler
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