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Humorous Books

While we can't begin to list all of the funny writers out there, here are some of our favorites. Most of these authors have several titles to their credit, so keep on laughing!

Fiction | Non-Fiction

The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy
Adams, Douglas

The Information
Amis, Martin

Like a Hole in the Head
Banbury, Jen

The Girls' Guide to Hunting and Fishing
Bank, Melissa

Big Trouble
Barry, Dave

Company & Jennifer Government
Barry, Max

The Road to Wellville
Boyle, T.C.

Loose Lips
Brown, Rita Mae

Florence of Arabia & Thank You For Smoking
Buckley, Christopher

The Mysteries of Pittsburgh
Chabon, Michael

Undead and Unemployed
Davidson, Mary Janice

Critical Care
Dooling, Richard

Florida Roadkill
Dorsey, Tim

The Van
Doyle, Roddy

Louisiana Power and Light
Dufresne, John

Raney & Walking Across Egypt
Edgerton, Clyde

Heartburn
Ephron, Nora

Erasure
Everett, Percival

Otherwise Engaged
Finnamore, Suzanne

The Love Song of J. Edgar Hoover
Friedman, Kinky

Good Omens
Gaiman, Neil and Terry Pratchett

Murder on a Bad Hair Day
George, Anne

Buster's Diaries: A True Story of a Dog and His Man
Hattersley , Roy

Female Intelligence
Heller, Jane

Strangled Prose
Hess, Joan

Stormy Weather & Lucky You
Hiaasen, Carl

Simply Divine
Holden, Wendy

How to be Good & A Long Way Down
Hornby, Nick

Motherhood Made a Man Out of Me
Karbo, Karen

My Lucky Star & Putting On The Ritz
Keenan, Joe

We Are Still Married
Keillor, Garrison

Insatiable
Kellogg, Marne Davis

Watermelon
Keyes, Marian

Confessions of a Shopaholic
Kinsella, Sophie

The Last Days of Summer
Kluger, Steve

A Short History of Tractors in Ukrainian
Lewycka, Marina

Evolution Man, or, How I Ate My Father
Lewis, Roy

My Cousin, My Gastroenterologist
Leyner, Mark

Then She Found Me & Isabel's Bed
Lipman, Elinor

Therapy
Lodge, David

Imaginary Friends
Lurie, Alison

Handling Sin
Malone, Michael

Getting Over It
Maxted, Anna

Anything Considered
Mayle, Peter

Alternatives to Sex
McCauley, Stephen

The Lust Lizard of Melancholy Cove
Moore, Christopher

Self-Help: Stories
Moore, Lorrie

Sugar Among the Freaks & Lightning Song
Nordan, Lewis

Going Postal
Pratchett, Terry

Step-Ball-Change & Julie and Romeo
Ray, Jeanne

The Full Cleveland
Reed, Terry

Half Asleep in Frog Pajamas
Robbins, Tom

Tickled Pink
Rudner, Rita

Straight Man
Russo, Richard

Holidays on Ice
Sedaris, David

In God We Trust, All Others Pay Cash
Shepherd, Jean

A Confederacy of Dunces
Toole, John Kennedy

The Secret Diary of Adrian Mole
Townsend, Sue

The Lynne Truss Treasury: Columns and Three Comic Novels
Truss, Lynne

Night of Avenging Blowfish
Welter, John

Out to Pasture: But Not Over the Hill
Wilder, Effie Leland

Carry On, Jeeves
Wodehouse, P.G.

Animal Husbandry
Zigman, Laura

Prepared by the staff of the Nashville Public Library, 2006