Start with high-confidence comedy books, then narrow by subgenre or adjacent topics.
I Must Say
Martin Short
Funny Man
Patrick McGilligan
I Never Met a Story I Didn't Like
Todd Snider
Not Since Carrie
Ken Mandelbaum
No Applause - Just Throw Money
Trav S.D.
I Shouldn't Even Be Doing This
Bob Newhart
Stay Hungry
Sebastian Maniscalco
Stage Kiss
Sarah Ruhl
Big Dumb Eyes
Nate Bargatze
She Stoops to Conquer
Oliver Goldsmith
Twelfth Night
William Shakespeare
As You Like It
The Comedy of Errors
Robin
Dave Itzkoff
This Was Funnier in China
Jesse Appell
