Start with high-confidence pragmatics books, then narrow by subgenre or adjacent topics.
Like, Literally, Dude
Valerie Fridland
Pragmatics
Jacob L. Mey
Introduction to Pragmatics
Betty J. Birner
Discourse Grammar of the Greek New Testament
Steven E. Runge, Daniel B. Wallace
Cognitive Linguistics and Humor Research
Geert Brône, Kurt Feyaerts
English As a Lingua Franca Among Adolescents
Katharina Beuter
