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Funny Books Worth Reading

A tight funny books worth reading shortlist - built for quick decisions, not endless scrolling.

Last refreshed 2026-02-27. We keep tuning this list as new titles land and reader interest shifts.

1. This Is Going to Hurt
Adam Kay
This Is Going to Hurt: Secret Diaries of a Medical Resident
2. If You Ask Me
Betty White
If You Ask Me: (And of Course You Won't)
3. The House in the Cerulean Sea
TJ Klune, T.J. Klune
The House in the Cerulean Sea: Hardcover – March 17, 2020
4. Scrappy Little Nobody
Anna Kendrick
Scrappy Little Nobody: Paperback – August 22, 2017
5. Go the Fuck to Sleep
Adam Mansbach, Ricardo Cortés
Go the Fuck to Sleep: Hardcover – June 14, 2011
6. Based on a True Story
Norm Macdonald
Based on a True Story: A Memoir
7. Cork Dork
Bianca Bosker
Cork Dork: A Wine-Fueled Adventure Among the Obsessive Sommeliers, Big Bottle Hunters, and Rogue Scientists Who Taught Me to Live for Taste
8. Raw Dog
Jamie Loftus
Raw Dog: The Naked Truth About Hot Dogs
9. I'm Just a Person
Tig Notaro
I'm Just a Person: Paperback – Illustrated, May 16, 2017
10. Stupid Things I Won't Do When I Get Old
Steven Petrow
Stupid Things I Won't Do When I Get Old: A Highly Judgmental, Unapologetically Honest Accounting of All the Things Our Elders Are Doing Wrong
11. It Looked Different on the Model
Laurie Notaro
It Looked Different on the Model: Epic Tales of Impending Shame and Infamy
12. The Murder at World's End
Ross Montgomery
The Murder at World's End: A Novel
13. How to Be a Heroine
Samantha Ellis
How to Be a Heroine: Or, What I've Learned from Reading too Much
14. Man Up!
Ross Mathews, Chelsea Handler
Man Up!: Tales of My Delusional Self-Confidence
15. Housebroken
Laurie Notaro
Housebroken: Admissions of an Untidy Life
16. Boyslut
Zachary Zane
Boyslut: A Memoir and Manifesto
17. If My Dogs Were a Pair of Middle-Aged Men
The Oatmeal, Matthew Inman
If My Dogs Were a Pair of Middle-Aged Men: Hardcover – September 26, 2017
18. It's Not Easy Bein' Me
Rodney Dangerfield, Jim Carrey
It's Not Easy Bein' Me: A Lifetime of No Respect but Plenty of Sex and Drugs
19. Kanye West Owes Me $300
Jensen Karp
Kanye West Owes Me $300: And Other True Stories from a White Rapper Who Almost Made It Big
20. The Keys
DJ Khaled, D.J. Khaled
The Keys: A Memoir
21. Gettysburg
Noah Andre Trudeau
Gettysburg: A Testing of Courage
22. Funny Man
Patrick McGilligan
Funny Man: Mel Brooks
23. Writings from The New Yorker 1927-1976
E. B. White, Rebecca M. Dale
Writings from The New Yorker 1927-1976: Paperback – November 7, 2006
24. Reports of His Death Have Been Greatly Exaggerated
James Goodhand
Reports of His Death Have Been Greatly Exaggerated: A Novel

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