Books: Humor
Currently listing articles 446-401:
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Graphic Novel Review: The Book Of Leviathan by Peter Blegvad— Absurd, strange, and even a little twisted certainly, but always thoughtful and never simple.
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Book Review: The New Atheist Crusaders and Their Unholy Grail by Becky Garrison— This is one of the more satisfying "retort" books on the market. It is funny, simple, and intelligent.
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Book Review: Family Outing - What Happened When I Found Out My Mother Was Gay by Troy Johnson— A deeply personal and often hilarious look into how a teenager copes with learning his mother is a lesbian.
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Book Review: The Last Of The Angels by Fadhil al-Azzawi— A beautiful book that does the seemingly impossible of holding humans up to ridicule while exalting their potential simultaneously.
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Book Review: Santa vs. Satan - The Official Compendium of Imaginary Fights by Jake Kalish— El Bicho vs. Jake Kalish
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Book Review: The Pendragon Legend by Antal Szerb— What was to be an uneventful, researched-filled time turned into sleepless nights, midnight riders, deaths, attempted deaths, and gigantic apparitions that happen to be…the butler!
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A Novel Idea: They’ll Never Catch On!— Cry Random House, cry.
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Interview with Tim Bete and Cap'n Billy "The Butcher" MacDougall, Authors of Guide to Pirate Parenting— "[When] should your child be able to remove a bottle cap by taking out his glass eye and using his eye socket as an opener?"
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Interview with Tom Samuels, Author of Stop Making Music— "Editing takes away from the spontaneity of the work," states Samuels.
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Book Review: Dear American Airlines by Jonathan Miles— Can you build a whole novel out of a complaint letter? Jonathan Miles does just that in this novel.
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Book Review: Seagalogy by Vern— A glorification of low culture and a mighty political gesture all in one.
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Book Review: The World is Your Litter Box - A How-To Manual for Cats by Quasi, with Minor Help from Steve Fisher— Tips and tricks for getting and getting away with just about anything you want, if you're a cat.
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Book Review: Skulduggery Pleasant by Derek Landy— Part wizard and part private eye, this animated skeleton has a bone to pick with evil-doers.
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Book Review: Divorcing Dwayne by J. L. Miles— Francine Harper discovers much more than her husband's wandering heart. Her dealing with the situation is a madcap, hilarious adventure.
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Book Review: Fearless Fourteen by Janet Evanovich— Everyone’s favorite bounty hunter is back and not one car explodes!
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George Carlin, Dead At 71— The legendary comedian, author, actor, and counterculture icon, died Sunday of heart failure, age 71.
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Book Review: Dizzying Heights - The Aspen Novel by Bruce Ducker — A satirical look at Aspen reaches for the upper elevations but falls slightly short under its own unwieldiness.
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Interview with Michael Ian Black - Comedian, Actor and Author of My Custom Van...— Cult comedy hero Michael Ian Black talks about his new book... and the other 739 projects he's working on right now.
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Book Review: Making Money by Terry Pratchett— Moist von Lipwig is back and instead of ‘Going Postal’ he’s ‘Making Money’
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Book Review: Menagerie Manor by Gerald Durrell— A blend of education and entertainment, Menagerie Manor spotlights the small zoo the author opened on the Island of Jersey off the coast of Britain.
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The Early Word: New and Notable Fiction for the Week of June 16, 2008— New fiction this week by Marian Keyes, Jane Green, Peter David, Poppy Adams, Billie Letts, and more.
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Book Review: The End As I Know It by Kevin Shay— Kevin Shay uses the Y2K computer scare of the 1990s to create an engaging work of satire.
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Interview with Children's Book Author Margot Finke— "Learn the craft of writing and stick with it," says children's book author Margot Finke.
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Book Review: Kafka's Soup - A Complete History of World Literature in 14 Recipes by Mark Crick— A cute gift book for bibliophiles, if not food for thought.
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Book Review: Ruinair by Paul Kilduff— In-flight entertainment and humorous account of traveling throughout Europe on low budget airlines.
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Graphic Novel Review: Holmes by Omaha Perez— A dark and over-the-top parody takes the piss out of the world's greatest detective.
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Book Review: Discover's 20 Things You Didn't Know About Everything by The Editors Of Discover Magazine and Dean Christopher— Finally, a book that will help you answer that trivia question to get a dollar off your latte.
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Book Review: Everyday Cat Excuses - Why I Can't Do What You Want by Molly Brandenburg— Take simple illustrations of cats, add in funny text, and you get this amusing collection of cartoons.
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Comic Review: Wondermark: Beards of Our Forefathers by David Malki— The twice-weekly sardonically surreal web comic gets its first bound collection.
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Book Review: Quiet, Please: Dispatches from a Public Librarian by Scott Douglas— Douglas' wry humor and evocative storytelling makes this memoir an entertaining page-turner.
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Book Review: I Was Told There'd Be Cake by Sloane Crosley— Crosley's debut collection of essays is full of sardonic wit and deadpan humor.
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Book Review: Lonely Werewolf Girl by Martin Millar— It's one of those rare books that make you laugh and think all at the same time, and feel better for having read it.
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Book Review: Certain Girls by Jennifer Weiner— Jennifer Weiner's Certain Girls is good enough that readers won’t regret it the morning after.
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Book Review: Bonk - The Curious Coupling of Science and Sex by Mary Roach— Mary Roach delivers science in a down-to-earth and riotous fashion, yet accessible to readers without a science background.
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Book News: Musician Jimmy Buffett Hams It Up In New Book Swine Not?— This is one of the summer reads I'm really looking forward to. Jimmy Buffett is a great all-around enterainer.
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Book Review: Pasta Fazool for the Wiseguy's Soul by Brian M. Thomsen— A great read, with a laugh on every page. But the Godfather may not be amused!
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Book Review: A Rotten Person Travels the Caribbean by Gary Buslik — Who says grumps aren't funny?
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Book Review: Knockemstiff by Donald Ray Pollock— A collection of short stories on losers that is written the way a loser would....
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Book Review: Last Last Chance by Fiona Maazel— The struggles of drug addiction and the fear of impending plague make for a great debut novel.
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Book Review: The Deportees by Roddy Doyle— Roddy Doyle's tales of the uninvited show the impact of immigration on the Emerald Isle.
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Book Review: Pot Culture - The A-Z Guide to Stoner Language & Life by Shirley Halperin & Steve Bloom— A fun book that every toker should get their sticky green fingers on.
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Book Review: 33 1/3 - Tom Waits’ Swordfishtrombones by David Smay— One blogger's 33 1/3 series rampage continues, this time with Tom Waits' Swordfishtrombones.
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Book Review: Headless Body in Topless Bar - The Best Headlines from America's Favorite Newspaper by the New York Post staff— The staff of America's most notorious daily paper compile its most memorable front pages.
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Book Review: Sammy's House by Kristin Gore— Sammy is a realistic, capable heroine whose insecurities make her all the more lovable.
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Author Interview: Howard Mittelmark and Sandra Newman— Once we had money in our pockets, the main idea changed dramatically to "How can I make Howard laugh hard enough to snort Diet Coke
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Book Review: The McSweeney's Joke Book of Book Jokes by the editors of McSweeney's— A great collection of smart silliness.
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