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Humorous Reads
TIP: Find more humorous books searching the library catalog for the for the subjects Humorous Fiction, Satire or Black Humor Literature, or try a keyword search for Humorous Stories. And if you enjoy the funny essays of David Sedaris, be sure to check our our If you like David Sedaris list.
All titles shelved in Fiction collection, except as noted: SF=science fiction, Y=young adult.
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Adams, Douglas
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(1979)SFJust before the Earth is demolished Arthur Dent is plucked off the planet by his friend Ford Prefect, an alien researcher for the eponymous galactic guidebook. The first novel in Adams' comedic series.
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Adiga, Aravind - (2008)This darkly humorous novel is set in a raw and unromanticized India. The first person tale of entrepreneur and murderer Balram Halwai: amoral, cynical, unrepentant, yet deeply endearing.
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Alexie, Sherman - (2007)YAlexie's National Book Award winner chronicles the contemporary adolescence of one Native American boy as he attempts to break away from the life he thought he was destined to live.
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Burns, Olive Ann - (1984)This novel of warm humor and honesty is told by Willy Tweedy, a 14-year-old boy living in a small, turn-of-the-century Georgia town. The lessons of life and death, of piousness and irreverence, form the basis of these memorable characters and their stories.
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Drake, Monica - (2007)Clown Girl blends the high comedy of early film stars — most notably Chaplin and W.C. Fields — to raise questions of class, gender, economics, and prejudice. By a Portland author.
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Goldman, William - (1973)A fractured fairy tale wrapped in self-referential and fanciful layers. Delightfully funny, it delivers on its promise of 'true love and high adventure'.
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Hiaasen, Carl - (2006)Hiaasen introduces impassioned, possibly bipolar, self-proclaimed "queen of lost causes" Honey Santana, who schemes to help rid the world of irresponsibility, indifference, and dinnertime sales calls.
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Moore, Christopher - (2002)The birth of Jesus has been well chronicled, as have his glorious teachings, acts, and divine sacrifice after his 30th birthday. But no one knows about the early life of the Son of God except Biff, the Messiah's best bud.
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Schine, Cathleen -
(2007)Schine's funny novel revolves around one city block in Manhattan. In her book, as in life, canine companions compel their masters to go outside of themselves to take part in the community they live in, to make friends and, sometimes, to fall in love. If you enjoy The New Yorkers, check out our Fiction for Dog Lovers list.
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Shteyngart, Gary - (2006)An uproarious and poignant story of one very fat man and one very small country. From the critically acclaimed author of Super Sad True Love Story.
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Spark, Muriel - (2004)This lethally witty and morally penetrating novel is set at a vaguely disreputable finishing school run by a sometimes writer and his wife. Into his creative writing class comes a literary prodigy. Sexual and creative jealousy abound.
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Wodehouse, P. G. - (1923)The book in which P.G. Wodehouse first introduced his great comic creation, Jeeves, the valet to bumbling aristocrat Bertie Wooster.
