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Books to laugh
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items I don't mean "charming." I mean I actually laughed out loud on public transport and got looked at. These are the ones I quote back to friends.
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My favourite 5
My favourite 5: Books that will make you laugh
★★★★★ (5/5) — Ages 14+
An angel and a demon team up to stop the apocalypse, mostly because they've grown fond of Earth.
Deadpan, silly and genuinely clever — comic fantasy doesn't get better than this.
An angel and a demon team up to stop the apocalypse, mostly because they've grown fond of Earth.
Deadpan, silly and genuinely clever — comic fantasy doesn't get better than this.
Good Omens - by Terry Pratchett & Neil Gaiman
★★★★★ (5/5) — Ages 12+
Moments before Earth is demolished for a hyperspace bypass, an ordinary man is swept off into space.
Absurd in the best way — the jokes still land decades later.
Moments before Earth is demolished for a hyperspace bypass, an ordinary man is swept off into space.
Absurd in the best way — the jokes still land decades later.
The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy - by Douglas Adams
★★★★½ (4.5/5) — Ages 16+
Tina Fey's own account of growing up awkward and building a career in comedy.
Sharp, self-aware, and laugh-out-loud funny even on a reread.
Tina Fey's own account of growing up awkward and building a career in comedy.
Sharp, self-aware, and laugh-out-loud funny even on a reread.
Bossypants - by Tina Fey
★★★★½ (4.5/5) — Ages 14+
An American writer takes a farewell tour around Britain before moving back to the US.
Affectionate and very funny observational travel writing.
An American writer takes a farewell tour around Britain before moving back to the US.
Affectionate and very funny observational travel writing.
Notes from a Small Island - by Bill Bryson
★★★★★ (5/5) — Ages 12+
A farm boy sets out to rescue his true love from an arranged marriage to a cruel prince.
Swashbuckling and self-aware — funny on purpose, in on its own fairy-tale joke.
A farm boy sets out to rescue his true love from an arranged marriage to a cruel prince.
Swashbuckling and self-aware — funny on purpose, in on its own fairy-tale joke.
The Princess Bride - by William Goldman
New releases 2026
New releases 2026: Books that will make you laugh
★★★★ (4/5) — Ages 16+
Two strangers both called Charlie Jones arrive on a tiny island for a fresh start, at the same farm shop.
Beth O’Leary’s trademark charm and comic timing, right on brand.
Two strangers both called Charlie Jones arrive on a tiny island for a fresh start, at the same farm shop.
Beth O’Leary’s trademark charm and comic timing, right on brand.
The Name Game - by Beth O’Leary
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Top Series: Books that will make you laugh
★★★★ (4/5) — Ages 16+
A chaotic, self-deprecating Londoner narrates her life — diets, disastrous dates and all — across several diary-format books.
The series that basically invented the modern comic-romance diary format — still very funny.
A chaotic, self-deprecating Londoner narrates her life — diets, disastrous dates and all — across several diary-format books.
The series that basically invented the modern comic-romance diary format — still very funny.
Bridget Jones Series - by Helen Fielding
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Main List: Books that will make you laugh
★★★★ (4/5) — Ages 16+
A chaotic thirty-something narrates a year of resolutions, romantic disasters and diary entries.
Self-deprecating and endlessly relatable — the book that defined a whole genre of heroine.
A chaotic thirty-something narrates a year of resolutions, romantic disasters and diary entries.
Self-deprecating and endlessly relatable — the book that defined a whole genre of heroine.
Bridget Jones's Diary - by Helen Fielding
★★★★ (4/5) — Ages 16+
A collection of autobiographical essays, including Sedaris's disastrous attempts to learn French.
Laugh-out-loud anecdotal humour with real heart underneath it.
A collection of autobiographical essays, including Sedaris's disastrous attempts to learn French.
Laugh-out-loud anecdotal humour with real heart underneath it.
Me Talk Pretty One Day - by David Sedaris
★★★★½ (4.5/5) — Ages 14+
A brilliant, reclusive architect vanishes right before a family trip to Antarctica.
Told through emails and documents — fast, funny, and surprisingly moving by the end.
A brilliant, reclusive architect vanishes right before a family trip to Antarctica.
Told through emails and documents — fast, funny, and surprisingly moving by the end.
Where'd You Go, Bernadette - by Maria Semple
★★★★½ (4.5/5) — Ages 14+
A nosy tea shop owner finds a dead body and decides she's the only one qualified to solve it.
Warm, funny, and a genuinely fresh spin on the cosy mystery.
A nosy tea shop owner finds a dead body and decides she's the only one qualified to solve it.
Warm, funny, and a genuinely fresh spin on the cosy mystery.
Vera Wong's Unsolicited Advice for Murderers - by Jesse Q. Sutanto
★★★★½ (4.5/5) — Ages 13+
An ordinary man inherits his uncle's business — which turns out to be a supervillain empire.
Ridiculous premise, executed with total commitment — very funny sci-fi comedy.
An ordinary man inherits his uncle's business — which turns out to be a supervillain empire.
Ridiculous premise, executed with total commitment — very funny sci-fi comedy.
Starter Villain - by John Scalzi
★★★★ (4/5) — Ages 16+
A recently widowed single father discovers he's accidentally become Death.
Dark, silly, and oddly touching all at once.
A recently widowed single father discovers he's accidentally become Death.
Dark, silly, and oddly touching all at once.
A Dirty Job - by Christopher Moore
★★★★ (4/5) — Ages 16+
A cynical English department chair spends one chaotic week trying to hold his college career together.
Campus comedy at its driest and funniest.
A cynical English department chair spends one chaotic week trying to hold his college career together.
Campus comedy at its driest and funniest.
Straight Man - by Richard Russo
★★★★½ (4.5/5) — Ages 13+
Bertie Wooster's meddling in his friends' love lives goes predictably, hilariously wrong.
Farce written with such precision it still reads as effortless.
Bertie Wooster's meddling in his friends' love lives goes predictably, hilariously wrong.
Farce written with such precision it still reads as effortless.
Right Ho, Jeeves - by P.G. Wodehouse
★★★★ (4/5) — Ages 15+
A misfit teenager investigates his late father's mysterious connection to Catcher in the Rye.
Wry, sarcastic, and very funny about being an outsider at school.
A misfit teenager investigates his late father's mysterious connection to Catcher in the Rye.
Wry, sarcastic, and very funny about being an outsider at school.
King Dork - by Frank Portman
★★★★ (4/5) — Ages 13+
In a world where everyone has a magical fairy, a girl is stuck with one that only finds her parking spaces.
Inventive and genuinely funny YA with a fresh premise.
In a world where everyone has a magical fairy, a girl is stuck with one that only finds her parking spaces.
Inventive and genuinely funny YA with a fresh premise.
How to Ditch Your Fairy - by Justine Larbalestier
★★★★½ (4.5/5) — Ages 14+
A socially anxious fan-fiction writer starts college and has to figure out life beyond her twin sister.
Warm and funny about fandom and growing up, without ever mocking either.
A socially anxious fan-fiction writer starts college and has to figure out life beyond her twin sister.
Warm and funny about fandom and growing up, without ever mocking either.
Fangirl - by Rainbow Rowell
★★★★½ (4.5/5) — Ages 13+
The impeccable valet Jeeves repeatedly rescues his hapless employer from self-inflicted disasters.
Classic British comic writing — still one of the funniest voices in fiction.
The impeccable valet Jeeves repeatedly rescues his hapless employer from self-inflicted disasters.
Classic British comic writing — still one of the funniest voices in fiction.
My Man Jeeves - by P.G. Wodehouse
★★★★ (4/5) — Ages 16+
The sequel to The Rosie Project finds Don Tillman navigating marriage and impending fatherhood.
Just as funny as the first, with real warmth underneath the chaos.
The sequel to The Rosie Project finds Don Tillman navigating marriage and impending fatherhood.
Just as funny as the first, with real warmth underneath the chaos.
The Rosie Effect - by Graeme Simsion
★★★★½ (4.5/5) — Ages 14+
A practical young woman moves in with her dramatic, doom-laden relatives on their crumbling farm.
A gleeful send-up of gloomy rural novels — genuinely one of the funniest classics around.
A practical young woman moves in with her dramatic, doom-laden relatives on their crumbling farm.
A gleeful send-up of gloomy rural novels — genuinely one of the funniest classics around.
Cold Comfort Farm - by Stella Gibbons